Lemain
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I've just bought a Spanish Yoigo sim card to allow me to connect to the internet via a Bluetooth phone. The deal is 1.5 Euros a day approx for unlimited connection. What few instructions there are, are in Spanish, and only relate to getting the phone connected. For information:-
To get the correct settings into your phone, send an SMS with the word 'TODO' to 500. With some phones that's all you need to do for the settings to be texted back and made available for automatic install. With other phones, you get a message back in Spanish that tells you to send another text with the model of the phone to 500. In my case, a Nokia 6310i, I sent '6310i' to 500 and back came a text recognising that it was the Nokia with all the settings in place - all I had to do was press 'Save' and the job was done.
Now, that's as far as I have gone. When I try to connect to the internet at the phone level, it says that it is connecting, then says that connection was lost with no connection whatsoever. It could be a local issue here - not everywhere has a working GPRS service.
What I don't know, maybe someone can help, is how to set up the laptop to communicate via Bluetooth. Presumably I have to go to Connections and start a new connection but I have no idea what settings to put in place. Maybe someone can tell me?
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Richard_Faulkner_M44
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David,
Cant help with the phone connection... When necessary I hardwire my PDA thing to the PC via USB and connect that way... but I'd guess it's different for different phones.
You probably know that the APN is internet and, whilst it might not need a user name and password, my software often does so I used user and 1234 respectively. Is there somewhere in your phone where these 3 things need to go, (which might be what Yoigo are trying to send you).
As I think you know, I use an Option Globetrotter datacard in the PCMCIA slot on the laptop, and only need the above info to connect.
Not sure if this helps
Richard..... In Malta!!
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steve_clayton
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Assume the laptop is bluetooth enabled.
Enable bluetooth on the 6310i and then use the phone b'tooth software to pair up with the laptop. (From Bluetooth showing on the menu on the phone use the down arrow for the pairing options). The 6310i also has GPRS modem settings under top level Settings which should be OK. Then try again and see what happens
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Lemain
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Richard, I was hoping you'd come to the rescue. Thanks  Congratulations for getting to Malta - good passage and satisfactory berthing?
I seem to have set the phone up OK albeit that I am not actually connecting, it looks as though it would if it could but probably can't for local reasons. I don't need it here as I have WiFi and I bought the card so that I can use it while travelling about and next year, when cruising.
My phone is a Bluetooth phone and I used to use it with Orange GPRS and Bluetooth with the same laptop in the UK so I know that the hardware combination works...it is just a matter of getting the settings right in Windows XP, I think. Orange talked me through it on the phone in the UK but my Spanish isn't yet good enough to handle that.
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Lemain
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Yes, the laptop is Bluetooth enabled (internal Dell card) and the phone is in regular Bluetooth use with my Tom Tom. I haven't used the laptop with Bluetooth for ages. I used to get a little Bluetooth logo down on the bottom right toolbar. Right now, I have the network icon (two pc screens) with an X over it, and a mouseover message of Bluetooth Network 'A Network cable is unplugged'. Yet I have checked in Device Manager that all is connected and is said to be working. In Network Connections it is said to be enabled but "Network cable unplugged". I have a feeling at the back of my mind that I went through this four years ago but I can't remember what I need to do to re-enable the internal Bluetooth card.
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steve_clayton
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When you try and pair the phone and the laptop does the phone find the laptop as a device? If it can't be found then someone else will have assist in the troubleshooting of the laptop - what about reinstalling the bluetooth driver?
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bendyone
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Reged: 19/01/2003
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These setting may help
* Data bearer: GPRS
* Access point name: Internet
* User Name: None
* Prompt Password: No
* Password: Leave blank (shows as ****)
* Authentication: Normal
* Gateway IP address: 10.8.0.36
* Homepage: http://movil.yoigo.es
* Connection security: Off
* Session Mode: Permanent
Then under Advanced Settings (hit the menu softkey from the access point setup screen to find these):
* Phone IP address: Dynamic
* Primary name server: 0.0.0.0
* Second. name server: 0.0.0.0
* Server address: 010.008.000.036
* Port Number: 8080
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Lemain
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Thanks Steve, bendyone,....
I found that installing XP SP2 on my laptop had over-written and corrupted the original Dell Bluetooth software and driver - it seems that this is a common problem as SP2 provides native windows support for the first time. Microsoft give instructions how to remove their Bluetooth stuff - incredible, the mind boggles, why do they behave like this??
Anyway, after much research and messing about I now have Bluetooth connection possible between the phone and the laptop. bendyone, the details that you kindly posted have already been entered automatically by the routine I posted in the OP - actually there are minor differences but I suspect that the Yoigo automatic settings are the correct ones.
Now I need to know how to set up a connection in XP. I have tried using Network Connections as a dial up modem but that only accesses the regular modem. I also have a Bliuetooth My Bluetooth Places connection interface but that is very strange...when I try to set up a new connection it keeps opening up the System Properties interface which makes no sense to me.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Many thanks.
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bendyone
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-Your bluetooth software should set up a DUN connection which talks to the phone via a com port, you may need to install the phone's modem script on the laptop and tell the bluetooth DUN which modem to connect to, also you will need the "number" for it to talk to ( vodafone is *99#) depends on your phone.
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testmonkey
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just go to Nokia support web site and all of your questions will be answered.
settings from here
settings
Modem setup
modem setup
PC suite
PC suite
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