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Guest mikeeey
Posted (edited)

how do i use internet explorer or opera mobile with gprs? do i hav to set certian things in the t-mobile gprs settings? rite now everything is default. i notice the G in my signal strength is there so i know its turned on.

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Guest awarner (MVP)
Posted

If the phone is in it's default state (as the device was when you bought it) then the settings should already be correct and you should just be able to use the internet.

Guest mikeeey
Posted
If the phone is in it's default state (as the device was when you bought it) then the settings should already be correct and you should just be able to use the internet.

yea it says the server could not be found or a DNS error occurred. my primary DNS and secondary DNS are set to 0.0.0.0. are yours the same thing?

Guest notaliberal
Posted

Are you using the T-Zones plan or the internet plan?

If it's the t-zones plan, go to this link and download and install Abatis's T-Mobile GPRS settings cabs.

http://www.mobilegadgetnews.com/index.php?showtopic=7454

It's literally just install and go. You run the two cabs form your device, start PIE, set connection the WAP, and you're good to go.

Good luck,

Guest mikeeey
Posted
Are you using the T-Zones plan or the internet plan?

If it's the t-zones plan, go to this link and download and install Abatis's T-Mobile GPRS settings cabs.

http://www.mobilegadgetnews.com/index.php?showtopic=7454

It's literally just install and go. You run the two cabs form your device, start PIE, set connection the WAP, and you're good to go.

Good luck,

this acually made it worse lol. the gprs in the corner didnt even start. so i had to uninstall it

Guest mikeeey
Posted
this acually made it worse lol. the gprs in the corner didnt even start. so i had to uninstall it

o wait no thats cuz my phone was stuck thinking it was charging so it was tryin to get a connection from the computer. but no i still recieve an eror.

im using the t-mobile plan, not the internet plan tho

Guest notaliberal
Posted
o wait no thats cuz my phone was stuck thinking it was charging so it was tryin to get a connection from the computer. but no i still recieve an eror.

im using the t-mobile plan, not the internet plan tho

Hmmmm...

It sounds like we have exactly the same setup, ie device and plan. THere's no reason this shouldn't work.

Few things to check:

1) Is the menu -> options -> connections in PIE, make sure it's set to connect via WAP Network and do NOT check "Automatically detect settings"

2) Delete all entries in Settings -> Connections -> GPRS --EXCEPT the ones just installed by those cab files, which are T-Mobile GPRS and T-Zones WAP

3)Shot down the phone, wait 20 seconds, boot it back up and try again.

Let me know how that progresses. I'm using an SDA, with the $5.99/mo T-zones plan. That's it.

Good luck

Guest notaliberal
Posted
o wait no thats cuz my phone was stuck thinking it was charging so it was tryin to get a connection from the computer. but no i still recieve an eror.

im using the t-mobile plan, not the internet plan tho

Hmmmm...

It sounds like we have exactly the same setup, ie device and plan. THere's no reason this shouldn't work.

Few things to check:

1) Is the menu -> options -> connections in PIE, make sure it's set to connect via WAP Network and do NOT check "Automatically detect settings"

2) Delete all entries in Settings -> Connections -> GPRS --EXCEPT the ones just installed by those cab files, which are T-Mobile GPRS and T-Zones WAP

3)Shot down the phone, wait 20 seconds, boot it back up and try again.

Let me know how that progresses. I'm using an SDA, with the $5.99/mo T-zones plan. That's it.

Good luck

Guest notaliberal
Posted

Oh, and make sure there's only one entry in Settings -> Connections -> Proxy

It should be called T-Mobile Proxy or something similar.

If there's other entries with really long, cryptic names like {34BN5O25BNQ4OTQ3TO3434} , you can delete those, wont hurt anything.

Guest mikeeey
Posted (edited)
Oh, and make sure there's only one entry in Settings -> Connections -> Proxy

It should be called T-Mobile Proxy or something similar.

If there's other entries with really long, cryptic names like {34BN5O25BNQ4OTQ3TO3434} , you can delete those, wont hurt anything.

thanks it finally works. but it looks like i need the 5.99 plan thing. rite now it just sends me to T-zones. if i purchase it then i can browse acually websites and not just wap sites rite? cuz rite now the only thing i can go to is t-zones and not yahoo or google or any other site.

is there a limit for my amount of browsing or wat does this give me if i purchased it?

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Guest notaliberal
Posted

Yes, you can browse any website witht eh $5.99 plan.

Things you CAN do:

browse ANY website, any time, UNLIMITED access. (with a reg tweak you can even use financial websites for online banking, etc)

Check POP mail accounts, not just your T-Mobile one, for free with the stock messaging app

Use programs such as fizz traveller or weather, etc, that need internet connection

Things you CAN'T do:

Stream radion stations over GPRS

Use the Modaco dedicated proxy, or any other proxy other than t-mobile's.

Download files over the air that are larger than 1M (sucks, I know. Some people don't seem to have this restriction, I certainly do)

With the T-zones plan, they block port 80, which is why you can't stream radio, etc. You have to use the t-mobile proxy (that's part of what those cab files installed), which for some reason media player and TCPMP can't be set to use. :rolleyes:

So, long story short, I think it's worth the money. Unlimited browsing, relatively decent speed all things considered...

Of course, if you can afford the over-priced $29.99 internet plan, then all the above restractions are removed and you can do just abuot anything...god I wish that was more like $15/mo!!

Anyways, good luck,

Guest mikeeey
Posted
Yes, you can browse any website witht eh $5.99 plan.

Things you CAN do:

browse ANY website, any time, UNLIMITED access. (with a reg tweak you can even use financial websites for online banking, etc)

Check POP mail accounts, not just your T-Mobile one, for free with the stock messaging app

Use programs such as fizz traveller or weather, etc, that need internet connection

Things you CAN'T do:

Stream radion stations over GPRS

Use the Modaco dedicated proxy, or any other proxy other than t-mobile's.

Download files over the air that are larger than 1M (sucks, I know. Some people don't seem to have this restriction, I certainly do)

With the T-zones plan, they block port 80, which is why you can't stream radio, etc. You have to use the t-mobile proxy (that's part of what those cab files installed), which for some reason media player and TCPMP can't be set to use. :rolleyes:

So, long story short, I think it's worth the money. Unlimited browsing, relatively decent speed all things considered...

Of course, if you can afford the over-priced $29.99 internet plan, then all the above restractions are removed and you can do just abuot anything...god I wish that was more like $15/mo!!

Anyways, good luck,

cool il try to get that.

1 last question..

when using im clients such as aim or msn can u send unlimited messages or does that count under texts?

Guest notaliberal
Posted
cool il try to get that.

1 last question..

when using im clients such as aim or msn can u send unlimited messages or does that count under texts?

as far as i know they don't count as text messages. i haven't really used them before though, so i can't say for sure.

anybody able to confirm this?

Guest genaldar
Posted

They don't count as texts, but msn won't work. Aim will work, at least it did for me with agile messenger.

Guest mikeeey
Posted
They don't count as texts, but msn won't work. Aim will work, at least it did for me with agile messenger.

thanks.

now i need to hard reset tho lol.

i dont know wat happened. no settings will show, the phone wont sync, and wifi settings dont work, well no settings dont work.

the only thing i can think of is i installed that cab file. i had never reset my phone or turned it off yet. and today i reset it and after that this started happening, so as i speak im backing up my memory card.

suggestions on roms?

i liked the Qtek 8310 rom but can u change the time from 24-hours to 12-hours?

Guest notaliberal
Posted

I have to believe this had nothing to do with installing the cabs. Probably just a fluke.

If a reboot or two doesn't fix the problem, and you end up hard resetting, then I'd go with the imate sp5m 2.6.33 ROM. Pretty similar to the qtek ROM. You can certainly change the time between 12 and 24 hour format, I think that's in the regional settings menu, or perhaps the accessibility menu.

Also, I manged to confirm that the yahoo messenger works with the t-zones plan as well, no text message charges...

Good luck,

Guest mikeeey
Posted
I have to believe this had nothing to do with installing the cabs. Probably just a fluke.

If a reboot or two doesn't fix the problem, and you end up hard resetting, then I'd go with the imate sp5m 2.6.33 ROM. Pretty similar to the qtek ROM. You can certainly change the time between 12 and 24 hour format, I think that's in the regional settings menu, or perhaps the accessibility menu.

Also, I manged to confirm that the yahoo messenger works with the t-zones plan as well, no text message charges...

Good luck,

wats the difference from the t-mobile rom and the imate sp5m rom? does this make the # button and the volume up and down button work in games like duke3d and doom?

Guest notaliberal
Posted

Sorry, didn't see this last post...

Differences are both good and bad

Many I wont' remember to list here, but the big ones are:

GOOD:

Backlight always turns off after 7 seconds of the keys being locked, so instead of the light turning on for 30-60 seconds in your pocket, it only turns on for 7.

Generally faster phone now, responds more quickly to keypresses, etc. Still not INSTANTANEOUS, but definite'y faster...

No T-Mobile branding, but you DO see an imate boot splash - oh well

BAD

Can't hold # key for silent anymore, you have to set a speed dial or use the profile homescreen plugin.

Make sure you install the latest Radio Only ROM as well, fixes a potential "searching..." problem

That's all I can think of right now...

Guest mikeeey
Posted
Sorry, didn't see this last post...

Differences are both good and bad

Many I wont' remember to list here, but the big ones are:

GOOD:

Backlight always turns off after 7 seconds of the keys being locked, so instead of the light turning on for 30-60 seconds in your pocket, it only turns on for 7.

Generally faster phone now, responds more quickly to keypresses, etc. Still not INSTANTANEOUS, but definite'y faster...

No T-Mobile branding, but you DO see an imate boot splash - oh well

BAD

Can't hold # key for silent anymore, you have to set a speed dial or use the profile homescreen plugin.

Make sure you install the latest Radio Only ROM as well, fixes a potential "searching..." problem

That's all I can think of right now...

thanks. and does the volume up and down work in games like spvduke3d and stuff?

and when u say no t-mobile branding does that mean not t-mobile compatible? or does it mean no t-mobile startup picture?

Guest notaliberal
Posted

It means no T-mobile startup/shitdown iamges/tones, plus no t-mobile proprietary programs such as the t-mo hotspot locator, etc.

You probably wont miss any of it, but if you do, surrealnetworks has stuff on their site to restore some (if not all) of these programs. I think. The only thing I can think of you missing would be the hotspot locator, but as you're going with the t-zones plan like myself, it's of no use to you anyways.

Good luck with the new ROM, eh...

Guest mikeeey
Posted
Hey, I gave you the wrong link for the T-zones $5.99 plan setup can files. I gae you the link that works if you have the $30 data plan.

Uninstall those Abatis cabs, get the cabs from this link, and use those:

http://www.mobilegadgetnews.com/index.php?showtopic=11177

Sorry about that!

o cool thanks. i cant put it on my phone rite now cuz im talkkin on it but il try it later

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