PR 1.2 -- lost my "t-mobile" internet connection option
 

Updated to 1.2 this morning. Unfortunately I can no longer access data OTA. When I select my internet connection, T-mobile is not even an option. I am fairly tech savvy but know nothing about Linux.

One thing that is peculiar, I do have the "MMS" connection available from the fMMS program. I uninstalled this program months ago and the MMS connection never went away. I tried to remove it through xterm today with the instructions provided in that thread, but it is still there. Still, it makes no sense as to why I no longer have "T-mobile" as an option. Please help!

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Also noteworthy: I tried to restore to earlier backups and T-mobile internet connection still not an option. MMS is only OTA option which gives me a connection error every time. This pretty much renders the "smart" portion of my phone useless since I rarely connect to wi-fi.

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Mine took a while to come back too

I am not sure, but I think tmobile data settings are sent by tmobile after sim registers on network.

try making a few phone calls and see if it comes back

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Hopefully that works. I upgraded FW about 5 hours ago, though.

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try powering off and resetting the sim card?

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oh...did you flash or do the OTA upgrade?

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Mine's still here. You seem to be having the worst of luck

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Happened to me once a month or so ago when messing around with some settings. Deleted them all.

Call T-Mobile and they will be happy to send you a package via SMS that will restore your settings.

Call from a something other than your N900 so you can verify you got what you need before getting off the phone with them.

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popped the sim card, tried a hard reset. Still no T-mobile internet option. I did an OTA upgrade this morning.

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hmmmm

I am with tournstone now, call tmobile

when you insert the SIM usually a push sms is sent with config, maybe you didn't get it for some reason and maybe they can send again

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Install an application that will allow you to add another gprs connection.
The application is called fAPN

then you just need to set the settings to be:
internet2.voicestream.com
(for those that are using 10 dollars)

or epc.tmobile.com (for those that are using 24.95 or 30 dollars plan)

and you will be good to go.

Re: PR 1.2 -- lost my "t-mobile" internet connection option
 

I flashed PR1.2 and had immediate tmobile access, better than ever. I had been using the leaked 1.2. I'm also using the overclocking kernel, perfect, no issues so far.

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edit: I'm on the prepaid Pay by the Day/Sidekick cheepo plan; the apn is epc.mobile.com.

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That happened with me
(O2 PAYG in the UK)
I put in the WAP setting instead of the mobileweb settings that I used before and it worked, not sure what my speed was on mobileweb but on WAP it is .4Mb/sec

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It has happened to me too.

I have asked the operator to send me the settings through SMS. I have received it and now it is in the Internet connection choices but the connection fails..

Really bizarre, it has been working with no prob all these months now.

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Did you backup before upgrading and restore afterward?

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I backed-up, though I did not restore, but the settings have not changed so I'm not sure why is does not work, even inputting the settings I used before doesn't work

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Just a 'me too', not to feel alone man :)

I did the OTA so the settings doesn't need to be restored.

BTW, I'm not in O2 or the UK, so it doesn't seem to be related to the provider (?)

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I'm having a somewhat similar issue on T-Mo US. When trying to connect to the internet APN the connection fails immediately and the APN disappears from my list of available connections.

Amazingly as I was typing this I heard the e-mail received tone. Connection lasted for about 3 minutes and disappeared again.

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This worked like a charm. Thanks!

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because you need to change the connection to internet2.voicestream.com

that means you are using the cheap plan to access internet :).

By default the PR 1.2 is using epc.tmobile.com so you need to manually change it.

use Fapn --> simple application.

Or change the gprs settings manually

menu -> Settings -> Internet Connection -> T-Mobile Internet -> and modify the setting to internet2.voicestream.com

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Hi,

It happened to me too today morning,

I was getting free internet from t-mobile all this time as the setting called "t-mobile internet" was there in network selection window since i got the phone

i did OTA update this morning and that option disappeared.. this sucks i had enjoyed 5 months of free internet on this phone since i got it.. hopefully resetting the sim and rebooting solves the issue

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AFAIK the APN default settings are pulled from the SIM card, not the OS. I have been using epc since January. Some time during the night my connection restored and has been good since i woke up about 3 hrs ago.

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Free internet? You most likely have a data plan included or are about to receive a huge bill.

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Na,

i never received a bill for data for the past 5 months as i said.. when i got the phone from nokia and popped my tmobile sim in , i had an option called T-Mobile Internet" in the network selection window and it connected without any trouble. i checked my bill for past 5 months and iwas only getting charged 39.99 for voice and 4.99 for the sms package that i have added to my plan.

this morning after the OTA update to 1.2 the "t-mobile internet" option disappeared. i tried adding internet2.voicestream.com wap.voicestream.com and epc settings with proper proxies and dns addresses from here but no luck so far....

http://www.flexispy.com/Mobile%20APN...use%20GPRS.htm

no free internet any more WAAAAAAA:(

I'll try flashing the phone back to 1.1 and see if it works.. this frekin 1.2 update sucks *** for me, i would rather get my free internet back that get some added mail and chat functionality...:mad:

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Also i have a data package transfer display app and it said i have downloaded 362 mb of data and uploaded 52 mbs without getting charged..lol

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Do you have fMMS installed? I just noticed that my MMS APN and internet APN have changed interfaces since the update. Internet APN was gprs0 and is now gprs1 while the MMS APN went from gprs1 to gprs0.

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Just to say that I managed to fix my problem by manually entering the settings I found in this website.

Don't know if it's any good but it worked for my provider.
http://www.taniwha.org.uk/gprs.html

Hope it helps

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na,


i didn't have fapn installed when i bought the phone from amazon, i was getting free internet straight out of box once i put the sim in..

i just installed fapn today to try out all the wap, internet2 and other settings to see if it starts working.. but to no avail.. guess once i get off work, ill go home and reflash it back to 1.1

see if that works

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HAAAHAHHAHAHA!!


I JUST NOTICED THAT THE NEW FIRMWARE UPDATE 1.2 HAD CHANGED MY FREE TMOBILE INTERNET SETTINGS AND IT WAS POINTING TO EPC.TMOBILE.COM IN INTERNET CONNECTIONS SETTINGS PAGE...

i just remembered that it was set to internet2.voicestream.com when i had a free working internet previously

changed it back to internet2.voicestream.com and BAAAM... internet is back...for a minute i got scared that i had lost the free stuff....


HAHAHAH!!!! more free internet from T-Mobile ( seems like my sim chip is set to receive data for free for some reason...lol works for me)
:D

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Just had a similar problem here in Egypt. After the packet connection was working for a while and I tried to fetch some MMS with fMMS, I do not connect at all to the packet connection (fails), and I find it more tricky sometimes to even connect to wireless connections! I think it has something to do with fMMS.\

Edit: My exact problem now is this. After using fMMS once in PR 1.2, my packet data connection NEVER connects. It fails after trying for 2 seconds! It was fine before that. Any tips? I'm in Egypt on Mobinil Network.

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I used to had this problem too especially when your ISP's 3G access point and its MMS access point are not the same (DiGi for me in Malaysia). The workaround I had was to install 'Connectnow' and 'Personal IP' and always see which access point I am connected to.

Of course you could always see this info by clicking on the status bar and see what is your Internet connection but I find having the info on the desktop is much more easier :-).

Wireless was another issue I had but on very rare cases, I couldn't connect to a wireless access point (and I though only the iPhone has this issue :-))


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Nickelby Thane
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Thanks! But I mean, when fMMS tries to connect you can actually see the connection it is trying to establish. But here, I see no connection being established and I can't connect to the internet at all, 2g or 3g. Just "fails" after 2 seconds. We will see :( Thanks again