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Force E-mail to use WiFi

I gave my wife my old 8125 to use when her phone went out, now she's hooked on it & wants to be able to check e-mail. she dosen't have or want a data plan on it, and is home most of the time, but can't get to the computer b/c of other responsibilities.
I have set it up to access wifi, and it will use it for PIE, But when I set up the e-mail account it wants to dial out to check. I have tried setting the account to work, and internet but it just won't work, If I let it use medianet it's fine.
Any ideas?

I have not found a way to keep WIFI active at all times and doing so would kill the battery in just a few hours anyway. (seems to be more problematic on secure wifi networks)
This is the solution I use because I don't have an unlimited data plan and I don't want anything using the mobile phone network and thus being charged for data usage.
I stop GPRS on the phone using a freeware program called "NODATA". It toggles off the data connection to the phone company. The phone itself and text messaging still work without GPRS. I can then connect to a hotspot and everything else uses wifi instead. SMTP mail, internet browsing, google, search, etc. all flow through the wifi and I don't get billed for it.
See - hXXp://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-software/246171/new-free-utility-nodata/
Works great for me. Simply toggle GPRS back on only when you need it...
I've heard of others setting up "fake" GPRS connections settings and switching to those. Since the "fake" connection fails, it rolls over to WIFI. But this is much simpler.

db90483 said:
I have not found a way to keep WIFI active at all times and doing so would kill the battery in just a few hours anyway. (seems to be more problematic on secure wifi networks)
This is the solution I use because I don't have an unlimited data plan and I don't want anything using the mobile phone network and thus being charged for data usage.
I stop GPRS on the phone using a freeware program called "NODATA". It toggles off the data connection to the phone company. The phone itself and text messaging still work without GPRS. I can then connect to a hotspot and everything else uses wifi instead. SMTP mail, internet browsing, google, search, etc. all flow through the wifi and I don't get billed for it.
See - hXXp://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-software/246171/new-free-utility-nodata/
Works great for me. Simply toggle GPRS back on only when you need it...
I've heard of others setting up "fake" GPRS connections settings and switching to those. Since the "fake" connection fails, it rolls over to WIFI. But this is much simpler.
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try wifimonster

help fix my phone!

So, today my internet stopped working. Internet and MMS. SMS works fine, and so does any other app that requires data connection. Stocks, woot watcher, engadget, all those apps work fine, i just cant get any website to load in the browser or mms. they will work when i connect via wifi but not without it. Everything was working fine yeterday. I have tried both the stock browser and skyfire. I have reset the phone and even loaded a different rom and nothing has changed....help please!!!

apolloms said:
So, today my internet stopped working. Internet and MMS. SMS works fine, and so does any other app that requires data connection. Stocks, woot watcher, engadget, all those apps work fine, i just cant get any website to load in the browser or mms. they will work when i connect via wifi but not without it. Everything was working fine yeterday. I have tried both the stock browser and skyfire. I have reset the phone and even loaded a different rom and nothing has changed....help please!!!
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What network are you on? Did you check your APN settings?

attn1 said:
What network are you on? Did you check your APN settings?
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ATT, yes i checked the APN settings. Phone calls and sms work fine, just not mms and browser

apolloms said:
ATT, yes i checked the APN settings. Phone calls and sms work fine, just not mms and browser
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Best thing to do is a Hard reset.

weird, it just randomly started working again...no clue what was up with it...it wasnt working for like 6 hrs.

Next time be sure to check if a G or 3G icon appears next to the reception. If not this is usually a carrier problem.
Vodafone here recently had some problems, basics worked (sms and calls) but no mms or internet. This had to do with a failure in some switch (and MMS also requires sending data)

How to receive MMS on AT&T without a data plan?

I have a HD2 on the AT&T network without a data plan but have unlimited messaging plan so it allows me to use the AT&T network free for messaging. I have my wireless data turned off through the settings so that it does not connect to the network.
I was wondering if there is some way to have the data turned off all the time but automatically turned on when trying to send/receive MMS messages? Is there an app or widget or specific settings that I could use?
I'm using mdeejay Froyo HD 3.7 ROM with hastarin 7.7 kernel.

I have t mobile but usually have data off...when I get a mms, it'll have the download option...i then turn on data, retrieve the mms, disable data...that's how it work on my bangster...good luck

azzzz said:
I have t mobile but usually have data off...when I get a mms, it'll have the download option...i then turn on data, retrieve the mms, disable data...that's how it work on my bangster...good luck
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Yeah this is what I do too but I was wondering if there is a way to automate the process so you don't have to manually turn it on/off.

I have T-mobile but the way I do it is go to Wireless & Networks, scroll down and where it says something about Mobile Networks connect to internet, Un-check that, that disables your phone from using cellphone data to access internet where wi-fi is not available or when an accident happens

ceo4eva said:
I have T-mobile but the way I do it is go to Wireless & Networks, scroll down and where it says something about Mobile Networks connect to internet, Un-check that, that disables your phone from using cellphone data to access internet where wi-fi is not available or when an accident happens
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Yeah but this also blocks MMS..I want to keep MMS.

If you data is turned off you wobt be able to send ir receive mms. Mms are sent through data.
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2G/EDGE packet data connection problem solved in apps...

Hello.
I came from a NOKIA 5800 XPRESS MUSIC Symbian smartphone, where my packet data connection settings were ready to go by default, so I didn't have to set up manually the 2G/EDGE internet connection from my provider.
But...
After buying my SG3 five days ago, I was going to continue to use the sim card from my Nokia phone i.e. use my unlimited 2G/EDGE internet connection to use it where there's no wifi, like to browse apps, get enlightened by the xda-development, chat in gtalk and be allways synchronised.
So.
First I requested a configuration message (CM) from my operator and was all happy (after installing the CM) about the connection notification that I can use packet data, so I opened the gtalk app to share my experience with my buddies, but there was not a chance to connect via packet data.
I tried to reinstall the CM, but nothig happened, only where it was working was the browser. In my APN (access point name) settings were wap and mms profiles due to CM install, but no internet, even after installing another CM with given APN and AP usage only.
When my frustration level was high enough, I deleted all the CMs and APs. Than an idea poped in my mind, to manually create a 2G/EDGE AP, filled with the informations about the internet connection given by my provider inside Froyo's wireless settings.
Simple enough?
...well it worked!!!
From that moment i did not encounter any problems with the 2G/EDGE internet connection.
It's like being on wifi, with just the speed of 2G connection. ;-)
Le a kalappal - Thanks to...
GT-I5800_TiBiSMART FROYO JPF_LIVE WALL_WIN ANIMATION_LAUNCHERPRO
Ps. : Very stable.
Edit: here's a very helpful post, where's the global apn settings file which I am using, since it is included in korillos 2.2 Rom.
It includes the internet ( 2G, EDGE, 3G, HDSPA, etc.) and mms settings as well.
Thanks to madhuranand007.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11301556&postcount=1

I joined as this is the exact same problem I am having. TMUS, have data plan.
I had a C6 Nokia, and it had quite a few categories to enter info. Like Packet Data. The Apollo doesn't.
Phone is working fine - even have Skype working.
Problem is MMS/photo compression and slideshow. I've got it halfway fixed - I can see the images, but they are smaller than I'd like. There is no darn setting for messaging in the Android. A lot say that you can't use 2G/Edge/Gprs to send mms.
The C6 did it with no problem, I've seen complaints from other phone and carrier users, so I'm suspecting it's Samsung/Android. I have a TTW plan, so the phone should be covered. I use more wifi at home than data, except for the mms. And I don't send many of those.
Thinking of rooting the phone - reading everything and proceeding cautiously.
I would like to get all problems solved before I do anything.
I have internet, but no place to enter wap. They were 2 different settings on the Nokia C6
Thanks,
Zuben

Basically the bottom line is, if you don't get your APN settings automatically find out the name of your mobile service provider and google: X apn settings android
X being your service provider

I did. Trouble is, there were 2 settings in Symbian. One for internet which was epc
and one for data, which was wap.voicestream. That came from the carrier.
I have no place in Android to enter the one for data only. It doesn't give me the choice.

MMS not working on Wifi

For some reason I can't send or receive MMS when connected to wifi, only when connected on 3g/HSPA. Checked my APN settings and everything is fine on that part. Anyone know why this might be?
Currently using stock ROM and Matr1x kernel 2.0 .

Do you have an app that turns off the phone radio? I think maybe Juice Defender did that. I went through this a bit yesterday with at&t, called them and had them reregister my sim on the network, reset my apn to default (wap.cingular) and everything worked fine.
Then, I changed back to the pta APN and had to set the MMS port to 8080 to receive MMS, it works fine now phone to phone but an email test sending a pic to my phone took like 5 hours to get it (<10digitnumber>@mms.att.net) although today it was instant.
Just to clarify also, being on wifi shouldnt halt calls/sms/mms from coming in on the normal phone radio, the system I'm guessing uses wifi for data but even tho in phone status it says disconnected, it will reconnect temporarily to get/send those. So you technically dont send/recieve the items over wifi =).

Had the same problem with T-Mobile MMS. It turned out to be the AdBlock Plus app. We are an all Nexus family. All unrooted and using the stock messaging app. Hopefully, they have a fix for this! AdBlock kills WiFi performance too.