Vodafone GPRS settings for Chinese Mobile Phones

This information has been provided by Tech Bangalore visitor Michael via comments, who also won “Best Commentator Award” for the month of October. You can refer to his complete comment over here.

1. Select Menu / Services / WAP / Settings

Edit Profile - On selection, there is a list just select the first or any profile and u get two options
1. Activate Profile
2. Edit Profile

Select Edit Profile and edit the following fields as below:

1. Rename Profile: Vodafone_gprs
2. Homepage: http://live.vodafone.in
3. Data Account: Vodafone_gprs

4. Connection type u get three options:
Connection-oriented
1. IP Address: 010.010.001.100 give done
2. Security: Off

Connectionless
IP Address: 010.010.001.100
Security: Off

HTTP
Proxy Address: 010.010.001.100
Proxy Port: 9401 (NOTE: I think as mentioned above this is for Tamil Nadu, so whichever city or country your from ask for your mobile operator IP or Proxy whatever)
Select Done

Save Settings if asked and Then give Activate Profile

Browser Options
Timeout: 300 by default, I just put 150 just in case a page takes too long to load

Show Images: On
Ok Save Yes

Then there is Data Account Below Wap
GSM Data (I just left this alone)
GPRS Select Edit
1. Account Name: Vodafone_gprs
2. APN: portalnmms
3. Username: (Leave Blank/None)
4. Password: (Leave Blank/None)
5. Auth. Type: Normal

I dont know about MMS coz I don’t usually use, but anyway just for safety I chose the second one under Data Accounts and edited as follows,
1. Account Name: Vodafone_MMS
2. APN: portalnmms
3. Username: (Leave Blank/None)
4. Password: (Leave Blank/None)
5. Auth. Type: Normal

BUT there is Under Messages Itself an option for MMS where in you have
Message Settings / Server Profile
Edit first profile to
1. Rename Profile: Vodafone MMS
2. Homepage: http://live.vodafone.in
3. Data Account: Vodafone MMS
4. Connection Type:
Connection-Oriented
1. IP Address
010.010.001.100
Connectionless
1. IP Address
010.010.001.100
1. Proxy Address
010.010.001.100
2. Proxy Port
9401
Username: (Leave Blank/None)
Password: (Leave Blank/None)
Done / Save / Yes
Activate Profile - Yes

In Menu / Settings / there is something called Network Setup under which you have GPRS Connection, there are two options When Needed or Always. Either works I guess I just left it on When Needed. (makes more sense)

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Let me first tell you what is Push Email, you will receive email as soon a new email is received by the mail server, just like SMS. To use this service you need IMAP or POP access to your mail server & also your mail server should support anyone of them. With POP access you can download your emails to phone, but server & phone will not be in sync. For ex: if you delete a mail on your phone, it will be still there in server. IMAP is more advanced which syncs both mail boxes. Whatever you do on any place, gets reflected everywhere. Thankfully Gmail provides IMAP access for all the accounts, you have to enable it by going to “Settings–>Forwarding & POP/IMAP”. Basic GPRS plans like Airtel Live & Vodafone Live doesn’t provide IMAP access, you have to activate Airtel Mobile Office & or Vodafone Mobile Connect.

Configuring on Phone:

This configuration is for Phones which come up with inbuilt mail client, if your phone doesn’t have that try using gmail mobile app available at http://m.google.com.

Open email client on your phone, goto “Settings–>Add new email” & configure as mentioned below:

Incoming Mail Server:
Email/user ID: Your Gmail ID
Password: Gmail Password
Incoming Mail Server: imap.google.com
Mailbox name: Gmail (you can use anyting)
Mailbox Type: IMAP4
Security Ports: SSL
Port: 993 or Default in some phones

Outgoing Mail Server:
Email/user ID: Your Gmail ID
Password: Gmail Password
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.google.com
Security Ports: SSL/TSL
Port: 465 or 587 or Default in some phones

After configuration connect to your mailbox, now you wil receive emails as soon as they arrive!

Long back I have written about Vodafone Live GPRS Settings. This post will describe about settings of Vodafone Mobile connect formly called as Hutch Access. For those wondering what is the difference between these two GPRS connections, Vodafone Live is limited to browsing websites on Phone. But Vodafone Mobile Connect allows complete access to internet such as IMAP/POP access, ability to use VoIP Clients (ex: Fring) & also can be used to access internet on your Laptop or Computer.

Here are the settings:

Connection Name: Anything
Data Bearer: Packet Data
Access Point Name: www
User Name: None (I mean leave it blank!)
Password: None
Authentication: Normal
Homepage: You can set any website

Advanced Settings:
Network Type: IPv4
Phone IP Address: Automatic
DNS Address: Automatic
Proxy Server Address: None
Proxy Port Number: 0

Settings alone can’t do anything, you have to activate Vodafone Mobile Connect first to use this service. Tariff for Vodafone Mobile Connect is as follows:

Prepaid pack
Monthly rental: Rs 199
Usage charges @ 5p / 10KB

Postpaid pack

To activate this service call to Vodafone Customer Care (Happy to help!?) at 111. If you want guide to access internet on Laptop or Computer using this connection, please refer to
Desktop settings for Airtel internet through Mobile Phone. Though it is for Airtel, guide stands same for Vodafone also.

Probably this is the most asked question in Tech Bangalore comment section, “Is there any trick for free GPRS?”. I had no answer before, but got one now. My fellow blogger Rahul Bansal, who recently became full time blogger has revealed this trick on his blog Devil’s Workshop. The trick works fine for Airtel, just install Tea Shark browser on your phone & done! You need have Airtel Live Free GPRS active on your phone. You can get details here to activate that. Actually Airtel Live free GPRS allows you to browse only Airtel Live wap site & other few affiliate wap sites like Yahoo! mobile. But it was not possible to access other sites like m.gmail.com.

Airtel might be fixing this issue soon, so enjoy free gprs until then!! More details about this is posted on Devil’s Workshop. You can get the Tea Shark browser at www.teashark.com

From just making phone calls, mobile phones evolved as more advanced gadget which everyone should have. It’s been deviated a lot from it’s primary requirement of just making calls. Have you ever seen any mobile phone advertisement saying you can make calls from this device?! never! Now JiGrahak Mobility Solutions adding great functionality to this magic box to do more!

With ngpay you can tranfer funds from your bank account, book a movie/flight ticket, pay electricity/landline bill, re-charge your mobile…..etc.. all from your existing mobile phone! This requirs an active GPRS connection work. You will have to download & install a small application on your mobile phone from ngpay website, which is available for free. Once registration is done, you can add whichever services you want to use. Ex: If you are a HDFC account holder, after installing application goto Add Serices & add your HDFC account by giving your HDFC account number & iPIN. Now you can view your account summary, transfer funds…etc.

ngpay supports wide range of services, few of the major services supported are HDFC Bank Netbanking, Inox Movies, Fame Cinemas, Make My Trip, BESCOM, MTNL, Tata Indicom, BPL Mobile, Spice Telecom…etc. You can get the full list of services supported at http://www.ngpay.com/site/services.html

I personally tested the application on a basic Nokia handset 2626, which worked superbly. I configured my HDFC account on it, checking account balance was a breeze! Though I have not checked all the services, it seems to be working fine as I never got any error message until now which normally happens with Java applications. As this service grows, I guess more & more services will be added enabling people to do almost anything on the go! Though you should have network on your mobile phone

I have already reviewed many SMS services on Tech Bangalore, this is the consolidated post on all available SMS services. Free SMS services are important as many of us don’t have free SMSs on our tariff & service providers doesn’t allow free SMS festival occasions. So, I am making a list of available services with small description about each of them.

Free SMS services:

Way2SMS:

Way2SMS is a free SMS service which enable you to send free SMSs to any mobile number in India from web. Just sign up & start sending SMSs. It also has group messaging service. Out of 140 characters of SMS, users are allowed to send 92 character messages. Remaining characters will be used for advertisements. Despite of web interface to send SMS, way2SMS also has wap interface. So, If you have GPRS active on your mobile phone, you can send SMSs via mobile phone also.

Link: www.way2sms.com

You Mint:

You Mint is yet another service similar to Way2SMS which allows you to send free SMSs to any mobile in India via web. It allows 80 characters of message & remaining used for advertisements. You Mint claims “We actually pay you for getting friends signed up to this service!“. You Mint pay users for referring friends to it’s network.

Link: www.youmint.com

Conclusion:

Way2SMS stands out in lot of areas listed below:

• Way2SMS allows 92 characters unlike 80 characters of You Mint
• Number of SMSs per day or to a number are limited in You Mint, unlimited in Way2SMS
• You Mint has time limitations to send SMS, free SMSs are allowed only between 8 AM to 10 PM
• Lack of wap site

Group Messaging Services:

SMS Gup Shup:

SMS Gup Shup is the best available service to send group SMSs. You can create your own group & start sending SMSs. You can use web interface to send SMSs to group of people free of cost. You can also send SMS to your group from you mobile, send SMS to 567673434 & that gets delivered all people in your group.

Link: www.smsgupshup.com
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Activ Mobs:

Activ Mobs is a Bangalore based group SMS service which enable you to send group messages from your mobile. The idea of Activ mobs is to send message bunch of people for the cost of one SMS. Activ Mobs don’t have any web interface to send group SMSs. This is the SMS only service with registeration & using services are via SMSs only. Activ Mobs uses karnataka local number rather than premium number which reduces the SMS sending cost.

Link: www.inactiv.com

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Tagg.in:

Tagg.in is a recently entered into group SMS service. Tagg claims it’s not only group SMS system, but also a Micro Blogging platform. Tagg has pretty good interface & simple registeration process. For me, it looks like clone of SMSGupShup with no additional features.

Link: www.tagg.in

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SMS Sharing Service:

Vakow:

We don’t have any competetors in this service, Vakow rules! Vakow is a greate web service for SMSs I have seen. Vakow is to share SMSs with your friends & world. You can use either web interface to post messages or via SMSs. Users can subscribe to other users, rate SMSs posted by others…etc. You can also store personal messages which carries memories (Ex: First proposal you got from a girl/boy ;)). Personal messages can be marked private which will not be visible to anyone else.

Link: www.vakow.com

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Airtel has introduced a new service “M Paper”offering its users to read news papers on wap enabled mobile phones. The service is powered by PressMart & IMI Mobile. To avail this service goto Airtel Live home page & click on “Infotainment”. Find M Paper link & click. There are two options for subscription:

• One News Paper/30 days —– 30 Rs
• Three News Papers/30 days —— 50 Rs

There are many news papers to choose from, but only Delhi, Mumbai & Chennai editions are available, not Bangalore.

When you activate GPRS on Airtel connection, you will receive an SMS saying GPRS service is active on your number, Visit Airtel Live to download free A.R.Rehman ringtone. But when you go to Airtel Live it is hard to find where it is available.When I was new to GPRS, I faced the same problem. Here is the path to download:

1. Goto Airtel Live home page.
2. Click on “Airtel Recommends“
3. If still not found click on “More…” to go to next page.
4. Now you will find “AR Rehman Tone - Free” link.
5. Click on that & download tone.

Hutch introduced a new service which lets you back-up your data stored on your mobile phone. Through this service you can back-up Phone Book,SMS,MMS,Games,Applications,Ringtones…etc.
This could be help full to back-up all your critical data & you can recover them when you lost handset or changing handset. There are two types of services one for GPRS enabled handsets & another for Non GPRS handsets. In GPRS enabled handsets you can back-up all the data mentioned above,but in Non GPRS handsets you can only back-up Phone Book. To avail this service sms BACKUP to 52585 & follow instructions. Your data will be protected by username & password. After activation it automatically backs up your data.When you lost handset or changing to other handset sms RESTORE to 52585 & all the data stored in server will be sent to your new handset. Charges for GPRS enabled handsets are Rs.50/month & for Non GPRS handsets it’s Rs.30/month.

I never thought Tata Indicom is providing such a great service. If you buy any wap enabled handset from Tata Indicom, it comes with wap connection instantly! I had checked in my cousin’s mobile (Haier 1200) it was providing access to all wap sites. As I checked, there were no usage or airtime charges. They may charge you only when you download any content from their wap portal (am not sure). Many stuffs explained in this site can be done with this connection (ex: gmail ).