Tethering Fix Right Here!

[jmz768]

I found information on another site that claimed to only require two registry modifications to make tethering work. I tried it and it works great.

Edit the following registry entries:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\InternetSharing]
Delete the "isext.dll" entry so that it should read Extension=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\InternetSharing\settings]
ForceCellConnection="Sprint PCS"

That's all it took. I'm a little worried that this was too easy considering all the issues some of you have had. Can anybody confirm that this works without incurring any charges?

[j7jman]

yeah youre not gonna have any charges as long as you have the unlimited data plan.. but once you use i think 5mb of data stupid stuff happens.. liike only part of a song will play when streaming, and so forth.. but browsing is fine... remember im a sprint user, im not sure about any other carriers.

[skeegcpp]

Originally Posted by j7jman

yeah youre not gonna have any charges as long as you have the unlimited data plan.. but once you use i think 5mb of data stupid stuff happens.. liike only part of a song will play when streaming, and so forth.. but browsing is fine... remember im a sprint user, im not sure about any other carriers.

well, its actually 5GB..but i dont believe u can get charged data overage on a ppc or smartphone. u will on an air card tho(found that out the hard way, luckily sprint took the overage off my bill after i called in about it) they used to not charge u overage, just slow down or limit ur connectivity, but that changed last year or so
now they just charge u the overage rate(now i think its .05/MB).

[Biker1]

On your Sprint bill under data usage, it shows the amount of data used in mb and it is possible that you can get charged for going over 5gb. One month I used 5.5gb but I did not get charged.As has been said, probably best to stay under 5gb to lessen the risk of any additional notifications or charges.

[jdward28]

I downloaded ur tethering on to my phone but it still not letting me connect to my labtop. any other suggestions?

[etski]

Originally Posted by jdward28

I downloaded ur tethering on to my phone but it still not letting me connect to my labtop. any other suggestions?

I've always found you must first activate the data connection by starting an internet explorer session, then start internet sharing, then hit connect and then connect the cable. Let me know if that helps.

[bmsohio]

Awesome!!!

=D>THANK YOU=D>

[dibbson]

Great cab, definitely works well. Sticky anyone?

[bboyneko]

This cab works great BUT i still get occasional issues with tethering..it connects for a short while then disconnects when activesync decides to interfere. Here is what worked for me:

Go to
-Connections >USB to PC>change USB connection to Disk Drive
-Uncheck ask about connection type

Go to
-Activesync>connections> uncheck synchronize all pcs using this connection

Go to (on pc)
- activesync> connection settings>uncheck open activesync when my device connects

Now run internet sharing, plug device into PC, and it works great at that point. I just undo everything I did after tethering to get normal activesync working again.

Do this eveyrtime you want to tether, re-check when you are done.

try using multiple usb ports
try deleting all activesync connections in phone
try deleting device from activesync in pc

[user60396561]

Awesome this cab works great, running Vista 64-Bit posting tethered now. I used the cab on page 1, thanks OP.

works even better and faster than the cab I have on my Diamond because it skips a step or 2.


All I do is on my TP, Start Internet Sharing, hit Connect, then plug in my USB 2.0 cable and I am on. 1687 kbps down.