Hack Your BlackBerry = Wireless Modem

Originally Posted @

MyDigiMedia – We

have not tested this

method for tethering.

USE AT OWN RISK!

Got a BlackBerry or

BlackBerry Pearl? Use

it to connect to the

Internet from anywhere you get a

wireless signal – even overseas. This

should enable reporters on the road to

blog or file copy to editors while

they’re on location. And it’s the

primary way that I’m online when

traveling.

1. Download the script here. Right

click (control click on a Mc) and

Choose ‘Save As’.

2. Copy the script into /Library/

Modem Scripts.

3. If you’ve already paired your

Pearl with your Mac, open

Bluetooth Preferences. Select

your Pearl from the list of devices

and press ‘Configure…’. (If

you haven’t, choose ‘Set up

Bluetooth Device’ – the

following dialogs will be shown

after you’ve paired your phone

with your Mac.)

4. Make sure ‘Access the Internet

with your phone’s data

connection’ is checked. Also,

make sure ‘Use a direct, higher

speed connection’ is selected.

Click Continue.

5. In the Modem Script pulldown on

the following screen, Select

‘BlackBerry 8100’. Use the

following settings for the other

fields, then click Continue:

* Username, Password: leave

blank

* GPRS CID: *99***1#

6. Open the Internet Connect

application. Select the Bluetooth

icon at the top. Under Phone

Number, put your APN (for T-

Mobile and the BlackBerry

Unlimited plan, I use

wap.voicestream.com, for

Cingular it’s “wap.cingular”).

Type a username and password (I

use guest/guest, for Cingular

you’ll use “WAP@

CINGULARGPRS.COM” as the

username and “CINGULAR1” as

the password) in the appropriate

fields.

Special thanks to Ross Barkman, Tim

Hatch and then Grant Goodale for the

hacks!!!