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is internet through wap is free??on t mobile

hi all
i am newbie and just got wing few days ago,and i dont have any data plan,and i did setting in wap according to someone mention in this forum
like proxy setting and 216.155.165.50 etc
i am able to get internet now,
but question is, is it free???
or they charge me latter??
plz help>>> thanks

I would say you should be ok.

so does this mean i dont have to have the tzones $5.99 plan to get access to the internet using the proxies? so i can just type it the proxies port and host and have the internet working without the $5.99 plan?

Why pay if you are getting it for free?

for some reason, I cant browse sometimes. Any clue ?
btw, im using the above mentioned proxy for http,wap,swap

desisatguru said:
hi all
i am newbie and just got wing few days ago,and i dont have any data plan,and i did setting in wap according to someone mention in this forum:
like proxy setting and 216.155.165.50 etc
i am able to get internet now,
but question is, is it free???
or they charge me latter??
plz help>>> thanks
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I did a search for WAP on this forum and could not make a find. Would you please let me know where you found this info as I would like to try it on my Wing. Thank you.

I did'nt know you could do that. I dont't think that T_mobiel should have the power to charge you for anything that you have not signed up for. Check in our contract and see if there is any mention of any such thing. And please let us know of where you read about these settings and if you are chraged on you ractual bill when you recieve it. Thanks.

asctony said:
I did a search for WAP on this forum and could not make a find. Would you please let me know where you found this info as I would like to try it on my Wing. Thank you.
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this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=361918
im using open touch biggie and im having trouble checking it.
also for anyone using tmobile you can always send a "call/request" to #BAL# it should update every hour or so maybe daily at most

diabolical28 said:
this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=361918
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Thank you very much. I will have to try it.

how to config in g1 for t-zone plan?

how to do that??how to insert diferent data?

Go to Settings
Go to Wireless Controls
Go to Mobile Networks
Then select ACCESS POINT NAMES
From there press MENU
Select NEW APN
From there you can input all the settings, then press Menu to SAVE or DISCARD

thanks but i did that, but can not navegate, i created
name: T-Zone
APN: wap.voicestream.com
Proxy: 216.155.165.50
Port: 8080
APN type: http
for default MCC=310 MNC=260
-question. i need all apn that coming with the phone?
-how the phone select the apn that will use?
thanks
nxt said:
Go to Settings
Go to Wireless Controls
Go to Mobile Networks
Then select ACCESS POINT NAMES
From there press MENU
Select NEW APN
From there you can input all the settings, then press Menu to SAVE or DISCARD
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Dream on 2.99 T-zones data plan partially working
Hello - I was wondering if anyone else there is still on the 2.99 T-zones data plan or 5.99 data plan with the dream. I put in the wap.voicestream.com APN and the proxy so now the browser works but no email or google maps or anythign else.
With epc.tmobile.com I have no data.
Anyone else seeing the same results?
This is weird becuase on my unlocked iphone everything works great with epc.tmobile.com

t-zones on the dream? thats like putting hubcaps on a bently. it just ain't right.

same for me the only email that work with 5.99plan is yahoo, for gmail and for hotmail i use live connection and some time give me fail connection but almost time work
viprvette said:
Hello - I was wondering if anyone else there is still on the 2.99 T-zones with the dream. I put in the wap.voicestream.com APN and the proxy so now the browser works but no email or google maps or anythign else.
With epc.tmobile.com I have no data.
Anyone else seeing the same results?
This is weird becuase on my unlocked iphone everything works great with epc.tmobile.com
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i did , only have to leave in blank (apn type) and worked,
satru said:
thanks but i did that, but can not navegate, i created
name: T-Zone
APN: wap.voicestream.com
Proxy: 216.155.165.50
Port: 8080
APN type: http
for default MCC=310 MNC=260
-question. i need all apn that coming with the phone?
-how the phone select the apn that will use?
thanks
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double thread

I put in the old wap.voicestream.com and the proxy. I am only getting the browser to work and it does work on 3g. Everything else times out...(google maps, email, etc..)
anyone else get it to work?

donutman said:
t-zones on the dream? thats like putting hubcaps on a bently. it just ain't right.
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Nah its just the name of the plan from 6 years ago. Through the proxy it opens up the ports. I use etc.tmobile.com on my unlocked iphone and everything works.....I wonder what is different....

donutman said:
t-zones on the dream? thats like putting hubcaps on a bently. it just ain't right.
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Lol that's the best thing i've heard in a while. Mind if i quote it in my sig and on my website?

tokomoto said:
Lol that's the best thing i've heard in a while. Mind if i quote it in my sig and on my website?
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go ahead I don't mind at all.

I hope T-Mobile shuts off all of these free riders

were not free riders were just people who are smart enough to make the system work for us. If your in an engineering position and your able to get the same effect from a lower costing material, you would be stupid not to, and most likely fired. A person who takes tax breaks when hes paying his taxes is not stupid, but he is essentially doing the same thing we are. dont hate just because we are able to pay less for the same result you are getting. thats just my 2 cents, and im hoping the tzones plan will work on the dream as it has on my wing, 8525 and Dash.

molesaied88 said:
were not free riders were just people who are smart enough to make the system work for us. If your in an engineering position and your able to get the same effect from a lower costing material, you would be stupid not to, and most likely fired. A person who takes tax breaks when hes paying his taxes is not stupid, but he is essentially doing the same thing we are. dont hate just because we are able to pay less for the same result you are getting. thats just my 2 cents, and im hoping the tzones plan will work on the dream as it has on my wing, 8525 and Dash.
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So you're saying T-Zones will be on 3G? Sorry, but I am fully aware on how to do this. Nothing to do with ignorance. The system isn't "working" for you and your analogies are far off.
"If you can steal a big screen TV and pay the employee 100 bucks to look the other way, why pay full price for it" would be a much better analogy.
But either way, it may work for awhile longer at 2G speeds. I am sure that it won't be indefinite though. T-Mobile knows what phone you're using by it's IMEI. They're not stupid and will figure out your "black box" method. Would be awesome if they back-charged you for theft of service.

viprvette said:
I put in the old wap.voicestream.com and the proxy. I am only getting the browser to work and it does work on 3g. Everything else times out...(google maps, email, etc..)
anyone else get it to work?
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Soo you can still use the brower and it will be at 3G speed with the only 5.99 trick ? if i can get this confirmed i may get the G1 =] im on a T-Mo Wing now =]
Edit: My guess is with time there will be a way to use the Maps software as well.. i dont rly care about email, just browser and Maps ( maybe some apps that need internet access but i think that will be the easiest of all to adjust, Maybe a 3rd party maps software will emerge ?)
Edit2: Also since you guys are talking about it i guess you can get the G1 without adding the data plan (i thought it was required) can u activate the device w/o the G1 data plan ( i know it needs to connect to google acct n etc )
Thanks in advance

there are not free rider because are paying 5.99 for tzone.nothing is free in this country. and of course can't run a lot of program that the other plans where you pay more money can do.
momentarylapseofreason said:
I hope T-Mobile shuts off all of these free riders
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about this plan in g1, the new phone can use 3g,edge etc. all depend of you contract with tmobil. if you plan use full internet,mail etc, you phone will have to use 3g for communicate because you are paying for that, they have in you config account that you can use this feature, BUT if you plan is simple for ej tzone the phone will work with edge only because when it try to connect with 3g speed, you plan dont have this activated.
for this 3g speed work you need two part, that the phone have 3g and that tmobil give you acces to 3g in the servers.

momentarylapseofreason said:
So you're saying T-Zones will be on 3G? Sorry, but I am fully aware on how to do this. Nothing to do with ignorance. The system isn't "working" for you and your analogies are far off.
"If you can steal a big screen TV and pay the employee 100 bucks to look the other way, why pay full price for it" would be a much better analogy.
But either way, it may work for awhile longer at 2G speeds. I am sure that it won't be indefinite though. T-Mobile knows what phone you're using by it's IMEI. They're not stupid and will figure out your "black box" method. Would be awesome if they back-charged you for theft of service.
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Or cancelled the phone service like Sprint. They cancelled the contracts of like 1000 customers last year for "getting the system to work for them", too.

satru said:
there are not free rider because are paying 5.99 for tzone.nothing is free in this country. and of course can't run a lot of program that the other plans where you pay more money can do.
about this plan in g1, the new phone can use 3g,edge etc. all depend of you contract with tmobil. if you plan use full internet,mail etc, you phone will have to use 3g for communicate because you are paying for that, they have in you config account that you can use this feature, BUT if you plan is simple for ej tzone the phone will work with edge only because when it try to connect with 3g speed, you plan dont have this activated.
for this 3g speed work you need two part, that the phone have 3g and that tmobil give you acces to 3g in the servers.
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Learn English and perhaps your arguments will hold water with me.

Using T-Zones will work for basic web browsing, and for gmail, and google chat. T-zone's proxy will actively block the map functions for data etc along with most of the phone features. (The proxy has many closed ports). I am running this way as we speak.
T-Mobile knows about this and they have compensated. They dont mind taking 6 dollars for simple browsing at 3g speeds since you wont barely register on their network. They are already offering such a plan in the UK for a similar price anyways. (yes I am running at 3g speeds for 6 dollars) but my phone is at 30 percent functionality.
If you want to simply browse the web and check your g1 mail then this will work and I am running this way but you will lose out on many of the phone features(actually alot of them) MOST PORTS ARE CLOSED on t-zones.
Anyways have fun.

HTCs response to Hero not compatible with Voda UK and Screen gap Issue

The great thing about the Hero is the cool widgets and the Facebook/contacts intergration. Not all of these widgets and features are compatable with Vodafone UK. Also many have commentend about the gap between the screen and the casing. I asked HTC about these two issuse. Here's the response:
New Response From [ Pete (Europe Support (Tech)) ]
I am afraid that the vodafone rep is wrong about not blocking ports. everyone using the Hero on vodafone UK is reporting the same issues with the widgets so they do indeed have other ports blocked. in fact i know for a fact that there are more than just that port blocked as they also block the common VPN ports, the WAP ports and certain others to prevent things like MSN...
as for the screen issue, i have heard of a couple of other people that have this, and it seems that the seal may not have fitted correctly. That would be best to send it back, or i am sure that we could fix it later as well.
best regards,
HTC Europe Support

What are we going do now about the Vodafone issue? I might call Vodafone and ask them.

Mansn said:
What are we going do now about the Vodafone issue? I might call Vodafone and ask them.
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I spoke to them, they don't recognise it as an issue. They'll probably say its not a supported handset so bog off. Give it a try though Mansn you never know. Tip for ya, when you call 191 select the option for blackberry. That'll get you through to the propper geeky techs with beards and all! Any other option and you'll end up talking to a Pat or Maureen who will struggle to understand what the heck you're on about.
If these things don't work then there is no point in even owning a Hero. Might as well by a Magic for half the price.

I just called 191. Where is the crackberry option?
1. Balance, Bills, PUK code
2. Lost stolen, making and receiving calls
3. Help with broadband and landlines
4. Less than 7 days, want to return it

I was told by the last guy i spoke to to select the blackbury option. You're right, there isn't an option. Anyway, just got through to a Maureen who has put me in the que for a tech dept.. 20 minute delay apparently.. Maureen did say "that phone is not supported, we can't help you"
I think the only way round it would be another VPN from Voda to bypass the blocks. O2 do that for getting round the data compression.
Will they provide an alternative APN so we can use the Hero to its full potential? might find out in 18 minutes........ TBC

Just spoke to the beards at Voda.
They have contridicted the HTC comments and say they do not block ports. Bottom line "this is not a supported handset. Is there anything else I can help you with today?"
I've discovered a half work around. The default APN is "internet" with username web password web.
Change this to APN wap.vodafone.co.uk (overwrite the word internet)
password wap, username wap.
Now the facebook and flickr pages load. All is good apart from the twitter app. That still doesn't work. I've found the internet speeds so much faster. On the internet APN I got half a meg, now on wap.vodafone.co.uk i'm now getting nearly 2 meg! Both APNs use the inclusive 500mb BTW.
so.. we're getting somewhere, just gotta sort twitter, there are other widgets on the market place which do work in the meantime.

that's nice of them.
Basically "you didn't buy it from us, bugger off!!"
i suppose that they may have changed things, but when i used to work for them, they definitely blocked some ports on the internet APN. 500 and 9201/9202 were definitely blocked at least, and port 80 was blocked on the business VPN access point!
And besides, if you can connect over Wifi but not on the Vodafone APNs then it just proves that they ARE blocking ports and they just haven't got the guts to admit it.
at least with T-Mobile they only block ports through their proxy...turn the proxy off and all is open!
Damn glad i chose to stay with t-mobile and not change to vodafone!
and yikes, everything even works on Three!! come on Vodafone, have the guts to admit it or just open the damn ports up!!

Why are any of these things not using standard HTTP over port 80?
I may be forced to move to Vodafone through work. What exactly is going to stop working?
As an aside, how is their 3g network compared to O2?

mwatson said:
Just spoke to the beards at Voda.
They have contridicted the HTC comments and say they do not block ports. Bottom line "this is not a supported handset. Is there anything else I can help you with today?"
I've discovered a half work around. The default APN is "internet" with username web password web.
Change this to APN wap.vodafone.co.uk (overwrite the word internet)
password wap, username wap.
Now the facebook and flickr pages load. All is good apart from the twitter app. That still doesn't work. I've found the internet speeds so much faster. On the internet APN I got half a meg, now on wap.vodafone.co.uk i'm now getting nearly 2 meg! Both APNs use the inclusive 500mb BTW.
so.. we're getting somewhere, just gotta sort twitter, there are other widgets on the market place which do work in the meantime.
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Hi. Where do I find these settings, please? Is there any risk to changing the settings? Thank you!

mwatson said:
Just spoke to the beards at Voda.
They have contridicted the HTC comments and say they do not block ports. Bottom line "this is not a supported handset. Is there anything else I can help you with today?"
I've discovered a half work around. The default APN is "internet" with username web password web.
Change this to APN wap.vodafone.co.uk (overwrite the word internet)
password wap, username wap.
Now the facebook and flickr pages load. All is good apart from the twitter app. That still doesn't work. I've found the internet speeds so much faster. On the internet APN I got half a meg, now on wap.vodafone.co.uk i'm now getting nearly 2 meg! Both APNs use the inclusive 500mb BTW.
so.. we're getting somewhere, just gotta sort twitter, there are other widgets on the market place which do work in the meantime.
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Hey. Having the same problem with Vodafone too, but seems as though it's just Twitter that's being the bugger with me, facebook & flickr have been fine so far.
I have tried various other Twitter widgets from market place but they either won't refresh tweets or I can't update my tweets. Is there one you would recommend that hopefully does both so I dont have to have 2 Twitter widgets running??
Thanks!
Ant!

bigbamboo5 said:
Hi. Where do I find these settings, please? Is there any risk to changing the settings? Thank you!
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There is no risk at all, you can change it back. from the home screen menu>settings>Access Point Names>Vodafone Post-Pay ISP (or pre-pay depeding on what you got> change the NAME, USERNAME and PASSWORD fields.

mwatson said:
There is no risk at all, you can change it back. from the home screen menu>settings>Access Point Names>Vodafone Post-Pay ISP (or pre-pay depeding on what you got> change the NAME, USERNAME and PASSWORD fields.
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I have done that - thank you. Does this now mean that my Facebook shortcut will show the latest update when I click on it, or is there something more that it will do? (Sorry to be a doofus!)

bigbamboo5 said:
I have done that - thank you. Does this now mean that my Facebook shortcut will show the latest update when I click on it, or is there something more that it will do? (Sorry to be a doofus!)
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Not sure what you mean about facebook short cut? This should now let you view facebook anf Flickr photos in the People app. Give it a try..

mwatson said:
Not sure what you mean about facebook short cut? This should now let you view facebook anf Flickr photos in the People app. Give it a try..
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Blimey. Done that and now I have the thousand or so Facebook friends in the phone too! *Blinks* It's going to make scrolling through a bit of a 'mare - especially as the 'scroll down by letter' thing on the right of the screen is so difficult to operate...
EDIT: Most of the new Facebook contacts aren't showing the photo. Do I need to do each of these individually, or is there a way of doing them all at once?

Ok, maybe I am being thick, but I got a HTC Hero today on a Vodafone pay monthly tariff with unlimited internet (ok 500Mb)
The internet wont work at all though.
Can anyone post the full list of their working connection details please?
Thanks
Zippyioa

zippyioa said:
Ok, maybe I am being thick, but I got a HTC Hero today on a Vodafone pay monthly tariff with unlimited internet (ok 500Mb)
The internet wont work at all though.
Can anyone post the full list of their working connection details please?
Thanks
Zippyioa
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Apn name = wap.vodafone.co.uk
User name = wap
Password = wap

I just tried the wap settings, and the internet is now loads faster! That's great! However ****ter still doesn't work, and facebook sort of works, but not quite ... very strange!

Thanks for the help. Internets working now!
SMS won't send though. I have spent ages looking for the settings page but can't find it.
Anyone know where the message centre number is so I can check its right for Vodafone?
Cheers
Zippyioa

It seems as though Vodafone is doing something about the issue. A post on androidforums from mobiles.co.uk seems to indicate this:
Hi there,
Hero will be returning to Vodafone in the near future but we are unable to sell it currently due to some technical issues that came up - nothing serious, but we had to pull it from the site as a precaution.
Hope this helps,
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http://androidforums.com/htc-hero/7566-htc-hero-uk-deals.html#post44253

In the old days the only way around port blocking was to use a VPN on a nonstandard port at home. Then VPN to that to use your home connection.

Any way to spoof/change IMEI ?? Sidekick plan no longer works

Well it seems tmobile finally (as of 24hrs ago) blocked the sidekick plan from being used on different phones like the G1 and the iPhone.. on the iPhone forums theyre talking about something that can make it so the IMEI shows as another so I wanted to know if anything like that would be possible on my phone? I still have a sidekick and data works fine on it with my sim but that phone is a POS and more tightly closed than any other phone on this planet. But if I need its IMEI then i have it and please dont tell me to go and pay over 100% more for a G1 plan.. that will be absolute last resort.. BTW the phone still shows as its on a 3G network but everything times out that has to do with data. My Gfs iphone thats on the same plan does the same exact thing but her email works perfectly, I researched and it seems all iphones with the sidekick plan are able to access email but nothing else, i cant access anything.. I really dont want to give up my $15/month unlimited text and data plan

No one else using a sidekick plan? It seems whats actually going on is that tmobile block the hiptop.t-mobile.com apn from using the 8080 port (http), everything works fine for sidekicks because they run on theyre own servers and dont need this. Anyone know a way around this? My email (not gmail) works because it does not use that port to check it Im guessing.. can anyone help me figure a way around this :{

AFAIK, IMEI changing is illegal so I don't thinkl you'll get much help here.

rob_h said:
AFAIK, IMEI changing is illegal so I don't thinkl you'll get much help here.
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It is in some places changing the IMEI is illegal, but there are guides on unlocking phones by switching the IMEI in the sections for other phones on XDA.

Well it seams that the IMEI change wont do anything so now what i need is a work around to the http port is there a way i can access anything http without using the 8080 port?

turboyo said:
Well it seams that the IMEI change wont do anything so now what i need is a work around to the http port is there a way i can access anything http without using the 8080 port?
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Remove the port from the APN?

LOL doesnt work it needs that port to browse the internet im guessing? i dont know but my hotmail email works fine im guessng because its another port and on iphones same thing along with some apps that use special ports but it seems that the 8080 port which is tmobiles http one is blocked?

Tmo just cut me off too. ... just when I was getting used to the low price. But I do think its just port restrictions on server side. I was thinking tunneling or a custom rom to bypass would be a possible solution. But hey deep down I knew that it would end sooner or later. It was almost too good to be true

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Tmo just cut me off too. ... just when I was getting used to the low price. But I do think its just port restrictions on server side. I was thinking tunneling or a custom rom to bypass would be a possible solution. But hey deep down I knew that it would end sooner or later. It was almost too good to be true
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People with iphone are getting through with just setting up a vpn although their connection is slow pob not to slow since they only had edge .. i was used to that 3g speed.. How would a custom rom be able to work around it?

OMG thank you!!!
I sound crazy but I just was searching the forums for this and made a post. My sidekick prepaid sim no longer works and I was left scratching my head. Any solutions?
Please please hit me up at [email protected] or post back...

ok i hope i didnt jynx it for the people who figured out this solution. for all yall who have non g1 data plans one way to get atleast internet browsing access would be to use Opera browser. its available in market and is installable if you have a rooted fone and have wifi access to dl it. google sync or other apps wont work but atleast you could surf the web. proving that a g1 rom mod to use socket connections for data via non-g1 plans would work. hopefully our developers could think of something. LETS GO COOKS LETS GO! this your chance to stick it to the man and corperate america!

I can confirm Opera mini works. How bout the VPN stuff?

Imperial.mack said:
I can confirm Opera mini works. How bout the VPN stuff?
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I can confirm the VPN option works.
http://www.hotspotshield.com/clientless/iphone/
Thats the VPN i used. The only downside is you need cyanogens 3.9.7 rom and when your using browser some weird text is overlayd over the whole page looks the the page coding r something... But i only really use aim on edge so im good!
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Also Use Steel as your browser. It will get rid of the text. Make sure u use Iphone for the user agent!
Speeds are what you would expect out of edge.

law_ren_ce said:
I can confirm the VPN option works.
http://www.hotspotshield.com/clientless/iphone/
Thats the VPN i used. The only downside is you need cyanogens 3.9.7 rom and when your using browser some weird text is overlayd over the whole page looks the the page coding r something... But i only really use aim on edge so im good!
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Yea i had seen that one before... so i changed my plan to the shadows i tested it before on another sim and put the sim in my phone worked perfect.. off course when i cancelled my grandfathered sidekick plan and put the shadow on my sim... it no longer works at all ...keep telling me i need a subscription an the vpn wont work either

Thats unfortunate about the shadow plan. Guess what we need to do is appeal to devs to make a modded rom to help us.
An Hotspot shield looks like its just for the iphone. I have a g1 so how do I try the VPN stuff out?

Imperial.mack said:
Thats unfortunate about the shadow plan. Guess what we need to do is appeal to devs to make a modded rom to help us.
An Hotspot shield looks like its just for the iphone. I have a g1 so how do I try the VPN stuff out?
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If you flash cyanogens 3.9.7 rom it has vpn integration so you can set it up from there. I can confirm it works as i am using it now!

Yea I'm sorry but idk nothing about VPN's. I been had 3.9.7 so I'm in luck but can you point me to a tutorial as least?

Imperial.mack said:
Yea I'm sorry but idk nothing about VPN's. I been had 3.9.7 so I'm in luck but can you point me to a tutorial as least?
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(NOBODY POST THIS ON T-MOBILE FORUMS WE DONT WANT THIS FIX TO GET..."FIXED!")
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(This is only a temp fix im not sure how long it will work!)
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(Make sure u have the hiptop.t-mobile.com apn set and the edge icon is visable. You probally have to select the "only use 2g networks" option. Im not sure i dont have 3g in my area but i do have that option selected.)
1. Push menu on the phone
2. Then settings
3. Then wireless Controls
4. Then VPN settings
5. Push Add VPN
6. Select Add L2TP VPN
7. Enter the following info
VPN name: HotspotShield
Set VPN server: 64.55.144.10
8. Push Menu
9. Push Save
10. Then click on HotspotShield
Username: ipykhv
Password: ipykhv
11. Push Connect
It should say connected and you will get a ongoing notification with a time thats counting.
If you get that data should work fully.
The only problem is if you use the regular browser you will get weird codes overlaid over any webpage you load.
So you can download "steel" from the market and go to steels settings and for the user agent set it to iPhone, the codes should disappear!

I can confirm that the VPN method works. Just PLEASE dont post this on tmobile sites and similar. Lets keep this trick going!!!

do maps and all that work then with the vpn set like that? how bout apps like where or sherpa that use data?

AT&T users: +500kbps on EDGE...but there's a problem [SOLVED!]

Who needs 3G when your EDGE can perform even better? If you configure your MEdia Net setting with the AT&T proxy setting (HTTP: wireless.cingular.com:80, Socks: localhost:1080), then you can get EDGE up to +500kbps easily. The only problem that I encountered (thus far) is that you can't update weather, stocks, or even play youtube (it'll load the search but just wouldn't play)....and I'm sure some people are aware of that. Now if you want everything to work, all you have to do is uncheck the proxy server box, but in doing so, your EDGE speed comes crawling at 100-150kbps.
So my question is, is there a way to modify the registry to get the weather, stock and possibly youtube to work over AT&T proxy?
EDIT::
I'm using Opera 9.7 build35627
On the address bar, type in opera:config
Go 3/4th of the way down on the list and you'll find PROXY.
now on the fifth line you'll see HTTP server and you'll type in wireless.cingular.com:80
Go down a bit and you'll see USE HTTP. check that box.
Save. Exit and restart Opera.

lude219 said:
Who needs 3G when your EDGE can perform even better? If you configure your MEdia Net setting with the AT&T proxy setting (HTTP: wireless.cingular.com:80, Socks: localhost:1080), then you can get EDGE up to +500kbps easily. The only problem that I encountered (thus far) is that you can't update weather, stocks, or even play youtube (it'll load the search but just wouldn't play)....and I'm sure some people are aware of that. Now if you want everything to work, all you have to do is uncheck the proxy server box, but in doing so, your EDGE speed comes crawling at 100-150kbps.
So my question is, is there a way to modify the registry to get the weather, stock and possibly youtube to work over AT&T proxy?
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It's AT&T's proxy server that is blocking the data, so your answer is no.

great work-around!

Now to figure out if I can get this to work on Fido/Rogers

Great news for AT&T users!
I wonder how many other networks around the world offer such speed increases with changing a few settings like this.

Aleemz said:
Great news for AT&T users!
I wonder how many other networks around the world offer such speed increases with changing a few settings like this.
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I wouldn't be shocked if other carriers have the similar proxy implementation. It's weird because the older connectionsetup v103 doesn't pick up the proxy setting for AT&T, only the newer connection setup did.

Well this is nice found.
Just to clear my own mind I have some questions.
Isn't 3G and EDGE are in different radios on your phone? Like having a high speed internet on your phone line?
EDGE doesn't let you to use your internet while you are talking on your cellphone?
I like this config though, I hope we can find some ways to fix this permenant.
Cheers and thanks for letting us know.

Nimche said:
Well this is nice found.
Just to clear my own mind I have some questions.
Isn't 3G and EDGE are in different radios on your phone? Like having a high speed internet on your phone line?
EDGE doesn't let you to use your internet while you are talking on your cellphone?
I like this config though, I hope we can find some ways to fix this permenant.
Cheers and thanks for letting us know.
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Yes, 3G frequency is different from the GSM (EDGE). I'm just helping those who have a Euro HD2 (stuck with EDGE) or any HD2, but would rather conserve battery by sticking to EDGE. GSM is quadband so you'll get more and better signal coverage than say, 3G, so the chances of you getting good reception everywhere you go is very great. I have 3G and HSPA with my T9193 but honestly, I don't spend most of my time on the net, so it's good to have 850mhz UMTS, though it's not needed in my case. EDGE works just fine
Some devices before like my Diamond and my friend's HD, their 3G speed is around 400-500kbps...which is abysmal when EDGE on the HD2 can perform even better It's just a neat thing for you to have if you want both GOOD battery lilfe and FAST internet. Sure, you sacrifice talk-n-surf, but it's not important for me. I can always turn on 3G/HSDA if i wanted.

lude219,
Thank you for the answer. I do own a European version right now and I take the phone out of charge by 7 AM and then by the end of the night (same day) I have %10 left. I don't use too much internet but just recieve emails. Do you think that when I get 3G phone it will consume more than this? I should start carying a Car's battery with me.
Nothing is perfect. I like the idea of the EDGE/
I will update when I have both phone in hand...

I guess since nobody is mentioning this it can't work but I'll be the dumb one and ask anyway. Is there any way to get this to work on T-Mobile USA? I don't have the knowledge of proxies like you guys do. I have a 3G US version but 3G reception is horrible at my house and I would love to have it stick on Edge at certain times with increased speed. My 3G gives me pretty poor bandwidth overall anyway, certainly less than 500kbps on average. Can it be done on Tmo?

lude219 said:
Who needs 3G when your EDGE can perform even better? If you configure your MEdia Net setting with the AT&T proxy setting (HTTP: wireless.cingular.com:80, Socks: localhost:1080), then you can get EDGE up to +500kbps easily. The only problem that I encountered (thus far) is that you can't update weather, stocks, or even play youtube (it'll load the search but just wouldn't play)....and I'm sure some people are aware of that. Now if you want everything to work, all you have to do is uncheck the proxy server box, but in doing so, your EDGE speed comes crawling at 100-150kbps.
So my question is, is there a way to modify the registry to get the weather, stock and possibly youtube to work over AT&T proxy?
EDIT:: So stupid of me for not figuring this out sooner. If anyone's interested, type "about:config" into opera and go down the list until you see proxy server. Under HTTP, type in "wireless.cingular.com:80" and check the HTTP box further down the list. Save. Exit. Restart opera! I just did a test and it rack in 566kbps on EDGE. Stock tab and weather stab still work!
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ive tried this a few times and its just not working, on opera its saying gateway timed out, any help appreciated.

before the biggest HOOORAY!!! i have a few questions..
does this only works for Opera. Do we get the same speed in IE or maybe skyfire (since we are only applying the proxy under Opera)??
If so, how about downloading using Opera?
and last
what speedtest are you using? I went to speedtest mobile and got lower than 28.8k and am using At&t edge here in the east coast.. (please note i have not started doing the above procedure)
my settings: (personally selected to make sure i am not going to be charge because i currently has iphone 2g plan in my att and did not call them to register my phone since i am using Edge as well)
Baseband - Bands
Network type: GSM -> selected
Band Frequesncy: GSM (1900+850) selected
Advanced Network
HSDPA/HSUPA -> Disabled

Holy crap!!!!!!!!!!!! 677kbps used mobilespeedtest.com
you are freaking GENiUS!!!!!!!

din0_22 said:
Holy crap!!!!!!!!!!!! 677kbps used mobilespeedtest.com
you are freaking GENiUS!!!!!!!
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i want this speed, could you please be more detail in what you did sorry im a noob

open your opera
type
about:config (in the address bar without the www.http://)
and go down the list until you see proxy server. Under HTTP,
type
wireless.cingular.com:80 (without spaces)
and check mark the HTTP box further down the list. Save. Exit. Restart opera

din0_22 said:
open your opera
type
about:config (in the address bar without the www.http://)
and go down the list until you see proxy server. Under HTTP,
type
wireless.cingular.com:80 (without spaces)
and check mark the HTTP box further down the list. Save. Exit. Restart opera
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ok ive already done that and then when i open opera back up and search it takes a while the a message pops up saying HTTP gateway timed out.
sorry to be so stupid

lukohtchd2 said:
ok ive already done that and then when i open opera back up and search it takes a while the a message pops up saying HTTP gateway timed out.
sorry to be so stupid
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Sounds like you are not on U.S. AT&T.

that is weird..
your using att right?
if still not working.. try flashing to duttys rom v.05 because it has an updated opera
but seriously, i dont think it shoukd matter.. since we are only changing the proxy server

harolds said:
Sounds like you are not on U.S. AT&T.
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think you may be rite, im in uk using t-mobile?

So is this possible to do with T-Mobile USA? They have both Edge and 3G so shouldn't a similar setting be available for them as well? Thank you.