Possible to access WAP internet using Tmobile To-Go ???

Originally Posted by rajdude

.....this iPaq does not support T-zones (thats what they say!)

I guess I don't understand what they mean by that. I fully understand the prepay blocking you from access but how can a internet capable device not support. Did they they give you a reason why that particular iPaq?


Thanks.

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I dont fully understand either!

I understand that T-zones is a watered down internet access to only a few websites. That is via WAP.

Apparantly the HP H6315 does not come with a WAP browser by default. For T-mobile IE does not count. I told the rep that I have installed a WAP browser - Klondike but how to access T-zones on that browser. She did not have an answer.

I am still searching for a URL to the T-zones website.

Originally Posted by charlyee

I guess I don't understand what they mean by that. I fully understand the prepay blocking you from access but how can a internet capable device not support. Did they they give you a reason why that particular iPaq?


Thanks.

Originally Posted by Ellen

This is not just the case with his smartphone. Because T-Mobile blocks "Port 80" (I think?) is the reason why, "prepaid" smart phone users can not have access to any of the Internet features.

Ah, okay. That makes sense that it is all SmartPhones.

Thanks Ellen

Can someone who has a smartphone / PDA phone with T-zones on it send me the URL to T-zones.

Hey, if there is a link to T-zones that means there is a URL!

Originally Posted by Ellen

..........the link to T-Zones is already there.

ELLEN UR WRONG! I got the sidekick 3 for t-mobile and it's a pay as you go or what other people call it a go phone. I can go n the internet with it but they charge $1 every day you use it no matter how long u used it 4 that day they charge you $1 and if you dnt use it they wnt charge. I go on myspace and i stay logged in on aim all the time and they only charge me $1 per every day i use it! So yes you can go to youtube or anysite that a computer cud go 2 i can go 2 it on my side kick 3!

Actually .....Ellen IS right. Only on a "PDA on a go phone plan" internet is blocked.......UNLESS your device can get T-zones.
I mean if your PDA or phone supports T-zones you will get the 3-4 websites.......thats it.

But sidekicks are different........

The customer service told me that the only way to get internet on a pre-paid plan is to get sidekick. As I mentioned earlier sidekicks use a different protocol for internet access (in the background). And for whatever reason sidekicks are NOT blocked!

Originally Posted by sk3 tmobile

ELLEN UR WRONG! I got the sidekick 3 for t-mobile and it's a pay as you go or what other people call it a go phone. I can go n the internet with it but they charge $1 every day you use it no matter how long u used it 4 that day they charge you $1 and if you dnt use it they wnt charge. I go on myspace and i stay logged in on aim all the time and they only charge me $1 per every day i use it! So yes you can go to youtube or anysite that a computer cud go 2 i can go 2 it on my side kick 3!

Originally Posted by Ellen

Thank you rajdude. Have you given any thought to upgrading your phone to a T-Mobile PDA phone that does have T-Zones?

Ellen, question for you. I tried my friends T-Mobile pre-pay SIM in my unlocked Treo but could not access T-Zones, got all sorts of error messages. So if this was a T-Mobile PDA I would have been able to access T-Zones on Pre-Pay, or are there only some particular PDAs that this would work on?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Ellen

Charlyee, I believe this is the same situation that rajdude has with his PDA device. Even though your phone is unlocked, it doesn't have the necessary T-Mobile browser that is needed to access T-Zones. On one of T-Mobiles PDA's you would be able to access T-Zones because the T-Zone browser is available on it. I was using the T-Mobile Dash a few months ago with my T-Mobile To Go SIM card, and I didn't have a problem accessing their limited T-Zones sites. However, I wasn't able to go to any sites other than that.

Hope this makes sense.

Ellen, yes it does, thanks.

Just to clarify, for a pre-pay there needs to be an actual builtin browser that is available on TM PDA phones, to access TZ not just settings, right? I can access the internet fine with a regular TM postpay SIM in my Treo.
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Originally Posted by Ellen

Charlyee, I believe this is the same situation that rajdude has with his PDA device. Even though your phone is unlocked, it doesn't have the necessary T-Mobile browser that is needed to access T-Zones. On one of T-Mobiles PDA's you would be able to access T-Zones because the T-Zone browser is available on it. I was using the T-Mobile Dash a few months ago with my T-Mobile To Go SIM card, and I didn't have a problem accessing their limited T-Zones sites. However, I wasn't able to go to any sites other than that.

Hope this makes sense.

Ellen, yes it does, thanks.

Just to clarify, for a pre-pay there needs to be an actual builtin browser that is available on TM PDA phones, to access TZ not just settings, right? I am assuming since T-Zones is the only way to access the internet with a prepay this is the reason. I can access the internet fine with a regular TM postpay SIM in my Treo.
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That sounds right. Unfortunately I deleted my TM settings to save space. I copied the settings from his PDA phone, so it probably was "80".
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No Ellen, I like my PDA very much.........I use its computer functions much more than its phone.

Unless there is a T-zones compatible PDA out there I wont upgrade.

Originally Posted by Ellen

Thank you rajdude. Have you given any thought to upgrading your phone to a T-Mobile PDA phone that does have T-Zones?

Actually my PDA (a HP iPaq H6315) was bought from t-mobile themselves. It is a T-mobile branded PDA, even locked to T-mobile. I never unlocked it.

Even then it is so old that it does not have T-zones on it.....just Pocket internet explorer. There are icons for "T-mobile " and "setup wireless e-mail" on its today screen (the desktop) but they just open pIE and try to go to a website.

Of course they dont work because t-mo blocks port 80. I actually get an error.......something from teh server about the page not found or access denied or something.

BTW, Yahoo messenger still works, but dont tell anyone...please!

Originally Posted by Ellen

I was always under the assumption that the TMobile prepaid browser settings had something to do with it. However you are correct that as long as you have the correct settings on your unlocked phone, you should be able to use the mobile web on a "Postpaid" account. However, given the fact that T-Mobile blocks "port 80" access for their To Go users might be the reason why a To Go customer can't get to T-Zones using an unlocked device, unless the T-Zones link is there to begin with, like the Dash for one (I'm no expert, and admit that I could be wrong about this).
Is your settings set to Port 80 on your Treo, using that postpaid SIM card?