WHS Mobile v1.5.3

The WHS Mobile v1.5.3 update was approved by Apple. This update brings some UI improvements, no more waiting for a folder’s thumbnails to load, fixes uploading, and enhanced security, added support for high-bitrate mp3s, added document viewing (PDF, HTML, XLS, and DOC formats), and search has been redone. I also fixed the space error and I believe that non-English Home Server’s should now configure correctly with the add-in.

The Windows Mobile side has had a few improvements, asynchronous thumbnail loading like the iPhone, bug fixes, and Smartphone edition (non-touch screen devices) support. With the Smartphone edition, uploading and downloading is currently not supported because I have to re-write the prompts for it.

Documentation

Windows Mobile documentation coming soon.

iPhone Docs – Remember to port forward 8169 TCP using your router

Download

Windows Home Server Add-In (PP2+)

Windows Mobile Application (5.0+)

Apple iPhone and iPod Touch (3.0+)

Easily download the Windows Mobile version by using Microsoft Tag to snap a shot of the tag below:

whs_mobile_download_tag

Notes

Do not follow previous workarounds listed on this site as they are for older versions of WHS Mobile. If you need help email me at: support [at] compugeeksoftware [dot] com

I have not gotten this to work with Japanese and Chinese characters just yet but I am working on it.

I do have some future ideas that I’m planning out, such as Wake-On-LAN.

Comments

Clay

Thanks for the update!

Just wanted to let you know that when I installed the update to the phone and the server it would not let me connect to the server at first. I seemed to have resolved the matter by uninstalling the add-in on the server and then reinstalling it. I had some strangeness going on with Avast on the server also, so it is possible that I'm an isolated incident.


Jose Aragon

Worked GREAT!


Kamran

well the new version pretty much broke me, when i click on my music from the iphone client it justs closes and goes back to my springboard. not sure what to do because it was working before the update....


Brent Friedman

Kamran,

Does it only happen with the Music share? How many items are in that share? How is it organized? I just need more information about your setup.


Stephen L

Thanks Brent ...looks great. I can't wait to upgrade when I get home. Btw, if you can get Wake-On-LAN working that would be a fantastic improvement.


Brent Friedman

Stephen L,

I actually got Wake-On-LAN working earlier for Windows Mobile, I just need to port it to iPhone.


Kent

Hi!

I love this app, I have to say that. You're doing a great job. But, when I installed the new version I'm not able to stream my music anymore. The Music folder are organized with the group and album, and the songs are in that folder again.

I have updated to the newest software on both the WHS and my iPhone.

I have opened the necessary ports so I can't figure it out:(


Brent Friedman

Kent,

What happens when you try to stream? What happens instead of streaming? Try playing one file by navigating to it, tapping it, and then tapping Play. What happens then?


Brandon

I am having the same crashing issue. Worked fine before the upgrade, then updated the app and uninstalled and reinstalled the add in ( I was using 1.52 before, but updated the add in to 1.53). Now, the app crashes when I go into music or photo folders, but not software. I have about 50 gb of music in the normal whs share folder. Organize dby artist, with subfolders by album


Brandon

As a followup, I also uninstalled the app and downloaded it again. I still get the same problem.


Kent

Hi again. Well my problem is something similar. I can navigate to any folder and click the song directly. The problem is when I hit play it says it's unable to stream. And if I use it long enough the program stop showing me files in different folders etc. Then I have to restart;)


Gahgah

Same problem here. iPhone App crashes as soon as i choose the Music directory.


Masahiko Sada

Hi Brendan.

I installed V1.5.3 on Japanese WHS.

Premission problem was solved!

Thank you.

But,I still can't access Shared Folders which

includes 2byte code name.

>I have not gotten this to work with Japanese and Chinese characters just yet but I am working on it.

I'm looking forward to the next version.

Regards.


Jürgen

Same problem here. iPhone App crashes as soon as i choose the Fotos directory.

Its a German WHS


Johnny

Hi Brent,

I have the newest version of the app but it will not upload to WHS. It looks like it completes the procedure but nothing appears on the server. No errors nothing any idea?


Johnny

sorry

iphone v3.1 WHS Mobile v1.5.3 WHS vPP2


Chris

Ah crap I'm getting "Failed to connect".

Had not issues with the previous issues, and it didn't say but thought I'd be better of uninstalling 1.5.2 and then installed 1.5.3

Made no changes other than that, and now have an app I can't use. Any ideas on what I should do next, the domain details etc remain unchanged. :$

Chris


Three Eye

Yes, getting there! :)

I really appreciate the focus going from admin to documents and media! After all how often do I have to do admin tasks compared to accessing files! It's still crashing quite often though.

One killer feature would be to pull files for offline viewing. That and making the whole thing more stable would get me into app nirvana (or at least not regret getting an iPhone over WinMo to start with, as it currently stands ;-)


Chris

Ignore my earlier post, got it sorted in the end.

My problem was that the App hadn't actually updated itself, because there was a conflict between my UK iTunes account and the fact that the App was downloaded using the US store.

I've since gone and bitten the bullet and purchased from the UK store to avoid any future issues...so Brent not only did you get my $10 up front, but you've got another paying customer in the process.

Keep up the good woek.

Chris


Avery Simonsen

I'm seeing the same problem as others have reported. Any folder I try to open with many items in it causes the iphone app to crash. Most recent iphone app version and 1.5.3 on the server. I tried rebooting the iphone to no avail. Uninstalled 1.5.2 before installing 1.5.3 add-in. Best of luck to Brent. The new features sound cool. Looking forward to checking them out.


JB

Hello Brent,

First i realy would like to tell you thank for this last update, this work realy realy must faster than the 1.5.2 serveur add-in on my french WHS.

And this one work perfectly ! very good addin for my iphone & my WM6.5 phone.

We can now preview PDF file, directly take a picture frome the camera to send it, it's a realy good job.

Can you just tell use about where the uploaded pictures are sended on the server ?

Because i created an user only for the iphone remote connection and deleted the iphone userr directory creaed by default in WHS to keep my organisation clear, so i wait your answer to know where the uploaded file are now ?

Regards JB from france :o)

Ps: sorry for my english guys


Bill Stebbins

This new update is MUCH improved and faster. Thanks!


Jeff Jones

I had the orginal version of the iPhone app and the add-in installed but I just updated to 1.5.3. I followed the install instructions but I cannot login. I have tried public domains and private. I have rebooted the server and run iis reset but I can seem to login. I get the login failure.


Kent

Hi. I was looking in my photos folder. In the next update of this fabulous app, could you for example put view folder in photos? And put in a delete button to if it's possible. I still have problem with streaming music. Seems like my only problem. Can't wait for an update or solution, because this app is going somewhere great;)


StephenL

Upgraded...works great. I can now play my mp3s which are all 320kbps, open pdfs and docs. Brilliant. Even my 7 year old was impressed.


Gamal

Hi Brent.

The new Update works great and it´s much faster then the old version. The problem i have is only a litte Problem. When i navigate in the Files-Tab i can see the text only but the icons that should appear left beside the text aren´t visible. In the User-Tab i can see the icons. I use the current iPhone Version and WHS-addin 1.5.3.


Brent Friedman

Gamal,

Are the items that don't show icons next to them folders/shares and not images? If you download the folder icon pack in the v1.5 post you can use those to show icons next to the shares - that's what I do.

Kent,

I don't quite understand what you mean by view folder? View without thumbnails? As for streaming, what bitrate are your mp3s (you can check via Windows - shows up in file properties)?

Jeff Jones,

Please uninstall the old add-in and install the new.

Bill,

Thanks.

JB,

It uploads to the folder/share you were in when you uploaded.

Avery,

I'll take a look and seee what I can do.

Three Eye,

What were you doing when it crashed?

Johny,

How large is the image?

Jürgen,

Taking a look.


ingalls

works fine thanks a lot


Jeff Jones

I did before I installed the new version.


Brian

I can access through the IP on wifi, but not on internet and the homserver.com address...Please advise Router is DIR-655


JB

Hello Brent,

When you say "It uploads to the folder/share you were in when you uploaded."

The folder need to have the full right of the user to modify the content or that can work if it's only in read mode ?


Russ

Latest add in & Iouch app. App crashes when I access the music folder. Other folders good. I don't know the # but I have ALOT of music folders - files.

Russ


Brent Friedman

Jeff Jones,

Try typing your password into the settings on the phone again.

Brian,

If you have not, please port forward 8169 (TCP) to your home server via your router.

JB,

Looks like I might have messed something up with uploading. I'll have to go take a look on my other computer that houses the iPhone App's source to be sure.

Russ,

Taking a look. God I hate having to wait two weeks for an update to be published by Apple.


Neil

Hi Brett

I'm new to WHS and have a DIY setup and just installed your app and after a few goes and reading through previous posts have got my Iphone to log on to the server, however, I only get the menu icons no files, directories etc on my server. Can you suggest where I might be going wrong?

Thanks

ps your app looks great and I'm looking forward to getting it going.


Brandon

Brent,

just wanted to reitterate that others are having the same app crashing problem as Russ. Any directory with a large number of subfolders crashes the app. This did not happen on the last version. Thanks for your work on this.


Brian

Port is forwarded and I still have the same problem


Kent

Hi Brent!

The bit-rate on my music files is 128 and 192.

By view folder I meant that if you have an option to be able to view the whole folder, as a slideshow if you want.

Thanks for helping


theefman

Hi Brent, any news on whether we willl see remote desktop working for WM? Touch Pro2 & Touch HD2 would be ideal for this. Thanks.


Brent Friedman

Jonny and JB,

When you tried uploading a photo, did your account have write privileges in that folder and share? I just tried uploading to a share that I did not have write privileges in (only read) and it did what you said. It seemed to upload successfully but the file was no where to be found. I then tried uploading to the Photos share that I had full access to and it did the same thing, except the file was listed (successfully uploaded). It uses your permissions, if you can't write then neither can the App. This is mainly for security and peace of mind.

Brian,

I am still investigating the crashing when the folder or share has too many items.

Neil,

Did you give permissions to your user in the WHS Mobile Home Server Console's Settings page?

Kent,

How long does it take before it tells you the file cannot be played? Pretty quickly? Or is there a 10 second or more delay?

Brian,

Your router might not support loopback connections. When outside your Wi-Fi network the HomeServer.com domain should work.

theefman,

I don't know but maybe a week. I just have to redesign how it functions because I've moved from using a Windows Service to using IIS that comes with Server 2003.


kent

Hi again Brent!

Problem solved:) I tried posting a comment here last night om my solution, but apparently it didn't go through. But anyway, it comes pretty quickly, so I was thinking its something wrong with the permission for my user. My user had space in it, so I switched back to a user with one name only, and now it's playing. If there is someone else having the same problem, it would be good if they tried it too, because if it then works with the other guys to, spacing is still a problem.

But for now, I have a WHS Mobile working great, I can upload, stream etc etc. :) One thing, in releases after this one, will you put in the possibility to delete folders as well as files ? Because I will probably use this app to clean up a little sometimes to.

Thanks again for the great app, keep up the good work, and I hope there is a solution for the others to:)


Neil

hi Brett

Thanks for your feedback - permissions were set ok i think but ive just uninstalled and reinstalled the latest server add-in and its working now - so all is good now Thanks.


theefman

Brent, I'm not sure if this has been asked but is there any reason why the WM version doenst have an option to stream music or videos and always prompts to download them? Thanks.


brjack

With regard to uploading pictures/files:

Scenario 1 - Success

1. Open WHS Mobile on iPhone

2. Navigate to target folder that you have permissions to upload to

3. Select "Options" --> "Upload from Camera"

4. Take picture

5. Select "Use"

6. Create picture name, select "OK"

7. Verify picture is on WHS server in target folder

Scenario 2 - Failure

1. Open WHS Mobile on iPhone

2. Navigate to the same target folder used in scenario 1

3. Select "Options" --> "Upload"

4. Select picture to upload

5. Name picture, select "OK"

6. Verify that picture does not get loaded to folder

I hope this breakdown helps to identify to the portion of the app that is not working. Basically taking a picture from within the application works great, what doesn't is working with a picture that was taken outside of the app.

Thanks,

-Brian


Sergei

Hi,

Coulв you please add an ability to use non-Latin (Cyrillic) characters for username. That will be really appreciated.


Simon

+1 to crashing problem on some top level folders but not others (photos, music etc.)


JB

Hi everybody,

I have the same problem as "brjack"

I can upload picture taked by the camera, but can't upload any picture from the library like picture already taked days ago.

i hope that help our friend Brent ;o)


wili98

I thing that will be a very good idea to be able creating setup without requiring live ID.

For example I don't want to open any ports of my WHS live... But instead almost every WM phone will be able to initiate VPN. So please if its possible thing such a function.


Jay Krackeler

Is the WHS add-in compatible with HP MediaSmart servers model EX-475? (this is the 1st generation WHS from HP)


JR

Is the latest version in iTunes Store 1.0.1, dated September 5th?

I am having problems connecting to my WHS ( I have 1.5.3 add-in installed on my WHS), was just wondering if the latest version of the iPhone app is even available in my region (Finland) iTunes store.


David Hunter

I paid for it and loaded it onto my iphone but it won’t get by Initial Configuration with the house picture, am i doing something wrong?


Dan

Well what about Blackberry...You need to make it work on Blackberry to now.


williamray507

JR, Im looking at the US store and only see 1.0.1 also.


stevef1

hi just got the app, great idea but it wont play my mp3's, i connect and tap the mp3 and the app just does not play, i can go bac to files but not play anything.

any ideas

thanks for the great work

steve


Brent Friedman

JB,

Will look into it after I reinstall Snow Leopard..

wii98,

Live ID? You don't need a Live ID for WHS Mobile.

Jay,

I haven't tested it myself on an HP MSS, so I can't tell you.

JR,

Forgot to change the date when I updated it. I need to change the build number the next release to get the version number in sync with the add-in and WM version. What problems are you having?

David,

Please follow the docs linked to in the blog post.

Dan,

I started a web version for non-supported phones. I'll have to get around to finishing it.

Stevef1,

Do you get an error message? Does the app crash? Does your username have a space? It looks like I forgot to change something in the streaming part for the username.


Mike

Same issue here with app crashing when accessing folders with large amounts of folders/files. I know you're on it, just throwing it out there


JR

Brent,

- I have 1.5.3 add-in installed on my HP EX475

- latest version of the app on my iPhone

- forwarded all the necessary ports on my router

- no spaces or special characters in username

- have checked a million times that my domain is correct (I can access the WHS remotely on my laptop from anywhere)

I'm getting the "Uh oh! Either the WHS Mobile domain is incorrect, or the domain cannot be contacted" error.

I have tried re-installing both the add-in & the iPhone app a few times but still can't get the thing to work.


Martin

Hi, I've bought the ipod app and got it running. When i want to stream an mp3, it takes 20-30 seconds before starting to play. The title of the mp3 and image is showed immediately, but the music starts much later. What could be wrong?


Jeremy

I get a "Oops, data was not received from server" message when I open the app.

I've got all ports forwarded (80,443,8169) to my WHS. Remote access is working, and confirmed from working outside my network as well. I've got a test user account setup to try and get this working, and I've double checked those details as well.

iPhone 3GS with the latest software updates. Any ideas on what I can do next?


ballario

downloaded the wh mobile and installed on the server. went to itunes, paid and installed on my iphone.

it works and I can see files and folders as long as there are not many of them. as I wanted to use this to stream music form the server to the iphone.

i just have to click on my music folder and it crashes (goes out to the screen with whs mobile icon)

can zou help?


Mics

I have same problem like Neil with iPhone. I can't see the folders from my WHS. Searching for files works good. I use it currently per WLAN. I think i I don't need to setup my router.

Every time i refresh Files per Options I get following error in System-Log on WHS:

Durch die Berechtigungseinstellungen (Anwendungsspezifisch) wird der SID (S-1-5-21-2148308706-4098200285-362915899-1034) für Benutzer WHS\user1 keine Aktivierungberechtigung (Lokal) für die COM-Serveranwendung mit CLSID

{1187C69A-233B-4108-934C-E161F9862442}

gewährt. Diese Sicherheitsberechtigung kann mit dem Verwaltungsprogramm für Komponentendienste geändert werden.


Mics

If I add user1 to Administration group all works fine and the error above does not appear. But i think this is not the real solution.


Mics

Now it works! I have add local activation for user1 in component server for DCOM Q Storage Manager.

Is this the right solution?


Mics

If anyone have same problem (no folders in Files tab) please check that you have activate remote access for your users. Than you don't need change the rights from my last posts ;)


Mics

Can you display in next version the file size and add the ability for open txt files?


WillS

Hi Brent,

I just put WHS Mobile on my phone(WM 6.5), and I can't seem to upload from my images dir. I don't know if it's a limitation in WM or your software. In the open dialog in the folder combo list it has the parent dir(\DCIM\) of where my photos are stored but not the sub folder(\DCIM\100MEDIA\), is there any way to get that folder to show for upload instead of having to copy the files to the parent folder?


Phil

With the add-in installed I'm unable to log onto my remote access page, the log on page does not load after clicking the log on button. Anyone have any idea what's going on here? It works fine if I uninstall the add-in and comes back again when I reinstall. I'm using v1.5.3


Derek

After hours of trying and I still can't get it to work. Tried both 1.5.2 & 1.5.3 on the server and no luck.

On my WM6.5, once in a while I get this error messgae

There was on endpoint listening at xx.xx.xx.xx/.../Mobile that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details. at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelUtilities.ProcessGetRespondWebException(WebException webException, HttpWebRequest request, .....


Derek

I have port forwarding config and tested from another server on the internet by doing telnet to port 8169. So I am pretty sure the connection is OK.

But both my WM6.5 and iPhone still can't connect...

Does it matter if the default web pages for WHS running on non standard ports? (i.e. not 80 & 443)


Imre

Hello, I have similar problems on WHS. I bought the WHS Mobile from AppStore, I installed the 1.5.3 msi package to WHS then i went to my iphones settings, and when i connect, there is an Oops with wrong username and password, i enabled guest account it worked for once then i made a password to guest account the problem came back. I think the Authentication is the problem. I reinstalled the 1.5.3, restarted, deleted all accounts, made router changes with MTA to 1500 packet sizes then back to normal. No resolution..


Derek

OK, finally I kind of get it to work after reading pages of comments on 1.5.2 & 1.5.3. Installing .Net 3.5 and a reboot seems to work. However, upload photos crashes iPhone app. Streaming doesn't seems to work.

A suggestion for improvement, is when viewing photo "full screen" on a mobile device, rescale it before sending to the mobile device will be faster. Only send original size if download is selected. (or make this feature as an option)

I can see if this app work as design, it will be one of the mush have add ons!

p.s. Is it possible to detect if .Net 3.5 is installed during installation? Or atleast somewhere on the page saying this is the requirement.... and yes, a FAQ section is what everyone asking for... thanks


Derek

Humm.. my success was short lived... now the app on iPhone no longer able to display any folders (or files)

Tried to uninstall the app and reinstall, still no luck... arggghhhh!


Jürgen

Hi Brent,

What's the Bug?

I am awaiting your answer!


AndreasLwg

Same Problem as

Imre on 10.29.2009 at 4:18 AM

Hello, I have similar problems on WHS. I bought the WHS Mobile from AppStore, I installed the 1.5.3 msi package to WHS then i went to my iphones settings, and when i connect,

there is an Oops with wrong username and password, i enabled guest account it worked for once then i made a password to guest account the problem came back. I think the

Authentication is the problem. I reinstalled the 1.5.3, restarted, deleted all accounts, made router changes with MTA to 1500 packet sizes then back to normal. No resolution..

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TRUELIGHT

[quote name='Soju' date='30 October 2009 - 02:53 PM' timestamp='1256932391' post='63674']

Has anyone gotten this wo work on Windows Mobile 6.5? I keep getting the .net error when I try to connect. My phone says I have 3.5 installed.

[/quote]

I have done this to myself :-( (No longer Works)

I got an Rom WM 6.5, Upgrade for my mobile, Now your app does not work!!!!!!

Error!

CFFaultException

at

Microsoft. Tools.ServiceModel

.CFClientBase'1.processRepl

y(Message reply)

at

Microsoft.Tools.ServiceModel

.CFClientBase'1getResult[T

RESPONSE](Message reply,

CFInvodeInfo info)

at

Microsoft.Tools.ServiceModel

.CFClientBase'1Invoke[T

REQUEST.TRESPONSE]

(CFInvokeInfo info,

LoginRequest request)

And it kind of goes on and on like that.

I have tried to install (Microsoft .NET CF 3.5) Into WM 6.5 But I get another error message,

Error

A later version of the .NET

Compact Framework is

already install. If you

want to install this version,

first remove the existing

version.

of course I can't uninstall it's cook into the New Rom running my device now:-(

Question do you have a work around?

Or something you can suggest,

Or will I just have to wait until and WHSmobile UPDATE?


John

Hy Brent,

Great app just bought it.

Maby a suggestion when using google you sometime come on the 1.5.2 page and it is difficult to see the difference to the 1.5.3 page. After some checking i saw i was also foolish and was using the 1.5.2 plugin.

By that means I got the failed to login messages :(. Now it works.

If I can do anything for you just let me know.

(Host a mirror, write some documentation).

If got some spare space in my datacenter so.

Kind regards,

John


Mark

Just bought the app from the iTunes store. DOESN'T WORK :( :( :( I get the same problem as Imre and AndreasLwg. Help anyone ??? How to fix ? wasted money on something that doesn't work ????


Robin

Okay really strange!

I did everything you said and for some reason i cant connect using my domain but using the local ip!

Any ideas?


Brandon

Has anyone solved the issue with the app crashing when opening folders with a large amount of content? This never happened in the previous version, and it makes the app all but unusable since my photo and music folders crash the iPhone app. Using 1.53.


NickG

App crashes when trying to open my music folder. Streaming music was the reason for the purchase.

This is a large folder. Any ideas?


Kamran

Hi Brent, looking forward to a fix for the large music folder issue, can you give us any insight on the progress or ETA? Thanks


mike_nl

Yes, and now i hope it is working on my HTC Touch Pro 2, WM6.1 Pro


Brent Friedman

Sorry everyone! I've been really busy. I will go through all your comments later today.


Ash

Please Please PLEASE make it work on Blackberry Storm2!


mike_nl

Hi Brent,

this time it is working, yes. Great work from you. My hardware is the HTC Touch Pro 2 with WM6.1 Pro. Now i have control ;-). Keep up the really good work Brent (sy)


chef_fox

I've been reading these threads for several hours, trying to troubleshoot this myself, but cannot successfully get past the 'Uh oh! Either the WHS Mobile domain is incorrect, or the domain cannot be contacted.' (IPod) error.

I do NOT see any new web page in (whiist add in for) WHS, despite 4 installs of the most recent release of the Add-in WHS mobile 1.5.3

Please, just add me to a update list, or any helpful feedback would be appreciated.


chef_fox

Addendum: I was ultimately able to log in, using my own public IP, but not using my registered xxx.HPShare.net domain

Any explanation as to why this domain doesn't work?


Runman

I can't get the streaming to work. First it says "preview" and when a choose "preview" it changes to "download" but there's no music.

And I can't see any thumbs for pictures, but if I click on them I get a perfect picture

phone: HTC Diamond Touch 2


Robert Stinnett

Does this work with Windows Mobile 6.5? I have a Samsung Jack upgraded to Mobile 6.5 and it keeps crashing saying that the .Net framework is not the correct version.


JohnR

It appears that the application chokes on directories with a large amount of files to list (e.g. music folder) - I have had the crash issue occur with select photo directories as well. It is as if a buffer is getting overloaded or something. On the iPhone for me, this app does only a fraction of what I intended it to do. Another issue is with photos; for the photos that do appear, if you change the orientation it seems as though the app is downloading the picture again just to change the orientation from portrait to landscape and vice versa. It would be great if these items could be fixed soon. If you need another tester, I'm will to help out if I am able.


Suresh

I just installed the app on my Iphone, but it seems stuck on Initial configuration screen. Won't proceed from there. Need help.


Suresh

Now, I forwarded port 8169 to the home server, setup user accounts. but still my phone won't connect. I did the setup on the settings tab on my Iphone. I get "Either the WHS Mobile domain is incorrect, or the damain cannot be contacted" message.


Rickie

Hi Brent.

The new Update works great and. I have a a little problem. When i navigate in the Files-Tab i can see the text only but the icons that should appear left beside the text aren´t visible. In the User-Tab i can see the icons. As a matter of fact, I can see the icons on all the other tabs but the Files. I use the current iPhone Version and WHS-addin 1.5.3.

Thanks for any help you can provide

Rickie


ngiardina

Downloaded and installed 1.5.3 Add-In and iPhone client.

Log-In works fine. Can browse files, but can't open anything but pictures.

PDF, DOC files seem like they try to open, but I end up with a white screen, no content.

Once I try to read a PDF or DOC file, and go back to the folder list, it is empty. Refresh does nothing. Only restarting the app works.

DOCX and XLSX files do not open, nor do they have the option to.

Please email with any suggestions

Thanks, Nick


Brent Friedman

JR,

Seems to be a problem with your router, the lack of loopback support. Please try disconnecting from Wi-Fi and use cellular.

Martin,

Here is the reply I had emailed you:

The delay is because the file has to be transcoded if over a set bitrate of 128 kb/s. The server waits for the file to finish transcoding before streaming the music to the iPod/iPhone. This behavior is perfectly normal and to be expected with high bitrate mp3s.

Jeremy,

Did you check the boxes to enable features for that user in the WHS Mobile settings page in the WHS Console?

ballario,

It is a known bug with this version and I am working on a fix for the next release.

Mics,

Glad you fixed it. I'll add the ability to see file sizes and open plain text files.

WillS,

It is the default dialog that comes with Windows Mobile. I am going to be creating my own custom version so that it will work on the Smartphone versions of Windows Mobile. I will see if I can make it work with sub-folders when I do.

Phil,

Sorry, I don't know why as I have not come across this before.

Derek,

How large is the photo you are trying to upload and did you give it a file name when asked? What happens when you try to stream an mp3? As for not being able to display and folders, run IISReset on your WHS (via CMD or taskmgr - or just reboot..) and make sure you have 1.5.3 installed on it.

Imre,

Please read this topic: forum.wegotserved.com/.../index.php

Jürgen,

I'm not sure what you mean?

AndreasLwg,

Read what I wrote to Imre above.

TRUELIGHT,

Make sure you have the latest version of WHS Mobile installed on your WHS and WM Phone (v1.5.3 is the latest at the moment). Also make sure you entererd your domain, username, and password in WHS Mobile settings on the phone.

John,

Will change the old download link to forward to this page.

Mark,

Make sure you have version 1.5.3 installed on your WHS.

Robin,

Please forward port 8169 (TCP) using your router. If you already did, then your router does not support loopback. To remedy this, just disconnect from Wi-Fi and use cellular.

Brandon,

I'm working on it. It is a bug with the iPhone App itself.

NickG,

Try and wait it out. I've been very busy and am now working on a fix.

Kamran,

At least two weeks because that is how long Apple takes to approve an update..

mike_nl,

Happy to hear that.

Ash,

I will see what I can do. ;-)

chef_fox,

I am unsure of how HP setup their domain over the xxx.homeserver.com.

Runman,

Tried waiting for the thumbnails to load? Also try toggling the view under Actions. Are you trying to stream WMA or mp3s?

Robert,

Try installing .NET Compact Framework 3.5?

JohnR,

Correct, it seems to be a memory issue. Probably from something I changed from the old version to the new.

Suresh,

Make sure you entered *just* the domain, eg: myname.homeserver.com Try connecting via cellular instead of Wi-Fi and see if that works.

Rickie,

Try downloading and using the folder icon pack that I linked to in my 1.5.2 release post.

ngiardina,

There is a bug where it will show "Download" when you select documents. Do not tap that, instead tap "View". That should let you view the document.


Chris

Brent, off topic, but I can't post to the blog entry about your duplicate checking add-in for WHS. Are you still supporting that?


Jacko

Hi,

Trying to login from work (cellular connection) i'm also getting the "incorrect address or SOAP action" error, on winmobile 6.1, dont net 3.5 and v1.5.3. Tried different credentials, but always same error.

Any help please?

Jacko :)


Luca

Hi,

For everyone that has had the problem with the .NET compact framework missing on windows mobile 6.5 devices, download the cab at this forum (registration required, second link in post):

www.modaco.com/.../how-to-install-

After installing the new framework the application works.


Simon

Any update on a fix for the large file issue on the iPhone app? Do you have a date?


Chris

OK. I have 1.5.3 working on my WM6.1 Treo Pro, connecting via Sprint. The add-in in WHS setttings has a check box to allow RDP but the checkbox is disabled. Is that supposed to work, yet?

Thanks for your efforts. Don't let this distract you from school.


Johan

Hi!

I installes whs software on server and purchased the iphon app, but it just say initial configuration and stops in this window. Whats wrong???

BR Johan


Eric

Great App, however there is some weird bug with the software. My WHS is a Dell w/3TB of data. About 1TB is music, MP3 files. Music files are standard mp3 128, organized in folders by artist. Thousands of artists/folders, apx 89,000 songs.

I can access all the other folders on the WHS. Even others like the photos which are quite large collections of files.

I have some small folders not stored in the shared music folder and they work FINE. But those collections only have 80 or so songs.

I can only assume it cannot handle such a large list of folders? About 10 seconds after clicking the MUSIC folder the iPhone exist the program and returns back to the iPhone applications listing.

But again, great app! Hopefully this little bug can be easily fixed!


Gary

I also still have this issue with folders with large contents (music and photos), making WHS Mobile still unusable for me. After sitting and spinning for a while, the application crashes. I'm imagining that the whole list gets cached into memory, when it probably needs to be paged or something.


Marcel

Just bought WHS for the iPhone, but it doesn't work at all.

After the popup that says this is the first time running WHS, I get a Initial Configuration screen. Not happens than!

I rebooted the iPhone ,reinstalled the app, but it does nothing!


Anthony

Hey got to say great job, I read through all these posts and I had the same problems. 1 thing is that master clear your phone to factory specs for win moblie 6.5, after doing that install the cf 3.5 then install the app for whs mobile then reboot phone. note that if any errors come up after u start the app and set ur settings its not the phone its on the WHS I tried installing the 1.5.3 and it did not work I then installed 1.5.2 and I kept getting password incorrect, So I then reinstalled the 1.5.3 and pointed to domain at my internal IP it worked great I then changed to my xxx.homeserver.com and has worked fine. This was done with the samsung Jack with upgrade to win 6.5. I can play all music but only wma files download and .mp3 only previews. Pics work fine at their present state in full screen on the mobile. I have not seen anything for viedo and they dont play at all. The speed is quick about 2 sec before play back. the app does very good and it also comes up of the phone with the album covers witch was a surprise. I can see this app going along way and maybe video in the future. I got to say alot of hard work was done for this to come out. I have got to say tho if it done work at first try and try again. I ended up doing a master clear twice before I got it working 100% at its present state. I would like to know whats up with the mp3 files tho and mabe a shuffle play with in the app, hay if you got unlimited data go for it all...Phone is on the att network.........Thanks


Brandon

Brent,

any eta on a bug fix for the crashing iPhone app when large folders are opened? This wasn't a problem with 1.52, and I haven't been able to use the app since upgrading over a month ago

thanks,

Brandon


COPC

Any chance this will be coming to android phones as well?


JohnR

What is the ETA on an update? This app promised to be pretty useful for the iPhone, but hasn't really functioned as advertised since I purchased it. I found another little interesting bug - aside from the large directory listing bug (which renders the app pretty useless for me to for even the most basic function). When I actually found a directory that had a small enough number of photos in it (so the app wouldn't crash) - the thumbnails were all wrong and periodically rotated (various incorrect thumbs for a file). When I tried to download the photo, I get the following error: "Image failed to download!" Error Domain=com.apple.photos Code=12 UserInfo=0xe79a980 "Failed to encode image for saved photos.""

Another issue I have is when attempting to play music. When I attempt to play an album it produces nothing - it shows the media player...and nothing happens no matter how long you wait, whether you are 3g or Wifi.

It would be great if you could post an update or some indication that these issues are being addressed and an update to the application is committed to. At this point, I paid for an application that does not do what it advertised it was supposed to do.

The concept for the app is great, and if you're going to finish it and deliver it that would be great. If you have moved on or don't intend to finish it, that's fine too and I understand - we all just need to know.


Suresh

Am I correct in assuming that I still can't play WMA's, Video etc on the Iphone?


Oneman1973

Hey bret, A buddy and other windows mobile/home server user told me about your app.. I spent a day or two bouncing the diffent vertions in and out of my phone and server trouble shooting many connection issues and finaly got everything working... I think?!? WM device cant stream mp3's ???

While reading trouble shooting posted listed in previous releases i saw a few references to steaming audio... i can access my music and hear what seems to be a ten second preview but i see no way to stream the whole song...

Is this by design of is somthing wrong? is streaming mp3s is researved for iphones or do you plan to include this feature in a future update?


Mike

How about a version for the Android OS?


Jose

just installed add in on whs an iphone.

some dir`s can`t be accessed -> are emtpy, when playning a song, user tab suddenly is empty and also all other folders. on whs i can see in logfiles "mobileapppool" crashing. someone same issue ?


Jose

just as additional information, the exitcode in the ecentviewer is always:

Ein Prozess für Anwendungspool "MobileAppPool" wurde unerwartet beendet. Die Prozesskennung lautet "6024". Der Prozessexitcode lautet "0xe06d7363".


Jürgen

Brent hat sich zuletzt am 12.11.09 hier zu Wort gemeldet.

Langsam frage ich mich ob Brant vielleicht das Interesse an der App und dem Add-In verloren hat. Vielleicht sollte man im App Store sein Geld zurückverlangen?


mark

Please consider writing some step by step instructions if you want to make this a viable product.

What is supposed to be in the domain name field? Just the domain id, or do you need homeserver.com?

Installed the app on the iphone, addon on WHS. Configured WHS for my userid. iphone app takes forever and comes back with domain name incorrect or cannot be contacted. Then the iphone app locked up and won't do anything. Is there supposed to be some kind of logon sc

The message is not valid since the domain is correct and being used by a bunch of people. So what is going on and how do I fix it?

By the way, I've installed 6 addons and never had anywhere near this trouble with any of them as I have with this addon.

I would really like to see this work, but if it can't be fixed is there a way to get my money back?


ghost

I have tried everything. It still will not connect with my server. I keep getting the uh oh screen. I have tried connecting 3g and wifi both do the same.


Tom-Roger

Hi,

I have recently bought a HTC HD2 with windows mobile 6.5. When I try to run the WHS Mobile application I get "Unexpected error". The error sais something about wrong version of Microsoft .NET Compact Framework. Does your application support the new windows mobile 6.5? Is this the issue? Is there a workaround?


Lars-Erik Klokkerhaug

Hi!

Just bought your iPhone app despite all the comments about things not working, as I feel its an important product and something I really would like to support. The problem is, when you start selling it, you also have another situation regarding support and obligation than when it's just free...

That said, I also have the problem with crashing when selecting folders with many items in them. Strange thing is that it also happens on other folders, such as one with just 72 items in it. I wouldn't say that that's a particularly large number of files, but what do I know? :p

Here's hoping for a fix. :)


Kamran

Brent, I was one of your original customers that started reporting errors on your 1.5.3 version and its been 2 months since these issues have been reported. I believe you have had sufficient time to debug and report back your plan for fixes. If you do not have time or the ability to give us updates then please discuss a method for refund of your product. Making your customers come to your support site but not give adequate updates makes us think you have given up on your product. I hope thats not the case and you are making progress but I can't continue to wait with an assumption you will fix this app without letting us know you will. Also, there is no reason to leave the app on my iphone if it doesnt work. I look forward to your response.


JohnR

Brent,

I have agree with Kamran; you have an obligation to the people who have paid you for this product. Before this snowballs, could you please post something that gives everyone some sort of indication where you are going with this iPhone application please.


Jürgen

Hi Brent,

I want my money back!!


Jürgen

Hi Brent,

I want my money back!!


Brandon

Hi Brent,

it has been over 2 months since this update broke the app for those of us with large numbers of folders on out whs. I hope everything is ok with you, your silence makes me a bit worried given your activity early after the app launch. If you are ok, I think the wait is to the point where you need to update us on the progress of the fix or shut down the app and refund our money.

Thanks

Brandon


Jürgen

...ich glaube dass Brent uns alle verarscht!

Er hat mit seiner App, die nur unbefriedigend läuft, sein Geld gescheffelt und lacht sich ins Fäustchen ob der User die auf ein Update warten.

Dass Brent sich am 12. November letztmals hier gemeldet hat, ist nicht gerade ein positives Zeichen!

Ich werde nun im App Store mein Geld zurückverlangen.


Jürgen

So,

ich habe nun im appStore eine Beschwerde eingestellt. Es geht zwar nur um 1,59 € aber mir geht es hier in erster Linie um's Prinzip.

Hätte ich mir zehn Schrottapps dieser Art geladen, wäre ich bei über 15 Euro.

Leute, wehrt euch!


JohnR

Brent,

I wanted to make one last attempt to get a response from you. Do you intend to supply the features that you sold us via the iPhone store or have you given up - and we should all seek a refund?


Stephen L

I think we have to ask whether Brett is actually well health wise. It is not just that he hasn't posted here on the WHS mobile threads. He hasn't posted anything on his website at all for weeks. Even more concerning is that he hasn't posted at We Got Served either during that time, and he was always one of the most frequent posters at that site.

Brett, we all hope you are OK............


FSBCN

Hi, Installed the latest version of the WHS plugin and iPhone app. Navigating on the iPhone through all folders works (even the music folder of 300 GB) but as soon as I try the Photos folder the iPhone app shuts down... Would appreciate a fix.


Tate

I've tried several times to download this addin and it continually slows to a crawl before timing out. I've already purchased the iphone app, but without the addin it's worthless. No, it's not my connection.


Kenny J

Is the 8169 port hard-coded or can I select a different port. I think my ISP might be blocking it. 55000 and 56000 are open according to GRC.com, but it shows 8169 and 4125 closed. I've set up the port-forwarding in the router (as evidenced by the successful openings on 55000/56000). I've tried turning off the Windows firewall as well as the firewall on the router with no success. I know my ISP blocks port 80 and 443, so I had to reconfigure them to 8008 and 8009 in IIS Manager ... would that affect WHS Mobile?


Matthias

Dear Brett,

I bought your app for my Iphone 3GS. I can connect to my server but streaming doesn't work. I get the message: Audio Error - Attempt to play streaming audio failed.

What could be the Problem?

Best regards

Matthias


IAn

Yup I have the same crashing problem everyone does. Waste of my 2 bucks. Would've been a cool app! to bad this guy went mia...Hope he's enjoying our cash


Kamran

Just noticed an update for the iphone and server today when i went to the app store. Looks like Brent did update something although he hasn't written anything on the site, did anyone else get 1.5.3.1?


Stephen L

Kamran: he is back: blog.compugeeksoftware.com/.../whs-mobile-1-5-


Kamran

Thanks Stephen :)

Brent, welcome back.


Brent Friedman

Kamran,

Thanks, it is good to be back.

iAn,

Please wait for Apple to approve v1.5.3.2. The last update took a few days to approve but before that a couple weeks.

Matthias,

Please update your WHS Add-In to 1.5.3.1 that should fix the mp3 streaming for certain files.

Kenny J,

The port is hard coded for simplicity. However, I have gotten a few requests to change it, so I'll see about adding an option to change it.

Tate,

I don't see why you can't download the add-in, GoDaddy (my host) is usually pretty reliable.

JohnR,

What is the format of the images you are having trouble previewing? What did you use to create the images? I haven't had any problems with viewing images nor had anyone else report such a problem. What is the bitrate of the mp3s you are trying to stream?

Jürgen,

I can't give you your money back. Apple doesn't give me a way to do refunds. If you email me your paypal name, I can send you the money. However, if you call Apple, I'm sure you can get a refund from them.

Tom-Roger,

It should work on WM6.5 but I only have a cooked version of it on my Omnia. That said, it does work on my Omnia with WM6.5. I was redoing a lot of WHS Mobile for Windows Mobile, so if you want to wait...

Jose,

What does the event viewer say? There should be a stacktrace or a more specific error message.

Suresh,

You are correct.


Tom

I have the same problem as Matthias. I have the 1.5.3.1 WHS add-in installed and the 1.5.3.2 app on the iPhone. I am still getting "Audio Error - Attempt to play streaming audio failed".


Ricki

I've also the problem with the "Initial Configuration" page hanging. (iPhone: 3.1.2, WHS mobile: 1.5.3.2)


Jason

Is it possible to connect two devices? My wife has an iPhone and it works ok on hers, although she cannot download anything to the iphone, but my Windows Mobile phone won't even connect. I'm getting an error message but can't decipher it as it goes off the screen it's so long!

I've used this app since the early days on my device and I think it's great, but it's frustrating that as soon as it becomes available for my wife to use mine stops working :(

Cheers!


Jason

Please disregard my previous comment, it's working now :) Looks like I installed an earlier version on my phone by mistake.. I'm very happy to have this working again!

Although my wife is still not able to download on the iPhone. Is this an issue?

J


Brent Friedman

Jason,

You can only download pictures on the iPhone, that is due to the way the iPhone security and file system is setup. WHS Mobile would only have access to a sandboxed folder to save files and you would have no way to open them. Even if there wasn't a secure sanbox, the iPhone doesn't have any way to browse files or open them. Windows Mobile has File Explorer and can open files stored on the main memory in addition to the storage card. So at the moment, downloading files other than images isn't currently possible because you can't open or use the downloaded files.

Ricki,

Please read the setup and usage instructions over here: blog.compugeeksoftware.com/.../whs-mobile-docu

Tom,

What is the bitrate of the files you are trying to play and are they mp3?


Jason

Hi Brent,

Thanks for the clarification. It's still a great app and I'll continue to use it. Keep up the good work!!

J


Raymond

Hi Brent,

I'm in Japan and have a WHS in Japanese version. The default share folders are in Japanese language, and i am not able to access any file from WHS Mobile. Do you think you can make this app compatible with double-byte?


Monderald

All greetings! How to customise WHS Mobile for iphone using a local area network? p.s connection to the external domain is not possible. p.p.s I Am sorry for the English! Thanks!


Brent Friedman

Monderald,

Just enter in the Home Server's IP address in place of the domain.

Raymond,

I'll see what I can do.


Scott

Are there plans to add video streaming to this application?


cholbon

I ahve Vista, and IPOD Touch with the up to date OS WHS and can access all my media through an Archos 605 Wifi but after downlaoding the WHS mobile app and entering my domain name as xxx.homeserver.com and my password is a one worder i still get the "uh oh" domain name bla bla bla error message, i've tried entering the ip address as the domane name, ive re-entered the password, installed all the updates, and nothing. If nothing gets resolved soon i may need a refund, not to sure how i go about sorting that out? any ideas???


Scott

cholbon - Did you forward the TCP Port 8169 to your HomeServer IP Address


Jorgen

I have succeded in installing the app on my server and Ipod touch and i can connect to my homeserver. I can see users and i can see upnp settings but i cant see any folders under the filestab. If i do a search i get results back. Just not beeing able to browse folders directly. Anyone have an idea?


Brent Friedman

Scott,

Yes, there are plans to add video streaming for mp4 video only. Due to the iPhone only supporting mp4 and conversion takes a while.

Cholbon,

Please check the FAQ post I just created (http://blog.compugeeksoftware.com/blog/addins/whs-mobile-faq/).

Jorgen,

Check your other comment with the same question.


Carlos

i face exactly the same thing with Tom, the MP3 biterate is between 200 to 320.


Carlos

I found that the problem was only when i play songs with Traditional Chinese names and Japanese.


Dan

Any talk of doing an Android app? I would love this functionality on my Android phone!!!


Pete Vickers

Hi,

downloaded the Windows Mobile version, but for my MP3's, photos etc, I only see menus for Preview - so I can preview and not play.

Is it something I am missing or is the expected behaviour ?

Thanks

Pete


alienx

Hey !! are you thinking about making android app ?? looks like there is a huge interest around the net for one, if not would you be willing to work on one together ?


Rob

Hello,

I have just purchased this for my itouch Ver. 1.54 and am having an issue where I play a MP3 song and at the first time it works great.. but when i back out and go to choose another song it locks up and returns to my home screen.. I have Software Ver 3.1.3, and I have reinstalled the add-in on my server and it had no affect.. Any thoughts? Pictures and files access great.. but still music issue.