Samsung Impression - Impression as Modem

Eighthnote

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« Reply #135 on: May 22, 2010, 07:32:19 PM »

BINGO........I Used the Solstice 1.4.1 That Firebert posted ---created a dial up connection using the posted instructions---dis-connected my wireless and connected using the new dial up connection. Very surprised by you got mail announcement. Opened my browser and the speed was surprisingly quick........Thank you all......... Grin


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jack58

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Re: Impression as Modem

« Reply #136 on: May 23, 2010, 04:23:05 PM »

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Wow! I've been reading through all nine pages. I just got my Impression last night.
When I asked the dealer I got the phone from if I could tether it or use it as a modem, he said no, I'd have to get the $60 plan. I almost didn't switch from T-Mobile to AT&T over that, but I recalled I had no problem tethering with the Blackjack which had the T-Mobile chip in it and going on my laptop. T-Mobile was kind enough to set it up for me with the data plan at the store too. Worked great.

That's right... T-Mobile don't charge anymore than the data plan to tether. I've been with T-Mobile for 10 years and felt it was time to change. Maybe I made a mistake as I signed the agreement last night.

With that in mind, all it is... is GREED on AT&T part and I won't feel a bit bad doing a work-a-round to get it to work on the data plan. They charge extra for that plan anyways.... And if I'm correct, AT&T want to force you to do the $60 plan to use their usb stick. It's all about the dollar folks.

I'm going to try to tether the Impression to my gateway netbook with Win 7 starter using the data plan later today.

It was easy to get online the with the instruction here. I'm typing this while online with the Samsung hooked up with the netbook right now.

Strange too as just yesterday the rep at AT&T said it was impossible to do without the $60 plan. Roll Eyes


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FireBert

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« Reply #137 on: May 24, 2010, 11:58:34 AM »

Quote from: Eighthnote on May 22, 2010, 03:01:38 PM

I downloaded the "bare bone" driver and disconnected my wireless connection. When I went to set up a dial up connection, that option wasn't available. I checked the box that read "show all connections unavailable on this computer" and wha-la. There was my dial up option. I followed your instructions and when looking for "choose a modem" (you wrote to choose the Samsung mobile driver) that drop down menu wasn't there. In vain I entered the *99# dial up number but under properties I get no modem or network card. So not having the "choose modem" option I guess is the situation. I appreciate your time.
When I travel away from home I guess at this point I'll be looking for a Burger King restaurant off the highway. C-R-A-P I'm trying to keep off the fast food. Roll Eyes

Forgot to add that sometimes the modem doesn't "automagicaly" show up in the dial-up modems box. In that case, use the Phones and Modems applet in the Control Panel of Windblows to add a modem. When you try to add a modem, look for hardware that matches SAMSUNG Mobile Modem.

Good luck with that, by the way. Windows may not detect the modem if it is connected to another program, i.e. NPS. *Disable or shutdown NPS's "start on phone connection" to allow Windblows to find the phone.* Also, check to make sure the SAMSUNG USB Composite Device shows up in the USB portion of the Device Manager window.

Post more problems if ya have them, as I likes to talk my *ss off.

Good luck and happy datajacking,

FireBert, data-ninja


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FireBert

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Re: Impression as Modem

« Reply #138 on: May 24, 2010, 12:07:42 PM »

Quote from: jack58 on May 23, 2010, 04:23:05 PM

It was easy to get online the with the instruction here. I'm typing this while online with the Samsung right now.

Funny too as just yesterday the rep at AT&T said it was impossible to do without the $60 plan. Roll Eyes

"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

Memories?

FireBert


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griptape

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« Reply #139 on: June 03, 2010, 09:42:43 PM »

This is the most useful thing I've ever seen in my entire life. No more being incredibly frustrated when I can't find wi-fi signals. And it's nearly as fast for web browsing as my cable is.

I will say, it took probably 45 minutes of jerking around with different drivers and getting windows 7 to finally accept one of them properly, but once I did, this is just awesome.


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sashki

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« Reply #140 on: June 16, 2010, 05:18:09 PM »

After disabling the 1394 connection, the wireless connection and the local area connection, I was able to connect to internet with my phone. Way cool! Thanks for the easy to follow instructions.


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Vinny79

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« Reply #141 on: June 26, 2010, 01:57:39 PM »

Thank you very much for this tutorial and the other one involving the driver downloads and installs. It ran without a hitch and I have a pretty fast connection. 230.4kpbs. This will help seeing as where I am living currently I have no internet connection. Again, thanks to all involved in this.


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yotaota

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Re: Impression as Modem with windows 7 ultimate (and others)

« Reply #142 on: June 27, 2010, 11:53:36 AM »

I am thanking all of you that have made this possible and maybe this information will help someone else sometime in the future.

I am running win7 64x o/s and have succesfully connected my phone (samsung impression) as a modem with not a hitch one.

step 1 download samsung "SOLSTICE" pc studio here: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/download/supportDownloadMain.do and then enter SOLSTICE into the search box. When entering the solstice page choose SOFTWARE under the downloads page and download the PCSTUDIO program and NOT the usb drivers!

Step 2 install the pcstudio program

Step 3 plug in your phone and choose PC STUDIO when prompted

step 4 Setup a new DIAL UP CONNECTION using the new connection wizard
do not use a user name or password (leave blank) and enter "*99#" in the phone number box or dialing box.

Step 5 start surfing the web.

I hear a lot of people asking about speeds. well I used www.speedtest.net and the answer for me on my side of the world is

UPLOAD 0.52mbps
DOWNLOAD 1.23mbps to 6.51mbps depending on where I am in the house

I hope this helps you folks with win7 64 bit os problems.


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PCDEC

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« Reply #143 on: July 05, 2010, 06:56:18 PM »

Well after hours of trying to get this to work last night on Win7 64bit and a few more hours tonight I finally got it to load ONE page...then it wouldn't load any more.

Getting it to even try to connect took a while til I finally got the right driver installed. Then it will connect and fail, or connect and not work, or connect and load one page then no others.

In addition whenever I got one of the correct modem drivers installed that would allow it to connect(but not actually work well)it would cause the computer to freeze(ctrl-alt-del wouldn't even work to bring up the task manager) on the desktop right after a restart most of the time. Going into safe mode and removing the modem drivers always fixed the problem.

I think on the rare occasion my internet is out it wouldn't be worth the trouble to even attempt this again.


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bilit

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« Reply #144 on: July 12, 2010, 06:24:07 PM »

I am currently using the ibluever app to tether the impression to an iPad so I assume it also works with an iPod touch


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weberj62

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« Reply #145 on: July 15, 2010, 05:36:18 AM »

wow

after 16 hours of this i might have figured out what i was doing wrong
i thought you were to use the impression npc for the modem tether oops hope i get it now but got to get some sleep. thanks for the great info on here . Grin


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weberj62

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need some help

« Reply #146 on: July 15, 2010, 11:35:58 PM »

okay need some help. i downloaded the etnerity npc and then installed it. the computer will conect to my phone. phone is set to pc connect. then i hit dial on the computer it dail to the phone connects and says regestering your computer on the network then it kick me out and gives me a 619 error. so i uninstalled and reinstalled the program hard starts on both the phone and the computer

my old phone(sony ericsion) would connect just fine.
i got this phone last week on the 8th of july.

can someone tell me what i messed up or forgot please. before i pull my hair out
os is windows xp

thanks weber


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Jaxom

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« Reply #147 on: July 18, 2010, 03:42:48 AM »

Yeah "tethered" the beast works great right next to Canada and on the "Edge" network better then no internet for sure. My question is this. Has anyone figured out why i can't "ICS" (internet connection sharing) with this type of connection. Or as someone found a way to make it work. I'm not seriously trying to play Vid games on my xbox, but I thought it would be fun to be able to sign in on live via shared internet thru router to PC to Impression. If that makes sense let me know yo.


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mtd19

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« Reply #148 on: July 20, 2010, 04:29:58 PM »

Anyone else finding that they can't access Wikipedia over their Impression when tethering?

I'm using my phone for internet for a few days because my cable is out and I can't access wikipedia. It just loads on "bits.wikimedia.org" and won't do anything. I tried a tracert but didn't know what to look for...just saw a lot of * * * lines. It did get to wikipedia in like 16 hops but I can't get it to load in the browser.

Update: it works in Opera, not Firefox. And it's like a mobile version there. Anyone have similar issues with AT&T filtering content or something weird going on?


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Agoattamer

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« Reply #149 on: July 20, 2010, 05:51:11 PM »

Of course they are filtering. Everything goes through their cingular proxy. Make a new network connection on your phone without using the proxy and see what happens.


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