[AndrewAZ]

I am willing to paypal someone $30 who writes the first script to allow tethering for the 8830 via USB. I have tried using scripts from USB EVDO cards an old treo 700p USB modem script and none of them work. I figure I would start the ball out and other mac users would be willing to add $5 or more to the cause, if you have ever tethered with an EVDO device using USB before you know its worth it and I figured we all pay $39 a month an most of us are on 2 year agreements so whats $30 out of your pocket when you could be using more of Sprints/ Verizons data at a faster rate.

My only rules are if a solution has been posted on another site please do not claim credit I might be willing to give you a finders fee.


Anyways list of challenge donors.

1. AndrewAZ---- $30
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[penguin3107]

Why tether the 8830 via USB when it will easily tether to a Mac via Bluetooth?
There wouldn't be any advantage to tethering via USB over Bluetooth.

[AndrewAZ]

Originally Posted by penguin3107

Why tether the 8830 via USB when it will easily tether to a Mac via Bluetooth?
There wouldn't be any advantage to tethering via USB over Bluetooth.

Higher speed. At least on my treo when I tethered via usb I could stream at 600-700kbps in slingplayer, now I cant do over 400kbps with BT streaming. The 8830 internally for me speedtest at 2.2mbps my treo would only test 600-900kbps on the same site.

[ptrewhella]

Originally Posted by penguin3107

Why tether the 8830 via USB when it will easily tether to a Mac via Bluetooth?
There wouldn't be any advantage to tethering via USB over Bluetooth.

I have tried BT DUN under both Win XP and OS X with the same ridiculous results. Sprint EV-DO. I run multiple speed tests ... the first usually is the best, at around 200KB down, and 100KB up. After that, the connection degrades and becomes useless. It starts downloading, then seems to forget what it's doing. When I tether via USB (of course this works only under Windows), I consistently get 600KB+ download, often over 1MB, and the connection does not degrade. That is why USB tethering is desirable. In fact, it is so desirable that I go through the ridiculous setup of using a VM running Windows (VMWare Fusion), and internet connection sharing so that the Mac uses the Win VM as its router. I have it setup so that I can just launch the VM, connect the 8830 via USB, then select location "SprintHack" from the Apple/Location menu .

Oh, by the way, you need more than a script ... you need a kernel extension for this phone. Good luck. I'll probably return mine for the new RAZR 2 .

[ggoodale]

ptrewhella has it right I believe - making the 8830 work via USB would likely involve writing a Mac kernel driver for it, something that's very difficult to do without support for the manufacturer.