Vodafone UK data settings – STRANGE setup behaviour (HTC p3600)

[Midgeslayer]

I recently did a Hard Reset on my HTC p3600 (WM5). I have been unable to re-establish my data connection (internet/email/wap/mms) with Vodafone UK (monthly contract). I could not remember how I set up the phone originally when I bought it from Expansys UK in April 07. I phoned Vodafone for the settings but the trained monkey was predictably useless. I checked threads on this site to no avail (Even downloaded an empty zip folder that had promised a CAB file with all necessary settings http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285360)

I found a list of settings here (see link) to enable internet/wap/mms/email: http://www.4winmobile.com/forums/ppc-faq/6251-q-what-uk-roi-gprs-settings-web-wap-mms.html. Still I am unable to connect.

I did notice some STRANGE SET BEHAVIOUR. As instructed I set up connections for Vodafone Wap and Vodafone Internet. According to the above site the Vodafone ‘username’ & ‘passwords’ for both of these connections are ‘web’ & ‘web‘. I entered these and saved the connections. Later, having no success connecting, I went back to check the settings I had entered. For both connections the username ‘web’ remained the same, but the password had changed to something with about 13 characters. I can change it back to ‘web’ but once I save the settings it seems to revert to this longer unknown password (it shows as a row of asterixes). Any suggestions on what to do next are very welcome.

[jamesbest77]

I believe your password is hashed to some kind of key (possibly 13 characters). This is stored instead of the three characters 'web', providing better security, since a malicious counterparty can neither `read' your password from a file, nor narrow his brute force search by examining the length of the password string.

I have a Vodafone UK contract (also bought from expansys) and used the following cab file from this thread back in my WM5 days:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=310876

Why not upgrade to a WM6 rom? That has all the 'customization' settings built in so you never have to worry about how to restore these things...

[Hopefullyuseful]

Hi midgeslayer,

To make sure you do have the correct settings for internet, e-mail, WAP and MMS, here are the settings for Windows mobile 5 devices. It could be that the settings you've followed are not quite correct which is affecting the connection. Try these ones and see how you get on:-

Vodafone Configuration Guide

HTC P3600

Setting up Internet

1. Tap Start
2. Tap Settings
3. Tap Connections tab
4. Tap Connections
5. Tap Add a new modem connection
6. At Enter a Name… give the profile a name i.e. Vodafone WAP
7. At Select a Modem tap down arrow and select Cellular Line (GPRS, 3G)
8. Tap Next
9. At Access point Name: enter:
For Contract - internet
For PayT - pp.vodafone.co.uk
10. At User name: enter web
11. At Password: enter web
12. Tap Finish


Setting up Email

1. Tap Start.
2. Tap Messaging
3. Tapr Menu.
4. Tap Tools
5. Tap Options
6. Tap New Account
7. At Select and e-mail provider
8. Tap other pop3/imap4
9. Tap Next
10. At Enter e-mail address: enter i.e. johnsmith@vodafonenet
11. Tap Next
12. The Phone will perform an automatic search for the settings.
13. At Your name enter a Your Name (i.e. John).
14. At User Name enter the account username (e.g. john.smith).
15. At Password enter the e-mail account password.
16. Tap in the box next to Save password if you wish
17. Tap Next
18. Tap on the down arrow at Account Type and select POP3 or IMAP4 (Depending on the
email account type)
19. Tap Next
20. At Incoming Mail enter i.e. your email providers incoming mail server address : i.e.
Vodafone, pop.vodafone.co.uk.
21. At Outgoing (SMTP) Mail Server enter send.vodafone.co.uk pop.vodafone.co.uk).
22. Tap Finish


Setting up WAP

1. Tap Start
2. Tap Settings
3. Tap Connections tab
4. Tap Connections
5. Tap Add a new modem connection
6. At Enter a Name… give the profile a name i.e. Vodafone WAP
7. At Select a Modem tap down arrow and select Cellular Line (GPRS, 3G)
8. Tap Next
9. At Access point Name: enter:
For Contract - wap.vodafone.co.uk
For PayT - pp.vodafone.co.uk
10. At User name: enter wap
11. At Password: enter wap
12. Tap Finish


Setting up MMS


1. Tap Start
2. Tap Messaging
3. Tap Menu.
4. Tap Tools
5. Tap Options
6. Tap MMS
7. Tap Servers Tab
8. Tap New
9. At Server Name enter Vodafone MMS
10. At Gateway enter 212.183.137.012
11. At Server address: enter http://mms.vodafone.co.uk/servlets/mms
12. At Connect via tap the down arrow and select My work network
13. Tap OK

Let us know how you get on with those. We may need to check your account to ensure everything has been activated for using these services too. We can explain how to do this once you've tried to connect using these settings here.

I'm sure we can get it sorted for you soon.

Hopefullyuseful
Vodafone UK