O2 3G and GPRS?

[sergeantash]

Since rebooting my O2 XDA Exec into Corporate mode, I seem to have no GPRS nor 3G setup as neither will connect to send MMS messages - any ideas?

[fatspark]

Dude, corporate mode does not install any of your gprs and mms settings.

If you installed this mode to get rid of the dreadful o2 interface, you would be better installing basic mode.

This gets rid of the o2 rubbish but installs your gprs and mms settings.

Fatzzz :D

[Dingo]

If your interested i have made a cab file with just the O2 connections settings app in it. None of the other Active stuff is there. I did try to upload it to tekguru but had problems so i have it on one of my websites here.

http://caravan-smart.co.uk/xda-exec.asp

[sergeantash]

Ahhhhh nice one dude, very helpful - just got to hope my area has 3G coverage now!!

[findus]

Nice one - so after a hard reset you install corporate mode from the extended rom, then install your cab in personal and all will be set up? Does that include MMS as well as I had real troubles getting Pocket Outlook to see MMS account once in corporate mode and soft reset.

Will try it and see how it goes!

Nice one dude,

Fin

[sergeantash]

NO MATE, I think you'll find its BASIC mode as the chap says - Personal will shove all the O2 crap on there, whereas BASIC just puts the GPRS and 3G settings on - just done it and it works fine!!

HOWEVER when I try to start a 3G video call, it states "The 3G network is not available....", I don't quite get this 3G, do I have one connection that is either GPRS or 3G depending on signal, or are there two connections here, if so, how do I use each?

Anyone on O2 managed to get O2 Video Calling to work to another Exec?

Thanks mate!

[findus]

No, I was referring to Dingo's cab, when you hard reset you select corporate mode with the code 0506 then run his cab, then as he says on his site, click Personal this time as his cab just contains the Connection settings. Just done it and all seems to be working well - thanks Dingo!!

[SiliconS]

Thanks for the CAB file, Dingo. Will try it out at the next hard reset. :)

[findus]

Not sure if its me, but Hotmail from Pocket MSN seems to be playing up now - can anyone else report the same thing? It keeps freezing when I click on it and Pocket Outlook doesn't see the account.

Fin

[Nasdaq]

Yep I have tried the O2 Exec to Exec video dialling. It was nice to try, but wasn't that great. And I think its now 50p per minute, so won't be doing it again in a hurry. :shock:

Cheers
Nasdaq

[sergeantash]

No apparently until March its charged at the same price as Voice Calls, also can be part of inclusive minutes for voice calls - after that time it'll be 50p as you say.

[Nasdaq]

My mistake, was told differently by a friend. Still won't use it though, sound was delayed and not very clear. :roll:

Cheers
Nasdaq

[Dingo]

Glad you find it of use.

The way i do it if i hard reset is after setting up the screen and the O2 stuff is about to install when you get the 3 second countdown i soft reset. This will give you a vanilla install of WM5 on your Universal and none of the Ext ROM will be installed.

This way though you do not get any of the pathces and fixes etc so i selectivly install them from the XDA Exec Ext ROM posted on the xda-dev ftp site

I then install the settings cab i made to enter my O2 Connection settings.

For the most part as described by others above you will probably be best to use corp mode for your initial setup. Then just choose pesonel when you run the CAB i made.

As far as i am aware you can still use this without a hard reset as it only installs the connections app. I have tested on mine and it was ok but would be interested if it works for others.

[Dingo]

NO MATE, I think you'll find its BASIC mode as the chap says - Personal will shove all the O2 crap on there, whereas BASIC just puts the GPRS and 3G settings on - just done it and it works fine!!

HOWEVER when I try to start a 3G video call, it states "The 3G network is not available....", I don't quite get this 3G, do I have one connection that is either GPRS or 3G depending on signal, or are there two connections here, if so, how do I use each?

Anyone on O2 managed to get O2 Video Calling to work to another Exec?

Thanks mate!

3G coverage is still a bit thin with O2. If you look at the icon next to your phone signal strength it should read either G or U. If it is G then you are on their NON 3G network, if it displays U then you are on thei 3G network.

I am in a week 3G area at home and mine swaps between the 2 every few minutes.

[sergeantash]

Ahhhhh interesting...wonder why they chose 'U' for 3G..doesn't quite compute!

Looking forward to playing with 3G at some stage in the future then!

[SiliconS]

Ahhhhh interesting...wonder why they chose 'U' for 3G..doesn't quite compute!
'U' stands for UTMS, which is the system that we call 3G (or 3rd Generation). The 'G' stands for GSM, which is the 2nd generation networks we've all enjoyed using for the last 15 years.
Looking forward to playing with 3G at some stage in the future then!
I thought it might be fun too, but the truth is that I know hardly anybody with a video phone, and considering how unreliable the 3G coverage is around where I live (Sussex) it's unlikely to be much use anyway. The whole 3G premise is based on a gimmick IMHO rather than a genuine consumer need. Sure, the data rates are faster and in time this will be a good driver for the technology, but then they charge us a fcuking fortune to use it, so only a handful of people bother. Madness.

[jah]

Video calling works across networks. I have found many of my relatives have 3 3G mobile phones and are able to receive video calls from me (as on Vodafone video calls are free for a short period and on O2 the rate is the same as voice calls). O2 and Vodafone UMTS download speeds are good (coverage in London is resonable and in Berkshire).

[ChArLiE M]

have tried this - I cant connect at all - after hard reseting in corporate then running this cab and setting to personal - it tries to dial mobile web but says it cant connect for an unknown reason - any ideas

[ChArLiE M]

works ok on vanilla install - it seems since this thread was started ON hav changed some thing but this cab has no problems after vanilla installl only after corporate - I am gonna run the bug fixing cabs etc in the ext rom manually !!!

[sergeantash]

My GPRS still aint configured correctly - it connects fine but I get no internet access, its as if the proxy is configured wrong?

Is there a cab that puts the correct 3G and GPRS settings onto my phone without any user configuration required? (and without mucking up my system).

[dalelane]

Is there a cab that puts the correct 3G and GPRS settings onto my phone without any user configuration required? (and without mucking up my system). if you look at Dingo's post near the top of this thread, he's got a link to his cab which sounds like what you need

[ChArLiE M]

I appolagise for my comment about this cab which I now find is inacurate, I have only had 3g for a few days and I had not realized that 3g coverage is sketchy where I live - It is annoying as I find that as the signal is present most of the time, the connection always tries to use UTMS, but the signal is not strong enough and it constantly disconnects -

is there any way to force a GPRS default that I can use when I have this problem????

*edit* = typo

[Melty]

Yes. Haven't got my Exec to hand, but I think it's in Settings -> Phone -> Band (or Network or something). You can change it from Auto to GPRS or whatever it is (NOT WCDMA anyway - think it might say GSM instead).

Clear as mud? :wink: