Motorola V3 Razr modem connection to MacBook with Cingular / MacOS X 10.4.7

For many this is posting information you already know.
However, for some I hope this will be useful.
Have just spent the best part of a day getting a V3 Razr to work as a modem.
Cingular, Motorola and Apple tech support were almost equally unhelpful.
Finally found the following link from this page of Apple Discussions
http://www.taniwha.org.uk/
It has MOST of the answers with the provision of the appropriate modem scrip. (I have paid Ross for his well deserved pint).
Some details for those who may run into the same hurdles as I:
1. The download for the model script is a .sit file that must have Stuffit software for file decompression
2. For my area of the USA, the following Cingular information is essential to configure the network connection
a. account [email protected] (all caps)
b. password CINGULAR1 (all caps)
c. telephone number - must be blank as Ross directs in his readme file. Ignore all that *99 business that Cingular suggests on their website.
d. CID worked with the "Generic3GCID1" modem script
e. do read the readme text file with care
However,
This is a very buggy thing.
Had to restart a couple of times including one of those unpleasant episodes when we unplugged the battery for a few seconds.
On our machine we get best results by
1. having no programs other that the internet connection running when starting the connection process
2. when the process aborts due to connection problems (about 1 chance in 3) closing everything down and starting from scratch
3. making sure Safari is targeted to start at exactly the point on the Web where we need it with all login info prefilled
4. carefully shutting down internet and internet connection software in the reverse order used to get in
G
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7) Bluetooth connection to Motorola V3 razr phone with Cingular service
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7) Bluetooth connection to Motorola V3 razr phone with Cingular service

I don't see a large number of people complaining about 10.4.7 so I conclude one of two things - your MacBook is defective and the problem just happened to show up with the update - it happens. Or your installation didn't go well. Many of us don't like getting our updates from the Software Update program - we prefer to get the updater ourselves. The download is larger because it isn't targeted specifically for our computer the way the automatic download is, but it seems to be more reliable. Or maybe we're just superstitious. At any rate, try downloading the update installer and apply it again.

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