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So after a long and lengthly search, I could not find anything that would allow me to use my SMT5600 (Or HTC Typhoon, SPV c500 or C500s, TSM520, i-Mate SP3, or its any other names) Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone to allow me to connect to the internet from a Powerbook G4 running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. After making it work on a windows box and poking around a bit, I pulled a log of the session:


06-25-2005 20:03:42.125 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=0, rtsctl=1
06-25-2005 20:03:42.125 - Initializing modem.
06-25-2005 20:03:42.125 - CD is high while initializing modem.
06-25-2005 20:03:42.140 - Send: AT<cr>
06-25-2005 20:03:42.265 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
06-25-2005 20:03:42.265 - Interpreted response: OK
06-25-2005 20:03:42.281 - Send: ATE0V1&D2<cr>
06-25-2005 20:03:42.406 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
06-25-2005 20:03:42.406 - Interpreted response: OK
06-25-2005 20:03:42.421 - Send: ATS7=60L1M1X3<cr>
06-25-2005 20:03:42.546 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
06-25-2005 20:03:42.546 - Interpreted response: OK
06-25-2005 20:03:42.546 - Waiting for a call.
06-25-2005 20:03:42.562 - Send: ATS0=0<cr>
06-25-2005 20:03:42.687 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
06-25-2005 20:03:42.687 - Interpreted response: OK
06-25-2005 20:03:42.687 - 115200,8,N,1, ctsfl=1, rtsctl=2
06-25-2005 20:03:42.687 - Initializing modem.
06-25-2005 20:03:42.687 - CD is high while initializing modem.
06-25-2005 20:03:42.703 - Send: AT<cr>
06-25-2005 20:03:42.828 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
06-25-2005 20:03:42.828 - Interpreted response: OK
06-25-2005 20:03:42.843 - Send: ATE0V1&D2<cr>
06-25-2005 20:03:42.968 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
06-25-2005 20:03:42.968 - Interpreted response: OK
06-25-2005 20:03:42.984 - Send: ATS7=60L1M1X3<cr>
06-25-2005 20:03:43.109 - Recv: <cr><lf>OK<cr><lf>
06-25-2005 20:03:43.109 - Interpreted response: OK
06-25-2005 20:03:43.109 - Dialing.
06-25-2005 20:03:43.125 - Send: ATDT*###<cr>
06-25-2005 20:03:56.765 - Recv: <cr><lf>CONNECT<cr><lf>
06-25-2005 20:03:56.765 - Interpreted response: Connect
06-25-2005 20:03:56.765 - Connection established at 115200bps.
06-25-2005 20:03:56.765 - Error-control off or unknown.
06-25-2005 20:03:56.765 - Data compression off or unknown.
06-25-2005 20:04:26.765 - Read: Total: 0, Per/Sec: 0, Written: Total: 0, Per/Sec: 0


Happy Day! Now that I know the magic sequences to make the phone purr, I made a handy dandy modem script based on one of Ross Barkman’s Generic Scripts available here: Generic_Bluetooth.dmg. It goes in /Library/Modem Scripts and is used when the bluetooth setup wizard prompts you for a modem script to use, along with some other settings.

For T-Mobile (Not so sure about the other providers), you should have the phone already configured to access GPRS in whatever manner suits you (these settings are floating around the internet for other providers in different places, such as http://taniwha.co.uk), so you would simply put in “*99#” for the phone number and insert a single blank for both username and password and then you’re good to go.

If you’re using T-Mobile and haven’t set the phone up just yet, here are some quick and dirty settings:


Connects to: The Internet
Access Point: internet3.voicestream.com
Primary DNS: 216.155.165.50
Secondary DNS: 216.155.165.50


Note that it’s internet2.voicestream.com if you have a vanilla internet plan and internet3 if you have the “VPN” internet plan.

Update: This script does work with Windows Mobile 2005. However, I’ve noted that the phone has to establish an internet connection or a “No Carrier” message will pop up. To do this, I simply go into internet explorer and go somewhere. There is a “Connecting..", “Locating..” and then data transfer. I then try to connect to it from there. Sometimes it requires two tries for this to work. I’m still investigating an resolution for this problem.