8300/Curve Tethered Modem Instruction

[Rollin]

You should ask your carrier because some charge extra for this kind of stuff

[hacku]

Originally Posted by felscurve

Hi there,

Any possibility of providing the setup for the 8330 on Verizon??

Thank you!

+1

Thanks!

[tricknasty]

the at+cgdcont=1,�IP�,�isp.cingular� init cmd obviously wont work for verizon, but im fairly sure you use ur phone #@vzw3g.com for the username and vzw for the pass
like this:
username: 5551112222@vzw3g.com
pass: vzw

[2wheeler]

Thank for for a great set of tethering instructions.

[DonSagiv]

I have an 8330 with sprint and a macbook pro. To tether do this.

1. Make sure bluetooth is ON in your phone. If you don't know how to do this, go to MANAGE CONNECTIONS in the appiclations, make sure the box next to BLUETOOTH is checked.

2. On your macbook (or macbook pro/air) go to SYSTEM PREFERENCES, and under HARDWARE it says BLUETOOTH. Make sure the boxes next to ON and DISCOVERABLE are checked.

3. On your BB, go to MANAGE CONNECTIONS, then SET UP BLUETOOTH, make sure SEARCH FOR DEVICES FROM HERE is selected, and hit OKAY.

4. Once it is finished searching for decvices, it should find your computer if your phone is right next to it. Once it finds your computer, click on the icon that has your computer's name.

5. Your BB will ask you to put a password in. Just put whatever you like and hit OK. As soon as you do this your mac will prompt you for a password, just put the same password you put on your BB. Now your blackberry and your phone are paired via bluetooth.

6. On your mac, click SHOW ALL in the bluetooth window, and click NETWORK under INTERNET & NETWORK. Click on where it says BLUETOOTH on the left.

7. Check the box that says SHOW MODEM STATUS IN MENU BAR.

8. Click ADVANCED, and then click on the MODEM tab. Change the VENDOR to SPRINT, and the MODEL to PCS VISION. Click OK to go back to NETWORK.

9. Where it says TELEPHONE NUMBER type in "#777", and click APPLY.

10. Close the NETWORK window, and click on the little phone icon on the top of your menu bar. Click CONNECT BLUETOOTH.

11. On your BB it will ask you if you will accept the connection from your computer. Click YES (if you do not want to see this again, check the box where it says "DONT ASK ME AGAIN" and click on YES).

12. You know your blackberry is connected to the internet if you see a timer next to the phone icon. That shows you how long you have been online.

I think verizon has the same thing, though probably not legally. You may have to turn off your EVDO and switch it to 1X only, which is what i was able to do with my old LG V9800.

For T-mo and ATT i think they are completely blocked, so i don't know.

[kelvin11]

Setup of BlackBerry Curve to Laptop Windows XP using BlackBerry for Rogers??? can anyone help???

[dubmon]

Setup PAM for SPRINT and Curve 8330

I spent an hour on the phone with Sprint last night talking with Tech Support and Billing to make sure
that I wasn't going to incur additional charges by using my phone as a modem.

First of all they told me that the Curve could not be used as a modem - HA
Then Tech Support told me that it wont work because I dont have a PAM acct added to my line. - HA
Then I finally talked to someone in Billing who told me that SEP 450 would not incur add'l charges because
BB phones have a BB plan built-in to the SEP plans. This plan includes using the phone as a modem.

So this is the easiest thing in the world. Simply go here *Register To See Links*

Download the smart View for Windows. Install. Reboot. Attach Curve via USB to laptop. Start Smart View program. Press connect. That's it. It took me all of about 5 minutes to install and get up and running. I got good speeds too. Smart View is a great application!!!

Good Luck

[Rollin]

Great tip dubmon

[abbafan1978]

dubmon, You are the man!

I was pulling my hair out looking for a way to hook my phone. I am sooooo happy that it is very simple to tether a sprint blackberry. Looking at the other setups made my hair stand up!

[XGS SNIPER]

Thats sounds really usefull....How can I find out if I would be bent over and shafted by Data charges, even though I do have unlimited Data use right now, I dont know if that goes for using it as a modem?