I hope that this post helps people who can not get the internet or Email working on the T-Mobile Web $5.99 service.

When I first set up the T-Mobile Web service I could not get internet to work. As far as I could tell I had all of the settings correctly entered.

I also saw my phone (RAZR V3) had "GPRS Active" on the screen and a traffic icon would blink from time to time. I could intermittantly download email but the web browser would show "connecting" then time out.

I read a bunch of posts in this forum, the T-mobile site and also at: http://www.gruups.com/tzones/. After much trial and error I finally got the web and email (send and receive) working.

I am not sure which parts fixed it but here is what I did:

1. Go to the T-Mobile site and Update the settings to your phone for "T-Mobile Web" and "My Email". There are instructions on the site.

To get there log-in then go to the T-Mobile Wireless Data Configurator: http://us.t-mobile.mywds.com/

Then:
Configure your phone for "T-Zones WAP"
and
"My Email" to set up an email account on the T-Mobile site that links in with your email provider. Be sure to select the "T-Zones" Email.


You need your phone on to receive the updates.

2. Make sure your phone can get to T-Zones all by itself and browse the web.

3. Pair your phone with the N810 and follow the prompts. Select the default T-Mobile setup.

Once it is complete go to "Connectivity Settings" and edit the T-Mobile profile as follows:

N810 T-MobileWeb settings:

Connection name: T-Mobile
Connection Type: GPRS
Access Point Name (APN): wap.voicestream.com
Dial Up Number: *99***1#
Username: (Blank)
Password: (Blank)
Prompt passworkd at every login: unchecked

[Advanced]

[Proxies]
Use proxy: checked
HTTP proxy: 216.155.165.50 (NOT 216.155.165.050)
Port number: 8080
HTTPs proxy: 216.155.165.50
Port number: 8080

[IP Addresses]
Auto-retrieve IP address: checked
Auto-retrieve DNS: checked

[Other]
Allow plain text login: checked
Use PPP compression: checked
Supplementary AT commands: (blank)

Email Setup:

This differs from the setup at: http://www.gruups.com/tzones/. Here you will only use the T-Mobile SMTP outgoing service and your original POP for incoming email.

You should have already set up your account on the T-Mobile web site before doing any setup on the N810.

An assumption is that your email works when connected to WIFI. If not get this working first.

Now, in POP account settings of the N810 email application, go to the "Outgoing" tab and scroll to the bottom.
Check "Use connection specific SMTP servers"
Then click the EDIT SMTP Servers

Setup the original WIFI connection SMTP server just as you have it in your original setup page.

Setup the T-Mobile conneciton as follows:

Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): myemail.t-mobile.com
Use secure authentication: LOGIN
User Name: (phone number):1 If you have more than 1 "My Email" account you will change the 1 to a 2 for the second account, etc.
Password: Your normal email server password

fwiw, I was struggling for days to connect my 770 & n810 to my TM506 using US tzones thru BT, kept getting a connection failed error - finally, I removed everything in my tzones config except the phone# (i.e. remove apn, user, password, proxies, & at string) & it WORKS!

You might consider a Boingo WiFi account. The N810 is classified as a cell phone and gets WiFi for 7.95 per month. Boingo is common at airports, hotels and MacDonalds. They have a roaming agreement with AT&T which gives you Starbucks as an access point. 1st month is free to try using the Boingo ap for the N8x0. Service is month to month, there are no contracts.

One thing about these free WiFi systems. Once I was in a shop, and it said free WiFi, but it required a proprietary VPN software, and it would obviously not work on the tablet (but somehow it "worked" with the iPhone, even though back then there was no SDK...). Boingo will work because they have a tablet solution, but I still don't trust it. Anyway, bluetooth to a cellphone is totally different than WiFi, and I think its better on the road. If you pay for WiFi access, chances are a simple wardrive around the street will find you a open access point. Residential districts, libraries, eateries, etc...

I tried these options with T-Mobile internet and it didn't work. I could ping and randomly get on Skype, but not surf the internet. Solution: Drop T-Mobile's internet ASAP fixed the problem.

I've tried Boingo on my N810 and it worked well for me every time I tried it at a local Starbucks which has AT&T WiFi service. There is a roaming arrangement between AT&T and Boingo. First month is free and there is no long term contract involved.

After a good looooong time getting my T-mobile plan to work with a bluetooth tethered XP machine, I may as well post the config that worked here. Somebody may stumble across it and be happy:

http://bill-micke.com/blog/2009/02/h...ckberry-curve/