ranjan2001

God know if there is a way to install LG2030 via USB cord on my laptop running window XPP. Last 18 days I have got 7 data cables from various vendors, tried with their original supplied CD as well as downloaded the latest drivers from Reliance website, nothing works. Today took 4 cables to nearest webworld the tech person tried all 4 of them but none worked, He installed the samsung usb cord (original reliance)& that worked like a charm, he indeed confirmed that 2030 should also work for sure but all the stock is finished of 2030 USB cables, so no chance to get one. The constant problem is at one particular step where after reebooting it ask to connect the usb cord & it should install the driver THINGS FAIL HERE, & the NEXT button remains deactivated, I tried installing manually have read all the threads regarding this on this forum, tried every thing discussed, but cannot install this Dhirubahi's Stupid modem. Any help is welcome in this regard. I feel the required driver for XP is not the correct one but not sure if I am correct. Please help.

Tondon he is refering to the same driver which is available on the instalation CD else download it from RIM website. This installation faliure was quite a unique HELL experience I ever had with computer hardware. Hope you dont go through all this. Ranjan

So finally I got to know of this post via Seetha Private Message. I can tell u one thing that the original cable does not charge the phone at all, where as the 3rd party used to do that, & I feel that might be one of the issue that USB port getting locked due to incompatibility, thus the com ports do disappear from device manager. I was through hell with all that problem, but at RS 1674/- my mind is at peace at least for sure. Ranjan

One difference I have found in the original & 3rd party cables is that all 3rd party cables were charging the phone when connected to the usb, whereas the original cable does not do that. Could this be the reason for my problem. Ranjan

Sanay & Karpar, Finally I installed that damn............modem with USB data cable bought directly from LG for Rs 1674/- yes I felt robbed at that price but when every thing fail then old saying goes "doobte ko tinke ka sahara" It took 2 min to install without any problems on both win 2000/ XP, the difference was that the USB>>serial driver was detected & installed automatically. It seems there is a compatibility issue between the cable & the handset, there is some kind of box inbuilt with the cable & that might be having some clash with the handset. You guys have been very helpful & I thanks you all who were helping me, but destiny wanted me to pay that 1674/- to use this so it took me that way. I still have no clue what could be wrong with 3rd party usb cable from 7 different sources..............................this reminds me that I tried another 3 cables before getting robbed at LG, but no luck with any other cable. I wonder how is that same cable able to work with you & other members. If I get any clue will surely post it. Regards Ranjan

Dhirubhai ki atma ko shanti mile magar I FAILED FAILED FAILED, god knows why a simple task is made that impossible. Did the following win 2000 desktop edited registery deleted all the traces of ser2pl.sys, prolofic & mat were deleted before. It ask for .INF file not .sys file so in my case on both the platforms. screenshot enclosed. Win XP pro clean install, new data cable went to web world, the tech guy did his best but failure is the only thing we have acheived in last 20 days, could not install. He then took a samsung phone & usb cable installed it & within 2 min dialler was installed & the internet connection was established. He then did the my 2030 with serial cable using a serial to usb hardware convertor & choose serial connection & that too get installed. Now why the hell 2030 does not work with usb. GOD help those who have been trying to help me so much. Nothing further left to tell u guys, I am finished :'(

I have that & thats the 1st part of the installation which has no problem in installation, my problem is the driver for the LG usb modem that does not get installed, windows should find that automatically but doesent do it. it does not show in the add remove program neither on win 2000 nor in XPP. This now seems to be some kind of black magic to me hard to master. No need to email the driver, you have confirmed that we both have the same driver, I am going to the web world just now with a clean install of XP & a new data cable, will report back within 3 hrs what happens. Ranjan

In my case windows cannot find any driver automatically & when I do that manually it still does not find the driver. Which file should I choose as driver from this screenshot.

Thanks for the confirmation, I am using a notebook win XPP, as well as desktop win 2000 pro. Both installation have failed. I have the CD with with the data cable & I downloaded the "rconnect_lg_rd_2030_usb" instalation from relience the link was found in a post on this forum. If it is the same which u want to mail me then no need, but if its different then yes mail me to ranjan2001 at rediffmail dot com. Thanks again all of you who have helped me till now, I am hopeful I can do it with ur help. Ranjan

Just wondering will this help me from the site Use this driver for the USB Data cable to turn your mobile phone into a highspeed modem. Remember to create a dial-up networking shortcut, selecting the "USB modem" as the connection method. This is the free driver provided by Future dial. http://members.driverguide.com/driver/deta...driverid=130729 I confirm that this does not work with 2030, dont download this.

Ok guys understood the source of problem partially, 20 days ago when 1st installation failed the shop keeper told me to that this 2030 only works with serial to usb convertor attached to the cable, not convinced with him I tried another cable & same happened & another shopkeeper told me the same, this time I asked him to install himself , he did so via other driver & different cd & sure it started working via serial to usb convertor............I guess thats the left over driver which now is not letting me install it. I did a system restore (hardware profile) & this time that MAT USB-to-Serial Bridge did not get installed on its own, instead the "found new hardware" wizard came in but wanted to install as "prolific USB 2 serial com port" & forces me to look for "ser2pl.sys" file which is again not the right one as per my guess, Can you confirm this for me. This is another driver I downloaded for which I read about in a thread on this forum regarding the installation problem. Doing it manually 1-15, I get stuck at step 13 , Windows autodetect my modem and it is visible in the options as LG USB modem but then when I "Have Disk" it cant find the driver so I manually choose, what should be the file for win XP, I guess there is win2k file which works for XP too. I tried using LGUSB convertor driver there are 3 files in this folder but window gives me error saying "this does not contain info about ur hardware" so it fails. Few question were to me, I am from Delhi, to attach any image go to the bottom of the page"file attachment" where u reply to the post, there u can browse to a gif or jpg file which will show in the post. Screenshot 2 included.

Thanks for all these replies but I am still left frustated here is the screen shot this time I managed to install the modem manually, NO it does not install automatically at all. LGUSBCONVERTERDRIVER get sinstalled & I can sse that in Program files but FTDI USB SERIAL CONVERTER DRIVERS not sure about this where do I look for this. I have never seen this ever in past 19 days over 50 installation attempts. This may be another problem. I tried on com ports 1 2 3 but its does not find the modem, also to note my note book has only 3 uSB ports so how is it showing me the COM port are they part of USB , not sure. Will try any further suggestion, thanks a lot. Ranjan

Hi Karpar if this is true, then its strange, but I tried in 2000 & the hardware wizard does not come up at all, seem some trace from previous installation is left on the system. I manually installed the hardware & finally can see it in device manager as LG usb modem, but choosing the serial driver this time as per ur suggestion.(sheer stupid interface) But the modem query still fails & the rconnect dialler was not created so still cannot connect to the modem. Atleast moved forward finally installing the modem.

Even if a right driver is used .... at the step U mentioned what error do U get after U install the driver manually - using the windows wizard ?? I dont get any error the "NEXT" button does not activate remains grey meaning the phone is not being recognized. In the list U will find LG USB modem. Select that and set it up. This is excatly the problem when I tried doing it manually it does not get installed as LG usb modem neither shows in the device manager. I installed it as standard 28000 modem but then the even choosing various com port the modem query fails. 7 cables cant be faulty, so is the case with usb ports since I use other devices by connecting on the same ports. My only guess is my mobile phone port may be faulty, will get it confirmed by service centre today. Can anyone tell me the excat name of the driver file required for XP , so I can confirm that I have the right driver. Another thing to note is that I have USB 2.0 not 1.1, could that be a issue. I did install bitpim much later but opnly on 1 of the computer, so that may not be the issue. Thanks for ur suggestion. Ranjan

Well I am new here & have read most of the post on the forum in last 2 days & I confirm that nothing works with LG2030 + direct usb cable with win XP pro, fellow user connected it with the serial usb converter & the same cable & LG phone got installed on my laptop win XPP without any problems. I confirm that nothing works as long as I am trying direct USB connection, it will not get installed by windows. Some strange trouble with either the hardware or the drivers. Ranjan