TUTORIAL: tether laptop/desktop pc's with your cell phone via BT

[ollywompus]

I actually did a speed test while tethered to my computer, and I got 107kbps. Still, it's kind of annoying that they didn't put a simple indicator in there.

I completely agree!

-olly

[Mark Larson]

Thanks so much for this thread, xtremein motion. I'm adding this to my subscribed threads just because its so simple, effective and helpful. I can't access Gmail, but you can use the My T-Mobile proxy with MS Outlook if you want to access your Gmail account.

Thanks again, I'm going to try that right now.

[Kspecial]

Thanks so much for this thread, xtremein motion. I'm adding this to my subscribed threads just because its so simple, effective and helpful. I can't access Gmail, but you can use the My T-Mobile proxy with MS Outlook if you want to access your Gmail account.

Thanks again, I'm going to try that right now.

How did you get this to work?

[nghiaqngo]

I have the motorola v635 phone. Those phone I listed are old, in my old profile. Anyway, I tried the speed test for my 5.99 t-zones using at+cgdcont=1,"IP","wap.voicestream.com" and got 7 kbit/sec in http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed *lol. It's "GPRS active" shown on the phone. Dawn slow. I swear I saw 90 kb/s on 19.99 internet using the at+cgdcont=1,"IP","internet2.voicestream.com" string.

[xtremein motion]

I have the motorola v635 phone. Those phone I listed are old, in my old profile. Anyway, I tried the speed test for my 5.99 t-zones using at+cgdcont=1,"IP","wap.voicestream.com" and got 7 kbit/sec in http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed *lol. It's "GPRS active" shown on the phone. Dawn slow. I swear I saw 90 kb/s on 19.99 internet using the at+cgdcont=1,"IP","internet2.voicestream.com" string.

i get 100kb+ on my 5.99 plan

[Kspecial]

Tethered, I got 107kbps on one speed test, then I chose a different test location, and I got <10kbps. That's a big variation, but it just shows how Tmobile's connections vary.

[Mark Larson]

I just did that test and got 32 kbps. That's 4 kBps. Meh.

[Kspecial]

It seems as though you're not on EDGE yet.

This is the test I used, the one with multiple locations. You have to be tethered though.

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

[Mark Larson]

How did you get this to work?

Its pretty simple - you just use the same settings you'd use on your phone. Go to the myemail section on myt-mobile and work from there. It worked great for me, now all I have to do is get my normal Gmail account on it (i'm using my cellphone's gmail account right now).

[Kspecial]

Ahhhhhh, I see, you're on the $19.99 internet plan.

[ollywompus]

Thanks so much for this thread, xtremein motion. I'm adding this to my subscribed threads just because its so simple, effective and helpful. I can't access Gmail, but you can use the My T-Mobile proxy with MS Outlook if you want to access your Gmail account.

Thanks again, I'm going to try that right now.

Mark, I wonder why you can't access gmail? I have no issues whatsoever accessing gmail while tethering... works perfectly fine.

-olly

[Kspecial]

Can anyone access Hotmail?

[xtremein motion]

Yeah, none of the nokia phones have EDGE indicators like the moto's do. Go to www.dslreports.com/mspeed on your handset, through the wap browser, and run a speed test (I usually pick the 100k, though any will work). If you are getting anything above 56k you are on EDGE.

-olly

i'd like to also add that SE does not have an E or anything, just a globe

[ollywompus]

i'd like to also add that SE does not have an E or anything, just a globe

I think moto's are the only one's that do (they still suck though).

@Kspecial: no problem accessing hotmail while tethered.

-olly

[Kspecial]

Hotmail hates me.

Not only can I not do a web login, the HTTP mail service with Outlook Express doesn't work either.

Hey...wait a second, do you have the $19.99 internet plan ollywompus?