samsung i730
By this time I guess you know that verizon crippled the i730’s DUN (dial-up network) via bluetooth. Well, you can get around this lame crippling by doubling up with Pretec’s SD
Bluetooth card. It will set you back $150 if you order it online and you will get a connection of about 128k. You might even do better depending how strong of a signal you get on the device.
sdio bluetooth
This card supports pretty much all BT services.

Install the drivers, reboot and plug the Bluetooth card in the slot. When you pair it to your laptop, the DUN service will be available.
Ok, so let’s get going! Create a new dialup connection on the laptop with the “Bluetooth modem” selected.
Pay attention to the com port for the “Bluetooth modem” on the laptop and set the same port under “dun” in the new BT software on your phone, and change the port speed to the fastest available on the phone. Use this settings

username: yourtendigitnumber@vzw3g.com
password: vzw
dialup number: #777

After all the setup make sure data on the phone is “DISCONNECTED”. Go to your laptop, open the connection you created and connect. If you did it correctly it will establish the Bluetooth connection and dial the data connection.

If you use a program like GoodLink that tries to constantly connect to the internet it will disable your connection every time it tries to connect. You will have to disconnect and reconnect to get the data working again.
reset the device to delete GoodLink and just load the new Bluetooth card up.

Update Aug 8, 2005—————–

There is, however another way which doesn’t involve buying a new Bluetooth card and you could achieve speeds of upto 760kpbs on Verizon’s EVDO network, but it is a little riskier since it requires you to install a driver, something which could possibly mess up your phone.

What do you need to do? Here it is:

UNHOOK THE PHONE FROM THE USB CONNECTION AND DO NOT HOOK UP THE PHONE TO THE COMPUTER UNTIL PROMPTED.

You have to download and install SCH-I730 MCCI driver (http://www.samsung.com/download/# ) from Samsung’s web site before it will detect the drivers.

The file you download from Samsung’s web site will display a weird dialog box that has a bunch of buttons with question marks on them. Click the bottom left button. This extracts the installation files to a folder. Run setup.exe.

Go to the phone app and then press: **PATH (**7284)
Select: As the modem through USB

Pug in your i730 using the usb cable. It shoud detect the modem driver.
Now you need to make a new Dial Up Networking connection using the following settings on your laptop (if you do not know how to make a dial-up connection, please Google it. This is dependant on which Operating System you are using) :

username: yourtendigitnumber@vzw3g.com
password: vzw
dialup number: #777

Make sure EVDO is not already connected before you try to dial the connection and remember to reset the phone mode using **7284 when you want to use Active Sync again.”

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