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yes thats what i have

there is a thread here somewhere with ppl having gps problems

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just a suggestion maybe try reflashing the unit

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I asked the T-Mobile support about using the n900 with the Total Internet Plan ($39.99 per month). They said it might work. Has anyone tried using the Total Internet plan with the n900?

I was thinking that if I had the total Internet plan, combined that with n900 and skype, then I would not need voice. Does this make sense?

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it makes sens i have unlimited web for dumbphones and it works pefectly with skype but i guess what ever you need

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Doesn't skype require internet access? If so, I assume receiving calls would require an always on connection which would significantly suck up your battery.

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Why would it use more battery then waiting for a voice call?

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i believe someone correct me if i am wrong 3g will suck less battery then wifi i have a wifi on all the time plus it switches to tmo internet when i am oustide the house i get about 12 hours moderate use

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I recently switched to the TMobile plan and got the $25 data plan ( I wanted a 9.99 plan but the damned guy scanned my N95 IMIE and siad I had to take a smartphone plan).

But even with the $25 data plan the network positioning does not work for me.
I left it on for around 7-10mins indoors - and it still does not work for me.

Data is always on and works fine. But I am thinking I will downgrade to the 9.99 plan and see how it works.

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Disclaimer: was too lazy to read all of the posts.

I work at t-mo and have had to trouble shoot MMS on an IPhone. Turns out when using epc, people were only able to receive, but not send MMS. As soon as they used voicestream, the problem corrected itself.

Granted, the N900 doesn't currently support MMS, but it may be worth noting for the future...

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Right now i am on 10.99 (9.99) Plan . I have changed my APN to internet2.voicestream.com. for me everything is working fine. even i am able to make calls over skpe and the browsing seems fine to..

I have some problem with gps as i guess AGps is not registering the satellite in my location.. But sometimes this works too like right now agps is working i have not changed any setting nothing but most of the time it doesn't work.

Is there anyway we can check how may satellite its connected i remember we have setting to check number of satellite connected in nokia s60 phones but i am not able to find in n900 anywhere.. is there any application available for this :D

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@aspidites

MY N900 works with Tzones. Do you see any advantage of getting the $25 smarphone plan and giving TMO my IMEI number?

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When you change the apn, do you have to put in a username and password??

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Well, I see an advantage for T-Mobile, because they get more $$$. Does that count? :)

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what speeds do you guys get with the lower plan? also is the bandwidth cap lower on the 9.99 plan?

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Why do I keep getting cellular data not available???

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what apn are you using?

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i do not have any cap on 9.99 plan

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I'm using internet2.voicestream.com for my APN, and I can get both Edge and 3G when available no prob. I must say, been 6 years since I've had T-Mobile and the service is even better than AT&T now in my area at least, even EDGE is pretty damn fast.

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Kentucky is rough for good signal. Heck, even the Verizon 3G everywhere map seems to have the biggest gap in Kentucky. Works nice where I live, but other places are out of luck.

I envy you good signal Tmo people and all of you fancy Euro people with your "state of the art" wireless networks.

Hey- at least Kentucky beats Alaska and Greenland:) ;) :(

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i'm on Tzone plan and I'm unable to use it on N900. Any help would be appreciated.

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leave them blank.

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did you try wap.voicestream.com for apn?

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Yes I did and I'm still getting "unable to connect". Also, why I cannot add another connection ? It only allows me to create Wifi connection but not GPRS or 3G.

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Ok, I dont know why, but every so often I get 'Cellular Data Not Available'

Any idea why??

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People who are using N900 with Tzones, could you please post the settings you are using because for the life of me, I cannot get it to work. It works with wifi but not with Tmobile internet connection.

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did you try internet2.voicestream.com

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Yes and I get the same error..."Internet connection failed, try again".

Do I need to enter any username or password ? Btw, on the stop status bar....it does show Tmobile 3G but when I try to open a website, I keep getting that error.

I also tried wap.voicestream.com but that did not work either. Even thought it works fine on my N95.

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I don't mean to insult your inteligence, but you have purchased a dataplan for your account, correct? I'm just really hard pressed to think of anything else that would give you that error.

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@ajamils... look at the proxy setting on your n 95 and copy that over to the n900 on the advance section

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I am using T-zones with the N900 and it works with epc.tmobile.com. I believe the other proxies do not work correctly.

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Thank you sir. That worked like a charm.

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I switched from BB 8900. I cancelled BES unlimited data plan from T-Mobile - changed to the 9.99 plan and it works awesome. BTW The Chat Rep offered me first month free!! I am getting corporate emails via Mail for Exchange. It does say 3G right next to battery icon on top.

Speed Test: Dallas, Tx

internet2.voicestream.com
Dwnld : 1.48mbps
upload : .26mbps

epc.tmobile.com
Dwnld : 4.77mbps
Upload : .46mbps

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That's pretty impressive.

I get about 1.25 down and .26 up w/ my 5800 on AT&T's 3G near Los Angeles.

Can't wait to get my N900!

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No. Worst case scenario is that if the internet stopped working, we would then have to move you to the 25 dollar plan to ensure that it did work, keep the 9.99 feature on there with no guarantee of refunding you the amount if it continues to not work (since you weren't supposed to be on that plan in the first place) or take of the feature completely.

In other words, if it is working for you, keep it.

Actually, the only other thing I could see it hindering is equipment troubleshooting. While it isn't a T-Mobile phone, there may eventually be stuff in the knowledge base about the N900 (Again, there is for the Iphone), but if you are confident that you won't have any device-related issues, keep on keeping on, man.

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Interesting about the speed differences. Perhaps its a per-device case. As for limits, there are, but only after 10GB of data have been transfered (with most plans IIRC), at which point the connection is throttled.

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me too my 5.99plan works on 3g like a charm

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I'm also using T-zones with my N900. It will only work with epc.tmobile.com.

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Can someone help me figure out how to switch from 3g to edge? I don't always wanna use 3g unless I'm going on media sites.

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Read through this entire thread and am still stuck. Have tried all of the available APN's with NO luck. After I save my settings, the GPRS data icon at the top of the menu appears for a split second, disappears and I immediately get the "internet connection failed" error.

I have the $9.99 data plan--it was working fine on my 5800nav (which is EDGE only) but when I switched the SIM to my N900 I could not get data through t-mobile data. I have even tried fiddling around with my phones on t-mobile.com to see if that would help reset but nothing. Any ideas?

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UPDATE: when I moved my SIM back into the 5800nav, I can no longer connect to T-mobile internet through data on that phone either. Does this lead you to believe I have a bad SIM or that somehow TMO has locked me out of using data on the cheaper plans?