Krazy_About_Technology
Padawan
Hey Guys,
Its been about 2 weeks since i bought my HTC P3400i and i have played a lot with it. Seriously, Windows Mobile 6 rocks for me. I find using the e-mail app on this phone really roocking and as far as reading e-mails is concerned, its just perfect. It can even access Yahoo Mail! free acounts over imap4, and with SPB Full Screen Keyboard, typing is also great, so all in all a perfect communication tool for me.
But checking E-Mail and Surfing internet on my mobile, while being a great leisure for me, incurs heavy data costs using my IDEA card. They charge 2p/kb by default, although there are other plans. So i was searching for a solution using which i can somehow use my PC's broadband connection on my mobile sharing it using bluetooth (preferably) or data cable. WIFI is also a good option, but since i dont have it, cant tell anything about it.
But today, for my surprise i found something using which you can do it. And for doing it, you need......
Nothing
Seriously!
Step 1: Just delete any operator's data connection settings from your phone and set it to use "My Work Connection" for all purposes. this connection setting comes by default on phone and has no connection configured whatsoever. You can do it by going to Start>Settings>Connections>Connections.
Here click on Advance tab, click on Select Networks button and select My Work Connections in both dropdownlists here. If you like to, you can also delete the operator specific settings from here by clicking the either Edit button. I dont know if its needed or not, but after completing these and the following steps, your phone still connects to your operators data network when you try to access a web resource, then you may have to do it.
Step 2 : Connect ActiveSync, using Data Cable or Bluetooth. If using data cable, go to Start>Settings>Connections>PC to USB and make sure that the "Enable advance network functionality" checkbox is enabled.
For bluetooth, nothing special is required. Click Menu>Connect via Bluetooth option in ActiveSync window. If you have already setup your device, it will start the connection without any furthur prompts, if not, phone will search for your computer and then will show you list of services available on it. Select ActiveSync and press finish.
One more thing, to do all this, you must have the "Windows Mobile Device Center" in case of Windows Vista or "ActiveSync" in case of Windows XP, installed on your computer. Otherwise the ActiveSync option will not be available in bluetooth. These software come on CDs/DVDs of all Windows Mobiles.
Well, thats it! Open your browser (Pocket IE, Netfront, Opera Mobile whatever) and start surfing at broadband speeds. Since most newer mobile devices are bluetooth 2.0 complaint, browsing speeds will be good. But since EDR (Enhance Data Rate) is not available on some device like my P3400i, you cant get anything like 1 MBPS on these devices. On EDR enabled devices, upto 2 MBPS is available. But since i have a 256 KBPS connection, so no worries
I am sorry but i dont had any spare camera to get screenshots and my tubelight is not working today so i am having very dim lighting conditions in my room and use of laptop's camera is not possible. But i dont thing there is anything in this tut that is very complex, its just regular activesync configuration.
Enjoy Guys!
UPDATE: If you dont get internet connection on your mobile after following the steps give above, please also try this:
1. Goto Start>Settings>Network Cards.
Here, please make sure that Remote-NDIS Host is selected as your adapter. Also in the dropdown list above it, make sure "Work" connection is selected.
Its been about 2 weeks since i bought my HTC P3400i and i have played a lot with it. Seriously, Windows Mobile 6 rocks for me. I find using the e-mail app on this phone really roocking and as far as reading e-mails is concerned, its just perfect. It can even access Yahoo Mail! free acounts over imap4, and with SPB Full Screen Keyboard, typing is also great, so all in all a perfect communication tool for me.
But checking E-Mail and Surfing internet on my mobile, while being a great leisure for me, incurs heavy data costs using my IDEA card. They charge 2p/kb by default, although there are other plans. So i was searching for a solution using which i can somehow use my PC's broadband connection on my mobile sharing it using bluetooth (preferably) or data cable. WIFI is also a good option, but since i dont have it, cant tell anything about it.
But today, for my surprise i found something using which you can do it. And for doing it, you need......
Nothing
Seriously!
Step 1: Just delete any operator's data connection settings from your phone and set it to use "My Work Connection" for all purposes. this connection setting comes by default on phone and has no connection configured whatsoever. You can do it by going to Start>Settings>Connections>Connections.
Here click on Advance tab, click on Select Networks button and select My Work Connections in both dropdownlists here. If you like to, you can also delete the operator specific settings from here by clicking the either Edit button. I dont know if its needed or not, but after completing these and the following steps, your phone still connects to your operators data network when you try to access a web resource, then you may have to do it.
Step 2 : Connect ActiveSync, using Data Cable or Bluetooth. If using data cable, go to Start>Settings>Connections>PC to USB and make sure that the "Enable advance network functionality" checkbox is enabled.
For bluetooth, nothing special is required. Click Menu>Connect via Bluetooth option in ActiveSync window. If you have already setup your device, it will start the connection without any furthur prompts, if not, phone will search for your computer and then will show you list of services available on it. Select ActiveSync and press finish.
One more thing, to do all this, you must have the "Windows Mobile Device Center" in case of Windows Vista or "ActiveSync" in case of Windows XP, installed on your computer. Otherwise the ActiveSync option will not be available in bluetooth. These software come on CDs/DVDs of all Windows Mobiles.
Well, thats it! Open your browser (Pocket IE, Netfront, Opera Mobile whatever) and start surfing at broadband speeds. Since most newer mobile devices are bluetooth 2.0 complaint, browsing speeds will be good. But since EDR (Enhance Data Rate) is not available on some device like my P3400i, you cant get anything like 1 MBPS on these devices. On EDR enabled devices, upto 2 MBPS is available. But since i have a 256 KBPS connection, so no worries
I am sorry but i dont had any spare camera to get screenshots and my tubelight is not working today so i am having very dim lighting conditions in my room and use of laptop's camera is not possible. But i dont thing there is anything in this tut that is very complex, its just regular activesync configuration.
Enjoy Guys!
UPDATE: If you dont get internet connection on your mobile after following the steps give above, please also try this:
1. Goto Start>Settings>Network Cards.
Here, please make sure that Remote-NDIS Host is selected as your adapter. Also in the dropdown list above it, make sure "Work" connection is selected.
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