Had WM6 phone before and switched to BB. Miss WM too much so I need to get back and I can't wait for Tmobile to release another WM Pro phone. The Wing is an effective calculator at this point. I plan on unlocking and flashing an AT&T Tilt (like I did my 8525).
I have a couple of questions though...
Will Blackberry Connect work on unlocked Tilt on Tmobile?
Where would I download BB Connect for that?
Will GPS work with 3rd party programs on Tmobile?
Does BBC drain battery down to nothing before the end of the day?
I called Tmobile and they called AT&T and were told BB Connect would not work on an unlocked Tilt on Tmobile. That sucks.
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I'm due for an upgrade (got a HTC Wizard @ mo) and wanting to avoid carrying mobile & blackberry - have read that I can put BB Connect on Kaiser and this seems a good option.
My question is - work use Vodafone for BES - but do I need to be on the same network or can I stay with Orange and get BES activated on my account? I use my personal phone (had same number for years!) and just bill the company back - so would prefer to stay with Orange (for call plan) if possible.
Have asked Orange (UK) and they couldn't give me an answer that made sense, so thought I'd ask here!
Thanks for any help
Dan
BB Connect on O2
O2 have just released the Kaiser and i before i go and purchase one i was wondering if anybody knows whether the blackberry client will work on it and where i can get it from if possible. thanks
danski73 said:
Hi there
I'm due for an upgrade (got a HTC Wizard @ mo) and wanting to avoid carrying mobile & blackberry - have read that I can put BB Connect on Kaiser and this seems a good option.
My question is - work use Vodafone for BES - but do I need to be on the same network or can I stay with Orange and get BES activated on my account? I use my personal phone (had same number for years!) and just bill the company back - so would prefer to stay with Orange (for call plan) if possible.
Have asked Orange (UK) and they couldn't give me an answer that made sense, so thought I'd ask here!
Thanks for any help
Dan
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Your Kaiser can work as a blackberry if you install BlackBerry Connect 4 on your device. Regarding the SIM card, it has to be the one given by your Blackberry service provider. I mean if you use Orange for the phone, and if Orange is not you blackberry provider (it shouldn't be) then you will have to put the blackberry SIM card in your Kaiser and use another phone for your Orange SIM card (I know blackberry can also provide the phone functionality if you ask it and of course pay for it...).
I know you can put two SIM cards in your Kaiser using a specific tool (the brand name is SIMORE) but I don't know if it works with the Blackberry SIM cards (all I know is that is does not work with 3G ...).
thanks for the reply - what do you mean when you say that Orange shouldn't be my blackberry supplier?
surely i can get phone & blackberry on the same sim card, rather than use 2 sims?
not sure if i have an answer to the question yet either. to receive work e-mail do i need to be on the same network (i.e. vodafone) or can i be on a different one (e.g. orange)?
thanks
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O2 have just released the Kaiser and i before i go and purchase one i was wondering if anybody knows whether the blackberry client will work on it and where i can get it from if possible. thanks
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BB Connect comes on the application disk and is running on my Stellar right now. Obviously you have to tell O2 you want a Blackberry tariff before it will work.
I've had it running since I got my phone on Friday and my only complaints so far are that it didn't pull down all my old emails off the server like my 'real' Blackberry did/does and it appears you have to go through the Blackberry Internet Explorer shortcut to browse the web.
Blackberry tariff is £10 a month for (allegedly) unlimited email and browsing, though I suspect there is a FUP of 200meg, like on the data bolt on.
Please bare with me while I whine on for a bit....
I'm on t-mobile. I've got a Kaiser (not a t-movile Vario). Can someone tell me how I can tell I'm using the HSDPA t-mobile network? Is there an "H" icon that shows itself on the status line? All I get is the 3G icon (I'm based in London... well, within the M25 anyhow)
Now.... I've also been told that to get my Kaiser to use T-Mobile's mobile TV service I need to swap out the original browser.dll for one that tricks T-mobiles web site into thinking I'm using a Nokia N95...... (dont laugh, I have a suspician I'm having my leg pulled too).... and it's apparently on this website somewhere.... and yes, I've looked but cant find it.
So, if all this dosent work, anyone want a nearly new Kaiser, cheap? or wanna swap for a Sim free N95 8GB?
Hi there
I have a Kaiser (actually a HTC Tytn II) on TMobile and the 3G icon changes into a H when there is activity on the connection - it stays 3G until you upload or download.
TMobile have recently stopped HSDPA usage with the lowest price Web n Walk, you now only get it on the more expensive options. Does this include you?
As for the TMobiles TV service, sorry I can't help you there.
I've got the £7.50 web&walk. When you say upload/download does that include just pain old viewing of webpages?
See if 'Settings' 'Connections' 'HSDPA' is checked?
you dont need to do anything to a vario 3 to watch the tv mine works fine. so id assume a kaiser would also
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I've got the £7.50 web&walk. When you say upload/download does that include just pain old viewing of webpages?
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I think the reason you`re not getting it is because you are on the lowest priced Web n walk, you have to be on Web n Walk Plus, or Web n Walk Max. This was only brought in by TMobile in the last month or so.
..and yes it includes any web viewing/email etc.
Have you called T-Mobile? You might be on the right tariff, but I've heard people say they've called T-Mobile and had it switched on, much like international roaming.
It might be worth giving them a quick ring?
thats what I thought too, but there's obviously something different. I have come across some registry tweeks that apparently work.... but not on my Kaiser.
I'm onto T-mobile right now, they say HSDPA isnt available on my price plan (as I originally had a Nokia N73 which dosent have HSDPA).
I'm on hold waiting to see if they can tweek it so I can use HSDPA on the Kaiser..... fingers crossed!
I have read that they will sometimes activate it even if you are not on the appropriate tariff, it depends if you get a helpful TMobile Customer Service person.
Good luck
As far as I'm aware, HSDPA is part of the web n walk packages, and should be included in anything other than the cheapest option.
In reference to your T-Mo TV problem:
I don't know if this will help you, but with the Tilt on AT&T, you have to change a registry value when you flash a rom other than an AT&T rom for AT&T to recognize the device as a Tilt. Maybe you need to switch your registry so that T-Mo's servers recognize it as a Vario III and not a Kaiser or TyTN II.
now i work for Orange retail but actually have a t-mobile contract! lol (much better data plan!) now im actually on the lowest web n walk package and when i recieved my vario III in early november i questioned a friend of mine that works for t-mobile...he said it doesnt matter what package your on you just need to phone up to get HSDPA activated! ive done this and can clarify it works fine...
Im on Tmobile and have HSDPA working fine on mine, as for T-Mo TV use a Slingbox instead more choice and better value.
Ok, here's the situation i've run into w/ AT&T. I used to have the old data/message package media max unlimited i believe it was called, where it was unlimited data, plus unlimited messages for 39.99. I guess this only worked w/ the 8125 and possibly the 8525. Is there anyway to get this package to work w/ the 8925/Tilt, either the phone or the network recognizes the package, and AT&T it still showing i own an 8125 on their end. Any workarounds?
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Ok, here's the situation i've run into w/ AT&T. I used to have the old data/message package media max unlimited i believe it was called, where it was unlimited data, plus unlimited messages for 39.99. I guess this only worked w/ the 8125 and possibly the 8525. Is there anyway to get this package to work w/ the 8925/Tilt, either the phone or the network recognizes the package, and AT&T it still showing i own an 8125 on their end. Any workarounds?
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AT&T really has no idea whqat phone you are using. I own a blackjack and Tilt and go back and forth all the time, never causing any issue. I, too, have the media max unlimited package and never had any issues. Just throw your sim card into the Tilt and you should be fine.
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AT&T really has no idea whqat phone you are using. I own a blackjack and Tilt and go back and forth all the time, never causing any issue. I, too, have the media max unlimited package and never had any issues. Just throw your sim card into the Tilt and you should be fine.
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well, i know they had no idea what phone i'm using, as i said, they thought/think i'm still using my 8125. but when i put my sim card into my tilt, no internet. take it right back out and throw it in my 8125, i have internet. unless they're something wrong w/ the internet settings which i highly doubt...the net settings weren't working when i originally got the phone under the AT&T rom...and its still not working under the q-mobile 1.2 - tilt rom...
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well, i know they had no idea what phone i'm using, as i said, they thought/think i'm still using my 8125. but when i put my sim card into my tilt, no internet. take it right back out and throw it in my 8125, i have internet. unless they're something wrong w/ the internet settings which i highly doubt...the net settings weren't working when i originally got the phone under the AT&T rom...and its still not working under the q-mobile 1.2 - tilt rom...
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Was the 8125 able to do 3G? What's the sim look like? Does it say 3g across the front?
The problem may be the sim. It works with older phones but won't work on new phones.
n/m i figured it out....it was def a 3G chip in my phone before, because i remember cingular sent me a new sim in the mail nearly a year ago. But here was the trick, in the tilt under the gprs authentication it was under CHAP, i switched it to PAP, which was what my 8125 was under, and the net works now. It was a lucky guess on my part, i just went to that immediately. Haha, thanks for the help though
Anyone using this successfully ? I'm looking to buy this phone, want to make sure someone is happy with the phone on the U.S. T-mobile network first.
Works fine!
Bought mine out of Hong Kong (unlocked, of course), inserted my T-Mobile SIM card, made a few modifications to accomodate T-MobileWeb, and I was up and running in about 5 minutes.
No problems
I got an unlocked Kaiser. Popped in my sim card and phone and Total Internet settings were ready in seconds. Never a problem since.
bought mine in september..using the tmobile blackberry plan(cheaper same speed as total internet)... sets up the settings for you.... pop the sim in turn it on no mods necessary..... upgrade to 6.1 though ;-) threaded text is nice
yep, my tilt works good... Called up ATT and told them i going over seas and BAM! Unlocked in like 2 minutes... configured it for Tmobile and works Marvelous.
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bought mine in september..using the tmobile blackberry plan(cheaper same speed as total internet)... sets up the settings for you.... pop the sim in turn it on no mods necessary..... upgrade to 6.1 though ;-) threaded text is nice
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Total Internet plan (w/ free hotspot) is only 19.99 which it is same as the full Blackberry data plan.
Too bad that Starbucks is going to use ATT for their wifi service soon.
I called up ATT and got the unlock code for my friends old HTC Tilt, unlocked and placed my T-Mobile SIM card in it which has an active voice + text + web account on it, with the default ATT Rom on it I was only able to set it up to do voice and text, whenever I tried using the Data connection for like let's say IE it would bring up a page for web2go, even after Flashing the phone with different ROMs I found on this great site and went through the auto communication setup for t-mobile, and still it only does voice + text, any ideas?
Right now here are my specs:
HTC Tilt
R: 1.70.19.09
G: 25.83.40.02H
D: 3.TPCElite
HardSPL 3.29
Let me know if you need any more info..
Call T-Mobile Support
Same thing happened to me last night. I called them this morning and they fixed it in about 10 minutes.
ok cool, so I should just call them up and they should be able to tell me what to do? or do you know how?
thanks in advance,
-b3ck
There should be a cab file somewhere that sets it all up for you.
I called up T-Mobile and talked with one of their non-supported device technicians (they have an entire support dept. of these guys) and it was actually on their end, they had to allow the IMEI to use the Data plan, because basically the phone was like Hi let me use the Data on the Network and the network was like what's your name? and the phone was like I'm John Smith, and the network was like your not on the list sorry.
So.. yea I was talking with a very smart tech support lady @ T-Mobile, she even mentioned these forums, she said she recommends it to people that have devices that aren't supported by t-mobile she even wanted to know which ROM I flashed onto my Tilt =)
Anyways everything is good to go now, thanks everyone!
-b3ck
Did you have to slip here a fiver?
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Did you have to slip here a fiver?
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huh? I don't know what that means..
I have an issue. I just switched my entire plan over to the even more plus. On my old plan I had tzones and it works great for everything. Now I have the web2go. The problem is not getting the device to work on the internet2.voicestream.com, that works fine, but it is the battery drain. In a 4 hour period it will kill a full battery. When I remove the internet2 setting then the battery lasts all day. anyone else see this issue. BTW I'm using the JJblaster 23518 and radio 1.70.18.02
what do you all think, a bit odd for it to drain the battery that fast?
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huh? I don't know what that means..
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Doh it should have read, "did you slip HER a fiver" in other words, did you tip her?