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Can't connect to the net via Activesync

Any tips? I'm sure I have everything set up perfectly, but it just won't download any web pages. Is there something i'm missing?
I can download my e-mails fine (Hotmail, and IMAP) but can't get any web pages open using eather IE or Opera.
Cheers

Try disabling proxy on your GPRS/EDGE connection first (take note of the settigns first). I haven't been able to do anything using Activesync Passthru.

It was allready disabled.
I've just done a hard reset, and it still won't connect with a fresh Activesync connection. Any ideas?

ACTIVE SYNC AND INTERNET
Under options in ACTIVE SYNC---you have to have THIS COMPUTER CONNECTS TO INTERNET .

Thanks, but it's allready ticked.
Anything else?

hi!
Use tweaks2k2.net or any other program that enables the browser pass as IE 6.0.. just try

ACTIVE SYNC AND INTERNET
I've also had problems if my OUTLOOK inbox is set to my POP MAIL ACCOUNT (YAHOO). When I check outlook mail for some reason it connects.
Also--what are your connection settings to get to INTERNET for your GPRS and WORK settings unrelated to active sync?

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guitarman_08 said:
Use tweaks2k2.net or any other program that enables the browser pass as IE 6.0.. just try
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I don't get what you mean. What will this do?
Cheers!

hi
Well, matheprat im just guessing if this is right... but i have encounter this problem wherein i can't load any web page on my ppc..theres an option on tweaks2k2 where you can chage PPC IE as IE 6.0 Well It will not totally chage but it will make your browser pass like an IE 6.0.. just try and let me know if you've done it

Thanks for the reply. I tried doing the above, and there's no change, I still can't connect. Every time I connect the PPC to Activesync I get a message saying that it's unable to find a server assigned IP. Ive tried using a specific IP (my computers), and leaving it to obtain one from the server, but neither work. When it was connecting before, i set it to obtain an IP from the server.
I also can't update the weather info for SPB Pocket Weather, but I can check e-mails (hotmail and IMAP), and sign into MSN on the device.

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Suddenly PIE doesn't browse to websites! Stuck "Locatin

Enough is enough.
I had the same **** with my old PDA2K and now again with the Exec... I've spent 20 hours thus far on that ****. I just hard reset my machine yesterday and now again this **** happens and I cannot fix it.
I am surfing using UMTS/GPRS.. My definitions are FINE. There's only one connection. It was always fine that way on both the pda2k and the new exec.. but it stopped working now... it could be that some program messed up this ****, but i wouldn't know which.
Trying to browse to a site.. I get PIE saying 'Locating..." then after a minute or so saying "The page cannot be displayed or downloaded blah blah blah"... But the 3GUMTS is connected just fine.. Note that MSN Messenger doesn't work as well (I think that's because it's uses the core engine the PIE uses). Strangely, using networking utilities (vx) I can ping with the machine and even get HTML pages using web addresses. So the problem is not DNS and not a connection problem.. Just probably some damn problem with the operating system not recognizing something.. The 3rd party vxutilities for networking are bypassing that **** hence why they can browse the network just fine.
Tried deleting temp internet files and cookies nada... I also tried soft reset (about 20 times).. nada.... tried deleting the connection and recreating... nada... tried searchiong the registry for my connection name after deleted to see if traces exists.. nada...
Getting tired of this ****.. only hardreset solved it last time and i'm getting sick of becoming the machine's slave rather then the machine being my slave.
Help would be grately apprecaited..... I am sure it's ****ed up registry entry or something like that... I don't have many programs isntalled on my machine as I just hard reseted yesterday and my machine is in rather clean condition except for must have apps.
Help...SOS..

Check your proxy server info (in connections).
My XDA exec just loves to grab my work proxy server and try use that for accessing the web when wifi is active.

Check your proxy server info (in connections).
My XDA exec just loves to grab my work proxy server and try use that for accessing the web when wifi is active.

$20 for a solution
dikkyboy said:
Check your proxy server info (in connections).
My XDA exec just loves to grab my work proxy server and try use that for accessing the web when wifi is active.
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Thanks for trying to help...
but that's not the issue.. it's wwaayy deeper than that... ( i would have found it after 20 hours of trying had it been this easy ...
No proxy whatsoever. I never used Wifi. No work setup.. only "My ISP Setup".
anybody else? I'm offering $20 by paypal for the kind soul who can help stop my frustration WITHOUT hardresetting my machine or doing drastic moves. I need a permanent solution. If I solve it before so.. I will post my fix here...

UPDATE:
It's working now, though I don't like the solution, I changed in 'Connections' to connect through 'My Work Network' although I don't actually have any work network and I'm using it the same way I used the "My ISP" connection. It may stop working again though. i'll update.. but I still don't get it why the normal My ISP which always worked stopped working.

Are you, maybe, using the SBSH Weather?Are you, maybe, using the SBSH Pocket Weather?
For me the same thing started after I installed SBSH PW…

zormic said:
Are you, maybe, using the SBSH Weather?Are you, maybe, using the SBSH Pocket Weather?
For me the same thing started after I installed SBSH PW…
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Thanks, but I'm actually using SPB Weather

com'on someone please help me out here. i'll donate another 20 euro to this site if i find a solution... What I did yesterday (changed it so that it will use only the 'My work' profile both both internet and work worked fine.. but only for 24 hours. it now doesn't work again even after multiple softresets as well as deleting and defining the account again.. what a frustartion.
Now only that i cannot use PIE, I cannot use Terminal Server as well.. which is a bummer

Toggle flight mode on and then off.

Have ever try to remove check box of proxy in network tab? With mine it works.

proxy issue
I noticed the same thing on my wizard, I think it may be caused by an internet explorer automatic configuration script. When I manually provide the ip address and port number of the proxy server, the problem does not appear. I changed this in Internet Explorer running on my PC and in the Work connection on my phone. I have also changed the setting in Active Sync to choose the Work Network setting by default instead of automatic.
The only way I got Internet Explorer back to work was after a hard reset.
It did not happen again in the past 1,5 week. I have been restoring the same backup after each of these hardresets so I had an identical install everytime. It seems to be fine now.
I don't know how WM5 handles Active Directory policies (if it handles them at all) that may change your IE settings as well.
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Re: proxy issue
"Check your proxy server info (in connections).
My XDA exec just loves to grab my work proxy server and try use that for accessing the web when wifi is active."
My wizard does the same, it will work for a week or so and try using some random proxy for no reason!
I just uncheck the proxy tick box and the wifi connection works great with internet explorer. (well usually I tear my hear out for 5 mins and then realise its the proxy!)
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i had same problem! but opera browser would work fine!
i am also using spb weather but i dont think its that
i tried a few things but iv noticed if u keep the ie cach setings and location as default it may be fine, after not changing the ie cache location iv not had this problem, where asbefre i always used my card for ie cache.
all working fine now inc spb weather

PIE stuck at Locating
Hi mobiler,
I hope you have found a more permanent solution to your problem. I own an MDA Pro with TMobile UK and recently bacame plagued with the same symptoms which you reported, i.e., pocket explorer and opera mobile stuck at locating and not able to browse the web. Through some helpful suggestions on this thread I managed to find a solution which you may or may not have already tried. Like most people, I use my MDA pro at home on my home wireless Wifi network, and while away at work I use its GPRS/UMTS capabilities. I had no reason to think that these two features of the MDA Pro had any interactions with each other. In fact, I seem to remember reading somewhere that separate pieces of internal hardware provide these features. However, to my surprise/dismay I discovered that somehow the Wifi and GPRS/UMTS settings on the MDA pro are linked together. For example, if you setup a proxy server in the GPRS modem settings, which I recently did, without notifying you the Wifi connection also tries to use the same proxy setting. Vice versa if you setup a specific IP address and Gateway in your Wifi settings the GPRS modem connection also tries to use those settings and failing. The solution for getting back to normal internet browsing was to remove the proxy in modem connection by using its automatic settings ,and to tick the server assigned IP address for Wifi. This is a less than satisfactory solution, however, at least things are back to where they were before. I remain very puzzled at the interaction between these features and am dismayed and frustrated that there is nothing in the step by step procedures in each setting that warn you about a possible impact on the other.

Running gmail mobile on Cingular 8525/TyTn

Hi,
I had a HTC Tytn and now have a Cingular 8525 on Cingular's UMTS network. I was unable to connect to google's gmail mobile service using either phone, the MIDlet manager simply gives me a connection timeout error. Wondering if anyone else has had this experience with either gmail mobile or google maps mobile? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

gmail midlet on tytn
can't get it to work at all on my tytn. It just crashes the micro jvm.

Tried it too, doesn't work.
After that i figured out how to fix the thing that was stopping me using gmail with POP in pocket outlook. Normaly, if you download a message it doesn't show up on another computer anymore, which is annoying as i also access gmail with pop on my normal PC.
The trick is to add "recent:" before your username in the user name field. Outlook then downloads all recent messages it doesn't have yet, not just new ones. So i'm happily using gmail on outlook with pop access now.

yes, doesnt work on Dopod 838 PRO.
installation was fine.
then during login process, simply kicked me out of the application.

I have the Cingular 8525 and the gmail java app works just great. No problems installing or using.

Gmail stand alone client
I have a JasJam that constantly crashed on loading the Gmail client but I fixed it by following the steps on this page:
http://www.cjmillisock.com/2006/11/how-to-get-gmail-mobile-for-your-t.html
It seemed to install over the top of the built in midlet manager without any problem or duplication of icons etc.
Enjoy the Gmail experience on your pda!

Gmail via MIDLet Manager works well for me on the 8525.
I initially did have some connection issues, and realized that it was because MIDLet Manager was trying to connect to the internet via wi-fi as opposed to through UMTS.
Anyway - I went to Menu > Choose Network Type and selected "MY ISP" and I've had no problems connecting to GMAIL or using the Opera Mini browser since.
Hope this helps...
Vinny

four0four404 said:
Gmail via MIDLet Manager works well for me on the 8525.
I initially did have some connection issues, and realized that it was because MIDLet Manager was trying to connect to the internet via wi-fi as opposed to through UMTS.
Anyway - I went to Menu > Choose Network Type and selected "MY ISP" and I've had no problems connecting to GMAIL or using the Opera Mini browser since.
Hope this helps...
Vinny
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Yep, same as the above post, except my 8525 was trying to connect via GPRS. No problems since then! Everything is working fine!

I had the same problem
By default, it was trying to connect via MediaNet which goes through the cingular proxy server...it would just sit there on the screen saying "connecting to service"...when it timed out, it gave me a chance to choose a new service. I chose MY ISP, which doesn't go through the proxy server, and it worked like a charm.

mjizzy said:
By default, it was trying to connect via MediaNet which goes through the cingular proxy server...it would just sit there on the screen saying "connecting to service"...when it timed out, it gave me a chance to choose a new service. I chose MY ISP, which doesn't go through the proxy server, and it worked like a charm.
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Same here....working great for me on a Cingular 8125.

Gmail weirdness

I've had very bad luck with using my Gmail account on my new Touch HD so far. Anybody else had problems with this?...
Here's what I've observed:
I've installed the Gmail Java client but haven't been able to login to my Gmail account with it even once. It fails to sign on every time, saying "this program requires a working data connection". Of course, I'm sure that I'm using the correct user name and password. I've also tried entering just "username" into the first field rather than "[email protected]". Didn't change the result. Meanwhile, I can connect to the web via Opera Mobile and Opera Mini just fine and use other network-enabled apps like Google Maps. So, I do have a working connection. I've also tried turning off my data connection so that it's established from scratch on the next attempt. It didn't help. Turning on airplane mode for a little while and then turning it back off to try again didn't change anything either.
I've set up Gmail as an account in Outlook Mobile. Initially, I just used the automatic setup. It worked fine at first. It downloaded an initial set of that day's e-mails. I'm pretty sure a later send/receive also retrieved an additional messages even. But it stopped working at some point after that and, ever since then, this Outlook account hasn't worked either. It keeps showing an "error synchronizing" message on the status bar and I get a pop-up saying "cannot connect with current connection settings". There's nothing wrong with my connection settings, as I explained above. I try a website (that wasn't cached) on Opera Mobile immediately after this and it comes up fine. I've also tried a warm reset, but it didn't do anything. I've then deleted the Gmail account and created it from scratch using the manual approach explained here and on the Gmail site (starting with "[email protected]" as the fake address, and so on). Still, no go.
Meanwhile, I can login to my Gmail account via Opera Mobile on the same device (or from any desktop machine) just fine.
This is only the second day I've had this device and I had spent last night installing a bunch of applications on it (which I'm accustomed to using). Some of these were networking-related applications, too. However, I'm pretty sure that my Gmail account in Outlook Mobile was set up and was (temporarily) working after installing all those apps. So, I don't see that much chance that something I've installed might be causing the problem. (But I'll still try a hard reset and start from scratch as a last resort, if I have to.)
Is anybody else seeing anything like this? Specifically anyone who's using the Touch HD on AT&T's EDGE network, perhaps? Because, I'm beginning to wonder if I should suspect some weirdness about the network. That is partially because I also noticed another strangeness last night: The white square background of the "E" logo for the EDGE network on the Touch HD turned from a solid white to a "cross-hatch patterned" or "faded" appearance for a few hours. During that time, I couldn't connect anywhere at all. I tried a few things and some resets, but nothing changed it. That was the status last night as I went to bed. This morning, I woke up, and the logo was back to normal and all connections (with the exception of Gmail) worked fine again. So, that's why I think that strange logo was due to an AT&T network issue. Assuming that one was an AT&T screw-up, I'm now wondering if another more minor AT&T network screw-up might still be at play that prevents me only from connecting to Gmail. (Something specific to SSL connections, perhaps?...)
Incidentally, after typing the end of that last paragraph, it occurred to me to try an SSL connection. I tried the web-based mobile login page for Gmail in Opera Mobile once again. (It uses HTTPS.) It worked fine. So, it can't be a fundamental problem with SSL connections either.
Or could Gmail be experiencing some short-term anomalies with their IMAP server at the moment? Anyone seeing anything like this with them at the moment when using IMAP?
I'm completely stumped. I can't even imagine what else might be going wrong.
Any ideas as to what I should try next?

It turns out that I solved the mystery myself. For those who might have the same problem, let me explain...
The problem was that my cellular network data connection was set up to use a proxy server. I can only guess why it initially worked, which must have been because I think I did a new "connection database" download after Gmail (as an Outlook account) worked successfully for a while. I suppose the settings were correct before the connection database update, and the update must have screwed up things. (The Java-based Gmail was something I installed very late anyway, so my first attempt at using that must have been after the connection database update.)
To fix this, I needed to go to Settings -> Connections (tab) -> Connections (item) -> Manage Existing Connections -> Proxy Settings and deselect the checkbox labeled "This network uses a proxy server [...]". That fixed the problem for both the Gmail account in Outlook Mobile and the Java-based Gmail app.

Can't Access Secure Sites Through T-Mobile

Hi,
Just bought my TD2, and overall happy with it... I started testing it out and noticed that the browser cannot access any secure sites (including but not limited to: ANY webmail like Yahoo or Gmail, school login, or internet banking site).
I am a T-Mobile UK contract user (Flext). When I first turned on the phone I let it automatically configure for internet use. For general browsing that worked fine, but wouldn't let me access the sites mentioned above.
I called T-Mobile and, though they tried to be helpful, never figured out the problem. I know this is not a general T-Mobile issue because I was able to access these sites on my older phone, and I know it's not a browser issue because when connected through Wi-Fi (to my home network) it's perfectly fine.
So - if anybody has had or heard of this issue before, please help! There must be SOME setting or option that I'm missing, that prevents me from accessing secure sites!
I have the standard ROM, which includes Opera 9.5 build 16277, and Internet Explorer (of indeterminate version). Both browsers have this issue, in different ways: Internet Explorer claims the website doesn't exist:
"Cannot find 'http://mail.google.com/mail/x/?source=mobileproducts&dc=gorganic'. Make sure the path or Internet address is correct."
Opera 9.5 does one better and crashes: "We're Sorry... A problem has occurred with Opera9.exe"... followed by the option to send an error report to Microsoft.
As I said before it's NOT a browser problem because when connected to my home Wi-Fi network, both browsers work fine in secure sites.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Wassim

The T-Mobile auto configuration puts an entry under Proxy Servers which you need to remove (go to "Settings, All Settings, Connections, Connections, T-Mobile Internet, Manage Existing Connections, Proxy Settings" and check "connect direct to the internet"). Your problems should now go away and Opera shouldn't crash any more (you may need to soft reset before this takes effect).

Thank you Pete... I can't believe it was that simple, but it worked! Funny thing is, I could have sworn that option was checked off previously. But I did it again, and soft reboot, and now I can access any site I damn well please!
I'll let the guys at T-Mobile know in case some other poor guy has the same issue.
Cheers,
Wassim