This post is totally irrelevant to BOINCstats or BOINC, but since I spend a big part of a day on this and the information needed is hidden very well I thought I might help some people by posting this. And Google will bring people here that will normally not visit this forum: welcome to you!

A few months ago I bought a TomTom Go 910 with RDS-TMC receiver because I had it with the traffic jams on my way to and from work. I soon discovered that this combination didn't know about all traffic jams, or at least not in time. So when I was waiting in another unexpected traffic jam I experimented with the TomTom plus traffic services and it told me right away I was in a traffic jam, while the receiver was still telling me to go 120km/h faster.

Since my mobile-contract didn't have a GPRS budget and the cost would be sky-rocketing (and it is a company phone) I took a new mobile contract with unlimited internet access and a new bling bling phone.

This new phone is the HTC S710 and it comes with Windows Mobile 6 installed. I played with it and as a real man I was as happy as a child with all the gizmos on it (MSN, email, Internet Explorer, games etc).

Then it was time to pair it up with my TomTom. The TomTom found the phone and reported it found hands free and phonebook functions.... Hey, where is my wireless data connection functionality?? I went through all the settings of the phone, re-paired it with TomTom, tried again, more settings. Nothing. On to the internet. After searching for an hour and trying numerous search phrases I found out a few things. The wireless connection TomTom uses is called Dial-Up Networking (DUN for short) and none of the HTC phones is supported by TomTom. After more searching I found a page (link) explaining that Microsoft had decided to pull native DUN support from WM6 in favour of PAN.

So here we have the problem: the biggest GPS company uses DUN and the biggest software company dropped support for it (expect a GPS system from Microsoft soon).

Not willing to give up, I went on to the dark side of the internet. Finally I found a .cab file that would restore the DUN functionality. After installing it and a few reboots I re-paired the TomTom to the HTC and guess what: it found the wireless data connection. YES! Success!

But not really. TomTom tried to establish a connection to the internet but it failed. I spend a few hours searching and trying every possible connection option and setting. No luck.

Back to the dark side. More searches brought me a new .cab file. I installed it, rebooted the HTC, and re-paired with TomTom. The wireless data connection was found and the same questions (country, provider) were asked. Then it hung for over a minute (or so it feels) at the 65% progress where all my other attempts failed. But this time it went to 75, 90, 100%. Connection established! Wow, it seemed to work. I tried getting the latest traffic information, and yes, it definitely worked!

So, if you found this page because you need a DUN connection but you have a Windows Mobile 6 (WM6) phone that doesn't support it, here is what you have to do:
1: find and download the file "WM6_BT_DUN.cab"
2: copy it to your phone
3: install it (by tapping on it/entering on it)
4: click yes on all the warnings!
5: reboot (offered by the installer)
6: enable Bluetooth and Bluetooth discovery

That's it.

So where to get that cab file? You can download it from here. You have to register there. If you are unable to download it, send me a PM and I'll send it to you.

Thanks to AX3L from xda-developers for creating the cab file.

If you are not from the BOINC community and have found this information useful and want to say thank you, then consider reading up a bit on BOINC and maybe start using it.

(I could've made this guide a hell of a lot shorter by only posting the six steps required, but I felt the need to write off my frustration.)

Wow - thanks thanks thanks :-)

I have been following the various threads for some time after suffering exactly the same frustrations you have. I Have an S710 and a Tomtom 910 and installed the WM6_BT_DUN cab absolutely painlessly and with immediate success.

Other threads talk of problems with smartphones as opposed to PDA's running WM6 but as you succeeded I thought I'd give it a go and yes, it works perfectly as far as connecting to mtyTomtom is concerned (and that's all I wanted).

Thanks for being brave enough to take the plunge and posting your results.

Willy,

Thanks.

I’m using the S710 with a TomTom 700 and I tried several solutions from differed forums but noting worked….
This solution was quick and easy and now everything works fine.

Hi Willy,

I most certainly can understand your frustration. I'm even wondering if I should finally decide on buying one of those all-in-one thingies, just to avoid this kind of stress...

Anyway, I followed your instructions, downloaded and installed the .cab file (no questions at all and no reboot, so I restarted the HTC myself). I got the TomTom Go910 to finally recognize the HTC's DUN capabilities (installed with the .cab file).

However, although all seems ok, as soon as I try updating the traffic information, my TomTom tells me: "cannot create wireless connection, please check your mobile phone" (I have a Dutch language version installed, so can't tell if this is the exact same phrase in the English language version).

On the HTC I have both internet (WiFi) and GPRS enabled

So, there I am, completely at a loss, having rebooted both my TomTom and my HTC for a total of 3 times now.... help!

Best regards,
Guido (aka paddeltje)

PS: if you want, you can send me an e-mail at paddeltje [at] (Google's email service)

PPS: I used to be a gadget freak. Those were the PalmOS days, when Palm was up and coming... I am now starting to be a gadget hater. Go figure!

Update: without changing anything at all, it suddenly works... it boggles the mind!

So, thanks for your post. I really appreciate your putting this much work in it!

Best regards,
Guido (aka paddeltje)

The bad thing is: your TomTom will on regular occasions tell you it cannot establish a connection to the phone. Sometimes it works by itself on the next try, sometimes I need to restart the TomTom, and sometimes I need to restart the phone. All in all it doesn't work 100% correct.

And also, just five days before my TomTom was 1 year old it broke down. It keeps rebooting. I had problems with it before that it didn't want to start at all.

And on top of that TomTom discontinued the traffic information service in favor of the Traffic XL thingy, which doesn't work in Belgium where I drive a lot.

I'd have to say that this €450 PNA doesn't give me that "value for money" feeling.

Thanks so much for this thread. I have a Tomtom Go 730 and an AT&T Tilt (HTC TyTn II) running a cooked rom w/ Win Mobile 6.1.

I have exactly the same problem as outlined at the top of this thread. I followd the directions to a tee, but I did not enjoy the same results as the author.

I did a reboot of my phone as it asked for after the file install, and I deleted the profile of both devices and paired them anew. Should I have completly reset the tomtom first? Anyone have any experience employing a different solution, or going through a manual config?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Last year I did the same exercise on my new HTC Touch Pro (WM6.1) and it still worked, so I don't really have a clue what went wrong. What I've heard is that sometimes you just have to start from the top and on the second try it works.

Thanks Willy. Will keep trying and let you know when the issues is solved.

So after several tries following your instructions, I decided to see what would happen if I used a different carrier's settings instead of AT&T wireless. I selected "Cingular (MediaWorks)" of all things and guess what....IT WORKED? Cingular MediaWorks is their original attempt at a data connections using GPRS and EDGE...never mind 3G. I mean it is an old profile. How it worked using those setting and not the AT&T settings is beyond me. I orderd the traffic service and we'll see how it goes. Thanks again for the .bun file.

Best,

Tried this method and another older method to enable DUN on my i-mate ultimate 9502. It did not work.

If anyone out there has successfully done this on any ultimate, please get in touch with me. <3