Motorola V710 setup as Bluetooth Modem under OS X/Panther

What effective speed should I see with this? And I'm curious why you've chosed the Sprint modem file. The logic there?

I'm using it and it's working, just curious.

Thank you. I thought i was going to have to call on the cyber gods and hack kings to devise a digital software battle plan with which to storm verizons virtual castle, in order to use my v710 as a modem. But your how to worked like a charm and no digital lives were lost, I thank you and their mothers thank you.

I've got this working quite well, however I get disconnected quite often if I'm sending data that's any bigger than say 60k... Like an email attachment, FTPing, or updating via CVS. Anyone else have this problem? And more importatnly, anyone have a fix?

Thanks!

You saved my life! This is friggin awesome, I would have never figured it out on my own. Thanks a billion!!

I see the calling window on my phone when I try to dial, but it doesn't connect maybe it's because of my location but I don't know.

Chris - you need to give more information. You also might want to do a had-reset of the phone and try pairing it again. I have seen what you are talking about happen before, but it was always in the context of the phone acting weird or not being in an area where Verizon supports data services - something you definitely want to verify before going further.

Ok, here goes, I've followed your instructions to the T so to say. When I start up Internet Connect, I know my phone gets the signal to dial because it lights up, beeps, and then a little window on the screen opens up and it says "Calling..." with a little animation. It keeps saying "Calling..." on my phone and eventually Internet Connect disconnects and gives me the error "There was no response" or something. I don't have the National Access Plan nor do I have the Broadband Access plan, I'm do have the mobile web deal on my plan so I can browse with my phone. I can't get online with the phone's browser when I'm at the my house. Now that I read that last line over... I think I just answered my problem haha damn the man, but hey I'll try it out unless you ppl think it's something else. Thanks in advance.

Wow, I just flashed the phone with the new .shx I found on another site, the obex isn't turned on, but I can use MPT and send pictures and ringers back and forth between my phone and on the first try it connected to the internet and became the blue tooth modem I always wanted. hehe go figure X_x

If you find something useful, POST THE LINK,

Ross Barkman has sent me several alternative scripts to use that he created for use on Verizon Wireless.

Send me a note and I will forward his scripts to you.

PS - I am using the v710 as a BT modem with my PowerBook G4 running 10.3.8.

Thanks for the tip-- very helpful and painless.

computer says authentication failed. I tried everything in this link many times. My eyes are tired so I'm giving up for tonight. Any info you can think of would sure be appreciated. I am with verizon but I put sprint in there. Is that correct? Thank you for your time making up such great tutorial. It's probably something simple I am doing wrong.

James,

I know there are specific scripts out there for Verizon, but I have always used the SprintPCS Vision modem scripts. The authentication error comes from not entering the proper username and/or password for Verizon/Sprint.
Verizon should look like:
username: yourphonenumber@vzw3g.com

I can't get my V710 to pair with my computer! When I put in the passkey it tells me invalid pin. I can't get past this step

my problem is that it gets to a 14.4kbps connection rate for about 2 seconds and then disconnects. i am in an extended digital service area for vzw. meaning its not really vzw im connected to. could this be the problem?

I'm stuck - how does one find the cid gprs on the v710?

Yes, my experience is that it only works in "genuine" Verizon coverage areas. The Bluetooth tends to be the slowest part of the link.

Thanks.

I have tried my v710 as a USB moden and as a BT modem and it gives me the same results:

It dials the ISP however it seems to fall in an infinite loop:

04-08-2005 03:10:16.727 - Initializing modem.
04-08-2005 03:10:16.737 - Send: AT
04-08-2005 03:10:16.767 - Recv: OK
04-08-2005 03:10:16.767 - Interpreted response: OK
04-08-2005 03:10:16.777 - Send: ATE0V1&D2
04-08-2005 03:10:16.797 - Recv: OK
04-08-2005 03:10:16.797 - Interpreted response: OK
04-08-2005 03:10:16.807 - Send: AT
04-08-2005 03:10:16.847 - Recv: OK
04-08-2005 03:10:16.847 - Interpreted response: OK
04-08-2005 03:10:16.847 - Waiting for a call.
04-08-2005 03:10:16.857 - Send: ATS0=0
04-08-2005 03:10:16.887 - Recv: OK
04-08-2005 03:10:16.887 - Interpreted response: OK
04-08-2005 03:10:49.233 - Passthrough On
04-08-2005 03:10:51.066 - Passthrough Off
04-08-2005 03:10:51.066 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=0, rtsctl=1

And it starts again to initialize the modem After a while the ISP just hangs the connection.

I read somewhere that there are VZ scripts?

What else can i do?

Any one figured out a hack for this issue of Apple isync and the v710 (Verizon)??? Whats going on with the verizon lawsuit???

They must be a way around this!

I have the same question as chris with verizon and the v710, Anyway to get past the isync problem? i also want to use a program like salling clicker that would allow me to use my phone as a remote for the computer with itunes dvd player etc. Anyone know of any software that will let me do this? Please email me if you find anything out. rsteckly@mac.com

the sprint PCS scripts seem to be broken under tiger (10.4) I got this to work under 10.3.8 last week, but since the upgrade,no luck connecting.

Two questions:

What do I use for CID for verizon, or how do I find it?

What do I enter for the password in the network preferences?

Thanks for the guide!

Kevin,

There is no CID for Verizon. That is a GSM "thing" and is not needed for CDMA/EV-DO connections - at least right now. Also, the password needed - as stated clearly in the howto - is "vzw".

Regards,
Steve Fettig

This script worked yesterday on 10.3.8, stopped working with tiger (10.4). I checked my network options and its seems that tiger dulled out bluetooth, so you cant configure it. apple tech support had no solution.

UPDATE: i have gotten verizon v710 to work as a bluetooth modem with 10.4. You just need to reconfigure the bluetooth setting.

Im trying to get this to work using XP and I have US Cellular. I keep getting error message "error 691" access was denied because username or password is invalid for this domain"

Im using:
Username is myNUMBER@uscc.net
Password is myNumber

any help is appreciated

thanks
Angelo

this worked nice, thanks.

as a note, i have 2 seperate phones, and used the account with the web, on the phone without. the web isn't locked to the hand set, just the account, like regular land line dialup(read as aol, msn, local isp)

Thanks! Worked like a charm on the first try. I don't even have the mobile web on my phone plan. I also checked the boxes to enable encryption in the preferences.
MacOS X Panther 10.3.9

Do you have to be a vzw mobile web subscriber? I have Verizon DSL which includes dial ups all over. Can I configure to use a dial up instead of vzw mobile web. #777 is out of service when I dial. Thanks.

Hi, I have tiger 10.4, and I still can't seem to connect. I am in Chicago, so I should be able to access the data network. Anyone have any input?

Nevermind, I got it to work. Somehow verizon had disabled my national access on my phone, get it now didnt work either. Now it works flawlessly with tiger.

Authentication failed! What do I do now??

It took two days dealing with all the other variables like setting up an account with Earthlink that I now know I didn't need, and hours on the phone with Verizon, who finally told me "Verizon does not support Macintosh," and then using the info on this page i DID get it to work! Whoo Hoo! :)

I had to go through things a few times to make sure I was using a new "location" rather than modifying one with old info in it. (The location is selected under the Apple menu icon and determines which type of connection - bluetooth, airport, cable, etc. you want to use to connect with), I also forgot to do the last step one time, making sure the TCP header compression was turned off, but this this really does work. You end up using Verizon's data transfer thing rather than having to dial up to a different ISP, which is good because it is faster (hopefully data transfer charges don'tend up on the Verizon bill). I did this using Tiger, and the pictures are a bit different, but it works.

One thing to note is that I couldn't send messages using Mail for OS X because Verizon disallowed my sender address. To send mail you need a web browser mail account like yahoo or hot mail, and all your contacts will have to know which of your email addresses to use.

I am extremely grateful to the guy who posted this page. Without it I would never have gotten my v710 to connect my ibook to the rest of the world while camping in the Utah desert, which I have been looking forward to all year. A heartfelt thanks :)

I have mac os 10.3.8 and im trying to connect to the internet using bluetooth from my motorola v710 phone. I tried the settings listed above but it still not working. I have #777 for telephone number.
account name- mynumber@vzw3g.com
password -vcw

I have had sporadic success with Tiger, V710 and Bluetooth. 10.3.8 worked everytime. No Problem. Now it's a crap shoot as to whether or not I am going to be able to connect. Any Solutions?

Thanks for this! I was able to connect to both the Verizon #777 as well as my Earthlink dial-up account. Does anybody know if there are any extra costs (other than minutes) in using the Verizon #777 vs a normal dial-up number for Earthlink? Is the speed better or something or will they both be 14.4.

i am trying to set up my E815, i followed the directions and am able to connect to my aol dial up, but really dont want to use that, i still can not use the #777 can someone help with that?

ok, i followed all the directions here, after trying it myself, i'm using an e815, i'm having no luck at all, when i first set it up, all the option for high speed or dialup show up, but ultimately disappear and just go to use my phone as a modem. i do that, and i've tried many different modem scripts, but the main problem is my bluetooth never tries to connect, the light on my adapter flashes, but never turns steady. also i have enable dialup on the phone itself. also the phone is paired with the computer, but shows no indication at all when i am trying to connect as a modem (isync works tho!)

just did this on my roommate's computer. works perfectly. it's a little slow but that's because 1xRTT is dial up speed. can't wait for broadband service to be supported as well.

as for the two previous posts, the reason you're having trouble with the E815 is because the wireless modem is not a supported bluetooth profile on the phone. at least over the EV-DO (broadband) network. I know VZW disabled that feature. you might want to try turning off the EV-DO and connecting over the 1xRTT but i'm not sure if that would work. i don't have the phone and it might just be disabled.

Just thought I'd clear up.. for the E815, punch ##DIALUP real quick on the keypad. That enables Dial Up Networking. :)

Ya *&%$%^ hoo!!!!..I got it!!!after her all kinds of hell..finally a simple explanation..thank you!!! One thing..I have to re enter info each time I go to use,..ibook doesnt seem to want to save internet connect bluetooth info..should i learn to live with it? running tiger

I have an E815 phone and use Bluetooth DUN to connect to the VZW network. When I am in Raleigh, NC, I have no problems connecting to the VZW network (1xRTT). As soon as I go on the extended network, I get Error 691. Does anyone know why? I know that the extended network area that I am in is verizon or at least I think. I have made sure that I do not have encryption enabled for my password and have checked for NO windows domain logon. Help would be appreciated.

I can connect but only for a few minutes, 3-5. I do have the 1x service on my phone so I should have the digital service. I am only able to get about 23,000bps service. I would also like to know if anyone knows how to get isync to work with panther. I am running and ibook G4 with OS 10.3.9. Any help is appreciated.
thanks,

Any idea what verizon charges for this? Will I be charged in addition to usage time?

I have a iBook G4 running "Tiger" and a Motorola V710 phone. I have managed to pair the two no problem, but I am using US Cellular, not Verizon, like many people posting here. I have my aaccount name as: mynumber@uscc.net (phone was preprogrammed that way), however, I continue to get a "No Carrier" error message after a brief attempt at dialing. I think my problem is I don't know hat tel # to use, as it's not #777 like Verizon.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT TEL# AND PWD TO ENTER FO US CELLULAR. I do have data access enabled on my account. Any help would be greatly appreciated. _Fox

here's a tip: BE CAREFUL - if you have #646 in your phone book to check your mins (and maybe any other # number) it will not work - when you dial 777 it must say calling 'unknown' when you do it or it will not work . . at least, this was my experience! :)

I succesfully enabled my e815 as a modem, but when I try to set it up as a new bluetooth device, the option to check "access the internet with your phone's data connection" is grayed out (all the boxes are grayed out). Any thoughts from anyone?

Running Tiger and using an E815 phone I got this to work pretty quick. The speed is just about as fast as my broadband at home (in Dallas, so the network is great) -- but my question is this: does this use airtime minutes, or what? What is this going to do to my bill if I use this quite a bit?

I know this post is a little old, but I see that nobody asked that. Any help in answering this would be great!

i am ready to buy the motorola e815 for my new 06 xtype jag. this model is not on the jag list. will it work before i buy?

thanks,
hrotor

I got the E815 to work on Bell Mobility 1X network. My question is about billing: am I going to receive a huge bill? I have the unlimited browser on my phone. Is this considered the same "browser packet data" or is there going to be an extra charge for this? Any info is appreciated.

Incredible!! I must have gone two or three rounds with people at Apple, Verizon, and even the Treo folks (originally looking at a Treo 650). All of them told me that I could not use a bluetooth cell phone for dialup. This flew in the face of what I was reading online. Eventually I opted for the much less expensive E815 as it was at least listed on iSync's compatible device list for calendar and contacts.

A couple weeks ago I was having syncing issues and sent Apple some feedback. Whilst poking around my system profiler to get my bluetooth version I discovered that one of the supported services on my E815 was "Dial-Up Networking Gateway." ...hope springs eternal!

Just for kicks today I went hunting again for information on using this as a modem. Let's hear it first for the creator(s) of this page, and secondly for google for finding this page.

I just followed the directions on this page with my E815 and my 15" PowerBook running Tiger (10.4.3) and I'll be damned if it didn't dial my ISP first time and connect!

Huge thanks to the wonderful documentation!!

Cost-- it's billed as a phone call. So, if you are unsing it off-peak, it seems to be "free" (or included with your free side of your calling packge. Peak time minutes are jsut treated as a voice phone call.

Hello All,

I am interested in trying the EVDO service from verizon wirless and am looking into the audiovox xv6600 phone and the new blackberry i7130e. does anyone have any experience connecting to the web using these phones as a modem? do you have to pay for the data network service?

any help would be appreciated thanks! mfp

FYI, got a e815 over the weekend, replacing my V710. Have used with my Powerbook quite sometime running Tiger. Went through the setup procedure above with the e815. No luck. Called Verizon. They said that the packet data feature is turned off in the e815, "so sorry too bad." Did subsequent Internet searching. I found that if you enter "##DIALUP" on the phone, it enables data. Problem solved! It works!

Everything here seems like good info, i just can't get it to work. I tried a ton of different scripts and some got further than others, but some just didn't work at all. I'm using a powerbook g4 running on 10.4.3. Every time I start connect i get back "authentication failed", if i get that far. the only other thing im wondering about is should these instructions apply to a motorola V3 razr too? i have one of those, the new ones for verizon, and bluetooth works fine on it, it set up perfectly.

Does this work on Tiger? I know it says Panther, but I don't know if that was a minimum requirement or an absolute requirement. Anyway, I'm following the steps and it's not accepting the pin code. Where did that pin come from anyway? Is it from the phone or the Mac? Is there another pin to use with Tiger?

Alfred

Disregard my comment from January 10th (I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote that). I can use my V710 to connect to the Internet without a problem. In the US, that is. In Canada, I'm getting an authentication error. My guess is that Verizon has partnered with someone else in Canada (I'm on a voice plan that includes Canada), and they either don't support the data network or there is a different username/password. Anyone know of a username/password that will work in Canada?

Alfred

I have a Verizon LG phone and have followed everything as outlined. It connects with the phone just as discussed, but it continues to give me the "authentication failed".I know I'm close, but must be missing something. I have tried the ##DIALUP" on the phone thinking that was my problem, but it doesn't seem to do anything (should I see a notice that something has taken place? Any help would be great!

I have connected previously through Bluetooth with my LG 8100 and a LG 5300 cell phones without a problem, but cannot connect with my brand new LG 8600 phone (similar in style to the RAZR). Everytime I go through the same process it dials as usual (it does seem to take a little longer than my other phones connecting), it seems to go through all the same messages in connecting, "establishing connection", but then I see that when it gets to the "Authentication User" it automatically "disconnects" and then it says "Authentication failed" in the Internet Connect message box. Any thoughts you have on this would be greatly appreciated.

Mark

Steve!! Out of all the 710 sites that say "do this","don't do that" (signs), your's works. That Sprint Modem setting... brilliant.



I've tried every other script I could find, including Ross Barkman's (which we shouldn't belittle, as most scripts do work). Now to find one that works with USB so I can get 10-15k more out of this thing. Anywho... Thanks for posting this.

Does anyone know if this works with a Razor phone?

Thank you so much man! You are a life saver!

Wonderful. It works!

How do I send images from my V710 to my Mac.

(MacBook Pro, 10.5.7)

David

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