Tech And Leisure..

The recent China Mobile Phones are Bluetooth enabled. A few days ago I managed to play around with my sister`s phone and I found these info about the bluetooth functionn on the phone:

Below are the server address (Outgoing and Incoming) for some of the popular emails provider in Malaysia:

1. Streamyx
Incoming Mail (POP3): pop.streamyx.com
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): roam.tm.net.my @ smtp.streamyx.com
* Do NOT tick SSL
* Advanced Options : Tick Outgoing mail needs authentication (not SSL)

2. TmNet Prepaid
Incoming Mail (POP3): pop.tm.net.my
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): roam.tm.net.my
* Do NOT tick SSL
* Advanced Options : Tick Outgoing mail needs authentication (not SSL)

3. Jaring (Prepaid/Postpaid)
Incoming Mail (POP3): mbox.jaring.my @ pop.jaring.my
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): smtp.jaring.my
* Do NOT tick SSL
* Advanced Options : Tick Outgoing mail needs authentication (not SSL)

4. Gmail (POP)
Incoming Mail (POP3): pop.gmail.com
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com
* Select SSL
* Advanced Options : Tick Outgoing mail needs authentication

5. Gmail (IMAP)
Incoming Mail (IMAP): imap.gmail.com
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com
* Select SSL (Both incoming and outgoing)
* Advanced Options : Tick Outgoing mail needs authentication

Recently, a friend of mine ask me to test Internet connection using China brand Mobilephone (on celcom 3G carrier) as a modem. So if you are interested in this matter, please continue reading:

China Brand Mobile Phone ( after this will be referred as CBMP throughout the post), can be used as a modem either by using USB cable or using Bluetooth DUN connections.

1# I tried to use the phone using a USB cable using driver and software ( http://mt6227-driver.blogspot.com). Please bear in mind that CBMP used as a modem linked by USB cable got no official support from the manufacturer. Therefore if you try to do this, no guarantee that it will work and if anything happen to your phone (minimal risk if ever present), please dont blame me or the manufacturer. Do this at your own risk.. However the interesting point I want to share here is that I already tested it and the connections was failed. Eventhough after I Installed all the relevent driver and software, my Windows XP SP2 still failed to communicate with the modem (It was detected though as MTK GPRS Phone)

2# I tried to use Bluetooth DUN connections, and the connection was successfull. Just pair your phone with your computer, and once DUN`s driver is installed, you are ready to go.. Pls refer screenshots below:













The last screenshot shows 115.2Kbps which the maximum bandwith speed available for this china mobile phone (for actual speed, I recommend speedtest.net as a third party bandwidth tester) .

If your connection failed, go to control panel>phone and modem>Modem>highlight Bluetooth DUN Modem and select properties>Diagnostic>Query Modem. Once your query modem success, select advance and under the extra intialization command box key in: +cgdcont=1,"ip","celcom3g". Press OK twice to get back to the control panel window and try again to do the connection.

Nowadays made in china phone or more popularly known as China Mobile in Malaysia, is quite a common sight on our local Communication shop. These China Mobiles and its clone (such as I MOBILE, CSL, BLUEBERRY and NOKLA to name a few) got some disadvantages. The most common disadvantages is that local telecomunications company (Celcom, Digi, Maxis and U Mobile) MOST PROBABLY do not provide OTA settings (a.k.a. Over The Air settings). Most unlucky customers will end up scratching their head due to the fact that not all telecommunications company provide technical support to configure their phone. So for my friends out there who is not a very tech-savy minded, I provide below a general outline on how to configure your beloved phone. The settings below is for CELCOM SUBSCRIBER ONLY. For other TELCOs, leave your comments and I will post the details in this blog.TQ

MANUAL CONFIGURATION OF GPRS

From Main Menu> Services> Data Account> GPRS

• If Celcom GPRS does not exist, go to Account # (eg: Account 1),
  Press Edit
• Account Name : celcom GPRS
• APN : wap.celcom.net.my (Postpaid), celcom (Prepaid), celcom3g(3G SIMcard)
• Authentication Type : Normal
• Press Done > "SAVE?" > Select YES
• Press Back (2X)

Select WAP > Select Settings > Select Edit Profile

• If Celcom WAP does not exist, go to Profile # (eg: Profile 1), Press OK
• Select Edit Profile
• Rename : Celcom GPRS
• Homepage : http://wap.celcom.com.my
• Data Account : GPRS : Celcom GPRS
• Connection : HTTP
• Proxy Address : 010.128.001.242
• Proxy Port : 8080
• Press Done > "SAVE" > Select YES
• Select Activate Profile
• "Active Profile" > Press YES

• GPRS configuration completed

MANUAL CONFIGURATION OF MMS

From Main Menu > Setting > Connections > Data Connections

• Select Edit a Connection
• If Celcom MMS does not exist, Press Cancel > Select Add a new connection
• Profile Name : Celcom MMS
• Proxy 1 : 010.128.001.242
• Port 1 : 9201 / 8080
• GPRS APN : mms.celcom.net.my (postpaid), celcom (prepaid), celcom3g (3G sim)
• Press Back

Main Menu > Messages > MMS > MMS Settings > Server Profile

• If Celcom MMS does not exist, go to Profile# (eg: Profile1) > Press OK
• Select Edit Profile
• Rename : Celcom MMS
• Homepage : http://mms.celcom.net.my
• Data Account : Celcom MMS
• Connection : HTTP
• Proxy Address : 010.128.001.242
• Proxy Port : 8080
• Press Done
• "Save?"> Press Yes
• Go to Activate Profile
• "Activate Profile?" > Press Yes
• Select Celcom MMS > Press OK
• MMS configuration completed

Setting up MMS and WAP on Motorola A1200 ( carrier: Celcom, Maxis, Digi)

1) go to setup

2) then select data network

create 2 profiles,

A)WAP PROFILE

First profile is for WAP, key in this info:
Profile name: Celcom Wap @ Maxis Wap @ DiGi Wap
apn: (celcom= Celcom3g, celcom or wap.celcom.net.my), (Maxis= net), (DiGi= digiwap)
username: (Celcom= none), (Maxis= maxis), (DiGi= wap)
password: (Celcom= none), (Maxis= wap), (DiGi=wap)
IP: (Celcom= 010.128.001.242), (Maxis= 202.75.133.49), (DiGi= 203.92.128.160)
Port: (Celcom=8080), (Maxis=80), (DiGi=80)

leave everything else blank.

Then launch your browser, select the menu button, go to setup and select profiles, then choose the name that we enter previously and then select edit and fill it out this way:

profile name: Celcom WAP @ Maxis Wap @ DiGi Wap

Homepage: (Celcom= http://3g.celcom.com.my), (Maxis= http://wap.maxis.com.my), (DiGi= http://wap.digi.com.my)

Network link: Celcom Wap @ Maxis Wap @ DiGi Wap

Your WAP browser is now successfully configured!!



Now for the second Profile
B)MMS PROFILE

Profile name: Celcom MMS @ Maxis MMS @ DiGi MMS
apn: (celcom= celcom3g, celcom or mms.celcom.net.my), (Maxis= net), (DiGi= digimms)
username: (Celcom= none), (Maxis= maxis), (DiGi= mms)
password: (Celcom= none), (Maxis= wap), (DiGi= mms)
IP: (Celcom= 010.128.001.242), (Maxis= 202.75.133.49), (DiGi= 203.92.128.160)
Port: (Celcom=8080), (Maxis=80), (DiGi=80)

leave everything else blank.

now to complete mms settings go to messages>menu>service setup>Multimedia messages

Default profile should be Celcom MMS @ Maxis MMS @ DiGi MMS
choose edit

MMSC: (Celcom: http://mms.celcom.net.my), (Maxis= http://172.16.74.100:10021/mmsc), (DiGi= http://mms.digi.com.my/servlets/mms)

Network Profile:
Celcom MMS @ Maxis MMS @ DiGi MMS (the one you saved from data network)

now you have your MMS service configured, good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!