GPRS with Nokia 6822 on UK Vodafone PAYT

hi,

I'm trying to get a Nokia 6822 enabled for GPRS on the Vodafone UK Pay As
You Talk service. I've been assured by Vodafone that the mobile number has
been switched on for GPRS at their end. I've tried downloading several
configs both from Vodafone UK and Nokia UK, but none of these files seem to
match my phone exactly, so I guess what i need to do is manually insert
each setting. I tried to get the Vodafone support people to help me do
that, but they said it would take too long over the phone and that the
support call would be terminated before they could finish. They suggested I
should go to a Vodafone shop but that's not very practical for me to do as
I'm disabled - but I will do that if all else fails.

So if anyone has a working config for this or, if they have the time and
patience to help me out I'd be very grateful indeed. I'm on various IM
networks so could even do it in realtime chat if need be.

T.

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On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:31:07 -0500, TJ <tjmack@CUT_OUTblueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:in a shakey hand

>hi,
>
>I'm trying to get a Nokia 6822 enabled for GPRS on the Vodafone UK Pay As
>You Talk service. I've been assured by Vodafone that the mobile number has
>been switched on for GPRS at their end. I've tried downloading several
>configs both from Vodafone UK and Nokia UK, but none of these files seem to
>match my phone exactly, so I guess what i need to do is manually insert
>each setting. I tried to get the Vodafone support people to help me do
>that, but they said it would take too long over the phone and that the
>support call would be terminated before they could finish. They suggested I
>should go to a Vodafone shop but that's not very practical for me to do as
>I'm disabled - but I will do that if all else fails.
>
>So if anyone has a working config for this or, if they have the time and
>patience to help me out I'd be very grateful indeed. I'm on various IM
>networks so could even do it in realtime chat if need be.
>
>T.

Check out www.filesaveas.co.uk for configuration information on all UK
networks. I've used their pages to set a few mobiles on WAP and GPRS and
the only problem I had was being told by a network operator that GPRS was
enabled when it wasn't

GPRS Settings for all of the major UK mobile networks can be found
here http://www.filesaveas.com/gprs.html


Also MMS and other good stuff.

HTH




On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:31:07 -0500, TJ
<tjmack@CUT_OUTblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>hi,
>
>I'm trying to get a Nokia 6822 enabled for GPRS on the Vodafone UK Pay As
>You Talk service. I've been assured by Vodafone that the mobile number has
>been switched on for GPRS at their end. I've tried downloading several
>configs both from Vodafone UK and Nokia UK, but none of these files seem to
>match my phone exactly, so I guess what i need to do is manually insert
>each setting. I tried to get the Vodafone support people to help me do
>that, but they said it would take too long over the phone and that the
>support call would be terminated before they could finish. They suggested I
>should go to a Vodafone shop but that's not very practical for me to do as
>I'm disabled - but I will do that if all else fails.
>
>So if anyone has a working config for this or, if they have the time and
>patience to help me out I'd be very grateful indeed. I'm on various IM
>networks so could even do it in realtime chat if need be.
>
>T.
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Hands0n <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Subject: Re: GPRS with Nokia 6822 on UK Vodafone PAYT
> From: Hands0n <[email protected]>
> Newsgroups: uk.telecom.mobile
>
> GPRS Settings for all of the major UK mobile networks can be found
> here http://www.filesaveas.com/gprs.html
>
>
> Also MMS and other good stuff.
>
> HTH

Thanks, those settings work AFAIK - I get a 'G' indicator whilst browsing
in top left corner - but I'm trying to use a 3rd party comms app that
requires internet access. The app just doesn't seem to see the internet
connection. I've activated the current config for all apps but I'm still
getting an "Error occurred whilst ope...". The text scrolls off the screen
at that point, but I assume it's "...whilst opening connection". The app
prompts "Allow network access?" which I answer 'Yes' to, but still no joy.

Any ideas? Security settings maybe?

TIA,

T.

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>
> Thanks, those settings work AFAIK - I get a 'G' indicator whilst browsing
> in top left corner - but I'm trying to use a 3rd party comms app that
> requires internet access. The app just doesn't seem to see the internet
> connection. I've activated the current config for all apps but I'm still
> getting an "Error occurred whilst ope...". The text scrolls off the screen
> at that point, but I assume it's "...whilst opening connection". The app
> prompts "Allow network access?" which I answer 'Yes' to, but still no joy.
>
> Any ideas? Security settings maybe?
>

Do Vodafone allow full internet access on PAYT? The only operator I'd
heard of doing that was Orange.

Steve.

Steve Henson <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> says...
>>
>> Thanks, those settings work AFAIK - I get a 'G' indicator whilst
>> browsing in top left corner - but I'm trying to use a 3rd party comms
>> app that requires internet access. The app just doesn't seem to see
>> the internet connection. I've activated the current config for all
>> apps but I'm still getting an "Error occurred whilst ope...". The
>> text scrolls off the screen at that point, but I assume it's
>> "...whilst opening connection". The app prompts "Allow network
>> access?" which I answer 'Yes' to, but still no joy.
>>
>> Any ideas? Security settings maybe?
>>
>
> Do Vodafone allow full internet access on PAYT? The only operator I'd
> heard of doing that was Orange.
>
> Steve.
>

Well I've asked repeatedly and they've assured me my number is switched on
for GPRS. However, PAYT and Contract use different config settings. How
could you test you had full internet access anyway? Try out POP3 mail,
SSH/Telnet...?

T.

Peter <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

>
> TJ <[email protected]> wrote
>
>>Well I've asked repeatedly and they've assured me my number is
>>switched on for GPRS. However, PAYT and Contract use different config
>>settings. How could you test you had full internet access anyway?
>>Try out POP3 mail, SSH/Telnet...?
>
> Voda's customer service have to enable the account in a special way,
> to make gprs work.

Yes I know that, but how do you know when you have it for sure when they
enable it? My phone displays a 'G' symbol when I'm browsing - I take
that's GPRS?
>
> The access point also varies; sometimes it is "internet", sometimes
> "pp.internet" sometimes "pp.vodafone.co.uk" etc etc It all depends how
> they have configured your account at their end.

pp.vodafone.co.uk is what I've got set at the mo.

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Peter <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> >
> > TJ <[email protected]> wrote
> >
> >>Well I've asked repeatedly and they've assured me my number is
> >>switched on for GPRS. However, PAYT and Contract use different config
> >>settings. How could you test you had full internet access anyway?
> >>Try out POP3 mail, SSH/Telnet...?
> >
> > Voda's customer service have to enable the account in a special way,
> > to make gprs work.
>
> Yes I know that, but how do you know when you have it for sure when they
> enable it? My phone displays a 'G' symbol when I'm browsing - I take
> that's GPRS?

Just enabling GPRS may not be sufficient. You also (from the sound of
it) need full internet access.

Most PAYG (with the notable exception of Orange) only allows WAP access
or restricted access via proxies with only a few ports open.

You often need a pay monthly tariff for full internet. Even then some
"full internet" access has port blocking.

If you can access POP3 or SSH (there is a free SSH midlet around) that's
a good sign.

However the only way to be really sure is to try to try to connect to
the same site and the same port that your midlet is trying to access.

Steve.

>> Thanks, those settings work AFAIK - I get a 'G' indicator whilst browsing
>> in top left corner - but I'm trying to use a 3rd party comms app that
>> requires internet access. The app just doesn't seem to see the internet
>> connection. I've activated the current config for all apps but I'm still
>> getting an "Error occurred whilst ope...". The text scrolls off the
>> screen
>> at that point, but I assume it's "...whilst opening connection". The app
>> prompts "Allow network access?" which I answer 'Yes' to, but still no
>> joy.
>>
>> Any ideas? Security settings maybe?
>>
>
> Do Vodafone allow full internet access on PAYT? The only operator I'd
> heard of doing that was Orange.
>
> Steve.


Yes Vodafone do

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>From personal experience it may be worth double checking that the APN
(Access Point Name) has gone in correctly. If you're using a pay as you
talk mobile then this needs to be pp.vodafone.co.uk rather than
wap.vodafone.co.uk (the latter is for contract internet access only).

You could always email Vodafone Customer services on www.vodafone.co.uk
and they can send you a copy of their full generic GPRS Vodafone
settings so you can double check everything.