Sprint 8330 pam problem?

**jdawg195** · 10-30-2009, 06:46 AM

Its my understanding that Sprint has begun to crackdown/block pam usage in the last month. I've got an 8330 that i've used with Blackberry Desktop Manager. Now when I hook it up;

1. it recognizes the blackberry as standard modem
2. I can access the blackberry from the laptop (music, pics, etc.)
3. When I try to connect using the Blackberry, it says Modem Mode Enabled for a few seconds. The message quickly disappears and i get a "Error 678; remote computer did not respond"

I haven't used it as a modem in a month or two. Has anyone else experienced this and if Sprint has changed things, has anyone found a workaround yet beyond the obvious tetherberry or pdanet? Help! thx, Jd

**c1971ace** · 10-30-2009, 01:05 PM

This is nothing new...Sprint is disabling tethering...use the search theres a ton of posts on this

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

**yaw1800** · 10-30-2009, 07:31 PM

Tetherberry is on sale right now too, i just order mine.. pretty satisfied so far

**ilperez1806** · 10-30-2009, 11:18 PM

same here was wondering if I could use it on both phones?

**pwool64367** · 10-31-2009, 03:45 AM

Originally Posted by BerryWriter

What he said. Do a search next time. PAM is no longer possible with BB's unless you use PDANet or Tetherberry.

Not 100% accurate. If you haven't updated your phone as yet to OS 4.5 the PAM still works just fine. Just don't do the upgrade. Even if you completely wipe the phone after the upgrade, the patch to disable the modem is still enabled.

**jdawg195** · 10-31-2009, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by pwool64367

Not 100% accurate. If you haven't updated your phone as yet to OS 4.5 the PAM still works just fine. Just don't do the upgrade. Even if you completely wipe the phone after the upgrade, the patch to disable the modem is still enabled.

I'm still v4.3.0.127. Is there anything else I can try? thx, JD