Hi, is it possible to get the N95 recognised by XP as an external HDD using bluetooth as you can do with the usb-cable? Several apps require that the memory card is mounted as a drive to install apps, for instance garmin, and it is a hassle to have to dig out the cable every time this is required.
Mount as HD using bluetooth
My computer is a works laptop and they have somehow managed to prevent USB drives working (it tells me it is not allowed and doesn't work). Std PC Suite works but not USB mode. So, for me a BT method would be great (although slow) unless anyone knows how to get round the USB ban!!!!
you can't that's a group policy banning the use of external drives. the PC Suite allows access to your memory card.
Actually, it does not in my case. I used to be able to do it, but no longer, not sure why. But, this is anyway not sufficient for some applications, the need it mapped as a drive.
balls, can't you install the program using the nokia installer?
Nope, for instance Garmin XT installs by copying files to an external drive. Not sure how it knows which is your device. Similarly, Garmins POI-loader has to detect your device as a drive in order to generate poi-files and upload the to the phone.
mmarks wrote: unless anyone knows how to get round the USB ban!!!!
Being a network admin, I can tell you how. Group policy is stored locally in the system registry and is refreshed whenever the interval settings tell it to.
So, if you are able to, you can download ad aware from lavasoft.com (it's free) and do a scan with it, it will find the registry entries and you simply remove them. you'll be able to use your computer normally until the next GP refresh (default is 90 minutes). Hope this helps.
They may have also used a registry editing tool to tweak your operating system to disallow acces to usb drives and network drives etc. Adaware will also remove these entries.
In Linux this is piece of cake. After connecting you can go to nautilus and type (or bookmark) this location: obex://[BL:UE:AD😃R:RE:SS]/
Put there the address of your N95.
In Windows you can do it by disabling the crappy Microsoft bluetooth driver and installing the Broadcom driver instead.
Then you can see the phone drives in Bluetooth neighbourhood.
Do you have wireless on your work computer ? if so look at SymSMB 2.0 it is excellent. just connect to your N95 and browse with Windows Explorer. supports all windows functions like copy paste etc you can even map a network drive to your N95. you can create shared folders on your N95 too.
Not used my USB cable for over a month now !
No PC Software is required. just 1 app on your N95
Interesting. I'm using a BlueSoleil (IVT) BT dongle. Will this work with the broadcom drivers, and where would I find them to test it?
ph7 wrote:In Linux this is piece of cake. After connecting you can go to nautilus and type (or bookmark) this location: obex://[BL:UE:ADDR:RE:SS]/
Put there the address of your N95.In Windows you can do it by disabling the crappy Microsoft bluetooth driver and installing the Broadcom driver instead.
Then you can see the phone drives in Bluetooth neighbourhood.
yeah,, the linuy way is so sweet!
kolaf wrote:Interesting. I'm using a BlueSoleil (IVT) BT dongle. Will this work with the broadcom drivers, and where would I find them to test it?
I don't know the specs of your dongle, you should have a cd with drivers with it.
The broadcom driver is here:
http://www.broadcom.com/products/bluetooth_update.php
You *MUST* disable the Microsoft driver first.
After install you can use the broadcom wizard to configure the N95 services.
Then you can see it in Bluetooth neighborhood.
But I'm not sure how to mount the obex ftp protocol as a drive in Windows though.
Maybe you have to follow the tip above for system policy.
If you have wireless though, forget bluetooth and go for that. Much easier to setup and much much faster.
waxup - I tried that but it still didn't let me connect as USB mass storage - any more hints?
Did adaware find the registry entries? If so, I assume you removed them?
Also, are you able to access the device manager? (hold down windows key and press pause/break key, seeing how you're on a laptop you may also need to hold down the "function" key while hitting pause/break) and goto hardware> device manager. If so, click on anything in the device manager and then click on 'action> scan for hardware changes'
I hope this helps.
Function plus pause/break doesn't do anything!