Is there Bluetooth for Modem Link on the Cingular 2125 ?

[Guest Brcobrem]

Hi,

I eBay'd an inexpensive Bluetooth USB dongle as a workaround to the bluescreening that occurs when I tether the 2125 via USB cable to a Dell 1501 Inspiron laptop. Fool that I am, now I do not see Bluetooth as an option in the phone's "Modem Link" program. I see only USB and IRComm .

Am I missing something easy here, or is there another way to connect the 2125 to the laptop via Bluetooth for the purpose of using the phone's Edge internet connection ?

I look forward to any comments, criticisms or verbal assults that you see fit to provide me with on this one.

Regards,

Brcobrem

Edited June 19, 2007 by Brcobrem

[Guest Davka]

I'm using the cheapest USB Bluetooth dongle with Blue Soleil software + SPV C600 and it works as Bluetooth modem without running Modem Link program.

I'm initiating connection from Blue Soleil.

[Guest Snooginsguy]

Hi,

I eBay'd an inexpensive Bluetooth USB dongle as a workaround to the bluescreening that occurs when I tether the 2125 via USB cable to a Dell 1501 Inspiron laptop. Fool that I am, now I do not see Bluetooth as an option in the phone's "Modem Link" program. I see only USB and IRComm .

Am I missing something easy here, or is there another way to connect the 2125 to the laptop via Bluetooth for the purpose of using the phone's Edge internet connection ?

I look forward to any comments, criticisms or verbal assults that you see fit to provide me with on this one.

Regards,

Brcobrem

Hey Brcobrem,

Don't use the "Modem Link" on the phone. When you pair the phone with the computer initially, the computer should recognize it as a modem, and the phone will only have a serial port available on it's end. Once paired, you should go to the Control Panel > Network connections (on the computer), and you will see your phone listed under the Dial-Up options. Double-Click on it and in the Connect panel, type *99# for the phone number to dial, but don't put a username or password. Click connect, and it should connect. It has failed on one or 2 occasions and I have to try to connect again, but it is usually pretty flawless.

[Guest Brcobrem]

Hi Davka,

Sounds like we bought the same bluetooth device (under $10 and that included shipping). I did a fresh XP Pro installion (my own XP Pro SP2) yesterday on this new Dell Inspiron 1501 (AMD Turion 64, 1.6Mhx, 2GB) and it still blue screens on either modem link or, as you have suggested, just as a bluetooth modem. All appropriate USB updates were applied too. I'm taking the laptop back to my system builder on MOnday. We will try my drvie in another Dell 1501 just to make sure, but I think there's something wierd with the chipset. I'll know that for sure when we try it on an Intel based board.

Thank you again for your input regarding the bluetooth setup. I was wondering if somehow the BlueSoleil software was the problem, but I can get it to discover the 2125, but the Bluesolie Dial-up will not connect to the phone, shortly after that, I get BSOD again.

In BlueSoleil, did you pair the phone to the bluetooth dongle?

In BlueSoleil, did you associate the phone with the DUN com port?

Thank you for your interest in this.

Regards,

Brcobrem

Edited June 23, 2007 by Brcobrem

[Guest Davka]

First of all. Download the newest version of BlueSoleil. Im using the newset standard version - http://www.bluesoleil.com/download/index.a...uesoleil_edr_en

There is newer VoIP version but I didn't try it yet.

Yes, I've made a profile of dongle in my phone and vice versa (with COM port, but I don't know is it necessary).

[Guest Brcobrem]

Hi Snooinsguy,

I hear you about not using Modem Link. If I understand correctly, you are not installing any 3rd party bluetooth software on the laptop/pc. If so, how do you get Xp to see the USB dongle?

Btw, I'm going to test the XP Pro's (SP2) native "Windows mobile-based internet sharing device" driver via the USB cable on a fresh XP image. Let you all know how that works out.

Regards,

Brcobrem

[Guest Snooginsguy]

Hi Snooinsguy,

I hear you about not using Modem Link. If I understand correctly, you are not installing any 3rd party bluetooth software on the laptop/pc. If so, how do you get Xp to see the USB dongle?

Btw, I'm going to test the XP Pro's (SP2) native "Windows mobile-based internet sharing device" driver via the USB cable on a fresh XP image. Let you all know how that works out.

Regards,

Brcobrem

Ah, my laptop has built-in bluetooth. However, I did have a dongle for my old laptop, and as I recall it came with a driver disk for the dongle. Once the driver was installed, pairing the phone with the computer over bluetooth made the computer recognize the phone as a dial-up modem, that's all I had to do. No Soleil or any other 3rd party program was required.

Also, have you looked into the possibility that antivirus software is affecting the computer using the USB modem option? That was a solution on another thread here. The person changed antivirus and the modem link would work, otherwise they got the blue screen.

[Guest Brcobrem]

Hi Snooginsguy,

I'll spare you all the tedium that it took to uncover the solution, but it turns out it was some kind of issue with the factory supplied RAM (ie. two 1GB sticks). Swapped in two pieces of a different manufacurer's RAM and the "Bugcode_USB_Driver Stop: 0x000000FE (0x00000005" bluescreen problem (when tethered USB) simply went completely away. Ditto with another blue screen that I was getting when playing around with the Bluetooth dongle.

Regards,

Brcobrem