I now have Hotspot working and have my Mac and iPod Touch using the Desire's connection.
I just clicked on my computer's name in manage users.
found this on another part of the andriod forum, tried and it works a dream.
* note this only works for branded Desires on Orange.
Menu/settings/Wireless&Networks/Mobile networks/Access Point Names
You should see the following three APNs;
Orange Internet
Consumer Broadband
Orange MMS
Select Consumer Broadband
CHANGE the APN from consumerbroadband to orangeinternet
CHANGE the Username from <Not> to Orange
CHANGE the password from <Not> to Multimedia
Make sure you use the capital first letters exactly as I've typed them there.
Authentication type should be set to CHAP.
Press your Menu button, tap "Save"
after this both wifi hotspot and usb tethering should work.
Great this is working for me.
Could you give me your Tmob APN details & I'll try them on my phone now I am signed up with Orange to roam on Tmob.Do you need that consumer broadband option at all?
I've only seen 2 APN's on other desires (Mine's T-mobile), and thats one for internet and one for MMS.
Wont work as you need your home networks settings. You're only roaming, not native to tmobile.Could you give me your Tmob APN details & I'll try them on my phone now I am signed up with Orange to roam on Tmob.
Pip pip
found this on another part of the andriod forum, tried and it works a dream.
* note this only works for branded Desires on Orange.
Menu/settings/Wireless&Networks/Mobile networks/Access Point Names
You should see the following three APNs;
Orange Internet
Consumer Broadband
Orange MMS
Select Consumer Broadband
CHANGE the APN from consumerbroadband to orangeinternet
CHANGE the Username from <Not> to Orange
CHANGE the password from <Not> to Multimedia
Make sure you use the capital first letters exactly as I've typed them there.
Authentication type should be set to CHAP.
Press your Menu button, tap "Save"
after this both wifi hotspot and usb tethering should work.
Brilliant! Orange branded Desire with Froyo - this sorted out the hotspot issue. Awesome - thanks!
I was getting really fed up with this. Turning on my wifi hotspot with any APN selected disabled any sort of Internet access on my phone.
I did not have an APN named "Consumer Broadband"
but I did have others with the same details, username & password i.e.:
Name Orange Web
APN: orangeinternet
u/name: Orange
password: Multimedia
Authentication: CHAP.
So I duplicated the details BUT named it "Consumer Broadband" everything else is the same.
Name: Consumer Broadband
APN: orangeinternet
u/name: Orange
password: Multimedia
Authentication: CHAP.
I then selected it as my chosen APN & bingo the hotspot worked & the phone still syncs & browses etc.
The moral of the story is that Orange wifi hotspot only works with a an APN named "Consumer Broadband"!!!!
The only fly in the ointment is tha my other preferred APN "Orange WAP" gives me faster internet access for browsing on the phone, I suppose it is optimised for mobile browsing so I have to remember to flip back after using the hotspot.
Peace at last!
found this on another part of the andriod forum, tried and it works a dream.
* note this only works for branded Desires on Orange.
Menu/settings/Wireless&Networks/Mobile networks/Access Point Names
You should see the following three APNs;
Orange Internet
Consumer Broadband
Orange MMS
Select Consumer Broadband
CHANGE the APN from consumerbroadband to orangeinternet
CHANGE the Username from <Not> to Orange
CHANGE the password from <Not> to Multimedia
Make sure you use the capital first letters exactly as I've typed them there.
Authentication type should be set to CHAP.
Press your Menu button, tap "Save"
after this both wifi hotspot and usb tethering should work.
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