Free Tethering? I think so.

[kilmarac]

Do you still use the sprint connection manager, or is there another method?

[watson540]

you mean on the phone right? I start up the internet sharing on the phone, hit connect , and then i plug the usb cable in. xp does the rest. I use the sprint pcs connection and not PAM

you will have to be more specific with your question, i dont get what you mean.

[kilmarac]

Well, I dont see Internet Sharing on the phone... How-To s from sprints site say you have to use the Sprint COnnection manager (download and run on your computer) to connect to the net.

[kilmarac]

ok i found internet sharing, but now suddenly Im getting the constant erro67... LOL

[kilmarac]

Well after resetting the rom, I discovered an entry on sprint support that says if you try to connect three times and fail, it autolocks you from connecting to the net for 20 mins.

[stufff]

Originally Posted by kilmarac

Well after resetting the rom, I discovered an entry on sprint support that says if you try to connect three times and fail, it autolocks you from connecting to the net for 20 mins.

Are you sure you aren't just being locked out of the internet because you were yiffing?

[bingcrosby]

Originally Posted by watson540

you mean on the phone right? I start up the internet sharing on the phone, hit connect , and then i plug the usb cable in. xp does the rest. I use the sprint pcs connection and not PAM

so I called sprint tech support to get my msl number and they told me I needed a 1 year contract at $50/month to use PAM - that's just stoopid.

After reading a few forums, I set out to hack away, did the reg changes and the IP multicast setting after getting my msl number from sprint, not sure if it matters.

edit: (from xda discussion on tethering http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=318292): please verify these findings for yourself. Disabling multi-NAI will prevent the carrier from detecting your usage type and should prevent any charges to your account due to tethering.

eventually i just opened ICS, set it to my regular connection, which is not PAM, hit connect, status said waiting for USB, plugged in the USB cable and XP identified the connection, installed the driver and I was on my way.

varying results on an ev connection with 0-1 bars (will do more testing):
500/112 ... good enough for me for free

[pavouk]

I followed all the steps mentioned and it works for me just fine. Only complaint is the speed 650/165 max but that is not our issue it is sprint coverage.

[B18DelSolT]

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.

What if i only did multi-nai, cause once i do the others, i start getting that error again, do you think that its safe enough?

[HobbesIsReal]

Thanks to everyone who posted on this thread. I just successfully tethered as per the instructions here and with PDAnet 1.8 on my very first attempt tethering with my Mogul. It took all but 15 minutes to due and than included 6 minutes to back up my phone first!!!