Re: N900 UK Networks
 

i've already registered my sim and stuff and topped up using text and web tarriff which is unlimited texts and internet + u get your £15 a month to spend on calls.
just cant get net working now lol
http://freesim.o2.co.uk/nvBtjrmP

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

Yeah, setting up internet access on O2 pay&go number... I've tried to do this once for work, to test out one mobile website on old blackberry that was O2-locked. I've got some payg sim card, topped it up with £10, activated "web bolt-on" (or sth) and... still had no access. Tried to contact their tech support over email, but it was useless. Finally I just gave up on this.

Why bother with O2? T-Mobile or Voda pay&go sim cards work out-of-the-box.

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

i've had no answers from o2 bad customer service so i'm moving network already lol
thinking of going to T-mobile UK until 3 sim bug is fixed.
can some one confirm they t-mobile pay&Go net works and what data plan they have with it

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

ok i got reply from o2 you need to manually edit settings to these if your a pay&go customer with a n900
as the n900 is not on there portfolio of devices they cant send them over sms

APN address: payandgo.o2.co.uk
Gateway (IP) address : 193.113.200.195
Username : payandgo
Password: password
Session type: Continuous or permanent
Authentication: Normal
Security: Off
Port number: 9201

you can set ip address to auto and leave port number blank, only settings i edited was APN, username and password and all works now on n900

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

Didn't have time to go back over the whole thread, so just looking for help on a couple of points if possible.

- there is a mention a few posts up of an issue with using a 'Three' SIM Card with this phone. My initial plan had been to buy an unlocked N900 from Expansys or another online reseller and then use Three's £15 a month SIM with 300mins, unlimited texts and unlimited internet. Is this not possible?

- if Vodafone are the only option then I wouldn't mind going on contract with them, as the rest of my family are Vodafone customers and have never had any complaints. However, I note from their website that the same contracts being offered on the Nokia site as 'unlimited internet' are advertised with a 500mb limit when purchased with other phones. Have Nokia and Vodafone struck a deal for 'unlimited internet' specifically for the N900 or is it in fact just 500mb?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

It's just 500MB. In the UK, the Advertising Standards Authority has confirmed that it is legal to advertise unlimited service, yet to put an "acceptable use limit" in the fine print.

Legal, maybe, but morally repugnant.

Regards,
Roger

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

I suspected as much. Thank you for the confirmation though Eiffel. With full web pages loading in the browser, 500mb isn't going to last very long at all.

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

I'm using giffgaff at the moment, which uses the o2 network. Internet access is free for the 6 months and the call charges are pretty cheap. As with O2 there is an unspecified usage limit - but I suspect it is about 1GB.

Pay as you go only though, so if you make a lot of phone calls / texts it might not be the best option.

Also, I'm not fully convinced by the online only customer support. Community support is fine (Linux etc work well for me for example), but I'm not sure if it is the best model for a network.

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

And you have just put the SIM card and it was working right after that ?

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Here's a link:

Vodafone 500MB usage allowance passes ASA unlimited test:
http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/adjudicati..._ADJ_45008.htm

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

Hey, not to hijack this thread or anything. I had an iphone 3g- which died due to water damage (it was in my rucksack and it was raining). Luckily insurance paid out, but my contract runs out in March. If I get it on contract from vodafone, would I be able to port my number in March, and would it be unlocked so I could use my o2 sim (which has data) till then?

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

Note to all people that are planning to port their numbers over to new N900 contract but within the same network (ie. I have T-Mobile number and got another new T-Mobile contract with N900 and I'd like to port my number onto that contract).

Turns out that because of the way how PAC codes work, after porting number to 'gap' network, it will need to remain there for another 30 days, until new PAC code could be issued, and that unfortunately applies to all networks in the UK. :(

I just ported my T-M number out to Vodafone pay-as-you-go service and then lady explained that 30-day PAC code rule. I then called T-Mobile again and they actually confirmed the same. Having said that, unfortunately I'm now stuck with pay-as-you-go service for another month. A bummer!

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

I'm thinking of getting this phone on contract, when do they start shipping them out?

Also what do you think the best network is? I see its only on vodaphone and I have never used them before, are they good? Whats there internet like?

thanks

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

I am on a contract with unlimited internet.Do you have the settings?
Thanks

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

try these ones let me know if they work

APN address: mobile.o2.co.uk
Username: mobileweb
Password: password
Session type: Continuous / permanent
Authentication: Normal
Security: Off
HTTP Proxy: 193.113.200.195
Port number: 8080

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

Here's what i did:

Settings--> o2 post and pay GPRS --> delete (grayed out) ???
Settings --> o2 post and pay GPRS --> edit
entered mobileweb.o2.co.uk and username: Mobileweb
password: password
none of the other settings except the proxy sever settings and port no are there
or can be entered/edited.
sorry for being a pain

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

the are editable for me
change the setting on connection set up: packet data tab they are most important other can be set to auto e.g in advanced under proxies and ip address tabs

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

what firmware version are you using?
I am using 2.2009.51-1.203.2

Packet data tab is uneditable in mine.

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

try using this app it allows you to set up more than one GPRS access point there for allowing to edit
http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/fapn/

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

Does anybody have any pointers toward the best deals for the N900 at the moment?

Quidco currently have 10% cashback at the Nokia store, and a couple of smaller online stores have it for slightly less than £450. But if I add on a SIM-only deal for 12-18 months, my costs are pretty similar to a subsidised handset bought via, say, nokiaretail (mobile phones direct).

I'm having trouble getting the price below this line. Annoyingly, it's only now that I spotted quidco's 20% cashback + 10% voucher deal they were running in January! How often does Nokia issue new discount vouchers, and is it worthwhile waiting?

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

i went with vodafone from nokia retail at 30 a month with 300 mins/unlimited texts and unlimited internet over 24 months which amounts to around 700 which is pretty reasonable. I have only paid for a phone outright once and that was an iPhone 3GS only because the contracts are rubbish for the phone.

Having £550 go out of my account for a phone wasn't a pretty sight.

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

Quick follow-up on this:

I bought a (new, unused, with-receipt) handset on ebay.co.uk for £350, free p&p. Buying through quidco, I get £12.44 cashback on that. I've also signed up for a 12-month O2 SIM-only deal, at £15 per month (for unlimited SMS and data, and a few hundred minutes call time each month), with £25 cashback on quidco.

So the cost for my first 12 months is a little less than £500, and the handset is mine. It took a bit of effort to get a good price on ebay, but it seems to have worked out in the end!

Re: N900 UK Networks
 

Update on O2

I have just got off the phone from O2, after requesting a PAC code to leave for Giffgaff.

They asked me why I was leaving, I explained about the 500MB a month fair usage policy, and that Giffgaff offer a 'truly unlimited' data plan.

I was put through to "Carl' in retentions who assured me that if you have an O2 unlimited data bolt-on, it is now 'truly unlimited' with no fair usage T&C.

News to me anyway...