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[ NOTE: SKIP TO POST #7, I GOT IT TO WORK THANKS TO ANDYF ]

I have paired my nokia 770 to a Treo 650, and an LG 8300 without problems.

I just got a Treo 700WX (windows mobile 5). I installed the latest verizon update (1.22).
The nokia will find and pair with the 700wx. After it pairs, the phone details say: Dialup Networking: YES, but it says

Cellular Type: (none)

Instead of Cellular Type: CDMA

And running the mobile wizard, etc. will not get my verizon to show up in the connections list. Any idea what would cause the Cellular type to say none, and more importantly... any way to fix it? Can I get in and edit a file or setting to say CDMA?

Last edited by Imfallible; 2007-07-28 at 18:15.
 
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Have you paired your 700WX with a computer to verify DUN is working?
To connect my 700P using DUN I just paired the device, created a new connection using Packet Data and it worked flawlessly.

E:
Verizon might be gimping the phone to force you to subscribe to a 2nd EVDO connection for like $60. If this is the case checkout http://www.junefabrics.com/palmnet/. It -should- create a DUN profile... But make sure to fully research before you buy. I'm not Verizon and I'm not on the WX, but from what I've gathered from Treo forums it would probably work

The reason I picked the 700P over the 700WX was because it plainly said Bluetooth DUN was fully supported, but that information was left out on the WX. This was a couple months ago when I bought it, though.

Last edited by Het; 2007-07-27 at 17:36.
 
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Yes, I was able to pair with my laptop and it seemed to work fine.

According to Verizon's website, it should work with the 700WX:

http://support.vzw.com/how_to_use/bt_dun_landing.html

I have two nokia 770s, they both do the same thing. I now have one properly paired with an LG VX8300... and one with the incomplete pairing to the Treo 700WX. I am going to have to learn how grep on the 770 so I can try to find the configuration file that holds the connection info in the hopes that I can force the CDMA value into the phone setting.
 
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HELL, the forums ate my post so I have to retype it.

When you paired your 700wx with your computer were you able to connect via DUN to the internet? Following the link you provided it says you need " BroadbandAccess subscription". Further polkin around leads to this page which states it starts at only $59.99.

Anywho, I've also tried manually changing configuration information but didn't have any luck, maybe you can do better. Configuration information is stored in gConf's path, which is /var/lib/gconf/system/osso/connectivity/IAP/<CONNECTION NAME>/%gconf.xml. The problem arises when you reboot the device, it doesn't seem to read the file, but uses some other store of information. Editing the file just seems to create inconsistent states
The XML file flags and values can be found at this page, Appendix 1
If you don't have an autogenerated gconf file I could post mine as a reference. Good luck

EDIT: AH! Success! To get Connection manager to read the gconf.xml file you have to rename it from "%gconf.xml" to "gconf.xml"... that makes me wonder where the connection information is stored when that XML file isn't there

Last edited by Het; 2007-07-28 at 01:23.
 
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I do have the unlimited data plan on the treo. On my wife's 8300 I was able to connect to the 1x service (not EVDO) by just having Mobile Web ($5 a month) but then it uses your phone's minutes.

Your post pointed me in a promising direction. The folder

/var/lib/gconf/system/osso/connectivity/IAP/ (I NEVER would have found that on my own, thanks!)

Looks like it has the connection entries. I think

/var/lib/gconf/system/osso/connectivity/BT/

has the phone connect info. In the one with the treo, the file is very small, in the nokia with the working LG 8300 phone the file is much larger, so I am going to try to cobble a config file together for the BT phone.

Last edited by Imfallible; 2007-07-28 at 03:00.
 
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I ended up looking in

/var/lib/gconf/system/bluetooth/devices

There is a folder there named the same as the mac address of my phone. I edited the %gconf file there. I changed

<entry name="dun_cdma" mtime="1185572478" type="bool" value="true">
</entry>

(it was value="false")

I also made the list of services look like my 8300 connection, which meant changing

<li type="string">
<stringvalue>0x100C</stringvalue>
</li>
to be
<li type="string">
<stringvalue>DUN</stringvalue>
</li>

Then I rebooted and the details of the phone showed cellular type: CDMA, and it appears to talk to the phone when I try to connect to the verzion wireless connection entry. My phone wakes up pretty quickly, butI don't see any indication that it is trying to dial. Then the tablet says "Internet connection failed." So, I feel like I'm closer... but still no luck.
 
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OK, SCRATCH ALL THE ABOVE... I GOT IT WORKING.

The steps above did get it to seem to connect to the treo, but I could not get past connection errors.

I started over and followed the steps in message #5 in this thread:

http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ighlight=700wx

Note, I ignored step 2 (loading a new bluetooth stack) as the update 1.22 for verizon seems to work fine.

The key here is steps 4 and 5 (choosing T-Mobile Internet instead of Verizon as the provider).

4. Tools > Connection Manager. Click on the words 'Connection Manager' at the top for the menu (may seem obvious, but I didn't know where the menu was). Tools > Mobile operator setup wizard. Next. select your country. Here's the weird part - For Mobile Operator - no matter who your provider is select 'T-Mobile'. If you select sprint or verizon, the connection doesn't show up on most connection screens. Finish.
5. Control Panel > Connectivity > Connections. Select T-Mobile Internet and click edit. You can change the name if you so choose, leave Connection type on Packet Data. Next. Access-point name = nothing (actually nothing, not the word 'nothing'), dial-up number= #777 (this is for Verizon, I assume sprint is different). Username and password are both blank. Next > Finish.


But I had to put in my username and password to make it work.
Username: (your phone number)@vzw3g.com
Password: vzw


[Followup: I got it to connect to the high speed (EVDO) network the first time and browsed several websites. But since then every time I try to connect I receive "Remote server error" and it won't connect. I tried rebooting both devices but can't get it to connect again.]

Last edited by Imfallible; 2007-07-28 at 19:32.
 
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It appears that I can get on the 1XRTT (slower) network fine, but if I try to connect to the EVDO network I get Remote server error.

I did find a handy tip, you can force your treo to only use 1X or only use EVDO. From the today screen, dial

# * # E V D O (send) which is # * # 3 8 3 6

Dialing that will bring up a menu which lets you select 1x only, EVDO only or Automatic. I put that in my contact list so I can quickly switch between them.
 
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#9
You know what, after looking everywhere for a solution that works for connecting my 770 to my sprint ppc-6700, this is the only one I have found to work. I think this solution needs to be a sticky. So simple yet so hard to find. thanks.
 
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#10
Except on my phone, the username and password were not required. Also, I don't have EVDO in my area (sad....) so I was unable to test it out.
 
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