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Sunday, June 11, 2006
If you have a MacBook Pro (or even a MacBook), then you know you have no chance using those EV-DO PC Cards for Verizon (or Sprints) EV-DO networks. Even though there are Mac drivers for some of the cards, those cards don’t fit into the ultra-small ExpressCard slot on the MBP. (Here’s a post on what does fit in there.) So if you’re hooked into Verizon and you’ve got that network all behind ya and all, what does a cutting edge Mac head do to get some of that Broadband Access? If you have a UTStarcom XV6700, you use Bluetooth, baby! ‘But Verizon killed the DUN profile,’ you say. Doh! Okay, we got that worked out, too.
Most people aren’t aware in order to have something on a device that uses the radio signal named after a Viking king, the manufacturer must fully support the protocol to its fullest. Thus, all Verizon phones that have Bluetooth in them started its life as a fully Bluetooth compliant device. It’s only after Verizon gets its greedy hands on the device is when it loses its DUN profile.
Knowing that much, it only takes a quick Google search and one will find the answer on how to bring that DUN profile back to your phone. In this case, the XV6700. Like the Motorola E815, you simply dial in a number and “send” it. Unlike the Moto, you need to verify your request with a passcode. After that, you’ll have full access to enabling DUN on the XV6700.
In fear the link to the magic of DUN will disappear, SvenOnTech will happily reprint the directions for you below.
- Go to the PHONE application (hit the green phone button on the XV6700)
- Enter ##3328873 (or ##feature) and press “TALK” (or Send)
- Enter six zeros for the code (000000)
- Now select BT DUN and Wmodem
- Click EDIT
- Select ENABLE from the drop down menu
- Tap the OK button (top right corner)
- Tap the OK button (again)
- OK the prompt to soft reset your device
Your XV6700 is now enabled to use its Bluetooth DUN profile. Now you just need to find the modem application and make a shortcut for easy activation.
- Using Explorer (be sure to enable “Show hidden files”), go to the Windows folder
- Find the file WMmodem. You’ll see an EXE and a LNK version. Make a shortcut of the EXE version (Resco Explorer 2005 does this and sends it to your Start Menu.)
- Move the shortcut to your \Windows\Start Menu folder
Now you’ll see the WMmodem application in your start menu (Programs). Tap on this and it’ll bring up a screen with mostly text, a drop down menu, and three traffic boxes. In the drop down, select Bluetooth. Then click the START button. Your XV6700 is now a full out Bluetooth modem waiting to be connected to.
On the Mac side, you’ll first need to pair your XV6700 and Mac to each other. You should be able to do this easily, but if you need some help, check out Apple’s site for direct documentation on how to do this. When pairing, select “Other” device from the list, not “Phone”.
Once paired, the last screen will ask if you wish to use the device as a modem and headset. Uncheck headset (unless you wish to use your phone to communicate with others on applications such as Skype.) Now follow these instructions for setting up the modem:
- Username: (Your full phone number) 408-555-1235@vzw3.com
- Password: vzw
- Phone Number: #777
- Mode Script: au cdmaOne Bluetooth Adapter
- Leave all check boxes checked
- Click CONTINUE
- Click QUIT
You’re now all set on the Mac side. You’ll now see a phone with a dot slash icon on your menu bar. Select it and choose “Connect”. Remember to have your XV6700 on, Bluetooth enabled, and the WMmodem application running Bluetooth mode with the START button activated. If all this is the case, you’ll be connected in seconds and your modem icon will display a counter next to it once connected. Enjoy the EV-DO!
Now a couple of notes. Not all areas have EV-DO yet. Verizon claims by the end of the year, nearly its entire network will have it. But until that time, you may only get 1xRTT speeds. While not true broadband (in the DSL sense), it’s still better than dial-up (which can’t be done out-of-the-box with the MBP anyway.) Further, you must have a data plan in order to connect to the Internet. You’ll want to have the unlimited plan as you’ll probably hit the 20 MB plan top end within minutes of surfing on your Mac. You can get it as low as $59 if you call and whine and as cheap as $30 if you have a business account (a little known fact that even most Verizon employees don’t know about.) Rumor has it the price will come down to $20 soon someday.
So, if you’re in an area that has no Wi-Fi and you have a Verizon XV6700, you have an alternate Internet connection. There probably is a hack for the Palm Treo 700w, too, but since we don’t have one of those here at SvenOnTech, we haven’t looked for it. Again, the Motorola E815 also has a hack you easily can find as well.
June 11th, 2006 at 19:44
Excellent post. Since you have this running between a macbook pro and a windows mobile device, is it possible to link this up to the Motorola Q or other Windows mobile devices?
June 12th, 2006 at 7:58
As stated in the post, if the device states it contains Bluetooth, then yes, it will support DUN. In every case, except the Motorola V710, Verizon disables this feature. It’s Verizon, not the manufacturer, that disables this. Since the Q is a Moto product, it would not surprise me to find the same access code that works on the E815 (I think it’s #DIALUP# SEND is it) would work on the Q. I’ve spoken to a Treo 700w user that had a Palm contact that confirmed that the 700w did in fact have DUN support, internally. So there is most likely an unlock code for that, too.
June 20th, 2006 at 20:40
thanks for this. it worked for me. however, the connection keeps disconnecting after a few minutes. wonder why?
June 28th, 2006 at 15:48
Same thing happens to me: the longest connection I’ve had was 12 minutes…any ideas why it keeps disconnecting?
June 28th, 2006 at 15:52
Interesting. I wonder if the XV6700 is timing out or sleeping. Are both of you connected to the USB cable for power or the dock? I haven’t tried this for long periods of time, but will next week. We’ll see what happens then.
June 28th, 2006 at 18:20
i’m not connected to the USB cable or the dock for power. just good old bluetooth and battery power.
June 28th, 2006 at 19:24
That’s probably the problem, then. The XV6700 already is horrible with power consumption and adding BT to the equation drains even more. Try tapping the external power while doing this and see if that helps.
July 3rd, 2006 at 14:54
Will someone please email me at albertday@mac.com I cannot get it to work at all. I have a xv6700 and wont do anything
July 6th, 2006 at 11:07
I’ve been testing out this method for five days now and have only had the 19 minute disconnect once. I reset my XV6700 and logged right back in and kept the connection live for over an hour. My longest connection has been nearly two hours.
AJ, are you following the directions specifically? Do you see the WModem application on your XV6700 come up at all?
July 7th, 2006 at 15:06
Wow worked like a charm. Wonder where to find out more “hidden features” like enabling the DUN on a XV6700..
What a useful article, thanks for posting!
July 7th, 2006 at 17:05
Has anyone got this to work with the updated ROM and without loadting the Verizon customizations (hard/soft reset hack)? I can’t get the ## code to be recognized (I assume it is because I didn’t load the customizations). Whenever I try to pair the phone to my powerbook it only tells me that I can use it as a headset (yes, I chose “other” device).
July 8th, 2006 at 8:34
We have been told by two sources that this hack does still work with the updated ROM. We haven’t had a chance to do the upgrade ourselves, yet, but we’ll get to it in the next week and let you know.
July 11th, 2006 at 17:51
Regarding the updated ROM. I have the setup working fine on my MacBook Pro without the updated ROM. Do I really benefit by installing the update and where does one find the customizations?
July 12th, 2006 at 21:56
If you don’t find any of the update features worth your time (as we haven’t at this point,) then don’t upgrade.
July 14th, 2006 at 12:05
Make sure you guys are setting Active Sync to MANUAL when you are using the phone as a modem. You can never keep Active sync turned off, so removing the timer settings is theonly way to keep it from diconnecting your modem connection every 15 minutes, or whatever timer you have set.
July 21st, 2006 at 16:32
Works great and I just installed the latest update from Verizon’s website.
One thing is that my BT is really slow. Like 150Kb/s slow. It is the same speed while using the Internet or transfering files.
I thought BT 1.0 was supposed to be able to reach 400Kb/s?
Thanks.
Ben
August 14th, 2006 at 12:53
DUN Hack still works with new firmware.
August 14th, 2006 at 17:02
The instructions were great but I have a wek signal where I want to use this. I was going to get a booster antenna, but the supplier states that if I’m using Bluetooth my max download speed is going to be around 150kbs… not the 300-700 EVDO is capable of. OK.. I can accept that IF I can use my XV6700 via USB… anyone heard of any of this??
August 14th, 2006 at 19:29
Greg,
150kbs seems to be the limit for Bluetooth and there doesn’t seem to be a driver to connect via USB.