HTC s710 and vodacom 3G signal--use phone as a 3G modem to connect to laptop

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Smiley_lauf

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Hi, was not sure where to post this, but here seems the most appropriate.
I have a s710 phone on Cell-C contract. I was wondering if is possible to use this phone with a vodacom sim card to receive a 3G signal and connect to my laptop using USB. What steps do I have to take to make this work?
 
thanks just checked the specs;\
anyway, let say I have a 3G enabled phone, could I purchase a sim and add prepaid data bundle and hook to latop using USB or even bluetooth??? Any place where I could read more about this method. BTW: I just bought a 3G modem from vodacom and prepaid data bundle; works fine, but obviously I can't use the modem to dial (as cellphone)...would be good to have a phone-come-modem-come-phone combo
Hope that makes sense??
 
Makes sense. You will need the appropriate (USB) cable or infrared connection, cable drivers and modem drivers for your phone. Get a fresh sim and ask your local Vodashop to enable it for data and send the settings to your phone. Load a prepaid data bundle on the phone, add the phone as a modem in Windows, get the modem initialization string and dial up number and off you go. Edge is a bit slow but I'm using an elderly Nokia 5410 that does GRPS/EDGE and it works fine. You'll have to ask the clever guys how to do it in Ubuntu
 
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Smiley_lauf said:
thanks just checked the specs;\
anyway, let say I have a 3G enabled phone, could I purchase a sim and add prepaid data bundle and hook to latop using USB or even bluetooth??? Any place where I could read more about this method. BTW: I just bought a 3G modem from vodacom and prepaid data bundle; works fine, but obviously I can't use the modem to dial (as cellphone)...would be good to have a phone-come-modem-come-phone combo
Hope that makes sense??
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Your phone should be unlocked so you can put any sim in it. You should be able to use your phone as a modem using the supplied USB cable. Generally you would have to install some software that came with the phone first and then you can create a dial-up profile in windows using the phone as the modem. Usually the number to dial is *99# and you can leave the username/password blank. A search of the forum should dish up more detailed steps.

Personally however I would just use the phone to make phone calls and the USB modem to surf. All that SIM swapping gets tiring after a while :)
 
The S710 uses Internet Sharing, so all you need is an Active SIM, the USB drivers installed(Or have it paired via Bluetooth), and you're set to go.
 
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