Please could somebody tell me whether or not i can unlock a XDAI to take a payg sim, from a contract one!!!!!! and if so how it is done please :roll:
If you are staying with the same provider with your payg sim then there is no need. If you wish to unlock to another provider you can try xdaunlock, xda manipulator with serial cable or you can install the special edition rom.
The thing is with that Cruisin-Thru is that when i try my o2 payg simcard i get no signal and the network does not recognize the simcard, having talked to o2 they say that because it was a contract phone it cannot be used as a payg phone....
You can stick both a standard or Online (Genie) P&G SIM into a XDA1 & it will work perfectly fine until you go to access the Mobile Internet via GPRS (which isn't possible on P&G). You can still use the Mobile Internet over GSM though (including MSN Messenger). The only settings that need to be changed after changing the SIM is the APN & username for the GPRS WAP & the Message Centre number.
I would take a look at your SIM before the device as no modifications are needed to the hardware such as unlocking to use a P&G SIM in them.
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Orange (UK) now do pay as you go GPRS. They do it both on airtime contracts for £3/MB and on pay as you go (no contract) for £4/MB.
Someone on this board already posted settings for the contract/payg GPRS (£3) option. I am trying to get it running on payg/payg (£4) option.
I have the GPRS connecting, but web browsing doesn't go anywhere.
Anyone else tried with success ?
Are there any ipconfig like utils for the XDA so I can troubleshoot it ?
My XDA works on Orange
I just got my XDA working on orange
phone number *99#
access point name orangeinternet
Thats it, when you connect it asks for username, password etc, ignore this and just hit connect
HTH
Alan
I'm slightly confused by your response.
The access point orangeinternet is only for use by (voice) contract sims, and the access point payginternet is for use with payg sims.
Are you using a contract sim or a payg sim ?
If your using a contract sim you missed the point of the original question.
If I try to connect to orangeinternet with my payg sim no connection is made. If I connect to payginternet, a connection is made but no data is transferred.
delhaze,
have you managed to set it up on payginternet?
I'm trying to work it out myself. I sure would love to know whether you have got it going.
Cheers !
Simon
hi this is driving me up the wall so all imput greatfully recived i have just brought an o2 XDA unlocked it and it is now on orange. reading through what you have all said and have followed instructions and got it all set up but the XDa keeps putting +0 infront of the GPRS dialing number help me plz
Hi all.
Just unlocked an O2 XDA and inserted a Voda sim.
Voice works great. Do I take it i now can't connnect to the internet?
I presume it's O2 specific and that I can't
a) Connect to it now I'm not using an O2 sim?
b) Connect via Voda because they don't have such a service?
Is there any way to connect to the O2 data service while using somebody elses sim for voice??
Pushing it a bit I know but there you go.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
You just need to create a new connection in settings/connections and enter the details for your vodafone service provider. I dont know if you can access one service providers services using a third party sim card.
I have never been able to access gprs on my O2 payg sim. The sim comes with free sms plus free gprs pages and free wap. Am I missing something, is the sim automatically gprs ready or do I need to get it activated? Others on the forum seem to have managed it but I just cant and I have to be content with standard GSM connection. Any help greatly appreciated, the sim is the one that gives 300 minutes wap plus 300 sms messages free for a minimum tenner a month topup. Thanks.
Is anybody using O2 payg and also using gprs on xda, if so, did you have to get your sim activated to do so. I have found it impossible although others claim to be able to do it.
o2 payg gprs
mate, i take it you have an o2 online chip where you get 300 txt and 300 wap minutes.
now to fully exploit the xda2's data capabilities, you need not the o2 wap gprs service but o2 mobile web which is o2's full internet, web and email (pretty much unrestricted) service and only available to o2 contract customers.
i do know earlier o2 online (genie) chips had unrestricted gprs in some shape or form and some folks were even able to exploit full web access on these but these were provided in error chips.
newer online chips though and even regular payg for that matter can only do wap gprs or wap gsm but nothing more.
i know its a hassle but its got something to do with the different access point names and server IP addresses attached to payg gprs and contract sims.
Gbolly, thanks for that, I can acces everything I need over wap using internet explorer, my problem is I cannot get gprs to work even though the sim details say that I have free gprs pages in the bundle. Is the sim always gprs capable or do I have to ask for it to be enabled. If I put the sim in a smartphone spv it shows the "G" constantly so I am assuming it is capable.
Call Customer Services and they will provision GPRS onto the account. The Genie sims are not provisioned out of the packet. I have to call up Online Customer Services multiple times a day for customers who have bought the sims online and cannot access GPRS. In the shop we simply call up Online and provision the sims in large batches upon arrival to the store. Makes it much easier.
Set your APN to payandgo.o2.co.uk
Username to payandgo
Password is password
Once your SIM has been provisioned you will have access to the GPRS side of things.
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gbolly said:
o2 mobile web which is o2's full internet, web and email (pretty much unrestricted) service and only available to o2 contract customers.
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News to me? Im a monthly contract customer, and as far as i know you pay for the data as you use it. You can bundle about 5MB of data, but you pay about £12 for it a month.
If theres some free access im missing out on, please enlighten me!
gprs only works with wap on the xda and mms
wap works with both except not mms
o2 online can only do wap over gprs and not datagprs (mobile web)
if you want to surf using gprs then you should move onto an contract plan.
i phoned up customer services to ask them about dataplans they say they cannot do them for PAYG customers.
o2online sims you buy now days are already set up for gprs use straight from the packet after topping up £10 (wait 24 hours) then your free texts/wap minutes come into play
for mms you will have to phone them up and ask for it to be enabled.
ive been on o2 genie/online for about 4 years now
My M5000 has been unlocked by the code which orange provided.
it doesn't accept O2 sim cards. it shows 'no service'.(I have tried two o2 sim cards, same problem).
However, I tried vodafone, orange and 3 sim cards. all are working perfectly on it.
Why is only o2 not?
why???????????????
any ideas?
Thank you very much.
hm crazy idea: There is no O2 net reachable. thats the only reason i could think of.
Re: M5000 unlocked, but doesn't accept o2 sim, why??????????
Do those O2 sims work in other devices, apart from the exec and the original phone they were in?
Just a though..... type of SIM perhaps?
AFAIK O2 only permit access to their 3G network with a USIM.
Voda permit any SIM to access their 3G network
3 only have USIMs
So maybe it's a GSM O2 SIM in a phone that's looking for a 3G signal?
Try the following:
Phone -> Settings -> Band -> Select your network type = Auto (or GSM if Auto does not work). Also ensure that GSM Band is set to EGSM+DCS1800
Cheers, Mark.
the sim cards I used are all working on normal phone.
and I have tried changing setting. it doesn't help anything.
I really don't know why.
So the O2 SIMs don't work even if you have Network Type set to GSM?
Cheers, Mark
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So the O2 SIMs don't work even if you have Network Type set to GSM?
Cheers, Mark
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no, it don't work
maybe, my m5000 is blocked by o2?
up!!!!!!!!
How did you get Orange to unlock your phone?
marquis said:
maybe, my m5000 is blocked by o2?
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Doubt it. IMEI's have to be specifically, individually blocked, they can't block a range of numbers and all use the same database in Dublin, so blocked by one = blocked by all UK providors.
Richard
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marquis said:
maybe, my m5000 is blocked by o2?
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Doubt it. IMEI's have to be specifically, individually blocked, they can't block a range of numbers and all use the same database in Dublin, so blocked by one = blocked by all UK providors.
Richard
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So any other possible situation?
M5000 Unlocked
Hi,
I got my M5000 unlocked from Orange for the O2 Sim (PAYG) and it worked fine. It's not 3G just normal GPRS connection.
What does it say when you reset the device? I'm running a ghost dual simcard with Orange/O2 and sim switcher software. The software recognises Orange but says "Invalid Sim" for O2, but it still works.
Get back onto Orange, you did pay them £20 for a service :?
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yohanson said:
Hi,
I got my M5000 unlocked from Orange for the O2 Sim (PAYG) and it worked fine. It's not 3G just normal GPRS connection.
What does it say when you reset the device? I'm running a ghost dual simcard with Orange/O2 and sim switcher software. The software recognises Orange but says "Invalid Sim" for O2, but it still works.
Get back onto Orange, you did pay them £20 for a service :?
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I have tried even hard reset, it still didn't accept o2 card.
Do you mean it must run o2 with sim switcher software?
Where can I get such software?
Cheers
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Bumping it just under 12 hours later is rude IMO. Don't.
Richard
Re: M5000 Unlocked
yohanson said:
Hi,
I got my M5000 unlocked from Orange for the O2 Sim (PAYG) and it worked fine. It's not 3G just normal GPRS connection.
What does it say when you reset the device? I'm running a ghost dual simcard with Orange/O2 and sim switcher software. The software recognises Orange but says "Invalid Sim" for O2, but it still works.
Get back onto Orange, you did pay them £20 for a service :?
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can you help me?
i really want to unlock my M5000 which locked to UK orange network.
If any one know orange customer service phone number or can do it for me??
I will send back GBP 20 for you if orange charge gbp20 to get the phone unlock .
i live in US. i don't know if i can able to call orange ask for unlock code.
or you you know orange email where i can send an email to them.
Thanks
best regrads,
How do you make to unlock the SPV M500 for use with all providers ? Is there any tools to unlock the M5000 ?
I didn't find or I didn't understand how to make this :?
M5000 Unlock
Hi all,
Sorry for the delay, been off line a couple of days.
First of all marquis the phone should work on all networks without the sim changing software, the software just saves you from reseting the phone everytime you need to change networks. I got the software from www.wivit.com and it's called "Sim Status Switcher" works great.
One thing I remember from orange saying when I got my phone unlocked was that you had to insert the other network sim and only had one chance at entering the code.
Lonlyboy2003, the number for Orange UK customer services is 00447802092150, I don't know if they'll be able to help as you need to be a registed customer and have a contract with them, but it's worth a go!
trmkwm, you need to phone Orange and for £20 GBP they will send you an unlock code for your phone.
Hope that helps
Yohanson
Hi Guys,
OK, here's the situation. I have an Orange SPV M600. I have an Orange SIM card inserted that has *NO* GPRS functionality (it's my corporate SIM card and they've locked down GPRS for everyone).
What I'm trying to do is dial up to the internet using dial up WAP. What would be the settings for these? All I want to do is be able to maybe send and receive POP emails on the device and maybe slowly browse the internet occasionally.
Any ideas? What would the setup setting be? ANy contributions gratefully accepted
You mean you want to dialup using plain old CSD? That would be easy if that's the case - just setup a new connection and punch in the number of the modem pool of your ISP, and that's it. You got 9.6 baud, unless you have HSCSD - but given that your company locked down GPRS....
normaly WAP also use the same "modem" as gprs
and the diff betwene real grps internet and wap is
handled at the server side depending on the AP
Changed my mind...dual SIM is now the solution!
Thanks Guys
I came up with a different solution though. A Dual SIM adapter. One for my workplace SIM and I'll buy another PAYG SIM with the cheapest data charges and switch between them when I want to make data calls etc. Seems like an ideal solution However, that opens another can of worms....
Which Dual SIM adapter do I get? It has to fit the SPV M600 (HTC Prophet) and I like the idea of being able to switch SIMs whilst the unit is online but I understand these ones really drain the battery. The other one, I understand, does not require power but to switch SIMs, you have to power the phone (or is it unit?) off and on again. Hardly an elegant solution!