o2 contract: communication error on sending mms

linuxgeek · 10-07-2006, 23:11

I have tried in vain to get my o2 contract sim working with MMS.

O2 tell me that they will not enabled it on my account, as I am on an old "genie" tariff.

I have tried downloading the settings from the website, activated them and confirmed they are correct from someone else who has a contract o2 account. I am stuck as to how to solve this. Possible solutions are:

1)Someone on here who works for O2, PM me and I can PM you my details: perhaps you could enable it for me on the quiet

2)Ring O2 up and threaten to leave i.e. ask for code to transfer number across

I have a sony ericsson t610. The phone can send mms fine using a PAYG sim card. The blue "GRPS" triangle appears to show i have GRPS reception. When sending the progress bar get 1/3 through.

If I try and connect to the "internet" using GRPS I get a similar error about GRPS parameters- but I dont really want to do this anyway.

I have double checked and find that in my O2 GRPS settings which O2 sent me, there is no ip address - these are the settings which the O2 MMS profile is using. I have manually added this, but still no avail.

Garyo2 · 10-07-2006, 23:20

Try sending the settings using the link below.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?...s1_1&pid=10055

Some tariffs cannot have MMS. The option might be there for the person to press but it wont work. Do you know the actual name of the tariff you are on at all?

BTW how old is the sim card. Some of the very old sims don't seem to work with MMS/GPRS either.

ianoel230982 · 10-07-2006, 23:27

some people will say the old tariffs dont support this and if they try the buttons it mite not work, if u know which buttons to press it can work or if u have live access to a certain system it can be added directly onto there, however this can cause problems in some situations, if you wanna PM me i can have a quick glance for you and see what needs doing but i'm not going to push any buttons for you, i can tell you what you need to say wen u ring CS.

Garyo2 · 10-07-2006, 23:37

Mutli media messaging enabled. GPRS Legacy Prop 56

56 no longer works

linuxgeek · 10-07-2006, 23:54

What is legacy prop 56?

Edit: Physical sim card is very new - about 2 years old.

I am on Genie Off Peak 600 (SIM only)

Garyo2 · 10-07-2006, 23:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxgeek

What is legacy prop 56?

Sorry mate, comments where for ianoel230982. There is only him who will know what I mean hehe.

Any rough guesses Linuxgeek as to the tariff you are on?

Garyo2 · 11-07-2006, 00:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxgeek

What is legacy prop 56?

Edit: Physical sim card is very new - about 2 years old.

I am on Genie Off Peak 600 (SIM only)

Ah this could potentially be your problem. I am not familiar with that type of tariff. I assume it is most probably Leisure Time 600 (btcellnet offpeak plan 600 mins landlines and o2 £15 from memory) with the added bonus of better SMS allowance.

These really old tariffs are not allowed MMS. People on the Leisure Time 600 plan cannot have MMS, so if it is a very similar plan just the online variant that won't be allowed it either.

linuxgeek · 11-07-2006, 00:06

Thats right yeah. I get 600 off peak mins, unlimited wap and 600 free texts/month for £15.

So can you help me or is there no chance of MMS?

Garyo2 · 11-07-2006, 00:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxgeek

Thats right yeah. I get 600 off peak mins, unlimited wap and 600 free texts/month for £15.

So can you help me or is there no chance of MMS?

I'll try and find out tomorrow for you. I'd say the chances are slim, but you never know.

11-07-2006, 11:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxgeek

I have tried in vain to get my o2 contract sim working with MMS.

O2 tell me that they will not enabled it on my account, as I am on an old "genie" tariff.

... I am stuck as to how to solve this. Possible solutions are:

1)Someone on here who works for O2, PM me and I can PM you my details: perhaps you could enable it for me on the quiet

2)Ring O2 up and threaten to leave i.e. ask for code to transfer number across

Why not just ring O2 and ask to transfer to a tariff that does support MMS?

linuxgeek · 11-07-2006, 16:29

@dawson
If they could offer me a similar deal for the same or similar price I would.

Garyo2 · 11-07-2006, 20:12

I carnt find no information on the tariff. Are you sure that is deffinetly its name?

11-07-2006, 20:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garyo2

I carnt find no information on the tariff. Are you sure that is deffinetly its name?

There used to be a Genie contract tariff when o2 were known as BT Cellnet.

Genie Off Peak 600
Rental: £15pm sim only (£20pm with handset)
Inclusive Calls: 50min per day (yes per day!) off peak
Std call peak 20p (50p x-net)
Std call off peak & weekend: 2p (35p x-net)
Inclusive texts: 600
Text costs: 10p

Is this the same tariff, linuxgeek?

Garyo2 · 12-07-2006, 00:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by dawson

There used to be a Genie contract tariff when o2 were known as BT Cellnet.

Genie Off Peak 600
Rental: £15pm sim only (£20pm with handset)
Inclusive Calls: 50min per day (yes per day!) off peak
Std call peak 20p (50p x-net)
Std call off peak & weekend: 2p (35p x-net)
Inclusive texts: 600
Text costs: 10p

Is this the same tariff, linuxgeek?

I can find 6 Genie tariffs, but I carn't see the one listed above on the information sheets. Its on the old BTCellnet page though. I'll have another look tomorrow been very busy today so not had much chance to do any indepth research in to this.

Garyo2 · 12-07-2006, 13:03

Read through the tariffs again this morning. It is down as Genie Offpeak Plan. It makes no mention to MMS being compatible with the tariff.

I'll see if there is any way around this.

linuxgeek · 13-07-2006, 00:51

Got it sorted now thanks gary02 - mms and grps is working and yes that is the one - I quoted it from the "My bill" page so I dont know anything else about what it is called other than that...and it is the 50 o/p mins to "BT/Genie" phones and BT landlines/day. I am not sure where the 600 comes from - possibly the text messages!

Does this mean that I get free calls to the "New" BT mobile network too now?

Is anybody still on "BT Cellnet" tariffs?!

Garyo2 · 13-07-2006, 17:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxgeek

Is anybody still on "BT Cellnet" tariffs?!

Yeah, there are quite a few on the old BTC tariffs. Glad you got it sorted.

10-07-2006, 23:11	#1
linuxgeek Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 119	o2 contract: communication error on sending mms I have tried in vain to get my o2 contract sim working with MMS. O2 tell me that they will not enabled it on my account, as I am on an old "genie" tariff. I have tried downloading the settings from the website, activated them and confirmed they are correct from someone else who has a contract o2 account. I am stuck as to how to solve this. Possible solutions are: 1)Someone on here who works for O2, PM me and I can PM you my details: perhaps you could enable it for me on the quiet 2)Ring O2 up and threaten to leave i.e. ask for code to transfer number across I have a sony ericsson t610. The phone can send mms fine using a PAYG sim card. The blue "GRPS" triangle appears to show i have GRPS reception. When sending the progress bar get 1/3 through. If I try and connect to the "internet" using GRPS I get a similar error about GRPS parameters- but I dont really want to do this anyway. I have double checked and find that in my O2 GRPS settings which O2 sent me, there is no ip address - these are the settings which the O2 MMS profile is using. I have manually added this, but still no avail.

10-07-2006, 23:20	#2
Garyo2 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 566	Try sending the settings using the link below. http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?...s1_1&pid=10055 Some tariffs cannot have MMS. The option might be there for the person to press but it wont work. Do you know the actual name of the tariff you are on at all? BTW how old is the sim card. Some of the very old sims don't seem to work with MMS/GPRS either.

10-07-2006, 23:27	#3
ianoel230982 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lovely England Posts: 139	some people will say the old tariffs dont support this and if they try the buttons it mite not work, if u know which buttons to press it can work or if u have live access to a certain system it can be added directly onto there, however this can cause problems in some situations, if you wanna PM me i can have a quick glance for you and see what needs doing but i'm not going to push any buttons for you, i can tell you what you need to say wen u ring CS.

10-07-2006, 23:37	#4
Garyo2 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 566	Mutli media messaging enabled. GPRS Legacy Prop 56 56 no longer works

10-07-2006, 23:54	#5
linuxgeek Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 119	What is legacy prop 56? Edit: Physical sim card is very new - about 2 years old. I am on Genie Off Peak 600 (SIM only)

10-07-2006, 23:59	#6
Garyo2 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 566	Quote: Originally Posted by linuxgeek What is legacy prop 56? Sorry mate, comments where for ianoel230982. There is only him who will know what I mean hehe. Any rough guesses Linuxgeek as to the tariff you are on?

11-07-2006, 00:03	#7
Garyo2 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 566	Quote: Originally Posted by linuxgeek What is legacy prop 56? Edit: Physical sim card is very new - about 2 years old. I am on Genie Off Peak 600 (SIM only) Ah this could potentially be your problem. I am not familiar with that type of tariff. I assume it is most probably Leisure Time 600 (btcellnet offpeak plan 600 mins landlines and o2 £15 from memory) with the added bonus of better SMS allowance. These really old tariffs are not allowed MMS. People on the Leisure Time 600 plan cannot have MMS, so if it is a very similar plan just the online variant that won't be allowed it either.

11-07-2006, 00:06	#8
linuxgeek Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 119	Thats right yeah. I get 600 off peak mins, unlimited wap and 600 free texts/month for £15. So can you help me or is there no chance of MMS?

11-07-2006, 00:17	#9
Garyo2 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 566	Quote: Originally Posted by linuxgeek Thats right yeah. I get 600 off peak mins, unlimited wap and 600 free texts/month for £15. So can you help me or is there no chance of MMS? I'll try and find out tomorrow for you. I'd say the chances are slim, but you never know.

11-07-2006, 11:20	#10
dawson Posts: n/a	Quote: Originally Posted by linuxgeek I have tried in vain to get my o2 contract sim working with MMS. O2 tell me that they will not enabled it on my account, as I am on an old "genie" tariff. ... I am stuck as to how to solve this. Possible solutions are: 1)Someone on here who works for O2, PM me and I can PM you my details: perhaps you could enable it for me on the quiet 2)Ring O2 up and threaten to leave i.e. ask for code to transfer number across Why not just ring O2 and ask to transfer to a tariff that does support MMS?

11-07-2006, 16:29	#11
linuxgeek Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 119	@dawson If they could offer me a similar deal for the same or similar price I would.

11-07-2006, 20:12	#12
Garyo2 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 566	I carnt find no information on the tariff. Are you sure that is deffinetly its name?

11-07-2006, 20:53	#13
dawson Posts: n/a	Quote: Originally Posted by Garyo2 I carnt find no information on the tariff. Are you sure that is deffinetly its name? There used to be a Genie contract tariff when o2 were known as BT Cellnet. Genie Off Peak 600 Rental: £15pm sim only (£20pm with handset) Inclusive Calls: 50min per day (yes per day!) off peak Std call peak 20p (50p x-net) Std call off peak & weekend: 2p (35p x-net) Inclusive texts: 600 Text costs: 10p Is this the same tariff, linuxgeek?

12-07-2006, 00:04	#14
Garyo2 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 566	Quote: Originally Posted by dawson There used to be a Genie contract tariff when o2 were known as BT Cellnet. Genie Off Peak 600 Rental: £15pm sim only (£20pm with handset) Inclusive Calls: 50min per day (yes per day!) off peak Std call peak 20p (50p x-net) Std call off peak & weekend: 2p (35p x-net) Inclusive texts: 600 Text costs: 10p Is this the same tariff, linuxgeek? I can find 6 Genie tariffs, but I carn't see the one listed above on the information sheets. Its on the old BTCellnet page though. I'll have another look tomorrow been very busy today so not had much chance to do any indepth research in to this.

12-07-2006, 13:03	#15
Garyo2 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 566	Read through the tariffs again this morning. It is down as Genie Offpeak Plan. It makes no mention to MMS being compatible with the tariff. I'll see if there is any way around this.

13-07-2006, 00:51	#16
linuxgeek Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 119	Got it sorted now thanks gary02 - mms and grps is working and yes that is the one - I quoted it from the "My bill" page so I dont know anything else about what it is called other than that...and it is the 50 o/p mins to "BT/Genie" phones and BT landlines/day. I am not sure where the 600 comes from - possibly the text messages! Does this mean that I get free calls to the "New" BT mobile network too now? Is anybody still on "BT Cellnet" tariffs?!

13-07-2006, 17:28	#17
Garyo2 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 566	Quote: Originally Posted by linuxgeek Is anybody still on "BT Cellnet" tariffs?! Yeah, there are quite a few on the old BTC tariffs. Glad you got it sorted.

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