Use your Motorola Q as a broadband modem MotorolaQ

Surf at broadband speeds as you tether your Q.

I found the following info where someone figured out how to use your Motorola Q as a broadband modem! Now before everyone jumps at me a little disclaimer, "If you should decide on using this workaround you are breaking your terms and conditions of your contract with Verizon Wireless and could be dropped". Ok now that’s out of the way here is how it is done.

The reason I won’t to figure this out was financially motivate. I would love tethering via USB without dishing out $35 for PDANet.

To setup the Q:

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2. Enable Dial-Up Networking

3. Go to Start, Accessories, Modem Link

4. Make sure that "USB" is selected under "Connection"

5. Select "Activate"

6. Download the driver Here.

7. Plug in the Q.

8. When the New Hardware Dialogue appears, select "Install from a specific location" and point to the folder you have stored the driver.

9. Clicking "Next" a few times will complete the installation.

To prevent the phone from locking up, you have to do these steps in this order.

1. When you go into the "Modem Link" program, you will select Activate and then Done. The Q will return to the home screen.

2. Plug in your USB cable.

3. Tether.

4. When done, disconnect the DUN connection on the computer side and wait for it to be clearly gone.

5. Reopen the Modem Link program and select "Deactivate".

6. The hourglass thingy will appear. Once the status reads "Inactive" select done.

7. The Modem Link program will exit and now the Q will function in Activesync mode again as normal.

8. Enjoy

After you have installed the modem driver –

9. Open internet explorer and select tools/internet options.

10. Click the connections tab

11. Under Dial-up and VPN settings click "add"

12. Select Dial-up to private network click next

13. Select only the Motorola q USB modem, click next.

14. Verizon users enter #777 for the phone number(other carriers use your internet access code)click next.

15. Enter Q USB modem for the name and click finish.

16. Verizon users enter "vzw" in the password field; leave the user name and domain blank. Click OK.

17. Select Dial whenever a network connection is not present then click ok.

If your phone is activated as in steps 3-5 above, your internet connection should work!

If this is not working for you, try out PDANet for $35. You can download it at http://www.junefabrics.com/pdanet/index.php.

Here’s what it looks like running:

I was able to run XMRadio Online without a skip using only the PdaNet Modem. So the Verizon network is pretty fast. Nice… XMRadio tune while you code at the beach!

They have a 7-day trial with the Bluetooth support version. Great stuff, either way. I’ve used both and $35 is worth it to me to save the time switching back and forth between ActiveSync and DUN.