Sony Ericsson Wireless Manager V3.3.1.1518 Package Release Notes, Rev A, 2004-11 -24 ================================================================================ === 1. Package 1.

1 Contents of Wireless Manager V3.3.1.1518 (GC82/GC83/GC85) package: a) Wireless Manager 3.3.1.1518 b) Modem and WAN Drivers 3.0.0.1510 for Windows XP & 2000 (WHQL signed); b) Modem and WAN Drivers 3.0.0.1518 for Windows Me & 98SE (unsigned) This package may also be used with GC75 Cards. 1.2 Languages Language is automatically selected and installed as the same language as the Win dows installation on the laptop. English is installed if the Windows language is not available in the package. This package has support for the following languages. All languages are present on the CD-ROM. Web downloads are typically broken into regional variants (EMEA1, EMEA2, NAMLAM, APAC) so that the download is smaller. English (ALL) Chinese Simplified (APAC) Chinese Traditional (APAC) Danish (EMEA1) Dutch (EMEA1) Finnish (EMEA1) French (EMEA1, NAMLAM) German (EMEA1) Greek (EMEA2) Hungarian (EMEA2) Italian (EMEA1) Norwegian (EMEA1) Polish (EMEA2) Portuguese (EMEA2) Brazilian Portuguese (NAMLAM) Russian (EMEA2) Spanish (EMEA2, NAMLAM) Swedish (EMEA1) Thai (APAC) Turkish (EMEA2)

2. Applicable Platforms 2.1 Microsoft Windows a) Windows XP Home and XP Pro (SP1 or SP2) b) Windows 2000 (SP4) c) Windows Me d) Windows 98SE 2.2 Firmware GC75/R3V or later GC82/R3B9 or later

GC83/R3B9 or later GC85/R4C3 or later 3. To Install (CD) a) Uninstall any previous version by following the instructions in section (7) b elow b) Insert the CD-ROM. It should auto-start. If not, run D:\Setup.exe where D: is your CD-ROM drive. c) Follow the installation process on screen. There will be a pause at around 65 % whilst the drivers are copied. d) Once this is done, plug in the PC card. e) Drivers will be installed. If necessary click 'next... Finish' in the New Har dware Wizard. Refer to User Guide for further info. f) Start the Wireless Manager 4. To Install (Zip file) a) Uninstall any previous version by following the instructions in section (7) b elow b) Unzip the files in the zip to a spare folder on your laptop. d) Run spare-folder\Setup.exe e) Follow the installation process on screen. There will be a pause at around 65 % whilst the drivers are copied. f) Once this is done, plug in the PC card. g) Drivers will be installed. If necessary click 'next... Finish' in the New Har dware Wizard. Refer to User Guide for further info. h) Start the Wireless Manager 5. New features and bugfixes 5.1 Changes from 3.1.1.1220 to 3.3.1.1518 - 'EDGE'Displayed in signal meter when EDGE is available in the current network. - 'GPRS'Displayed in signal meter when GPRS only (no EDGE) is available in the c urrent network. - Green triangle with no 'GPRS' or 'EDGE' text displayed when status is unknown (e.g. firmware older than R4C3) - Fixed problem where the @ symbol in a sent SMS was translated to a (Euro) symb ol. - Fixed bug which limited concatenated SMS messages to a maximum of 5 blocks - Provide an error message if an Online Services (SIM Toolkit) menu leads to a v oice call which cannot be dialled because the PC Card does not have voice call functionality - Frequency band settings now possible for GC82 and GC83 - Reflect mutual exclusivity of "always" versus "conditional" call forwarding in GUI. - Driver 07.10 Multiplexer frame size changed from 31 to 127 for greater downloa d throughput when using GC75 or GC79. - Various driver bugfixes and improvements - Fixed "Leave radio as-is". - Removed hard coded reference to "GC75" in DUN connection file signature - Fixed problem displaying Thai text (e.g. Radio Disabled) in large fonts in sta tus window - Resized some dialog items to accomodate truncated text - Set maximum supported baud rate to 921K in modem parameters - Fixed identical translation for "resend" and "forward" in Spanish. - Added SMS Bearer settings

- Retrieve SIM phonebook on startup so SMS view can display names from phonebook properly - Display networks in preferred network by MCC/MNC if network name cannot be fou nd - Minor updates to Greek, Hungarian, Polish and Russian languages. - Fixed bug where an SMS to multiple numbers was only sent to the first number a nd second/subsequent numbers received a blank message. - Added ability to customise Wireless Manager to delay GPRS attach until a conne ction is made. (EDGE indication is not available until a connection is made) - For restrict calls, added UI to indicate failure if change password is unsuppo rted. - Fixed problem where Settings | Current Networks; Retrieve button could become disabled if AT command timed out. - Display message box if find phonebook entry unsuccesful - Bugfix to "Leave radio as-is" option.

5.2 New features Added from 3.0.1.1026 to 3.1.1.1220 5.2.1 Extra Languages Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russion, Thai and Turkish added. 5.2.2 User Interface Improvements - Made byte counts more readable by formatting byte and packet count strings acc ording to current locale settings - Display a message box when SIM SMS store becomes full. - High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) references and GUI removed. GC8x card s do not support HSCSD. - Improved error messages when a CSD connection fails. - More mobile operator settings in the Connection Wizard 6. Known Issues 6.1 Windows Me, driver shows error code 10. This is a known bug in Windows Me wi th certain systems and is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article KB268452. Obtain and apply the pat ch. 6.2 When installing on Windows 98SE, Windows may prompt for the original Windows 98 CD-ROM to be inserted. If the CD-ROM is not inserted when requested, then Windows will subsequently reboot with error messages relating to missing files. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that the Windows 98SE CD-ROM is available before installation starts. 6.3 Surprise removal of the hardware on 98SE and Me can result in a system crash . To prevent this, the device must be stopped prior to removal. Use the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray to properly stop the card before ejecting it. 6.4 If you are prompted to reboot the laptop during software installation, you m ay find that the Manager application attempts to start before all of the drivers are installe d. The scenario

is that the New Hardware Wizard is still busy installing the 2 device drivers, t he Manager splash screen appears, followed by a warning dialog "You must have a GCxx Wirele ss Modem installed to run this application. Please install a GCxx Wireless Modem and try again" Cli ck OK. Wait for the New Hardware Wizard to complete, rebooting the laptop if required, then start th e Manager using the icon on the desktop or via Start | Programs | Sony Ericsson | Wireless Manager. 6.5 Certain Toshiba laptops require a BIOS update in order to operate correctly with the GC75/79/8x cards. The problem is that the card must be driven at 3.3V but the laptop does n ot recognise the standard identifiers for 3.3V cards and sets the power supply to 5V. Check the Toshiba su pport website for details. Document ID 98060245 refers. In one case (Tecra 8100) a further Microsoft patch Q265296 for Windows 2000 was required. It is recommended that a service engineer checks the PC card voltage. The card c an be damaged when 5V is applied. 6.6 Under Windows 98SE, there is sometimes a conflict with an IR driver installe d on COM4, where the IR driver has not been declared to Windows in the normal way. Uninstall the GC79 Manager and re-install with the IR disabled (a) in the Control Panel and (b) in the BIOS. If this fails, try and uninstall a device from COM 1, 2 or 3 and then reinstall the GC79 Manager so that COM 1, 2 or 3 is free for the GC79 Wireless Modem. 6.7 If the Connection Wizard and the Connect button both go grey, check that the Sony Ericsson Wireless WAN adaptor is enabled. If the problem persists, try rebooting the machine and if th at fails, reinstall Wireless Manager. As a workaround, a GPRS connection can be set up by setting up a normal Windows Dial-Up Networking Connection to telephone number *99***2# over the Sony Ericsson GC79 Wireless Mod em.

7. To Uninstall a) Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add/Remove software b) Find Sony Ericsson Wireless Manager in the list and click 'Change/remove. Fol low instructions. c) Repeat for 'Sony Ericsson Wireless Modem Driver.