Cingular to T Mobile

[Zzzbignew]

Hello Plz forgive my newbie question..I just got my unlocked Sx66 from Ebay.It was formerly used on Cingular network in th US.with w2k3.I am able to make phone calls with my T Mobile sim card in the device. I have the unlimited data plan that T Moble offers here in the states. I can use the WiFi here at my house but when I try to use the T Mobile GPRS/Edge network I can not get on..Can anyone offer a suggestion.Do I need to use a different ROM or what? TIA Will

[jdc]

Hello Plz forgive my newbie question..I just got my unlocked Sx66 from Ebay.It was formerly used on Cingular network in th US.with w2k3.I am able to make phone calls with my T Mobile sim card in the device. I have the unlimited data plan that T Moble offers here in the states. I can use the WiFi here at my house but when I try to use the T Mobile GPRS/Edge network I can not get on..Can anyone offer a suggestion.Do I need to use a different ROM or what? TIA WillWhile I can't tell you exactly where to put the info (I flashed my BA to MW5 shortly after getting it, never really looked at the shipped O2 version), I can tell you that it will work.

With WM5, you need to set the GPRS access point to wap.voicestream.com and leave the rest of the settings alone. I believe the earlier versions of WM are even simpler.

Worse case, contact T-Mobile and tell them you have a wizard (T-Mobile MDA) and need the settings for the GPRS. I've got my account page set up that way and the info on it now applies to the BA.

[Zzzbignew]

Thanks jdc...I tried that with w2k3 with my sx66 and it did not work..bummer..I will try to upgrade to w2k5..if you dont mind, what rom (and ext. rom) did you use for your device to work on T mobile USA GPRS network? The phone originally was with Cingular with...PH20B1 B 1 WWE E XGULA001 1.33.10 1 0 1.33.110 1.02.10 02.10 Thanks for all your help...Will

[jdc]

Thanks jdc...I tried that with w2k3 with my sx66 and it did not work..bummer..I will try to upgrade to w2k5..if you dont mind, what rom (and ext. rom) did you use for your device to work on T mobile USA GPRS network? The phone originally was with Cingular with...PH20B1 B 1 WWE E XGULA001 1.33.10 1 0 1.33.110 1.02.10 02.10 Thanks for all your help...WillWhat didn't work exactly?

I did a quick google and came up with this page:
http://www.pdaphonehome.com/forums/xda-iii-mda3-pda2k-sx66-qtek9090/41141-pda2k-t-mobile-gprs-mms-settings.html

Try that and see if it works.

Regarding the ROM I'm using, right now I've got an older Hemli vanilla AKU3.5 (my data cable seems to have developed an issue, so I'm not able to flash to anything newer yet).

Granted, WM5 is better than the one you have now (IMO), but you may want to stay with the current ROM (some people do like the official 2k3 over the hacked 5 we have available now), so I'd get that working first then try another ROM.

[Zzzbignew]

Yea !! jdc..I went to that site..and followed directions to tee..it did not work at first..I tried over and over ,then got tired ,went to sleep woke up this morn.,and remembered to pull out battery, started up , and it worked !! Thanks so much..now maybe I will try to get the right w2k5 rom and try an update ..Thanks again Will

[jdc]

Yea !! jdc..I went to that site..and followed directions to tee..it did not work at first..I tried over and over ,then got tired ,went to sleep woke up this morn.,and remembered to pull out battery, started up , and it worked !! Thanks so much..now maybe I will try to get the right w2k5 rom and try an update ..Thanks again Will glad to hear that you got it working. That's odd that you had to power cycle the thing to get the settings to take effect, but hey, it's working. :-)

[spunk32]

i noticed in your thread you mentioned the 2k3 works better than the wm2k5. i also have the same device situation as "Zzzbignew". i have had the device for about 2 years an recently started to look into updating my ROM and radio and all that good stuff. i am not too keen on all this and am not sure what specific ROMs i should be looking for with this sx66 im am using with tmobile. any links or advice you have as to how i can upgrade to a newer version of 2k3 would be greatly appreciated. thanks for your time.




What didn't work exactly?

I did a quick google and came up with this page:
http://www.pdaphonehome.com/forums/xda-iii-mda3-pda2k-sx66-qtek9090/41141-pda2k-t-mobile-gprs-mms-settings.html

Try that and see if it works.

Regarding the ROM I'm using, right now I've got an older Hemli vanilla AKU3.5 (my data cable seems to have developed an issue, so I'm not able to flash to anything newer yet).

Granted, WM5 is better than the one you have now (IMO), but you may want to stay with the current ROM (some people do like the official 2k3 over the hacked 5 we have available now), so I'd get that working first then try another ROM.

[rambo6]

T-Mobile works great on the sx66 in the US. You'll probably want to get a high capacity battery like the 2400 whatever from Mugen power. You'll also want to flash a WM5 ROM. I prefer the Helmi-Baniaczek v2. Push email works great and you don't lose your data if the power goes. Be sure to read the wiki on the subject thoroughly and set a few hours aside before you begin.

I'll attempt to attach a T-Mobile Network customization cab to this email. It should set up your internet and MMS settings for TMO USA. If it doesn't work, key the setting in as indicated in this thread

[Zzzbignew]

Thanks Rambo6, but now my kid popped the screen and it endlessy cycles through the alignment screen. I tried every trick including writing a welcome.not notepad file to my sd , and also went in to windows startup and tried to delete the welcome.exe shortcut but it still finds its way back after a reboot ( Where is the actual " Welcome.exe " located ?) So that is my delema...I am writing this on my wizard...I think I may have to get a new digitizer on Ebay to install over lcd screen...Thanks for your help.

[Mr50mm]

Try this

1. Tap Start.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap on the Connections tab.
4. Tap the Connections icon.
5. Tap Add a new modem connection under T-Mobile GPRS.
6. Enter T-Zones in the Enter a name for the connection field.
7. Tap to select Cellular Line (GPRS) from the Select a modem drop down list.
8. Tap Next.
9. Enter wap.voicestream.com in the Access point name field.
10. Tap Next.
11. Tap the Advance button
12. Check Use IP header compression
13. Tap ok
14. Tap Finish.
16. Tap Edit my proxy server under T-Mobile GPRS.
17. Tap to check This network connects to the Internet.
18. Tap to check This network uses a proxy server to connect to the Internet.
19. Enter 216.155.165.50 in the Proxy server field.
20. Tap Advanced.
21. Tap HTTP.
22. Enter 8080 in the Port field.
23. Tap OK four times.
24. Tap Start again.
25. Tap Internet Explorer.
26. Browse to http://wap.t-zones.com.
27. Tap Menu.
28. Tap Tools and tap Options.
29. Tap Use Current under Home page.
30. Tap OK.