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[ESXi4.1U1] UMTS Stick on VM [ZTE MF 190 / HUAWEI E160G]

I needed to connect an UMTS Stick (O2 Surfstick) to an VM Machine which should serve as "Router".
No problem - ESXi does support "USB Direct Through" - so you can easily connect an USB Stick to your VM...
At least, thats "normally" the Case:
With UMTS Sticks, this feature doesn't work.
Why?
UMTS Sticks start up with an U3 Partition with all that needed, nice connection software....
And therefor, ESXi does see an CD Rom - which doesn't show up within USB.
And... how to solve that?
Luckily I found this post: https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=26045
Which does contain the secret sauce:
Just connect your USB Stick to an already installed System... (your Laptop with the Connection Software and Drivers i.e.)
Look up your UMTS Stick within the Device Manager, get the COM Port.
Open Putty (9600 Baud worked for me, the Original Author does think of: 115200 kbps, 8 data bits, parity none, stop bits 1, Flow control None) with that Com Port.
Type in: AT+ZOPRT=5 and AT+ZCDRUN=8
Thats it!
Now the U3 doesn't show up anymore, and it works!!
To reenable the feature, enter AT+ZCDRUN=9

For Huawei E160G / T-Mobile Surfstick V / Essential:
CD – Rom Funktion deaktivieren at^u2diag=0
CD – Rom Funktion aktivieren at^u2diag=1

Additional Links:
http://3g-modem.wetpaint.com/page/ZTE+AT-commands
http://3g-modem.wetpaint.com/page/Huawei+AT-commands

Switch from Diag to CD-Rom Mode per AT-Befehl unter Macosx

[Snom360] Auto Provisioning

Finally, I got it working.
Its quite easy with these two Tutorials:

Click to access md_rev2.pdf

http://wiki.ip-phone-forum.de/telefone:snom:konfiguration?&#mass_deployment_-_schritt_fuer_schritt

But Things you should really know about:
- If you use an Unix TFTP Server for autoprov. do write the Filename of your phonesettings which does contains your Phones MAC in UPPER LETTERS!... i.e. settings-0023456700AE - otherwise it could fail
- Set right permissions for your settings

And if you would love to upgrade your Snom 360 Phones to Firmware 8, upgrade it from 6 to 6.5, 6.5 to 7 and from 7 to 8.

[ESXi4.1U1] vCenter Server Startup Problems

I got the vmware virtualcenter server error 1000 odbc error on bootup of my Windows Server 2003 (64bit) which did serve my vCenter Server.
In fact this did mean in my case: The MSSQL Server didn't boot / or too slow, so that vCenter Server came up - couldn't access the DB and shutdown - "great!".
Luckily, there is an solution, pointed to by this ( http://communities.vmware.com/message/1247357 ) and this Website ( http://blogs.egroup-us.com/?p=1821 )

In the end I solved my problem following:
cmdline:
sc config vpxd depend= rpcSs/lanmanworkstation/MSSQL$SQLEXP_VIM/ADAM_VMwareVCMSDS

With these new dependencies, vCenter should boot up on boot... at least it did that last time... ^^'.

HTC Universal

I found a "bricked" HTC Universal without - everything.
So I decided to piece it back together.
First thing to find was an USB Cable to recharge the battery.
Working is an normal Mini USB Cable, even tough the connector looks different.

After that, I found out that the HTC was a brick.
So to unbrick:

get mtty1.42.exe, enter bootloader mode , (Power + Light Bulb + Reset)

1. Stop Activesync USB connection
2. Uni : Reboot Bootloader then Connect USB
3. PC : Run mtty1.42.exe
4. Choose USB in "Port" (Reconnect if can't find/reconglize USB and try remove sim and sd card)
5. type : task 28 55aa
6. Press Enter
7. Cause DOC reformatted, so there's no rom in DOC ,try reflash any rom that you like .

For task 28 55aa in mtty success , will show the message (attachment )

DONE .
( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1097645&postcount=4 )

Under Windows Vista / 7 you need to use these drivers and stuff: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=313001&highlight=flashing+vista

After that, we want to upgrade to a new rom.
I choose Maxstegis German Rom ( http://rom.maxstegi.de/index.php )
You should go for Version 6: http://rom.maxstegi.de/downloads.php?view=detail&df_id=12
And the Radio Image 1.18.00: http://rom.maxstegi.de/downloads.php?view=detail&df_id=14

Go into Bootloader Mode, start the Version 6 and it will upgrade.
Do not do anything to the Radio, we will change that soon...

Get the HTC Universal Unlock Tool to unlock your SIM:
http://buzzdev.com/m/files/view/HTC-Universal-SIM-unlock

Install Instructions:
1. Backup your phone (not necessary, but advisable).
2. Remove your SD Card.
3. Enter bootloader mode on your Phone. To do this, simultaneously hold down the backlight key (“bulb” key, next to volume key), the power key and soft reset the phone. Your phone screen should clear, and you will see very faint writing saying “serial”. Let go of buttons etc.
4. Connect your phone to your computer using the USB lead.
5. Run the MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe program – this will reflash your phone with necessary software required to enable the unlocker.
6. Wait patiently.
7. Once the MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe upgrade completes, soft reset your phone by pressing the soft reset button on the back of the device [if the flash has been successfully applied, you should see that you now have Radio version 0.00.00]
8. Allow your phone to reboot. Once it has, connect to your PC using Activesync, and copy the UNI_Unlock_v1.exe program onto your phone. Alternatively, copy it to an SD card and insert into your phone.
9. Run UNI_Unlock_v1.exe on your phone. Wait patiently.
10. Once the process completes, soft reset your phone.
11. Process is (hopefully) complete!
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/archive/t-316584.html

After that, boot loader Mode, flash the new Radio Firmware, after that you can reflash the ROM aswell, so to be sure that everything worked.
Thats it!

Enable Wireless G (802.11g) Support in HTC Universal Pocket PC Phone
HTC Universal also kwown as Qtek 9000, T-Mobile MDA Pro, Orange SPV M5000, O2 Xda Exec, i-mate JASJAR, Dopod 900, Vodafone v1640, Vodafone VPA IV, E-Plus PDA IV, Grundig GR980 and etc as it’s be re-branded and marketed by different vendors and network operators. One major disappointment and weakness of HTC Universal is it’s only support 802.11b-compatible technology, and thus unable to connec to WiFi G (802.11g) network.
It’s possible to make the HTC Universal based Pocket PC phone to compatible and able to connect to 802.11g-only access points by a registry tweak, but the speed would still be the same as 802.11b (11 Mbit/s).
The registry tweak is to change and add the following registry decimal values using a registry editing tool like the PHM Registry Editor at your HTC Universal based Pocket PC:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMM\TIACXWLN1\PARMS: dot11SupportedRateMask=1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMM\TIACXWLN1\PARMS: dot11SupportedRateMaskG=8

After adding and editing above registry key, soft-reset the device.
( http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/08/01/enable-wireless-g-80211g-support-in-htc-universal-pocket-pc-phone/ )

If you ever need to hardreset your Device, press the two "-" Buttons on the Keyboard and the Reset Button while the Device is turned on. A screen will come up and ask for the reset, press... o to confirm.

Additional Tutorials: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549207

[Android] Install FroyoMod onto Motorola Milestone

This document does explain in short how you install the popular FroyoMod onto your Motorola Milestone.
( Froyomod does use Android 2.2.2 )

- install RSD Lite v4.9
- download and unzip vulnerable_recovery_only_RAMDLD90_78.zip
- download androidiani-openrecovery ( http://code.google.com/p/androidiani-openrecovery/ ):
unzip into root of your Android SD ( update.zip + OpenRecovery Folder )
- Download Bootimage for your Droid (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=815595) und verschieben auf SD nach /sdcard/openrecovery/updates ( Zip nicht entpacken! )

- Shutdown Phone, Connect USB, HOLD D-PAD UP, Power on
- RSD Lite Flash Vulernable, Hold D-PAD UP on Reboot -> Boot to Boot Loader (OTHERWISE: OTA LOCK!)
- Shutdown, Hold Camera Button + Power Button (or X+PWR), Maintance Screen comes up. Press Speaker U+ Camera, choose with D-Pad apply sdcard:update.zip and click
- Backup: Recovery, Recovery All
- Wipe: Wipe Dalvik, Wipe Cache und Wipe Data/Factory Reset
- Flash: Apply Update

Thats it!
You don't need to do full wipe all the time if you change within version.

If you need QWERTZ Hardware Keyboard: Within OpenRecovery: Settings > Keyboard Layout > qwertz