Hey guys, for those of you who bought a DKU-5 Cable like I have, check the label on the actual cable. If it doesn't have Nokia as the biggest letters in black, then it's not a genuine Nokia cable. It's a 3rd Party Cable, therefore the Nokia Drivers won't recognize it.
This is my unfortunate experience. I bought the cable from e-bay because the "Nokia" cable is 100.00$ CAD. Way too much to pay for a freaking cable.
Well good luck and hopefully you do have a genuine Nokia cable to install the drivers, otherwise you're out of luck.
Jonin6
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erikvdmeulen Posts: 1
Fri Sep 17, 2004 6:00 am
Wat je nodig hebt is een programmaatje die de driver laat vinden door van de usb een seriele poort te maken (com-3), daarna kan
de driver gevonden worden en dus ook de telefoon
groeten Erik
steve1609 Posts: 1
Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:55 am
I too was having problems installing the driver for the DKU-5 cable for my Nokia 3100b (Type:RH-50).
After reading this thread I was able to get my cable working.
Thanks to "stabor23" for pointing out that I actually had a Prolific cable (Plug and Play ID "Vid_067b&Pid_2303")
Also like to say thanks to "jonin6" who made me realize I don't have an official Nokia cable and software. Like you said...
Quote:
"Nokia" cable is 100.00$ CAD. Way too much to pay for a freaking cable.
I too bought this cable for cheap ($20-$40 CAD can't remember) compared to the Cell Phone Serivce Providers prices ($100 CAD).
So make sure of the cable you have or you will be spinning your wheels and going nowhere with the wrong cable with the wrong drivers.
Good luck to all
Lostsoul Posts: 1
Mon Oct 04, 2004 11:05 pm
I was also having trouble with the DKU5 Cable and tried many differant software hopping to find a way to make it work. I have found that the driver on the Susteen DataPilot CD works great. When the cable is pluged into the USB port it will search for the drivers on this CD and install it as a Prolific USB-to-Serial Bridge (COM3). One of the 2 drivers it loaded seems to be a Motorola USB Driver. I would be happy to post a zip of my drivers if someone has a place for me to upload them to.
surincruz Posts: 3
Phone Model: Nokia 6800
Service Provider: AirTel India (95)
Sun Oct 10, 2004 7:28 pm
stabor23 wrote:
OK, first off this is for people with Prolific DKU-5 cables. If you have done the stuff in this thread and you still have problems you may have a Prolific cable. For give me if some of this has already been stated on this thread, I have read so many today I can't rememer which one is which; but I am posting on all of them to bring what I have found together.
I only know this works with (although it will likely help more):
Windows XP Pro
Prolific DKU-5 (see later for how to find out if this is what you have)
Nokia 3100b
OK, first check and see if you have a prolific cable in your registry.
Start, Run, type "regedit" (no quotes), hit ok
Then go throgh to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
+ CurrentControlSet
++ Enum
+++ USB
If in "USB" you have an entry: "Vid_067b&Pid_2303" then you have a Prolific cable.
(I think the 2303 part is what is important)
NOTE: I recived a url to download drivers from the retaler of the cable, but although the driver installed, no programs could see my phone. (MobiMB, Oxygen, Nokia PC Suite)
I found the working driver by checking the "File" box and searching for "2303"
A good ways from the top I found and downloaded this:
-----------------------------
wd_pl-2303.zip
PL-2303H/X/HX Installshield Driver Setup Program v2.0.0.12 for Win98SE/ME v2.0.0.18 for Win2K/XP (XP Logo Certified) for Prolific USB VID/PID Only
-----------------------------
There are other drivers, such as 2303x, so it is my guess that you just match your registry entry and OS to which driver you need.
After this I just installed it, restarted, and pluged in my cable, windows found the driver and installed it to COM3. (Named Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port)
I had to restart because I had removed the older drivers, but you may have to anyway.
Then I got MobiMB to connect. Then connected with Nokia PC Suite 6.2.18. I have read several places that the Nokia PC Suite will not work with a generic cable, but I had no trouble what so ever. I just went to connections checked "Serial cable", clicked "Configure..." and chose Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM3). And it worked fine from then on.
PLEASE, reply with questions, coments, problems, or at least tell me if it worked.
Lastly, does anyone know where to get some good java apps for your phone? (J2ME)
I was also having trouble with the DKU5 Cable and tried many differant software hopping to find a way to make it work. I have found that the driver on the Susteen DataPilot CD works great. When the cable is pluged into the USB port it will search for the drivers on this CD and install it as a Prolific USB-to-Serial Bridge (COM3). One of the 2 drivers it loaded seems to be a Motorola USB Driver. I would be happy to post a zip of my drivers if someone has a place for me to upload them to.
I have been trying everything on my windows xp pro with sp2, still no luck getting it to pickup my Prolific dku-5 cable. I'd like to try out your drivers....hopefully they will work for me as well. How can i get them?
Jumbungla Posts: 10
Phone Model: Nokia 3200
Service Provider: Virgin Mobile
Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:57 pm
hey ppl.. i jus wanted to let u no.. that accoring to some1 who put a way to find out wether my cable is prolific or not.. mine is.. yer for months now.. i have been using the drivers off of the nokia site, nokia pc suite and my fone ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY. :S.. and makes me confused.. to see that many people say this isnt possible.. but now.. i am having the same problem.. as i reformatted my hard drive.. and now my pc wont recognise that i have the DKU-5 driver installed. :S.. it doesnt make any sense to me.. how can the driver work for it one time..and then totaly fail to even recognise it :S:S.. im trying the prolific driver at the moment.. thanks for all the info..
Jumbungla Posts: 10
Phone Model: Nokia 3200
Service Provider: Virgin Mobile
Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:14 pm
hey!... ive jus installed the prolific driver!! and it has worked!! woohoo.. my pc recognised the cable.. then i installed nokia pc suite.. and it also recognised my 3200.. and everything is good! i can transfer ringtones, messages, pictures, applications, settings... i think that i must have had the prolific driver on my pc from when i had my previous cable.. which explains why it worked before i formatted my pc.. but anyways!! fanks to all u guys who have helped me to get my cable working!!.. and yer... good tip... if u have any problems with using you cable, pc and phone.. just try the prolific driver, there isnt any harm in doing so.. and as i found.. it was the key to making it work!!.. so jus try,... could solve ya problem.. anyways.. c ya ppl.. hope ya have gd luck with ya fones... j
strollerweb Posts: 3
Phone Model: 3100
Service Provider: o2
Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:33 pm
Well I have tried all of this stuff, but I still cant get past getting windows to reconise the cable. I have got the 'Multi-port serial adapters' installed, but under Com ports i still have problems with 'port 1 on Nokia Apdapter (Com3)' . I brought this cable from
I didn't find the prolific entry in the registry, but then where does that come from if you only install the nokia driver? anyway looked at prolific.com but could not find a reference to DKU-5 cable, what do I need to look for?
any help would be good, looking forward to not having the 'Nokia PC Suite' not working properly!
Jumbungla Posts: 10
Phone Model: Nokia 3200
Service Provider: Virgin Mobile
Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:40 pm
hey hey.. yer thats exactly the same cable that i got... i managed to get it to work wit the dku-5 driver.. but when i reformatted my pc it didnt.. no wait... it was still running on the prolific driver.. yer.. so u need the prolific driver and trust me.. im.. 90% sure uul get it to work... erm... ill have a look for u.. to try n get u the exact link....
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