data call failure : error code 67

[peepeesea]

i have searched and cant find an answer to this issue for the evo. in the user manual is clearly states (page 147) you can USB tether the phone to share the data connection. however, when i do this i get this error message:

data call failure
error code 67. registration failure. your PCS vision username and/or password may be incorrect. please try again

i do have HTC Sync installed. where do i get the user name and password it wants and where do i enter it in the phone?

sorry for the noobieness of my issue.

[Mbai2]

Are you paying the extra $30 a month for tethering? If not, that's probably why. It should work on a 4G connection for now though. You can also root your phone for 3G tethering without the fee.

[peepeesea]

no, i am not paying the $30 extra a month but everything i can find says USB tether is free, the $30 is for the 8 device hotspot feature. searched in Andoid Forums as well...
http://support.sprint.com/global/pdf...htc_evo_ug.pdf
page 147

[arsmithsr]

The manual does say this but their sales literature does say they will not do phone as modem which is what you are talking about. You have a couple of options. PDANet easytether both are one time charge for full access free as long as you don't need https: otherwise known as anything with secure user name and passwords. OR pay the 30 for wifi hotspot. If you would like to root your phone you can get the free wifi tether program it works to.

[peepeesea]

i don't really have much use for the wifi hotspot but being able to tether USB i used on a daily basis in my carputer with my touch pro.

so i DO have to root my phone to use PDAnet/easytether?
free PDAnet allows for USB tether right?

[jsjaybone]

No need to root I have it and it works great. You do have to have the PDAnet software installed on the PC as well though.

[arsmithsr]

jsjaybone is correct no root needed for easytether or pdanet. both are available as downloads from the market and both need a client piece on the pc and on the phone. Both have the same limitation on the free version. Easy tether is cheaper.

[peepeesea]

thanks guys. that really cleared things up! i will have to give one of the progs a try...

[StormCell]

I have gotten this error message twice and it's really screwed up my service. I have never tried to tether. I keep getting Data Error messages. I left the iPhone for the EVO but I'm not sure I want to put up with this all the time.

On a separate note how can you tether using a Mac?

[faxmonkey]

I got the same thing a few days back. I power cycled the phone each of the 4 times this happened. Haven't had a problem for 3 days now. I don't tether.