7290 on T-Mobile, issues with any TCP app
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I just got a new 7290 from T-mobile, to replace my old Sidekick 2. I'm using the same T-mobile account, but have removed the Sidekick Data plan and added the Blackberry Unlimited Data with BES plan, since I want the extra email sync functionality and 'net reliability. Problem is, not one single 3rd party app works. I've tried Verichat, IM+, BBWeather, jmIRC, and a few others I've since removed that I don't even remember the name of. I do have uppercase GPRS, my web browser works fine, and my email works fine.
I've spoken with three different T-mobile reps, all say that my account has all the correct WAP settings, including wap.voicestream.net, or whatever's listed in the sticky (yes, I've read and followed all the FAQ's and stickies ;)). I've deleted all my service books and had them resent from the My T-Mobile page, and manually by a T-mobile rep.
BES email works. At least I think it does, since I can send myself something and it automatically attaches the privacy sig that my exchange server puts on every email. The redirector running on my work PC also automatically forwards emails to my BB if it matches my filter settings.
Every TCP/Internet program gives me a timeout error. I've tried enabling and disabling MDS when possible, with no change. I've power cycled the Blackberry, I've reloaded the device software.
Some specific error messages/states :
IM+ 3.11 : Automatic configuration runs for over an hour, no results. If I force it to stop, it says it failed to detect network settings.
BBWeather : "Error : Unable to open connection."
jmIRC using the same settings as mIRC on my home PC : "Error : Unable to open connection."
T-mobile's native IM program works fine, but it doesn't seem to support more than one IM network being logged in at once, so that won't do at all.
Despite my inability to run any of the dozen or so 3rd party apps I've tried, every T-Mobile rep I've spoken to has told me to call support for the apps in question. I find it hard to believe that it's 12 different apps, rather than the way my (recently switched from a different data device) T-mobile account is setup.
I've spent a good 10 hours or so over the last couple days searching this site, howardforums, and google for answers, with no luck so far. Any other things I can check, or do on my end? I have a fair bit of experience with PC networking, but this Blackberry/Cell stuff is new to me. Seems like it shouldn't be this hard, it's kinda just setting up the right gateway (wap.voicestream.net) and making sure the gateway knows to let me through (which T-mo says it is), right? Thanks in advance.
Last edited by TriggerHappy; 01-19-2006 at 12:49 AM..
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