Posted by blonde_git
Hi all .....hope ive got right forum this time if not sorry........i'm hoping someone could advise me if I send a friend (i'm in UK ) who lives just outside Toronto a samsungV200 triband unlocked to any service phone will it work and if so where would be the best place to purchase a sim card over there?
Thanks in advance
Posted by westmini
well if your just sending it over then your friend can get a sim plan from any provider such as rogers or fido
Posted by bacanito
@blonde git
Hi, and yes, this would be the right place to ask that question
As westmini mentionned, you can send that phone to her without any worries, as long as it has 1900Mhz coverage, she won't have any problems using either Rogers or Fido in the Toronto area
Have a good one
Posted by blonde_git
Thanks for your help guys i'll pass on info
[ This Message was edited by: blonde_git on 2004-07-19 20:10 ]
Posted by bacanito
Glad we could help
Posted by bacanito
by the way westmini, I see an industrial amount of threads talking about bugs with the k700i...have you experienced any of these? Are you still satisfied?
Posted by ESTOR
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by the way, does anyone know why it's not possible to activate the receipt confirmation on sms with Fido? Is it possible with Rogers?
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Receipt confirmation is disabled on the SIM by Fido and Rogers. To use it on Fido, preceed your SMS with 111 at the very beginning of the message body:
111Hello how are you.....
For Rogers, if somehow you can get your phone to ignore the SIM setting through firmware re. confirmation, then it will work.
Posted by bacanito
@ ESTOR
Thanks a lot man. Just tested it, it works
C-
Posted by poler
im a canadian member!! and also about the mms thing...rogers also recently introduced a "mms" feature...its not a true mms, but the idea sounds nice, picture messaging where you would send the picture to the receiving phone but instead of receiving the picture the receiver gets a link to where he can view it on his phone...again i ssaid it sounds nice cause IT DOESNT WORK lol i havent been able to figure out how to get it to work, ive called rogers a few times and they havent been able to help me.<
Don't know about Rogers but Fido will only activate MMS on phones you buy from them. Others can only receive links through WAP.
Posted by poler
westmini
Joined: Jun 20, 2004
Posts: 21
From: Toronto, Canada
Posted: 2004-06-25 17:05
@ bacanito first about the cost and everything, worked out to be 707 which isnt too bad considering no provider has it yet in canada
You're not kidding!!
How did you get out of paying 15% GST/PST bro?
As K700 is not made in USA customs duty also applies.
Did you use Fedex or USPS?
Posted by bacanito
@ poler
Welcome fellow Canadian lol (yeah, that sounds cheesy)
Anydangway, welcome to Esato...
About Rogers, I've gotten that feedback from a few people already, I don't know what their problem is lol
As for Fido, my buddy inquired, and the MMS is currently ONLY available from Fido to Fido...because it's free! In september, when you will have to pay, you'll be able to send it to email addresses and mobile numbers worlwide.
By the way, where in Canada are you?
Posted by RayKnight
@Bacanito: Are you originaly from Canada? Your name look like latin!
Posted by bacanito
@cyber
it's because I am hehe Soy Colombiano
Posted by ESTOR
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As K700 is not made in USA customs duty also applies.
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There is no duty on mobile phones.
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As for Fido, my buddy inquired, and the MMS is currently ONLY available from Fido to Fido
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MMS to email has been working for a few weeks.
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Don't know about Rogers but Fido will only activate MMS on phones you buy from them. Others can only receive links through WAP
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- I am using an unlocked Fido phone on Rogers and can send/receive MMS.
- I have serious doubts about Fido+MMS. What if you have a MMS-capable phone bought overseas? Also can you not just TELL them you have a Fido phone, and if they insist, give them an IMEI of a MMS enabled Fido phone borrowed from your friend?
- the fact that a phone can only receive links through WAP is because the phone is not properly setup for MMS with the data accounts/wap profile information
[ This Message was edited by: ESTOR on 2004-07-20 20:23 ]
Posted by bacanito
Well, thanks for the info, it does work for mms > email, but still doesnt work towards europe:(
As far as the MMS settings, I bought my phone in Switzerland, Fido knows I didn't get it from then, and they've never given me a hard time about the settings...if they've given anyone a hard time, it's probably because it's not a model they carry and even if they wanted to, the don't know how to set up your phone for you. They have step-by-step manuals by phone model. They follow that and God forbid something doesnt go as planned, they don't know what to do. Anyhow, it would be pointless for them not to want you to have the mms settings JUST BECAUSE you didn't get your phone from them
By the way, your profile says Singapore, yet you know about Fido & Rogers...where in Canada are you?
Posted by poler
What happened to westmini folks?
I still want to know how he got his K700 past the CCRA without paying taxes and border fees when I always get stiffed? Common bro..spill!!
Posted by ESTOR
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By the way, your profile says Singapore, yet you know about Fido & Rogers...where in Canada are you?
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Shhhhh... moving around in southern Ontario
Posted by bacanito
@ poler
here's your answer..
http://www.expansys.ca/product.asp?code=K700
Posted by westmini
hey sorry i havent been here..been on vacation lol..expansys shipped me the phone via ups...which was so unbelievably fast, 2 business days lol
Posted by bacanito
@ poler
Where you from, man?
Posted by westmini
yes where are we all located in Canada...im from toronto, more specifically mississauga, i know bacanito is from montreal, what about the rest of you lol
Posted by bacanito
So west, did you take a look @ my question about your k700? Have you experienced any of the problems we read about everyday on these forums?
Posted by poler
Posted: 2004-07-21 20:26
So west, did you take a look @ my question about your k700? Have you experienced any of the problems we read about everyday on these forums?
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Is that a Chinese warranty with your phone?
I think you'll ned to send it to HK if it breaks eh?
BTW im in GTA
Posted by poler
@ poler
here's your answer..
http://www.expansys.ca/product.asp?code=K700
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$100 for tax and shipping? Woah!
Posted by cellhackin
Does anybody know of the step by step way to set up mms, and the ability to read hotmail, my phone is a sony ericcson z600 and i'm in canada using fido. Tnx in advance Kev.
P.S
When i called fido (for the third time) they tell me you can not send pictures to anybody but a fido user and there is no way to look up my hotmail account.
Posted by westmini
@ bacanito
after having the phone for around 3 weeks, i can safetly say that i do not experience any of the problems read about in these forums
WELL the one thing i have noticed is the 2 key does get stuck, but only if done purposedly, but glitches andsuch havent come across any
Posted by bacanito
@ cellhackin
Whats up man?
For your hotmail, check this thread
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=62555
For the MMS, these are the settings I have on my P800 :
Service center address : mms.fido.ca
Wap account : Put Fido GPRS (or whatever your wap account is named on your handset)
Validity period : Maximum
Priority: Normal
Conformance: Standard
For some reason, Fido doesnt have an auto setup sms to configure this.
And it works for Fido numbers and email addresses...I do it daily. But its still not available for other numbers...
Hope this helps...
Where you from?
Posted by cellhackin
Thanks I will try those settings. Maybe it will work on my Z600.
Posted by cellhackin
I'm from welland ontario. Thanks for the info have you ever downloaded games from handango? I tried last week and the txt does not make it to my phone and they have sent it to me 4 times. Has anybody had this problem before? I only want one game (snake) and this has been crazy.
Posted by westmini
yo bacanito..any idea when rogers will send the picture in mms instead of linking it via wap
Posted by bacanito
@ cellhackin
never got anything from Handango, so can't help you there...why do you need the txt file on the phone though? I thought all you needed was an .sis file...anyhow, ive gotten stuff from my-symbian.com and was able to install it without a problem...
@westmini
go back a few posts, ESTOR had something interesting to say about Rogers MMS...his seems to be working, maybe you guys can compare settings or something...other than that, I don't really know...
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Posted by westmini
thanks bacanito and estor i finally got it all working
Posted by bacanito
glad to hear that west....what was the problem?
Posted by westmini
not quite sure..a few days ago i tried sending one and the recipient got a link..i just sent one today and they got the actual picture
Posted by blonde_git
Hi sorry its me again .....i posted this a few weeks ago ...Hi all .....hope ive got right forum this time if not sorry........i'm hoping someone could advise me if I send a friend (i'm in UK ) who lives just outside Toronto a samsungV200 triband unlocked to any service phone will it work and if so where would be the best place to purchase a sim card over there?
Thanks in advance.. and the reply i got was well if your just sending it over then your friend can get a sim plan from any provider such as rogers or fido anyway my friend has the phone and when they try to use it it just says no service can anyone give me any idea what the problem might be please?
Posted by bacanito
@blonde_git
Hi again,
Well, if it says no service, there is either a) Really no service (ask your friend to check the coverage map) or b) there's something wrong with the SIM...
As long as it's a triband, she should have access, tell her to have a guy @ a Fido store take a look @ it. Troubleshooting over forums can be unclear and time consuming.
Hope this helps
Posted by blonde_git
Thanks for quick reply i'll pass on info
Posted by bacanito
if you havent already, also tell her to put one of her friend's SIM into her Motorola and see what happens...this will tell you wether the problem is with the phone, or the SIM.
Posted by bacanito
What up Canucks?
Just got a Fido Alert a few days ago about new phones they will release (drum roll) :
2 Siemens (who cares, really? lol)
and
they're re-releasing the T616!
Why not a T630 or the K700? lol
Anyways, just wanted to let you know...keep posting, esti!!!
Posted by westmini
hey...took this pic last night from my buddies condo over looking mississauga...if you look closely you might be able to recognize square one
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/westmini/Picture46.jpg
enjoy
Posted by bacanito
Just wanted to let whoever reads this forum know that I'm on break from Esato this week, got other things to take care of. I should be back next week.
Peace
Posted by poler
>>Why not a T630 or the K700? lol
Anyways, just wanted to let you know...keep posting, esti!!!
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They tell me the 610 is the only SE phone to be added this year.
Why release an old discontinued model that Rogers was selling for a year?
Why can't we get more recent models ie T637 or even K700 or S700?
Maybe waiting for Telus to offer them after the buyout?
Posted by bacanito
@ poler
Not gone yet lol
About the t610, thats what I'm saying. They use to have the 610, then it was discontinued and Rogers now has the 616...Now they're re-releasing it? I think we can forget about the S710 for a while, it would probably be like 1500$ or something...then again, prices with Fido don't always make sense, like p800 and p900 costing exactly the same thing...
I'm really not crazy about Telus buying them out, though people @ fido keep telling me that all offers are being rejected...I guess we'd need an insider's comments
Posted by Anna
Hey all!
Does anybody out there know how to set up MMS for rogers? I just got my K700 and wanna share some pics with friends....
Thanks for your help =)
Posted by bacanito
Hey Anna, you'll have to contact Rogers for that...neither SE or Rogers have the info on their websites, and I did a search which turned up nothing...sorry
Posted by jspitia
Hey Bacanito you must be Colombian.....rigth???
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Posted by Anna
I got the settings from Rogers, but for some reason it ain't working.... any suggestions? Is it possible to enter the settings in the wrong place??
Posted by bacanito
@ jspitia
Claro que si!
@ Anna
Where are you putting the settings? If you can post a detailed reply, i'm sure we can work something out...
Posted by Anna
rogers gave me the following information:
MMS Settings:
APN: media.com
Username: media
Password: mda01
Gateway IP: 172.25.0.107
Message Server: http://mms.gprs.rogers.com
I assumed you just enter the information under 'data accounts' under connectivity..... i'm probably wrong.... when it asked for 'APN' i put in media.com...when it asked for username, i put in media....etc. etc. etc.
suggestions?
Posted by bacanito
Hey Anna,
try this link, it shows manual setup for the k700i, just replace their info with the one Rogers gave you...other than that, I don't know how different the k700 menus are from similar models (my p800 is totally different)...Hope it helps, let me know
http://www.myglobe.com.ph/por[....]ricssonK700iManualSettings.pdf
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