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Old 04-20-2005, 02:42
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Question Ca-42 Vs. Dku-5
What are the pros/cons with these 2 cables? Are the really the same thing ?
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Old 05-05-2005, 02:35
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The main differences are three.
1. The CA-42 cable consumes less power than the DKU-5 when it is idle.
2. The CA-42 cable is not detected by the PC unless the phone is connected to the other end.
3. The CA-42 cable can be also used in Operating Systems other than Windows 98/2K/XP, such as Windows CE, Linux and Mac.

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Old 09-03-2005, 11:05
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I have a virgin 6015i. I bought a dku-5 but it doesn't work. Is it possible that there's a problem with the cable or that virgin has blocked the use of a cable? Would the CA-42 work?
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Old 09-03-2005, 16:22
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Were the USB drivers installed?
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Old 09-04-2005, 06:39
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the drivers that came with the cable? Yes.
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Old 09-04-2005, 13:56
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http://www.nokiausa.com/phones/6015...3,acc:1,00.html

Under data products the Nokia site only lists the CA-42. The DKU-5 probably doesn't work for it by design (kind of how some of the newer Nokias are going to DKU-2).
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Old 09-04-2005, 14:54
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Going to the software page for connectivity - the DKU-5 cable is also allowed.

http://www.nokiausa.com/support/phones/software/

The drivers may be dated or bad. I would download the new drivers and install them seeing if this cures the problem.
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Old 09-04-2005, 18:01
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Shazam, I didn't even think of checking there. Good stuff man
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Old 12-15-2005, 10:49
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I own two models that currently work with DKU-5: Nokia 6610 & 2272
Now I'm planning to buy a 3120 that claims to use the CA-42.

Can this phone work with DKU-5 for data (GPRS) and backup (nokia suite)? Or will I have to buy a new cable?

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Old 01-10-2006, 08:40
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whats the difference between dku-2 and dku-5? will they both work on my N70?
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Lightbulb DKU-2, DKU-5 and CA-42
DKU-2 is straight Pop-port to USB while CA-42 and DKU-5 are involving serial conversion or emulation. Please also note that, there is a CA-53.... Seems like replacing the DKU-2 with official USB2.0 support.

Anyway, please refer to the compatibility matrix at Nokia USA site as well as European site...

http://www.europe.nokia.com/nokia/0,,79898,00.html

Also, a thread in the past has some interesting stuff about CA-42 and DKU-5....

http://65.254.44.186/showthread.php?t=717691
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Old 01-15-2006, 10:50
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Very good article indeed.

Thanks!
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Old 02-26-2006, 19:40
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The CA-42 cable can be also used in Operating Systems other than Windows 98/2K/XP, such as Windows CE, Linux and Mac.

I'm very interested in connecting my 6102 to a Linux machine. Are there any tutorials for how this is done? Do you just plug in the cable? What about the software from Nokia? Do you need it? Or does it just mount it as a drive and let you drag and drop files to it?

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