Tips for tethering?

**horndoctor** · #15 (**permalink**) 09-29-2010, 08:05 PM

Wirelessly posted (htc Pocket PC: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 8.12; MSIEMobile6.0) Sprint T7380)

Quote:

Originally Posted by everphoto

I have a TP2 with the standard Sprint WM6.5 ROM. Plugged it into a Dell Mini Netbook running Win 7 Pro via USB. Selection screen on the phone came up and I picked "Internet Sharing - use phone as modem". I hear the phone connect to the netbook and after a few seconds I see the status "Waiting for network" on the phone. Network and Sharing Center shows a new public network fired up, but no access to the internet. So, wasup?

NEVER MIND! I got it...

You need to do the tethering registry edits or install a tethering cab so you use your phone's Sprint data connection instead of the phone as modem service that you have to pay to use by adding it to your plan.

View Poll Results: How reliable is your connection when tethering your tp2 as a modem?
My connection pretty much never fails. (Please describe your location and setup in a comment)	13	43.33%
I can use tethering for light use, but cannot use the connection heavily	8	26.67%
I can connect for short periods of time for emergency use	2	6.67%
I'm not able to get tethering to work.	7	23.33%
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