Re: Using Cingular 2125 as USB modem with Laptop...

Found the answer to my problem and wanted to post it for anyone else
having this problem.....

I'm providing detailed steps, because I know how frustrating it can be
not knowing if you have done everything properly.... and Cingular
support was very unhelpful on this subject. I spoke with them twice
and neither support rep could even tell me if I needed to activate
something on the phone to enable it as a modem. The owners manual for
the 2125 (which doesn't actually come with the phone, but has to be
downloaded) states that you "may not need a username and password", in
fact you do need a username and password and in my two support calls, I
was transfered a total of four times and none of support staff I spoke
with had a clue what I was talking about when I mentioned using the
*99# "number" to dial-in. One support rep even told me "I don't think
you can use the phone to do that without bluetooth".

This works if you have Cingular's Unlimited SmartPhone data connect
plan and a Cingular 2125 phone (probably also works with Audiovox
SMT5600 since the two are using very similar OS firmware). To use the
Cingular 2125 as a modem over USB. Using bluetooth instead of USB
cable, these steps work.

1. Install the HTC USB modem driver supplied with the phone (it's on
the getting started CD)

2. On the phone, "click" Start, More, More browse untill you find the
Accessories folder, click on that folder and you'll find Calculator,
Download Agrent, ModemLink, etc... "click" on ModemLink

3. Plug the phone into the USB cable, connect it to the laptop

4. Let ActiveSync finish, then close it.

5. On the ModemLink properties screen, make sure for Connection: USB is
selected (IrCOMM is default), baud rate will be greyed out and default
to unused (ok), For access point name enter: wap.cingular. When all
settings are correct, select Activate

4. On the PC, go to Control Panel, Network Connections and create a new
network connection. A connection "wizard" will pop up. The wizard will
be a set of steps, each step providing a Next button. The steps using
Windows XP or XP with Service Pack 2 are as follows:

For Step 1: Connect to Internet
For Step 2: Set up my connection manually
For Step 3: Connect using a dial-up modem
For Step 4: Enter "Cingular" for ISP name (any name will actually work)
For Step 5: Enter *99# for the phone number
For Step 6: Enter WAP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for username and CINGULAR1 as
the password

5. You're all set, you can right-click on the new connection icon and
select "Connect" it will dial... you should then get a dialog box on
your laptop screen stating "registering...".

6. When you're ready to stop. On the laptop, right-click on the
connection icon and select "Disconnect". Then on the phone you'll need
to navigate back tot he ModemLink properties and select Deactivate.

All steps above steps will work with a desktop computer as well. I
state laptop, because most people will be using the phone in the way,
with a laptop.


Jeremy.Deats@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Has anyone been able to get the Cingular 2125 (or Audiovox SMT5600)
working as a USB modem? This is a function that the phone is suppose to
support. The Cingular website doesn't seem to address this, except for
this article I found on their message board.

http://forums.cingular.com/cng/board/message?board.id=cingular&message.id=5912#M5912

I tried the above and get a problem when I connect... Notice on the
message board there are two sets of connection parameters. One says,
use no username or password and just make the Microsoft Networking
manager connect using number *99#....

At the bottom of the message it says (if your using a Bluetooth device)
use *99***1# and WAP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx password: CINGULAR1.

Neither work for me... Also, wanted to point out this came from
Cingular's offical message boards at www.cingular.com from a end-user,
not their support staff (how sad is that). This is why I'm turning to
this ng, because I really beleive the cell provider could care less if
their customers know how to use the product. After an hour they were
ready to get HTC support on the phone (HTC is the company that actually
built the 2125 phone) The phone's not the problem.. The problem is
connecting to their server.

You have to love how in the US, we pay premimum prices for cell
service, are given bait and hook "deals" on new phones with contract
and then the service providers do a poor job of knowing their
product..... Just trying to use the phone as a modem, one of it's core
features granted by its creator... yet Cingular doesn't know how to
document this or support it.

.

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