Tata docomo internet in ubuntu

Tata docomo offers basically 3 kinds of gprs based internet plans for use in Kerala. They are providing reasonable browsing speeds but still Idea is faster among other counter parts.

Connect your mobile phone using the data cable or bluetooth to the Ubuntu box. If you are using datacable then opt for the 'phone mode' ('Nokia mode' in Nokia phones) from the popup menu shown in the phone when connected to the pc. The network manager will launch the new broadband wizard in the pc automatically. You can manually access this by clicking on the 'Add' button under the 'Mobile Broadband' tag in the NetworkManger.

During the wizard you can find TATA DOCOMO listed under Mobile Service providers belonging to India. This case is true for versions of Ubuntu released after Ubuntu 9.10. For older versions of Ubuntu TATA DOCOMO might not be listed. In this case you can select any of the service provider (idea, airtel...) and editing it after completing the wizard. For editing the connection, select the 'edit' button under the 'Mobile Broadband' tag in the NetworkManager. You have to change the feilds such as Access Point, Number, DNS servers etc... with new values as follows.

Connection name    :     tata docomo
APN                         :     TATA.DOCOMO.INTERNET
Number                   :     *99#
DNS server             :     8.8.8.8

To change the DNS server, first click on the 'IPv4 Settings' tab and select the 'Method' as 'Automatic (PPP) addresses only'. Then fill the 'DNS servers' feild with the above given value. Check in the box corresponding to 'Connect automatically' and click on the apply button to finish the configurations.

Connection using the Bluetooth:

If you are using past versions of ubuntu till maverick Meerkat (10.04 LTS) then you may have to install an application called blueman for using mobile internet without any hazzles and terminal based configurations. Blueman provides a simple interface for accessing the mobile internet via bluetooth. Installation procedures have been discussed in another post in  crack bytezz. Click on the 'setup' button and then select 'Dialup Networking' in the 'connect to' window popped up and forward to finish the procedure. The connection can be setted up as specified above

 

Dialling the connection

Now dial the connection from the Network Manager applet in the taskbar as shown in the figure.

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How to connect Idea gprs without Nokia PC suite in Windows

There is no need of a software like Nokia pc suite for accessing internet on the Windows machine if you have a modem on your mobile phone. This post describes about connecting to internet with a nokia phone with modem on your computer


Connect the mobile to the computer using bluetooth or data cable from the phone. Select Nokia mode on the phone if connection is made through the data cable. Pair the phone with the bluetooth of the computer if the connection is via bluetooth.


 

On Mobile phone


Select Menu  >>  Settings  >>  Connectivity  >> Packet data   >>  Packet data settings



Click on Edit active acces point to edit the access point. Set the following values

 

       Alias for access point       ::     internet

       Packet data access point  ::     internet


Set the active access point as curreently defined access point called 'internet'.

 

On computer with Windows XP/Vista/7


Select Setup a connection or network from Network and Sharing center.


Click on Set up a dial-up connection 

Select the bluetooth modem corresponding to your phone

 Change the fields on the screen as follows


          Dial up phone number :  *99#

          Connection name         :  idea internet 

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How to connect Airtel GPRS in Ubuntu linux

The gprs internet is a good option when you are looking for an affordable internet connection and limited budget...

You dont need to think about the wires... (coz it probably makes you weired). Here check out how airtel's gprs can be accessed in your desktop or laptop

Follow the steps to connect.


1. Connect the phone using the data cable to the computer. Choose the COM port

    mode or phone mode in your phone. In Nokia it is called 'nokia mode'


2. On selecting the phone mode the 'New Mobile Broadband wizard begins 

    automatically. If the wizard does not pops up automatically, right click on the
    network manager icon on the top of the task bar. Then choose edit connection. 

    Click on the add button. The window will appear as follows..

       

3. Select the Airtel from the list.

4. Write click on the network manager icon on the top bar and slect the 'edit 

    connections'. Select the 'Mobile Internet' tab and click on the edit button
    after selecting the Airtel from the list.

5. On the IPv4 settings tab change the dns entry as follows...
  
        DNS : 8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4


    These are public dns addresses by google and may give better performance in

    case of of speed.

6. Click on the network manager icon on the top panel and select Aircel to dial 

    the connection.

Repeat the step 6 whenever you need to connect using the same connection, after connecting the mobile phone/usb modem to the system....

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How to connect Aircel GPRS in Ubuntu Linux

Older versions of the Ubuntu linux has very less support for USB modems. This was the major problem that prevents you from connecting the mobile broadband internet facility provided by means of gprs.Linux versions were back in automatically detecting the USB modems in the mobile phones… But the new 9.04 version of Ubuntu linux (some previous versions also ) comes up with many facilities to overcome this problems…

Let me get into the matter… Here i am sharing my experiences when i tried to connect Aircel gprs using my Nokia 5200… the following procedures may be applicable to almost all java based phones.

Inorder to connect aircel gprs in your computer, first connect your phone to the computer through the data cable and select the nokia mode. Then the Network manager in Ubuntu will automatically detect the presence of phone. It will automatically starts a Mobile broadband configuration wizard…

Go through the pictures to get the step by step procedure..

One of the problems that I faced while the connection process is the list of mobile broadband ISPs provided did not contain Aircel. No problem!!! select the Airtel from the list, so that u can edit the connection later. Also the number that we have to dial in Aircel and Airtel are almost the same.

After the wizard completes right click on the network manager icon on the top panel and perform as shown in the pictures below..

Select the ‘edit connections'

Choose the Mobile broadband tab and select the ‘Airtel’ and click on the edit button

Change the following ….

Connection name : Aircel

Number : *99#

APN  : aircelgprs      (in lower case)

Leave the remaining spaces untouched and click ‘apply’…

Click on the IPv4 Settings tab and enter the value in the DNS field as in figure.

      8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4  

Each are primary and secondary dns addresses respectively seperated by the a comma. Please  remember we have started from configuration of airtel. So the dns addresses are also belonging to airtel. Here in this step we replace this with google's  public dns. Read more about dns on 

http://1024bitez.blogspot.com/2010/04/something-about-domain-name-servers.html

 

Click on the network manager icon on the top panel and select Aircel to dial the connection.

Then the icon of the Network manager will show that the connection is active soon. If you put your mouse over the icon u get a pop up  ” Mobile broadband connection ‘Aircel’ active”

That's all about the connecting Aircel in the Ubuntu linux, enjoy the power of mobile internet.

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How to find the MAC ID of Nokia phones

 No need to look out over  the menus and settings there and where to find the mac id of wifi of  your Nokia… Its simple to the extent that you cant even think before… You may need to know your wifi’s mac id to pair your phone in your college’s wifi network.

Let me share my experience, how I discovered the mac id of a Nokia E52 last day. Just take your phone and type in the following as if you are dialing a number.

Type  *#62209526# ,  if its correct then the phone will display the mac id soon after you types the last character #.

What this number means? Simply it means the digits that corresponds to
the word mac<space>wlan. That is  *#MAC<space>WLAN#.
MAC id is a specific and unique address assigned to each and every device…

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Installing Blueman on Ubuntu

                    Blueman is a nice and  cool apllication software running on gtk engine which gives a good interface to connect your mobile or bluetooth device to the system. It's  advantege is that it easily  handles the gprs connection so that you can use mobile web easily on your computer without creating some dialler etc... manually. Try it, you will be adicted...
       

Go to System--->Administration--->Software--->Sources.Now click on Third-Party Software tab, Click on add one of the following sourcelist which is suitable for you on the basis of your operating system.

For Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) Users

    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

For Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10) Users

    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

For Ubuntu hardy (8.04) Users

    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu hardy main

Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10) Users

    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu gutsy main

Once this is done follow the steps

Installing from Synaptic Package Manager

Synaptic Package Manager from System--->Administration--->Synaptic and and click reload.
Then search for package named blueman in the list and mark it for installation. After marking then click on the apply button on the top to
complete the installation.

Installing from the Terminal 

From the terminal run the following command

    sudo apt-get update               

                             .....for updating the package list, not for updating the packages

Install blueman using the following command

    sudo apt-get install blueman
Blueman will remove and replace the default bluetooth manager that came preinstalled with ubuntu.

Later it can be accessed by going to system--->preference--->bluetooth manager

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Hiding a folder in your Mobile phone (java based phones only)

You may be tried off many tricks to hide a folder in your java based mobile phone… But those tricks may not be satisfactory for you to keep your privacy…

I will show you one of the nicest methodes for hiding the folder safe wherever in memory card or phone memory. Go through the following steps one after the other…

Hiding the folder :

1. Create a folder and give it a file name ending with  .jad extension. That is  filename.jad

2. Copy the required files to this folder

3. Create another folder in the same directory with same file name ending with  .jar extension. That is  filename.jar

4.  After the above step when you come back you can’t see the folder ending with .jad extension. That is the contents

in the foldrname.jad is now hidden…

Viewing  the hidden folder :

5. Only thing that you have to view the hidden folder is just rename the folder ending with  .jar to some other extension.

Change it to whatever you like. The only condition is that it’s name should not end with .jar. Let’s give some .jaa or  .j or  .z or anything you like…

 

How it works ?

In most java based mobile phones like Nokia 5200, 5300 etc… the apllications are jar files having extension .jar

Most of these applications also creates jad files with same filename, which is usually hidden while you view it from mobile

phones, actually phone hides those files. Thus the jar file is the key behind hiding and unhiding. If you change the extension of

jar file to some other character then the jad file becomes unknown to the phone’s browser and hence it displays the jad file…

Hopes you enjoyed the trick.

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Some Nokia tricks : (java based phones only)

Here i am going to share some of the tips that had worked well for my Nokia 5200 mobile phone.
I think it may be applicable to your phone also if it is a Nokia phone running on Java Operating System.

Hiding a folder in your phone without any 3rd party software..
What u have to do is just rename the folder that u want to hide such that it’s name ends with .otb
Example : name —> name.otb
U can not perfectly hide the folder with this tweak. The folder that is made hidden cannot be seen until the phone cursor is brought over that..

Changing the appearence of the folder...
U can change the appearence of the folder in your phone memory or MMC.
This can also done by simply by renaming…Rename the folder such that the new name ends with .nth

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