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Nokia 7160 driver

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by anejako

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I am supporting a user who would like to hook a Nokia 7160 cell phone to the Serial port of his laptop and use it as an external modem.

2 things not happening correctly:
1) Windows 95 is not activating Plug and Play when we hook the phone to theSerial port--it eventually finds it after you do Add New Hardware and let it search for a while
2) Don't have the correct driver for the phone--the CD the user received with the phone has Nokia 7190 drivers, not for the 7160. No help from Nokia onthis issue--their Tech Support didn't know what I was talking about!

Any help would be appreciated.

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by poettone

I would give 95 the boot, as in the time of 95 and all its versions and fixes no one had even concived the idea that a cellular phone could/would functiona s a modem device. So the needed Os support is not there, and the tech not knowing is a common thing, even though 95 may run ok, it just doesnt seem logical for a hardware manufacturer to supply the extra programming hours to support an older Os. I would safely say that upgradinnng would solve the problem.

Good Luck

by anejako

Actually, the Nokia tech contacted me and gave me a way to do this--but it's certainly not obvious from their product documentation.

Thanks anyway.

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