How do I use my Blackberry Pearl as a bluetooth modem with a Mac?

Many thanks for this!

As an addition - to use it with O2 in the UK these are the settings you need:

Account Name: o2web Password: password. Telephone number: mobile.o2.co.uk

I'm trying to use this on Vodafone but don't know the accountname and password for that. Anybody? Could I call Vodafone and ask them for it? What should I ask?

Thanks for the info above which has successfully got me on line, but, unfortunately, I am not receiving any data.

I am with O2 in the UK and am able to get online using mobile.o2.co.uk as my telephone number, o2web as the account name and password as password, but cannot download anything. I'm showing as connected to 10.0.0.2 at 460800 bps.

Any ideas?

Nick

thanks Dave and Grant for the script and instructions. I am using telstra in Australia. Any idea of the passwords and settings?

I have tried this over and over again, and I still cannot get it to connect. Is there anyone who would be willing to walk me through the process?

Thanks Dave, it worked for Cingular, had to use caps in acct name and password. A bit slow, but not too bad to use as a back up when no wifi. Thanks once again.

Hi, I had it set up perfectly before, but I recieved a replacement device and now I can't get it to work for the life of me... any suggestions on what might be the cause? RIM has been no help! Thanks!

Does anyone know where I'd find the number/login/password to make a rogers connection ? I get as far as the Connect: ppp0 /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem in the connection log and then it stalls indefinitely without an error. It will only end when I click disconnect.

Any help would be very appreciated.

Luke

I cannot connect. It says "Could not negotiate a connection with the remote PPP server. Please verify your settings and try again." Does anyone know how to fix this? Much appreciated.

hi,
does anyone have specs for T-mobile in Germany?
cheers,
thor

it's important to note that the best way to download the file is to use firefox first of all. then control click the file and 'save link as'. remove the '.txt' and change the format from hypertext to all files. it will download as the correct file type. !DO NOT OPEN THE FILE! text edit will corrupt the file. follow all the rest of the instructions. once you're in internet connect, click on the configuration and make sure that the script says blackberry 8100 on there as well. then you are all set. just connect and you're done!

sorry, go into configuration and then edit configuration and make sure you have the right script selected in that. then you are good to go

I currently have two cell phones, my personal Cingular 8125 and a Blackberry Pearl recently issued by my employer. I can connect with both phones, but apparently have to reconfigure every time I switch connections. (fwiw, my employer does provide web access, and I am grandfathered with the cheap unlimited MediaNet plan on my own phone). Since I plan to keep using both phones, is there any easy way to switch back and forth between the RIM device and the HTC Wizard-based 8125?

This works soooo coool EXCEPT, Does anyone else have problems staying connected? "The other side is not responding" pops up after about 2 to 5 minutes.

Boris,

The connection details for Vodafone in the UK are as follows:

Telephone Number (APN): internet
User: web
Password: webs

Hope that helps!

Paul

I finally got this to work. The problem that I was having was in trying to get Bluetooth Setup Assistant to list the services that were available on the Perl. After much frustration, I realized I was running 10.4.8 and that 10.4.9 was out. I updated to 10.4.9 and everything is working great. Thanks for the step by step.

That's great stuff. Thanks. Does anyone have any idea what the settings are for T-Mobile in the UK?

Cheers.

Hi there, I have been trying this for my Sony Ericsson W810i. where did you get the wierd number, and does it work for all cingular phones? if not, where can i get mine?

I was able to use my Pearl as a modem after following these instructions. But, after 3 days of usage, I can't log on anymore. When I try to connect I get "The selected modem script does not exist. Please very settings." I hadn't changed anything, so I'm not sure what the problem is. I then uninstalled the modem script, and started over. I get the same error message. I use T-Mobile USA. Any suggestions?

when I select "Access internet..."
I can't see the options below it on my macbook, any ideas?

Thanks Dave! Works like a charm.

Can't seem to get my Blackberry 8100 to send or recieve Bluetooth messages despite being fairly sure that I have set it up correctly. It seems v hard to get help - hopefully you can help . Thanks in anticipation . A

FANTASTIC! Connected via T-Mobile and it's much faster than I expected. Thanks Dave!

Thanks for the info! I'm with T-mobile and had to capitalize "GUEST" and "GUEST" for it to work. Hope others are successful too.

Is there any similar script for Treo 650?

Dave Taylor, thanks so much for the detailed breakdown, esp re: the script.

I am still awaiting an answer to someone's earlier post. I too received the message:

"Could not negotiate a connection with the remote PPP server. Please verify your settings and try again."

What could it mean??

I also wonder: As I configure the Bluetooth connection, does it matter if I'm already connected to the internet via Airport or Ethernet ? Will my Airport connection be supplanted automatically by the Bluetooth once the connection is established?

Thanks

Dear Dave,

First off, thanks so much, everything was going fine until I tried to hit the connect button. The Satus goes from "Contacting PPP Server..." to "Establishing Connection" then to" Authenticating User..." pauses for a few noticeable seconds, then to "Disconenecting" Then an error pops up that says "Could not negotiate a connection with the remove PPP server. Please verify your settings and try again." I bought a Pearl today and upgraded from my 8700c just so I could do this, so please help!

Great docs Dave. I see a few folks having problems, and I hope they can get their stuff sorted out, but I can state that at least for me, here in the U.S. on Cingular -- your docs are flawless. Nicely done. Best, Nate

I get as far as having the Blackberry recognize the Mac and ask for the 7-digit passkey, but then: nothing. The Mac doesn't seem to "automatically switch" to show the passkey, unless it is doing it somewhere hidden where I can't see it. Any ideas? I am stymied. Thanks!

Hi there,
Does anyone know where I'd find the number/login/password to make a Rogers connection ?

In March the IT guy in my business told me he paid Verizon $15 a month on top of his regular Blackberry data plan and was able to tether his Blackberry to his laptop to use the Internet via the Blackberry, not dialing with it as a modem. He downloaded a piece of software from Verizon called VZ Access Manager, installed it, chose the National Access/Broadband choice, clicked CONNECT and voila, he was on the Internet. In areas with EV-DO he was at quite acceptable speeds for working.

I thought this was too good to be true so called Verizon and found this was actually available for my MacBook. I downloaded the software, chose Mac OS X and the Blackberry options and connected while still talking with the tech support person at Verizon. The whole operation took less than 10 minutes.

The past 6 weeks have been heaven. I could pull off the road, open my laptop and work on strange Web applications that were almost impossible to handle with my Blackberry (7250) alone.

A week or so ago, this all stopped cold. At the same time my phone gave only a busy signal to callers and did not ring on my end. Yesterday I called Verizon to try to get both problems fixed. They had me download and reinstall the software to make my phone ring again. In the process, my VZ Access Manager software quit working. The technician had me re-download this, and the choice of a Blackberry was no longer available. Only the Motorola Q was available under PDA's or phones.

As you can imagine, I am devistated. A Verizon person has tried to tell me it was a freak accident that I could ever connect and that Verizon does not support Blackberry use with a Mac laptop. I smell a rat here, because Blackberry was a choice for my software when I downloaded this in March. It certainly worked fine for 6 weeks. The technician told me it was a driver issue.

If anyone has a clue what I can do to get this access back again, I will be MOST appreciative!!!!

The driver script icon on my macbook has text on it, and when searching for it through the setup screen, it comes up as a .txt file, even though I deleted the .txt. The connect icon on my home screen doesn't have any options between connect and show time connected either. Any ideas of where I went wrong? Thanks.

Yeah, that's a pain, Baron. What I ended up doing was opening up Terminal.app and manually renaming the file rather than wrestling with Finder. You'll find Terminal.app in Applications > Utilities, and you can rename the file with "mv". For example, if you have it called "blackberry.txt" then change it thusly:

mv blackberry.txt blackberry

then you can use the Finder to move it where you need.

I'm curious to know how this affects usage fees on your service plan... is this considered WAP data? Or is it "BB plan" data? If it's WAP I can see my next bill being through the roof since I don't have a WAP plan on my BB. Can anyone comment?

For those who may be experiencing the "Could not negotiate a connection with the remote PPP server. Please verify your settings and try again." error message...

Instead of using #99***1# as the phone number, type in the following: wap.cingular

This worked for me, hope it works for you too.

I've been working on setting this up for weeks now... I've read all the blogs and gone through all the steps, and still nothing... All I'm getting is a never-ending perpetual connecting... message. Can someone please help?! I think the problem is that I can't download the modem script without it saving as a .txt, I've tried erasing the extension, but it's not working. I've tried the save as option as well, but my only other option is "all files" which still reads as a .txt.........

Thanks for your excellent write up.

I heard that the wap gateway can result in unexpected charges... Though I am a new cingular customer so I am not positive.

Nonetheless, the person who told me this, pointed me to another gateway / username password to use to avoid these unexpected charges...

GPRS Internet service
Access point: ISP.CINGULAR
User name: ISPDA@CINGULARGPRS.COM
Password: CINGULAR1

(source:: http://www.modaco.com/Cingular_USA-t200969.html )

Great site too, by the way... i land on your site on all sorts of random things.

I've bought a Blackberry 8707v from Vodafone UK specifically because they claim it supports 3G as a 'tethered' modem, and I've been trying to get it to work - it can't work 'tethered' on USB with my Powerbook (G4 Aluminium) and when I set it up as a Bluetooth modem it pairs but only offers 'address book services' (and won't even let me use the Adress Book Bluetooth connection to send SMS etc... I've kept re-pairing, re-starting both phone & powerbook - nothing... I've had no problems in the past with Ericsson phones etc, and I know I'm not missing something obvious, so why does the BlackBerry say that it hasn't got a modem? I've already put the modem scripts for the BlackBerry 3G into Modem Scripts & they are available through Network Prefs, but the Bluetooth setup can't find a modem so I can't use them... I'm getting very frustrated - certainly won't ever buy a BlackBerry again, but I'd still like to sort it out... (I'm also unable to set up e-mail because it claims the brand-new phone is already set up with another e-mail account, but that's another story...)
Any suggestions? Tony

Oh - quick suggestion for folk stuck trying to get rid of the .txt extension - go to Info (Apple & i key) for the file, and erase the .txt extension in the Name & Extension frame of the Get Info window - it will ask you if you are sure, say yes, and the file loses the extension. Tony

FYI: Works like a charm with the new 8300 (Curve). I just renamed it for cleanliness, but works "out of the box" otherwise.

I have Cingular and that worked perfectly the first time. It made me laugh maniacally.

I got it working on my 10.3.9 Mac. Thanks for the tips!

Worked like a charm the very first time with my new Curve. Then after a minute or so it kicked me off and now it no longer connects - gets the same error reported above. Has anyone above ended up resolving their issues? Tried all the variations of the usernames & passwords.

Can you do this with an 8300?

you have no idea how excited i was to find your site... i've been trying to use my 8700 as a tethered handset for months, and the people at cingular couldn't be less helpful.... but am i missing something? i'm trying to set up my g4 and the only option i receive on the bluetooth setup is to synch with the address book.... please tell me it's not impossible on my computer, some silly thing somewhere isn't clicked right? i really would like to make this work...

I have a Curve as well and have the same problem as the others above. The script works once and for a few minutes. Once it disconnected me I have been unable to get it to work again even after deleting and starting over. It is as if AT&T discovers the connection and then blacklists you.

Are there people on the AT&T network who have this working but don't have a tethered plan?

Luke,

For Rogers I followed everything but used this.

Connection: GPRS
username: wapuser1
password: wap
APN: internet.com

Worked like a charm

excellent! we suspected this was possible the day i got the mac but i never imagined it would be so simple! i hope to figure out how to get my bluetooth gps & internet traffic plan to work with the bb now too :P

Hello,

I got a balckberry O2 phone from UK.
Now I am trying to use the same mobile in India.

when I am inseting my local sim card into the phone, it is not accepting the sim.

I am requesting all of you. could you please give the procedure to how to use the blackberry in India with Indian connecitons.

could you plese provide the source of information
for how to use the blackberry.

Thanks in Advance.
Kiran.

This has been a huge help. Thanks a lot and I am excited about searching the rest of the site

Hi,

Thanks Dave for the hints. I have two things to add. First, on my pearl, I had to set allow = yes to the specific device I was pairing to. Second, in order to avoid being continually dropped, I had to set in /system preferences/bluetooth/bluetooth modem uncheck both enable error correction and wait for dial tone.

Hope this helps out there.

Thanks man I appreciate it. Works like a charm. I'm running at 183 up and 15 down.

Thanks!

Will this work for a 8830 on the Sprint network?

Nice and clear instructions. Works like a charm.

Just got confused at the connection settings as the "Telephone Number" was automatically filled with GPRS CID. You need to overwrite with "wap.cingular" (if using Cingular...).

I guess I was just to eager to make it work and didn't pay enough attention ;)

Thanks a lot,
Matthieu

HI, THANKS A LOT, BUT I STILL CANT GET IT TO CONNECT, I LIVE IN MEXICO AND HAVE ME SERVICE TROUGH "TELCEL" THE PAGE IS WWW.TELCEL.COM

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE USER AND PASSWORDS ARE?
THANKS A LOT

Help, anyone know how to accomplish this with an 8800/8830?

on T-Mobile?

Thanks a ton,

Kevin

Thanks so much! Just got it working with my pearl via ATT, had to use wap.cingular as the telephone, but it's lovely! I'm staying with a friend who only has dial up for a couple weeks, so this is really a savior!

I'm completely technically inept - but am I understanding that using my little Blackberry Pearl, I can have WiFi with my MacBook using Cingular's network? If so, is it a good connection? Would I be able to use it for streaming radio? or is it just for email and a quick search on-line?
Thanks for the info!

I have an 8300, and AT&T has verified that I have the tethering plan enabled. If you use the WAP settings in the article, I have ALWAYS gotten kicked off after a minute or so. Once that happens you have to remove the battery from the curve and put it back in to work again. I really think the bluetooth modem in the 8300 is screwed up compaired to the 8100.

ONE time I was able to use isp.cingular and the matching username and password and stay connected. (Oddly, that was right after I had connected from the PC side using Communications Manager.

Just to give you an idea of what lengths I have gone through to test this....

I installed a serial port sniffer on XP to watch the traffic between AT&T Communications manager 6.3 and the 8300. The commands sent are a little different that what is used in the script, but the end result should be the same. Comm manager peridically queries the phone for signal stregth, and it does configure for ATE0V1&D2

The PC side can stay connected as long as I want. The Mac side for only about 2 minutes, then it disconnects from the other end. After that, you have to pull the battery.

I used Z-Term on the Mac to initiate a connection, and you can see that the modem has a hell of a time disconnecting after the connection is dropped. The modem in the 8300 goes stupid and won't respond to AT commands after dropping DTR or sending the +++ command. I've been messing with the script to see if I can get better reliability... but it appears to be a problem outside of scripting control.

I've tried PPP echo on/off, TCP compression on/off, IPV6 on/off, and the other end simply stops responding after a minute.

Well... off to grab the 8300 and try some other ideas.

Thanks so much! Works like a magic

that worked.

but it wont let me get on the internet on my blackberry?

i'm so confused. :[ and iw ant to download a ringtoneee :[

Does anyone have the settings for use with Orange in the UK.

Many thanks

Hey there Dave, et al..

I've used this work around before and it's incredible. Those of you who still have it working and find trouble with getting knocked off after a couple of minutes I suggest opening up a window and go to Pandora and listen to online music in the background. It allows constant data transfer to take place and keeps the connection stable. I've done this for two three hours at a time... works like a charm.

BUT -- here's my question: I can't get this to work anymore. Does anyone defintively know whether AT&T locked this feature out? I've read conflicting reports on webpages and can't seem to find an answer. It's a real pain in the buttocks as I really love having this feature but it just seems to be DEAD now for me. I either get error messages for no dial tone, or that random "connecting" ad infintium problem.

If someone has experience with these problems all suggestions would be apprciated but my thinking is that AT&T locked us out.

Can I use my blackberry like a gps? I've heard that it's possible I just haven't been able to get it.

Dear Dave,
My company is located in the U.K as is the Enterprise server. I work in Kenya and rec. my mail on my Blackberry 8800. I have to use 2 phones since my Blackberry sim is from the U.K I would be roaming on every call. I would like use my local sim in the Blackberry and have my emails sent to my local service provider-they have GPRS. Can you pleae help me?

Orange UK network

For Orange network in the UK, follow all of above until you get to the telephone number,user name and password part.

Enter the following:

Telephone Number: orangeinternet
Username: user
Password: pass

That works just fine.

Adrian

Thanks! Worked like a charm.

Hi,

I have tried to use my new Tmo BB Curve (8320) as a Bluetooth modem for my Powerbook G4. I have followed the guidelines set by most BB bulletin boards, such as this one. I am able to connect, get through authentication, and I can even load one or two webpages. But, after that, the modem transfers slow to a crawl, and the modem is as good as useless.

I am happy to try out any new suggestions, if anyone has them. I really want to use my Curve as a modem for my Mac.

Here is my configuration:

handheld: BB Curve 8320, running 4.2.2.171
carrier: Tmobile
location: Los Angeles
Mac: Powerbook G4, running Os X v10.4.10

I have used Ross Barkman's CID1, CID2, and CID3 modem scripts, found at

www.taniwha.org.uk

I have also tried Perishable Press's guidelines:

http://perishablepress.com/press/2007/06/12/blackberry-curve-as-bluetooth-modem-for-mac/

I note that many people who were able to get their 8700, 8800, Pearl to work as Bluetooth modems are NOT able to get their new Curve to work. I wonder whether the wireless system used for Hotspot @ Home somehow interferes. However, even when I turn off the wireless, I still cannot use my Curve as bluetooth modem.

Any help would be appreciated!!!
Ciao!
Bobboya

Hi,
have you got any idea, the input needed for t-mobile.de in Germany.
I also got the eror message: "could not negotiate a connection with the remote PPP server ..."

Any suggestions?
brds malt

Could not negotiate a connection with the remote PPP server. Please verify your settings and try again.

If you are having this problem. Restart your computer, and restart your phone by removing the battery.

This worked for me.

For those with T-Mobile (US) that are receiving: "Could not negotiate a connection with the remote PPP server. Please verify your settings and try again."

I found that entering "wap.voicestream.com" as the telephone number and account name ("guest" as password) did the trick. When I was using *99***1# I was unable to connect. After making this change it worked.

I followed directions on how to0 set up my blackberrry pearl as a bluetooth modem. I'm on the final step but the directions are for Cingular or T-Mobile. I have Cellular One as my cell phone service. I cannot find what to enter when it says...telephone number, account name, and password. I called the company and they want me to buy an aircard for 60.00 a month instead of using the phone. Any ideas?

Can someone advise? I had this working fine but then I upgraded the software on my blackberry and now I keep getting a message when trying to connect that "perhaps your blackberry has an older modem" weird! How can I get this fixed? Anyone?

Hav tried all process of this page, does not work, macbook pro with 8100 pearl, and telstra 3G.
Help is appreciated,
thank you,

Hey thanks for the info on the bluetooth I'm in El Salvador and have TIGO as my blackberry provider, do you know how can I get the password and login to use my macbook pro with my cel phone to connect to the internet through the blackberry network.
There site is www.tigo.com (latinamerica)

Thanks A Lot

I have been using this method with Mac OS X Tiger on my Macbook Pro for some time now and it is working fine. Just recently I upgraded to Leopard, and every time I go to work and wake my Macbook up and start running the internet connect thing for my pearl, I get kernal panics. Once I restart my system, I no longer get the panic, but the connection acts weird. It takes forever to connect, usually I have to reconnect a few times to get the connection to work right, the connection with need to be restarted several times throughout the night, and when I need to disconnect it to restart it, it never disconnects. It just keeps saying "disconnecting" until I restart my machine. What is going on? Is this version of the script not compatible with Leopard?

I noticed the directions include set up for T-Mobile and Cingular but not Verizon Wireless. Will this work for Verizon?

Dave,

I just bought a Blackberry Pearl and I am trying to sync it with my Entourage, is this possible?

I need to know if this steps would work on Leopard because I called Tmobile and they (the IT dept) told me that LEOPARD doesn't support the blackberry pearl 8100 as a modem yet.

how do you do all of this with the blackberry 8130 on the sprint network???? I can not get this phone to accept my black macbook and use it as a modem??????

Okay- So I have everything set up but when i get to the screen on the Bluetooth Setup screen asking what services I want to use ( Address book and access the internet with your phone's connection are there- but there is no option for faster high-speed connection? Is it a mac issue? Or something in the blackberry's settings? HELP!

I am using a Sprint Blackberry Pearl, MAcbook Pro running OSX 10.4.11

I really want to get this figured out, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

I just loaded in Lepard and I am having the worst time tring to connect to the net through my BB pearl 8100. This is due to the changing of the set up menus. please help.

Dave,

I am following these guidelines for my Curve 8300 on AT&T via Mac OS X Leopard and it is not working. Can you suggest something that might help or point me in the right direction?

Many thanks,

JT

Yes I too am Using the Blackberry Pearl "8130" and it is not taking this information.

I can't get it working, I'm in Ireland with O2 and using a BlackBerry Pearl with my MacBook Pro. I tried mobile.o2.ie as the phone number but it says "the other side is not responding" every time. Anyone got a better idea?

8700c- Has there been a solution found fixing the 8700 bluetooth modem connection issue?

I finally got it to work - couldn't believe it! Then it disconnected after 2 minutes... wouldn't work again until I'd removed the battery from the Pearl and restarted everything, then it disconnects again. And it does this every time!! There must be a way to keep it stable... I tried the internet radio as suggested by one poster here but it always disconnects before I get ithe stream working!

I cannot get through the connect the pearl to the mac part. when you say the mac will "switch" to give you the 7 number passkey, I cannot find such a thing and have not been able to proceed. any suggestions?

My computer wont let me download the script, when I click on it, it just opens the script in another window. When I right click on it I don't get the option to download. Any advice?

I too have a macbook with leaopard and an 8130 from sprint and I couldn't get it to connect. The menu does not have the option after clicking you want to connect to the internet over bluetooth. Any one made this work?

Same as Bobboya - except that I'm running Leopard. Nothing works. I got a connection *ONCE* for 10 seconds, and now I am unable to get a connection at all.

Tried the same things Bobboya did.
Reset phone and laptop.

10.5.2, macbook. t-mobile curve 8320.

Any advice on how to get this to work with Sprint?

I am trying to connect my BB 8130 to my iBook and I am with Telus Mobility here in Canada. I would like to connect with a cable instead of bluetooth. Is this possible? Does the 8100 code work with the 8130?

Having trouble with this (8100 and macbook running Leopard, T-Mobile USA). Where do I put in the GPRS CID String?? I don't see the field anywhere in Leopard, used to be there in Tiger.

When I connect, it connects to the phone, says "Connecting" for a while, then says "Disconnecting". THen says: Could not negotiate with the remote PPP Server.

Oh and the console log says:
Mar 1 00:01:49 Spencer pppd[1019]: pppd 2.4.2 (Apple version 314) started by root, uid 501
Mar 1 00:01:53 Spencer ccl[1020]: Connecting via BlackBerry 8100.
Mar 1 00:01:53 Spencer ccl[1020]: Making EDGE connection.
Mar 1 00:01:53 Spencer ccl[1020]: Communicating at 460800 bps.
Mar 1 00:01:57 Spencer pppd[1019]: Connect: ppp0 /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem
Mar 1 00:02:28 Spencer pppd[1019]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Mar 1 00:02:28 Spencer pppd[1019]: Connection terminated.
Mar 1 00:02:50 Spencer ccl[1021]: CCLExit: -6019 (Modem error, modem not responding.)
Mar 1 00:02:50 Spencer pppd[1019]: disconnect script failed

oh there are leopard specific scripts here, problems solved:

http://www.fibble.org/archives/2007/10/updated-modem-s.html

Thanks Mark. The link to the new script was the trick! Got my Pearl 8100 finally to work with my Mac Pro running Leopard. Thanks David for all the other set up info. Posted this from my mac via my pearl.

I have been trying to connect my 8100/t-mobile with my macbook with 10.5. I have it paired, its set up and it connects but just goes to authenticating and thats it.

HELP

For Rogers users still having trouble with Leopard and the Pearl I finally got it to work using the modem script etc.

The key was going in the blackberry's Options menu then Advanced options. In the APN field I entered: internet.com and left the other fields *blank*.

On the mac I went in Network preferences on the Bluetooth pane under the default setup for my pearl and entered
in the Telephone Number field: internet.com
in Account Name field: wapuser1
in Password field: wap

in the advanced settings section I chose
Vendor: other
Model: Blackberry 8100
enable error correction
ignore dial tone when dialing
Dialing: Tone
Sound: Off

back to network settings click: apply

Now you should be ready to connect.

I think they key to making it work was entering "internet.com" in the APN field on the phone itself.

Good luck.

I forgot to say the APN field on the pearl is found under options/advanced options/TCP

Ok... I have a MAC OSX and a Blackberry 8100. I have service with AT&T and i need to know what to use when setting up my MAC with the bluetooth.
What do i use for....
Telephone Number:
Account Name:
Password:
???

Please Help!!!!

I have a Pearl 8130, Mac book pro, verizon service.
Bluetooth on phone & computer recognize each other but cannot get on internet with it. Do you know of specific directions on how to do this?

Set up everything, downloaded script with firefox with care not opening, saved in rights place, done everything, still when I connect, it connects to the phone (BT arrows dialogue display), Mac says "connecting" for a while, then says "disconnecting", then says: could not negotiate with the remote PPP Server. I Have Tiger 10.4.11 and Perl 8100. Looks as a common problem reading this page. Any fix? Thank you guys.

I get to the internet connect option and nothing happens. The window does not open. That's where I'm stuck...

8100 with a Mac PowerBook Pro G4 with 10.4

I have been trying for about 2 days now to tether my BB Pearl with my Macbook v 10.5.2. I keep trying different things with no luck.

My husband talked to Sprint last night for about an hour and they finally said they don't support it at all. UGH.

This is the reason why I got this phone - I really need this capability.

Any help with this is GREATLY APPRECIATED.

I have a pearl with t-mobile and i have done everything and tried everything. And it keeps telling me that there is a problem with my ppp server. can you help me dave

I have mac OS X Leopard and I can't seem to get my blackberry pearl working for the modem...I've tried to follow your steps for tiger but the OS's are different...so I was wondering if there was a way to get the pearl working for Leopard, its been driving me nuts for months now....so please help my hair out and give a solution ;) P.S. I'm an Alltel user

Camperton,

I managed to connect my 8300 to the Roger's network using your instructions and I have a stable connection, albeit slow enough to be impractical. Is there any way you know of to speed this baby up or is this just the nature of this type of connection with Roger's? Thanks.

In order for this to work you need to have tethering activated on your account. Call your carrier.

hi, i have a blackberry pearl 8100 and im having trouble transfering my pictures to my computer. i have in plugged in to my mac laptop but i cant get it to connect. please help me if u can. anything will help.
thank-you!!

Heay it is a nice information but problem is that i am not able to download the desire modemscript in a .txt format.
I am using a CDMA BlackBerry pearl8130 and am badly requir some informations regarding how to connect through bluetooth modem.

Can some one help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I have a weird problem. I've been able to connect twice using my BB Pearl 8100 and OSX 10.4 and even loaded a couple of webpages.

Problem is that both of those times, it stopped working about 3 minutes into the connection and wouldn't load any more pages.

When I then tried to reconnect, I kept getting an error message saying:

"It is possible your BlackBerry is an older model that does not have built-in modem capability"

Which isn't true because T-Mobile assures me it works as a modem, PLUS, as I said I've been able to connect briefly.

Then I get another error message saying:

"Could not negotiate a connection with the remote PPP server. Please verify your settings and try again."

Its weird. I haven't changed any settings since I connected successfully, yet it suddenly won't work. I seem to have plenty of service in the areas I've tried to connect (getting bars and the "EDGE" indicator on my BB).

Below is the connection log of my unsuccessful attempts to connect. HELP, PLEASE!

Tue Jun 10 16:20:31 2008 : Connecting via BlackBerry 8100.
Tue Jun 10 16:20:31 2008 : CCLWrite : ATZ\13
Tue Jun 10 16:20:31 2008 : CCLMatched : OK\13\10
Tue Jun 10 16:20:31 2008 : CCLWrite : AT+cgdcont=1,"IP","*99***1#"\13
Tue Jun 10 16:20:31 2008 : CCLMatched : OK\13\10
Tue Jun 10 16:20:31 2008 : Making EDGE connection.
Tue Jun 10 16:20:31 2008 : CCLWrite : ATDT*99***1#\13
Tue Jun 10 16:20:31 2008 : CCLMatched : CONNECT
Tue Jun 10 16:20:34 2008 : Serial connection established.
Tue Jun 10 16:20:34 2008 : using link 0
Tue Jun 10 16:20:34 2008 : Using interface ppp0
Tue Jun 10 16:20:34 2008 : Connect: ppp0 /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem
Tue Jun 10 16:20:35 2008 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ]
Tue Jun 10 16:20:38 2008 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ]
Tue Jun 10 16:20:41 2008 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ]
Tue Jun 10 16:20:44 2008 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ]
Tue Jun 10 16:20:48 2008 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ]
Tue Jun 10 16:20:51 2008 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ]
Tue Jun 10 16:20:54 2008 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ]
Tue Jun 10 16:20:57 2008 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ]
Tue Jun 10 16:21:00 2008 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ]
Tue Jun 10 16:21:03 2008 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ]
Tue Jun 10 16:21:06 2008 : LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Tue Jun 10 16:21:06 2008 : Connection terminated.
Tue Jun 10 16:21:07 2008 : CCLWrite : +++
Tue Jun 10 16:21:10 2008 : CCLWrite : ATH0\13
Tue Jun 10 16:21:14 2008 : CCLWrite : +++
Tue Jun 10 16:21:17 2008 : CCLWrite : ATH0\13
Tue Jun 10 16:21:22 2008 : CCLWrite : +++
Tue Jun 10 16:21:25 2008 : CCLWrite : ATH0\13
Tue Jun 10 16:21:29 2008 : disconnect script failed

PS,

The browser is reading part of the connection log I posted above as HTML and its not showing up on screen. I don't know how to fix that, but just know its the part inside ""

Please help anyway! I can email it to you if necessary.

I've had the same problem with my 8320 and my wife's 8120 using 10.4.11 using verbos logging under PPP options keeps your phone connected and some times if you ping the gateways IP you can get the connection going again if your lucky.

also, good read on y BB's are having problems.

http://www.fibble.org/MT/mt-tb.cgi/608

Whats the info you use if your on verizon? thanks!

I was able to set everything up to tether my ibook G4 and blackberry thanks to this great walkthrough, but then the internet connect phone number, user id, and password were for cingulair or tmobile only. I have sprint. Any ideas how to fill these blanks out to connect?

Omg thank you SOOO much for this!!!! The step by step instructions with the illustrations helped a lot...I'd been working on this for hours til I found your site!! The part that I wasn't doing was selecting the blackberry script from that drop down menu..anyway, you're awesome!

I think it's important to mention that this use of your Blackberry is not included with your "Unlimited Blackbery Data" tariff.

My provider charges £4.6 per MB for using my blackberry as a modem which has ranked up a bill of close to £4,000 ($8,000) in a month.

Unlimited data tariff my ass :(

PB G4 Mac OS 10.4.11 Verizon Curve 8330.

When I get to the Bluetooth Mobile Phone Set Up screen I don’t have the option “use a direct high speed connection.�? Only dial up is available. I did find a script for 8300. but dialup doesn't even work.

This is an excellent post, thank you very much.

Has anyone come up with a way to Tether their 8330 Curve to the Mac via USB instead of Bluetooth. I would like to use USB for the speed increase.

I have a blackberry 8800 and i have no ide how to use it... could someone help me please

Dave,
I am trying to connect my blackberry pearl (Sprint) to my macbook pro running OS 10.5.4. I tried using your instructions and the MAC sees the phone but after that the setup assistant just keeps spinning. any thoughts
Thanks
RT

2 VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS...

>> 1) Does this effect your bill if you have an unlimited plan, ie will I be charged more for this type of usage?

>> 2) What is the best way to obtain your number, account name and password depending on network/ country you are in etc?

I'm having so many issues:

I did everything, but it didn't work. Can someone give me tips on how to do this on a Mac Book Pro with a Blackberry Pearl from T-Mobile.

We managed to get it working with the new Bold and Rogers wireless in Canada!

Dave,
My boyfriend has the blackberry pearl wtih the carrier Ntelos and he really does not understand the phone but anyway, He is unable to send pictures to other phones and also cannot receive pictures. It is pics he has taken and is trying to send them like in a text message like he has with other phones. Ntelos said he can only send using email but that defeats the purpose if the phone he is sending to is not equipped with email. Could you please help us on this one!!!!!!

Dave,
My boyfriend has the blackberry pearl wtih the carrier Ntelos and he really does not understand the phone but anyway, He is unable to send pictures to other phones and also cannot receive pictures. It is pics he has taken and is trying to send them like in a text message like he has with other phones. Ntelos said he can only send using email but that defeats the purpose if the phone he is sending to is not equipped with email. Could you please help us on this one!!!!!!

Hi, How do I get the bluetooth on my blackberry pearl to work...period! I have already paired it with my MAC notebook but everytime i try to send a file from my laptop, the computer says "device does not have the necessary services." why is this and how can i fix it and send files back and forth?

Any ideas how to get this working with OS X 10.5.5

And with T-Mobile UK

As my mac doesn't display the same screens as above, and will not work with the advised T-Mobile settings.

I just received my BB pearl 8100 and it keeps saying International calls cannot be made???

hello i followed all the instructions. but it didnt work. I hae a blackberry pearl and a MAC OSX 10.5.5 but in the bluetooth mobile assistant in the drop down menu of the vendor it doesnt give me the Blackberry brand, all other brands there but that one so I chose OTHER and phone model shows VERIZON... im not sure if this is the problem because it the computer tells me the phone was succesfuly paired with the computer. ??!! i dont know what to do?? have you ahd this case ?

Wow Thanks, I heard about doing this yet never tried the explanation was so easy

i just got a blackberry 8800 from vodafone, which is unlocked, the phone displays handset is locked.I bought the code for it,i am assuming that i need to get the handset itself unlocked to access the menu so that i can enter the unlock code. i do not know how to access that code , i really need some help please... thanks in advance

Hi,
This information has been very helpful but I haven't had any success yet. When I configure the bluetooth device I don't have the option to choose the direct, higher speed connection. The only choice I have is to access the internet using my phone's data connection. If I say yes it brings up the page to enter username/password/phone number but there is no place to enter the GPRS cid string. How do I fix this? Thanks!

I have a mac running Leopard OS X 10.5.5. I am trying to tether my Blackberry pearl 8130 through bluetooth. Alltel is unable to help me.

I have the 8100 modem script and have followed all instructions (they are similar but many screenshots are slightly different as I believe them to be an older operating system). Once I am paired, I go to the bluetooth mobile phone setup screen and I am unable to type in a username due the drop down menu being grayed out. I am stuck, can anyone help?

Hi Dave just happened on this site and wonder if you could give me some advice please. I would like to buy the blackberry phone whilst here in the states but am unsure if it would work when I return to the u.k. and do you think it would be cheaper to buy here or wait until I get home and take out a contract?
Thanks Sandi

Have not been able to get this to work with a Blackberry 8703e. When I get to the page where it says "Select the services you want to use with your mobile phone" there are no services available. this is strange as I use the same phone to do a USB connection with my Work PC laptop. The phone is paired with the computer but it just does not work...

Has anyone found the connection data for Verizon yet?

Can I use this same instructions to connect my imac to my BlackBerry Curve. I notice how you mention the BlackBerry Pearl.

I have the same problem as Megan on December 2nd 2008. I too do not have the option to chose high speed internet, just general access to the internet. As well as the issue she had with, "If I say yes it brings up the page to enter username/password/phone number but there is no place to enter the GPRS cid string." Does anybody have an answer?

Does some one know if i can use a sprint instinct Sprint???????
and if yes whats the user name and password
Thanks

I too had many issues with trying to figure this all out using my Macbook Pro and my Sprint 8830 Blackberry. Thanks to this site and one other, I was able to figure it all out and my blackberry and modem now works great together.

When using the Sprint Blackberry 8830 there is no telephone number to enter and the account name should be #777 and the password section should be BLANK. Once you have this done make sure to click on the Advance tab while in the Network section of the setup. Make sure to highlight the bluetooth icon in your selection to the left and then click Advance. Once there you should see a Modem tab which will allow you a drop down to select your vendor which under normal circumstance would be Sprint but that doesn't work so select OTHER for the vendor and Model 8800. Remember to select the ENABLE ERROR CORRECTION option and you can select OK and you're done. Good Luck! While I'm not all that technical by trade, I am pretty good with finding my way through things until they work - so please feel free to email me at Cadilover at gmail.com

just bought a Mac with OS X 10.5.6. I want to use my BB Pearl 8120 as a bluetooth modem and have followed your directions. However, when I get to the phone setup screen, the “phone vendor” and the “phone model” options are disabled (gray). It also will not let me enter username etc. Please help.

Just now did BBCurve 8900 with my MAC, and works cool. Thanks guys for posting in detail.

Ok. I just bought a BlackBerry Pearl 8130 with Alltel. I am running Mac OS X 10.5.7. I can't get the correct options to get this to connect. It says that it is "Connecting..." and then it disconnects. Please let me know what I can do.

Thanks,
Steven.

I can't access instructions from PC

ok when im in the Bluetooth System Preference i only see the option to Access the internet with your phone's data connection. When i continue with setup assistant i don't have the option for the GPRS CID string or modem script. I have vendor and model option, along with username, password, and phone number. It's here i'm stuck? I have a blackberry pearl 8100 with T-mobile and a macbook using Mac OS X 10.5.7 any help would be greatly appreciated thanks!

Ok when i get to the Bluetooth Setup Assistant i only have the option to Access the internet with your phone's data connection and when i continue i don't have the option to add the GPRS CID string or modem script. I only have Vendor and model with username, password, and phone number. This is where i'm stuck. I'm using a blackberry pearl 8100 using T-mobile and a macbook with Mac OS X 10.5.7
Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.

so I tried to get rid of the txt suffix by clicking on it and deleting that part but the icon still shows it as a text document. what do I do?

I cannot connect. It says "Could not negotiate a connection with the remote PPP server. Please verify your settings and try again." Does anyone know how to fix this? I have tried every thing I could. Don't know what happened as before I could connect fine! Thanks a lot!
Cel

Will this work with my Blackberry Storm and my MacBook Pro?

I am trying to hook my blackberry 8330 to my Mac and I have Verizon does anyone know the codes to enter for the Verizon net work? Thanks

I am trying to use the BlackBerry 8830 to link with the MacBook Pro. Do the above directions hold true for this link-up as well? I have Verizon (they are no help at all, of course.) Thank you.

Im having the same problem as Chris. I have the BB 8120 and It has problems when I authenticate. I have 10.5.6 so i dont have the GPRS CID option. Im trying to use this with tmobile. I get the PPP error or authenticate error depending on what user name I use or if its in caps or not. Any help is greatly appreciated.

GREAT post -- thanks!!!

I have set this up on my wife's 8110 with macbook, however, across the top of the screen I get "Connecting..." "Connecting...", then "Authenticating..." "Authenticating..." then this "Disconnecting..." I think I've got the GPRS CID wrong. I've tried: *99***1# as suggested, I've tried the *99# (the default) and I've tried "internet" (which is the APN for Optus Australia), however none have succeeded at remaining connected. Someone please advise.

Has anyone with OPTUS succeeded at making this work? What are your settings?

P

Hot! I finally got this working after my Blackberry felt like wiping itself one day.

I'm running Leopard 10.5.8 on a MBP with a Blackberry 8100 from T-Mobile USA. I dropped a fresh copy of the modem scripts into my Library folder and opened up my Blackberry to never prompt me for a connection to my MBP.

When I went through the setup wizard I used *99***1# for the phone number and left the username and password fields blank. In the network options under Advanced I disabled compression and error correction. I went back into Network in SysPref and entered wap.voicestream.com in the telephone number field and guest and guest for username and password. I clicked connect and it worked like a charm!

The only problems I've sometimes run into with this is when the default settings on the Blackberry have been changed. There's one random settings screen somewhere under advanced options that prompts for a username and password, and in my experience changing this ever will make this not work.

why do i get a busy signal to every call i make on my blackberry?

Hello MR Dave,
Not long ago I had been using my Razor phone as modem to connect to internet on my 1 yr old macbook. T-mobile is my provider. Worked great! After upgrading to the BB 8900, I am now having trouble pairing my mac to BB. My phone recognizes my Mac but my Mac does not see my BB. I down loaded the modem script 8100 and removed the .txt and placed it in my modem script library, but still does not work. I'm sure if I can get over the bluetooth issue, I'll be able to hook up online. Thanks for any help you can give! Phil

Thanks for the post, tho i'm still having problems. I'm following this step by step but my bluetooth screenshots on my Macbook are different, I don't know if I have the updated version of bluetooth or old but something is different. Also after bluetooth is ready on the computer end, I grab my phone and go to the bluetooth set up screen and search for devices, it finds my computer and I begin to pair, then it asks for the numeric passkey that should have been displayed on my computer screen BUT ITS NOT. Nothing pops up on the computer screen so I'm unable to enter a passkey. I'm able to do it the opposite way, finding my phone through my computer and enter the passkey that my computer displays but when i'm in the device setup up at the "access the internet with your phone's data connection" screen i click continue with that checked and it then says configuring services, I've been sitting on this configuring thing for about 10 minutes and I feel its not working.

I'm running Mac OSX Ver 10.5.8 with Blackberry Pearl 8130

Can someone help me?

Thanks for your info. I have successfully tethered my Curve 8300 and Mac for a month and now it suddenly won't work. Any suggestions?

Dave Hello! I looking for a mobile that thethering MAC OS 10.5 IBook G4 and that I can use the ISync. Could you help me?
Thanks a lot
<MARINA rvalmarina@hotmail.com

I am in rural area in upstate NY with only dialup available. My husband has blackberry with work that he basically brings home to charge (no bars no calls at home) but tried the other day and internet worked and was fast. I'm wondering if some sort of antenna put outside would pickup signal for wireless internet service? I know wifi is in shops and library downtown (about 9 miles) and theres a cell tower about 3 miles away but not sure which carriers?Dialup is so slow I'm considering buying a laptop to go downtown and work but would prefer something at home. Thank you for any help. Alison

Hi, pls i bought a blsckberry 8800 which was on vodaphone, I am using tmobile in london now, how do i reset the browser to tmobile and to browse free, please give me info

please i live in the United States, my cellphone is samsung R560, its not a smart phone but its bluetooth enabled, i have internet access in it. how do i bring this internet into my laptop? my service provider is Cricket.please help me, i have tried so many means without result, until i saw this site of yours.

thanks
very respectfully
Godspower.

I am on o2 in the UK. I wanted to check if I set this up, will I be charged extra other than my blackberry service for setting this up?