tethering sprint q and macbook - Motorola Q Forum

cdgarcia87 · 06-12-2007, 06:32 PM

ok so i know this has been discussed a billion times and i appologize for asking again, but can sum1 help me figure out how to get this "tethering" stuff done? i have the q on the sprint network with unlimited data plan and i just bought a new macbook yesterday so i have no clue how to sync my q or any of that nature. Also idk if it's needed but i did not purchase the phone as modem data plan or whatever it's called. thanks in advance.

FourTwenSesh · 06-12-2007, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by cdgarcia87

ok so i know this has been discussed a billion times and i appologize for asking again, but can sum1 help me figure out how to get this "tethering" stuff done? i have the q on the sprint network with unlimited data plan and i just bought a new macbook yesterday so i have no clue how to sync my q or any of that nature. Also idk if it's needed but i did not purchase the phone as modem data plan or whatever it's called. thanks in advance.

Download PDANet first, that will get you going.

cdgarcia87 · 06-12-2007, 09:30 PM

where can i find that at? i googled it and i couldn't find one for mac.

FourTwenSesh · 06-13-2007, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by cdgarcia87

where can i find that at? i googled it and i couldn't find one for mac.

My apologies, I did not read you had a Mac.

cdgarcia87 · 06-13-2007, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by FourTwenSesh

My apologies, I did not read you had a Mac.

lol it's cool, this macbook is amazingly amazing, but it's aggravating me that my zune doesn't work with it nor do i know how to get the q to work with it!!! help!!!!!

Xpaywithdeath · 06-17-2007, 12:15 AM

I am having the same problems. I have a macbook and a Q through sprint and i just cant get it all synced and connected. i have both blue tooths turned on and there registering with eachother but like it wont go past the explore decvice on the blue tooth part. I really want to be able to do everything the phone is capeable of like putting on the new backgrounds and everything and so much more im just very lost and need like a list of things to do for this thing when trying to get it running for a mac. thank you.

cdgarcia87 · 07-02-2007, 10:20 PM

finally got the tethering to work!!!! this is awesome haha... question though (and i posted this quesiton in another thread as well)- whenever i go through the internet on my sprint Q it shows that an update is available... if i where to get this update via my brothers windows xp computer and install it on my phone, will i still be able to tether via bluetooth with my mac? i read over on quser.com or somethin like that, that if you download an update for verizon that u wont be able to tether anymore and i wasn't sure if that was the case for sprint as well...

cdgarcia87 · 07-02-2007, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Xpaywithdeath

I am having the same problems. I have a macbook and a Q through sprint and i just cant get it all synced and connected. i have both blue tooths turned on and there registering with eachother but like it wont go past the explore decvice on the blue tooth part. I really want to be able to do everything the phone is capeable of like putting on the new backgrounds and everything and so much more im just very lost and need like a list of things to do for this thing when trying to get it running for a mac. thank you.

just for your information, i went ahead and broke down and bought missing sync 3.0 for windows mobile that way i could syng all my contacts and calender tasks etc via my macbook, getting this to work was very easy and straight forward....

as far as the tethering is concerned i did alot of research all over the net and found that you need pdanet 1.73 rc2 .. since we're both running mac and idk how to do it- you have to go over to sum1 running windows- preferably windows xp since the activesync for xp is a whole lot EASIER than vista. once you have your Q connected via active sync on the xp computer- google "pdanet 1.73 rc2" and download/install the software on the xp computer, once installed- it should either pop up automatically on your screen or you'll have to move it to your Q via the explore folder. after this is done and pdanet is installed on your Q, make sure your bluetooth is turned off and run pdanet, check the bluetooth connection dun box. once that is done, go to your mac and click on the airport symbol- than click on open internet connection, than click on bluetooth and set up a new connection-
leave the user name & password blank, and for the telephone number type in #777
make sure you include the "#" pound sign or it wont work. than click connect...

after all that it should work. or atleast mine did. sorry if this how to stuff is sloppy- i'm not much of an informant on telling people how to do stuff on here so i gave it my best shot... hope this helps!