I recently established a GPRS connection between my new i-mate XDAII and my wireless provider (AT&T Wireless). However, when I try to pull up common webpages, after a lengthy delay as it searches, I receive the following INternet Explorer error message, "The page you are looking for cannot be found."
Any suggestions?
Thanks very much.
This usually happens when gprs access is disallowed or not activated on your account.
...sometimes, after unkown reason, i cant click on any links!
even from emails, if i click on a link, it says something about
it dont know how to associate it, and to run the right program for it first.
any ideas? im sure its an extention problem.
Two phone conversations now with AT&T Wireless suggest that there's nothing wrong with the GPRS connection...or that the account isn't properly established for data service. We've double-checked all connection settings, the AT&T Wireless technical support folks are "seeing" the connection from their end...the data connection seems to be established.
Instead, it seems to be an Internet Explorer issue or, at least, something within the i-mate preventing it from pulling up webpages.
Is there an phone number and/or e-mail address for i-mate's technical support area that I should try...or, does Microsoft offer tech support for Pocket IE?
Thanks, again.
Forgive me if this has afterall been asked before, copious use of the search function has returned nothing of any use or in most cases, any relation.
I've recently aquired an O2 XDA IIs, unlocked, and I'm using it with my T-Mobile sim card. I'm trying to access the internet via the WiFi connection, but every time I attempt to connect (for example with MSN Messenger) it tries to connect via GPRS. I've tried making a new connection in settings, or editing existing connections, and yet all I'm presented with to connect through are these:
Bluetooth Dialup Modem
Cellular Line
Cellular Line (GPRS)
Generic IrDA
Hayes Compatible on COM1:
^I don't see a "Wireless LAN" option there.
If anyone could shed some light on this, it would be -very- much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
~Syren
wi-fi has a setting of it's own in the connection manager which needs to be switched on before you can connect to anything.
You need to connect to your wi-fi network, then activate MSN Messenger etc
The information I have found instructing the use of the Cingular 8525 as a wireless modem is HERE, but I do not want to use my data plan. I want to use my home dial-up ISP to connect to the internet on my 8525... and/or use it as a wireless modem tethered to my laptop. I have entered the correct dial up number, user ID and password. My phone attempts to connect to the dial-up service, but at the end it simply says the "The remote party has ended this connection."
Any ideas or am I just dreaming?
Thanks
Ron
I have been attempting to use a dialup connection on my 8125 to update my email. I have plenty of cell phone minutes and do not pay for AT&T's data plan. Usally I just connect with WiFi. I have searched the threads on this web site and most of the hits on modems are for connecting your laptop to the phone to access the internet through GPRS. When I did set up the dialup connection I kept getting the error that there was no modem at that number. If anyone has any ideas I would appreciate it. I use the stock 8125 ROM.
Thanks
Hey- does anyone have any ideas or am I just not searching for the right thing on this site?
Hi,
I have an application that connects to the Bluetooth DUN service of my mobile phone. By using the hyperterminal and the windows console application that I have done using C language, I am able to dial out to a fixed line.
However, when I switch to the GPRS mode using +CGDCONT=1,"IP","APN", I will get the NO CARRIER error after I dial *99#. My service provider has verified that the *99# is the correct number to dial.
Please do advice me on how I can proceed.
Thanks and regards,
PS
I might be a little bit off in my explanations and assumptions here, but my understanding of the way it works is that GPRS is your data connection. When you dial the access number you are establishing your data connection. If I am reading into your purpose correctly, you are wanting to use your phone as a modem to call into an ISP or to a dialup server. If that is the case, you would just dial the number without switching to gprs first.
This is probably a bad example, but consider your gprs connection like an ethernet lan connection at your home or work. If you wanted to use your home computer that is connected to the ethernet, to call an ISP or dialup server, you would need to use a telephone line plugged into the modem port, not try to dial over the ethernet (VOIP excluded). Does that help explain things, or make it all clear as mud.
Hi Steve,
Thank you for the advice.
I have tried to dial the number provided by my ISP without switching to GPRS first. The number I dial is the generic *99#. I guess that once I make this call, the telephone operator, which is also my ISP, would know that I am trying to connect a dial up.
But after I make the dial by sending ATDT*99#, I get a respond "CONNECT" then some unreadable characters follows for a while. After sometimes, the "NO CARRIER" respond will appear and the unreadable characters stop. Are these characters the PPP packets for a dial up? I am also not prompted to enter any password or login at all.
Are there any thing else that I should change?
Thanks and regards,
PSLoh
Again, I may be wrong here, but if you are trying to connect to a remote computer using DUN, then you are trying to have your computer use your phone as a dial up modem. I believe that the ATDT*99# is the setting to connect your phone to your GPRS service. Once you connect to GPRS, the only thing the GPRS network is going to understand is an IP address, not a phone number.
I think, if I understand you correctly, that you are tethering your phone to your computer with bluetooth and then attempting to make a call to a DUN host using a phone number (not the ATDT*99#), but a real 7 - 10 digit number.
Tethering is typically where you connect your computer to your phone via usb bluetooth etc, and use the devices data service (GPRS, UTMS, etc) to browse the internet, pull email, etc. You can't dial a number over this service as you are connected to the internet, not the public switched phone network.
Check this post for tethering instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-337714.html
You are actually trying to use your mobile phone as an analog modem, but your phone has no hardware inside it to respond to the answering modem when you call your ISP or remote host via a phone call.
There is a way to do this, but it involves some work. You have to build a small adapter that will convert your mike and earphone connections into a 2 wire that will plug into your computers analog modem. There are problems with this type of data service. It is slow, doesn't support cell changes, and may be disallowed by your carrier. Check this post to see what I am talking about.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=361928
Let me know if this sheds any light on the subject, or if I just really don't understand what you are trying to do.
Thanks,
Hi Steve,
Thanks for your reply. I always thought that *99# was the number for me to dial up to the ISP but now I guess I have to find out more about it.
I was using the ATcommand: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","APN" to set up my phone to use GPRS network and then ATDT*99#. I thought that by issuing these 2 commands to the phone, I would be able to instruct it to connect to my ISP and set up the PPP link between my phone and the laptop.
Do you mean that the number to dial is wrong?
If I were to succeed in dialing to my ISP, are there any things (commands or code) that I need to set up the PPP link on my WinXP laptop?
Thanks and regards,
PSLoh