Hi all,
I got an unlocked T-Mobile 9700 and brought to Saudi Arabia. I'm currently subscribing to STC BB data plan.
BB messenger and Windows live work but browser & other web apps won't. What could the problem be? How come BB messenger works?
just downloaded Opera Mini 5 beta and error I got was: Connection Faild. Unable to connect. Please review your network settings.
This is more or less the same error I get with FB app and all other web apps.
What's driving me crazy is why would BB messenger and Windows Live work but not other apps????
by the way, I have just upgraded to the latest OS and got an message from T-mobile!!!? it said, Thank you for purchasing your BB device from T-Mobile. Your new...........
(I have a Saudi SIM card) + the APN got back to t-mobile's. Is this normal?
How come BB me messenger and Windows Live Messenger work? but not other web devices? do they use a direct BB APN?
Can we use teh BB messenger w/o a data plan from our providers?
by the way, I have just upgraded to the latest OS and got an message from T-mobile!!!? it said, Thank you for purchasing your BB device from T-Mobile. Your new...........
(I have a Saudi SIM card) + the APN got back to t-mobile's. Is this normal?
How come BB me messenger and Windows Live Messenger work? but not other web devices? do they use a direct BB APN?
Can we use teh BB messenger w/o a data plan from our providers?
Sounds like bad APN settings or missing service books. Do you have a BIS account with that provider?
Y'all have to understand, STC (Saudi Telecom) is in its infancy when it comes to the Blackberry Service. I've been in Saudi Arabia for almost a year, and they didn't start BIS until May. With a new system and plenty of language barriers, it has been very slow coming.
The OP needs to confirm that the brower is set to Jawal and not HotSpot.
Then he needs to setup an email account with STC (using their BB email or GMail or something) which will send the proper service books he needs.
Opera Mini will NOT WORK in the Kingdom either. The only browser that will work, is the one provided by STC with the appropriate service books sent to the phone.
Now about the apps, in my experience only the Apps released by Blackberry will work properly. And I'm referring to the Instant Messengers (BBM, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM, MSNMessenger). Why is this?? Kingdom City information network which controls the internet censorship hasn't totally trusted the BIS network. This is up to the KSA government.
Facebook will work, but ONLY VERSION 1.6. 1.7 WILL NOT WORK.
Blackberry App world, WILL NOT WORK (and this is per Blackberry). If app world doesn't work, I'd be willing to bet that any app downloaded and requires BIS access won't work either. The message you get is "Data not available". The Status screen doesn't say you are connected to BIS, even though you have data access (send/receive emails and IMs).
There ya have it. I'm sure STC in the future will attempt to get BIS working properly, but I wouldn't plan on it. The CSRs don't seem interested in learning it, and when you do call, they usually say "System Down". Which isn't necessarily true. But it gets you off the phone. KSA isn't like other counties when it comes to customer service, trust me 100% on that. Calling up CSRs and asking for them to resend your service books is a waste of time. They will always say "I don't know how to do that", or you get hung up on.
Very few outages have happened here with BIS, but it does occasionally happen. And you can't complain about BIS for SAR99($26/month) and 1GB of download (you'll never use that unless you tether).
If anybody needs proper setting for tethering with STC or proper phone settings (APN etc), just shoot me a PM.
Hey man maybe u can help me. I'm using a bold 9700 in saudi and opera mini has been working fine till the other day! Any idea what's up with that? pin:21DB8A19
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Hey man maybe u can help me. I'm using a bold 9700 in saudi and opera mini has been working fine till the other day! Any idea what's up with that? pin:21DB8A19
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Sounds like he needs the service books for his SA carrier. 
