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Mac OS X tethering post Cingular 8525 ROM update (ROM version 2.15.502.3)

I used to be able to tether using my old ROM as well as the "un-official" new ROM versions prior to the recently released ROM update dated 4/09/07.
I use Missing Sync (ver 3.0.2) on OS X, and it would allow me to tether the 8525 using internet sharing set to USB. Now the only way I am able to tether is via the Bluetooth PAN, and even then the connection is spotty at best.
Did the official ROM change the way Internet Sharing works? This is very annoying and any assistance or ideas would be welcome.
I downgraded from the CUSTEL 2.5 WM6 ROM due to Missing sync's inability to sync with it as well as an inability to tether my Mac. Vista using Bootcamp works but Vista isn't my cup of tea...

Soon...
In a couple of weeks time you will have a solution to your problems with Apple OS X and Microsoft Windows Mobile. (Hint: it's not free.)

I am assuming that this would the much anticipated Missing sync update. If only I could shorten the wait... oh well.
Thanks.

Not really. Trade your 8525 for the iPhone!

bluetooth pan
something must be wrong with your phone because I use Bluetooth pan with internet sharing at work, in my car, at home and it works just fine. I even thought about ditching the Internet at home

neomuzic said:
something must be wrong with your phone because I use Bluetooth pan with internet sharing at work, in my car, at home and it works just fine. I even thought about ditching the Internet at home
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I do it too. All the time. Is AWESOME from the car, especially in a a 3G area. (Parked, not driving.)

i can't even connect my 8525 to my mac via bluetooth. it worked once and now the phone won't open up the passcode screen to connect.
edit: my rom is version 1.34.502.3. should i update to a newer one?

I think its the location that I am at that may be to blame. I have a really slow connection via Bluetooth PAN. The same isn't true when using Vista and Internet sharing via USB - that connection is much faster (though it too blanks out at times).
As for connecting to OS X: simply start the Bluetooth setup assistant on the mac and search for "any device". Then select the phone and pair the two. At the very end of the process the Mac will list the services that are available via the phone. One of them will be the shared network.

ranjeetsodhi said:
I think its the location that I am at that may be to blame. I have a really slow connection via Bluetooth PAN. The same isn't true when using Vista and Internet sharing via USB - that connection is much faster (though it too blanks out at times).
As for connecting to OS X: simply start the Bluetooth setup assistant on the mac and search for "any device". Then select the phone and pair the two. At the very end of the process the Mac will list the services that are available via the phone. One of them will be the shared network.
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yeah, it stalls after i select it from the device list. the screen where it gives me the passcode to connect it, it seems like my phone doesn't receive it. not sure. but you think i should upgrade the rom? looks like mine is kinda old.

I'm posting with OSX using my phone right now
delete the bluetooth pairing on the osx machine and on the phone
from osx bluetooth assistant and select any device
if it asks about using the phone as a headset disselect that
if the phone once pairs asks about a serial device do not select that
verify if bluetooth still is on on the phone
goto internet sharing
bluetooth pan
connect
make sure its actually connected to the internet
on the osx machine click the bluetooth icon again and select "join network on ___your phones name____ "
thats it!
sometimes give it a second
if it still doesn't work make sure you don't have some kind of crazy firewall setup
using Custel's 2.5 rom (windows mobile6)
juicychus said:
i can't even connect my 8525 to my mac via bluetooth. it worked once and now the phone won't open up the passcode screen to connect.
edit: my rom is version 1.34.502.3. should i update to a newer one?
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Hi,
Some weeks ago I tryed to use MissingSync for internet sharing with different WM6 versions without success. With official AKU3.3.1 version it works with the USB cable. But battery life is very short with this version.
Regards.

Yes, missing sync does not yet support WM6. Try the "normal" bluetooth pan method described above.

Anyone tried doing OS X tethering with newer versions of the WM6 roms?
I'm currently running vp3G 2.0 (WM6), rom date 5/15/07, radio 1.40.30.00, protocol ver. 32.73.7020.16H
Because I'm working offsite tomorrow, I was hoping to use my phone to tether my laptop to work with VPN on the laptop... and then I can login and out of the timeclock, etc. But trying it from work tonight before I leave, I can't get the bluetooth on my 8525 to connect to the PC.
Followed Neomuzic's instructions to the letter, but Safari isn't getting things working. Any assistance would be appreciated!!!

Nevermind... I'm a dork! Figured out where Internet Sharing was on the phone, and all is well. Having a little trouble connecting to my work proxy server... but messing with that now.

todd_jg said:
Yes, missing sync does not yet support WM6. Try the "normal" bluetooth pan method described above.
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As of August2007, Missing Sync 4 supports WM6.

I'm also using bluetooth pan right now to post
Hello all,
I usually dont post much since i rarely have anything to contribute, but this time I do. I am running a macbook connected to my cingular 8525 thru the bluetooth pan and have zero problems. I upgraded my rom to the new vp one with all the latest settings and love it. No more looking for a hotspot for me. I dont use safari broswer on my mac, i use firefox. Thanks to everyone on this forum with the knowledge and time for helping the rest of us.

What i do is connect my JasJam to xp running through parallels, start internet sharing and it installs the drivers(first time of connecting it) and then it works perfectly everytime. Only in xp though.
I have installed the latest missing sync but havent tried internet sharing on mac osx but now that u guys say it works thats awesome! Will mess with it later (knowing me i won't attempt to get it to work until i'm off in some foriegn area with no internet connection and will need to download drivers that i'll struggle to get through pie/opera on my jasjam...) i fail to plan ahead with things like this! lol

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Tethering 8525 to MACBOOK. HELP.
I tried several different approaches to tether my 8525 to my MACBOOK, with no success.
I have specific scripts from the web installed into the modem scripts folder. No luck with any of them. I believe the scripts aren't the problem but the COM ports are the culprit.
I recieve an error message that says," Failed to open RFCOMM serial channel. Check if authentication needs to be enabled in your device"
This is after pairing the 8525 to the MACBOOK and completing the blue tooth setting in the Network folder in the System Preference folder.
The pairing is successful because I can "send files" to the 8525 via blue tooth icon.
I read somewhere that the MACBOOK should allow me to set and choose COM ports but I haven't found the option.
My question is where do I find the COM port option in the MACBOOK because I believe that is where my problem is.
MACBOOK C2D, OS 10.4.10.
8525 ROM: 2.15.502.3

abubasim said:
Not really. Trade your 8525 for the iPhone!
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had iphone not nearly as good as my tytn until its fully hacked but think bout what your saying befor you speak lol
kidding

Use phone as a proxy for http from laptop?

Topic might sound a bit puzzling, but I can clear that up. At work my laptop is hooked into the network. I cant use the hermes (8525) as my 3g internet source since then I wouldn't be on the network anymore and would lose my unix and email connectivity.
What would be spectacular, is if I could hook my phone in via activesync or bluetooth and route internet from one webbrowser on my laptop through the phone, hence why I mention proxy.
3g is generally faster than web goes where I work, and they also block alot of sites. Down with the man!
I might also be crazy.

Using the 8525 as a modem for your laptop is easy. Consult page 109 of the PDF user's manual that is located on the installation CDROM.
You can also download the manual here:
http://www.8525software.com/

pcm2a said:
Topic might sound a bit puzzling, but I can clear that up. At work my laptop is hooked into the network. I cant use the hermes (8525) as my 3g internet source since then I wouldn't be on the network anymore and would lose my unix and email connectivity.
What would be spectacular, is if I could hook my phone in via activesync or bluetooth and route internet from one webbrowser on my laptop through the phone, hence why I mention proxy.
3g is generally faster than web goes where I work, and they also block alot of sites. Down with the man!
I might also be crazy.
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lol yeah you tell em, im in the same boat.

Dang, sorry it took me a while to get back to this. You are certainly correct that using the phone as a modem IS easy, but that is not exactly what I am trying to do.
Scenario:
If I plug my network jack into my laptop, I'm connected to my network and I'm connected to the internet via my internal network.
If at the same time I connect my 8525 via Internet Sharing on the phone, I'm still connected to my internal network and the internal via my internal network.
If I disconnect my network jack from my laptop, I am no longer connected to my internal network.
My internet is now being routed through my 8525 phone, as expected.
What I would like to accomplish:
Network jack plugged in and access to my internal network.
8525 connected via Bluetooth to laptop to browse with IE/Firefox.
Using the phones built in internet sharing is so much simpler than going the Wireless modem route in the manual. Is that the only way to be able to accomplish this? What I have been unable to figure out is how to tell Firefox/IE to use my bluetooth connection as the primary if available.
Thanks!

All you'd need to do is modify the routing info to point the right traffic at the right interface..
How you'd go about changing that in Windows I have no idea.. Linux I reckon I could figure out but windows youll have to google... its definitly possible though.. shouldnt be too hard.

I had the same idea, but after some Google-ing i understood that it wasn't possible with a WM5 phone.
The only thing i could comeup with is a proxy tool on the phone where you could point your browser to, but unfortunatly the only one that exists only handles GET requests... so it's pretty useless for now...

I have tried all sorts of crazy ideas, even changing the metrics on my NIC port on my laptop. All was a bust.
I found some posts about the proxy server that only does GET as well. I guess I'm stuck with slow work internet.

It surely must be possible because it has nothing to do with the phone really.. the change that needs to be made is with windows routing..
Maybe try having a search for using windows with 2 network interface cards and apply the same sort of technique.. ignore the fact one is a phone as there will be more guides with standard nics and the theory should be the same..
If i get a chance ill have a go on a windows box tonight and see if I can come up with anything.

I was searching for things like "winxp two nic routing" and things like that. Found tons of relevant posts and information, but no solutions. With linux it looked like you could tell it to route things on certain ports to a different NIC.

If you can run a SSH server at home, you can open a tunnel between your work PC and home. Then use that tunnel as a proxy for pretty much everything.
However, if your work blocks the internet all together, you can use your phone's internet the very same way.
Here is a guide I wrote to bypass the HTTP proxy from on the GPRS side.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=314757
I also wrote this guide to do the very same thing, but from your phone (so you can check emails from your phone, and use windows live )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=316890
In the second guide, second post, I explain how to setup a SSH server on a windows XP machine.
I told you it'd be complicated

this sounds a bit crazy but i use VMware on my work pc.
i have a 2nd windows os running under vmware that i share my usb connection(bluetooth or cable) from the host pc with to connect my htc tytn to the internet using pan..
this way their network is safe from me and my information stays on my virtual OS with my own credential not there domains. then i can do as i please.

[Q] Is it possible to connect the pc internet to an Android device?

The HDSense builds are quite good in this job, with only one touch you can have access to your desktop internet on your android device with a USB cable. However, on other builds there's no option like that (that i know of). So my question is: is this type of connection possible between a pc and a non-sense build of android (via USB cable), especially on Cyanomod builds.
I want to know this because I dont have a Wifi router installed. Also when I try a different Android ROM I always sync my Gmail with the phone, and on 3G speeds its a bit slow.

AlexVK said:
The HDSense builds are quite good in this job, with only one touch you can have access to your desktop internet on your android device with a USB cable. However, on other builds there's no option like that (that i know of). So my question is: is this type of connection possible between a pc and a non-sense build of android (via USB cable), especially on Cyanomod builds.
I want to know this because I dont have a Wifi router installed. Also when I try a different Android ROM I always sync my Gmail with the phone, and on 3G speeds its a bit slow.
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In the Market App look for WiFi teather, or:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867467

ı asked same question two or three days ago but nobody give an answer..wifi teather not correct answer deadmansink..Alex talking about "internet pass through"..sorry for english

Ra_Han said:
ı asked same question two or three days ago but nobody give an answer..wifi teather not correct answer deadmansink..Alex talking about "internet pass through"..sorry for english
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That's why I gave a link to my thread that shows the "Wired Tether" link for download. He clearly states that he want's internet for his pc without use of a router.

ok.ı am asking you my old question again with my horrible english
.."my wifi is so slow and ı can't download big files for example map data..ı want to use differnt android builds with int.pass thr. not only HD but how?thansk and sorry terrible english"..

No, Ra_han is right, i meant the internet pass through, i dont have a wifi router so i cant use wifi on my phone. Thus i would like to use internet via a usb cable (on my phone, not on my pc)

AlexVK said:
No, Ra_han is right, i meant the internet pass through, i dont have a wifi router so i cant use wifi on my phone. Thus i would like to use internet via a usb cable (on my phone, not on my pc)
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Have your tried to set up a VPN?

i got this to work and i am using MDJs desire HD froyo build.
i personally am not sure how it all happened as the first time i tried it it didnt work. but i decided to give it another shot and i plugged in my usb cable, device asks me what to do (sync, tether, etc) and i select the internet passthrough option and my windows 7 comp started installing drivers and all of a sudden i could browse via my phone.
sorry i cant give details but it just happened that easily. i also installed htc sync first that was directly downloaded from htc website. i am not sure if that installed any drivers to make this process work. the htc sync program itself doesnt work.
hope my vagueness gives you some leads haha.

Yes, the HD builds have that option, so I would think that there are other programs on the market that can let you do the same without the HD Sense. I tried USB tethering (sharing internet of the phone with the PC) while my connections (pc internet and phone internet) were "bridged". That, I thought, should share pc internet with the phone, but it did not work. Did someone have more luck with that?

i gave up trying to find answer for windows xp,seems to be impossible,my pc sees my hd2 as a composite android device,but thats it,no matter what i have tried,no success,with or without usb tethering engaged,still nothing,so i tried EasyTether from the marketplace,worked first time for me,windows xp and sp3.

Reverse Tethering

I want to set up my Windows 7 system as an access point (ad hoc, I suppose) so that I can connect my tablet via wifi and use the Window system's network access.
I used the ad hoc network wizard, but the tablet could not see it, and could not be force it to hook up.
Has anyone been successful at this?
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i dun know but i hope u will have the way to do this

I was just working on this the other night, so I'll answer your question and pose a second.
Go grab the 'Connectify' program. That'll make the setup a snap.
Here's the problem, though.... Hoping some of the keen XDA minds might be able to help. The 'SoftAP' that windows 7 has built in will ONLY set itself up with WPA2 security. This makes it teasingly close to allowing Nintendo DS and PSP connections since it's setting itself up as an Infrastructure Access point, but only with security too strong for those platforms.
Does anyone here have an Idea of how to force/hack Win7 to use a lower form of security like WPA or WEP?

Would love to get an answer to above users question
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Once i was blind, now i can see !
Thank you for this, i had problems with 3g at my work, now i have wifi!

After some additional research, I found out that this WPA2 'lock' is actually a part of the Win7 certification for a given WiFi device.
This would seem to indicate that it would be either part of the driver or hard-coded into the device itself.
A driver seems like it could be something that'd be edited to be more pliable with regards to Wifi protection, but if it's hard-coded, we're likely screwed.

Any info pertaining to using Windows XP Pro with any of this. I run on Revol Wireless with my Hero200,I flashed the phone to their network so I dont have full network access. Anyways...I'm trying to reverse tether at home to use the net on my phone where my network is connected through my desktop pc. I'm running a Dell Dimension 4600 with XP Pro strictly as my DEV computer. This comp only gets Android crap on it all the time. A few windows things here and there but I need the windows programs for the android stuff so...Any help is VERY greatly appreciated guys!

andy_lowe02 said:
Any info pertaining to using Windows XP Pro with any of this. I run on Revol Wireless with my Hero200,I flashed the phone to their network so I dont have full network access. Anyways...I'm trying to reverse tether at home to use the net on my phone where my network is connected through my desktop pc. I'm running a Dell Dimension 4600 with XP Pro strictly as my DEV computer. This comp only gets Android crap on it all the time. A few windows things here and there but I need the windows programs for the android stuff so...Any help is VERY greatly appreciated guys!
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dude...you will have stability problems and protocols relevent issues on using connectify
some times u'll get blue screen errors too.
So,after googling a lot i hav found "mhotspot" we dont even need to install the software,but it creates a virtual access point and enables wifiinternet sharing
working great..
try it here....www. mhotspot .com

Can't connect to HD2 through wifi from pc

Hi, I am trying to use some apps so I can connect to my HD2 through home wifi then use my PC keyboard to send sms etc. But no matter how hard I try it just doesn't work.
The phone says it is on 192.168.1.137 but I just can't connect to it in any way. I've tried EasySMS and now Myphoneexplorer (they are the only ones I can remember at this time)
Using the MDJ CyanogenMod 7 v2.6. connecting it it from a Windows 7 x64 machine.
Any help?

I have the same issue. So anybody can help ?

are you making sure you are putting the port number after the ip address? so it is : http://192.168.1.137:2511

Yes, tried both ways, with MyPhoneExplorer it even uses an app on my phone and the app on the pc to do it automatically but still doesn't work. I just want to be able to SMS with my keyboard!!

i installed that app this morning and it worked first time without any issues, are you sure there isnt something being blocked on the router end?

Or perhaps you have a firewall in place on your pc?

disabling firewall doesn't help.
What could be blocking it on the router? I'm not exactly a router expert, but I'm pretty sure it shouldn't be blocking anything internally, only stuff coming from the outside in?

Sorry for Double post, I just really want to get this sorted. But I had a look at my router and there doesn't seem to be any blocks in place. Is there anything I should be looking out for?

can you ping the phone? from the PC, in a dos window, type ping and then the ip address of the phone.
what is the result?
also try it from the phone to the PC (use the PC address, and you can use a terminal app to try).
mm0

I cannot ping my phone via network, so I cannot connect with any share-app also.
What's the problem ?