Sprint's Treo Pro Tethering/Use as modem
 

Hi all...this is my first post.

Got a major decision to make: I am on Sprint's SERO plan. I bought an 800w the other day off of Craigslist (to avoid the 2-year agreement) and now I am noticing that I often hear static on my end during calls. So now I am ready to bite the bullet and put out $200 for the Treo Pro but I am extremely concerned that I will not be able to use the phone as a modem. I am quite happy with the tethering ability on the 800w (after I got it to work by deleting one of the registry values).

I just saw someone else's post about a program, wmwifirouter, that accomplishes the tethering wirelessly. Anyone here that can vouch for this? I don't mean to doubt that person...just want to make sure it will work, and that it will work on SPRINT's Treo Pro.

If you have them, please post links or instructions on how to enable tethering for Sprint's Treo Pro! Thanks!!!

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These threads should help you out, all found in this section of the site:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=61292

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=58681

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=61671

Um...legal?
 

Thanks CyberMonkey... but I am kind of confused about the whole is-it-legal-to-tether debate. My 800w came with a little brochure called "Experience SprintSpeed," in which one section is called "Phone as Modem," and it shows you how to use the Internet Sharing application, which comes pre-installed on the phone to - and I quote from the brochure - "Use your device's SprintSpeed rated data connection as a modem for your computer." Is this DIFFERENT from tethering? I thought they were the same thing. If they're the same thing, what's the problem? It seems like Sprint WANTS us to our phones (well, the 800w at the least) as modems.

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It is the same thing....but if you talk to most people they will say "Sprint will turn off your service if you don't have the 'Phone as Modem' added to you plan"...while other will tell you "As long as you don't abuse it, like HEAVY transfer amounts, like DLing large 2 gig files all the time, it's all cool".

Me personally, I don't have the phone as modem plan, and the only time I use my phone as a modem is if there is something I need to use my PC to check on the net for something and the cable internet goes out for some reason.....I don't use it often or much transfer amounts, and my service has never been turned off......

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So, "phone as modem" is a separate thing from "vision data"? ugh....

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Yes, "phone as modem" is a add on that you can get for like 30 bucks or so, I dont remember what the charge is, you need this on top of the power vision you already have. While using your power vision data that you pay 15 or less depending on what deal you got from sprint you can hack or use wmwifirouter to log in into the internet with out getting the "phone as modem" add on. In other words, using the hack or wmwifirouter goes around paying for the added on feature.

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Can someone explain how wmwifirouter, works? My computer has Wireless Lan; why do I need this?

I looked online, and couldn't wife.

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In simple terms: it turns your phone into a wireless router.

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WMWiFiRouter works great. Instead of connecting to your standard router, your phone becomes the router, sharing your internet connection with (I think) up to 4 devices.

Download the trial and check it out.

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But you dont want to turn wireless on for a long period of time. It will burn up your phone.

For long period, I use the USB.

All in all, its far superior to PDAnet.

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This was my reply in another related thread:

I'm not sure what the deal is, but I had the 800w, and the internet sharing worked fine, but when I got the Treo Pro, all of a sudden I get the error code 67 and sprint tells me I need to pay for phone as a modem (wtf?). I have a sprint third party dealer plan, and either a) it's built into the plan and they can't tell or b) it wasn't supposed to work on the Treo 800w. No one can figure it out. But hey, thank God for wifirouter! :wink:

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I tried to add phone as modem to my simply everything plan. Phone as modem will not work without it. They said it was not available for that plan. Got Wifi router with works great, and saved me the money for the tethering plan that I tried to get but they would not let me. Dumb move on Sprint's part cheaper move for me.

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For Sprint Treo Pro users there is a new solution to enable ICS and you don't have to use wifirouter.

http://discussion.treocentral.com/1589060-post52.html

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I found no problems with pdanet with my Treo Pro.. the same setup as it is on any winmo phone.. Edit the registry for the ICS hack. Install pdanet... connect via USB or BT...Works great for me. I don't have a Phone As Modem plan. I use it sparingly, maybe 10min each morning on the train... never been billed or anything for it.

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good info

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I have personally used WMWifiRouter on the Palm Pro and it works flawlessly. It does everything from 3g to Wifi. 3g to usb. 3g to Bluetooth PAN. wifi to usb. it also monitors the battery data, levels and temperatures and adjusts the programs features accordingly.

Phone as a modem IS a separate plan as Power Vision, however, with the help of a registry editor, you can change it so that in Internet Sharing you can select to either use the PAM or PV.

In registry editor browse to this location

HKLM\Comm\InternetSharing\Settings\

Find The ForceCellConnection Value, and delete the key entirely.

Start InternetSharing Application and select Power Vision. This will use the data plan that you already pay for.

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can my tro pro on at&t be used as a router using the wifirouter?

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the wifi router program will make the necessary changes for you

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I had been tethering on Power Vision just fine to my Macbook via bluetooth on 6.1, but went to a cooked 6.5, and despite using the same registry edits can now no longer get online for more than a few minutes before the bluetooth disconnects. Anyone have any ideas? I'm baffled.

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i flashed mighty's 1st release for the treo pro and had to install the icsenable cab(also i had to uncheck the adv funct under connections settings)..and i tethered via usb for almost an hour last night. i wud hard reset 1st, b4 trying it.

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x2 too skeeg no reg edits just the cab he has posted and off ya go!!!:headbang:

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wifirouter works fine

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im still tring to figure out how people are getting that to work...

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i just open the program, click connect and plug in to my computer...thats it.

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im talking about the wireless side of the program

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This works great on my Treo Pro! And the price is definitely right! :)

Thank you!!

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This worked great on my Treo Pro as well, thanks!

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Everyone-
So am I understanding correctly after reading this thread that the using my phone as model (Internet Sharing) isn't supposed to be enabled on my Sprint Treo Pro?

I flashed Icon's rom 6.5 awhile back and having been using the tethering for about a month or two now.

I was having an issue being able to tether for a day or so and ended up calling Sprint's advanced tech support. After mentioning that "I need help with using my phone as a modem", I was told that my plan doesn't include that feature.

Because it clearly was working before on my Everything Plan, I just said "oh..." and then ended the phone call. Did a hard-reset on the phone and it works fine again.

So long story (sorry), but was just wondering if Icon's ROM somehow is enabling my phone to be used as a modem when in actuality the treo pro isn't supposed to be "allowed" to be used as such?

Thanks to anyone who can help out with this one!

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Also... Does anyone know if I can adjust any sort of settings to maximize the internet speed while using Treo Pro as a modem? (either on the phone or my pc)...

Assuming I have a good signal where 3g is available, there are certain times when websites load faster than my wireless and other times, it lags and lags to load the page.

Thanks!

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ur fone can PAM, but sprint wants to charge u for it
no need for sprint ATS...this site will suffice
like i said earlier..they want to charge u for a service the fone can do without their provisioning or whatever

if u tether via usb, thats faster then blueteeth...

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Great, thanks again!

For what it's worth, my pc doesn't have bluetooth capability- therefore, I'm always connected via USB. In the event there's any other way to allow the phone to work "faster", I'm open to try any suggestions.

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not that i know of

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i've been using icon's 6.5 ROM from 5/15 on my treo pro since it came out and the ability to tether your phone has been "cooked" into the rom, no need to modify anything at all. using the usb cable to your computer is going to be the fastest and most direct connection. i average 80kb-200kb/sec in decent coverage area during the evening. using the bluetooth and wifirouter method will heat up the phone pretty quickly in turn killing battery life and just cause unnecessary wear on the internals of the phone. hope that helps.

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Good deal. It's more than bearable at the current speed, but being a "little greedy" for that boost, never hurts.

Thanks!

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can anyone give me a pointer? im ripping my hair out on this because i had it working then i redid my phones and i dont remember what i did.

ok, so on my palm treo pro, im using raiderom. whatever. im trying to get ICS working over bluetooth. before when i had this setup, i would just enable ICS on the phone, then go to my laptop and right click on the phone icon in bluetooth settings. from the dropdown, i selected "direct connect" and bam, it worked great.

however, now when i try to enable ics on the phone, the "connect" button is greyed out, and if i go to the computer side i see that "direct connect" is replaced with "access point"

so what the heck did i do wrong? i did install the ICSenable.cab file, rebooted the phone, and installed it again. i enabled an incoming com port on the pc, then i established a bluetooth connection on the phone. it connects great, but ics on the phone is still greyed out and the pc still shows "access point" instead of "direct connection"

best i can think of is when it paired via bluetooth, it didnt install something right. the services i see are "activesync bluetooth" and "DUN". i know the serial usb com port is installed too, but its not in the services list on the phone or the pc.

also, DUN over bluetooth works fine. i just dont like using it. the direct connect with ics worked faster. by the way, the usb port on this phone is ripped completely out, so usb connection is not possible anymore.

You don't need the phone as modem add on to tether. You can buy pdanet or usbmodem and they work just fine. You don't need to pay any extra monthly fees to tether your phone. Especially on sero. My mom has sero and has the treo pro with pdanet and uses it all the time.

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you dont even need those programs. at least in my area on my account (no pam addon), i can simply hook up to windows mobile device center, the phone installs a modem driver on the pc, then i create a DUN connection on the computer with the #777 as the phone number. works like a charm. has for years and ive never been charged extra. i use around 2gb a month.