Motorola V3 Razr setup for modem usage

Feb 24, '06 05:43:00AM

Contributed by: fontmenu.com

After spending countless unproductive hours looking for a solution elsewhere to get my V3 Razr working as a modem, I found a brilliantly outlined hint from nohl. With very few modifications, I was able to connect. I believe in sharing, and many people around there are acquiring the V3, so they must be as desperate as I was.

This was successfully completed using OSX 10.4.2. Although the original post was about mini-USB cable usage, I have also used the Bluetooth connection, and will describe it as well. If you do not feel like messing with Bluetooth as well, use the mini-USB cable and skip steps two through eight. But I travel enough to have grown a deep hatred of cables, and it is so cool to have a wireless connection between two nicely designed objects.

Here's what you need to do:

  1. Visit Taniwha.org and scroll to 'Scripts for Motorola GPRS phones.' Download the file 28KB direct download) and put "Motorola GPRS CID1" in your scripts folder: /Library/Modem Scripts.

  2. Make sure BlueTooth is operationnal on your mac ; if necessary, activate it through the Control Panel.

  3. On the Motorola V3, select Settings -> Connection -> Bluetooth Link ->

  4. Select "Find Me." The phone responds "Discoverable 60 seconds."

  5. On the Mac, click the Bluetooth in the menu bar, and select "Setup Bluetooth Device." Click Continue and check "Mobile phone." Click Continue.

  6. If you have done well, it will show "Motorola phone." Click Continue.

  7. The Mac will show a number on the screen. On the Motorola, reply Yes at "Bond with G4" and copy the number on the Mac then click OK. At this point, both machines will exchange information and "bond." In other words, each time they are in range, it is as if they had been plugged in with the mini-USB cable.

  8. The Setup Assistant will now let you install the phone. On the PPP tab, set the following:
  9. Now go back to PPP Tab and click on Connect. The Internet Connect window will open; hit Connect.
It works fine here, on our small and sunny island of Malta, in the middle of Mediterranean.

Oh, by the way, I also found a lot of informations on the local Vodafone web site, including the IP I have entered as alternate number. I had bought the phone elsewhere, and all setup was described point by point, including the number to call to have my prepaid card data functions activated.

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