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Title: Alltel Bluetooth Phone with Windows Mobile 5 or WM6
Topic ID: 652 Link to this page
Category: SurvCE|PC / SurvCE / GPS Reference Networks / Bluetooth Cellphone Articles
Modified: 2010-10-06 Created: 2010-10-06
This is a set of instructions for creating an internet connection through a
Alltel Bluetooth Cellphone in a Windows Mobile 5 data collector.

Mobile 5.0 Examples:  Carlson Surveyor+, Carlson Mini, 
Juniper Archer, Juniper AllegroMX, Trimble TSC2, TDS Ranger 500, TDS Recon

!!!WARNING!!!  You will need an UNLIMITED data plan on your Cellphone
before using your cellphone to connect to the Internet for using it with
the GPS Reference networks !!!


***Please NOTE: The Alltel Phone has a setting for Internet Connection
that must be set to Bluetooth.  The steps below won't work if its set to
USB or CABLE



Turn on the Data Collector

   1) Tap Start / Settings / Connections tab / Bluetooth
	Turn on BT / Make this device discoverable
	tap the Devices tab / tap New Partnership
	Bond to phone with passkeys / Choose "Dialup Networking" as the Service
        tap FINISH
   2) In the Connections Tab = tap the Connections icon
	Under My ISP = tap "Add a new Modem Connection"
	type in "Alltel" / pick Modem type of "Bluetooth"
	tap Next / tap the Device from Step #1 / tap Next
	Phn Number = #777
	User Name: yournumber@ALLTEL.net     
{Replace yournumber with Your ten digit Cellphone Phn Number, Example:
6065550123@alltel.net}

    	Password:   alltel

!NOTE: make sure the username and password are all lower case

	Domain = leave it blank
   3) Tap Finish
   4) Tap Manage Existing Connections / tap and HOLD "Alltel" / tap
Connect
	Dialing #777
	Returns you to the Connections screen
	Exit back out to the Today Screen
   5) To disconnect tap the "Double Arrows" in the Upper right
	tap Disconnect

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