Since I'm apparently not the only one having GPRS problems with their 6600, I thought I'd start this thread for people trying to get their phones configured.
If you have gotten GPRS to work completely, post and let us know who your provider is. If you haven't, let us know that too.
If people contribute to this list, those of us on incompatible networks can find out who to switch to. I'll keep editing this message so there's a unified list.
So, to start it off:
United States
Tmobile - Not compatible
United Kingdom
Orange - GOOD - Set APN to "orangeinternet", leave everything else blank or automatic.
Vodafone - Compatible - set APN to "Internet", username to "web" and home page to "live.vodafone.com" - leave everything else default.
Finland
Sonera - GOOD - Set APN to "internet", leave everything else blank or automatic.
Phillipines
Globe - Expected in December
Smart - Expected in December
well.... here in the philippines: both globe and smart admitted ly told me that as of this moment, they still don't support the 6600's GPRS capabilities. it will take some times, as per their technical.... maybe by december, fully supported already....
as of this moment, i can only browse 2 sites. yahoo & my network's .asp page
Hi,
Sonera, Finland working fine
AP name=internet
Phones Ip address=automatic
DNS=nothing
Proxy=nothing
No account name and pasword
Works fine on Orange UK
Accesspoint: orangeinternet
Leave everything else blank: Username, password etc
DNS: 0.0.0.0
IP:Blank
Are you connecting on Orange
Yes, without a problem at all.
Any chance I could e-mail with you direct outside the group please to help me get this configured?
[email][email protected][/email]
Thanks
I can confirm that these settings work for Orange.
😊
Thanks very much!
Are your MMS settings working?
Never tried MMS - who does!
I wouldn't say T-Mobile is incompatible. GPRS works for TCP/IP connections, you can browse any web site using either the built-in XHTML browser or Opera. WAP access and MMS do not work, meaning you can't use T-Mobile's own t-zones WAP service and send/receive multimedia messages.
My access point settings:
Data bearer: GPRS
Access point name: wap.voicestream.com
Username: None
Prompt password: No
Password: <empty>
Authentication: Normal
Homepage: wap.myvoicestream.com (this doesn't work)
I think tmobile is a little less compatible than that. For one thing, you can't get to hotmail. This is because you can't use the tzones hotmail access, and both the built in browser and Opera get script errors if you try to log in through mobile.msn.com/pocketpc.
Also, the built in IMAP client doesn't seem to work, WAP downloads have lots of problems (try downloading the free theme from nokia's site!), and everything is unbelievably slow.
Have you try instead of this
Homepage: wap.myvoicestream.com (this doesn't work)
format http://wap.myvoicestream.com
Haven't tried hotmail, but t-mobile has a pop email proxy service, maybe that can help.
I have no problems with downloads or connection speed. I just downloaded the Climber theme from Nokia's site and installed without any problems. Speed is, frankly speaking, more than I expected. It's definitely close to a 56K modem. I've even browsed through Slashdot discussions, though the browser takes its time to handle the nested tables in that case...
In fact, I upgraded my data service for unlimited MB's for 9.99$ a month since I ended up using half a meg just going through BBC News in one day.
No variant on wap.myvoicestream.com is going to work, because tmobile so far only supports wap 1.1, not 2.0. There's a whole thread about this on howardforums.com.
The Tmobile e-mail thing only works with pop servers - its useless if you already have an e-mail client on your phone.
And I still can't get climber to download and install. I always get a "services unable to perform operation" error. You got it to install properly connecting through tmobile? How odd...
Any body know about Vodafone Gprs settings for 6600
Regards😊
Here's a reply from a Nokia person to this issue:
Yse, only MMS over HTTP is supported. You should go for operator and ask if they have upgraded their previous WAP gateway to HTTP proxy.In case they don't have a HTTP proxy available you are not able to send MMS messages or browse WML/XHTML pages.
You could try to use the WAP gateway IP as a proxy IP to see if it works.
Teemu / Forum Nokia
You can see the thread at:
http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32098
I am using vodafone LIVE on nokia 6600 and whenever i try to access the web i get an error "services:unable to perform operation".......
Is there any particular reason for this??
Hi BS0409.
Sorry to hear about your problems connecting to Vodafone L!ve.
There are a few reasons that come to mind with errors like this, the first one being a fault with the software on the handset.
The best way to prove a possible fault is to try your sim card in another Vodafone configured handset. If this gives the same error message then we are looking at a potential sim card or network fault. If in fact it works, you have proved the issue is purely contained to your handset.
If you have proved from the above instructions this is a handset issue then it would be a good idea to check your phone settings. I have listed them for you below. Simply follow this guide to make sure your handset has all the correct settings.
Manual Entry of the Settings for the Nokia 6600
To make change you will be given a list of options that you need to select (by scrolling down to that option and pressing OK or the Navigation key) and sometimes pressing the Navigation key will toggle between the available options.
1. Press the Menu Key
2. Scroll down to Tools, press the Navigation Key to select
3. Scroll to Settings, press the Navigation Key to select
4. Scroll down to Connection, press the Navigation Key to select
5. Scroll to Access points, press the Navigation Key to select a message saying �No access points defined. Define Now?� will appear, press Yes
6. Enter the following information, by pressing Options then Change or just by pressing the Navigation key to Select .
7. Scroll down to Connection name and enter Vodafone GPRS, press OK
8. Scroll down to Data bearer and set toGPRS, press OK
9. Scroll down to Access point name and enter wap.vodafone.co.uk
press OK
10. Scroll down to User Name, select and enterwap
11. Scroll down to Prompt Password, select and set to No
12. Scroll down to Password, select and enter wap
13. Scroll down to Authentication, select and set toNormal
14. Scroll down to Homepage, and after the http:// enter live.vodafone.com
Note: the cursor is before the http:// so use the Navigation key to move to the right
15. Now Press Options and scroll down to Advanced settings
Note: these next 3 settings unless tampered with are set to the required settings as default
16. Scroll down to Phone IP address, and set toAutomatic
17. Scroll down to Primary name servers and set to 0.0.0.0
18. Scroll down to Second. name server and set to 0.0.0.0
19. Scroll down to Proxy serv. Address and enter212.183.137.012
Note: hold down the key to enter a numerical character. Touch the [1] key to get a full stop
20. Scroll down to Proxy port number and enter 8799
21. Press the red End Key to return to the idle screen.
Note: Any other settings not mentioned in these instructions should be left at default.
If you are still having the problem at this stage then you can contact the Vodafone Intervention team by clicking here. This will take you to the Contact Us form and by filling in as many details as possible and putting FIT135 into your message text, we will receive your message and can contact you to discuss resolutions.
I hope the information above helps you to pinpoint the problem!
Best Wishes.
PhobosDeimos
Vodafone UK