I own a MACbook Pro with Snow Leopard, and until this week owned a Droid X. I have Verizon Wireless with unlimited data plan (grandfathered). I had my Droid X set up as a Bluetooth PAN, and it worked perfectly for tethering. I just got an Incredible 2 (needed the SIM card so I could vacation in Europe) over the weekend. I cannot seem to get any of the following to work:
1) I cannot set up Bluetooth DUN or Bluetooth PAN. Using a phone number of #123 (or 123) does not seem to work in DUN setup. The setup actually wants phone number, account name, and password. If you look on the Droid it always ends up saying "paired but not connected". On Bluetooth PAN it wants username, password, APN, and CID.
2) I cannot get PDAnet to work. It fails to connect either hard tethered or via Bluetooth DUN. I put the most recent version of PDAnet on both the Droid and the MACbook. I tried re-installing both a few times just to see if that would help. If I hard tether the error is "Unable to open interface (e00002c5)"
3) When I hard tether, a popup box shows up on my Incredible asking what kind of connection I want and gives me about 8 choices. Those are: charge only, HTC synch, disk drive, internet connection mode, media synch, and internet pass-through.
4) I wrote to PDAnet via their website and read all of the droid FAQ links. No help.
5) On the Droid, there is Settings > Wireless & Networks > Internet Connection Mode. There is also "3G Mobile Hotspot" but if you select that it brings you to a screen asking you to agree to pay $30 and $10 per gig.
I am not a Droid OS geek so trying to root the phone seemed iffy at best and I didn't want to risk losing access to this phone only 10 days before my Europe vacation. I cannot imagine that there are no step-by-step instructions for PDAnet that really are "for dummies". Tether, DUN or PAN makes no difference to me - just need one that works consistently. The instructions on the PDAnet website do not cover what connection type to select on the Droid, what settings to enter in the Bluetooth portion of settings, etc.
Also, when I spoke with Verizon Tech Support they never even heard of Bluetooth DUN or Bluetooth PAN.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
1) I cannot set up Bluetooth DUN or Bluetooth PAN. Using a phone number of #123 (or 123) does not seem to work in DUN setup. The setup actually wants phone number, account name, and password. If you look on the Droid it always ends up saying "paired but not connected". On Bluetooth PAN it wants username, password, APN, and CID.
2) I cannot get PDAnet to work. It fails to connect either hard tethered or via Bluetooth DUN. I put the most recent version of PDAnet on both the Droid and the MACbook. I tried re-installing both a few times just to see if that would help. If I hard tether the error is "Unable to open interface (e00002c5)"
3) When I hard tether, a popup box shows up on my Incredible asking what kind of connection I want and gives me about 8 choices. Those are: charge only, HTC synch, disk drive, internet connection mode, media synch, and internet pass-through.
4) I wrote to PDAnet via their website and read all of the droid FAQ links. No help.
5) On the Droid, there is Settings > Wireless & Networks > Internet Connection Mode. There is also "3G Mobile Hotspot" but if you select that it brings you to a screen asking you to agree to pay $30 and $10 per gig.
I am not a Droid OS geek so trying to root the phone seemed iffy at best and I didn't want to risk losing access to this phone only 10 days before my Europe vacation. I cannot imagine that there are no step-by-step instructions for PDAnet that really are "for dummies". Tether, DUN or PAN makes no difference to me - just need one that works consistently. The instructions on the PDAnet website do not cover what connection type to select on the Droid, what settings to enter in the Bluetooth portion of settings, etc.
Also, when I spoke with Verizon Tech Support they never even heard of Bluetooth DUN or Bluetooth PAN.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.