well i dl it... and when i try to connect
it says "invaled Connection String: open tunnel - failure "
what do i do?

Go to the website that you downloaded RambleIM from. They have a FAQ page with that exact problem listed and the reason for the problem.

k thank you...
got it to work and its great!
;]

damn, im having trouble too. i get a long pause at the 'loggin in, please wait' and then it shows 'invalid connection string - unable to open the connection'


i origonally had the same problem as posted here first, but i didnt have wap.voicestream.com in the tcp settings. ive tried to enter the login and password in the tcp settings but it doesnt seem to make a difference, so i have them blank now.

im on tmo with a pearl. unlimited data + voice. any ideas?

Hmm...
thats how i have it just blank...
but have you put the TCP settings to Yes?
just PIN me... ill help you with what i can..

thanks for replying

well, i seen that posted before that i need to have tcp set to 'yes', but i didnt know where to set that. probably my problem?

edit, and whats the PIN? sorry, im new to blackberry. gotta say though, the pearl is absolutely the best phone ive ever seen or used, its way better then i thought it would be.

have you fixed the settings on the Ramble?

on the ramble settings, i have "use tcp device", and TOC Host and Port set to- toc.oscar.aol.com:80

ive tried port 8080 and 23 and neither of those seem to work

where do i set the TCP to 'yes'?

ok on that
put it to use device default
and for the port put 1290..
try and see if that works

no go. everything has got to be set right. im starting to think for whatever reason it wont connect to ramble is the same reason i cant get this phone to tether to my pc as a modem. its the same thing with that, it seems to connect then just doesnt do anything.

funny part is my phone's browser works fine, i use it all the time.

i dont know...
i pretty much just did what you did and fixed the port..
and everything worked out perfectly...

is there a way to complete reset the phone to defaults? im at the point where ive exhausted all possibilities...

You might want to take a look at this thread:

http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...tml#post361311

You aren't the only one this just wont work for :(

thanks man for the help. i suppose im down to calling tmo themselves, ill do that tomorrow. also, ramble im still wont work, but today when i tried it asked me to verify a socket or something, but it still wouldnt connect.

hopefully its just something not set right on tmo's end

I am having issues with my vzw 8703e as well, same error "invalid connection string". Ive deleted and reinstalled with no joy. I get the same connection issues with the demo versions of verichat and yak-on.
VZW doesnt have the tcp settings like t-mo.
No clue what happened as Ramble did work at one time on my unit. I posted a thread in the 8700 section with no replies yet. It must be something changed on my end.

This is my post since I do not yet have enough posts to link:

I cant seem to get any of them to connect on my VZW 8703e.
Searched " invalid connection string" and read all that has been posted and most concern the t-mo settings in the tcp but verizon doesnt have that option. I did try this:
Verizon 7250
Cellular Plan: Verizon unlimited data
Options -> Ramble IM -> Network Connection: Use Device TCP
Options -> Ramble IM -> TOC Host & Port: toc.oscar.aol.com:1290
No option for TCP configuration on Verizon
As posted on ramble site for settings and I still get the "invalid connection string" error. My port was 8080 by default so I tried the 1290 as well with no result.
I also get this error with the demo versions of verichat/ yak-on as well so I believe it to be a setting I must have changed or an app changed inadvertantly.

All other functions on the unit seem fine, it just wont connect with any im client. Weird this is that ramble did work at one time. only changes were to load the normal apps: pocket day, google maps, berry411 and the free games available.

Any help would be greatly apperciated.

Dave.

just curious dave, what region of the country are you in? im in northern illinois, i wonder if these problems are location based

i dont think so... aslong as you have everything set right
it should work fine

Western Massachusetts and this has been a problem for over a week now. I dont use aim much on the bb, I did use it at first for kicks when I fisrt put ramble on. Weeks went by without using it and now this issue has arrisen.