User manual VODAFONE README RELEASE 9.4.6

[. . . ] 6 Built-in Mobile Broadband Module device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Determining which firmware is installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Language & Network Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] · Always Best Connected: with ABC in automatic mode, no disconnect progress bar is shown when a mobile connection is disconnected because a LAN cable is inserted. · Always Best Connected: when a LAN cable is inserted while a WLAN connection is established and ABC is in manual mode, a balloon text will state that "A better WLAN connection is available". · The WLAN functionality within Vodafone Mobile Connect cannot control Microsoft Windows Wireless Connection Manager · Windows Vista and NDIS connections: when a NDIS connection is released and a new connection is set up, the following issues can occur: - A popup window is shown: "Duplicate name or IP is already found on the network". After closing the window normal operation can be resumed - A IP address "169. xxx. xxx. xxx", which is generated by Windows, is assigned. Workaround: disconnect and connect again. Automatic authentication which is done for some wireless LANs is dependent on the server side as well, and can last up to 30 seconds. · General device issues: · Contacts: Unicode is implemented but most of the devices do not support Unicode. Only Sierra Wireless, Motorola and LG devices support Unicode phonebooks. All other devices do not support them: Novatel Wireless, Option, Sony Ericsson, Seiko, Nokia 6282, Samsung, Rim and HTC. No phonebook import possible if contacts contain special Unicode characters. No phonebook export (add contacts) to SIM / device possible if contacts on SIM / device contain special Unicode characters. Option devices: · The K3760 cannot be used after resuming from Standby or Hibernation. Also, when the device is removed from the computer and then plugged in again, it will not be recognised afterwards. · Device selection doesn't work properly between two devices which are available at the same time. · Vodafone Mobile Connect is not able to show the own phone number (in Help -> Diagnostics) if it is stored on the SIM for the following devices: Option GT Ricola, Option Colt. Ericsson devices: · Contacts: Phonebook functionality issues with Ericsson devices when synchronizing contacts if a contact contains a backslash ("\"). Novatel Wireless devices: · The Novatel Wireless MiFi 2352 cannot be used after resuming from Standby or Hibernation. Workaround: remove the device from the computer, and plug it in again. · The Novatel Wireless MC950D does not support the "Check Balance" feature · Contacts & SMS: devices from Novatel Wireless only support 7-bit ASCII characters · Sometimes Novatel Wireless MC950D (with firmware 3. 1) and X950D return RAS error 668 when trying to connect. To fix the problem, please update the firmware to the latest version. · Novatel Wireless U630: the SmartCard driver is not available on Vista. Please ignore the error message during device installation. · Novatel Wireless U630: after making changes to the network settings, please perform a manual network search to get the changes adapted. [. . . ] Please use the BlackBerry handheld to add or delete phonebook entries, and for SMS. o The Blackberry 9000 does not report the Own Number, IMSI, IMEI, ICCID or Serial Number to Vodafone Mobile Connect. Version Information (Change Log) The following versions have been released to date. Version 9. 4. 4. 17702 RP87 Release · New supported devices: Vodafone K4505 and K4505-Z · Networks `Tango Luxembourg', `DU United Arab Emirates' and `SRR Réunion' have been added · Improved network search in roaming mode · The Vodafone Mobile Connect window will now adapt to small screens. · Bug fixes, driver updates and stability improvements · Support for Vodafone MiFi 2352 Mobile Broadband Hotspot · Support for Vodacom Tanzania (with Repackage 77) · Updated settings for Vodafone Turkey · Bug fixes, driver updates and stability improvements · Always Best Connected (ABC) · Bytemobile Optimiser 4 · Various driver updates for Huawei, Novatel Wireless, ZTE and Option devices © Vodafone Group 2010 9. 4. 3. 16284 9. 4. 2. 14731 Vodafone Global Product Support Document Version: 1. 0 Page 12 of 14 Vodafone Mobile Connect ReadMe · Support for Vodafone K3765-Z · Support for Vodafone Ghana, Vodafone Faroe Islands, Vodafone Qatar, Vodacom Lesotho · 'USB stick or modem' has been added as 4th option in the <Add Device> wizard · UltraCard support · New supported devices: Vodafone K3565-Z, Huawei EM730V · Updated Bytemobile client · Improved connection stability for Novatel Wireless devices · Updated drivers for Vodafone K3520-Z, Vodafone E3730, Vodafone K3760 · Updated Operator settings and language files · Bug fixes and stability improvements · New supported devices: Dell 5530, Vodafone E3730, Vodafone E3735, Vodafone K3715, Vodafone K3760 · Dynamic Language change · Dell Control Point support · Introduction of VMC Lite variants · WLAN integration now utilises the preferred WLAN client preinstalled on the laptop (configurable) · New supported devices: K3520, K2540 and Huawei EG162 USB Stick · Conflicting application management has been extended and improved. · Various fixes HP hs2300 Built-in 3G Broadband · New Diagnostics functionality · Improved standby / resume behavior for all Huawei devices · Improved support for Dell Built-in modules · Various networks added · Device support for Option ETNA NDIS (GE 0301) · Device support for Huawei E172 USB Stick · Support for new Acer Built-in 3G Broadband Notebooks · Option Device Support · Introduced support for Built-in 3G Broadband Notebooks · New device support · Updated device drivers · Various bug fixes & stability improvements · Updated drivers for Option devices · Support fort he Option 3G/GPRS (Colt) card · Web Sessions support for Vodafone Germany · Updated WLAN software · Latvian Language Support · Improved Vista Support · Minor improvements and bug fixes · New Device support · Initial VMC for Windows Vista 9. 3. 6. 12095 RP26 9. 3. 3. 10523 9. 3. 0. 9237 9. 2. 5. 8330 9. 2. 4. 7868 9. 2. 3. 7596 9. 2. 1. 6545 9. 1. 2. 5766 9. 1. 1. 5142 9. 1. 0. 4345 Vodafone Global Product Support Document Version: 1. 0 © Vodafone Group 2010 Page 13 of 14 Vodafone Mobile Connect ReadMe Links Download MS Windows XP Service Pack 2 MS Windows Vista Service Pack 1 MS Windows Installer 3. 1 for Windows XP MS . 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