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GPRS Email/APN - k500i - desperate for help |
in_my_memory1990
Joined: Dec 29, 2004
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hi guys,
I have a k500i on virgin network and cant get email to work on any account i try. i THINK i need GPRS for wap and an internet access point for data transfer (emails) but i dont know how to set up my phone to change the APN for internet. can someone PLEAAAAAASE help??
yours desperately
Paul
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govigov
Joined: Jul 30, 2004
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From: Back home - Cochin
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Do you have a gprs connection and is it activated against your number by your service provider?
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in_my_memory1990
Joined: Dec 29, 2004
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well...i have virgin wap gprs and virgin gprs and virgin csd. i can connect to the internet with no problems via gprs (but for some odd reason i cant get to yahoo and hotmail sign in pages for access to email)
it sometimes dials a number when i try different net connection settings via virgin (an 845 number) |
govigov
Joined: Jul 30, 2004
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From: Back home - Cochin
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Do you want to access it with your phones email client or using wap? email client for yahoo and hotmail is paid. You have to pay yahoo and microsoft for their email services. Have you paid them? You need to have their pop3 settings.
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scotsboyuk
Joined: Jun 02, 2003
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@in_my_memory1990
The K500's browser probably doesn't support the webpages that you are trying to access, so you will be unable to access webmail accounts.
You can access POP3 accounts from your K700.
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in_my_memory1990
Joined: Dec 29, 2004
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thx for the reply gov.i really dont mind how i get access to my email. when you say "email client" to do mean virgin (my phone operator)? or my ISP (which is blueyonder)? Ideally, i would like to be able to access my blueyonder email account but i also have a hotpop account too. if i can access my blueyonder via wap then that would be cool. but i dont know if thats more expensive than using my email client (or, indeed, easier)
i didnt know that about yahoo and hotmail! interesting stuff. |
govigov
Joined: Jul 30, 2004
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From: Back home - Cochin
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In the messages menu you have an email option. Have you seen that? This is what you call the phones inbuilt email client. This email client can fetch messages from your inbox to your phone.
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scotsboyuk
Joined: Jun 02, 2003
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@in_my_memory1990
If you input the details of a POP3 account into your handset's e-mail client you can use the client to check your e-mail through GPRS.
"I may be drunk my dear woman, but in the morning I will be sober, and you will still be ugly." WSC |
in_my_memory1990
Joined: Dec 29, 2004
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@gov: yes i have seen that. and @ scot too, i have entered all the details of my pop3 server into the settings but all i get is a message saying "finding server" when i go to send an email. it's like its searching for a server but can never find one.
i read somewhere on here that my phone has to have an APN set to internet rather than WAP to be able to send emai. do you know how i can access this to be able to check if i am set to internet? |
govigov
Joined: Jul 30, 2004
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From: Back home - Cochin
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Connectivity, internet settings, highlight the one, right action key, settings or advanced. I dont remember exactly.
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in_my_memory1990
Joined: Dec 29, 2004
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ok - i have these to choose from:
virgin wap gprs
virgin wap csd
virgin gprs
blueyonder
do you know which i should choose?
also, when i check the settings of each of these, it says the "internet mode" is WAP. i can choose either wap or http - would http make a difference? |
govigov
Joined: Jul 30, 2004
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Use trial and error.
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clank
Joined: Sep 24, 2004
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From: India
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Go to internet profile...settings and there will be an option with options wap and http...if you select http you'll prob need to put in proxy settings...just write you ip add and set port to 8080. Btw even after doin all this i couldnt access my pop3 mail so i guess there is more to it than that. I say you purchase email viewer from reqwireless...its a very nice java email client and should work. Try the demo first at www.reqwireless.com/wap tho. |
scotsboyuk
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@in_my_memory1990
I would have thought that 'Virgin GPRS' would have been the best choice to use. Leave the internet mode as 'WAP'.
"I may be drunk my dear woman, but in the morning I will be sober, and you will still be ugly." WSC |
in_my_memory1990
Joined: Dec 29, 2004
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@clank
thx for that. i just downloaded the demo and i was able to send an email first time! i sent a message from my blueyonder account to my yahoo account - however, when i clicked "reply", the reply went to my blueyonder, but 20 mins later i still cant access it via my phone. have you had a lot of success using this? |
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Posted: 2004-12-31 17:24
