e62 - Missing Network Settings - Help!

That's a different issue. The E62 does not support java applets within web pages. Only standalone java apps.

Similarly, it doesn't support Flash objects within web pages, but it has a Flash Player for standalone Flash files.

Go figure.
 
Well I don't think it's necessarily a Cingular issue anymore, after some testing of different web browsers/applications the only one that works without having to select 'Allow application to ...." was the Opera Mobile browser.

In the settings - Connection, you have three choices:

Always Ask
Warn
Use Default

After you select 'Use Default' it never asks you again if you want to use that application to access the internet. Unfortunately it is not free, so you'll have this 'freedom' from the glitch for about 30 days, or until they update opera mini to have the same functionality on E61/62's.

So if applications for E61/62 are built with the same connection abilities as the Opera Mobile, you can bypass that annoying screen.
 
Opera Mobile is a native s60 app, that's why it doesn't have the issue. Opera Mini is a java app, which is why it DOES have the issue. It's also java so that it runs on more phones.

This issue is completely a Cingular-firmware issue. Reason being I've had two N-series devices, N80 and N73, both unbranded (obviously) and never an issue. There's also been other Cingular-branded devices like the SLVR and CE500 that have the same issue with java apps.

However, I was unaware that it's cause Cingular offers a certificate system. THAT'S totally bunk.

To the OP (and anyone else experiencing this) Sell your E62 and use the proceeds to buy an E61. Same device only you get WiFi and none of this java bs.
 
Ok well then what I guess I don't understand is how come people are able to edit the software, aka SEEMS on Motorola phones to eliminate these types of problems, but on Nokia's it appears that edit's like this are non-existant. Or if they do exist, I haven't seen a posting on 'how to' or anything.
 
Cause motorolas use a crappier UI. SEEM editing on a Motorola is 1. only on their non-smartphones and 2. more open, and thus slower and more susceptible to Carrier modding.

Nokia's smartphones use Symbian S60, which is actually not technically a Nokia product at all. Symbian is a separate company (though Nokia owns a majority share, Samsung, SE, LG, and other manufacturers have a stake, as well).

Symbian is also very secure, inherently. It's the most-used Smartphone OS in the world, something like 78 percent, I think. The newest version (9.1, which your E62 uses) is even more secure than previous versions because they require apps to be "Symbian Signed" which means they're tested for compatibility, stability, and security.

Symbian firmwares aren't hackable.
 
For you E62 owners, is this a deal breaker? The E62 is on my shortlist of a new phone to buy, but if you say this "feature" is more of a PITA, then I will just take this phone off my radar.

Unfortunately, I can get the phone for just over $100 on the premiere site, and buying a E61 at $400 just isnt in the cards now, so it's the E62 or something else totally.

Aaron
 
Nice try from someone who doesn't know what they're talking about (the Cingular guy, not you ). The phone will let you install your own Root Certificates. But it won't let you designate them for Code Signing. Which means you're back at square one, and the only real solution is to petition Cingular to right their wrong.
 
Looks like you're going to be looking at quite a few ETFs, then, cause I don't see that happening.

What MAY be a good idea is if anyone could get ahold of a Rogers' firmware and flash their Cingular unit with it. I doubt if there will be an unbranded firmware for this particular unit.

Does anyone with a Rogers' version have the same issues?
 
Has anyone installed the software update found here (http://www.nokiausa.com/support/software/softwareupdate/1,8838,,00.html)? Someone said the lag between menus was improved, but I'm not sure whether or not it solves the java problem.
 
Link doesn't work here it is
http://www.nokiausa.com/support/software/softwareupdate/1,8838,,00.html and no I haven't tried it I don't want to mess with it because mine is going back.
 
I talked to someone in data support at Cingular and he said I would have to somehow install a root certificate to let Google Maps access the network without asking. He didn't say how, but he told me I might want to contact Nokia for a software fix. Who knows.
 
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