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I bought a new orange Boulder a few weeks ago. My plan was to use it as a modem for my laptop. I'm paying for the 5gig/mo data plan, along with other features.
Anyway, today I'm trying to setup a Windows XP box to use the Boulder as a modem. Simply plugging the USB cable in didn't work so I figured I needed a driver. I found and downloaded the Windows USB drivers for this cellphone and installed them. However, XP still refuses to even notice the Boulder when I plug in the USB cable. I've told the Boulder to use Call Settings/PC Connections/USB. I've installed, uninstalled, and reinstalled the USB drivers, and I've even tried installing VZAccess manager. No luck. VZAccess manager can't find a cellphone, either.
What voodoo do I need to get this stupid XP desktop to notice it has a Boulder plugged in? (This kind of crap is why I only run linux on my laptop. This XP desktop is my folks'.)
I even tried unloading the Garmin drivers I use on this XP machine, and that didn't help, either. When those are loaded, XP notices when I connect my Streetpilot's USB cable. So USB in general does work on this desktop, just not the Boulder's drivers.
Any suggestions?
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I'm beginning to wonder if the store didn't sell me the wrong USB cable. I tried plugging the phone into my Linux Laptop, just to see what identifiers it saw, but I didn't get a thing from the kernel. Normally I see complaints about an unrecognized USB device, but nothing at all happened.
The phone charges with this cable but I'm guessing it isn't talking over it. The packaging says its a "USB Cord compatible with LG Venus, Voyager, enV, Chocolate". They didn't have anything that specifically said "Boulder" but this is what the clerk said it needed.
Do I have the wrong USB cable?
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