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On 2004-06-15 09:40:20, red5hark wrote:
... Pity i was looking forward to surfing for free...


What do you mean "surfing for free"?
How could this be done?
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Posted: 2004-06-25 00:40:00
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So has anyone tried using the P900 as a modem?. I am planning to get a dual SIM card holder and use the sync station to make the P900 act like a modem and surf the net.
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Posted: 2004-07-23 07:46:14
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I have tried, many many times - but same result - does not work.

My retailer said they've checked it with SE and that it does not work.
If this is true or not I don't know.

However - after conencting a Bluetooth dongle to my PC - I'm happy to use the phone as a modem. Works every time... Also the syncing is done via Bluetooth... The only time I need the sycstation is to upgrade firmware ....

@Eagle

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On 2004-07-23 07:46:14, sbjg wrote:
So has anyone tried using the P900 as a modem?. I am planning to get a dual SIM card holder and use the sync station to make the P900 act like a modem and surf the net.

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Posted: 2004-07-23 09:02:07
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So are you saying that the sync station does not work with XP or with any Windows OS?
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Posted: 2004-07-23 10:26:33
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@sbjg: Kenguru has posted this "It works on my 5 years old win 98 notebook with no problems, but when I try it on my two win xp machines (one desktop with win xp home, the other Dell Inspiron 5150 with win xp pro) it does not work at all."

I dont have anything but winxp, n aint in any mood to try on other OS after all those configurations i tried on XP. so guess you could try it on the other versions of windows u might be having, and tell us...!
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Posted: 2004-07-25 00:32:09
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Works for ME (Millenium Edition)
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Posted: 2004-07-26 01:10:00
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If it works on ME, 98, should work on Win2k also. Will try and let you know. I dont want to spend money on the BT dongle now. I have already spent a fortune on the phone.
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Posted: 2004-07-27 09:07:01
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Hmmm... so tiz working in Win9x... is there any1 who got it working on Win2k or XP???
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Posted: 2004-07-28 00:51:45
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Ok, this is what I did yesterday on Win XP

1. Had already installed PC Suite and everything that came with it.

2. Ran the SE Dial Up Connection Wizard. It asked me to first *disable*
the USB port (Which is COM3 on my PC) in the Phone connection
manager (whose icon comes up in the task bar on the right bottom
of the screen). I did that.

Then it also asked me to *enable* COM3 by going into
SETTINGS>CONTROL PANEL> PHONE CONNECTION MANAGER.
There I had only two listed COM1 and COM3. I *enabled* COM3
and *disabled* COM1.

3. Then opened my SEP900, went to the options under
CONTROL PANEL> CONNECTIONS> CABLE and switched over
to 'MODEM'.

4. I placed the phone on the SE DSS Sync Station. Since I had
asked the phone connection manager to NOT look for COM3, the
connection link did not try to connect to the P900. It stayed at
'disconnected' status.

5. Till now the SE Dial Up Connection Wizard was at the initial screen
waiting for me to press the OK button. I did so. It started searching
for connected phones. I found my P900 and popped up a bigger
screen. In that I think it asked me to install a MODEM. XP was
not able to locate for itself, so i tried selecting from the list. There
were three types in the SE list for modems. I chose the last one -
SEP900 Serial Modem. The other two were for Blue tooth and IR.
It installed the modem without asking for amy CD or such stuff.
Then it asked me to configure the Dial Up Connection. I did not
do much here, kept of pressing next. At the end, it asked me if I
wanted it to place an icon to the dial up connection on the desktop.
I said yes.

6. After the Wizard had finished, I double clicked on
the "MyP900Connection Dial Up Connection' shortcut the wizard
had placed on the desktop. It opened up the dialer. I asked it to Dial
the connection. It started dialing.

7. Unfortunaltely, my Hutch card for GPRS is not yet activated. It will
be done today!. But, however, when the phone started Dialing some
junk number, my SEP900 lit up and said 'Dialing that number', and it
was a 'DATA call'. I was also query the modem to get its
configuration from Windows>Device Manager>Modem. I suppose
that if XP can make the Phone dial a number, it means that it is
working as a modem, isn't it?


I will get the SIM enabled today and will let you know if it really works!. I think it should. Also note, that all the way, the only thing that I had to install was the PC suite for the P900. And I am not using bluetooth or IR.

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Posted: 2004-07-28 06:01:14
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Boy O Boy!!! Lemme try that!
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Posted: 2004-07-29 01:26:53
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