Lot of posts related to Mac lately! Today, I wanted to get online from home and thought of hooking up my Reliance phone via the data cable. The rconnect software works well on Windows and Linux, but I was not sure about Mac. So I plugged one end of the cable into the phone and the other on the USB port of the Mac. Went to System Preferences -> Network and it told me that the system has detected the LG CDMA USB Modem and I should configure it!
I tried it out, but the default modem driver did not work. So I took my pick and selected an “au CDMA” driver. And to my surprise, it worked!
The dial up settings are simple:
- The number to dial is #777
- Username and password are your mobile phone number
Good to be connected this way. Though the speed is not high, it’s workable. The main advantage is I can take it almost anywhere in the country and still be connected!
Man thanks a lot, I have a tata indicom connection. The default modem drivers (I guess it was apple v.92) did not work. Just hope that the au CDMA one does.
Hi, the au modem script did work and it was able to connect to my phone and try to connect. But then the phone shows “ASYNC DATA” and OS X say “No carrier found”…. any idea what’s happening?
Hey, anyways I did get my issues sorted. Had to use a Modem Script generator for it. But your blog still gave me an idea of how things work, plus hope that I can still configure a mac.
I had booked a Reliance Net connect connection as I got a free offer with my HCL laptop.
The offer was for Rs.3750 for three months internet usage free with a download limit of 1
GB.
The strange thing was the next month I got a bill for Rs. 382 which was followed by
another bill of Rs. 2464.
Apparently the FREE OFFER WITH HCL AND HP AND OTHER OFFERS IS NOT FREE FOR THREE MONTHS.
THEY SEND YOU BILLS THE NEXT MONTH.When I escalated it to Reliance they said they would
look into it and have since never gotten back. According to my bill there is a fine print
that says its 1 GB download or 20 hours of internet surfing time (which is not specified
anywhere). That means if you cross the 20 hours you pay @ Rs0.50 per minute.
I urge anyone who has THE HP OR HCL OR COMPAQ LAPTOP TO NOT BUY THE DATACARD FREE OFFER
ITS JUST RELIANCE’S WAY OF CHEATING PEOPLE.
IF YOU ARE SO KEEN ON A DATACARD YOU MAY HAVE MINE (FREE OF COST IF U CAN HELP ME TAKE
THESE PEOPLE TO TASK FOR CHEATING CUSTOMERS. ITS WORTHLESS NOW GIVEN THE PILED UP BILLS)
Kunal
Data Card Number: 9323985362
how do i claim a reliance data card after buyin a laptop
We Want Drivers for mac
I have MacBook Pro. How can access internet using Reliance Netconnect.
Thanks in advance.
Raju
Hi Raju,
Just plugin the phone using a USB cable to the MacBook. Go to your System Preferences – Network. It should detect the phone. You can then select the CDMA driver and get going.
:Nirav
Hi Nirav,
Thanks for quick reply.
I tried but I didn’t see CDMA driver in Network settings window. Could you tell me how do I came know whether it is recognized the phone or not. where it will list CDMA driver to select it.
My Mac OS X version is 10.4.8.
Raju
vikas i want buy ur datacard could u pl contact me on 9886091600
Hi! Guys. Can any body give some specific information how to start the CDMA Modem (Tata indicom-LG phone)with iBook (OS 10.4.9). Which au CDMA modem selection is working, or any other work around.
Help is appreciated
First things first: When you connect your phone and go to the Network option in System Preferences, the OS must detect and ask you to configure it. Until you get it, it won’t work.
Once you get it, you can configure it to use the modem (au CDMA 1x WIN W01K works for my LG 6230).
Do a little trial and error to see what works.
HTH.
Anyone using an Tata Indicom data card with the most recent Macbooks? I am thinking of getting a Macbook, but the only hurdle so far has been that it doesnt have a PCMCIA slot. So fine – I can get a PCMCIA to USB adapter that will let me plug in the card via a USB port.
Not being a Mac user so far, I am curious as to whether the driver described above is going to work in this case. Not being able to use a data card is a deal-killer for me as fas as Macs go, unfortunately.
Vandit
PS: Great post, Nirav. I was beginning to think I was the only Mac user with this problem in India…
http://web.mac.com/imug.in/iWeb/iMug/MugBlog/1D65F8AC-01ED-44DC-BF62-F0EA530BF05C.html
so, all you guys hereβs the link for osx driver for the huawei ec325 data card. enjoy.
Its exciting to kmow u guys are using macs and having fun.
I need a Mac Script to ZTE CDMA 1X
Hi I stumbled upon your blog by chance and so glad to see more mac users trying to use reliance π
Can I ask for your help regrading something?
I will be going to my summer house in the mountains and since my macbook doesnt have a PCMCIA slot I cannot use my old Rel data card. I do have a Toshiba notebook but much rather prefer working on macbook (no surprises thr). The connection you mention is that the phone one and can oyu tell me the approx speeds? I need something fast and the Data crad use to give me around 7KB/S speeds last year which pretty much sucked π Any suggestions would be welcomes!
Hi,Need help with the Tata Indicom CDMA USB Modem for Mac.Cant get any drivers for Sungil Telecom SXC-1080 Please Help
Based on the above blogs, i purchased a Reliance Data Connection i.e, HAUWEII EC 325 and connected my macbook to it after loading the Hauweii drivers. Unfortunately, it’s not working even though i followed the exact steps mentioned.
The system is detecting the modem port, but when trying to connect it says a modem error, please check your settings and try again…
Any help from anyone would be helpful…
I got connected finally…Trial and error is what computers are…
Thanks again guys.
Hey Surya,
Congrats! Would be great if you can share what Trial and Error you had to do to get this working!
Thanks.
:Nirav
For some reason when I connected the data card, it was showing 2 HAUWEII cards available, i had to delete both install again, and then despite showing both again, deleting one HAUWEII cleared the problem and it connected fine.
I also tried the Launch2Net and it didn’t work.
Hi
am using the Reliance USB Data card to connect from my apple ibook. It worked fine in Delhi but is not working while i am travelling in India. Shows an error with ‘ Connection could not be established with your remote PPP server.’ ….any idea wht can be done for this pls ?? ! π
Hi all,
I have got a mac book recently… i was planning to get a reliance USB connect card. Can you please suggest whether i will have to get any drivers seprately to get it conected on to the net.. Also would be great if you can suggest me the download speed on the reliance card…
Thanks a lot in advance… π
hey, i have a macbook. i am going to purchase a reliance USB modem, will it work? they said if i can install the sofware that they will provide then it will. they said the software is called ‘hawaiian zt’ or something. can u help me out? how can install this software? will it work?
This mail is for Kunal who has mentioned in his mail that he has been cheated by Reliance wherein he recieved a free data card along with HCL notebook…..
Dear Kunal I think u need to file a complaint against Reliance in Consumer court….Please check this link given below and u’ll get to know all info about filling a complaint…
http://www.consumercourt.netfirms.com/
Best regards,
Sanjay
Thanks Kunal.
I too got a HCL computer and now got myself registered with it for a reliance data card. But it seems as reliance is upto it’s old game of sucking the people whom it bills ( and leaving scores of others without bills – there were scores of such phones in chennai which has not received a single bill for the last three years ! )
F… the Reliance datacard !
Renga
re:tanya
tata indicom network in de mountains is pretty sketcky..i’ve managed to het ot going r bhowali, the mac driver works for net connection….still haven’t been able to figure the phone dialer
…and so is reliance…better check relance network wherever you headed
Hello,
I bought a New HCL Laptop couple of Days ago and i was very much excited about the Reliance free data card that i was going to get tomorrow paying them 3750. I am lucky i read this forum and i will never go for this as one of our friend said the maximum time is 1 GB or 20 hours, which ever is earlier.
Can you suggest me best data card or service i should opt for my new laptop. I never used a wireless internet as this is my first laptop… Any help is appreciated… Also, can i use this laptop continously for like 16 hours a day?
Thank you,
Mohit
Hi,
I need a PCMCIA slot ( IInd Hand ) of Tata Indicom. I have a USB port of Tata Indicom ( Which Sucks ).
A little Jerk and the Connection goes dead.
I hear PCMCIA slots have no such problem.
Can anyone help me out in this regard ?
Regards
Aman
0-9840090100
Mohit: I don’t have comments on the data card from Reliance. I happily use my LG phone to connect the net.
And as for using the laptop for 16 hours a day, well, I don’t see a problem to the laptop. The batteries will wear out a tad faster though. And if you are going to work for 16 hours in front of the computer, you will wear out a tad faster as well π
:Nirav
I brought One CDMA HUAWIE DATA MODEM EC 305 325 255 FOR MY IBOOK G4, But this card not support Mac Os, How can i installed it
pls advise
hi
not getng conected to internet mac g4
hav instald driver but modem not detected
huawei 325 modem is wat i’m using
pls pslsssssssssss
hlp
hi..
there seems to be a problem with using the huawei EC 325 (reliance net connect) on the older macs.
My intel mac worked just fine.. all I had to do was install the drivers of the net and it worked like a charm.
but when I tried it with my older ibook g4.. there seems to be a conflict with the internal modem… It gives me the option of choosing te driver, but it still figures that its an internal modem. in my show list, it never apeares as any thing ohter than an internal modem.. and there fore gives me a modem error, when I try to dial.
any clue ?? any one?
Ramse~
hi guys,
I Still think right now Reliance is the best USB internet device to buy, as there is no other company that offers internet on OSX.Also as the new macbook and pros dont have pcmicia slots USB is the only way to go…
I just got the USB reliance one and its pretty good, if your a traveller and got all over the country its perfect, mine worked in MUNNAR also.Its juts amazing that, Though the trafiff deals arent that great, but what the hell as long as you can surf the net and makes loads of more bucks via being n touch with work via reliance….
I have the older Tata Indicom Zte card as i had got it for my compaq, i here there are pcimca slot to USB avaible online, anywhere here in india??? also is anyone interested in buying it off me pls let me know via email…
Harmeet
I called Reliance and they say they have no drivers for the Mac. I called Apples people here RSG (mumbai) and they said Reliance GIVES drivers for the Mac with the USB data connect.
I wrote to Huawei (who makes the card) and they say they dont work on Mac.
YET, I have seen a demo where a Macbook was being used with one.
I called Reliance again and the tech guy proposes to lecture me on how a Macbook is Dual bootable and did I know that the mac can now run “Windows too ?!” UH – HUH !@ Been using macs for 11 years – what a wonderful bit of news , be-still my beating heart !!!
Then Reliance goes one step further – starts asking me if I am running APPLE on an HP laptop and that perhaps then through windows it might work on APPLE running on HP laptop .
H O L Y S M O K E S man; where do they get these guys from !!!!!
Just to let you know, RUSS Barkmans scripts make just about any phone work on the mac
i used a tata indicom connection on the mac very succesfully and I think Reliance is a CHOR company
I bought my MacBook just yesterday. It carries Mac OS X.
I already have a Iqara You Telecom) connection working on my home desktop thro a Motorola Surfboard SB5100 USB cable Modem. How do I get my Mac to recognise the modem. Where do I get the drivers?
Nice to see a lot of mac users here…
Hi guys!!
I have a tata indecom plug-2-surf device and have laptop hp9312 with vista ultimate preloaded. the device is not working. its asking for driver. I downloaded form tata indicom site. on installation error reported ” its marked for deletion”. such error, i haven’t seen earlier. can any one help me on this.
Could sure use some help. I’m trying to get my in-laws setup with an iBook and Tata Indicom LG LSP-340E phone.
Have cable, phone, etc., but cannot get the phone recognized by the OS when entering “Network” as suggested above.
“System Profiler” is recognising the USB cord.
Is there anything I need to do to the phone to set it up to act as a modem?
Any suggestions or help greatly appreciated!
Tom
Hey everyone. I was surprised at finding so many Mac users in here.
I have successfully used Tata Indicom Talky to my Mac Book Pro. I am presently using my Nokia GSM phone to access the internet here using Hutch’s Access scheme. Anyone has any queries about connecting to the internet then you can feel free to visit my blog π and ask.
@ Tom: You need to create a modem script for the phone, using a Modem Script Generator and adding a command. Don’t remember the exact link or the exact link. Check out tech-tree india forums.
Anyone here game for setting up an Indian Apple community blog?
http://www.huawei.com/mobileweb/en/doc/list.do?type=-1&id=110
Aditya: Good idea about an Apple India Community blog. There is one effort at http://www.mugindia.blogspot.com/, I am not aware of any others. Though a Planet will be a good idea. What say?
Dear Nakul,
I have tried SXC-1080 modem of tataindicom on my mac G4 17″ 1.67 PowerPC and it works fine.
Plugin the usb modem (make sure it has been activated) and follow the steps below:
1. open network preferences (Apple->Location->network preferences).
2. under Location drop down menu select -> new location give a name like “tataindicom”
3. under show select Network status
4. select “Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM” and click on configure.
4.1 under ppp Service provider type “tataindicom” or any name
4.2 Account name: internet
4.3 password: internet
4.4 phone number: #777
4.5 click on save password
4.6 click on modem tab
4.7 Modem choose ” SUNTAC U-Cable D3(PDC)”
4.8 uncheck wait for dial tone before dialinig.
4.9 click on Apply Now
that’s it, happy surfing.
Nakul May 21st, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Hi,Need help with the Tata Indicom CDMA USB Modem for Mac.Cant get any drivers for Sungil Telecom SXC-1080 Please Help
I do have a similar kind of USB modem (SXC – 1080) which I bought recently from Tata indicom. But there are problems using it with Windows XP. ( I am using original paid XP !!)
Can anyone get me drivers for Windows XP ? The cd which came with this package contains only Win2k drivers..
Please help !!!
hi vishrut,
i have uploaded installation file which came along with my modem here is the link:
file size 9.5 MB (zipped)
http://www.astralsouls.org/tataindicom.zip
unzip and run setup.exe
please scan for virus, i don’t think it’s infected but just to be on the safe side.
please try to download it within the next 7 days if possible and let me know once you have done so contact@astralsouls.org, i am running short of space on my webserver.
regards,
spooky-man
For Tata Indicom Sungil USB modem configuration on a MAC… pls checkβ¦
http://indiamac.blogspot.com/
Nirav I did visit that blog. The thing is that it does not focus on Indian needs. It may have some links about an apple reseller here or there, but that hardly counts. Things like internet drivers are indeed a real pain in India and no one discusses things like connecting a phone on the laptop (exceptions ofcourse π exist)
I do know of some Mac wielding friends who like the idea of a community blog. I am all for it.
Am willing to set up one if you agree. What blogging platform? I would say Blogger simply because of the number of people who use that service even though my personal blog is on wordpress (Though it is a different story how I like wordpress.org much more than wordpress.com,,)
The only concern I have is that people are almost always busy, me included. So it may not have a lot of posts; but they say something is better than nothing and who am I to disagree?
Hello
Here are latest version for Huawei EC325 EC32x adapter for All platform including, MacOSX Intel/PPC, Windows, XP/Vista/64bits..
The Huawei EC325 driver for OSX is working well and is free (no need of launch2net)
http://www.hutch.co.th/download/downloads/Driver_EC321_EC325_ Mac.zip
http://www.hutch.co.th/download/downloads/Connect_internet_Huawei_EC321_EC325forMac_OSX.pdf