(MRAILING EDIT - This hack is only needed on WM2003, WM5 does not need a hack for WLAN and Phone at the same time, as it's already enabled.)

Attached is a new hacked wlan.dll driver that will allow you to turn on and off wifi without the phone turning off. This hack is seperate from the 2 previous attempts and if you applied them, they should be undone. As always this is still being tested so please report any problems.

To install just copy the dll in the attached zip over the one in the \windows directory of the phone.

Edit:
After copying over the dll you will need to soft-reset.

,Dave

Attached Files

wlan.zip (112.1 KB, 2231 views)

SD welcome back thanks for the fix.
One general question - I don't use the Wireless plugin. In the past I used the WIFI antenna icon to access its settings once WIFI is activated. I don't see that icon with the phone activated does anyone know how to access the WIFI settings, such as choosing the network to attach to without the icon or plugin?

Woohoo! Once again, (broken record plays over and over) Thanks for all your help Superdave!!!

Only question is how do put back the registry entry at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\Interfaces

I like many people deleted
"Power-Manageable NDIS miniports"

Does anyone know how to put this back, before I apply fix #3?

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With wifi turned on you can use the attached shortcut to access the availble devices.

,Dave

Attached Files

wifi_dev.zip (161 Bytes, 886 views)

,Dave

Cool. This corrects one of my biggest complaints about the i730.

The other is that I get marks all over the screen holding the phone against my face. Can you fix that too.

Thanks very much.

Dave, you're awesome. Now can you hack a camera into the phone?? LOL

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I am so happy I could sh**t skittles!!!

Thanks Super Dave.

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How do you get the attached shortcut to work on the i730? I put the file onto my storage card and tried to execute it and it didn't work. Also, how do you force the i730 to use the WiFi connection as opposed to the dial up VZ connection and vice versa?

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SD This is totally awesome Thank you thank you thank you

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pki730,

Your copying the lnk in the zip file,not the zip file right? I tried it on my storage card and it worked fine.

,Dave

SD

Just installed and seems to work great!! I was on my WiFi at home and able to place and receive calls. Speakerphone works fine. This should make the i730 owners very happy. Thanks!!!

Hey guys, I'm not having any luck restoring the old Key and Value. It keeps wanting to put it in a separate folder in the Interfaces folder. It won't allow me to place it back.

Can anyone tell me what is the proper procedure?

Thanks, Richard

I was putting the unzipped file on my i730 I'll try unzipping it and try again when I'm back at my desktop. my one question still remaining, it seems that even with WiFi on the phone dials up on VZ's network for a internet connection instead of using the available WiFi connection. is thre any way to force it to use the WiFi connection when available and only if not to dial up VZ?

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For a few bucks I'll sell you hi-tech plastic face-slime protectors. As a bonus, they have a zip-lock device!

I haven't tried this hack yet but can you tell me what this second part is? I understand what the wifi driver would do but whats this dave?

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After replacing the wlan.dll, I cannot perform active sync with my desktop (I can still sync with my email server, I think). The commputer does not recognize the USB device/phone. When i replace the file with the original one, everything get back to normal.
Has anyone else faced this issue with this fix?
thanks,

Same here, no USB sync, only Bluetooth.

After the change of the file I COULD still Sync via USB, but I did get a prompt to allow traffic via activesync to this device as a firewall precaution.

I am guessing the people who are having this issue have XP with SP2 installed. Turn off your firewall, reboot and try then. If you can sync then you know the firewall is the problem.

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Active Sync is already in the exception list of the windows firewall.