The Official Chocolate 2.0 (vx8550) WAP Thread

[Humpa]

hmm, really. What if some spammer decided to send me 100 message a day, that would be not cool

no it wouldnt

[firsty]

One more question, does VX8550 use the same usb cable as VX8500? Thanks

[Humpa]

8500 and above all use the same cable

[firsty]

Thank you. Thank you. That's very helpful.

[Humpa]

8500 and above all use the same cable

I should've been clearer though - 8500 and newer use the same cable.
.... I forgot that 9800 is a larger number than the 8500, but came out before the 8500 and therefore doesn't use the same cable.

[miraluna]

oh, no... the program # changed... ##77647268550 (##program8550) and hit the SEND key. The service code is all 0's.

Doesn't work!!!

[C DM]

oh, no... the program # changed... ##77647268550 (##program8550) and hit the SEND key. The service code is all 0's.

Doesn't work!!!

Based on various posts in this thread, as well as various other similar ones, like http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1204624, it seems like that has been working for people and I'd imagine should continue working unless perhaps there's a new firmware (and I don't belive there has been one yet) that might change something.

[ates]

sweet got mine working using setting after registering on zak's site. But is there a way to check my minutes using my account in tools & settings? It doesn't connect to vzw . thanks

[ates]

oh, no... the program # changed... ##77647268550 (##program8550) and hit the SEND key. The service code is all 0's.

Doesn't work!!!

it works for me

[Humpa]

sweet got mine working using setting after registering on zak's site. But is there a way to check my minutes using my account in tools & settings? It doesn't connect to vzw . thanks

dial #MIN send or #BAL send (it is free)... either that or put your original websession back. Verizon blocks all traffic, so those account url's will only work from verizon's proxy.

[ates]

thanks! also does anyone know a wap directory website that lets you search stores and restaurants on your mobile phone?

dial #MIN send or #BAL send (it is free)... either that or put your original websession back. Verizon blocks all traffic, so those account url's will only work from verizon's proxy.

[C DM]

thanks! also does anyone know a wap directory website that lets you search stores and restaurants on your mobile phone?

www.humpa.com/homepage might be a good starting point.

[voodoo721]

There is no such thing as data charges on a normal phone plan. Data rates apply to pda plans.
When a normal phone connects to the web (whether it is Get It Now, or VCast, or WAP, or sending/receiving pic messages), it uses minutes (data minutes, which are no different than voice minutes and are billed exactly the same - free N&W of course).

There is only one way to get data rates (per kb data charges) on a phone plan - and that is if you sign up for the 100MB tethering package. Then you will get 100MB's free a month, and pay per kb after that. But that only applies to tethering, which connects with the phonenumber@dun.vzw3g.com. That is the tethering username, and that is how Verizon differentiates between normal phone function data connections and a tethered phone data connection.

The normal phone data connection (WAP, VCast, GIN, pic messaging) uses the username phonenumber@vzw3g.com (you don't see this, but it is programmed in the phone somewhere).

EDIT: and the data usernames I'm talking about is not the username in the WAP Settings - that username is only used for the WAP server, and nothing else. That is just for the access to the WAP/Proxy server, and has nothng to do with billing.

So does that mean that if I watch youtube videos on my phone, I wont have to pay extra for the data as long as I don't have a plan with a limited amount and use a different wap proxy?

[C DM]

So does that mean that if I watch youtube videos on my phone, I wont have to pay extra for the data as long as I don't have a plan with a limited amount and use a different wap proxy?

If you have a feature phone then using data will use up minutes as normal call would, unless you have V CAST VPak. As for YouTube, you can't really watch YouTube videos without V CAST VPak anyway since the videos themselves are not available through Mobile Web, just through a special area of V CAST.

[miraluna]

Thanks.... I got it... Another stupid question, I can go to google map fine but, I can't somehow get live traffic thing... HELP!!!

Thanks