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So, I have been trying (with no avail) to use WAP via Bluetooth over AT&T with my Palm m515. I have called into AT&T and was basically told to forget it. They don't support it.

Well, I know it will work. Using a variety of "vanilla" connection settings gathered from the net, I have been able to make the GSM/GPRS connection. DNS servers are populated into the settings, and I get a local IP and gateway IP (they are the same). Has anyone had success in hacking through this? Help!

Many Thanks,
Bryan
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Posted: 2002-05-29 20:16:00
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To be honest the palm is always crap at connencting i had 1, then i got rid and spent a bit more on the compac 3870 and ive had no problems with it at all.
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Posted: 2002-05-29 20:27:00
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Ok, I love you man, but that is such a non-answer. "Oh yea, the palm is crap." That's obviously not the problem here.
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Posted: 2002-05-29 20:29:00
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Well what I meant by that is when i was doing it every thing was set up right on my phone and on the palm but it wouldnt connect straight away i had 2 hit refresh about 60 times are u trying to access it via wap or gprs
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Posted: 2002-05-29 20:40:00
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Anything. AT&T will totally NOT support the Palm right now. I'll take what I can get. The frustrating thing is that the functionality is THERE. I can get from the Palm to an AT&T server. I get an IP address. There's just some crucial settings that are missing. I could just vomit.

[ This Message was edited by: BleuTango on 2002-05-29 22:45 ]
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Posted: 2002-05-29 20:52:00
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Update: I kept calling into tech support today talking to people and collecting information. AT&T's implementation of WAP/GPRS will require proprietary AT&T software to function on any device. The Palm handheld is not supported because they have not written the custom software for it.

Additionally, unified messaging (e-mail within the messaging menu, outside of MMode) has only been rolled out in Seattle, with considerable issues to overcome. So, that should be coming to US users within the forseeable future.

Welcome to a huge step backwards for 3G in the US.
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Posted: 2002-05-30 05:11:00
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@BleuTango, it seems to me that AT&T is blocking everything. yes, you get an IP and you're "in" their system, but that's it. They're probably setting up a portal like DoCoMo and only those WAP sites registered in the portal can be accessed. In contrast, my operator gives us a choice, the first APN (CID=1) is for WAP only, while the second APN (CID=2) is for full internet access, and i only have to instruct the phone to dial the second CID using *99***2# and i'm away.

i feel so sorry for what you've been going through...
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Posted: 2002-05-30 06:47:00
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Actually it seems to be more of a proxy than a portal. I browsed to a website that I own (non-WAP) on the T68, and the requests showed up on the server logs. AT&T's issue is totally within their network. It's just infuriating that AT&T has taken a technology that the rest of the world has been able to implement, and they've hosed it up by adding BS to it. It's incredible.

I'm still working on hacking the GPRS connection, but I don't have a lot of hope. Hmmm, I wonder if attwssucks.com is available...
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Posted: 2002-05-30 14:30:00
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its funny because its true, i'm suffering right along with you (brother or sister) i've been with attwssucks since march 30 of this year attws gsm
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Posted: 2002-05-30 20:49:00
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It's brother, btw...
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Posted: 2002-05-31 03:07:00
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