Sprint Touch as a fax modem for pc/laptop
 

The hTc Touch is my first wm phone and I'm loving it. With my old Samsung phones I've had in the past, i'm used to having them recognized as a modem (with the use of samsung drivers for pc) when plugged in with the usb cable. You then have to create a dialup connection and you can input a nbr for it to dial. The Touch however, is recognized as a ethernet device when used through internet sharing... or simply a mass storage device otherwise. Is there any way to have it detected as a modem so that I can send fax thru it using my laptop? I want to be able to do this without using any custom roms/ or 3rd party apps only stock microsoft or hTc apps/drivers. I've searched with no direct answer... any help or point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

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bump... anyone?:(

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I'ld love to have that option too.

You think I can email Sprint Ecare and have them add that to the GPS/REV A upgrade. ;-)

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Couldnt hurt to try.

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so you don't wanna do it this way:

scan-fax-using-camera-phone


I only need to fax stuff out about 6 times a year, so I just have my phone line plugged into the modem in my desk PC, and print-to-fax.

Should I ever have to fax when I'm on the road, I would remote desktop into my desk PC - and to make it easy I'd tether my notebook/laptop to the phone since I usually have it with me.

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well if it was a free option it would have been all good.

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It seems like there would be some kind of windows mobile app to at least send pdfs via fax...

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Maybe not?

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I know this is an like a year old tread but are there any updates to this problem?

I use Alltel with a HTC-touch. I love it but I would love it more if I could send a fax or at the very least link it to mt laptop and "phone as Modem" to dail out a faxnumber. maybe with those "print to fax" options or something simple like that.

Most of us don't have a land line anymore but still need to send a fax every now and then to those stone aged companies still require fax for various things. I mean God, who want to pay a fee for a e-service when then only need to fax a couple dozen times a year?

Please list any ideas of what to try.

Thanks for the help,

Evan

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Not gonna happen without a third party service like efax.

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It probably still is possible... I would guess that Sprint still has its 2G modem/QNC feature still available... It seemed to work with a number of Vision phones. But Sprint would in any case charge you $0.39/minute to use this feature.

just got to figure out how...

anyways: http://faxzero.com/

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I'm going to dig up this old thread because I am trying to do this too, and with windows 7 out, there is a built in faxing app. Basically what you do is connect a phone line to your computer and it does the rest. The problem is that I don't have a home phone, but I have a touch pro 2 instead.

Since faxes are sent over the phone and not internet connections, I'm guessing that there should be some way to send a fax over the phone portion of the... well.. phone.

Is there any way to tell your TP2 to just act as a regular modem and not an internet connection?

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Did a search. I found a few fax apps but none were freeware. Pdf scanner, Cortado Fax and Print, and a couple others. So far www.faxzero.com seems to be the best free option.

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Sending faxes via your cellphone, using your phone as a fax machine, disappeared when cell phones went completely digital and stopped using the old analog frequencies. Fax machines are analog like the 54kbps modems. Faxing with voip is an issue too.

The last cell phone I owned that could be used like a fax was an LG510.

Faxzero works well if you don't need to fax a lot. I use them. One of my customers insists on me sending them an invoice by fax, I tried to convince to use email but they would not do it. Go figure.