Java constantly asking to "Use network to transfer data."

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niki4horses

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Alright, I know a few of you, particularly n00bs keep on asking this question from time to time. Now I had figured a way to get around it from a while back and I thought it would be cool --and my good deed of December-- to transfer some knowledge to my good peeps here at the S60 forums.

For those who you know, then that is fine, no one is questioning the size of your phone or your geeky crown.

Anyway, the easiest way I figured out is that before you open ANY Java apps such as Opera Mini and what not. You first go to your Apps manager. Yes, the same where you can uninstall apps and so on.

Highlight the Java app in question, then left click on [Options] and scroll down to [Settings]. Here you will be presented with a break down as to what rights you are willing to give the app. once and for all. Among them, and the most important for this exercise is to change "Network Access," to [To Ask First Time].

Then scroll down to [connectivity] and change the setting to [Always allowed] and Voila. From then on, anytime you go into Opera Mini or whatever, you will get prompted once about connectivity and never again as long as you keep that session running.

Beats having to press the same bloody prompt ad infinitum.
Don't bother with the other options as they regard different aspects that most non-power users will have no idea what to do with them or its side effects.

This beats the other so called fixes I heard from others regarding leaving your phone browser open and what not in the background.

Now if already knew about this then that is great. However I never noticed anyone writing about it. And if this is news to you then give me a shiny star.

LOL!

Cheers,
 
Yes, I suspected that would be the case. I should have known that Cingular if anything would do that. So nothing beats to have clean firmware.
 
This is actually a developer problem mostly. If the developer has signed their app with a VeriSign or Twate certificate, you wouldn't have this problem.
 
cingular say it is a Nokia problem and Nokia says cingular change it for their phones only. they want to sell their $10 month maps program and based on all the people taking back phones and not getting them it won't last long.

They are getting a very permanet rep as the phone company that configures your phone to block applications and they don't tell you. Not good for hte marketing department when this gets picked up on a popular site.
 
Although I am not saying that could not be true. The version I get from the CSR's from Fido is that it is a software problem. True in a matter of speaking. However, it is quite easy for me to add permissions to the java programs at will by the way stated at the beginning of the thread. However I know some people with other S60 from other providers who's options are either grayed out or outright missing. Nice.
 
In my case Cingular removed the check ontime option on the menu. Next time will be a non cingular phone. It is all in their name "cingle" provider for everything they can lock out like free java navigation apps so they can get $10 a month for theirs.

Dan
 
Little more details:

It is Cingular/Fido/Other carrier problem.....they remove that option. However, they do that because they want secure applications on their handset (think insurance liability). by removing this option they are forcing the developer to sign the application using a VeriSign (or similar) certificate. If the app is not signed, you will have the above problem.
 
This doesn't work for every app, at least for me. I have the gmail app set to 'ask first time' but it still asks at least 3 times a session.

Annoying to say the least.

-olly
 
I don't know gmail from a code perspective, however, it sounds like gmail app is using different transmission protocols (HTTP, Sockets, etc). You need to specifically allow each different protocol. That might explain gmail.....

....that said, haven't used gmail (pop3/imap works so great on S60 ) nor have I any insight into how they wrote the gmail client app.

Again, Google should have signed their app. They have more than enough money to afford the $199 per year lol
 
Well, just for FYI:
I am able to do so for Gmail, GoogleMaps, Flurry (another email client) and Opera Mini 3.0.
And I do not get prompted after the first time.

By the way, Fido does not carry the 6620. So mine has an AT&T Image.
 
Honestly, any unbranded handset should really have "Always Allowed" as an option for things like Network Access (Gmail, Opera, etc.) regardless of it's signed status. This has always annoyed me, it's yet another (futile/failed/stupid) attempt at security that doesn't do anything but annoy the user.

[insert rant about symbian signed here]

$0.02 USD.
 
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