Tethering laptop to bb curve 8320 1 tip

[barbarianthemadserb]

Okay, so here is what I have discovered in order to be able to tether my Sony Vaio laptop with windows 7 to my BB8320. First of all, I spent days and days and lots of reading on threads posted. I tried the DM version 5.01 which has tethering support. I tried Tetherberry (even got some support from them but still no go). Both methods above (either using DM or Tetherberry would say that the laptop IS connected to the BB via usb but I could NOT get internet explorer to see anything. And I do mean I spent too much time trying to get it to work. I gave up. Then, I went to the Linux sites to see what kind of luck they were having and someone there mentioned that ou must set the MASS STORAGE MODE= OFF on the blackberry. Dang, that did the trick. It now works! Shame on Tetherberry for not telling me so.
So the tip is=SET MASS STORAGE MODE TO OFF else you won't be able to tether (at least this was so in my case.
Hope this helps someone frustrated as I was.

[fedge]

maybe the 8320 is different but with my 8330 and my 8530 i always had mass storage set to on and i could always tether..... you didn't pay for tether did you ? please tell me you just tried the 7 day free trial....

[fedge]

since you can tether with t-mo for free.....

[barbarianthemadserb]

Naw, I did not pay for Tether as I used the 7 day trial. I now tether using DM . Tmobile is my provider.

[fedge]

awesome.. im glad you found this fix im sure others will appreciate the post

[KasiCatastrophe]

I constantly tether with my BlackBerry, first my 8320, then 8220, and now my 9700. I never had/have problems with it connecting to the internet while Mass Storage Mode is enabled.

Perhaps the problem you were having is a Windows 7 issue and not a BlackBerry one.

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

[fedge]

i have windows 7 an no tethering issue..