Comments on: How to tether your BlackBerry for free via Bluetooth (Mac and PC)

By: David K

David K — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:58:01 +0000

I have a Pearl 8110 that I think I want to tether to my Laptop running XP Pro. My service provider is AT&T. I also have a Sprint Aircard that I would like to eliminate. My question is about performance. What should I experience using my tethered Pearl as a modem as compared to the Sprint Aircard I am currently using?

By: JWS

JWS — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:33:20 +0000

I figured it out. I saw the post above about needing to type in the APN manually instead of copy/paste. Now, I get a different error when trying to connect: Error 734: The PPP link control protocol was terminated.

Thoughts?

By: JWS

JWS — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:23:39 +0000

I believe I followed all the instructions correctly but when I try connecting, I get an error that says Error 692: There was a hardware failure in the modem.

Thoughts?

By: Matt Zinn

Matt Zinn — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:48:01 +0000

I have tried everything above, and it looks like I am connecting to the modem, I have put the special configuration in for AT&T, (Blue), but when I try to query the modem I get the following error: The modem failed to respond. Make sure it is properly connected and turned on. If it is an internal modem or is connected, verify that the interrupt for the port is properly set. What am I doing wrong?

By: prez

prez — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:38:34 +0000

I was able to succesfully connect, but I need to know whether it matters that my blackberry shows “Modem Mode Enabled”.

Will Telus know that I am using tethering?

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By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:08:46 +0000

I successfully connected my T-mobile blackberry to my netbook, but I’m not getting a whole lot of received packets. I can’t even load google on my computer, but google loads perfectly well on my 8300. Would it make a difference that I’m using an unlocked 8300 from Rogers with a T-mobile SIM?

Any ideas?

By: StormPrestige

StormPrestige — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:29:33 +0000

I used the 8005551212 provided for verizon and connected for free.

By: alex mclean

alex mclean — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:31:19 +0000

I was using my Curve (bluetoothed) with my MBP (Intel) on Sprint successfully for the past few months, then yesterday out of the blue it stopped working. The “Modem Mode Enabled” comes up for 2 seconds and then after about a minute I get a connection error. Tried restarting phone & computer several times, nothing. Any suggestions?

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:59:35 +0000

I getting an error when I query my modem

AT+FCLASS=? – COMMAND NOT SUPPORTED
AT#CLS=? – COMMAND NOT SUPPORTED
AT+GCI? – COMMAND NOT SUPPORTED
AT+GCI=? – COMMAND NOT SUPPORTED

I’m on windows vista 32 bit

Any help please?

By: Ben S

Ben S — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:34:07 +0000

Work exactly as described on AT&T blackberry bold, Mac OSX 10.5.8

By: lolliPop

lolliPop — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:19:22 +0000

Hey guys,

I tried to use my Blackberry Bold 9000 as a modem (Sony vaio- vista) but it’s not

working properly,so I’ll need someone to help in that. I’m from UAE using Etisalat

and I’m not sure what “APN: is, or what what # should i use for the dialing part

I tried all the possible numbers,user names, passwords and every single possible

“extra initialization commands”.

the problem is I don’t know which one fits my PC and really really would like

this to work so please help me

By: will p

will p — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:22:37 +0000

worked for me

By: Schuss

Schuss — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:50:27 +0000

Heppy,

Can you let us know if Rogers charged you more because of your 500MB plan? I have the same plan and thinking of setting my BB to tether.

Thx!

By: Heppy

Heppy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:57:10 +0000

Worked fine for me on a BB flip . Just wondering if i get caught. I am only subbed to 500MB of data and rogers allows tethering if subbed to 1GB minimum..
Well thanks guys!!!
If anybody gets charged additionally, please let us know here.

By: Matt A

Matt A — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:36:32 +0000

This is really excellent. It took a few goes, but I finally got my T-mobile connection to do tethering. I am using a BB 7100, so pretty much anyone should be able to get it to work! FYI, two things that stumped me:
1) You need to have the Blackberry Desktop software running in order to communicate with the modem. (I kept getting no response when I tried to query the modem.)
2) Make sure the APN setting string is entered correctly. I had copied and pasted from the website, but the double quotes did not translate correctly. I kept getting an Error 734 from T-mobile. I finally checked and realized that I needed to enter the double quotes manually.
But now it works! This is going to change my life on the road.

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By: Tyler

Tyler — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:33:37 +0000

@Jacob

This is correct! I can vouch that this fixed the problem with my Curve 8900 over bluetooth. The Extra Initialization commands were the problem. Thanks, Jacob.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:11:41 +0000

For the Blackberry Curve 8310 on Rogers, do not enter the “Extra initialization command”. This causes it to fail to connect. Without this command, the connection works fine (under Vista).

By: Steven Wu

Steven Wu — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:45:04 +0000

If query return you the above message, it is fine. I have the same result as you have here. My phone works.

By: Brent K

Brent K — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:33:33 +0000

I am having some trouble getting this set up. I have an 8300 Curve on AT&T, and I am running Vista Home Premium (32 bit).

When I query the modem, I am getting a different result than the one described above. This is what pops up, quote:

ATQ0V1E0 Success
AT+GMM RIM Blackberry Device 96000F03
2.7.0.(upside down “?”)
AT+FCLASS=? COMMAND NOT SUPPORTED
AT#CLS=? COMMAND NOT SUPPORTED
AT+GCI? COMMAND NOT SUPPORTED
AT+GCI+? COMMAND NOT SUPPORTED
ATI1 Research in Motion BlackBerry IP Modem
ATI2 Research in Motion BlackBerry IP Modem
ATI3 Research in Motion BlackBerry IP Modem
ATI4 Research in Motion BlackBerry IP Modem
ATI5 Research in Motion BlackBerry IP Modem
ATI6 Research in Motion BlackBerry IP Modem
ATI7 Research in Motion BlackBerry IP Modem

ALSO, when I try to add the extra initialization command, the field is blocked and I am unable to enter anything in the designated field.

Any help?

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Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:19:59 +0000

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By: Psy

Psy — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:26:55 +0000

w00t, this combined with the user comments from http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/03/how-to-tether-your-blackberry-for-free-via-bluetooth-mac-and-pc/, I succeeded in getting connected.

Two additional notes. I am former cingular user on att network with my bold.
init string was: at+cgdcont=1,”ISP”,”wap.cingular”
Blackberry DT manager did not need to be running
used blank username and PW

Now, the only concern I have is will ATT catch this and charge me for it? Has anyone been doing this long enough to see if it shows up on the bill?

By: C M Rea

C M Rea — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:49:30 +0000

BT works for me with or without DTM. BB Curve 8330 Alltel Windows Vista Business x64.

If you have ?’S Pin me: pin:31a50c60

Best Regards

By: David

David — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:17:51 +0000

I set this up late summer and it cost me a whopping $1,000 when roaming in Italy using an Etisalat (UAE) Blackberry.
Tetherberry tell me that an APN is required for ‘most’ carriers in which case I don’t see the point.
What I want is a way to access the net from my laptop via BB BIS – I only need it sparingly like for on-line flight check-ins. Anybody help with that?

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By: MM

MM — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:36:24 +0000

Same problem here with VZW — it brought up a page about tethering and asked me to sign up.

By: Fails on VZW

Fails on VZW — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:54:07 +0000

I tried it on Verizon… and they got me. As soon as you try to open a webpage, a vzw page appears about adding tethering and how it is $15 a month if you do, and .25 cents if you don’t

By: Simple

Simple — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:30:40 +0000

I think you guys are making it more complicated then it needs to be. If you have BIS you can teather via that on your Mac by simply walking through Apples “Use your bluetooth phone as a modem” wizard. The username and password is your BIS username and password. No drivers required.

By: Verizon 8130 user

Verizon 8130 user — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:29:35 +0000

I’m on Verizon and when connecting it redirects me to a Verizon page wanting me to add the Mobile Broadband Connect for $30 in addition to my current BlackBerry plan. I passed.