Samsung smartphone won't sync on Vista
 

Hi guys, just acquired a brand new Samsung i325 and am connecting via
Bluetooth. The setup software that came with the phone took a few
attempts to install and I am having trouble syncing between the phone
and my Asus notebook running Vista. The software won't even recognise
my connected phone via USB.

Attempting to separately install the ActiveSync component from the CD
does not wok and I get an error message saying ActiveSync cannot be
installed on Windows Vista.

I haven't yet connected to the Telecom network, but that shouldn't
affect the software, should it?

Has anyone else recently acquired one of these phones and managed to
get it to install correctly with Vista?

Obviously I have communicated my issue to the retailer, but thought it
worth checking here too because they won't be open until tomorrow.

Thanks in advance for advice,
B

Re: Samsung smartphone won't sync on Vista
 

On May 11, 4:55*pm, Boppy <therealbo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi guys, just acquired a brand new Samsung i325 and am connecting via
> Bluetooth. The setup software that came with the phone took a few
> attempts to install and I am having trouble syncing between the phone
> and my Asus notebook running Vista. The software won't even recognise
> my connected phone via USB.
>
> Attempting to separately install the ActiveSync component from the CD
> does not wok and I get an error message saying ActiveSync cannot be
> installed on Windows Vista.
>
> I haven't yet connected to the Telecom network, but that shouldn't
> affect the software, should it?
>
> Has anyone else recently acquired one of these phones and managed to
> get it to install correctly with Vista?
>
> Obviously I have communicated my issue to the retailer, but thought it
> worth checking here too because they won't be open until tomorrow.
>
> Thanks in advance for advice,
> B

Try installing the Windows Mobile Device Centre 6.1 for Windows Vista,
it replaces ActiveSync

You can download from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobi...icecenter.mspx

Try synching over USB first, which should work once the software is
installed on Vista, and then try setting up Bluetooth

Cheers
Nathan

Re: Samsung smartphone won't sync on Vista
 

On May 11, 6:10 pm, Nathan Mercer <nmer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 11, 4:55 pm, Boppy <therealbo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi guys, just acquired a brand new Samsung i325 and am connecting via
> > Bluetooth. The setup software that came with the phone took a few
> > attempts to install and I am having trouble syncing between the phone
> > and my Asus notebook running Vista. The software won't even recognise
> > my connected phone via USB.
>
> > Attempting to separately install the ActiveSync component from the CD
> > does not wok and I get an error message saying ActiveSync cannot be
> > installed on Windows Vista.
>
> > I haven't yet connected to the Telecom network, but that shouldn't
> > affect the software, should it?
>
> > Has anyone else recently acquired one of these phones and managed to
> > get it to install correctly with Vista?
>
> > Obviously I have communicated my issue to the retailer, but thought it
> > worth checking here too because they won't be open until tomorrow.
>
> > Thanks in advance for advice,
> > B
>
> Try installing the Windows Mobile Device Centre 6.1 for Windows Vista,
> it replaces ActiveSync
>
> You can download fromhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter.mspx
>
> Try synching over USB first, which should work once the software is
> installed on Vista, and then try setting up Bluetooth
>
> Cheers
> Nathan

Hi Nathan, thanks for replying. Unfortunately this still doesn't let
me connect, either by bluetooth or USB. The application opens but I
get no options, just the "not connected" message.

Re: Samsung smartphone won't sync on Vista
 

Thanks for replying Collector. I did notice on the initial install the
device drivers failed to install but after installing the update
mentioned in Nathan's post, the device drivers went in correctly.


> You need the device drivers so it is able to be recognized, dont like
> the chances of a vista driver for a Samsung