I was trying to use my N95 as a bluetooth modem with my Powerbook this weekend and failing miserably. No idea why, it used to work. Connecting my N800 to my N95 as a modem was still working just fine. So when I got home and started poking around I saw this post about other folks having intermittent problems with Nokia phones and bluetooth. Lucky for me, going in and killing the ppp daemon out from under the Internet Connect process (you have to signal it twice though, kill it once and then kill it again, very poetic – but also very annoying) keeps from having to deal with those endless hangs.
I’m using 10.4.11 by the way, haven’t done The Update yet. Once I removed the device and reset everything, installed the latest version of Ross Barkman’s Nokia HSDPA connection scripts, and reconfigured it started working again. But it disconnects after about 8 to 12 minutes. Even when I’m constantly using it, it hangs for a bit, and then an error dialog pops up saying the modem terminated the connection. I turned off TCP header compression and the ping checks, no dice though. It always barfs and needs to be reset after a while. My other devices don’t do that through the N95, so I assume it has to be something on the Mac end. Anyone seeing the same thing? Any ideas for a fix?
I have the same problem with HSDPA and N95 in my country – Latvia. Connection terminates with different excuses, and the only remedy is DUAL reboot: phone AND Powerbook. My experience with Nokia 6630 (3G) was bright in comparison. Connections were pretty stable. BTW, I have many years of experience with Nokia and other phones used as Bluetooth modems for Macs. 3230 (and EDGE) was relatively crappy too, as was Siemens S35 (GPRS). So it seems that Nokia doesn’t control the quality from generation to generation. (I believe that Ross’s scripts don’t change that much except for speed allowances). So, has anyone a cure for N95 Mac surfers?