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    Vaio Z unlock WWAN to work with no battery?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by slash23, Jul 26, 2011.

  1. slash23

    slash23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I have a Vaio Z13

    I'd like to know if someone found a way to let WWAN work with no battery plugged.

    Tnx :)
     
    slash23, Jul 26, 2011
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    slash23 Notebook Enthusiast

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    no way?
     
    slash23, Jul 27, 2011
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    hujink11 Newbie

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    That is big an issue to me as well - anybody got any ideas?
     
    hujink11, Aug 11, 2011
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  4. thehugo

    thehugo Newbie

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    I am interested as well - somebody got any solutions?
     
    thehugo, Aug 25, 2011
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  5. Gracy123

    Gracy123 Agrees to disagree

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    Would be interested too (for the S, but I guess it would be the same solution)
     
    Gracy123, Aug 25, 2011
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    ComputerCowboy Sony Fanboy

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    I is probably just a physical switch that the battery knocks into when inserted. All VAIOs with WWAN have something like that.
    I'll have a look and see if I can figure it out.
     
    ComputerCowboy, Aug 25, 2011
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  7. Gracy123

    Gracy123 Agrees to disagree

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    No physical switch :) It is most likely the internal board of the battery that communicates - the same one preventing you from using a non-OEM battery ;)
     
    Gracy123, Aug 25, 2011
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  8. pyr0

    pyr0 100% laptop dynamite

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    I think there is either some electric switch that detects presence of the battery electronic (perhaps an easy pullup that gets pulled to low or something from the battery) or a software way, e.g. the wireless software checks ACPI for presence of the battery.
     
    pyr0, Aug 25, 2011
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    I think it is a software solution we are looking for. There is no physical switch on the battery or computer itself.
     
    Gracy123, Aug 25, 2011
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  10. thehugo

    thehugo Newbie

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    hmm, but if it really were a software specific issue, then I should be able to circumvent it by getting rid of all the sony software/ doing a clean install - isn't that true?
     
    thehugo, Aug 26, 2011
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  11. beaups

    beaups New Jack Hustler

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    ^No. Windows knows whether or not you are on battery power via ACPI.
     
    beaups, Aug 26, 2011
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  12. thehugo

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    ok, so if it is not a physical switch and not (sony) software related, can it be somewhere in the driver for the gobi (the gobi completely disappears from the device manager once the battery is pulled)? If I remember right the driver had to be altered to use gps but there were other settings in the batch file (see content below) which might cause this issue?

    cd SBA_GOBI2000_PACKAGE_OEM1171_Sony_120409
    setup.exe SS=0 WIN7DRIVER=1 GPS=1 DEFAULTIMAGE=6 /q
    cd..
    md c:\Programdata\Wwan\Driver\
    copy Version.txt c:\Programdata\WWan\Driver\

    sorry if my thoughts are misleading but this really drives me nuts - just brainstorming :)
     
    thehugo, Aug 26, 2011
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  13. thehugo

    thehugo Newbie

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    any body else interested in this issue and having an idea?
     
    thehugo, Sep 22, 2011
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