laptop wireless connecton from cell phone?...

[boxed]

Help?..

i recently bought a data cable so i can go online with my laptop when i'm in places where theres no net.

I did all i could, my phone which is a song ericson T637 who's provider's cingular. i did all the bluetoothing. checked eveyrthing on the laptop. but no hope....if anyone has past experience. please share with me. oh ya i even installed all the drivers/software provided by the cell phone and data cable..

 

[corkyg]

As long as I am in a Sprint PCS cell/area, I can connect to the Internet with my PCS phone. But! It requires more than a cable. It requires Spring WAN software, and it also requires that your cellphone be able to access the Internet on its own w/o the laptop. I tried just using the phone as a modem - same cable (phone to USB) but that was a non-starter. The connect speed on the Sprint WAN is better than dial-up - it is about 144 kbps.

But, you have to be in a domestic cell to do it - at least with Sprint.

Check with your phone host as to how they do it - each is a bit different.

 

[DJFuji]

corky, are you using the infamous #777 thing with your sprint phone?

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: DJFuji
corky, are you using the infamous #777 thing with your sprint phone?

No, I don't think so. What I am using is SprintPCS Connection Manager ver. 2.01.014. Never heard of #777. What's that all about?

 

[boxed]

i my self have sprint as well, but its a secondary phone, i can go online and such but damn the cingular one. i dont know if its cablable of being a by it self.

 

[DJFuji]

#777 is the code to enter when using sprint's unlimited vision to access the internet. you can buy cables to connect a cell to a PDA or laptop and get 144kbps download speeds without using your minutes.