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#75354 17-Jan-2011 10:01

Been thrown a Vodafone Blackberry and a V/fone SupaPrepay card to setup for data use - the prepay account came with 50mb free data but Im unable to get this thing to connect to anything.

Keeps giving "Data connection refused" or "There is insufficent network coverage to process your request".

Directions/information for this Blackberry n00b appreciated

TIA

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#427880 17-Jan-2011 10:05

Go in and set the APN to www.vodafone.net.nz

You aren't going to get the Blackberry APNs on Prepaid

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#427881 17-Jan-2011 10:07

Even if you set the correct APN I doubt it will work on prepay.

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#427883 17-Jan-2011 10:08

It wont work for Blackberry email, but you should be able to browse the net with Opera. And there is a Gmail app if you want to use with a Gmail account

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#427885 17-Jan-2011 10:12

Hmm okies, Ill try the APN... where do i find the APN settings on this thing ? :-p
Had a look under mobile network etc but cant see anywhere to specify it.

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#427886 17-Jan-2011 10:13

Ah found it :)
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#427893 17-Jan-2011 10:25

Still no go... just tried calling V/fone jsut to confirm what I can and cant do, and got disconnected. Great.....

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