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sudden problem with softbank connection. Why?

Hmm I just got back to Kyoto from a trip to New Zealand and found that my phone will no longer connect with the opensoftbank connection. THE PHONE CAN BE USED AS NORMAL. Anyway, when connecting to the internet, I get the following error:
"Dialed : open.softbank.ne.jp. Cannot connect for an unknown reason"
Neither installing of the connection .cab or the wifiwake method , with the correct wifiwake, nor even putting the password in by hand, worked. I have tried several different roms. Of course, I did the usual and checked the connection to make sure password was actually inputed, etc. Anyway, I am sure I know what I am doing since I have been doing this since the Hermes; and remember, the think worked before leaving Japan.
So, I thought perhaps I had a phone problem. Well it appears not. Installing the original softbank rom works! Anybody else had any similar issues of late? Strange indeed.
UPDATE: On the original Japanese ROM I deleted the original settings (which are hidden by the way) and manually put the opensoftbank settings in and all still worked. Now, get this: I installed jmckeejr's Chrome 23037_Beta2 and even put in the autosettings (the vodafone [email protected]) just to see if it would let me connect... it did not. SO, neither the old vodafone nor the softbank open settings appear to work. Damn, makes me think softbank have clamped down on us, somehow... Anyone got any good ideas, please let me know.

Softbank seems to have stopped service to my phone this morning as well. It was fine yesteday, I've been paying my bills and using the data connection very modestly.
For me, however, it's not only the data connection that won't work anymore but I can't even make phone calls. I reinstalled the 6.1 official Softbank rom and this didn't help the problem. Something strange is going on here.

Hi Jonathan. I hope you could solve your problem. I solved mine by installing the latest NRGZ28 EnergyRom Warhawk. It worked fine. It seems that some of the later roms than this (released around end of Aug/beginning of Sep) do not work with softbank's connection settings.
I will do a little more poking around to see if I can find out any more information as to what may be causing the problem, as at the moment it is all a mystery to me. Cheers.

Has anyone got the Microsft Myphone app to work to locate their phone??

Hi guys
the other day i lost my HD2 walking the dog..... god i was panicking (spelt right?? who knows?)
Tried searching everywhere, couldn't find it.. called it a few times.. ring ring.. nothing...
So dejected i went home and tried the Microsoft MyPhone service.. which you can use to
locate your phone...
send messages to it
force it to go extra loud and scream (well pretty much)
wipe it remotely...
however i got a few issues
the location service didnt work..
don't know if the loud screaming worked..
i was able to send messages to it..
LUCKILLY!!!! i called it again and someone had already picked it up and i popped round and got it..... PHEW!!!!...
Are there any limitations on the location service in the UK?
is it a provider issue?
Anyone tried it at all?
Ta

I actually was testing Microsft My Phone today to see if it can detect where my phone is, it failed. Is there any good app out there that can actually lock and detect your phone where ever it is...

doens't work here in Australia, perhaps it's a US thing

hidden_hunter said:
doens't work here in Australia, perhaps it's a US thing
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disagree...i tested it and it was 98% accurate, works fine!

Works flawlessly (most of the time) for me, and I'm in the UK.
EDIT: I mean yes it does know where my phone is... not entirely sure about being able to remotely lock / send messages to it though... haven't tried that.

AFAIK it works worldwide but only sends its location when it synchronises and i think it also needs enabling in the application

Security issue?

Hi all, I am having a Desire S using the wonderful Virtuous Rom.
I recently got a weird thing, which makes me think what's going on. I used the phone shortcut *#*34636#*#* to get more phone information. Looking into the menu Wii Information and then to WiFi Config displays the password I use at work to enter the companies WiFi service! anyone else here in the forum haing the same issue?

Please help!!!

I have a samsung focus s unlocked that i am using with family mobile whish is powered by t mobile. Everthing works fine and I only get edge speeds. Its my girlfriends phone and she really loves it except one problem she can send or receive Picture messages. Is there anything I can do to get it to work? I have searched everything I can find and nothing works. If someone could help me figure this out I would happy to send them $20 paypal. Thanks for any help

Is it that you have tried and were not able to send, or you did not know how to send?
If it is the latter, then this might help.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/people/share-a-picture-in-a-text-message.aspx
Sorry if that was not what you were searching for. Good luck.

Samsung has a network configuration app in their section of the Marketplace. Actually, I think they have two, one for second-gen phones (like your girlfriend's) and one for gen1 phones. If you use the app, it should be possible to configure your phone's MMS APN (which is often different from the data APN) using that. I know that Simple Mobile is in the list for the equivalent HTC app...
If that doesn't work, it *is* possible to change the configuration manually, but it will require some hackery. Has the phone been interop-unlocked (using WindowBreak, most likely)? I don't know what the correct provisioning info for Simple Mobile is, but I could probably pull it out of my HD7 if I had to.

[Q] Cobalt SP300 (MT6575)

I received a new phone today that I got on eBay, a Cobalt SP300. The hardware itself is pretty decent, except for the camera, but I've run into some issues with Android. I think it might be my APN settings, even though I've tried many different variation, but I can't get outbound texting to work. It just says sending for a while and then fails. Inbound texting however works fine.
Another issue is that I am stuck on the Edge network. I took a game since the eBay description said Edge only, but I was hoping it might have been in error since this chipset inherently has 3G built into it. But I think for some reason this company disabled it. Also kind of odd since it says it allows HSDPA right on the box... Anyway,when I go into the info screen (*#*#4636#*#*) I see it says GSM only, but it won't let me change it. I remember seeing on a russian site some sort of debugging screen where you could see all bands the phone allows. Anyone know how to get to that?
Would anyone be able to help with this?
Would knowing the baseband or kernel version help?
Thanks

I have also tried getting into an engineering mode as well using *#*#3646633#*#* and *#*#197328640#*#* to view band modes but neither of those codes work, it just brings me back to the dialer screen.

As far as the no incoming texts go, I figured that out by putting the proper SMSC code for AT&T in the messaging app setting. Hopefully this bit might help anyone else with the same problem.
I don't know if anyone may be able to answer this now but with so many of these selling on eBay someone else is bound to searching for the same fix as I am for the 3G. I made the EDGE bearable by using Opera Mini however.
Also, I found the original Chinese version of this phone, the Morningside A206.
And it turns out I'm not alone in the search for 3G, I found something in Chinese with someone inquiring why their A206 won't connect to 3G.
I would post these links but I don't have enough posts.

3G is looking less likely to be activated.
I found an app called Mobileuncle MTK Tools that gets you into engineer mode. I go down to Band Modes (Screenshot attached) and the GSM modes are all selectable but all of the UMTS modes are grayed out. It just seems so weird I know this is a MT6575 chipset which supports it. Is there anything else that can be done?
I also happened to find out how to root the phone if anyone comes across this and needs to know.
Follow these instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046161
I also had to find the drivers elsewhere, so just google this .rar file: usb_driver_MT65xx_Android_ZTE_v821.rar
The first google result from rghost . net worked fine