gmail app on nokia 6300

ISOT

Hi,
I have downloaded the gmail application to my nokia 6300 but when i open it up and enter my username and password it just hangs saying 0kb loading...
I am a bill pay customer with vodafone and have the €9.99 per month data add on accessed via vodafone live.

thanks for any advice in advance,

strecker

ISOT wrote: »

Hi,
I have downloaded the gmail application to my nokia 6300 but when i open it up and enter my username and password it just hangs saying 0kb loading...
I am a bill pay customer with vodafone and have the €9.99 per month data add on accessed via vodafone live.

thanks for any advice in advance,

not really "advice" - but here: on my vodafone's n95/8 and on my old e61 the gmail apps only works with vodafone isp... Don't ask ME why!
Also: why not bookmark your gmail account in opera mini - it's fast and it works with live!

Sam Vimes

if you do the following, it should work:


settings->configuration->personal configuration settings->add->access point

account name: vodafone isp apn
go into access point settings
data bearer:gprs (or packet data)
go into bearer settings
GPRS access point:isp.vodafone.ie
authentication type:normal
username:vodafone
password:vodafone

settings->configuration->personal configuration settings

highlight vodafone isp apn and press options->activate

there's a peculiarity with some nokias that java apps on them only use the preferred access point regardless of your internet settings and on those phones the preferred access point wasn't designed to use proxies so basically as far as i can see, java apps have to use an access point that doesn't use a proxy such as vodafone isp. also, while the gmail site works fine on an n95 i don't think it'll work well on a 6300

and you should know that the 99c a day deal is only valid on the live apn so you'll be paying 2c per kb to get your email. if you go into the option to add a new access point and you can see an option for a proxy address and port, post back and i'll give you a guide for the cheaper settings

strecker

Sam Vimes wrote: »

if you do the following, it should work:


settings->configuration->personal configuration settings->add->access point

account name: vodafone isp apn
go into access point settings
data bearer:gprs (or packet data)
go into bearer settings
GPRS access point:isp.vodafone.ie
authentication type:normal
username:vodafone
password:vodafone

settings->configuration->personal configuration settings

highlight vodafone isp apn and press options->activate

there's a peculiarity with some nokias that java apps on them only use the preferred access point regardless of your internet settings and on those phones the preferred access point wasn't designed to use proxies so basically as far as i can see, java apps have to use an access point that doesn't use a proxy such as vodafone isp. also, while the gmail site works fine on an n95 i don't think it'll work well on a 6300

and you should know that the 99c a day deal is only valid on the live apn so you'll be paying 2c per kb to get your email. if you go into the option to add a new access point and you can see an option for a proxy address and port, post back and i'll give you a guide for the cheaper settings

thanks for the tip, but gmail works perfectly fine via opera mini! and opera mini works perfectly fine via vodafone live! at 99c/day...

Sam Vimes

strecker wrote: »

thanks for the tip, but gmail works perfectly fine via opera mini! and opera mini works perfectly fine via vodafone live! at 99c/day...

grand so

strecker

strecker wrote: »

thanks for the tip, but gmail works perfectly fine via opera mini! and opera mini works perfectly fine via vodafone live! at 99c/day...

No, no, I wasn't trying to smart u off!
Was just pointing it out!

ISOT

Sam Vimes wrote: »

if you do the following, it should work:


settings->configuration->personal configuration settings->add->access point

account name: vodafone isp apn
go into access point settings
data bearer:gprs (or packet data)
go into bearer settings
GPRS access point:isp.vodafone.ie
authentication type:normal
username:vodafone
password:vodafone

settings->configuration->personal configuration settings

highlight vodafone isp apn and press options->activate

there's a peculiarity with some nokias that java apps on them only use the preferred access point regardless of your internet settings and on those phones the preferred access point wasn't designed to use proxies so basically as far as i can see, java apps have to use an access point that doesn't use a proxy such as vodafone isp. also, while the gmail site works fine on an n95 i don't think it'll work well on a 6300

and you should know that the 99c a day deal is only valid on the live apn so you'll be paying 2c per kb to get your email. if you go into the option to add a new access point and you can see an option for a proxy address and port, post back and i'll give you a guide for the cheaper settings

Thanks Sam - it worked a treat ,now you I will need the cheaper settings please!!!!
I had opera mini on the phone before but i could never get it work with the live apn - i think that many people had this problem as well.
I found opera mini great to use but it was killing me on internet access charges so I cant use it anymore.

Thanks again.

ISOT

Sam Vimes wrote: »

if you do the following, it should work:


settings->configuration->personal configuration settings->add->access point

account name: vodafone isp apn
go into access point settings
data bearer:gprs (or packet data)
go into bearer settings
GPRS access point:isp.vodafone.ie
authentication type:normal
username:vodafone
password:vodafone

settings->configuration->personal configuration settings

highlight vodafone isp apn and press options->activate

there's a peculiarity with some nokias that java apps on them only use the preferred access point regardless of your internet settings and on those phones the preferred access point wasn't designed to use proxies so basically as far as i can see, java apps have to use an access point that doesn't use a proxy such as vodafone isp. also, while the gmail site works fine on an n95 i don't think it'll work well on a 6300

and you should know that the 99c a day deal is only valid on the live apn so you'll be paying 2c per kb to get your email. if you go into the option to add a new access point and you can see an option for a proxy address and port, post back and i'll give you a guide for the cheaper settings

Sam, it looks like I can set up a proxy option on the 6300 - could you tell me the settings to use. At the moment it is costing between 11 and 20 cent to access the gmail application.
thanks in advance

gabbo is coming

Sam Vimes wrote: »

if you do the following, it should work:


settings->configuration->personal configuration settings->add->access point

account name: vodafone isp apn
go into access point settings
data bearer:gprs (or packet data)
go into bearer settings
GPRS access point:isp.vodafone.ie
authentication type:normal
username:vodafone
password:vodafone

settings->configuration->personal configuration settings

highlight vodafone isp apn and press options->activate

there's a peculiarity with some nokias that java apps on them only use the preferred access point regardless of your internet settings and on those phones the preferred access point wasn't designed to use proxies so basically as far as i can see, java apps have to use an access point that doesn't use a proxy such as vodafone isp. also, while the gmail site works fine on an n95 i don't think it'll work well on a 6300

and you should know that the 99c a day deal is only valid on the live apn so you'll be paying 2c per kb to get your email. if you go into the option to add a new access point and you can see an option for a proxy address and port, post back and i'll give you a guide for the cheaper settings

Sam, thanks for all that. I'm trying to use the gmail app, along with some fine cabaal apps! I've done all you prescribe here, but I get the message "Subscribe to packet data first". Is this an account setting? I talked to Vodafone and they said 'get a new handset, as your current one can't handle packet data' - it's a 3110 classic, perfectly capable of handling packet data, as all the apps work on it, and it has a setting in the data connections called "Packet Data!!"

Any help appreciated...

gabbo is coming

gabbo is coming wrote: »

Sam, thanks for all that. I'm trying to use the gmail app, along with some fine cabaal apps! I've done all you prescribe here, but I get the message "Subscribe to packet data first". Is this an account setting? I talked to Vodafone and they said 'get a new handset, as your current one can't handle packet data' - it's a 3110 classic, perfectly capable of handling packet data, as all the apps work on it, and it has a setting in the data connections called "Packet Data!!"

Any help appreciated...

All sorted, thanks a million

Sam Vimes

ISOT wrote: »

Sam, it looks like I can set up a proxy option on the 6300 - could you tell me the settings to use. At the moment it is costing between 11 and 20 cent to access the gmail application.
thanks in advance

oh dear. never noticed this

do you still need the settings?