I am trying to connect to GPRS. Last night, I managed it - sort of. I was able to view an O2 portal (I have an O2 genie pay as you go SIM. I managed to get in to the portal was was able to view O2 content, but the content appeared out-of-date with a "2003" bit in the URL. The connection at the top of the XDA 1 Screen did not move. I also did not get the littke square withthe G at the top of my screen.
Was I actually connected?
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Hi I am new to this part of ppc life. I have an xda exec and wififofum enabled.
I can find access points that show internet connection but when I start IE to surf the web my grps connects and I connect that way instead of via wifi..
am I missing something.
sorry sorry sorry for the noob question, just never used this before and am sure I am not taking advantage in anyway of my devices capability.
Please help.. oh and i need it from the start..
cheers
Magpie2000k
before we start diagnosing have you changed any settings or hard reset the device in anyway?
Bryson
Bryson I have in the past but
It is installed on 02 mms gprs etc all work.
The device is standard in all ways i believe
your help is appreciated
Ok, lets try this lot first:
goto the wireless manager screen, and select the wifi tab, this should fire up wifi.....then hit settings bottom right hand side of wirless manager screen.
Hit wireless LAN settings and it should bring up the Wireless LAN Status screen.
At the bottom left hand corner of screen there should a small image of a PDA, hit that, and it will take you to the Configure wireless Networks screen, and in there, if a Newtork (hotpsot as you say) is detected, you should be able to hold your Styli on the detected network and click Connect.
Make sure on this screen also that it is set to ALL AVAILABLE networks to access. You should now be online if you are in a hotspot and have paid to connect up etc.
If that fails, look to the right of the Wirelss tab at bottom, there should be a Newtork Adapters tab, Hit that.
See what you have 'My network connects me to:' drop down box and select internet, NOT work.
Give this a go and let me know if succesful, I hope so!
Bryson
ok cheers
I can see the available connections but it cant connect so I guess that is because these are not hotspots but individuals wireless networks..
SHame I cant just hook up to them LOL
Am I correct or do I have to do something else.
cheers again
Magpie
yeah, thats what I think it will be, if you get a chance bob into a hotpsot in a starbu$ks or simlilar and give it a whirl to see if that is the case, you should hook straight up to them and be taken to their 'pay me loads of money screen for 1hrs web access' when you fire up I.E !!
Good luck keep us posted!
Bryson
so how do we...
do this without pay loads of money.. I know people do it
is there no standard way or none standard as the case may be
I have never connected to the internet using wifi so after reading instructions above i drove down to the local McDonalds where i know you can get a connection and followed instructions, i got a signal but come unstuck when i was asked for a pass key. I assume i have to pay to get this wifi connection and pass key but how do i go about doing this? Please help a thicko, many thanks.
ArgyleMoss said:
I have never connected to the internet using wifi so after reading instructions above i drove down to the local McDonalds where i know you can get a connections...
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I think you are referring to BT Openzone - a public network of wifi hotspots at sites like McDonalds, Wetherspoons bars, etc
I used to use it with my old PDA so my knowledge is quite out of date, but when I used it, I had to sign up BT first, giving them a bank account details for billing. In return you get a username and password to get access to their network. I was then billed monthly - at a rate of 50p a minute, using the time I entered my username/password to the time I returned to btopenzone.com to logoff.
It was okay for the occasional quick dip online, but it was too pricey for extended use.
Like I say, my knowledge is very old, so do check btopenzone.com for their latest prices. But if its anything like it used to be, I'd stick with GPRS if I were you.
when using the wi fi on the exec i want to be able to jump on one of the access points at uni, so i select one and of it goes but never connects. how would i get it to forget about that one and try one of the other ones ? because everytime i go to uni it keeps trying to get on that same access point without giving me the option to choose one of the others. any advice would be helpfull. cheers
It should auto connect to any which are available. It might remember the old ones info but as long as thats not about it wont connect to it (although it might say its trying to).
Are all the access points at uni open and unencrypted? Do you have a log in screen once you'r on the LAN, or you not getting that far?
Seems there are lots of Wi-fi problems this weather....
JAmes
spidersid
dont know your location but I tried my exec at birmingham UNI, and had the same issue, it kept trying to connect and then i tried it with my other halfs xda mini s, as soon as i hit connect it asked me for a valid certificate- had a word with somebody who had it working on his laptop he told me i need to speak to IT as they need to get it enabled wasnt to sure what the IT guy did on his laptop but im assuming installd some kind of certification-
My exec on the other hand was buggerd came home and it wouldnt connect to my home wifi, even when i went into wifi manager- settings- and delted the uni wifi nework after a soft rest it wasstill there so had to fomat the whole thing.
My other half was told she just needs her normal login username and password, i assumed that it should let you connect and when you open a web page it defaults back to your UNI page so you can log in, but never got that far.
good luck.
-- dont think they will leave the uni wifi network unprotected-
spidersid
dont know your location but I tried my exec at birmingham UNI, and had the same issue, it kept trying to connect and then i tried it with my other halfs xda mini s, as soon as i hit connect it asked me for a valid certificate- had a word with somebody who had it working on his laptop he told me i need to speak to IT as they need to get it enabled wasnt to sure what the IT guy did on his laptop but im assuming installd some kind of certification-
My exec on the other hand was buggerd came home and it wouldnt connect to my home wifi, even when i went into wifi manager- settings- and delted the uni wifi nework after a soft rest it wasstill there so had to fomat the whole thing.
My other half was told she just needs her normal login username and password, i assumed that it should let you connect and when you open a web page it defaults back to your UNI page so you can log in, but never got that far.
good luck.
-- dont think they will leave the uni wifi network unprotected-
got it going
hi thanks for the info
i got it working. all i did was click the orange icon at the very bottom ;eft corner of the screen it opens up a list of available networks. getting on the university network was surprising, i didnt have to do anything but when i lauch the explorer it comes up with a username and login which is the one i use to get onto a computer at uni and im off.
hope this helps get you online at uni
OK people, I know this site is supposed to be really great, but I have some simple problems, and I can't find the answers by browsing and searching this site. Hell, I can't even identify which phone I'm using....
I bought an XDA Mini S, so what's that called? A kangaroo or something I guess. anyway - I'm about to see if it'll survive being launched high into the air, that's for sure.
I have a home network, a windows small business server running exchange 2003, an ADSL router/firewall and some PC's.
ALL (!?) I want this damn thing to do is surf the network, and the internet whilst at home using a wireless connection. Then whilst it's out and about - to VPN back to home so I can do the same.
However, the set up of this thing is a right nightmare to understand, "My ISP", "My network", "Work", I can't seem to make logical sense of how this thing operates in a networking environment, and I do understand networks pretty well, so this is VERY vexing, hence why this is flying out the window soon.
Anybody feel they can spare some explanations as to how this thing is structured? If I click on anymore settings I might just go mad gibber dribble.
Paulsco - welcome to the board!
Not to sound like a father, but seriously, go and have a game of Call of Duty or something. That's what I do when I'm stressed. It's not worth throwing the thing out of the window. And if you are in a mood to get rid of it, throw it in my direction. I need a Mini S for development!
Ok, what have you done so far?
Have you got it browsing the net through ActiveSync yet?
Ensure that you can sync, then go to ActiveSync, File Menu, Options, and choose "This computer is connected to " The internet.
Then, ensure that your PDA is set to reflect this as well, the internet.
Then hopefully the two should permit you to browse the net through your ActiveSync connection. Try Internet Explorer on the PDA.
If and when you're doing that, then you can progress to wifi and VPN etc.
For wifi, I've always found this useful:
http://wifi.aximsite.com/wifi_net.html
V
Paulsco said:
I bought an XDA Mini S, so what's that called?
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That's easy - it's the HTC Wizard.
HTC is the comapny that actually makes it and Wizard is HTC's name for it.
Thanks for the response!
That's for the advice - I think I have worn out all the games...
OK - so here is the sit. Make some tea and take a deep breath!
I've got my "wizard" to to most things, it'll sync with Exchange over wifi OR it will sync with a PC via bluetooth, but it won't do both. that's not a real issue though.
Also I can surf the internet via wifi, and I can do this via GPRS, but here is what I need to sort out:
I have two connections listed under settings>connections>connections
The first is the O2 GRPS My ISP connection, and the second is the "My work network" connection. I have defined a VPN to connect back to my firewall in this last connection, but I had to delete the O2 Active default connection in this connection because it kept dialing grps instead of using wifi.
In connections>advanced>network management I have both boxes set to "My work network". this prevents any GPRS calls, until I change the setting. Great, I'd rather not have to have done this, but it does seem to work...
Only thing is, when I am out I tried to connect back to the exchange box and I got from activesync "Your exchange account does not allow syncing, blah blah" which it obviously does because it works from the local network. I have opened all the activesync ports on the firewall.
I hoped to be able to connect the VPN, but this seemed to be impossible with my current config.
I need to be able to configure this so that I can browse my wifi network both locally and remotely. I have managed to get the VPN to connect, but I have no idea why this works sometimes and not others - when you click on connect, you get a beep...and nothing else, no error messages or anything.
So I want to get exchange mail whilst wifi'd: OK that worked this AM because I told everything to use "My work network" that has no GPRS connection defined, but when I wnet out I hthen changed the setting so that it dialed the O2 GPRS connection for Internet, then I got internet, but no VPN connection. then when I returned to the office, I had to soft boot because no matter what I dod, activesync gave me "cannot connect with current settings" - A soft boot cured that, but it's not a real great solution every time you return to the office.
Any help you can give me would be gratefully received! I'll happily bung cash to people for a solution!!!
thanks and regards,
Paul
For the past couple of weeks, I've been having issues keeping an internet connection. To describe, I have push email set up so I'm always connected. I seem to get emails fine and I always have an "e" above my signal strength to show that I'm connected. But When I actually want to go to a website, it will connect but after I click on a few links, the next link will just hang. I'm using Opera mini, and after a few pages I get the network test page. Sometimes it will come back and say "you have a working network", and other times it just won't start again.
I was thinking it was just my service (T-Mobile USA) because I use a proxy configuration that's not really ment for full internet access. But I noticed that I was having the same issue when connected to wifi networks. Then I tried PIE and I had similar issues connecting with it as well.
I did just replace my housing. That's the only major change I can think of. I hope this isn't a hardware issue. Anyway, emails still come through but surfing forums has been pretty much shut down. Anyone have any idea of what it could be?
BTW, I've been using the same ROM for over 7 months (O2 Premium Plus) and never had this issue before. No new programs installed since problem either.
hey,
i have a x1 which i got on contract with vodafone UK
i am giving this phone to my girlfriend who is on orange.
i read on the vodafone website that since last year sometime, all of the phones that they provide are not network locked.
so i put my girlfriends orange sim and it boots up asks for my pin and i can make calls and send messages.
it does not, however, let me connect to the internet. she does have the unlimited internet bundle on her contract.
any ideas what i should do?
are there some settings i need to put in for it to connect to orange internet?
thank you in advance for all the help.
m8edy
You need to get the Orange settings for the Internet and enable them.
Google Orange Wm6.1 internet settings (or similar) and you should find many sets of instructions.
You might even be able to get the Over the Air via the Orange website.
hi
thanx for ur advice
i googled it and came up with all the settings on the orange website.
however, now...the internet works.i can surf the net etc etc. however, msn messenger will not log in...it doesn't even ask me for username and password, it just says something along the lines of:
there's a connectivity problem. Make sure your in a good area with good reception and try again.
i open msn messenger and it lets me click sign in or cancel...no place to enter my username or anything...i click sign in and it comes up with the aforementioned message.
so i tried switching off the phone connection from the comm manager and just using wireless. but it says the same thing.
any ideas?