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GPRS connections out of control?

I am using SPB's GPRS traffic counter and have noticed that without my doing anything, my Jam will download around 100k of data every day (around £0.25 on Vodafone). I can just about survive the financial shock ;-) but I am more worried to know how control connections in general.
Does anyone know what programs on the Jam keep a GPRS connection alive? (I am not using MS Messenger, nor do I have either MS Explorer, the e-mail application or Activesync runnig in the background).
cheers.

I see that you have checked the usual suspects how about MMS this uses GPRS as well maybe you received some? The application you mention (SPB GPRS Monitor) does not tell you which application uses GPRS?

unfortunately is not the mms client - I stopped its installation after a hard reset.
I even go as far as killing off the messaging app and internet explorer with the memory control panel to make sure they don't accidentally run in the background.
my guess is a leaky tcp/ip stack, but i'm still looking for ways of controlling outgoing packets...

cseilern said:
unfortunately is not the mms client - I stopped its installation after a hard reset.
I even go as far as killing off the messaging app and internet explorer with the memory control panel to make sure they don't accidentally run in the background.
my guess is a leaky tcp/ip stack, but i'm still looking for ways of controlling outgoing packets...
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I too have the same Issue. Orange billed me for 2.5MB of data. I aint used the darn thing for GPRS.

Alternetives for SPB GPRS Monitor !?
Does anyone have any alternetives for SPB GPRS Monitor. This program makes the OS on my i-mate JAM very unstabele. So I had to remove this program.
I hope someone can help me pointing to a good alternetive app ! I also couldn't find an application like a SMS counter. Any idea's ?
Thanks for your help and kind regards,
R.

I NEVER leave GPRS connected. I always 're-connect and cancel' to drop my connection after getting email headers ....
However....
one day, in one session at 12noon I racked up £17 with 02. They can not explain it and I was sitting at my desk at work with the XDA docked at the time!!! (with internet pass through if needed!)
This is worse than premium rate calls (which are closely monitored) ... all 02 can say is that at 12noon I downloaded over 7mb !! end of story! no more details. I don't know how it is possible unless it connected to their stupid movie portal and downloaded a massive trailer on it's own? - which I would of noticed!
Well I have a complaint in with them. Just think how many people could get stung (and I know what i'm doing!)
I'm now going to try the above mentioned GPRS counter, but has anyone tried this one ? .... http://www.all-locations.com/ GPRS Traffic Counter v3.2
Rich

cseilern
Do you have a programme such as SPB Pocket Weather.. or any of those 'weather related' today pluggins?... as they connect via GPRS to download latest weather etc..
Hope you find the mischievous programme!
Gero

The Best Instant Messenger and GPRS COST !! here talk

HI there
I am wonder If anyone could answer me .PLS
I want to you use one Instant Messenger ,IM+ or Agilemessenger by my Wizard but I donot know :
1-which one is better to use for YAHOO ?
2-how much DATA via GPRS they transfere for Login and for PM ?
for measure I'v used SPB gprs Monitor and PhoneAlarm 1.26 .
I used IM+4.04 trial for Login it use 32K and seems for PM 1 till 2K
and Agile used more than for 60k just for Login .
BUT:
-- it is VERY strang because with my NOKIA 6600 with Agile messenger it uses just 3K for login and for 1 hour chat just uses 40 -60K from GPRS data usage .
-- GPRS data counters are differnt between PSB GPRS and Phone Alaram :evil: not too much but it something to count . (I am sure settings are right )
any Idea Or better softewares ??
with lots of Thanks
BaBi

how much does it cost per mb?

I prefer mChat that is the best

MSN Messanger

Hi
can anybody help me in this matter I have a MDA Pro from T Mobile its the same as the Xda Exec but they is no MSN Messanger on the device can someone advice me where I could get a copy from.
Ciao
Gigino

get a agile messenger. its free and supports msn, yahoo, aim etc. its the best!

gigno, i had the same problem with Vodafone on the v1640. I managed to get them to pay the £10.99 for the download from microsoft by telling them that their competitors (o2 and orange) were including MSN messenger, and that i could have gotten the device from them.
What i would sugest is call T Mobile, and try to get them to credit you the £10.99.
Also, your device is a Universal, not a magician

nm8 said:
get a agile messenger. its free and supports msn, yahoo, aim etc. its the best!
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Free? I don't think so:
"Agile Messenger costs €2.99 per month charged by premium SMS.
You may also purchase Agile Messenger from 2checkout for €19.95 one time." is stated at their download page.
This one is really free:
http://www.movsoftware.com/products/imov/imov.htm
Cheers,
Mundl

mate i have a tmobile mad and it has it on,
use file exploer or find and type it in,
mine took some finding but once activeated it was easliy found then

esackbauer very cool but cant see it for free?

jaceuk said:
esackbauer very cool but cant see it for free?
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Read the page again, this time thoroughly. If you have troubles finding the word "free", try to search in the page (Ctrl-F)
The "basic" version is free, the have an enterprise version which has to be licensed.
Cheers, Mundl

esackbauer said:
nm8 said:
get a agile messenger. its free and supports msn, yahoo, aim etc. its the best!
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Free? I don't think so:
"Agile Messenger costs €2.99 per month charged by premium SMS.
You may also purchase Agile Messenger from 2checkout for €19.95 one time." is stated at their download page.
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Yes it is absolutely free when your handheld is connected to internet via bluettoth or wireless. You are only charged €2.99 per month when you connect to internet using your simcard.

here it is

nm8 said:
Yes it is absolutely free when your handheld is connected to internet via bluettoth or wireless. You are only charged €2.99 per month when you connect to internet using your simcard.
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"You may use the car free as long as you put no petrol in it" :lol:
Why should I connect to other wireless or bluetooth devices, when I have GPRS in my Magician? To make my life complicated?
This is a major drawback compared to the MSN Messenger and IMOV Messenger.

well i think it depends on how you use it. when im downstairs, i cant bring my pc with me so i connect my magician to be able to know who of my friends are online. when im in bed,my pc is next door so i also use my magician to chat with friends. agile messenger works great for me.. it might not for others.
its everyone's own choice :roll:

messenger
messenger is installed at my magican but it won't connect neither by gprs or bluetooth... keep saying my password or username are wrong... and it isn't i can surf over the internet and it did work ever...
what is wrong about my settings? i also have installed bluesolei to connect with my pc by PAN (it changes a lot in internet)
also agile messenger doesn't work

E-mail check time???

Is there a posible to check e-mail automatic?
With a PC that is posible but i can noy find this on the Artemis.
Perhaps a idea for a software dev. so he check mail every .. minuts and switch off and on.

Yes you can...
Snuffer said:
Is there a possible to check e-mail automatic?
With a PC that is possible but i cannot find this on the Artemis.
Perhaps a idea for a software dev. so he check mail every .. minutes and switch off and on.
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Hello there,
Yes you can. I have my Artemis set to check and download new emails every 30 minutes from my Hotmail account.
But I had to use 2 software for this.
First I had to use HTTPMail Provider which enables you to check for HTTP mails such as Hotmail.
And secondly I had to use a software called GB-Soft Tweak which disconnects the GPRS as soon as HTTPMail has finished downloading messages.
GB-Soft, after a set amount of time, also disconnects GPRS if you are browsing the net etc.
Its perfect and I couldn't ask for anything more as far as email is concerned.
I used MSN Live for PPC and its good but when downloading email messages with an attachment more than 1 MB, it would time out and display an error.
Hope this helps. If you need more help then PM me and I will be glad to help. I remember when I was desperately looking for a solution to this a few months ago.
PS: If you intend to download messages from a pop3 account such as Gmail and not HTTP then you don't need HTTPMail Provider. In fact you don't need anything. All you have to do is open MESSAGES,MENU,TOOLS,OPTIONS and then select the account you wish to change, then keep selecting OK, until you get to SERVER INFORMATION, here you will see OPTIONS. Click on it and then tick the box where it says CONNECT AND CHECK FOR MESSAGES EVERY: and here you can specify a period of time after which it should connect and download your messages.
I would still recommend GB-Soft Tweak as this is still needed to automatically disconnect from GPRS once pocket outlook has finished checking for messages.
Regards.
D.C

Hi,
Where can i download GB-Soft Tweak from, and is it free.
Simon

Why do you need to disconnect GPRS?

buca said:
Hi,
Where can i download GB-Soft Tweak from, and is it free.
Simon
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bford said:
Why do you need to disconnect GPRS?
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Otherwise your phone bill will be very high...

Yes phone bill will be very high if you dont have an unlimited internet plan from your mobile operator plus leaving GPRS on wastes battery!

Dead Cell said:
Hello there,
Yes you can. I have my Artemis set to check and download new emails every 30 minutes from my Hotmail account.
But I had to use 2 software for this.
First I had to use HTTPMail Provider which enables you to check for HTTP mails such as Hotmail.
And secondly I had to use a software called GB-Soft Tweak which disconnects the GPRS as soon as HTTPMail has finished downloading messages.
GB-Soft, after a set amount of time, also disconnects GPRS if you are browsing the net etc.
Its perfect and I couldn't ask for anything more as far as email is concerned.
I used MSN Live for PPC and its good but when downloading email messages with an attachment more than 1 MB, it would time out and display an error.
Hope this helps. If you need more help then PM me and I will be glad to help. I remember when I was desperately looking for a solution to this a few months ago.
PS: If you intend to download messages from a pop3 account such as Gmail and not HTTP then you don't need HTTPMail Provider. In fact you don't need anything. All you have to do is open MESSAGES,MENU,TOOLS,OPTIONS and then select the account you wish to change, then keep selecting OK, until you get to SERVER INFORMATION, here you will see OPTIONS. Click on it and then tick the box where it says CONNECT AND CHECK FOR MESSAGES EVERY: and here you can specify a period of time after which it should connect and download your messages.
I would still recommend GB-Soft Tweak as this is still needed to automatically disconnect from GPRS once pocket outlook has finished checking for messages.
Regards.
D.C
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Do you have Hotmail Plus setup? (where you pay per year) because i have set up httpmail provider and Poutlook like you said and i get a error saying Payment Required?
Is your hotmail account really old?

Weather report without GPRS

Hi guys!
Already asked in other sub-forum, but no reply there, hopefully more luck here.
Since GPRS and other mobile internet is expense in Belgium, isn't there an application that loads the weather report for the next week, everytime you sync your Touch Dual (or whatever HTC...) to your PC/Laptop. That way, you wouldn't have to use GPRS to get weather reports.
In my case it would drastically lower my gprs cost(since I sync every day!), and still have the eye candy of all those fancy apps you guys made here!
Grtz & thx very much!

in my country gprs is also so expensive..so I need it too..anyone can help us?

try this
1-turn on flight mode
2-sync your phone
3-tap update on weather app you use

Doesn't it work to turn on wifi (if your phone has it) and instead of using GPRS, it loads the data over the wifi? I know I've done this with Google Maps, and many other programs since I don't have a data plan.

Spb Weather does exactly what you want.
In the options you can specify to sync when docked and otherwise to sync only manually.
I'm using it since a while and had no sync through GPRS till now.

Don't know where it is getting it's info from or how, but i have just put Mobile Shell on a Himalaya, XDA II, and put a pay-as-you-go SIM in it with no credit.
Left it for a while after telling the weather bit where i am and lo and behold the weather forecast has updated.