[Help] [Question] Wifi without data ???

[kikikuku]

I have ! 9300 BB from Tmobile USA
I dont want data plan
I want to use wifi at home in order to
1/ use facebook
2/ use yahoo messenger and yahoo mail push
3/ use gmail push
4/ use free internet access

I have tried:
1/ disable APN settings from ad. setting
2/ register routing table
3/ disabled MDS push, WAP push
--> result was unsuccessful.

my BB 9300 has Os 5 with the following option:

The only two browser that I have in the phone is
1/Def. browser config. give me 2 options: a1/ hotspot browswer, a2/web2go
2/Def. WAP browswer conf. give me 1 single option: web2go

This BB is totally diff. from the curve 8325 that I had 2 years ago. I was able to bypass data plan and use wife with facebook enabled as well as pushed email. I've looking all over the forum for the solution, but couldn't find relevant answers. I'm getting so frustrated.

If the option is just plain and simple that I CANNOT USE WIFI for those PURPOSE, and I MUST subscribe TO DATA PLAN. Then i'm offering to sale my 2-days-old-BB !!!

Thank you.

[lax42]

U better start trying to find buyers then lol

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[Motorcycle Mama]

I want to use wifi at home in order to

1/ use facebook - You might be able to access the mobile Facebook site with a third party browser, but you will NOT be able to use the Facebook application.

2/ use yahoo messenger and yahoo mail push - Nope. Nope. You MIGHT be able to access the Yahoo Mail mobile site via a third party browser, but you won't get push.

3/ use gmail push - Nope. Push requires a BlackBerry Data Plan. ALL the Google BlackBerry apps require a BlackBerry Data Plan.

4/ use free internet access - You might be able to get it with a third party browser, but you will not be able to use the BlackBerry Browser.


NOTE that many carriers (including TMobile, I think) require a data plan in order to get the WiFi Service Books. Things change.

[bdguru]

Yes u must have at least a bare bones data plan.

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[bdguru]

Or unlock ur phone.

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[Motorcycle Mama]

Originally Posted by bdguru

Or unlock ur phone.

Unlocking a BlackBerry device has nothing to do with getting data services to work properly. Nothing at all.

[kikikuku]

Thanks guy for the replies. Helpful though. Whats the 3rd party browser ?

[Motorcycle Mama]

Bolt Browser
Opera Mini & Opera Mobile browsers

[elite1]

Originally Posted by kikikuku

Thanks guy for the replies. Helpful though. Whats the 3rd party browser ?

Originally Posted by Motorcycle Mama

Bolt Browser
Opera Mini & Opera Mobile browsers

There's another one too, Uzard:
BlackBerry App World - uZard Web Mobile Web Browser

Here's their own website:
uZard Web (mobile browser) - full internet access wherever and whenever you want

[elite1]

Originally Posted by bdguru

Or unlock ur phone.

Originally Posted by Motorcycle Mama

Unlocking a BlackBerry device has nothing to do with getting data services to work properly. Nothing at all.

Like Moto-Mama said, unlocking is unrelated.
Unlocking is not like jailbreaking an iPhone. You unlock a BB to use it on a different carrier's network, with a compatible radio frequency of course.

BB's differ from many smartphone platforms because virtually all data services are routed through RIM's own servers, regardless of using wireless network or WiFi.