LX160 as modem: "PDSN registration failure"

[jalex]

Hi all,

For several years I've been happily using a Samsung A500. I use it mostly for voice, occasionally for Wireless Web, and on rare occasions to tether to my laptop to get internet service. I have the $10/month "PCS Vision" plan (1xRTT of course). Since I just got a car with Bluetooth, I decided to upgrade to an LG LX160 -- basically the same features as the A500 had but with Bluetooth... plus it had the added bonus of no camera, and it was still on the Vision network so I wouldn't need any more expensive of a plan.

Anyway, I've been trying for a few days to get the LX160 to work as a modem via Bluetooth. Whenever I try to connect (#777), the phone pops up (very briefly) a truncated message that starts something like "PDSN registration failure: Vision username/password..." and that's all I get. I've tried with web/web and also with my actual vision username and password (the one stored in the phone).

I know that people have reported that some phones are getting locked out of being tethered, but is this the expected behavior? It seems like if I'm getting as far as a username/password error, then I could use the phone as a modem, and somehow the credentials just aren't getting through right. The problem is, I have no idea how to investigate the problem any further since that's all I get for an error message. Can anybody confirm or deny that newer 1xRTT phones are getting blocked from being modems or is it just the EVDO phones? Everything I've read seems to indicate that the 1xRTT connection looks the same whether it is the phone or the phone-as-modem making a connection.

If it makes any difference, I am connecting to the phone via Bluetooth from a MacBook.

Any info would be appreciated -- even if anybody can say "you should be able to since it is 1xRTT" or "1xRTT phones have been blocked from that for a while" or something like that. Then at least I know if I should keep pounding on it and not return it.

Thanks!
Jeff

[recithree]

phones have been blocked by teathering by using a seperate vision username for phone as modem.it's not the username that can be readily seen.some phones are(or were) able to have there teathering vision name changed to the username used by the phones web.some phones had a readily available way to disable NAI and this accomplished the same thing.sorry pam plan is the way to go($)

[jalex]

Hmmm.. I thought the username/password for tethering was controlled by what I put into the dialer program. Also, I thought that NAI was only an issue on "Power Vision" (EVDO) phones. Is that not true?

[recithree]

the phone has a teathering username that is sent by the phone irregardless of what you put in dialer program.the older phones did not.Network Access Identifier (NAI) when disabled uses the regular vision name just like the older phones.

[mophone]

So does anyone know how to disable NAI on the lx160?

[BrettW]

you cant

[ricjaywhit]

you cant

just type in ##2342# and put your msl in. go to #5 dun nai and change it to no. It will revert back to yes everytime you power down so keep the #'s:headbang2

Rich

[sde780]

just type in ##2342# and put your msl in. go to #5 dun nai and change it to no. It will revert back to yes everytime you power down so keep the #'s:headbang2

Rich

Yea, and pigs can fly :rolleyes:

AFAIK only samsungs, pda's and the sanyo 9k can tether under the radar

[ricjaywhit]

Yea, and pigs can fly :rolleyes:

AFAIK only samsungs, pda's and the sanyo 9k can tether under the radar

Wow I guess I just saw one fly past my window. I didn't say that it would be under the radar. I just explained how to get the NAI disabled on the lx160.

Rich

[monkeyboy]

Yea, and pigs can fly :rolleyes:

AFAIK only samsungs, pda's and the sanyo 9k can tether under the radarThere was one report of disabling the LG Muziq NAI successfully (perhaps the same procedure as described above). I haven't seen it confirmed anywhere (I suppose I could try as I have a Muziq, but... don't really want to bother...)

[BrettW]

it works, the only downside is the temporary nature of it.

i have my mogul, a920, and mm9000 for my tethering needs regardless :-)

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