Got phone as modem to work

[DavidIQ]

BTW I just got my Sprint bill and there doesn't seem to be any extra billing for this. :woot:

[bgtrkchuck]

I had a HTC Mogul for 3 weeks. WM 6.0 and internet sharing working with a simply everything plan for $99. Download speed was average 1100kbps!! That's faster than my home DSL!

However the mogul being a piece of crap (freeze ups, slide keyboard, crap phone application) I took it back and got the 800w.

That night I was on the phone w/sprint for two hours arguing. Phone as modem will not work with WM 6.1! Sprint tells me it's a "glitch" in thier system and they will have it fixed soon. I persisted in claiming they sold me a phone they cannot support. The only way they they could make it work was put me on a straight minute plan (900 max), a $35 data plan, AND a $15 unlimited text plan. Prob is I have two other phones that shared minutes, one has unlimited text also. I cannot share minutes with my plan now. Had to get a seperate plan for the other two phones. Smallest plan is 700 minutes shared, plus $15 unlimited txt on one of them.

WTF.....my monthly bill just about doubled so I can use phone as modem!! If you are claiming I can edit this registry and go back to my old plan then I'm on it! Normally I would not be concerned about phone as modem so much as it would be occasional use at best. However with my DSL lines being out for another two weeks I use it all night long - usually stays on after I fall asleep (oops)! Also while the mogul logged in at 1100kbps this 800w only seems to get 750kbps at best - even using wi-fi at starbucks it's pretty slow. My home DSL is only 750kbps so whatever I guess, just thought I would mention the speed difference between the phones.

To summarize: I can do a registry edit on my 800w and then use phone as modem on a simply everything plan right? If that's the case then please advise on registry editors as I'm a complete PPC virgin! Worst case is a true hard reset puts the phone back to "out of the box" state right?

[DavidIQ]

Careful. Even if you're on the Simply Everything Plan you're still bound by the 5GB monthly limit. Not sure what you're doing overnight but if it's downloading then you might want to keep an eye on that.

I used PHM RegEdit which is free:

http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/

Looks like crap on the 800w but it gets the job done. You can go and pay for Resco Registry Editor but why pay if this one's free

[bgtrkchuck]

Originally Posted by DavidIQ

Careful. Even if you're on the Simply Everything Plan you're still bound by the 5GB monthly limit. Not sure what you're doing overnight but if it's downloading then you might want to keep an eye on that.

I used PHM RegEdit which is free:

http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/RegEdit/

Looks like crap on the 800w but it gets the job done. You can go and pay for Resco Registry Editor but why pay if this one's free

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I'm not really big into downloading things. Usually checking email, bills, etc. I don't have my computer set to automatically update/download things so it should be idle when I fall asleep lol. Just usually happens that way - computers bore me so much

[dperalta63]

Thanks it works great!!!!

[dperalta63]

Actually the Simply Everything Plan does not have a limit on data. If you purchase there Data Plan from a Broadband Modem they will limit to 5 gig.

[esteban1st]

You got a serial for rescoe?

[yama247]

He Guys! What's Up Is It Limited To 5gb For The Se Plan Or Unlimited I Need To Be Sure. Im Considering Watching On Line Movies, Not Sure How Much That's Gonna Eat Up. But For Some Reason My Ics Stpped Working Just Like That. It Worked Fine. My Question Is Do I Need A Activesync Connection To Have It Working Properly Becuz Before My Pc Didn't See My Ppc When Plugged In Bit The Ics Worked Great. Then All The Sudden Activesync Finally Worked On My Pc That's When My Connection Was Lost. I Removed Extension Already. Any Other Suggestion? Hard Reset?
never mind somehow it worked by itself. the activsync is not syncing again oh well as long as I got internet woohoo!

[lmv7777]

if you are having a problem connecting using ICS and activesync is discovering your phone, goto activesync settings and disable USB connections. this will almost guarantee no problems with tethering.

[deegee]

Originally Posted by kent585

works Great with Mac os X BT

How did you get this to work with Mac OS using Bluetooth? Did you have to download a specific sync application?