Filed under: Using Cellphone as modem | Tags: cellphone, easy access, internet, wvdial
I realised that there is a small error on the tutorial by the blog I made a link to.
Where it says “sudo gedit etc/wvdial.conf” you need to put a “/” in front of “etc” so that it looks like this: “sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf” – otherwise you end up creating a file which is useless to you.
Okay, now instead of leaving Terminal open with your “sudo wvdial” command running. Make a link to the wvdial file itself.
Do this:
- Right click on your “Application Menu”
- Select “edit Menus”
- Then click on the “Internet” section under Applications
- On the right hand side you’ll see “+ New Item”, click on it
- Next to name write whatever you want to call it, I wrote “Connect to Internet”
- Click on the browse button next to “Command”
- Go to “File System”, “usr”, “bin” and type “wvdial” to find the file
- Select the “wvdial” file and click on “Open”
- Then, if you like, you can add a comment, I left it blank
- Now click on the picture of the spring-board at the top left of the window to select the icon you want to use
- And then click “Okay”
- Select “Close” and your link to wvdial should be in your “Applications” menu under “Internet”
- Now you don’t need to leave the terminal open when you’re using the internet!
Filed under: Using Cellphone as modem | Tags: 3G, cellphone, gprs, hsdpa, modem
In South Africa one of the most useful things is to be able to use your gprs / 3G / HSDPA enabled phone as a modem.
I tried for ages to connect my Sony Ericsson M600i to my ubuntu box without any luck.
This blog (click here for blog) worked perfectly and my guess is that it will work for most phones. Hopefully this is the answer to your internet problems.
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