tethering my storm with my macbook

[0mie]

Originally Posted by kvidal

Typical VZA software application. I've used VZA for years on a PCMIA card, I believe they have kindergartners write these app's for them. When I try to install this app on my mac I cant get a detection to my BB either.

Did you dl the version I said? If you are using OSX 10.5.6, it will NEVER detect it. There is a bug in the new update. :/

[archer823]

Originally Posted by acles003

What are the benefits of accessing the internet through my storm versus just getting a connect card from verizon?

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

There isn't any except having to pay for hardware (or having to sign a long term contract with a connect card)

[joeblow17]

This just worked for my Curve on 10.5.7 thanks!

[N715DP]

Thanks for this quick guide, works like a champ on my storm (running .148 as of this writing). Funny that VZW doesn't show this as available for blackberry's on the mac platform - it works perfectly. Sitting in my office, I'm getting OK speed - nothing to shout from the rooftops about, but it's better than having to boot into Windows via Boot Camp (or Parallels) to get connected.

Did a quick speed test over at speakeasy, attached. Again, nothing super-speed here, but it works. VPN connection into my office is rock solid too.

[N715DP]

I did some digging on the non-detection thing and it appears that it's crucial that you have the mass-storage set to yes.

I typically have mine set to "prompt" so that it doesn't mount my memory card when I plug it into my mac - it just charges it. The VZA software will not detect the phone is plugged in unless this is set to yes and the memory card/internal memory is mounted in the operating system.

I can live with having to eject the mount in exchange for being able to tether properly.

Hope this helps.

[subzero2000]

I just got this working on my BlackBerry Pearl 8130. I followed mostly the same directions, with a few differences:

I kept noticing that /var/log/system.log kept having the following message logged to it:

VZAccess Setup Assistant: *Blackberry fatal error - file /System/Library/Extensions/BlackberryUSBDev.kext/Contents/Plugins/embeddedVSP is missing !!!

So, I looked and lo and behold the file was there:

/System/Library/Extensions/BlackberryUSBDev.kext/Contents/PlugIns/embeddedVSP

Note that the i in Plugins is capitalized on the file system, but not in what the VZAccess Setup Assistant is looking for.

Probably not a big deal on a default installation of OS X, but I am using a case-sensitive file system, so it was a big deal. So I created a symlink with the following commands:

cd /System/Library/Extensions/BlackberryUSBDev.kext/Contents/
sudo ln -s PlugIns Plugins

But it didn't work, even after restarting kextd. So, I then downloaded PocketMac and the updated drivers. Same issue, so I recreated the symlink again using the above instructions, fired up VZAccess Manager, and lo and behold my Pearl was detected, and VZAccess Manager did it's thing.

I had been toying around with getting berry4all to work, but was having no luck; now that I have this working, I'm just glad to be able to get my money's worth on the tethering plan.

Just thought I'd pass this along to anyone trying to tether using VZAccess Manager on a case-sensitive file system on a Mac, to help them avoid the frustration I'd been feeling in trying to get this to work.

Also, I discovered that I did not need to have Mass Storage Mode on when having it detect my Pearl in order to get it to work. YMMV.

[ditchmonkey]

wow THANKS! I'm so frustrated with Verizon right now. Nobody there has any clue how the tethering works with a Mac and they sent me to this site for technical support but sent me down the wrong path..... and that was after they tried to tell me I couldn't do it at all on a Mac.

....4 hours later I find this thread and it turns out the solution is SO simple if only anyone at Verizon had any clue at all.

Anyway, thanks a lot!

[andrewjone]

Different type of plans are suggested out there but only fewer of them will suites to everyone needs. I'm always looking to have a better connect card which functions well with my mac-book and i would only trust on connect card which is having some great features and functionality along with the best calling and surfing rates.