SideKick Pay As You Go on a Dash - Internet Problems

[icecoldalan]

I recently switched to the Sidekick pay as you go plan on t-mobile. Pay as you go sim cards work fine in most t-mobile phones. It works fine in my t-mobile dash which is upgraded to wm 6.1 (kavanna downloaded from the Excalibur forum here). My text messages work fine as unlimited but I'm supposed to get unlimited internet as well. I have the edge network icon on my top bar yet i can't connect to the internet. In my comm manager it won't let me select the 4th (email) or 5th(data connection) icons. T-mobile said this was because sidekicks are very specific and the plan is designed for sidekicks, but my friend had already done this on his dash and his interent worked (then upgraded to a g1). Anyone have any ideas? :confused:

[stickman]

I recently switched to the Sidekick pay as you go plan on t-mobile. Pay as you go sim cards work fine in most t-mobile phones. It works fine in my t-mobile dash which is upgraded to wm 6.1 (kavanna downloaded from the Excalibur forum here). My text messages work fine as unlimited but I'm supposed to get unlimited internet as well. I have the edge network icon on my top bar yet i can't connect to the internet. In my comm manager it won't let me select the 4th (email) or 5th(data connection) icons. T-mobile said this was because sidekicks are very specific and the plan is designed for sidekicks, but my friend had already done this on his dash and his interent worked (then upgraded to a g1). Anyone have any ideas? :confused:


Well, I don't have any experience with the sidekick or the pay as you go plan as I'm from Spain, but if internet in the sidekick works as in any regular phone, then you need to know the APN and username/password you should use to access the GPRS/EDGE/3G data network.

If you already do, and the dash is configured, then the only reason I can think of it wouldn't work is because of the IMEI, as providers know the device type based on the TAC (Type Allocation Code) and they can block internet access if the connected device doesn't comply with the allowed device.

[icecoldalan]

Well I assumed it was the upgraded wm 6.1 so I downgraded to the official tmobile wm 6.0 but data connection still wasn't allowed in my comm manager. I've uploaded a screenshot of my comm manager so it's easier to see what the problem is:

http://i40.tinypic.com/161gw8x.jpg
(it won't even let me select 4 or 5 the email and data connection)

I attempted to connect to the internet on a friend's sidekick with my SIM card and it asked for the username/pin (which means my plan does allow me to connect to the internet) so I'm going to have to assume it is the IMEI, I don't understand what else it could be. Thanks for you help. If anyone else might know why please post.