Motorola Q and Verizon support TomTom One XL, unofficially…
I was pretty frustrated when I started playing with my new TomTom One XL and found out that TomTom doesn’t like Verizon. They state no support. With a Bluetooth enabled smartphone with high speed data services, and a TomTom One XL that supports them, I was near returning it to the store.
I am pleased to say that I avoided that with a little research and some patience.
After some fiddling, and some searching, I found settings that do work for Windows Mobile on Verizon with tethered Internet support.
1. Phone selection - other
2. Carrier selection - other
3. Access point - vzw3g
4. username - (phone number)@vzw3g.com
5. password - vzw
6. number to dial - #777
7. No scripts
The setup is pretty painless, first pair your devices, then when it asks you to set up your wireless connection, wait forever while it tries, then when it fails, select the US, select other for the Phone Model and Carrier, then use the connection settings above.
I tested it with the weather and software downloading features and it worked like a charm.
Did you enjoy this post? Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader.
Comments
I just bought a XLS and am trying to pair that was no probelm I am having the same problem with the data connection… By the way am I going ot pay extra to make hands free calls?
Great that code works with the smart phone, but what about the V3M phone for Verizon? Where do you find the access code for it.
Thanks for the post…however…I have the same TOmTomOne XL and Verizon Motorola Q9M. I followed your directions and it will not connect. Did you use a tether cable, or are you using the Bluetooth connection? If tethered, what cable did you purchase?
Thanks for your help
I purchased a TomTom One last year, upgraded to version 7.162. Tried syncing with my Verizon Moto Q and no luck. Same errors as in previous posts.
Contacted TomTom, they reported that the Q is untested because “they don’t have one yet”. How long has Q’s been out now? Very sad.
Any suggestions?
Thanks - worked great.
For everyone commenting… be aware that with Verizon you must pay for and have them activate “tethering” on your phone. For my corporate blackberry it is $15/mo. If not the connection will not go through.
Great info! Paired my TomTom up with a Moto v325 and tested weather and traffic and seems to work just fine. Thanks again!
I just bought the Tomtom One XLS to use the hands free calling feature with my HTC touch and they will not connect. I brought both devices to Sprint (my carrier) and they could not get them to work either. anyone have any advice on how to fix this problem?
In order to hook up my Moto Q to my tomtom I have to have some stupid data package with Verizon for a grand total of $59.99… completely and utterly insane.
Good info, but I have another problem. When I try and pair my tomtom one xls with my motoq, I get the following error: “An error occurred while checking features. Do you want to try again?”. Did you experience this? my service is with sprint.
Thanks