ive got a friend using O2.. he had a few problems setting up the gprs to use the multimedia messaging so he phoned o2 for some help, they told him he cannot have both gprs and mms on his phone and disabled gprs, am i right in thinking u cannot send a mms message without having gprs?
what are they on about?
O2 and MMS
yes, MMS uses GPRS.
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> Sorry to hear that you can't access mobile web as well. Below is a
> brief statement to why we as a network can't provide this service.
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> "There are currently technical limitations which prevent us from
> offering a suitable customer experience for someone who would like to
> use O2's Mobile Web & Media Messaging services on one handset or device
> using one SIM card. Consequently, we cannot offer both Mobile Web and
> Media Messaging on one device (using one SIM card) at this time. A
> solution is being developed which will form part of the next release of
> O2's Media Messaging service. This release will allow O2 to offer
> customers Media Messaging and Mobile Web services on one device using
> one SIM card. We expect that this release will be available in Spring
> 2003."
>
> If you require any further information please reply.
>
> Thank you for contacting O2 Customer Care.
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message from o2!!!
:rofl: good one! 😃 😃 :rofl:
it costs 50p/min or a 2 week wait for an email reply just to get this kind of sh*te from O2......which is why I dumped them after 2 years loyalty (ex genie).
They are a clueless bunch of morons, I had MMS+GPRS working on my 7650 before I got rid of them, although don't ask me what the settings were as I can't remember. This is also the same flock of propellorheads that told me that all new sim cards from them are branded BT Cellnet!!! Despite the fact that I was holding an o2 branded sim while they were telling me this!! Dickh3ads.
When will o2 learn that no matter how cheap/great their tariffs are, it will never make up for lack of staff training.
Do yourself a favour and port your number to another operator.
oh..... I feel a bit better now!!! 😊
They cannot offer GPRS Web and MMS on the same account.
MMS uses the GPRS WAP profile. They can offer GPRS WAP & MMS together.
They are working on a fix, the only thign is, I know three people who have GPRS WEB & MMS on their O2 accounts. They are just making excuses against those on low price plans or those they expect to have high MMS usage. Once the free offer is over next week, regular service will resume.
I left O2 this week for this very reason.
i have gprs and mms active, ie.. i can send mms messages and browse the net using gprs
I am just throwing an idea about, but it could be down to billing.
They may not be able to tell the difference between the different types of data, so you could possibly send as much Web data for the 40p single MMS charge / or visa versa you may be able to send pictures at a reduced rate (included in your allowance).
Just thinking.
Bob :-?
Their billing system can differentiate between the two. 😞
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Having said that, their GPRS rates are very low, and with NowMMS you can send MMS using the GPRS or even dial up WAP portal. Would save you a few bob!