Samsung A900M Fails to Connect on Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs

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Samsung A900M Fails to Connect on Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs

I've been connecting to the Sprint EV-DO network with the Samsung A900M on Windows XP for a while now. It had always worked wonderfully. Recently, I have a few thin client notebooks that I like to try the same feats on. The thin client notebooks are running the Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (WinFLP). It's a stripped-down version of Windows XP based on Windows XP Embedded (XPe). So far, WinFLP had ran everything I throw at it beautifully. I didn't think it would have any problems accessing the Internet with the Samsung A900M camera phone. But it did.

The actual problem was quite interesting. The installation process, as documented in "Connect Windows XP Computer to the Internet Using the Samsung A900M Camera Phone", went smoothly with one slight script error at the start. But everything installed according to plan. But when I tried to connect to the internet, I get the following error message (see screen shot below):

"Opening port...
Error 633: The modem (or other connecting device) is already in use or is not configured properly."

I have tried it on two separate WinFLP notebooks and the same problem persists. Perhaps WinFLP doesn't install some software module that is installed in the regular Windows XP version?

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Error Connecting to Sprint PCS EV-DO.png

Chieh Cheng
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:04:24 +0000

The following screen shot shows the description after I clicked on the "More Info" button. I've also typed it below for those of you on text browsers:

633
If this is a dial-up connection, the COM port that the network connection attempted to use is already in use by another active network connection or another process (for example, a phone line monitoring program, such as a fax program). Close the application that is blocking the use of the COM port. For more information about troubleshooting modem problems, see Troubleshooting modems.
If this is a virtual private network (VPN) connection, the VPN device that the network connection attempted to use cannot be opened. If the problem persists, contact your system administrator.
If this is a broadband connection, the broadband device that the network connection attempted to use cannot be opened. Make sure that the required hardware, such as a cable modem, is functioning properly. For more information about required hardware, contact your broadband service provider.

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Error 633.png

Chieh Cheng
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:24:29 +0000

Everyone is having the same trouble. The following are some web sites that cover the problem and suggest some kind of solution. So far, seems like none works.

Chieh Cheng
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:32:42 +0000

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