mikecwest Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 I have been trying to tether a Sprint Lotus, however it appears that changes have been made in snow leopard. In leopard and earlier, I could plug this phone in and open NETWORKS control panel, and it would detect a new connection. In Snow Leopard it brings a new menubar item that shows "initializing," however never does anything else. It also does not allow me to add it as a dial-up modem. Any ideas? If it helps, the phone is an LG Lotus on an unlimited data plan with phone as modem add-on (PAM) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/187727-sprint-usb-tethering/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecwest Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 I have been trying to tether a Sprint Lotus, however it appears that changes have been made in snow leopard. In leopard and earlier, I could plug this phone in and open NETWORKS control panel, and it would detect a new connection. In Snow Leopard it brings a new menubar item that shows "initializing," however never does anything else. It also does not allow me to add it as a dial-up modem. Any ideas? If it helps, the phone is an LG Lotus on an unlimited data plan with phone as modem add-on (PAM) I finally got this working..... I deleted the KEXT in /System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleWWANSupport.kext /System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleWWANSupport1.kext /System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleWWANSupport2.kext After doing this I was able to setup a Bluetooth DUN Connection.... I poked around in 10.5.8 and found there is a kext /System/Library/ExtensionsIOSerialFamily.kext//Contents/Plugins/InternalUSBModem.kext This did not seem to have any effect, regardless i left it..... The last step that I did, which made a difference is the deletion of: /System/Library/Extensions/CellphoneHelper.kext After this, when I open Network Preferences with the cellphone plugged in, it says that a new "LG USB MODEM" was detected. I am not sure if this is the only change that is needed, as I left the previous changes. 10.5 did not have that kext, so it was my newest attempt over a long period of time that allowed it to happen. I will try on a clean install with that change first, and (if no luck, then the InternalUSBModem.kext) and see if it will work without removing the WWAN kext) In any case, I don't have a WWAN device, so I am sure that I don't need those Kexts. I hope that this problem solves issues that others have had! I have been trying to tether a Sprint Lotus, however it appears that changes have been made in snow leopard. In leopard and earlier, I could plug this phone in and open NETWORKS control panel, and it would detect a new connection. In Snow Leopard it brings a new menubar item that shows "initializing," however never does anything else. It also does not allow me to add it as a dial-up modem. Any ideas? If it helps, the phone is an LG Lotus on an unlimited data plan with phone as modem add-on (PAM) I finally got this working..... I deleted the KEXT in /System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleWWANSupport.kext /System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleWWANSupport1.kext /System/Library/Extensions/IOSerialFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleWWANSupport2.kext After doing this I was able to setup a Bluetooth DUN Connection.... I poked around in 10.5.8 and found there is a kext /System/Library/ExtensionsIOSerialFamily.kext//Contents/Plugins/InternalUSBModem.kext This did not seem to have any effect, regardless i left it..... The last step that I did, which made a difference is the deletion of: /System/Library/Extensions/CellphoneHelper.kext After this, when I open Network Preferences with the cellphone plugged in, it says that a new "LG USB MODEM" was detected. I am not sure if this is the only change that is needed, as I left the previous changes. 10.5 did not have that kext, so it was my newest attempt over a long period of time that allowed it to happen. I will try on a clean install with that change first, and (if no luck, then the InternalUSBModem.kext) and see if it will work without removing the WWAN kext) In any case, I don't have a WWAN device, so I am sure that I don't need those Kexts. I hope that this problem solves issues that others have had! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/187727-sprint-usb-tethering/#findComment-1360822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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