i have an m5000 and would like to use it as a modem to surf the web on my laptop. can anyone give me simple instructions as to how this is done. i have looked at the wireless modem app but can't see how to initiaite a connection on the laptop,
cheers
Using your device as a modem to your PC via USB
This is for GPRS connection
You must have from your network provider: the internet access point name, your user name and password.
Download and unzip the attached file in a folder on your desktop
1- Disconnect the device from your desktop
2- On the Activesync icon on your desktop, open "Connection Settings". Uncheck "Allow USB Connection".
3- On your device: Go to "Beam" (in Settings/Connections), and uncheck "Receive all Incoming beams".
4- Then in Programs, click on "Wireless Modem". With the Connection type on USB, click on "Start".
5- Now, connect your device to the desktop. The "Found New Hardware Wizard" starts on your desktop. Click "Install from a specific location", then "Don’t search. I will choose…", then click on "Modems", and "Have Disk…" and go to the folder where you unzipped the attached file.
The HTC USB Modem will be shown in the compatible hardware: click to install. Continue if you receive the alert of the software not passing the Windows XP compatibility test (Continue anyway). Finish.
6- Now, in Control Panel of your desktop, open "Phone and Modem Options". Select the "HTC USB Modem" and click on "Properties". In the "Advanced" tab type for "Extra initialization commands":
AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”xxx”,””,0,0
where xxx is your internet access point.
Click OK to finish.
7- On your device (always open in the Wireless Modem program), click on Tools/Options. Check the Preset GPRS connections and write in the APN, your network provider internet access point.
8- Finally, on your desktop, go to "Network Connections" and click "Create a new connection". Choose "Connect to the internet", then "Set up my connection manually". Click "Connect using a dial-up modem", then give a name to your ISP. In phone number type *99#. Get username and password from your network provider.
Better keep a shortcut of this connection on your desktop for quick access.
Each time you want to use your device as a modem:
Disconnect your device
Disable Activesync from your desktop by unchecking the “Allow USB connection”
Open Wireless Modem on your device and push on Start (with the Connection Type on USB)
Connect your device, then dial from your desktop using the shortcut you created
PS: Remember to enable Activesync once you’ve finished.
Hi Tekflow
I have never seen on this forum such a precise and simple guide !
You thought of everything and it is working perfectly for me
Until now I had a Novatel internal UMTS modem,but using the JJ is much better
Thanks mate (actually neighbour...)
Raphael
How much of Tekflow's excellent guide applies to Bluetooth modem connections?
Well, guys and dear neighbour, regarding Bluetooth, I did not try it yet, because I work on a desktop and not a notebook, so I prefer USB connection.
Still you can try this:
(If your PC does not have an integrated Bluetooth connection, you must first install a Bluetooth dongle (USB to Bluetooth) on your PC, with the related software (widcomm or other))
Open on your PC in the Control Panel the Phone and Modem Options
Choose Modems, pick the Bluetooth Modem, then click on Properties
Click on Advanced tab
Type in Extra Initialization commands:
AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”xxx”,””,0,0
where xxx is your internet access point.
Now, on the Wireless Manager of your device, turn WiFi Off, and Bluetooth On, then click on Settings/Bluetooth Settings and check "Make this device discoverable..."
On your PC:
Click on Bluetooth icon (My Bluetooth places)
Click Bluetooth Setup Wizard.
Choose I want to find a specific Bluetooth device …
After a search period, an icon of your device is displayed (usually with your owner’s name): double click for settings
From the Dial-up Networking Links, click on SSA
SSA settings: Modem: Bluetooth Modem
Number to dial: *99#
User name and password, according to Network provider
Please tell me if this works
Tekflow:
Thanks for your additional input. I'm not having any success though, although I'm convinced I'm not far from success.
I'm confused: In the help for my laptop's BT it says that "Dial-up Networking allows a remote Bluetooth device to use a modem that is physically attached to [the laptop]."
When I search for Bluetooth devices, choose my Exec and then browse the Exec services, I see the service "Dial-up Networking on HTC Universal". Is this correct? Maybe both the laptop and the Universal offer this service. I want to use the DUN on the Universal but don't need it on the laptop. Is that right? (I can disable DUN in the laptop's list of services?)
I've turned on BT on the Universal and started the Wireless Modem app, choosing Bluetooth as the Connection Type.
So, I've created a Bluetooth modem attached to COM5 with your special initialisation command (using 'mobileweb' as my internet access point). When I query the modem it responds confirming it's a Pocket PC. All looks good.
I've created a new dial-up connection, using the new Bluetooth modem and with the connection properties for O2 GPRS (number= *99#, username= mobileweb, password= password).
However, when I try to connect this new DU connection, I immediately get the error dialog on the PC- "Error 633: The modem (or other connecting device) is already in use or is not configured properly."
Any ideas?
OK, here is another step by step:
First on the UNIVERSAL open Wireless Manager: turn WiFi OFF and Bluetoth ON
then in Settings select Bluetooth Settings, and check "Make this device discoverable to other devices".
To set up Bluetooth drivers on your PC, click on the Bluetooth icon in the System Tray in the bottom right hand corner of the PC's screen. Click 'Add' to begin the search for the UNIVERSAL. Note that some PC's are installed with other types of BT software that will look slightly different.
Check the 'My device is set up and ready to be found' (discoverable) and press 'Next'.
After a short period of searching, an icon representing the device will apppear, with your owner's name used on the Universal.
Select the UNIVERSAL device and begin the Bluetooth "Pairing/Bonding" process. Select the 'Use the Passkey found in the documentation' and enter the appropriate PIN (usually "0000") and then press 'Next'.
The pairing process begins with the UNIVERSAL.
On your UNIVERSAL, enter the same Passkey/PIN entered on the PC and tap on the 'ok'. The Partnership Settings screen will appear, press Finish.
Windows™ XP Service Pack 2 automatically detects and installs the drivers.
Press Finish to complete the Pairing of the PC and Device.
Clicking on the System Tray Bluetooth icon again will now find the previously bonded UNIVERSAL. Select the device and click Properties.
Check the available services on the UNIVERSAL. Select the Dial-Up Networking (DUN) Bluetooth Profile and click OK.
From the Network Connections screen click on "Create a new connection" and click "Next".
Proceed with the following: "Connect to the internet", then "Set up my connection manually", then "connect using dial up modem"
Select the Bluetooth link, click Next, then OK on the next window
Name the Connection and click Next.
Enter the User name and Password for the Connection and click Next. Then click Finish. The dial up connection is now setup.
Now use the Control Panel > Phone and Modem Options to add in your operator's APN:
Select Bluetooth Modem and click Properties. Then select the Advanced tab at the top. You must enter your operator's APN (Access Point Name) to the internet in that location. This is a common mistake and the modem won't work without it! This information is also contained in the UNIVERSAL in the 'Start > Settings > Connections > Tasks > My ISP > Manage Connections'. The APN for the O2 UK network, for example is "mobile.o2.co.uk", so the line would be at+cgdcont=1,"IP","mobile.o2.co.uk".
[The APN selects which path the data takes within your operator's network. Alternatives to the internet APN may be APN's to WAP or MMS servers.]
Optionally, the Access Point can also be defined in the WModem > Tools menu.
On the UNIVERSAL, run the Wireless Modem application by pressing Start > Programs >Wireless Modem. Select Connection Type: Bluetooth. Then tap Start.
From Network Connections, dial the recently created connection (i.e. "My dial-up to the Internet via UNIVERSAL Bluetooth Modem" if that was the name assigned to it).
UNIVERSAL Dial-up Connection Progress: "Dialing *99#" then "Verifying username and password" then "Registering your computer on the network"
Finally, the popup shows that the modem is now connected
When finished browsing or e-mailing, first right click the connections icon on the right hand side of the PC and press disconnect. Then deactivate the USB Modem by pressing Stop at the WModem application.
Tell me if this works, because I still don't have a bluetooth connection on my PC
thanks for a great set of instructions, very easy to follow. However it does not quite seem to work for me. I can add the exec as a modem and when I try to connect I can see that a gprs/ 3g connection is made on the exec. On my laptop it goes through the authenticating user prompt, but when it gets to registering the computer on the network it just times out and the exec drops the connection, any ideas?
I am using
Username: o2web have tried mobileweb as well
Password: password
advanced command: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","mobile.o2.co.uk","",0,0
wireless modem apn: mobile.o2.co.uk
Hiya megman,
In anticipation of doing tech support at my folks' house tomorrow (dial-up *shudder) I decided to set my trusty Exec up as a modem. Booze almost certainly smoothed the process out
Some notes: (a) I'm a tad drunk . (b) On the Exec, I had to make a new modem connection. I use "work" for both connection types so added my new connection there. (c) I first paired my Exec with my lappie, choosing serial port and then set up an incoming com port on 4.
Having done this, and topped up my glass, I did:
1) Connect from lappie to Exec on BT, choose dial-up networking, use the string from Tekflow (respect going out):
AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","mobile.o2.co.uk","",0,0
in the advanced bit. Set the phone number to *99#; username:mobileweb; passwordassword.
2) On Exec, make a new connection (I didn't have one to start with) Manage Existing Connections > New... -> line:cellular gprs; APN:mobile.o2.co.uk; username:mobileweb; passwordassword; no advanced stuff.
3) Connect that puppy
4) Start Wireless Modem, making sure it's a bluetooth connection
5) On lappie, connect to the Exec via Bluetooth Settings window.
6) Job's a good 'un. Use new connection to do this!
HTH
Thanks this_mike. I forgot to put on my post that I was trying a USB connection though. I don't have bluetooth on either of my laptops.
Two things...
First, a massive thanks to Tekflow for your great setup instructions... i had been trying to do this for ages without any success
Second, for those Vodafone 3G users, the setup instructions are exactly the same, except the username and password (in the UK at least) are:
Username: web
Password: web
THANKS, THANKS, THANKS!!!
Dear,
Million Thanks to Tekflow and all the folks engaging in sheding lights on all this. I had been wrestling the use of that since my old XDA I -> XDA II. And now i just succeeded using the wireless modem with my XDA Universal.
Thank you
Ken
Re: Using your device as a modem to your PC via USB
Tekflow said:
This is for GPRS connection
You must have from your network provider: the internet access point name, your user name and password.
Download and unzip the attached file in a folder on your desktop
1- Disconnect the device from your desktop
2- On the Activesync icon on your desktop, open "Connection Settings". Uncheck "Allow USB Connection".
3- On your device: Go to "Beam" (in Settings/Connections), and uncheck "Receive all Incoming beams".
4- Then in Programs, click on "Wireless Modem". With the Connection type on USB, click on "Start".
5- Now, connect your device to the desktop. The "Found New Hardware Wizard" starts on your desktop. Click "Install from a specific location", then "Don’t search. I will choose…", then click on "Modems", and "Have Disk…" and go to the folder where you unzipped the attached file.
The HTC USB Modem will be shown in the compatible hardware: click to install. Continue if you receive the alert of the software not passing the Windows XP compatibility test (Continue anyway). Finish.
6- Now, in Control Panel of your desktop, open "Phone and Modem Options". Select the "HTC USB Modem" and click on "Properties". In the "Advanced" tab type for "Extra initialization commands":
AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”xxx”,””,0,0
where xxx is your internet access point.
Click OK to finish.
7- On your device (always open in the Wireless Modem program), click on Tools/Options. Check the Preset GPRS connections and write in the APN, your network provider internet access point.
8- Finally, on your desktop, go to "Network Connections" and click "Create a new connection". Choose "Connect to the internet", then "Set up my connection manually". Click "Connect using a dial-up modem", then give a name to your ISP. In phone number type *99#. Get username and password from your network provider.
Better keep a shortcut of this connection on your desktop for quick access.
Each time you want to use your device as a modem:
Disconnect your device
Disable Activesync from your desktop by unchecking the “Allow USB connection”
Open Wireless Modem on your device and push on Start (with the Connection Type on USB)
Connect your device, then dial from your desktop using the shortcut you created
PS: Remember to enable Activesync once you’ve finished.
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Excellent guide. Thanks Tekflow!
I'd had problems with this up until now, just followed the guide and got it working first time... Thisll save me trying to find a wifi connection when on business
usb modem error!
Hi everybody!
I tried to connect laptop to my Universal but in wireless modem with USB type when I tap START I receive an error: " COM OPEN ERROR"
Any idea???
thanks
cata delete any bluetooth outgoing port setup you have for xample I had a bluetooth outgoing gps reiciver setup and delted that fixed the com port issue,
got the info from another thread so if it works all credit due to that chap
Nice work Tekflow
I added a link to this topic in the wiki under Universal/FAQ
How can I figure the username/password for T-Mobile USA?
t mobile mda pro user pass ?? anyone?
Thanks to Tekflow et al. I have now managed to connect using both methods [USB/Bluetooth], I prefer BT over USB though so I don't have to keep on fiddling with Activesync Connection Settings. BTW am posting this now using my Exec as the modem.
Hi all,
Can someone explain the process or steps I need to take to install my MDA Vario II as a modem to my laptop. I'd like to be able to use it as a wireless modem, and also use the T-Mobile connection.
Your advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks guys,
Ratzz
It's very easy:
1) On your Vario, go to Start > Programs > Wireless Modem
2) Select Menu > APM Setting
3) Type wap.voicestream.com into the text box. Make sure the checkbox is checked
4) After hitting ok to save the setting, select Menu > Start
This step will change your Varo to work as a modem (pick USB for the connecton type, as it's most convenient)
5) Find the CD that came with your Vario. It should have USB Modem Drivers in a folder. It will be either an instalation file, or just an inf file
6) Install the file if there is a setup file. If not, just continue on.
7) Plug your Vario into yor laptop via USB. Instead of working trough Activesync, your laptop will find the Vario as a new modem device. If it asks for a driver, point it to the flder on the CD.
Now that your Vario is configured to work as a USB modem, on to setting up a connection
8) Go to Network Properties (Usually Start > Right-click on My Network Places > Properties
9) Create a new connection (selection in the left bar)
10) Next > Next > set up my connection manually > Next > T-Mobile GPRS for connection name > *99# for the number to dial out, and next till you're finished. No need for username or password. Make sure you select your HTC Modem as the device used to connect.
That's it. Open the onnection (double-click or enter or whatever), make sure it's dialing *99#, with no login or password, and hit connect.
If it gives you problems, do the following:
Sometimes the Vario has issues connecting with the wireless modem while or shortly after connecting to the web on it's own (for it's own use). Unplug the device from the USB cable, and hit Menu > Stop. Go to the Comm Manager (button under the off button), and cycle the cell phone portion of the device off and on (top left button). Just disconnecting the GPRS connection by itself doesn't always do it. Right after you turn the cell back on, hit OK to get back to the wireless modem application, and once the icon at the top starts to show that it's trying to aquire a signal (... under the antenna) hit Menu > Start, and plug it into the USB. Hitting start before it detects a GPRS signal will prevent it from tring to automatically connect, and should let it work without a problem.
Thanks rassah
I kept searching the forums until I found your post.
It was very helpful.
Thanks again