need help with Nokia 6255 with a Tungsten T3

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#14995 24-May-2005 15:59

I wasnt talking about your last post. Im not confused i was talking about why sometimes people cant access dial up to data on there phones. I wasnt talking about address books at all. You cant use your phone as a modem if your prepaid.

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#14996 24-May-2005 17:35

:-) i'm on telecom prepaid, and i'm using it as a modem.
just needed the settings for my palm, and it worked

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#15007 25-May-2005 00:22

On a recently excited side-note I got my 6255 working via bluetooth on XPSP2 with the
[b]Nokia CDMA 2000 and XP Generic Modem driver[/b]

http://nokia-asia.com/nokia/0,,69974,00.html

and now I'm very pleased.

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#15702 16-Jun-2005 21:37

My data, through my nokia 6255, spontaneouslly stopped working about a week ago.
I've come back to this thread, where i got the settings, and set up a new connection inmy TT3, and still can't get any data.

The TT3 dials #777, then the nokia display "sending >>> recieving <<<<"
then the nokia says "Dormant mode", and the palm says "Error: no carrier"

I didn't change anything!! anyone know what's going on? anyone know how to get it working again?

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#15707 16-Jun-2005 21:53

Simple question: is the account ok, data still provisioned?

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#15709 16-Jun-2005 22:15

i haven't requested any change - i still had $$ in the prepay when it stopped working, but i did dip to zero briefly.
I might see if *123 can sort it out. I'm half expecting them to not understand what a pda is.

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#15719 16-Jun-2005 22:38

Sorry taniwha - officially data is not offered or supported or available on prepaid.
I doubt anyone at Telecom will lift a finger to make it work for you.

If it works for you, great - if not, no support.

Has it been charging you? At what rate do think it was?

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#15722 16-Jun-2005 22:44

i've been charged casual rate of $8/MB, just like the website says.
and, i bought the phone from a telecom retailer explicitly for data via my pda.
So, there will be harsh words spoken if they pull the "not for prepay" argument.

must wait till tommorrow to call.

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#15723 16-Jun-2005 22:48

That may be the case, but I would challenge you to find any official complete mobile data terms and conditions of use that state you can use data on prepaid.

-Some- dealers will say anything to get a sale (just like SOME sales staff in any industry), but at the end of the day, Telecoms terms and conditions will stand, regardless of what a dealer says.

If you are still unable to get data going, you could disconnect then reconnect your prepaid (at zero cost). This may work if your connection had been flagged as using data and shutdown.

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http://www.telecom.co.nz/content/0,3900,202032-200509,00.html

Data Plans are not available on Prepaid Connections or for use with Telemetry applications. For Telemetry applications please contact your account manager for Telemetry pricing.

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#15725 16-Jun-2005 22:52

besides - data casual is a terrible rate. any more than about 1.4 MB you are better off on Flexi

Flexi - 2MB = $12 - 5MB = $15
Casual - 2MB = $16, 5MB = $40

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#15726 16-Jun-2005 22:52

it all makes no sense to me, why they'd not want to take my money ??
i'll be sufferening on GPRS in the mean time.

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#15727 16-Jun-2005 22:54

taniwha, you know who to PM in the forum to find about this, right?

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#15728 16-Jun-2005 22:54

more a case of being unable to reliably bill different plans etc on prepaid i would say.

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#15729 16-Jun-2005 22:55

i'm on prepay, because i'm just plan scared. One day i'll install a new app on my pda, it'll go bezerk and download hundreds of MBs a day before i noticed at the end of the month.

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#15730 16-Jun-2005 22:58

lol thats great. i just dont think you can expect official support for a service is specifically mentioned as unavailable on the prepaid platform.

BTW - I used to use it all the time on prepaid, becuase I never got bill a single cent for it.

Telecom pays all my data costs now though, on my card, harrier and phone.

I have a Nokia 6385 on tandem as a spare data connection via infrared or cable if my card and harrier bite the dust LOL

god forbid i should be disconnected from the world if at all possible.

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