[X4U] Razr 2 Mobile Broadband USB?

[Michael Elliott]

iPhones can be jailbroken and then tethered and used as modems over  
the EDGE network. My friend does it, but clearly it isn't sanctioned/ 
supported.

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On Feb 2, 2008, at 3:04 PM, Joe Sporleder <joe at wacondatrader.com> wrote:

> In my part of Kansas, our most reliable mobile provider is Alltel,  
> and I have their mobile broadband service for $25 per month  
> unlimited, where I use my Razr as a modem to access the Internet. I  
> work for a small publishing company where I split my time as general  
> manager of one of our publications and providing IT services for the  
> company as a whole. I get 600K average download speeds and it has  
> been handy to VPN into the home office while traveling and using  
> Remote Desktop to work on the Mac OS X Server and also client  
> machines. My original Motorola Razr worked great as a mobile  
> broadband modem, and I could connect to my MacBook Pro (10.4.11) via  
> bluetooth or USB. I had to tell Internet Connect that my "modem" is  
> a Sprint PCS Vision. The advantage of USB is that I could charge the  
> phone and access the Internet at the same time (using it as a  
> bluetooth modem drained the battery quick without external power).
>
> Unfortunately, my old Razr bit the dust, so I upgraded to the Razr  
> 2. The Mac will not recognize the Razr 2 via USB. It will recognize  
> it via bluetooth tho. Alltel's Mac support is non-existent, I had to  
> hack together a solution from various websites with the help of  
> Google. Anyone know of a way to get MacOS X 10.4.11 to recognize a  
> Razr 2 via USB? The old Razr showed up as a port in the Network  
> system preferences. However, no such luck with the Razr 2. I tried a  
> couple of workarounds from links I've found on Apple.com discussion  
> boards. However, I have been unable to get them to work with my  
> configuration.
>
> I would someday love an iPhone, unfortunately AT&T does not provide  
> cell service in my area. Anyone with an iPhone, does AT&T offer a  
> service for tethering the iPhone to your Mac as a broadband modem?  
> My 2 options would be to wait for AT&T to bring mobile service to my  
> area (they recently bought out CellularOne in my area, so there is  
> hope), or wait for AT&T and Apple's marriage to dissolve in about 5  
> years so that Apple could make a CDMA/EVD0 version of the iPhone if  
> they choose to.
>
> Joe
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