N8: ovi chat / messanger won't work simultaneously...

Ovi chat / messanger won't work simultaneously with Gtalk on PC. Usually, Google Talk supports multiple clients being active, you can have it running at the same time on your PC, on your laptop and your android phone. But not on your N8 phone! The client on my Nokia works, but as soon as another client is started, say, on PC, it disconnects. Why?
N8 / RM-596

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Preamble:
I recently connected my Nokia 5230 mobile phone to my PC via USB connection and loaded up Ovi Suite (2.2.1.23). Everything worked lovely. But alas! Both an Ovi suite update was available, as well as a update for the phone itself! So I downloaded the latest version of Ovi Suite (3.0.0.284).
Unfortunately, now Ovi Suite does not detect when I select "PC Suite" USB mode (selected on the phone screen). This essentially makes Ovi Suite useless.
So I followed some advice on other discussion pages (more on that later) and reinstalled the Ovi Suite. The problem persisted.
Here are some pictures to help you understand my problem:
http://i.imgur.com/5IknF.jpg
The computer is able detect the phone is connected via USB. I can even browse the contents of the phone memory and memory card. Upon detecting the connected phone, and me pressing 'PC Suite' on the phone screen, it will show this:
http://i.imgur.com/lV0rs.jpg
I cannot progress past this screen. The Ovi Suite simply does not recognise that I've selected that option on the phone.
Defense:
I know what your thinking. "Just another USB thread". Well, I did in fact read plenty of threads on this forum before posting, and have spent the last few hours uninstalling and reinstalling Ovi Suite and drivers in various ways (as suggested in those threads), with no success.
The following is a list of forum threads which I have read and tried all the solutions found in each, and I have copied the solutions (which appear to have worked for other people), for your convenience:
/t5/Nokia-Ovi-Suite/Ovi-Suite-PC-Suite-USB-Connection-Problem/td-p/682828
Solutions which did not work for me:
Could you please follow these steps and check?
1. Disconnect your phone from PC if connected.
2 .Open Control Panel and go to ‘Programs and Features’
3. From the list of available programs, choose ‘Nokia Connectivity Cable Driver’
4. Click on the ‘Change’ button on top toolbar.
5. In the setup dialog box that pops up next, choose ‘Repair’ and select ok. Wait for setup to complete.
6. Restart the computer if prompted.
7. Now connect your phone to the PC. Driver installation should complete and PC suite (hopefully) should detect your mobile properly now.
1. Uninstall all nokia related applications like Ovisuite, pc suite, connectivity cable driver,pc connectivity solutions, nokia software updater etc. from ur PC.
2. Restart your PC
3. Now download and install the recent ovisuite from http://www.ovi.com/suite
4. After installation, disconnect/disable your internet connection (this will make sure that the PC use the drivers which comes with ovisuite and prevent the PC from downloading any new drivers from internet) and then connect your mobile and wait for drivers and support software installation.
5. After drivers installation you can connect your mobile to ovisuite from ovisuite screen.
/t5/Nokia-Ovi-Suite/Can-t-connect-to-Nokia-Ovi-Suite-on-Nokia-6700/m-p/757938#M5623
Solution which did not work for me:
Hi GannonC,
Uninstall the following Programs, if any, from Control Panel -> Programs and Features or Add or Remove Programs.
Nokia Connectivity Cable Driver
Nokia Ovi Suite
PC Connectivity Solution
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http://www.ovi.com/suite
After OVi Suite installation, restart your PC, disconnect your internet from PC and connect your mobile to the PC. This is to prevent the PC searching for a new drivers from internet. OVi suite has all the required drivers for all the nokia phones available in market.
Once all the required drivers are installed automatically, you try connecting the mobile by selecting 'Connect your device' from the bottom left on the OVi suite screen. You should be able to connect your device now.
After connecting you can go ahead and update your maps/ download new country maps.
NOTE: before updating your maps/ download new country maps, you should have used your maps in you mobile atleast once.
Hope this will resolve your issue.
You can connect back your internet anytime after the drivers installation.
/t5/Nokia-Ovi-Suite/OVI-suite-not-reconizing-the-OVI-suite-USB-mode-N8/m-p/809893#M7107
Solution which did not work for me:
Hi,
Please check the suggestions below:
Select Ovi Suite via Tools -> Options -> My device -> Remove this device.
Once you add the device back to Ovi Suite, Select tools -> Add device, reconfigure the Sync -> Option - device sync settings and sync again.
If it does not help:
Go to
Control Panel--> Right click and Programs and Features or add/remove programs "Repair" Nokia Ovi Suite.
Go to
Control Panel--> Programs and Features or add/remove programs - > Right click and "Repair" Nokia Connectivity cable driver & PC Connectivity solution.
If it does not help:
Uninstall the following Programs,from Control Panel -> Programs and Features or Add or Remove Programs.
Nokia Connectivity Cable Driver
Nokia Ovi Suite
PC Connectivity Solution
Later download and install the latest OVi Suite from the Nokia.com/support.
After OVi Suite installation, restart your PC, disconnect your internet from PC and connect your mobile to the PC. This is to prevent the PC searching for a new drivers from internet. OVi suite has all the required drivers for all the nokia phones available in market.
Once all the required drivers are installed automatically, you try connecting the mobile by selecting
'Connect your device' from the bottom left on the OVi suite screen. You should be able to connect your device now.
Br
Mahyav
/t5/Nokia-Ovi-Suite/E5-Ovi-Suite-keeps-telling-me-that-my-device-isn-t-in-PC-suite/m-p/856573#M7752
Solution which did not work for me:
Maarten, I had the same issue and it started after I updated Ovi Suite as well as my device software. I found this in another thread and thought it might help you. I just uninstalled the 3 items and downloaded and installed as prescribed by going to nokia.com/support and downloading and reinstalling Ovi Suite.... Merry Christmas
Re: OVI suite not reconizing the 'OVI suite USB mode 22-Nov-2010 11:36 AM
***** Select Ovi Suite via Tools -> Options -> My device -> Remove this device.
Once you add the device back to Ovi Suite, Select tools -> Add device,
reconfigure the Sync -> Option - device sync settings and sync again.
*****If it does not help:
Go to
Control Panel--> Right click and Programs and Features or add/remove programs
"Repair" Nokia Ovi Suite.
Go to
Control Panel--> Programs and Features or add/remove programs - > Right click
and "Repair" Nokia Connectivity cable driver & PC Connectivity solution.
***** If it does not help:
Uninstall the following Programs,from Control Panel -> Programs and Features or
Add or Remove Programs.
Nokia Connectivity Cable Driver
Nokia Ovi Suite
PC Connectivity Solution
Later download and install the latest OVi Suite from the Nokia.com/support.
After OVi Suite installation, restart your PC, disconnect your internet from PC and
connect your mobile to the PC. This is to prevent the PC searching for a new drivers
from internet. OVi suite has all the required drivers for all the nokia phones available
in market.
Once all the required drivers are installed automatically, you try connecting the mobile
by selecting
'Connect your device' from the bottom left on the OVi suite screen. You should be able
to connect your device now.
/t5/Nokia-Ovi-Suite/not-recognizing-USB-mode-on-E73/m-p/780655#M6383
Solution which did not work for me (simmilar to above):
frauk:
I found this on the Europe forum and it worked for me--finally!
From /t5/Nseries-and-S60-Smartphones/Synchronisation-error-code-8393f010/m-p/734155/highlight/true#M21944...
Click Start
Click Control Panel
Click Programs and Features or Add/remove Programs
Choose Nokia Nokia Cable Connectivity then Change and repair
Do the same for PC Connectivity Solution - Change then repair
Reboot computer
After re-starting the computer, I also followed this portion of a suggestion from another post (don't know if it made a difference or not):
"connected the device, waited till all the drivers were loaded.
Then launched Ovi suite"
(From /t5/Nokia-Ovi-Suite/E52-Sync-Error-8393f010-838c03ee/m-p/740481)
Ovi Suite then recognized my device and the sync appears to have gone smoothly. I hope it works for you too! It's ridiculous that it causes so many problems though--I've wasted many hours on something that should have installed correctly the first time.
Other threads with this problem, which I came across that mention the same problem with various other phones:
/t5/Nokia-Ovi-Suite/5230-won-t-establish-USB-connection-with-Ovi-Suite/td-p/824037
/t5/Nokia-Ovi-Suite/OVI-Suite-2-2-0-245-problem-recognizing-Nokia-device/m-p/719958#M4079
More data:
Now that I have shared a detailed description of my failings with you, here is some information about my phone and the Ovi suite:
Phone information (Keypad: *#0000#):
Software version
V 20.0.005
Software version date
23-03-2010
Custom version
20.0.005.C02.01
Custom version date
23-03-2010
Language set
19
Model
5230
Type
RM-588
Latest update
Not needed (<-- is this another bug Nokia? The phone regularly informs me that a update is available...)
Ovi Suite System information:
Nokia Ovi Suite 3.0.0.284
PC Connectivity Solution 10.50.2.0
Connectivity Cable Driver 7.1.36.0
Nokia Ovi Suite Software Updater 2010.44.0.60888
Maps Service API 4.0.24.1
Nokia mPlatform 2.7.44
Ovi Desktop Sync Engine 1.4.1.42
Operating system:
Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit Edition, Service Pack 2
Language: English
Detected internet browsers:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18999
- Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13 (Default browser)
Detected Bluetooth stacks:
- Microsoft (Version: 6.0.6000, Build: 16386), In use.
Detected USB drivers:
- Default Hub Driver for USB 6.0.6002.18005
- USB Modem Driver 6.0.6002.18005
- EHCI eUSB Miniport Driver 6.0.6002.18005
Additional information:
Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 64-bit (with all updates installed)
I have no problems with USB or drivers with another components
Zship's revelations:
So this is not really a problem for me. I have the working, older (2.2.1.23) version of Ovi Suite installed on my netbook, and sure enough, it works fine, I just tried it. I wont be updating Ovi Suite on it though. I also could probably just download the update via 3.5G using just the phone itself, but the problem remains that a simple software update has caused a critical connectivity problem between your software and hardware. Given that many Nokia customers would have less technical know-how than say, myself or anyone else on this forum, this problem is a quite likely a huge inconvenience to them, they probably wouldn't visit these discussions and spend 5 hours reinstalling software like I just did, and they surely would be thinking twice before purchasing another Nokia device in the future.
tl;dr - Nokia recommended update breaks connectivity between software and device, various attempts to fix seemingly simple problem don't work.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

SAME PROBLEM. And none of the many suggested solutions has worked for me yet. I want to thank all on this thread (and many others) for their help. I've learned a lot but I haven't gotten to the bottom of it. I think maybe Nokia needs to ... uh ... bloody well BOTHER TO FIX THIS ISSUE themselves, maybe. Like, cuz they're PAID FOR IT and I'M NOT. Harrumph.
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