Tethering your Blackberry Bold to your Mac via. Bluetooth

Posted on November 22nd, 2008 - Tutorials

I recently got a Blackberry Bold and have been tethering via. USB to my Windows laptop ever since I got it. I wanted to tethering the phone wireless to my Macbook via. Bluetooth, but I could not figure out how.

I searched everywhere for this information and managed to compile the list of steps I took. Hopefully, this will help you too!

Initial Setup:

1) Turn on Bluetooth on Your Mac. Now we need to pair the Mac and Blackberry together. Pairing means linking 2 devices together for communications.

2) Download and Extract this Modem Script:  http://eugenedong.com/uploads/BlackBerry 3G CID1.zip

3) Place the extracted modem script in the Macintosh HD->Library->Modem Scripts folder.

4) Set up Pairing:

On the Blackberry Bold: Go to Manage Connections–>Turn on Bluetooth by checking Bluetooth–>Set Up Bluetooth–>Select Listen for a device to find me.

It should say “Waiting for a connection…” and the name of the phone below it. Default: “BlackBerry 9000″

I have omitted the last steps, but they are quite straightforward. The Mac will display a set of numbers that you have to enter into your Blackberry to finish pairing.

On the Mac: Run the “Set up Bluetooth Device…” wizard under the Bluetooth icon. Follow the steps as shown in the pictures below: (click to enlarge)

On the “Select the services…” dialog, make sure you select “Access the internet with your phone’s data connection” before proceeding to the next step.

5) On the Mac:

For the Phone Vendor: Choose Other and for the Phone Model: Choose Blackberry 3G CID1 (the script you put into the modem scripts folder)

Enter the Carrier settings to login to your data plan settings. (Make sure that your have tethering included with your plan)

I’m using the Rogers 6GB for $30/month plan that includes tethering and the login for it is:

Rogers Wireless (Canada):
User: wapuser1
Password: wap
Phone Number: internet.com

If you are not on Rogers, you will have to find the settings specific to your carrier.

Everyday Use:
1) Make sure Bluetooth is turned on in the Blackberry connections. Now under the Bluetooth Menu: Click on your “Blackberry 9000” to initiate the connection to your phone over Bluetooth.

2) Then a modem icon (looks like a phone) should be near the Bluetooth one on the Finder. Click on “Connect Bluetooth” and it should set the phone in modem mode and connect to the network.

The phone will show “Modem Mode Enabled.”

You’re Done!

Now you just have to run the 2 steps in “Everyday Use” to enjoy wireless internet wherever you go!



11 Responses to “Tethering your Blackberry Bold to your Mac via. Bluetooth”

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    May 5th, 2009 at 9:56 am

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  2. mousawiz4 Says:
    September 8th, 2009 at 11:10 am

    hi all,
    first of all i would like to thank you very much for this tutorial and i’d like to add something missing here
    first of all when you extract the modem script into Macintosh HD->Library->Modem Scripts
    you have to change the blackberry file permission to 777 to make work 100%

    i’ve tested it in mac OS X 10.6 and every thing went smooth
    if you have any problem please PM at any time

    Thanks

  3. herzeleid22 Says:
    October 11th, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    Hi I’ve been trying to pair my bold on orange UK with my imac running 10.6, but when I go to set up bluetooth device, I don’t get the checkbox saying ‘access the internet using my phones internet connection’. I followed all the instructions perfectly, can anyone help?

  4. croessner Says:
    October 21st, 2009 at 12:25 pm

    @herzeleid22

    I had the same problem. Solution:

    1. Remove the Blackberry from the Bluetooth-list
    2. Add the missing Bluetooth-DUN interface into the network. You dont need to configure it here.
    3. Follow that guide and you will see that the wizard will change its options ;-)

    Thanks for that guide!

    Christian

  5. keith Says:
    December 26th, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    Hi im using a mac powerbook 10.4.11 and im trying to tether my new bold to my mac. I hade no issues doing this with my curve 8320, but this is showing to be a bit resistant. i downloaded blackberry 3gcidi modem script, but i still cant get this to connect ..Any suggestions? Im also doing this on t-mobile

  6. Werner Says:
    January 8th, 2010 at 4:53 am

    Works fine with Swisscom in Switzerland. Thank you very much.
    Regards via tethered Mac/Bold setup!

  7. greg Says:
    March 11th, 2010 at 3:38 pm

    what’s the configuration of user password and phone number for swisscom please

  8. Soulflare Says:
    March 28th, 2010 at 7:34 pm

    Very good job ;) This guide was so helpful!!!

  9. Soulflare Says:
    March 28th, 2010 at 7:45 pm

    NOT!

  10. Hitrix Says:
    May 14th, 2010 at 12:00 pm

    @ #4: croessner

    Thanks for the hint, that was the problem ;)

    the rest works fine 4 me!

  11. nik Says:
    June 4th, 2010 at 12:11 am

    what’s the configuration of user password and phone number for swisscom please

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