Vodafone V1640 - no pocket msn

[atpcz]

received 3 Vodafone V1640's at work, and the little buggers don't have Pocket MSN installed, which means no MSN Messenger! have hunted around for the .exe but its no where to be seen :(

is anyone able to extract the necessary files to get Messenger working again? be much appreciated.

i'm quite surprised Vodafone havn't completed screwed the devices and put god awful themes/icons on them. the only things they do are add their own "inbox/sms/calender" icons to the Today screen which point to the same inbox etc as the default ones...

alex

[Sirius-C]

Tell me what files you nedd and i'll try help

But i ask for a favour in return.
I have 02 xda exec in corporate mode. I have no connection settings for vodafone, I cant get mms working or nothing.
Id appreciate your settings.

I downloaded the latest rom from ftp and it doesnt put the connection settings into my exec, only puts in the mms settings under messaging/inbox, mms configuration

Ive tried allsorts of configurations to no avail. I just cant believe that the latest rom doesnt set up the connections automatically.

[chrissyboy6969]

Guys can you use vodafone live sucessfully on your universal, does it work with graphcs and live tv

Thankks

[Sirius-C]

I cant get vodafone working full stop!

Cant find any instructions for connections that work.....
The Vodafone ext rom on the ftp doesnt set up connections after a hard reset

the bits n bats of info i pulled from posts here doesnt seem to work

theres no help on the vodafone web site bcos the VPA IV isnt available in UK yet it seems

Going around in circles, got an all singing/dancing device and I cant use it!

[chrissyboy6969]

ok i will give you the settings that work for me now with vodafone

Go to start, settings, connections under isp add a new modem connection.

Select cellular line (gprs, 3G)
Call it vodafone internet
Access point name internet
user name web
passwordd web

that should give you a 3g internet connection, let me know how you get on

Cheers
Chris

[Sirius-C]

is it as simple as that? there are no dns servers or anything?

Is there no modem connection under "My work network"

also under messaging>menu>mms configuration, could you give me these settings please?

Please Please if you have the time will you write all the settings down and where they are.
IE my isp, my work network, mms configuration, together with any dns servers/gateways etc

It Would be greatly appreciated.

BTW does your hard reset set up the connections to vodafone? if it does could you share your extended rom?

if you click on the signal strength icon then settings then band.... whats your setup in here?

sorry for pestering you with all these questions but im desperate to set this up, been messing about with his for a couple of days now.




BTW i installed the vodafone rom last night. Sure enough there are no messenger icons but if you use a thirdpary file explorer and browse to "\windows" you will find instmsgr.exe (this is messenger)
and
pmsn.exe, pmsnlauncher.exe & pmserver.exe (these are pocket msn)

I guess you could create shortcuts to these using something like resco file explorer and put the shortcuts in your start menu.

If these files are not present let me know, I can also copy you the shortcuts if your having trouble

[heliosfa]

I have a v1640, and have been wondering about pocket messenger.

Trying the above mentioned, i find that these files do not exist :S

Any help would be apreciated.

[heliosfa]

***UPDATE***
I called vodafone today, and after being bupmed about a bit, i was finally told that the v1640s should come with msn, as it is listed in the product description. I currently have a helpful tech looking into the options for me, and it would apear that some 1640s come with msn, and others don't.

[Bagpuss]

I've got an XDA Exec which I use with a Vodafone 3G Sim, and the following settings work just fine for me:

Under Settings->Connections->MyISP I have the following:

Name: Vodafone GPRS
Modem: Cellular Line (GPRS, 3G)
Access Point Name: internet
Username: user@vodafone.net
Password: user@vodafone.net

Under advanced, I have:

User server-assigned IP address under TCP/IP, and also under Servers.
All other entries are unchecked.

Under 'My Work Network', I have the following:

Name: Vodafone MMS
Modem: Cellular Line (GPRS, 3G)
Access Point Name: wap.vodafone.co.uk
Username: user@vodafone.net
Password: user@vodafone.net

Under advanced, I have:

User server-assigned IP address under TCP/IP, and also under Servers.
All other entries are unchecked.


If you now go into Pocket Outlook, you need to check your MMS settings. There should be an item at the bottom of the menu called 'MMS Configuration...'. Select it, and check the following:

Under preferences, I have the following checked:

Retrieve Messages Immediately
Download on home network only
Save sent messages

Under servers, I have an entry called 'Contract MMS', which has the following settings:

Server Name: Contract MMS
Gateway: 212.183.137.12
Port Number: 8799
Server address: http://mms.vodafone.co.uk/servlets/mms
Connect via: My Work Network
Sending size limitation: 100K
WAP Version: WAP 2.0


Using these settings, everything I've tried works just fine.

Bagpuss.

[heliosfa]

And setting up mms helps us get MSN messenger how????? These are phone distroed by voda, and already have the mms stuff setup.....

[badgerboybadger]

The MSN app was removed at the request of Vodafone Global.

Vodafone have a new version of VF-Messenger comming soon which has connectivity with MSN (http://www.vodafone.com/article_with_thumbnail/0,3038,OPCO%253D40000%2526CATEGORY_ID%253D200%2526 MT_ID%253Dpr%2526LANGUAGE_ID%253D0%2526CONTENT_ID% 253D261956,00.html)

The v1240 (tornado) also doesnt have MSN in the ROM.

The spec sheets have very recently changed to include the miss communication that the devices have MSN.

For what I hear we have not seen half of what Vodafone are planning for the windows mobile devices.

[ratcom]

All sounds good.... however my problem is I need msn messenger now and not in a few more months time :(
REDMOND, Wash., and NEWBURY, U.K. - 30 June 2005 - MSN and Vodafone plan to launch the enhanced messaging service in several European countries before the end of the year.

[heliosfa]

After some tooing and frowing from department to department, i managed to get a nice lady in TS to credit the £10.99 it would cost for the msn download.

The words "Its not the price, its the principal. Several of your competitors offer this device with msn messenger on it" seemed to work.

[furby]

After some tooing and frowing from department to department, i managed to get a nice lady in TS to credit the £10.99 it would cost for the msn download.

The words "Its not the price, its the principal. Several of your competitors offer this device with msn messenger on it" seemed to work.

Where can you download it from? Seems odd to pay for msn messenger. Would have thought they'd encourage you to have it (rack up the gprs)

[heliosfa]

You can download it from the microsoft mobile site/msn messenger site.

However, there is word in the pipeline of a vodafone messenger that connects to the msn messenger network.

[fahed2000]

someone help please ... PocketMSN, Pocket MSN please .....