Cingular WAP browsing and Sony Ericsson

I've noticed (and another person has reported) that I cannot access SE's
WAP site (www.sonyericsson.com/fun or wap.sonyericsson.com) from my Z600
(or other WAP-only) phones. This is a relatively recent development and
I can still access all my other web sites.

I'm wondering if anyone can confirm this on their WAP-only phone. On my
P900, I can access GPRS direct (not through a WAP gateway) and it works
fine.

Larry

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"Newbie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
| I've noticed (and another person has reported) that I cannot access SE's
| WAP site (www.sonyericsson.com/fun or wap.sonyericsson.com) from my Z600
| (or other WAP-only) phones. This is a relatively recent development and
| I can still access all my other web sites.
|
| I'm wondering if anyone can confirm this on their WAP-only phone. On my
| P900, I can access GPRS direct (not through a WAP gateway) and it works
| fine.
|

If you are the same one that recently posted in the Howardforums with the
problem, I am sorry for the redundancy, but I too have the problem
(Hierophant on HoFo) with my T616.

In article <%11%[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> "Newbie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> | I've noticed (and another person has reported) that I cannot access SE's
> | WAP site (www.sonyericsson.com/fun or wap.sonyericsson.com) from my Z600
> | (or other WAP-only) phones. This is a relatively recent development and
> | I can still access all my other web sites.
> |
> | I'm wondering if anyone can confirm this on their WAP-only phone. On my
> | P900, I can access GPRS direct (not through a WAP gateway) and it works
> | fine.
> |
>
> If you are the same one that recently posted in the Howardforums with the
> problem, I am sorry for the redundancy, but I too have the problem
> (Hierophant on HoFo) with my T616.
>
>
>

Only a few people have responded in the forum. But it DOES seem as if
someone (not the enduser) changed something.

Fortunately, this is low-priority but it's nice to have things "working
as advertised." Perhaps someone here will know something that we don't.
:-) Likely, I think.

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In <[email protected]> on Tue, 24 Feb 2004
18:04:19 -0800, Newbie <[email protected]> wrote:

>I've noticed (and another person has reported) that I cannot access SE's
>WAP site (www.sonyericsson.com/fun or wap.sonyericsson.com) from my Z600
>(or other WAP-only) phones. This is a relatively recent development and
>I can still access all my other web sites.
>
>I'm wondering if anyone can confirm this on their WAP-only phone. On my
>P900, I can access GPRS direct (not through a WAP gateway) and it works
>fine.

Testing with my Ericsson T39m, I can get to www.sonyericsson.com though the
free Genie WAP Gateway (193.113.200.195), but not through the Cingular WAP
Gateway, so something was apparently changed by Cingular to cause the problem.

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Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

In article <Uy7%[email protected]>, spamfilter0
@navasgroup.com says...
> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
> In <[email protected]> on Tue, 24 Feb 2004
> 18:04:19 -0800, Newbie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I've noticed (and another person has reported) that I cannot access SE's
> >WAP site (www.sonyericsson.com/fun or wap.sonyericsson.com) from my Z600
> >(or other WAP-only) phones. This is a relatively recent development and
> >I can still access all my other web sites.
> >
> >I'm wondering if anyone can confirm this on their WAP-only phone. On my
> >P900, I can access GPRS direct (not through a WAP gateway) and it works
> >fine.
>
> Testing with my Ericsson T39m, I can get to www.sonyericsson.com though the
> free Genie WAP Gateway (193.113.200.195), but not through the Cingular WAP
> Gateway, so something was apparently changed by Cingular to cause the problem.
>
>

John,

I really appreciate your confirming this.

I have posted this question on a few forums looking for answers to
this problem also. I have also been in contact with SE & Cingular's
tech support only to find SE referring me back to Cingular. Cingular
said to add it as a bookmark at MyWirelessWindow.com and access it
from there. That doesn't work. I have asked a few ATT & T-mobile users
who use T616/610s to try it & they can access it with no problem. I
can verify that because as of a few weeks ago, I had a T610 from
T-mobile & had no problem accessing the site.




Newbie <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> In article <Uy7%[email protected]>, spamfilter0
> @navasgroup.com says...
> > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
> >
> > In <[email protected]> on Tue, 24 Feb 2004
> > 18:04:19 -0800, Newbie <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >I've noticed (and another person has reported) that I cannot access SE's
> > >WAP site (www.sonyericsson.com/fun or wap.sonyericsson.com) from my Z600
> > >(or other WAP-only) phones. This is a relatively recent development and
> > >I can still access all my other web sites.
> > >
> > >I'm wondering if anyone can confirm this on their WAP-only phone. On my
> > >P900, I can access GPRS direct (not through a WAP gateway) and it works
> > >fine.
> >
> > Testing with my Ericsson T39m, I can get to www.sonyericsson.com though the
> > free Genie WAP Gateway (193.113.200.195), but not through the Cingular WAP
> > Gateway, so something was apparently changed by Cingular to cause the problem.
> >
> >
>
> John,
>
> I really appreciate your confirming this.

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In <[email protected]> on 26 Feb 2004 11:39:26
-0800, eSheri@www.com (Sheri) wrote:

>Newbie <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>> In article <Uy7%[email protected]>, spamfilter0
>> @navasgroup.com says...
>> >
>> > In <[email protected]> on Tue, 24 Feb 2004
>> > 18:04:19 -0800, Newbie <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > >I've noticed (and another person has reported) that I cannot access SE's
>> > >WAP site (www.sonyericsson.com/fun or wap.sonyericsson.com) from my Z600
>> > >(or other WAP-only) phones. This is a relatively recent development and
>> > >I can still access all my other web sites.
>> > >
>> > >I'm wondering if anyone can confirm this on their WAP-only phone. On my
>> > >P900, I can access GPRS direct (not through a WAP gateway) and it works
>> > >fine.
>> >
>> > Testing with my Ericsson T39m, I can get to www.sonyericsson.com though the
>> > free Genie WAP Gateway (193.113.200.195), but not through the Cingular WAP
>> > Gateway, so something was apparently changed by Cingular to cause the problem.

>I have posted this question on a few forums looking for answers to
>this problem also. I have also been in contact with SE & Cingular's
>tech support only to find SE referring me back to Cingular. Cingular
>said to add it as a bookmark at MyWirelessWindow.com and access it
>from there. That doesn't work. I have asked a few ATT & T-mobile users
>who use T616/610s to try it & they can access it with no problem. I
>can verify that because as of a few weeks ago, I had a T610 from
>T-mobile & had no problem accessing the site.

That's probably due to different versions of WAP support in different phones.
Frankly, WAP is a mess.

--
Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

In article <[email protected]>,
eSheri@www.com says...
> I have posted this question on a few forums looking for answers to
> this problem also. I have also been in contact with SE & Cingular's
> tech support only to find SE referring me back to Cingular. Cingular
> said to add it as a bookmark at MyWirelessWindow.com and access it
> from there. That doesn't work. I have asked a few ATT & T-mobile users
> who use T616/610s to try it & they can access it with no problem. I
> can verify that because as of a few weeks ago, I had a T610 from
> T-mobile & had no problem accessing the site.
>
>
>
>
> Newbie <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> > In article <Uy7%[email protected]>, spamfilter0
> > @navasgroup.com says...
> > > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
> > >
> > > In <[email protected]> on Tue, 24 Feb 2004
> > > 18:04:19 -0800, Newbie <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > >I've noticed (and another person has reported) that I cannot access SE's
> > > >WAP site (www.sonyericsson.com/fun or wap.sonyericsson.com) from my Z600
> > > >(or other WAP-only) phones. This is a relatively recent development and
> > > >I can still access all my other web sites.
> > > >
> > > >I'm wondering if anyone can confirm this on their WAP-only phone. On my
> > > >P900, I can access GPRS direct (not through a WAP gateway) and it works
> > > >fine.
> > >
> > > Testing with my Ericsson T39m, I can get to www.sonyericsson.com though the
> > > free Genie WAP Gateway (193.113.200.195), but not through the Cingular WAP
> > > Gateway, so something was apparently changed by Cingular to cause the problem.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > John,
> >
> > I really appreciate your confirming this.
>

Sheri, I tried the Genie gateway that John provided. It works like a
charm. Mostly, I was curious as to why it stopped working thru
Cingular's gateway -- they must've changed something -- either on
purpose or not. The truth is, there's little on the SE site that I care
about.

So I set up two wap sections on my Z600 (pretty much the same deal with
the T6xx series. If I need to hit the SE site, I just switch to that
gateway. I could just keep it set that way but now and then I like to
hit Cingular's WAP version of mywirelesswindow and, for that, I need to
use Cingular's gateway.

I just wonder what or why Cingular changed to cause this to happen. But
it's good to know that the "workaround" works.

>
> Sheri, I tried the Genie gateway that John provided. It works like a
> charm. Mostly, I was curious as to why it stopped working thru
> Cingular's gateway -- they must've changed something -- either on
> purpose or not. The truth is, there's little on the SE site that I care
> about.
>
Wow! Thanks for the info. I accidentally deleted Honey Cave & so
desperately wanted it back! Thanks! Now,.... is it "legal" to use this
Genie thingy?? I'm assuming we would still have to pay for the data
usage, correct??

In article <[email protected]>,
eSheri@www.com says...
> >
> > Sheri, I tried the Genie gateway that John provided. It works like a
> > charm. Mostly, I was curious as to why it stopped working thru
> > Cingular's gateway -- they must've changed something -- either on
> > purpose or not. The truth is, there's little on the SE site that I care
> > about.
> >
> Wow! Thanks for the info. I accidentally deleted Honey Cave & so
> desperately wanted it back! Thanks! Now,.... is it "legal" to use this
> Genie thingy?? I'm assuming we would still have to pay for the data
> usage, correct??
>

To the best of my limited understanding, you're paying for either
connect time, if you use CSD dial-up and the KBs transferred if you're
using GPRS. I don't believe the WAP gateway would affect that at all.

John seemed to suggest that Genie was a "free gateway" so I'm assuming
it's okay. If it's not okay, I promise, I won't tell on you.