#777 current phones??

[jgirvine]

Do any of the current phones still work with #777?
Thanks

[kulnet]

Well, my Treo 700wx sure does.

[Dzalumni]

That is how my 700wx access the internet, if using the phone direct or teathered.

[jgirvine]

That is how my 700wx access the internet, if using the phone direct or teathered.

WOW, was hoping for something a little smaller. Had a Sanyo 8200 and it got run over last night.

[olddog]

Just get another Sanyo 8200, those cant be that expensive.

[Gadgetgirl]

A900m

[jgirvine]

at least on the Sprint website they are no longer showing the 8200 as a current phone for sale.

[jgirvine]

A900m
So where did you get your cable, your software and your driver?
Thanks

[Gadgetgirl]

So where did you get your cable, your software and your driver?
Thanks

It comes with the phone.

[DJMPCS]

Does the RL-4930 still work with #777? I get a msg "Feature Code is not Valid" when I try it. The 4900 used to work fine.

Has anyone had any luck getting the 4930 to work as a modem for casual use?

Thanks!

[alexp162002]

I know it works with my mm-a800.....

[NM08SRT8]

If you dont want PAM plans, the 6700 and 700wx use #777. If you dont mind paying for it, there's other "smaller" flip phones that do.

[jgirvine]

If you dont want PAM plans, the 6700 and 700wx use #777. If you dont mind paying for it, there's other "smaller" flip phones that do.

Are not both of those "power vision" phones? I have a plan that is like 5 years old, do not want to change it, it is such a great deal. But.....I do need a phone for the odd times I need to get on the interent and the phone is the only way. Thanks for any help.

[NM08SRT8]

Yes they are. Also they're PDA phones too. Listen, you can always call up and talk to someone about your problem and they might/could give you free unl. power vision for 2yrs (contract length)

[forbidden1]

What does #777 do? I have a sanyo 8200 if it matters.

[alexp162002]

What does #777 do? I have a sanyo 8200 if it matters.


data pkt sending... used for connecting to the internet when you are tethered to a computer...

[jgirvine]

What does #777 do? I have a sanyo 8200 if it matters.
Using a program and a phone to laptop cable I can get on the internet. At first when they came out with unlimted vision they told you you could use it to get on the internet. I use when when I get in a bind, and don't want to lose it.

[Gadgetgirl]

Using a program and a phone to laptop cable I can get on the internet. At first when they came out with unlimted vision they told you you could use it to get on the internet. I use when when I get in a bind, and don't want to lose it.

If your phone has bluetooth, it works wirelessly as well. I haven't tried on my laptop, but it's fast on my p****et pc and palm :headbang2 Not trying to use too much bandwidth if you get my drift. ;)

[DJMPCS]

Anyone with a RL-4930 have any luck connecting using #777?

[Boss-man]

I think it was disabled on the 4930. I know the 4920 still does (using it right now). Surprisingly, I saw the 4920 on sprint's website a couple of days ago.

Anyone with a RL-4930 have any luck connecting using #777?

[Jonathanlc2005]

9000 still does #777

[RyanC]

new sanyo 8400 does.. at least via bluetooth.. still can't get the phone to connect via USB to my mac :(

[Jelks]

new sanyo 8400 does.. at least via bluetooth.. still can't get the phone to connect via USB to my mac :(

Well, with USB I guarantee you #777 doesn't work with the 8400. So I returned it and went back to using my old but trusty 5500.

[snak3y3z1001]

does #777 work with the revamped a900?

[lotherius]

On my Katana, #777 prompts the phone to display a "Send Msg" menu button... then it asks if I want to send a Text or a Picture....

I'm assuming that isn't the correct function?

Trying to figure out if the Katana can tether before a friend of mine buys one. She's been using her LG pm-325 to get online with her Palm Zire 72, but the LG was stolen and she needs to replace it. She doesn't have a PAM plan (and I'm sure the idea of $40/extra month for it is not going to go well either).

[RyanC]

Well, with USB I guarantee you #777 doesn't work with the 8400. So I returned it and went back to using my old but trusty 5500.

Thanks -- that's good to know. I'll stop searching for a way to hook up via USB. Besides, using #777 via bluetooth is fast enough for me.

[Jelks]

Thanks -- that's good to know. I'll stop searching for a way to hook up via USB. Besides, using #777 via bluetooth is fast enough for me.

Are you doing that with or without a Phone As Modem plan? If you can do #777 via bluetooth without a PAM plan (just plain PowerVision), that's good to know. I might not have been so hasty in returning my 8400 if I had known that.

What's the max data speed you get over bluetooth?

[69lt1bird]

How did you get the 8400 to work over Bluetooth. I get the 678? error. It dials, data starts to transmit and receive and them it disconnects and the error comes up. Share with us how you did it.

[jackspratt]

I'd like to hear about that #777 usage also. Be descriptive!!!

[LuvrGirl]

I got the new a900m a couple weeks ago and it works great! I have unlimited power vision and I'm usually in EVDO areas... so the speed is great also!

I connected via USB a while ago just to check if it worked, and it works. I connect via Bluetooth to my laptop using #777 - no problem at all.

[Jelks]

I got the new a900m a couple weeks ago and it works great! I have unlimited power vision and I'm usually in EVDO areas... so the speed is great also!

I connected via USB a while ago just to check if it worked, and it works. I connect via Bluetooth to my laptop using #777 - no problem at all.

LuvrGirl, do you have a Phone As Modem plan on top of PowerVision, or just plain PowerVision?

[LuvrGirl]

LuvrGirl, do you have a Phone As Modem plan on top of PowerVision, or just plain PowerVision?

Just PV, no phone as modem plan.

[Park]

#777 over bt is the only way to go if you ask me. I used to use my A900 (not the M version) and it worked great and I FINALLY got it working with my 700p now (the only thing is that it will only connect every other time--it's weird).

[Jelks]

Interesting. Have you checked whether you're being charged for that? I read in another thread here (can't find it now) where one is charged by the minute or per kb, I forget which, for doing it "a la carte". The gist of the post was somebody complaining that the Samsungs (and maybe older Sanyos like the mm-9000?) would let you do this, but the newer Sanyos wouldn't. Someone replied that Sanyo was doing its customers a favor by complying with Sprint's policy and preventing them from getting slapped with unexpected charges.

[Rose4uKY]

How do you connect via bluetooth using #777 with the 8400 and do you get charged? Just to surf the web occassionaly and read your e-mail? Rose

[PrimeSuspeckt]

new sanyo 8400 does.. at least via bluetooth.. still can't get the phone to connect via USB to my mac :(
So you gonna tell us how you did it??

[schettj]

So, some of the pda-ish phones and high end powervision phones (and heck, even my old samsung vga1000) access the data network by "calling" the "modem" at #777.

So, if you have a vision/powervision plan, that's (often) how your phone makes its data connection when you're surfing/sharing pictures/emailing

Some phones also can act as modems (hence the PAM plan from sprint) connecting to some other device as a bluetooth modem or a USB modem.. then that other device uses dial up networking to dial #777 via the "phone modem" and hey presto you can use a larger keyboard and screen.

* Problem - it's not in your TOS to use a PV plan as a PAM plan

* Problem (for sprint) - how do they know you are doing that?
According to a sprint empl. posting elsewhere here at SU, they "track your data usage" and might flag your account if it seems like you're using too much of your unlimited data usage :p

* New problem (for sprint) - they are pushing streaming media as a feature of their phones, and yeah, even a phone or pda device sure could pull a 300Kbit stream for 3 hours (can you say "watch a movie on your phone") and that's just as much data as downloading the latest linux ISO using your phone as a modem...

So there you go. Me personally, I have a 6700 with PV access, and that's pretty much the way I use it. I did hook it up just to say, ayup, that works, but frankly I can do everything I need on the phone, and it's pulling a fair amount of data all the time - streaming music and the odd tv show (orb.com rocks) along with the normail email/web/rss/podcast downloads.

[Jonathanlc2005]

tracking unlimited data? explain...


anyway possible sprint could throw an OTA program to change my 9000 and be seen when i do #777

[flittell]

my Sanyo 8400 works with #777 on bluetooth, but I'm a Mac user and can't get it to recognize on tether. Might just be using bluetooth until the Novatel U720 gets the bugs worked out

[PrimeSuspeckt]

my Sanyo 8400 works with #777 on bluetooth, but I'm a Mac user and can't get it to recognize on tether. Might just be using bluetooth until the Novatel U720 gets the bugs worked out
wonder why it appears to work on Mac and not on PC?

[w7excursion]

You are more likely to get caught if Sprint has a reason to look at your account. Say you are having some problems with service,like picture mail. I know this cause thats what happened to me a couple of years ago with my 7400.

[flittell]

wonder why it appears to work on Mac and not on PC?


That I'm not sure of if you mean the data cable, I can't get my data cable to connect on my Mac. The bluetooth works great, though.

[PrimeSuspeckt]

That I'm not sure of if you mean the data cable, I can't get my data cable to connect on my Mac. The bluetooth works great, though.
I mean bluetooth or USB...i'm getting error 678 by both on PC.

[flittell]

I mean bluetooth or USB...i'm getting error 678 by both on PC.

Oh ok the DUNS error. Either it's not liking the phone number (I'm using #777) or there is something amiss in the connection file. ControlPanel-> Modems-> Properties-> Connection

[PrimeSuspeckt]

Oh ok the DUNS error. Either it's not liking the phone number (I'm using #777) or there is something amiss in the connection file. ControlPanel-> Modems-> Properties-> Connection
Anyway maybe you can try it on a Windows PC via bluetooth and see if maybe there's something the rest of us are missing? I've come across you and another person who says there's success on Mac.

[flittell]

Anyway maybe you can try it on a Windows PC via bluetooth and see if maybe there's something the rest of us are missing? I've come across you and another person who says there's success on Mac.


I'm afraid that I can't be of much help on that tonight at least, don't have access to a PC for a while but I'll see what I can find out for you and let you know when I do.

[PrimeSuspeckt]

I'm afraid that I can't be of much help on that tonight at least, don't have access to a PC for a while but I'll see what I can find out for you and let you know when I do.
thanks for the help much appreciated.

[flittell]

thanks for the help much appreciated.

Happy to help, just sorry my PC is down, so hopefully someone else will find your answer sooner but I'll keep looking

[Rose4uKY]

So In order to use your phone and laptop together via bluetooth yo9urlaptop has ot have bluetooth also is that it? I am new to this whole bluetooth thing and just got my 8400 not too long ago but have never done phone as modem before.. Rose

[PrimeSuspeckt]

So In order to use your phone and laptop together via bluetooth yo9urlaptop has ot have bluetooth also is that it? I am new to this whole bluetooth thing and just got my 8400 not too long ago but have never done phone as modem before.. Rose
Yes the computer must have bluetooth. Thing is though...we haven't gotten it to work on a PC yet. Just Mac.

[okangel]

all this is a web code that can allow internet access especially in PAM situation but buyer beware....this is not a substitude for a phone as a modem plan and can come back and bite you.

[monkeyboy]

Just in case anyone thinks that #777 is a totally arbitrary construct, note that #777 is in fact #PPP on a keypad, and PPP, hopefully many of you know, is the Point-to-Point Protocol, the successor to SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol), both of which are protocols for providing IP data transmission over a serial line (like a modem, serial port communications, etc). So the #777 code is simply a special code/fake phone number that you send to your phone when talking to it as a modem over a serial-like data link (serial ports or USB), to tell the phone to establish a PPP-like connection to the central office and communicate like a standard modem with the PPP running over it. In this way it is very backwards compatible with the previous generation of Windows and other OS software that talked PPP via analog modems (via serial ports), even though there is no analog modem involved in these wireless data mechanisms.

[jguy]

Does anyone now if the MM-A940 works with #777?

[kewlazme]

So I didnt see a clear answer.. if using a sanyo 9000 phone that supports #777 with power vision but not with PAM.. does the tethering use my unlimited PV or does it use talk time minutes?

[schettj]

#777 will never use minutes. It will either fail, or not fail (if the phone has a modem NAI it may just not work without a PAM plan) and if it does not fail and you don't have PAM, there is some small chance you'll get discovered and then the end of the world as we know it (or whatever sprint does in this case) will happen. I think it's loss of all PowerVision access, or something.

[PrimeSuspeckt]

i wonder if the SIP Parameter, located in the ##data# screen has anything to do with the 8400 not being able to connect?

[astrobuf]

new sanyo 8400 does.. at least via bluetooth.. still can't get the phone to connect via USB to my mac :(

I could not get the #777 connection via BT to work with my 8400. Can you give me a more detailed instruction on how to set up the phone and the PC?

Thanks,

Astrobuf

[RyanC]

I could not get the #777 connection via BT to work with my 8400. Can you give me a more detailed instruction on how to set up the phone and the PC?


I'm not sure if it works on a PC.. I have it working on my mac powerbook.

[yourbuddy]

No go on my Fusic =[

I installed the driver, I installed PCS connection manager.
The PCS software failed to recognize it when it was connected while Windows recgonized it right away.

That meant I couldn't really do anything w/ the pcs connection manager so I tried setting up a new connection since it was recognized as a modem.

It set up fine but when it dialed nothing happend, I could hear my phone *PRING* ...you know? the call initiation sound (if you have it enabled) and that's it. It never connected, never started to confirm my username and password...

Anyone get the fusic to connect... please PM me because I lost my USB cable and I'm wondering if I should look for it before it is to late to find ( i have a general idea of where it is =])

[phatguy471]

I have #777 working on my M610 on my macbook pro through bluetooth works perfectly without a PAM plan. I have unlimited powervision no extra charges. Easy to set up too!

[Timechick]

Heya,
Parden this newbie question, but I too am having problems getting the #777 stuff to work. I have an iPaq 3715 handheld running Windows Mobile 2003 with bluetooth and the downloaded software from sprint wont recognize the bluetooth phone modem on my new scp-8400. It keeps looking for a card. I tried the old dialer but it won't recognize the bluetooth modem either.

So, I tried going through the built in bluetooth modem dialer that came with my iPaq and I've had only partial success. It gets as far as the Username and password and stops there. I know the user name is "web" but what should be the password? Any ideas? This might work if I had that three digit password.

[waterhead]

I have #777 working on my M610 on my macbook pro through bluetooth works perfectly without a PAM plan. I have unlimited powervision no extra charges. Easy to set up too!

How long have you been billed so as to conclude that this phone had not been tracked by Sprint?

Do you happen to know if any other PV phones succeed in this manner.
So far, I have heard ppc 6700, Treo 700wx and A900m not tracked.
Any others?
Thanks

[lbwmoo]

new sanyo 8400 does.. at least via bluetooth.. still can't get the phone to connect via USB to my mac :(

My main question, and I know this may have been covered in different threads, so I apologize for it now, is are you being charged for this. I am thinking about switching to sprint, and my phone now has been hacked to allow moderate web browsing using my phone over bluetooth. I have never been charged, but know that it may come back and bite me. Do you have the PAM plan, or just unlimited Vision. Also, I am a mac user and would need to know what specific settings, such as the modem settings under the bluetooth configuration menu, on how this is working for you. I have gathered from the forums thus far that the sanyo phones are the most reliable, and that no one has yet figured out how to use the M1 as a modem, bluetooth or otherwise. Any help you, or any of the other readers would be much appreciated.

[Jelks]

I have gathered from the forums thus far that the sanyo phones are the most reliable, and that no one has yet figured out how to use the M1 as a modem, bluetooth or otherwise. Any help you, or any of the other readers would be much appreciated.

I have the M1 and a PAM plan, and the M1 *definitely* works as a modem, at least via USB. I would imagine it does over Bluetooth as well, but since I don't have a BT laptop, I can't vouch for it (seems, though, I read someone else here saying they had done it also with BT.).

The key thing with the M1 -- and, for that matter, *all* the new phones if I mistake not -- is that you will *have* to get a PAM plan.

What I did was when I renewed my contract mid-December, I told them how I had been using my older plain Vision phone (a VM4500) as a modem on the road when I needed it -- which really wasn't that often, but when I needed it, I needed it. And I got that "for free". I wasn't about to pay an extra $40 a month for the exact same service (albeit at a higher speed). So Retention worked with me and threw in some goodies so that my monthly charge is about the same as it was before except now I have a PAM plan too. It helped, I guess, that I've been with Sprint since '96 (Sprint Spectrum) and Sprint PCS since '99.

As always, your mileage may vary. Getting someone at Sprint who will help you get what you want (within reason) appears to be a "luck of the draw". Retention time seems to yield the best results -- as a general rule.

[RyanC]

Do you have the PAM plan, or just unlimited Vision. Also, I am a mac user and would need to know what specific settings, such as the modem settings under the bluetooth configuration menu, on how this is working for you.

Hi, I have the unlimited power vision (no PAM) plan and I can access the internet on my mac via bluetooth to the 8400.. I only do it occasionally, mostly when I'm on the road just to sync email. But, no, I have never been charged.

Setup was extremely easy -- you'll find instructions here by searching, but basically once you pair the phone with the mac, you select that you want to use the device as a modem... Then, mac osx already has a modem script for Sprint PCS. Use that and put in #777 for the number. My account name and password are blank.

Hope that helps.

[blackerwater]

#777 works on my m1?

[schettj]

Folks, there is no way to know if you will get nabbed for PAM use w/o a PAM plan or not. Even if it does work. Heck, even on an "untraceable" phone like the 6700... Sprint should be able to track your total data use, and if it starts changing or goes way out of your normal pattern, that might raise a flag.

Best bet - if you are going to use it often, pay for it.

If you are going to check your email 1-2 times a month, or surf for 10 minutes a month, or otherwise just barely use it, you probably won't get flagged. But you still might, esp. on a phone with a PAM NAI that's not disabled, or goes thru the Sprint web proxy...

If you do something stupid (ie, use PAM data way beyond your PV normal usage, or normal PV usage for your handset, or constantly use PAM, or download every linux ISO ever made over PAM) then kiss your PV goodbye :D

[blackerwater]

yA NO CHEATING! :Popcorn2:

[nycgay23]

Very Basic Question, embarrassingly so: when are you supposed to press #777, and do you do it from the main menu and simply press send? Please help! Thanks!

[jgirvine]

you need a cable to hook up your phone to your laptop, then you need a modem driver that is for your phone then on your laptop you type the #777 as the number to dial, leaving the user name and password blank...but this only works with certain phones, can not seem to find out what CURRENT phones this works with.

[nycgay23]

thank you, that's exactly what I needed to know! It's the modem driver stuff I need to figure out b4 I can go any further! Thanks :)

[w7excursion]

I have been PAM-ing for around three years and used three different phones with no charges. I am one of the "Untouchables". Im am still on GF vision. Yes I use it a lot. Its time for beer and free PAM! :p :lol:

[nathanielmark]

can someone confirm on A900M? I need a new phone ASAP... i highly doubt sprint will bug me, i have a business account, had been using it for years with very limited #777. i have one of the 2000 minute/UL Vision/UL text 85$ grandfathered vision plans and have been a sprint customer for over 6 years now without a late payment

[dealbuster]

Is there any modem driver to download for the M610. I downloaded one for the a900m. I read that I should not download the Sprint connection manager, true?

[ibjedi]

I have a Moto Razor V3m and PAM/PowerVision Plan. I bought a bluetooth/usb adapter for my laptop(Toshiba) running Windows Media Center.
I d'loaded the connection manager with Motorola drivers as told. It does the #777 thing.
I live in fringe area and it goes in and out,won't do dip on cdma. But it does the job. Any idea how to get a more stable connection out of it? Thanks.

[TechGuru]

I have been PAM-ing for around three years and used three different phones with no charges. I am one of the "Untouchables". Im am still on GF vision. Yes I use it a lot. Its time for beer and free PAM! :p :lol:


Is it working on your M1? I just ordered one and I'm going to cancel if I confirm it's not possible to get free PAM with it.

[w7excursion]

Is it working on your M1? I just ordered one and I'm going to cancel if I confirm it's not possible to get free PAM with it.
Not with the m1. I Wish it did work but my 9k is what I use.

[TechGuru]

Not with the m1. I Wish it did work but my 9k is what I use.

Have you tried the QPST program on your M1?

[mbloof]

HUmm... I'm sure this has been covered elsewhere...

I recently upgraded from a 8200->8400. Don't do it in a Sprint store buy the phone and go home, call ecare *2 and insist on a ESN swap.

My old plan and GF vision went bye bye at the store... (sigh)

The Sanyo 8400 works great as a Modem - via cable or bluetooth. User name/pw is your vision/powervision username and password.

As for PPC WM5 or Vista, I was unable to get Sprints dialer to work on my handheld, kept looking for a nonexistant data card. Just setup a new "dialup networking" (DUN) and select 'bluetooth modem' and presto, your online. Vista wise, the only USB drivers that would work are the "susteen" drivers that are made for "datapilot". Setting up a DUN using the usbmodem worked like a charm.

My speeds are only 300d/100u and it has worked everyplace I've tried where I have a Sprint signal. Pretty cool. (friends are amazed when I pull out my Ax51v and start surfing for information on the spot!)

As was also mentioned elsewhere, if DUN works on your phone, you may have it AND Vision! disabled by Sprint and/or get charged for it if you don't have a PAM plan. Also tossed about is a 500MB per month "threshold" that Sprint may be using to trigger an account audit.

I dono... I lost my GF Vision when I upgraded my phone and now have PAM on my account.

[stevvot]

As someone else has stated, the Samsung M610 works great with #777 over bluetooth with both PC and Mac laptops. We have 4 different M610's on our corporate account, each with the $15 Power Vision plan with no PAM, and they work fine. We did Disable NAI on these, though. With the Macs at least, if you pair it for file transfers, it will not work as a modem until you either unpair it from the phone or go into the Service menu and Disable NAI.

[rcbartel]

#777 is good for Sanyo 4900, 4920, 7300, and 8200, maybe others. Occasional use with FutureDial cable and dialer(s) www.futuredial.com. There are backdoor user ID's and Passwords.