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The Semi-Official T-Mobile Explanation Here is the short story. The answer told by a T-Mobile engineer, when T-Mobile fixed the problem caused by the $4.99 T-Zones freeloaders (they were abusing the T-Mobile service, such as tethering their cellphones to a laptop, and getting unlimited Internet on their laptops for only $4.99 -- a clear abuse), T-Mobile fixed this. But they hurt legitimate full-price paying users when they did their fix. By doing this, T-Mobile inadvertently accidentally hurt the $19.99 unlimited BlackBerry plans -- by disabling access to the internet2.voicestream.com and wap.voicestream.com APN's to these users. Legitimate full-price paying unlimited TREO users and HipTop users can still access these and run third party applications today, but legitimate full-price-paying BlackBerry users suddenly no longer can do this anymore. It is claimed that T-Mobile engineers are working on this now. (Obviously, customer service does not know or understand this issue, which didn't help calm callers.) For other T-Mobile problems and complaints, please see these threads too as well:
Please call them and tell them about www.marky.com/tmobile. That easy-to-remember web address automatically redirects to a listing of complaint threads. Because of this error, T-Mobile users are no longer getting a BlackBerry feature that's available on BlackBerries on other GSM/GPRS networks such as Cingular, AT&T, Rogers, Vodafone. |
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Originally posted by mpedersen Per T-Mobile: -----Original Message----- From: customercare@t-mobilesupport.com [mailto:customercare@t-mobilesupport.com] Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 3:58 PM To: **** Pedersen Subject: RE: Case 30822 Phones And Accessories.PhoneTroubleshooting Thank you for taking the time to contact T-Mobile. T-Mobile is well aware of the issue regarding port closured and HTTP transport limitation over T-Zones. We are working on a solution for the issue however. The problem arose due to the T-Zones connection being used for Blackberrys. A solution will be communicated to BB users once an effective solution is found. If you have any other comments, questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us anytime. Thank you for choosing T-Mobile. Will Advanced Technical Care T-Mobile USA __________________________________________________ ____________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __________________________________________________ ____________________ |
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Originally posted by sempai This is a crock. I just logged in via SSH from my BlackBerry 7100t to a machine of mine. If you are using a BlackBerry 7230, I don't imagine it WOULD work, unless you are running BlackBerry 4.0. There is no way for older versions of the software for the 7230 to use the Internet like this except for users of MDS. |
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Originally posted by sempai SSH doesn't work. VeriChat doesn't work. BBToday's weather snagger doesn't work. T-Mobile needs to fix this already. |
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Originally posted by sempai I will resume my efforts after my honeymoon. |
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Originally posted by blackbelt best bet might be to just wait for the 4.0 OS for the 7100... |
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Originally posted by NJBlackBerry I just want to bring up the 115k vs 28.8 access point. GPRS runs at around 30-40k, if you are lucky. The connection between the PC and the 7100t is 115k - WHICH IS MEANINGLESS SINCE GPRS CAN NOT GET ANYWHERE NEAR THAT FAST. |
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Originally posted by JMF0 yes it is working for me.... I am a BWC T-Mobile unlimited user with blocked ports..... Confirmed within the app to work with my Yahoo and MSN accounts....App also offers ICQ and AOL but I do not have IM accounts with them.... jeff |
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Originally posted by souji Anyone able to confirm this? My temp license for verichat has expired and I'm not about to go buy it until it's working. =\ - S |
I've sent PDAApps over 40 bug report messages, so they have been sending me most of the useful beta releases.
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T-Mobile Opens Blocked Blackberry Ports Last December T-Mobile Blackberry users on a WAP connection may have noticed that their 3rd party programs stopped communicating with the internet. Things like their favourite Instant Messenger program stopped working because T-Mobile blocked any applications other than e-mail and the Blackberry Browser to stop working. They have finally fixed the issue and users should now be able to surf as normal. The issue was first caused by a billing issue, took them awhile but we are glad to have it resolved. We have now confirmed this by using Idokorro’s Mobile SSH program to telnet into our hosting server. |
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Sent: Feb 10, 2005 6:02 PM Subject: Daily News Wire - February 10 - BlackBerry Customers Gain Capability to Browse Open Internet Sales Communications would like you to be aware of this article: Daily News Wire - February 10 - BlackBerry Customers Gain Capability to Browse Open Internet Last Modified on: Feb 10, 2005 by: Liz Fong BREAKING NEWS! BlackBerry Customers Gain Capability to Browse Open Internet Effective February 9, BlackBerry customers can Get More from T-Mobile by gaining open Internet capabilities and access to all Internet services when they use their WAP APN. New functionality Blackberry customers who are on current and grandfathered BlackBerry service plans will gain access to the open Internet, allowing them freedom to browse the Internet without restrictions. |
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Bratag Wrote: I can confirm this midpssh now working again - Nice job everyone who hassled T-Mobile constantly for this and good work T-Mobile for listening to you customers (eventually) |
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Vinnet Wrote: UPDATE!!! Applications that I needed BES to work now work with OS 4 and TMO opening ports. Microsky did not work on 3.7 but now I am able to connect to the server and download astronomy data. I will try other applications and other like me should do the same. Report back what works not, like chat (blackchat), telnet, etc. Vinnie |
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