O2 roaming GPRS not working

[otl]

Hi,

I got my O2 Orbit a day before leaving the UK for Qatar so didn't get a chance to suss this out before I left.

I'm still running on my O2 sim etc. When I arrived the GPRS doesn't register and the GPRS/internet connections etc all keep asking for a modem setup.

Qtel is the operator here but talking to them about roaming internet/gprs connectivity with an xda is fruitless.

I can't get much help out of O2 either....There's got to be a way, there has to be a way.....

Can anybody help at all? Please?

[towinguk]

After two or three trips away with o2 device and lots of calls back to the uk my solution was to go through all available networks one at a time and force the device to try data connections I still need to do this five years on even after telling o2 how to connect