Free Tethering? I think so.

[Jeff Kirvin]

For those of us without Moguls, can you give us the connection settings for "Phone as modem"? I'd like to try this on my Apache.

[havieri23]

okay, i tried using the ## code but it didnt bring me nowhere. im still stuck on the phone dialing screen. what am i doing wrong?

Also under the desktop connection. Only dialup connection i have there is a pdanet modem which is default. I'm guessing i have to use the new connection wizard. Can someone walk me thru the settings in there.

[suilobo]

Originally Posted by dutchman71

That was me, no extra charges. I used Internet sharing and PDAnet. Only the $15 Vision charge. If I could only get a bluetooth connection to work consistently I'd be a happy guy.

What I mean is someone without using PDAnet, but the other way posted above. Did anyone get charged using that method?

Thanks!

[wmdunn]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kirvin

For those of us without Moguls, can you give us the connection settings for "Phone as modem"? I'd like to try this on my Apache.

Please . . . I would like to try it on my 6700 as well. Thanks.

[Scrotum]

Originally Posted by suilobo

What I mean is someone without using PDAnet, but the other way posted above. Did anyone get charged using that method?

Thanks!

Even if you have PV on you account you can get charged for using phone as modem. But this would only happen if they see a big change in your data usage. otherwise there is no way for them to distinguish between you using PV or tethering.
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[rvashi]

Originally Posted by electronicrice

So I was having an issue with my data calls today, getting error code 67 when i tried dialing #777. Well I called Sprint Tech Support and they walked me through resetting my data profile. The ## code was ##3282# and I put in my MSL code after choosing Edit from the resulting menu.

I was able to Edit a setting that corresponded to my IP. It was initially set to Mobile IP Only and I change it to Mobile IP Preferred. I also changed the 3 keys in HKLM>Software>OEM>WMODEM all to 0 (disabled) so they couldn't detect tethering (Multi-NAI).

Now I can connect via Phone As Modem (which I wasn't able to do before) and getting 1.5 Mbps speed when I tether in Internet Sharing.

Let me know if anyone else has done/can do this. Do you think they're gonna fnd out and charge me? I don't see how they can and I can always just say that I really used the data on my phone.

Can you please tell me the exact directions because I've changed the settings to Mobile IP Preferred and change the Wmodem registry entry to 0 and yet I still can't connect. It still gives me Error Code 67.

I've tried connecting to the Vision service from Internet Explorer and THEN trying to connect with Internet Sharing using Phone As Modem and no luck. This method works with Internet Sharing using Sprint PCS. So am I doing something wrong here? I also have the $15 Power Vision plan.

[sprintrjm]

It took me 10 min to figure it out after i got sprint to give me my msl.

I finally figured out that i should go to connections under settings.

click on manage existing conn, and select phone as modem and just exit.

I had to reset my phone a few times for the tethering to work.

I knew i was on the right track when i finally clicked on internet explorer on my pda and it finally connected online. If your phone will not get online here then something is wrong. Maybe try softbooting.

click on internet sharing next, check phone as modem, click connect before you plug in the usb. Plug in the usb and in 30 or so seconds you should be online.

PS you do not have to disable active sync.

electrorice yoo soo rule.

Just a fyi from a newbie to other newbies.

[garov55]

doesnt work for me
gives me errors and would not connect even with my pocket IE after i try the internet sharing

help please...
i did everything step by step

[jaak]

I may not be correct on this, but as far as I understand it Mobile IP Only vs. Mobile IP Preferred doesn't really have much to do if you are allowed to tether.

On CDMA 2000 you have the option of a Simple IP or a Mobile IP. A Simple IP is an IP that will not handoff between towers. A Mobile IP gives you a persistant IP that stays the same as you move between cell areas.

Mobile IP Preferred just means that it prefers to get a Mobile IP but will accept a Simple IP if it can't get one (so I can see how this fixed the data problem of the original poster). I can't see how this option will prevent Sprint from billing you for PAM if they want to (but I don't know what the registry settings might affect).

[evilecho]

i dunno what the need is to hide the modem. i use my 6800 as a modem all the time, downloading files surfing the web and even playing wow for hrs on the go, i've never done a reg hack to hide tethering and i've never been billed for it same goes for when i on my 6700... and all i have is the sero plan.... dunno so this all kinda seems pointless to me