Expert: Roberto Serrano - 8/11/2008

Question
how's it going?  i have the p168 and i am starting to get frustrated.  i am trying to download my MMS messages, but it says that GPRS is not subscribed.  I found some settings on line for the MMS and the GPRS and loaded them into my phone.  I even got the internet plan from t mobile.  now my phone is telling me that my downloads failed when i try to open up my MMS and i still don't have internet... any helpwould be great.

Answer
Hello Isaac,

Please follow the instructions exactly as I have set them below you will need to follow all the steps in order to set up your phone to T-mobile. This will clear up any errors you are receiving. I hope that I have been of help to you if you have any other questions please do not hesitate to ask. Thank you for your question.

Data Account Setup:



From the Main Menu select > Services > Data Account > GPRS

Scroll to an empty account (IE: Account 8) and select Edit

Set Account Name to T-Mobile Internet

Set APN to internet2.voicestream.com

Leave Username and Password blank

Press Done

Select Yes to Save



WAP Profile Setup:



From the Main Menu select > Services > WAP > Settings

Select Edit Profile

Scroll to an empty profile (IE: Profile 8) and select Edit Profile

Set Profile Name to T-Mobile Internet

Set Homepage to http://www.t-mobile.com

Select Data Account > GPRS > T-Mobile Internet

Set Connection Type to HTTP

Leave Proxy blank

Leave Port blank

Leave Username and Password blank

Press Done

When Prompted to Save select Yes

Scroll to T-Mobile Internet and select Activate Profile



To Access the Browser:



From the Main Menu select > Services > WAP

Select Homepage to bring up the homepage

Select Enter Address to browse other pages



To setup Picture Message (MMS)



Create Data Account



Select Menu

Select Services

Select Data Account

Select GPRS

Choose an empty profile

Account Name enter T-Mobile WAP

Press Options

Press Done

APN enter wap.voicestream.com

Press Options

Press Done

User Name <Blank>

Password <Blank>

Auth. Type choose Normal

Press Done

Press Save



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Create Profile



Select Menu

Select PIM

Select Messages

Select MMS

Select Message Setting

Select Server Profile

Select a Profile

Select Edit Profile

Select a profile

Choose Edit Profile

Rename Profile enter T-Mobile MMS

Homepage enter http://216.155.174.84/servlets/mms

Press Options

Press Done

Data Account select GPRS

Select T-Mobile WAP

Connection Type select HTTP

Proxy Address enter 216.155.165.050

Port enter 8080

User Name <Blank>

Password <Blank>

Press Done

Activate the profile

(NOTE... leave the proxy and port at zeros unless told to enter anything by the instructions, which only says so for WAP setup for mms. VERY IMPORTANT. Also the Sidekick internet account well NOT work for this.)