Vodafone, Data, and Samsung Blackjack Oh my!

thecoolcat

I am on holiday in Ireland from the US. From advice from the Board I got my Samsung Blackjack (i607) Windows Mobile 6 unlocked and picked up a Vodafone Live Pre Pay service. I would like to use it to connect to the internet. I can get it connect/check/send email via SMTP/POP, but the "web" (read:HTTP?) is not working. I can not connect to live.vodafone.com or anything else from the phone (PIE) or to anysite using a laptop tethering. It seems to be a proxy issue.

Is there any hope, or should I try another provider. The lack of internet makes me feel scared and alone.

I have tried calling Vodafone (twice) to get the settings but since they don't sell the Blackjack they don't seem to give me the settings to try.

I have checked the sticky and those settings don't seem to quite work. Here is what I have done/have:

Start > Settings > Connections> GPRS
Name: Vf Life!
Connects to: The Internet
Access point: live.vodafone.com
username: dublin
password: dublin
Authentication Type: None
Primary DNS: 0.0.0.0
Secondary DNS: 0.0.0.0
IP Address: (blank)

Start > Settings > Connections> Proxy
Name: Vf WAP
Connects From: The Internet
Connects To: WAP Network
Proxy (name:port): 10.24.59.100:80
Type: HTTP
username: dublin
password: dublin
Authentication Type: None


I have tried so many different combinations for the settings its unreal. I have probably spent 4 hours each day since I have been here trying to get it to work.

Sorry for the long message. Thanks for any help.

thetar

did you ever solve the problem of blackjack in Ireland. I am in the same situation and would love to get my phone up and running.

Can you help?

thetar

thecoolcat

No I haven't. I went into a mobile phone repair center and they told me that I couldn't do it. Something about the phone not being released for the Irish market. I don't know if I agree with that, but I could see the ROM not supporting some Irish-ness that is needed. There is a hacked Windows Mobile 6.1 for the Blackjack URL="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/03/26/windows-mobile-6-1-for-blackjack-ii-getting-hacked-to-perfection/"]Engadget[/URL. I may try that, but it will probably be later.

Sorry. If I find anything out I will post an update.

-thecoolcat 'circa '92 internet, all email no web':mad:

thetar

I found a solution today

I found these settings by asking the http://mobile.txcaesar.net/mobile/ forum. They have some interesting cooked Roms to load.

Try this, then wait at least 20mins. Then try the internet. Don't remove your existing gprs settings just add another new setting:

Start > Settings > Connections > GPRS > Menu > Add

Name = vodafone wap
Connects to = Secure WAP Network
Access Point = wap.vodafone.ie
Username = dublin
Password = dublin
Primary DNS = 0.0.0.0
Secondary DNS = 0.0.0.0
IP Address = 10.24.59.100:9201

Good luck

Irn

I had the same issue, Blackjack 1 never upgraded WM 5.0 I use as a roaming phone only. At first the guys in the Meteor shop were baffled, they claimed not to support the device, we used the settings from powermyphone.com still no luck. Within 10 minutes of insertion of the sim I got SMS that I opened and internet worked, was able to retrieve my mail via IMAP/POP but could not yet get ActiveSync to function. The .99 rate per day for broadband is a deal for my needs, but their network is slow. Hope this helps. Sim issues are never as easy as they should be on "unsupported devices".