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2007-02-13 , 18:14
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I am not trying to steal the thread, but, does any one know what the cheapest plan for connecting would be in NYC via T-mobile? I have a v3 RAZR and no internet plan yet.
 
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2007-02-14 , 05:16
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Originally Posted by greatgazoo View Post
I am not trying to steal the thread, but, does any one know what the cheapest plan for connecting would be in NYC via T-mobile? I have a v3 RAZR and no internet plan yet.
Internet Plan and Voice Plan are really two different things. I had a T Mobile $29.99 'Voice Plan' till last month. I could use my Nokia 770 and my ( then Nokia 3650 ) phone, to get on to the Internet easily with this. Please see that I have mentioned that I had a Voice Plan only.
Recently I upgraded to a $39.99 'Voice Plan' (changed my phone as well, to a Nokia 6682 ) and I can still get to the Internet the same way.
So, I think that if you can pair you v3 RAZR phone to the Nokia IT and then configure the DUN on this setup, you can get to the Internet with a simple 'Voice Plan'. Remember that the time allotted to you by the Voice Plan that you subscribe to, will be used up while you surf the Internet using the Phone as a Bluetooth tethered Modem.
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2007-02-14 , 06:18
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Originally Posted by Arjun View Post

I do not know how you will get the Nokia 770 to recognize and pair with the Samsung T509 ( surely, there is some kind of hack mentioned in this Forum somewhere ). As I mentioned before I use my Nokia 770 IT recognized and paired with my Nokia 6682 phone. I can get to the Internet when no Wi-Fi is available. I have not subscribed to any extra Web / Data plan. At present, I use the simple 600 Minutes / $ 39.99 T-Mobile plan. This is strictly a regular Voice Plan with no involvement of any kind of ' Total Internet Plan ', a Data Plan and all that.

I am sure that once you figure out how to get you Samsung T509 and the Nokia 770 / N800 recognize and pair with each other, you will be able to do the surf the Net without paying anything extra for any Web / Data Plan.

Update:

Try to see if the folowing works for you. This is from a post by a gentleman named " Historian ", on this Forum. You can also search for ' Samsung T509 ', to get more information about this.

From ' Historians ' post :-

Access point name: wap.voicestream.com
Dial-up number: *99#
User name: leave blank
Password: leave blank

Click the [advanced] and check "Use Proxy"
HTTP Proxy: 216.155.165.50
Port: 8080
HTTPS Proxy: 216.155.165.50
Port: 8080

I did use such settings ( under the Advanced Tab ) before, with my ' dear discarded ' Nokia 3650 Phone. But now I find that I can connect without all this and without the extra $5.99 T-Mobile Web plan.
Arjun,
I did set up my T-Mobile T-509 with the settings you quoted from Historian.
I am connected to the phone via Bluetooth but am not able to use the phone as a modem. I only have a voice plan.

What settings did you put into your 770 which allow you to use your phone as a modem with a voice only plan?
Thanks,
Neil
 
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2007-02-14 , 15:38
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Originally Posted by nspeer View Post
Arjun,
I did set up my T-Mobile T-509 with the settings you quoted from Historian.
I am connected to the phone via Bluetooth but am not able to use the phone as a modem. I only have a voice plan.

What settings did you put into your 770 which allow you to use your phone as a modem with a voice only plan?
Thanks,
Neil


The phone that I use ( right now ) to get to the Internet when Wi-Fi is not available is a Nokia 6682. I do not know whether the fact that your phone is the Samsung T-509 has anything to do with the issue of it not working for you. I bought my Nokia 6682 phone ( on eBay ) brand spanking new and totally unlocked. I have the $ 39.99 Voice Plan from T-Mobile. It gives me 600 minutes / Unlimited nights and weekends. It does not specifically mention any involvement of any kind of Data Plan whatsoever. Before this ( like last month ) I had the 300 minutes ' Basic Plan ' from T-Mobile which was $ 29.99 without the unlimited nights and weekends. I used this with an unlocked ( I unlocked it myself ) Nokia 3650 Phone.

The settings I use for this kind of connection is as follows:

Access point name: wap.voicestream.com
Dial-up number: *99#
User name: leave blank
Password: leave blank

After I flashed my Nokia 770 with latest Nokia OS, I have left all the following blank, as default. I do not use these settings now.

Click the [advanced] and check "Use Proxy"
HTTP Proxy: 216.155.165.50
Port: 8080
HTTPS Proxy: 216.155.165.50
Port: 8080

Good Luck !
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2007-02-14 , 17:47
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Ajun,
thanks for your reply. Used your settings with no luck. Connection manager shows that I am connected to the phone with data being transferred and received. The 770 then gives me an error box called "File Download" which states: "File type: blah blah, File size: blah blah, Location: blah blah (the web address I am trying to connect to), Open with: no application to open with"

Quick question:
when exactly in the process of trying to connect do you dial the *99# on the phone? Whenever I dial it, I get a message stating "Please wait, network activity" followed by a message that says "unable to process request"

anyone have any ideas?
Neil
 
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2007-02-14 , 19:19
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Originally Posted by nspeer View Post
Ajun,
thanks for your reply. Used your settings with no luck. Connection manager shows that I am connected to the phone with data being transferred and received. The 770 then gives me an error box called "File Download" which states: "File type: blah blah, File size: blah blah, Location: blah blah (the web address I am trying to connect to), Open with: no application to open with"

Quick question:
when exactly in the process of trying to connect do you dial the *99# on the phone? Whenever I dial it, I get a message stating "Please wait, network activity" followed by a message that says "unable to process request"

anyone have any ideas?
Neil
The *99# " is not a number that we dial personally. It is the part of the DUN setting used by Internet Tablets.

Anyways, I have a question for you. Using your Samsung T-509 phone can you go to the T-Mobile Website ( T-Zones and all that) ? If this is affirmative then I will still say that something is not being setup right somewhere. Also, initially when I configured the Nokia 770 to acces Internet ( via Bluetooth DUN) I do not set up T-Mobile as my service provider. I simply decided to go with ' no service provider ' option.
 
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2007-02-14 , 19:57
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Originally Posted by Arjun View Post
The *99# " is not a number that we dial personally. It is the part of the DUN setting used by Internet Tablets.

Anyways, I have a question for you. Using your Samsung T-509 phone can you go to the T-Mobile Website ( T-Zones and all that) ? If this is affirmative then I will still say that something is not being setup right somewhere. Also, initially when I configured the Nokia 770 to acces Internet ( via Bluetooth DUN) I do not set up T-Mobile as my service provider. I simply decided to go with ' no service provider ' option.
Ajun,
I can indeed get to T-Zones on my phone (I only have a voice plan, though, I do not pay the $5.95/mo for web).

Can you tell me how you access the setup screen on the 770 that allows you to set up T-Mobile as service provider, or, in this case, set up the "no service provider" option?
thanks so much,
Neil
 
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2007-02-14 , 21:30
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Originally Posted by nspeer View Post
Ajun,
I can indeed get to T-Zones on my phone (I only have a voice plan, though, I do not pay the $5.95/mo for web).

Can you tell me how you access the setup screen on the 770 that allows you to set up T-Mobile as service provider, or, in this case, set up the "no service provider" option?
thanks so much,
Neil
This is an option that you get the first time that you are about to configure your IT. In this option you can either select a Service Provider or not select any. As for me, whenever I flashed my Nokia 770 with newer OS Builds, I never bothered to select T-Mobile as my Service Provider.

So lets try again:

First of all, pair your samsung T-509 to your Nokia 770 and make sure that they are set to ' pair ' without asking. Also, in the ' Control panel ', when you hit the ' Phone Icon ', you should be able to see that your Samsung T-509 is recognised by the Nokia 770.

Now.....

Go to ' Control panel ' ,

then, go to ' Connectivity ',

now go to ' Connections ',

Select ' New ',

in ' Connection Setup ' hit ' Next ',

Select Connection name ( mine is T-Zones EDGE )

In ' Connection Type ' , Choose ' Packet Data ' and hit ' Next ',

For ' Acces point name ' select ' wap.voicestream.com ', you can
also try the ' internet2.voicestream.com ', name.

in ' Dial-up number , type in ' *99# ', hit ' Next '.

Hit ' Finish '.

And we are done.

Now, when you hit the ' Connectivity Globe ', on top right of the Nokia 770, it will ask for your phone ( if the phone is not set up correctly ) otherwise it should connect normally.

While we are at this, go to www.T-Mobile.com and to their support site. From there, have them send in, the various setting for your phone, free thru SMS. Perhaps it would solve you problems.
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2007-02-14 , 22:08
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#29
Originally Posted by Arjun View Post
Internet Plan and Voice Plan are really two different things. I had a T Mobile $29.99 'Voice Plan' till last month. I could use my Nokia 770 and my ( then Nokia 3650 ) phone, to get on to the Internet easily with this. Please see that I have mentioned that I had a Voice Plan only.
Recently I upgraded to a $39.99 'Voice Plan' (changed my phone as well, to a Nokia 6682 ) and I can still get to the Internet the same way.
So, I think that if you can pair you v3 RAZR phone to the Nokia IT and then configure the DUN on this setup, you can get to the Internet with a simple 'Voice Plan'. Remember that the time allotted to you by the Voice Plan that you subscribe to, will be used up while you surf the Internet using the Phone as a Bluetooth tethered Modem.
Thanks for that!! I was able to pair my phone up with the IT. I didn't know that it would use up the talk time . So if i sign up for the basic TMobileWeb should that get past the talk time usage? If so that would be worth it.
 
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2007-02-15 , 00:05
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SUCCESS! I don't know what I did different, but, after many attempts using Ajun's settings from this thread, I am able to connect to the web using my T-mobile Samsung T-509 and my Voice only plan!

I am getting download speeds of up to 156 kb/sec according to PC Pitstop's download test. Pretty slow, but, hey, no monthly fee for 'data' from T-moblie. If I find I'm using the phone as a modem often, guess I'll spring for the $29.95/mo internet plan and get EDGE speeds (of how fast?).

Thanks for your help,
Neil
 
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