cloud2or3

Hey there, I'm new to this forum...

I just bought a Acer Liquid E. First Android phone for me. Im generally computer literate as a user but not as a programmer, etc.

My question is, Can you connect to the internet via a USB cable and your regular household internet connection? that is, NOT tethering, and not signing on to a data plan through my wireless carrier.

I was able to connect to the market etc when i got a 'day pass' from my carrier. however i dont really need a data plan for my use but would like some downloads from the market from time to time. Thats why i want to use my computers regular internet connection.

That is my main question/issue with android so far.

However, I am also not able to 'sync' this phone with my outlook 2003 through acer sync. The acer software fails upon attempts to sync, and says the software is not properly installed, and to reinstall. Which I have done soooo many times now.

I did try another sync software that was quite popular called MyPhoneExplorer. This failed as well with a message saying > device not connected, however it was. Repeated attempts failed.

Those are my two issues any help would be greatly appreciated! I have a feeling that i need to change the settings maybe somewhere in the phone, but have no clue...

And YES, it does say that the USB is connected on the phone, and i have managed to transfer information and music to the MICROSD card via USB.

Thanks!

muisejt

if you have wi-fi at home you can use that to connect to the internet

HustlinDaily

WiFi is the only way I know how to connect to a home network.

Are the Acer Liquid drivers installed? If not, find them on Google, install them, and then try to sync.

cloud2or3

So wifi only then? NO usb connection from phone to computer to internet for internet access on the phone? If thats the case... this NEEDS to be addressed but the developers.

I HAVE been able to connect via 3G after a hard reset. And matched the phone with my gmail account, which was the very first thing to do right out the box. Prior to the hard reset, the phone would not connect at all through usb or wifi. So I paid for a daypass of data service from my carrier... connected with google, download a few things from the market... bla bla bla.

Also, as per drivers... I only found three downloads on the acer site... the USB driver, the Acer Sync software and the manual. Direct from the acer site. Is there something im missing here? Can you post me a link to drivers if i am missing something?

I can handle not having access through the USB to the internet... But i cant stand that I cant sync with my outlook... any help on that?

Thanks!

Last edited by cloud2or3; December 12th, 2010 at 07:01 PM. Reason: added info