[cyrusp]

Hi all,

I am trying to write a simple application which listens on a socket using javax.microedition.io.ServerSocketConnection;

It is working fine on my JDE 4.5.0 8800 simulator but when I run it on my phone I get an IOException: "Peer refused the connection".

This is the code:

try {
conn = (ServerSocketConnection)Connector.open("socket://:44474;deviceside=true");
} catch(Exception e) {
midpServerApplication.showError("Error opening server socket: "+e.toString());
return;
}

Is there some setting I need to change on the phone to make it work?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Cyrus

[holy3daps]

Cyrus: you may need to set the APN settings on your BlackBerry. These are found at Options --> Advanced Options --> TCP. You can find out what they're supposed to be (they're service-provider dependent) at:

BlackBerry Internet - MSN/chat/web/telnet/TCPIP - No BES!

Good luck!

Cheers,

karl

[cyrusp]

Originally Posted by holy3daps

Cyrus: you may need to set the APN settings on your BlackBerry.

Thanks Karl. I'm pretty sure my APN is set correctly. If I remove the APN I get a different exception:

java.io.IOException: Tunnel timed out.

[holy3daps]

Cyrus,

Just checking. Without the APN values you will definitely get the timeout error. The APN settings are the username/password as needed by the BlackBerry to connect to the service provider; upgrading to 4.5 from a pre-4.5 device might have foxed the settings. In addition, the simulator does not require them.

Usually you need the APN settings only to make a connection to some service on a remote machine. However, you also need them working correctly if you're setting your device up to accept incoming connections. The google search I did showed pretty much that others seeing the exception you mentioned had invalid APN settings which is why I suggested it. If yours are set correctly, then something else is going wrong.

Sorry I couldn't help.

[cyrusp]

Thanks a lot Karl. BTW - how can I tell if my APN is incorrect?

I've noticed that even if I remove the APN the blackberry browser still works ok. I'm not really sure how this stuff works - any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Cyrus

[holy3daps]

Cyrus:

There are a number of different places on the Internet that reference the BlackBerry/service-provider APN settings. You can find one of them here at BlackBerryForums:

BlackBerry Internet - MSN/chat/web/telnet/TCPIP - No BES!

Searching Google is where I originally found them in 2006. Another approach is to check with your service provider, and they should give you the information (and you can update the above link if you find the information for a provider that's not listed). Note: Be certain to get your service provider's "technical" or "Data", or "BlackBerry" customer support person, because usually the first person answering the phone doesn't know what you're talking about - in 2006 when I first went through this, Cingular's customer service had no clue what I needed, but managed to connect me to their "Data" specialist, who knew all the right answers (and from then on, I went straight to them every time).

The BlackBerry Browser is special for reasons which should be obvious . The APN settings determine how the TCP/IP connections are made, and there are ways to bypass them - I believe (translation: I haven't fully confirmed this, but...) the APN settings are appended to any URL by the OS, and the BlackBerry Browser could be accessing undocumented features of the BB OS that allow it to figure out the particular APN settings of the particular service provider if they're not available in the TCP settings. Either that, or it's going through its own RIM-owned servers and ignoring the carrier network gateway completely. Please note that these are just wild-azz guesses and are not to be taken as Truth.

Cheers,

karl

[holy3daps]

Check out:

Carrier internet Settings (Apn Gateway, etc) - Pinstack.com - where Blackberry Professionals Connect!

Cheers,

karl

[cyrusp]

Thanks very much for the help Karl. I'll ring my service provider and hopefully get some clues.

Cheers,
Cyrus