I've been reading the forums for several days now trying all the suggestions to get my Blackberry to work with T-Mobile web. It is my understanding that it *is* possible for the phone to be used to browse the web using Opera and send instant messages with only the $5.99 data plan despite what the T-mobile CSRs, and BB specialists, tell me when I call.
First of all let me say that I don't really have a need for the Blackberry specific data add-on, I don't need email pushed to me, and I don't know anyone else with a black berry to send them PIN messages. The reason I bought a blackberry was for the full keyboard so that I could quickly type text messages as they have a greater propensity to go through when cell lines get jammed up in an emergency. My job doesn't allow for much time to use the talk portion of the phone. Plus my employer does not allow a phone with a camera on its facilities.
I guess the bottom line is $6 is a novel expense to occasionally check some email or get a map from google. For $20 it isn't worth it to me. Soooo.... for those of you who have sucessfully accessed the internet/instant messages using T-mobile web, is my phone not set up properly, or is my account not configured on T-mobile's end? Here is what I have tried/observed.
I have my APN set at wap.voicestream.com, but it ocassionally gets wiped for some reason. I have Opera Mini installed. Opera goes through the network setup but fails to find anything. Tests 7-11 state that the application has attempted to open a connection to a location inside the firewall and outside the firewall which is not allowed by your IT policy. I don't have an IT policy. This is my own personal phone, and I believe one of the things I tried was deleting the Vendor XML file to clear any restrictions that might have been placed by the former owner.
The T-Mobile supplied IM software "knows" whether or not my password is valid when I attempt to access Yahoo or MSN. i.e. if I enter the wrong password, it displays an error message. The status bar makes it to 80% when I log on and it says receiving the contact list. I then get the blue screen saying Communication error. Please try again or check you settings.
My network bar says T-mobile when I first turn the phone on. I can see the upload/download arrows in the top right hand corner and the network bar changes to Data connection refused. My Signal bar is usually full and states gprs in small letters. Initially when I plugged my sim card into the phone it said GSM. When I called the CSR rep she stated that my account was not configured for voice and that she would fix it. The signal immediatedly turned to gprs after that. I recently requested corporate pricing and changed the account from my wife's name into mine. I'm not sure how the voice configuration thing happened.
So thats my story, any suggestions?
First of all let me say that I don't really have a need for the Blackberry specific data add-on, I don't need email pushed to me, and I don't know anyone else with a black berry to send them PIN messages. The reason I bought a blackberry was for the full keyboard so that I could quickly type text messages as they have a greater propensity to go through when cell lines get jammed up in an emergency. My job doesn't allow for much time to use the talk portion of the phone. Plus my employer does not allow a phone with a camera on its facilities.
I guess the bottom line is $6 is a novel expense to occasionally check some email or get a map from google. For $20 it isn't worth it to me. Soooo.... for those of you who have sucessfully accessed the internet/instant messages using T-mobile web, is my phone not set up properly, or is my account not configured on T-mobile's end? Here is what I have tried/observed.
I have my APN set at wap.voicestream.com, but it ocassionally gets wiped for some reason. I have Opera Mini installed. Opera goes through the network setup but fails to find anything. Tests 7-11 state that the application has attempted to open a connection to a location inside the firewall and outside the firewall which is not allowed by your IT policy. I don't have an IT policy. This is my own personal phone, and I believe one of the things I tried was deleting the Vendor XML file to clear any restrictions that might have been placed by the former owner.
The T-Mobile supplied IM software "knows" whether or not my password is valid when I attempt to access Yahoo or MSN. i.e. if I enter the wrong password, it displays an error message. The status bar makes it to 80% when I log on and it says receiving the contact list. I then get the blue screen saying Communication error. Please try again or check you settings.
My network bar says T-mobile when I first turn the phone on. I can see the upload/download arrows in the top right hand corner and the network bar changes to Data connection refused. My Signal bar is usually full and states gprs in small letters. Initially when I plugged my sim card into the phone it said GSM. When I called the CSR rep she stated that my account was not configured for voice and that she would fix it. The signal immediatedly turned to gprs after that. I recently requested corporate pricing and changed the account from my wife's name into mine. I'm not sure how the voice configuration thing happened.
So thats my story, any suggestions?