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Tethering a Sprint Mogul to OSX
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Posted by: soloudinhere

Hi All-

I'm desperate to be able to tether my sprint mogul to my mac just for this week as I'm traveling and need internet. BUT I can't seem to find a way to do this with my mac. When I connect via bluetooth it can only see the phone as a headset, and when I try to dial in over usb I get an error from sprint, because it's trying to assign me tethering access, which I don't have.

I have unlimited data service, but it looks like the only way to use this phone as a modem for the mac is to hack the registry, disable multi-NAI, and then what? Can anyone walk me through this? I've never hacked a phone before but I really need this to work and I was hoping it would be a lot simpler than it seems to be.

HELP!

Posted by: jlboom

pdanet 7 day trial...if it's just for a week..then it's perfect.

Posted by: Tumblweed

Go here...

http://www.mobile-stream.com/usbmodem_wm.html

I use this to tether my xv6700 to my mac, and works well... the only problem I have is that it dosent hold a VPN connection well, but otherwise it works perfect.

Robert

Posted by: KG4PEQ

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Originally Posted by Tumblweed

Go here...

http://www.mobile-stream.com/usbmodem_wm.html

I use this to tether my xv6700 to my mac, and works well... the only problem I have is that it dosent hold a VPN connection well, but otherwise it works perfect.

Robert

I'm curious about this... in the USB Modem user guide it asks for the number to connect to (#777 or the GPRS APN, as applicable). How is this actually working? If it's actually dialing #777 isn't Sprint's Phone-as-a-Modem pack required? I downloaded USB Modem and am in the trial and it's working, but my employee line automatically includes free PAM anyway. Is this software actually dialing out on the device or is it using the existing data connection (PDAnet-style)?

Posted by: LordJohnWhorfin

Bluetooth PAN functionality was added in 10.4.9.

Assuming your phone has been paired with your computer, do the following:

1) Make sure the connection is running on your phone (launch Explorer and make sure you can browse)

2) In Programs, launch "Internet Sharing"

3) Under "PC Connection" select "Bluetooth PAN" and under "Network Connection" select "Sprint PCS", then click "Connect"

4) On your Mac, under the Bluetooth menu (on the right hand side of the menu bar), select "Join Network" in the sub-menu with the Bluetooth name of your phone.

That's it! Speed is not that great though. I haven't had a chance to see if I could get USB tethering to work, has anybody tried?