This will be a short one, but hopefully informative for someone because the information is not readily available. I recently got a new phone plan, and with it the obligatory new phone (switched from verizon to cingular), and am now living in the 21st century. I haven’t needed to use the phone, the Sony-ericsson w810i, as a bluetooth modem yet, but ya know, when you need to use it really isn’t the best time to figure out how.
For the Mac in OSX, this is super simple, so I’ll just give you the quick run down so you can get to the info that is really what you need. Take note, you must have a w810i phone set up for use with Cingular’s data plan.
1. Turn on bluetooth on both your phone and your mac.
2. Open bluetooth preferences and set up the phone as a new device. You should have to go through a little process where you see a code on the computer and then have to enter it on the phone. Choose to use the phone for syncing (if you want) and make sure to allow using the phone as a bluetooth modem.
3. Hard to find info #1: For the drop down that asks you for the modem type to use, choose “Ericsson T39 19.2 V110″
4. HTFI #2: For the number, cid#, or phone number that is asks you to use, enter “*99#”
5. HTFI #3 and 4: For the account name, enter “WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM” and for the password, enter “CINGULAR1″.
You should be able to save that connection as one of your bluetooth connection preferences. This was a quick and dirty tutorial, but the most important part is the connection info, which took me about 30 minutes to hunt down online — so I thought I’d repost it and help the next person track it down easier.
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nice. i started setting mine up the MBP but at the cid# propmt I didnt know it… where did you get yours?
maybe i have to hunt the ether a bit harder…
BTW, I’m one TMobile using a Samsung T809. if ya wanted to fidn it for me.
Thank you so much! I was having so much trouble with this, I setup the networking prefs as I read this and it works. Thank you again.
No problem. Glad to know the info could help someone else.
my w810i cant connect thru d net. i’ve ask my service provider and they’ve said after a few mins i will receive an sms confirming my application for mms/gprs/whatever they want to call it. but after those “few” mins, no sms, no confirmation. ive asked their cs about this and they said taht maybe i have a problem with my cp’s software. can you pls help me. i really want to get the best out of my phone, and maybe try to use it also as a modem. HELP!
hmm, yeh, not sure. I don’t even know what d net is. I pretty much only know about hooking this up to the cingular/att service from OSX. you might try doing a search specifically for connecting to your service from any phone and work your way back from there. you probably aren’t the only one to have trouble…