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This is a discussion on new Sprint update: using 650 as a modem within the Treo Software forums; I tried a few things when the last steps didnt work. Instead of the Network bluetooth option I had to ...
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    I tried a few things when the last steps didnt work.

    Instead of the Network bluetooth option I had to go into internet connect and select the bluetooth option and the re-enter the phone # as #777. I left the other fields blank and clicked connect and it worked. Good luck!

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    Default Many hours trying Mac to Treo 650 as modem for internet

    I love this forum and maybe no one will read down this far but I hope so.

    After 100 hours of trying to use my Mac Powerbook G4 MacOS (10.4.2) to connect to my Sprint Treo 650 as a modem for internet use while I am traveling, I finally happened upon this thread and followed the instructions to the T and was so excited when I finally connected that I shouted EUREKA.

    However, the down turn came when after a very short time of fast internet access, the message popped up that the internet connection was terminated because "the other side wasn't responding." I have tried 3 more times and connect very well and then it soons terminates with the same message.

    Does anyone know a solution. Oh, please! Thanks, JoAnn

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    Question hopefully this helps...

    Quote Originally Posted by joannvp
    I love this forum and maybe no one will read down this far but I hope so.

    After 100 hours of trying to use my Mac Powerbook G4 MacOS (10.4.2) to connect to my Sprint Treo 650 as a modem for internet use while I am traveling, I finally happened upon this thread and followed the instructions to the T and was so excited when I finally connected that I shouted EUREKA.

    However, the down turn came when after a very short time of fast internet access, the message popped up that the internet connection was terminated because "the other side wasn't responding." I have tried 3 more times and connect very well and then it soons terminates with the same message.

    Does anyone know a solution. Oh, please! Thanks, JoAnn
    i have sprint PCS Vision and i have encountered the same issue. i sont have a treo, i have a samsung, but i believe this issue is with the connection itself and sprint being a bunch of bastards. anyway, i ahve found if you are contsantly visiting pages; constantlty sending a signal you will stay connected. i wrote a short script that costantly refreshes a page. you can view that page here http://www.SomethingLikeWhoa.com/refresh.php . i use to be connected for at the most 3 minutes. right now i am going on 36 minutes. anyway, i hope tha helps.

    - maximilian

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    joannvp , if you ever decided to check back here, i figured i owuld let you know that using my new found method i manged to stay conencted for nearly 10 hours. the only reason i logged off is cause i had to sleep.

    - maximilian

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    Quote Originally Posted by serialsamuri View Post
    joannvp , if you ever decided to check back here, i figured i owuld let you know that using my new found method i manged to stay conencted for nearly 10 hours. the only reason i logged off is cause i had to sleep.

    - maximilian
    I'm trying out your solution now. I've been so frustrated so far. I wrote an elaborate Applescript to toggle bluetooth and log in and start a terminal session that pings every 20 seconds...but I only had limited success. I'm hoping your solution (which seems to be working) works better for the long term. For the curious (because of the other elements in the script--btw, it should be saved as an application) my source follows. I'd certainly be interested in your server script, if you're willing to share it, too.

    (* Connection state codes, got after many trials:
    0 = Idle (not connected)
    1 = Dialing...
    2 = Connecting...
    3 = Error
    4 = Connected (antes da autenticacao)
    5 = Disconnecting... (as reported by others)
    7 = authenticating (?)
    8 = Connected (on my system)
    9 = Disconnecting... (on my system)
    10 = Could not connect (on my system)
    *)

    on TurnOnBluetooth()
    -- Check the current bluetooth status and turn it on if necessary.
    tell application "System Events" to tell the front menu bar of process "SystemUIServer"
    set menuExtras to value of attribute "AXDescription" of menu bar items
    repeat with mExtras from 1 to the length of menuExtras
    if item mExtras of menuExtras is "bluetooth menu extra" then exit repeat
    end repeat
    tell menu bar item mExtras
    click
    tell 2nd menu item of front menu
    if name ends with "Off" then
    -- Current status is on; it says "turn bluetooth off"
    set prevBluetoothState to "on"
    else if name ends with "On" then
    -- Current status is off; it says "turn bluetooth on"
    set prevBluetoothState to "off"
    click
    end if
    end tell
    -- Unclick if it was on (do nothing but make the menu disappear)
    if prevBluetoothState is "on" then
    click
    end if
    end tell
    end tell
    return prevBluetoothState
    end TurnOnBluetooth

    on TurnOffBluetooth()
    -- Set the bluetooth status off
    tell application "System Events" to tell the front menu bar of process "SystemUIServer"
    set menuExtras to value of attribute "AXDescription" of menu bar items
    repeat with mExtras from 1 to the length of menuExtras
    if item mExtras of menuExtras is "bluetooth menu extra" then exit repeat
    end repeat
    tell menu bar item mExtras
    click
    click 2nd menu item of front menu
    end tell
    end tell
    end TurnOffBluetooth

    set prevBluetoothState to TurnOnBluetooth()

    tell application "Internet Connect"
    launch
    connect configuration "BlueTooth"
    repeat
    delay 1
    set the current configuration to configuration "BlueTooth"
    set theState to the state of status of configuration "BlueTooth"
    if theState = 0 or theState > 2 then
    exit repeat
    end if
    end repeat
    quit
    end tell

    delay 3

    if theState is not 8 and theState is not 4 then
    if theState is not 0 and theState is not 3 and theState is not 10 then
    activate
    display dialog ¬
    "Unexpected state: " & theState as text ¬
    buttons "OK" default button "OK"
    end if
    if prevBluetoothState is "off" then
    TurnOffBluetooth()
    end if
    return
    end if

    set pid to do shell script "ping -i20 my.yahoo.com &> /dev/null &echo $!"

    display dialog ¬
    "Pinging my.yahoo.com every 20 seconds." & return & ¬
    "Waiting to kill process ID: " & pid ¬
    with title "Bluetooth Internet Connection" buttons ¬
    "Disconnect" default button "Disconnect"

    do shell script "kill " & pid

    tell application "Internet Connect"
    set theState to the state of status of configuration "BlueTooth"
    if theState = 8 then
    disconnect configuration "BlueTooth"
    quit
    end if
    end tell

    delay 5

    if prevBluetoothState is "off" then
    TurnOffBluetooth()
    end if

    ----------------

    Addendum...damn...didn't work much better for me. Wonder what other problems there could be....
    Last edited by wtfk; 05-19-2007 at 02:07 PM.

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