I just spoke a friend who asked me whether I knew how to use a Nokia N95 wirelessly as modem for his Mac.
Funny thing is that I am bound to go on a short business trip where I was looking for the same. My Powerbook does not have any 3G dongle or wahtsoever and I too happen to have a plan with Vodafone…
FYI: I am using an Apple Powerbook G4 15″ with the latest update of Leopard (10.5.2) and a Nokia N95-1 with the one-but-last firmware (my bad, still have to update)
So, I searched a few forums and blogs and found the following to do for setting this up (to be clear: aim is to use a Nokia N95 as UMTS modem to connect a Apple/Mac to the internet…):
- Go to “Ross Barkman’s Home page” and download the Nokia 3G scripts for UMTS & EDGE
- Copy the 3 CID files into Library/Modem Scripts in Finder
- Use the “Setup Bluetooth device” wizard to connect your Nokia N95 to your Mac. Make sure to tick the box with “Access the Internet with your phone’s data connection”.
- In the last step, enter the following details (! Mind you, this is for Netherlands and Vodafone only! For other countries + operators, please check this list)
- Phone vendor: Nokia
- Phone Model: GPRS (GSM/3G)
- Username: vodafone
- Password: vodafone
- APN: live.vodafone.com
- CID: 1
- That’s it. Click “continue” and finalize the wizard.
Now, when you have your phone connected by Bluetooth and select “connect Bluetooth” in your Mac’s modem prefs… it automatically connects over UMTS using your phone’s bluetooth connection.
Easy does it and I am ready to go!
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i have n95 8gb and when i open log and masseg it give me erorr system
Posted 08 Apr 2008 at 12:47 am ¶I wanted to buy on ebay Nokia N95 8GB from Uk sellers but it is almost impossible. African countries like Nigeria and Congo are so rich now that they overbid the auctions by 1000 pounds .
I will have to buy for big money though in my country if I will not find someone who will sell me fast. Marek Poland n95 8gb
Posted 10 Apr 2008 at 1:42 pm ¶my cousin brought me an n95 from italy so is made to used wiht the vodafone so when i get all the cool apps like rotateme , flipsilent something like that the cell sais that(certificate error contat the application supplier) i cant used nay cool so i need somebody help to tell me how i can fix thi becouse i love mi cell but i cant used the 100 percent of the thing so somebody help me plz thanx
Posted 13 Apr 2008 at 12:50 am ¶@ will: you will have to sign your applications before you can use the apps…
use these or these instructions to get yourself started…
Posted 13 Apr 2008 at 8:33 am ¶Ciao,
did you try to use the Joiku application to share a data connection via WiFi?
Alessandro
Posted 14 Apr 2008 at 7:28 pm ¶the symbian signed is in maintenance so i cant get any account ,somebody can lend me one just for see if it works plz. Jan thanx for the help
Posted 14 Apr 2008 at 9:57 pm ¶@ Alessandro: No, did not try that yet, thanks for reminding me. (Ditched the S60 news feeds so really a bit oblivious to what is out there again…
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@ will: do a little search on Google and you will find that there also other ways to sign .sis files yourself, like this one. Good luck.
Posted 15 Apr 2008 at 3:36 pm ¶i tried all the the guides thats say the guide but in one of those guide i cant find the C:\sys\bin. archive to follow the next step and the other one is i cant install y browser because the cellphone said that (certificate error contact the application supplier) any apps and any theme that i download always say the same i updated to firmware 20.0.015 i dont know if is the latest but i need help i cant use the cell to his max development plz i need your help thanx
Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 7:01 pm ¶@ will: Yeah, you better update first then… latest version, as mentioned on this blog, is 21.0.016
Otherwise just ask your question on the N95 users forum.
Posted 20 Apr 2008 at 10:26 am ¶You know, you shouldn’t need Barkmann’s custom scripts on Leopard, which has built in support for using phones as modems.
Posted 21 Apr 2008 at 7:03 am ¶Bluetooth -> Add a device -> Mobile Phone, follow the prompts.
Your mobile network provider should be able to provide you with the necessary details, but Ross also lists a lot of them on his site.
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