Setting up email on Orange Sanfrancisco with 02

[Guest alimccarley]

Hello folks, great phone and all that, however when I click on Mail I get the message 'Validating phone number... Error validating phone number'. Now I don't really want to contact 02 as I lost my iPhone and still have an iPhone contract (unlimited data) and using a different model would infringe the contract, where they might force me on to one of their new contracts (cheaper but restricted data usage).

Any ideas how I can set up mail on an 02 contract? I've got a couple of accounts I want to use, 2 are my own domains and one is a Hotmail account.

[Guest alimccarley]

Btw, I've followed the instructions from another user (see below), so I can now use the internet. However, this does not alleviate the problem of connecting to Mail.

Thank you for your recent handset enquiry regarding handset settings. Please find your settings details below.

Mobile Web

Please note all steps must be completed to ensure the settings are correctly configured.

Please ensure that when entering O2 into the settings that the letter O is selected and not a zero.

When entering the following information do not press Save until told to in the instructions.

Press the Menu key

Tap Settings

Tap Wireless & networks

Tap Mobile networks

Tap Access Point Names

Press the Menu key

Tap New APN

Tap Name then tap the text box and enter O2 Mobile Web then tap OK

Tap APN then tap the text box and enter mobile.o2.co.uk then tap OK

Skip past Proxy as this is preset blank

Skip past Port as this is preset blank

Tap Username then tap the text box and enter o2web then tap OK

Tap Password then tap the text box and enter password then tap OK

Skip past Server, MMSC, MMS proxy, MMS port, MMS protocol

Tap MCC then tap the text box and enter 234 then tap OK

Tap MNC then tap the text box and enter 10 then tap OK

Press the Menu key

Tap Save

Press the Back key

Tap the dot next to your new profile to make it the default

Press the Back key four times to return to the standby screen.

[Guest m@rty]

Hello folks, great phone and all that, however when I click on Mail I get the message 'Validating phone number... Error validating phone number'. Now I don't really want to contact 02 as I lost my iPhone and still have an iPhone contract (unlimited data) and using a different model would infringe the contract, where they might force me on to one of their new contracts (cheaper but restricted data usage).

Any ideas how I can set up mail on an 02 contract? I've got a couple of accounts I want to use, 2 are my own domains and one is a Hotmail account.

just got this error on the girl friends SF with an O2 sim over wifi. I think the default supplied mail app by orange is somehow tied to its own network. Download K-9 from the market instead, though it doesn't do push hotmail. Paul's review mentions that the orange mail app is actually Seven so you could try installing the beta from there if you don't want to use pop3 with hotmail.

[Guest RNBW]

I've just been speaking to Orange Help Desk and they tell me that I will have to pay £5/month for mobile e-mail if I want to use any service provider other than Orange. I certainly wasn't made aware of this when I went into an Orange shop to look at the phone and subsequently purchased from Orange on-line.

When looking at the cost of the phone, it's not long before its cheapness is increased to the cost of other phones. For example, my wife bought an HTC Wildfire. 18 months and there's no difference in cost.

RNBW

[Guest RNBW]

Setting up e-mail on San Francisco for any provider other than Orange.

The set up for O2 looked interesting. Is there a similar set up for ntlworld that anyone can advise on?

Will changing the ROM to basic Android overcome the problem?

RNBW