Got a like-new X5 from a good friend, as she no longer used it (had done a lot of "free" tech work for her). I'd like to start really using this PDA, but my misfortunes in Sync'ing have been depressing.. here's a quick time line (without the times).. Skip down to #Today# if you don't like witty reflection over misfortune.
Got my X5... insert Joyous exclamation..
- no Sync cradle, it's MIA.. np, I'll go wireless!
Ebayed new DLink DCF-650W (and reaffirmed to my wife the reasoning behind my purchase of a wireless router
)
-2 weeks later it arrives... >_<
-Plug it in.. nadda.. oh my, must sync up the DLink drivers? that wasn't in the ad! /sigh
Ebayed New Insten retractable Hotsync/Charging cable
- Later that night, notice friends laptop has IR port, which I learn she'd been sync'ing from... another $10 wasted >_<
-Next day, Sync wireless Drivers from her laptop. Immediately got online via her Wireless router. Insert joyous exclamation..
-Encrypted her open wireless network :lol:
-Get home, start working on installing Activesync so i can sync wirelessly from my computer.. Oh my.. Must do a WIRED sync first? *bangs head on wall*
-waiting another 2 weeks for ebayed cable now.. but at least this will be final.
Recieved Retractable Hotsync Cable..
-Software installed, program asking for the PDA.. plug it up, BAm... nothing.
-4 hours and 3 computers later, still nothing. Just sits there. Almost like the cable is a fake.. (though it does charge).
Copied friends entire Activesync installation and shoved it into my PC, in hopes it would think it had been sync'd and allow me to use whatever wireless sync option that was available...
-No dice. Must be registry entries involved with establishing PDA's into activesync.. forgot to even check for those :cry:
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#Today#
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So this is where I am. A shiny Axim X5(working), A Wireless CF NIC(working), and a retractable hotsync cable(not working)... still unable to sync by wire.. I'm hoping someone out there knows Activesync well enough to tell me how to force it past that annoying first sync dialogue that pops up no matter what portion of the program you run.. or how to trick it into letting me just wirelessly sync for the first time.. or manually imprint my X5 via registry/file altering/hex editing/whatever. All I want to do is wirelessly sync.. I don't want to waste any more money. There MUST be a solution!
Help?
