Howto: Get BlackBerry Internet Access without Data Plan (example: China Mobile)

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April 27, 2007 at 8:51 pm · Filed under Howtos

I read may be a dozen ~~felt like millions~~ articles about BlackBerry Internet access in China and all suggested to get a BlackBerry data plan in Hong Kong SAR and use the free roaming to get Internet access in China mainland. This guide does not need such a plan. You just need a GPRS enabled SIM card for your BlackBerry.

Finally I figured out how to get access to the Internet on my BlackBerry without a data plan. This howto is based on the following configuration:

Device: BlackBerry Pearl (T-Mobile UK branded)
BlackBerry OS: 4.2.0.67
Provider: China Mobile

The problem with the BlackBerry is that you always have a browser available. Even though this browser might not be accessible directly (no icon on your BlackBerry’s desktop) you can get to it by using the “task switcher”. So press “Alt+Esc” and a window appears that might be some kind of familiar when you are a Windows desktop user. By pressing “Esc” again while still holding “Alt” you can switch between applications. One of them should be the so called “BlackBerry Browser”. If I switch to that browser I get the following message:

Your device does not currently have any Browser Configuration Service Book Entries.

Please contact your service provider to enable the Browser on your device.

So it is not possible to use this browser. But who cares? I downloaded the Opera Mini to my PC and installed it on my BlackBerry. The installation is really really easy going! When the installation was finished I could see the red “O” on my BlackBerry’s desktop.

By pressing this “O” Opera Mini starts and tries several ways to establish a connection to the Internet. The first attempt failed like expected. But there came up an error message referring me to an help site of Opera Mini which I should visit using my desktop browser. So I did and found the provider search of them. Just some seconds later I got the results for China Mobile:

China Mobile: Manual Setup*
Address cmnet
Proxy Address 10.0.0.172
Port 80

Now I added cmnet to my BlackBerry’s “Options Â» Adv. Options Â» TCP Â» APN”. Proxy addess and port cannot be entered at my BlackBerry. But that is not so important I thought and went back to the Opera “O”, clicked on it and it tried to establish a connection to the Internet again. And finally, it worked! I couldn’t believe that! It’s not that I didn’t try that before but I never tried another browser than the BlackBerry’s. Well, I tried Minuet Browser (BlackBerry Edition) some months ago but it didn’t work.

I hope this helps a bit folks. Suggestions and additional information are highly appreciated, of course.

Opera Mini
Opera Mini Download Page
Opera Mini Provider Search

ozman said,

April 30, 2007 @ 9:14 pm

hi there..well im from pakistan and facing the same problem.. i have multiple service providers with the gprs abilty.. im using bb7130g with o2 updated firmware… but im not getting my bb to connect to nyone of them via opera…ive messed with the rest of the setings a couple of times so can u please update the security settings and tls and wtls settings tht u are using while gettin connecting…itl be a great help.. thanx in advance..

Ernesto said,

April 30, 2007 @ 9:25 pm

Same problem for me. I am on PCS Digital / Guatemala and added the APN shown in the Opera help. GPRS is enabled on the card but still no way to connect with Opera

k said,

April 30, 2007 @ 10:50 pm

You should *not* configure anything at “TLS” or “WTLS”. That has nothing to do with the actual Internet connection. It’s just about secure SSL connections.

I guess the problem is, that the network you are on should basically support BlackBerry devices. So if your network provider offers BlackBerry data plans it should for you, even if you do not have a data plan. Unfortunately RIM built something into their BlackBerry which prevents them to be used on providers that are not cooperating with RIM. As China Mobile joined the cooperation force BlackBerry plans are available now but actually not neccessary. That’s what this article was meant to be about.

I hope this helps a bit

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ozman said,

May 1, 2007 @ 12:14 am

well i think i got the answer so no need to try to get connected in the networks tht dont have the bb cooperation suppport…i think thts the problem im having cause everytime i get opera to try to connect…it charges me the size of a data unit but then nothin happens and the same message saying cant connect to internet…
anyways thanx for the quick reply cause i was to spend a lot on checkin the edge company here but then they arent even supportin the bb devices till yet…there is a company tht does support but they are way too costly…
take care..

dream said,

May 5, 2007 @ 7:37 am

This is really, cool. Thanks. I’m in the US and able to use this without a data plan!!

The question is are there any associated charges for use, e.g. data usage etc, or does it just bypass the whole data plan altogether. If it does, this is great.

dream said,

May 5, 2007 @ 7:38 am

btw, i have both the 8700c and the latest 8800 with the built in GPRS. I’m so glad you shared this info. Thanks again!

k said,

May 5, 2007 @ 8:40 am

Well, it will cause costs of course. But that will be normal GPRS data transfer costs of your provider who should have a price list online.

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AN said,

May 27, 2007 @ 3:46 pm

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT WORKED!!!! It is outrages to pay 40$ per month for the data plan just for personal use and this is just perfect, looks more like a dirty trick from RIM. As all other phones has the option to access internet and be billed per transfered data. As I was told blackberry has software limiations to do so Charges I will check later it is standart per data transfered. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

lbrew said,

May 28, 2007 @ 12:47 am

Hi, I’m in canada on the Rogers network trying to figure this out. What exactly did you enter in the APN field? I’ve tried entering every combination of the china mobile info but I still cannon get a successful connection. Thanks.

k said,

May 28, 2007 @ 9:30 am

@AN: Thanks for your kudos.

@Ibrew: You should, of course, select your network carrier at the provider search for Canada.

lbrew said,

May 28, 2007 @ 10:37 am

It still doesn’t seem to be able to connect when I enter the rogers information. I’m not sure what else to try.. do I need to enter the dns address anywhere in the phone that rgoers has on the provider search page?

k said,

May 28, 2007 @ 10:41 am

Yes. You should enter everything that is listed at the manual setup page.

fossadeileoni said,

May 31, 2007 @ 3:33 am

dream said,
May 5, 2007 @ 7:37 am

This is really, cool. Thanks. Iâ€™m in the US and able to use this without a data plan!!

i have the 7100t, t-mobile no data plan. the only thing that i have is a free t-zones that is good for dowload ringtones. it’s a new thing that t-mobile has for bb users since may 9th.
can you help me step by step, since you said it worked for you in the us with no data plan.
also don’t forget to tell us how settings should be.
thanks.

nick said,

June 2, 2007 @ 9:35 am

hey everyone, i have a bb8800 and i have problem installing a program on it. i tried to install the opera browser. i live in canada and i dont have any data plan with my service provider which is rogers. i used the desktop manager to transfer the file to the phone , everytime i tried anything this message came up “no additional applications designed for you device were found”. anyone can please help me to solve this problem. thanks my email is inventor.10@hotmail.com i appreciate your help

k said,

June 2, 2007 @ 9:49 am

Hi Nick,

I am sure our 3rd party application installation guide will help you.

chris said,

June 13, 2007 @ 6:04 am

Id be really interested to know more about US T-mobile. I can’t seem to get their (Opera’s) APN address to work for me. If anyone has had luck please let post up.

8100 Pearl

k said,

June 13, 2007 @ 7:57 am

Well, the Provider Search tells us you should use this setting:

Address: wap.voicestream.com
DNS: 216.155.175.40
DNS: 216.155.175.41
Proxy Address: 216.155.165.50
Port: 8080

ss said,

June 14, 2007 @ 2:04 am

I’m also on T-Mobile, with an 8700g. This trick might work if we were able to input the DNS, Proxy, and Port info, but those fields are not available under TCP settings. Unless there is another way to put it in, say with some 3rd party application, I don’t think this will work. Perhaps this worked in the past, and T-Mobile recognized the free internet access users were getting, and blocked it. Today, it seems that only with a Blackberry Data Plan (currently at 19.99 a month), will users be able get internet access, or use any other data related applications, such as Google Talk.

Kimmy said,

July 5, 2007 @ 3:06 am

Hi , I REALLY NEED HELP TRYING TO GET INTERNET ON MY PHONE!! i just got my bb 8300 , i thought i would be able to just slip my chip in and everything will work , but it didnt =-.( i dont have internet, i been looking and looking because i dont want to pay for a plan. i had a sk 3 but i got a bb now . CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME!! i tried to get the opera thing but it wont let me download it for nothing please please . can u call me and walk me through it?

k said,

July 5, 2007 @ 8:12 am

Well, the download is very easy. Just check Opera’s site and if you have problems with downloading Opera Mini it might be better to contact the Opera team. Once you have it installed on your BlackBerry getting Internet work will be very easy.

kimmy said,

July 5, 2007 @ 9:15 am

this bb desktop thing is confusing and i dont know how to work it at all.i download the opera thing but i dont know how to put it on my phone , when i click app loader it never show the opera file. so im lost. i just called my provider and she said i will have to get a plan because my prepaid plan doesnt work with my bb 8830. but u said all i need was a gprs chip and im good to go. PLEASE HELP ME!!

k said,

July 5, 2007 @ 10:54 am

We have a quite good guide on how to install 3rd party applications. You will find all information about program installing on a BlackBerry there.

kimmy said,

July 5, 2007 @ 11:16 am

ok , i just installed opera mini 4 beta, but nothing happened on my phone , its still the same.

Jo C said,

July 6, 2007 @ 10:59 am

I have no data plan with my blackberry 7100t.Since I have internet home, I wonder if I could connect my blackberry to my pc and just use my home pc internet(sharing internet).

Is that possible?

Mrbadgolf said,

July 14, 2007 @ 1:38 pm

Worked well, no problems installing it. Just waiting to see how my billing look after a months usage.

Thanks

A.D.R. said,

July 14, 2007 @ 2:23 pm

I was wondering if there was any way possible that I may be able to access e-mail and internet with a prepaid account? Thanks!

Still At It ... said,

July 21, 2007 @ 1:23 pm

I have just purchased a T-mobile BB Pearl 8100 and do not have a data plan, but the phone does have the limited version of TZones (picture messaging, but no surfing). As per instructions above, I have installed Opera Mini and configured the Options>Advanced>TCP> with all three possible choices (Internet, VPN and No Contract). However, I am still unable to connect to the internet. Kindly help. Have I missed something? Thank you for the help.

Juno said,

July 22, 2007 @ 4:09 am

Does this cause any billing at the end of the month?

k said,

July 22, 2007 @ 9:44 am

@ADR: If your prepaid card is enabled for data transfer it should also work.

@Still At It …: Perhaps your GPRS card is not GPRS enabled (keep in mind that a SIM-Card might be enabled for GPRS data transfer without having a data plan contract at your carrier)

@Juno: Sure. You will be charged for GPRS data transfer on GSM networks for example.

ja said,

July 30, 2007 @ 5:20 am

my sim card is GPRS enabled ( i calle T moblie and they said thta it is because of the “edgee” written on on the top on my BB pearl. i tried all three possible choices (Internet, VPN and No Contract)and still nothing. any ideas?

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voi said,

August 5, 2007 @ 4:15 pm

works like a charm with my att/cingular pearl …. thanks for preventing me from having to get a contact plan!!! for info on how to change the .alx to a .jar if you need to do a manual install check this out : http://www.blackberryforums.com/linux-users-corner/88043-installing-themes-linux.html#post623567

ken said,

August 18, 2007 @ 12:01 pm

I am in the same situation as Kimmy but I noticed that there was no follow up on kimmy’s bb 8300. Kimmy have you been able to fix your problem? Have you been able to have access to internet yet?

ken said,

August 18, 2007 @ 2:27 pm

So has anyone outthere with a bb 8300 and no data plan actually sucessfully managed to install the opera browser and get connected to internet?

George said,

August 21, 2007 @ 4:15 pm

I’m just wondering about how many KB’s are transfered in a regular session. Searching google for a couple things=how many KBs? Checking the weather? Etc. Thanks!

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Trevor said,

September 11, 2007 @ 9:10 pm

I am having the same issue. I got a blackberry with a voice/data plan (no bb plan) from o2 in the UK thinking I would be able to throw the SIM card in and use my personal email and browse. Dumb choice unless this works… Anybody else gotten it to work on the 8300? As well does anyone know of a blackberry plan in the UK that is a 30day contract? This is ridiculous.

jen said,

September 25, 2007 @ 9:50 am

Thanks!! This program is awesome, works fine with my 8703e =)

Chris said,

October 6, 2007 @ 11:25 am

i have a 7100g and im with optus in australia, i cant getit to work. any help? thanks

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Patrick said,

October 22, 2007 @ 4:52 pm

I have a blackberry pearl on the rogers network in canada. Like an idiot I wasn’t aware I had to get a data plan to access the web. So it’s minimun $25/month for only 1MB whereas any other phone could get me 5MB for about $5. Can someone tell me how to get internet access on my pearl without the data plan? I’ve read above for how to do it on china mobile but not for rogers in canada. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Post here or email me directly at coolguyinbc@yahoo.ca Thanx

k said,

October 22, 2007 @ 5:35 pm

Just select Rogers at the “providers search” I mentioned above, and enter the data for Rogers. The rest is the same

Patrick said,

October 24, 2007 @ 3:33 am

well i’ve sucessfully installed both versions of opera (like the older 3.1 much better) and when I had a bb data plan they worked fine. Now without my bb data plan I can’t acess the web with opera. I have put in the appropriate info for my provider rogers here in canada but i get the message “there was a problem connecting. there might be a problem with your network settings. please go to Tools> Settings and perform the connection test. (error 3.0.4)” Now i know i can connect to the internet using the rogers wap browser but I’d like to use the opera browser and go on my regular mobile web plan. Like i said opera worked fine on my phone with the bb data plan. Any help?

k said,

October 24, 2007 @ 10:18 am

Please deinstall Opera and reinstall it. It needs to re-check which Internet connection it should use because it seems to be configured to your data plan. Because if you don’t have one anymore, this does not work, of course

Patrick said,

October 24, 2007 @ 5:12 pm

ok, all good now. I just reconfigured it without uninstalling it and it works great. Thanks for all your help, greatly appreciated.

Ron said,

October 26, 2007 @ 12:25 am

I’m in the US. I have a 7100G on Cingular/At&t. Do I use the Cingular settings or At&t settings? I can’t seem to get any of them to work.

Ron said,

October 26, 2007 @ 4:47 am

I got it to work. Cool. I guess I’ll add some more medianet minutes to my plan now.

Mach said,

October 26, 2007 @ 8:31 am

Got it! BB 8100.
Step 1:set TCP setting(option->advanced option->TCP)
Step 2: Search for Network(option->network) Set to manual and search for networks. Select the network thats found.
Step 3: Install Opera Mini.
Step 4: SURF

Travis said,

November 1, 2007 @ 3:56 am

i bought an unlocked tmobile BB 7105t and im a cingular customer i installed the card but want to gain access to the net without the plan do i use tmobile settings or cingular settings for this and i have desktop manager im still trying to figure out how to transfer opera mini to the phone

Ron said,

November 1, 2007 @ 11:34 pm

Most likely, you would use Cingular’s settings since you are using their network. The wap settings were the only ones that worked for me.

In DM hit the ADD button, find your Opera Mini folder and click on the alx file. That should allow you to add it to your phone.

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Zero Vector said,

November 3, 2007 @ 11:25 am

I can’t quite get it to work. I have a BlackBerry 8100 Pearl with T-Mobile in the US. I added cmnet, went into network options and did a manual setup for T-Mobile, and Opera Mini 4 Beta still doesn’t want to pick up the network.

Dave said,

November 9, 2007 @ 9:36 am

In the tcp settings you need a gateway setting for instance:
T-Mobile US

APN: wap.voicestream.com
Username for APN: (blank)
Password for APN: (blank)
WAP Gateway IP: 216.155.165.50
WAP Gateway Port: 9201

My problem is my blackberry does not have the gateway field. Anyone know how to get it?

Marcin said,

November 24, 2007 @ 12:08 am

To Any one who can help.

I have two BB from T-mobile 8800 and 8700 that are unlocked and I am in China.

I installed the above software on 8800 and it works with no problems on the 8700 I can’t get it to work. Any ideas?

Also does anyone knows how to set up the email pop3 account in China? Where do you enter the IP routing?

Cheers

Marcin

mubashar said,

November 24, 2007 @ 4:47 pm

i am in pakistan and i don,t have gprs in my blackberry,my network provider can,t provide gprs setting for blackberry but provide gprs for all other mobile sets like nokia samsung. how i activate gprs and wap browesing at my BlackBerry7230
Thanks in advance

Natalie said,

December 1, 2007 @ 4:27 am

Does anyone know if a Blackberry Pearl purchased in the US will work in Australia with a local provider? I’ve been getting mixed information and don’t want to end up only being able to use it as a phone without internet etc.

Thanks

Jonathan said,

December 2, 2007 @ 5:02 pm

I have a T-Mobile 7105t that I’m using with At&T Pay as You Go in the U.S. I have loaded Opera Mini 4.
I entered: APN:WAP.CINGULAR
Username:WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM
Password:CINGULAR1
This is what the Opera Mini help site told me to do. I still am not connecting after multiple tries. I know I have a GPRS SIM. I sale cell phones. I was glad to stumble across this site after days of frustration trying to figure out a way to beat having to have a Blabkberry plan. I actually entered the APN info days ago. I noticed a few people have T-Mobile BBs with Cingular or they have a Cingular BB. Any suggestions?? I would be so pleased if I could access the net without the costly Blackberry plan supposedly required by Cingular to do anything on a Blackberry. Why have one if all you can do is make calls and send SMS messages?!

Jonathan said,

December 2, 2007 @ 5:53 pm

By the way, I tried the settings for Cingular with acceleration, Cingular without acceleration and Cingular No Contract. I have no contract. None of the settings for any of these work. I have tried to set up Opera Mini with the APN settings listed above about 1 dozen times. I don’t get how others in the U.S. are getting on it and praising this info but it won’t work for me. Please help!!!!!!!!

Jonathan said,

December 2, 2007 @ 6:17 pm

Sorry to keep making multiple posts every time a thought comes across but I thought it was worth mentioning that I too am seeing what one of the above users sees on my home screen. I see “data connection refused” and “gprs” in lower case. Does this make a difference? Anyone currently browsing the internet with the above set-up see this on the screen?
Thanks again for replies. I’ve stayed up into the morning every night trying to get different things on my BB to work. Waited 8 hours for the unlock code to be e-mailed to me. I’m beyond frustrated now.

Jonathan said,

December 2, 2007 @ 7:52 pm

Also, when I connect my BB to my laptop and open the Desktop Manager it doesn’t sync with it. I get a message about checking with my provider for the software. This is the software that came with the phone. So I can add apps but I can’t delete anything. It doesn’t show anything on my phone to remove.
This problem is secondary though compared to trying to connect to the internet. It’s almost 6 AM here. I guess I’m finally going to go to sleep. I have been at this for nights. I even got a bootleg copy of Blackberry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange. It’s a $3000 program! Does me no good though if my Blackberry just makes calls and sends SMS messages.

Jonathan said,

December 3, 2007 @ 5:42 am

Here’s a site I found that might be useful for some of you. It offers more options to try as your APN set-up. It gave me 5 or 6 different APN set-ups to try for AT&T/Cingular as opposed to the 2 or 3 we’ve only seen so far. Definitely check it out.

http://www.webmessenger.com/support/APN.jsp

After reading 10 pages of a blackberry forum all of the administrators said that doing the APN settings may work for some people to connect with Opera but it’s not guaranteed. They all say what we don’t want to hear. You pretty much need a Blackberry plan through your provider. The address for the blackberry forum is:

http://www.blackberryforums.com/blackberry-network/2185-blackberry-internet-msn-chat-web-telnet-tcpip-no-bes-10.html

Hope this helps some of you. I’m still hoping someone can help me with my question above.

Jonathan said,

December 6, 2007 @ 2:20 pm

Here’s a new one I got from Cingular/AT&T technical support tonight. She said this is the most widely used one.

APN:wireless.cingular.com

APN Username: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM

APN Password: CINGULAR1

She told me as of Monday due to all of the support call they were getting regarding customers who had data but not a Blackberry plan they have made it to where you HAVE to have a Blackberry plan. Bad news…. She still was very helpful and tried a lot of different settings with me on my Blackberry Pearl 8100 and my 7105t. It’s rare to get good help from them so she surprised me.

fobulous said,

December 11, 2007 @ 8:05 am

I have a blackberry pearl and i have the old AT&T before it turned cingular and AT&T again and i installed opera mini on my phone and i still can’t get any connection even after i tried all the different APN setups…any suggestions?

ricofromto said,

December 11, 2007 @ 11:48 am

hello i bought a 7105t from a factory outlet and it is a tmobile phone but i in canada and it is unlocked to use here…
do i enter the rogers info since they are my provider or do i enter tmobile info since the phone is a tmobile phone

Anjum said,

December 12, 2007 @ 8:05 pm

Hi,

I have just purchased 8310 and am trying to run Opra Mini. I am connected to Mobilink in Pakistan and facing the same problem. My GPRS is active and I am not sure what settings should I provide to run Opra. Any help at anjum.raheel_Purge@gmail.com will be very useful.

PS: Please delete “_Purge” from my email.

Thanks in advance.

Anjum said,

December 12, 2007 @ 8:32 pm

I have found this now. For APN I entered

connect.mobilinkworld.com

And User ID and PWD I left blank. Opera is working now!

Thanks

k said,

December 18, 2007 @ 3:37 am

.cod files are BlackBerry applications. Here is a good howto for you: http://www.blackberryinsight.com/2006/12/28/installing-3rd-party-applications-2/ for installing those BlackBerry applications.

CANADA said,

December 22, 2007 @ 11:42 pm

It works for Canada, Rogers also!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

veache said,

December 26, 2007 @ 11:32 am

hello…
I have a bb pearl at&t us and i’ve load opera and this apn is killing me can somebody help me?…
thanks..

dave said,

December 26, 2007 @ 1:16 pm

hi i have a bb pearl and for t-mobile i have installed opera mini and have also entered all of the possible apns to get free internet and it still dosen’t connect. HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dave said,

December 26, 2007 @ 1:17 pm

hi i have a bb pearl and for t-mobile i have installed opera mini and have also entered all of the possible apns to get free internet and it still dosen’t connect. HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

veache said,

December 29, 2007 @ 11:26 am

K.. do you have any majic solution?…. i’ll be glad if you have it

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Marti said,

January 5, 2008 @ 3:15 am

I have a blackberry Pearl and I followed the instructions of some of the submitters above and it worked for me. On your blackberry go to
Options/Advanced Option/TCP. Insert the following:

APN: wap.voicestream.com
Username for APN: (blank)
Password for APN: (blank)

Then download and install your browser. It should work. I’m with T-Mobile.

Ari said,

January 16, 2008 @ 9:25 am

I’m using a Cingular Blackberry 8700, and I’m having trouble getting the Opera browser to work, it performs the tests to attempt to get internet access but it always fails, What should I do?

P.S. I’ve tried every apn username and password given from the website but still having trouble.

Ari said,

January 16, 2008 @ 9:39 am

I get a firewall error

Mike said,

January 22, 2008 @ 12:57 pm

Can anyone tell me if they have tried this and if it works with Sprint.

I have a BB8703e and don’t want to pay the $30/mo anymore for the Blackberry pack.

kimmy said,

January 27, 2008 @ 11:57 am

No , i haven’t been able to fix the problem. I just switched back to my sidekick. =(

Edgar said,

February 5, 2008 @ 3:21 am

Hey Marti im with t-mobile too and did the same settings as you said, but my BB still does not goes into my wap with the Blackberry Browser or with Opera for that matter. it only tells my about my device not having the browser configuration service. Any ideas ?

ps.- also i have no way to enter the Gateway for it.

Tnx in advanced !

Edgar said,

February 5, 2008 @ 3:21 am

ps.- also i have no way to enter the Gateway for it.

Tnx in advanced !

Steve said,

February 6, 2008 @ 3:18 pm

Can someone help me out, I’ve experienced a very weird problem. Only came across this thread this morning and I’ve been looking for a way to use GPRS on the Blackberry without a data plan for ages. I installed opera mini on one of my 8700s and changed the APN to my provider and it worked straight away. However I have tried connecting with my other Blackberrys including another 8700 and it just wont connect. Says something about trying to access opera inside and outside of the firewall and the IT policy wont allow it. Anyone have any ideas??

Jay said,

February 7, 2008 @ 7:28 am

I was wondering, is this free? as in when i go on the internet, will i get internet charges on my phone bill?

Steve said,

February 7, 2008 @ 7:46 am

@ Jay yes you will get charges. Even though you can do this without a data plan you still have to pay for GPRS usage as you would with any phone.

Steve said,

February 7, 2008 @ 3:07 pm

Did you set your APN?

irakli said,

February 7, 2008 @ 3:08 pm

as far as i can understand your the most “educated” about the BB. i have opera installed onto my blackberry already and ran the “network test” but everytime i ran the test it FAILED and even changed the VPN couple of times but it still don’t work you got any suggestions for me ??? thanx

!r a k l i said,

February 7, 2008 @ 3:23 pm

STEVE its me irakli. YES i have set up the VPN and it is called “internet3.voicestream.com” but i have also tried the “wap.voicestream.com” but non of them have worked. COULD you please tell me the right thing for me ?? i am in the US on t-mobile.

Steve said,

February 7, 2008 @ 4:28 pm

Sounds like you are having the same problem to me. I was able to connect opera on one of my 8700s straight away but I can’t connect using any of my others (including other 8700s). I think it’s something to do with the IT policy.

k said,

February 7, 2008 @ 5:11 pm

It is always useful to check with your provider if your SIM card is unlocked for GPRS usage.

!r a k l i said,

February 7, 2008 @ 11:23 pm

i did check my sim and it is GPRS capable. right now it shows it in SMALL letters but i know that it can handle GPRS. i tried all of the VPNS from t-mobile but it still did not work. Do i have to reboot my BB everytime i enter a new VPN and then start the opera ??? could anybody post a HOW TO step by step “setting up internet on BB with opera mini” ??? i just wanna have internet lol i am tired from all this HEADACHES and VPN access codes lol somebody HELLP

Steve said,

February 8, 2008 @ 9:04 am

Why do you keep calling it a VPN? A VPN is a virtual private network which has nothing to do with this. Are you getting any errors that pop up when trying to connect? Something along the lines of “operette$dhifi is trying to access a connection inside the firewall and outside the firewall blah blah….” I was having that trouble before and tried reinstalling desktop manager (making sure I ticked internet service and not enterprise), then I deleted opera from the handset and reinstalled it. After doing that I no longer had the firewall error and got another 8700 to connect however I still can’t get my 6230 to connect. Has anyone successfully got their Berry 6230 to connect?

!r a k l i said,

February 8, 2008 @ 10:41 am

no i don’t get any kind of ERROR when i was opening the OPERA. and why does not the “vpn” has nothing to do with this ?? is not that the reason (or part of it) that i can not CONNECT to internet. ???

Rogers BB8100 said,

February 13, 2008 @ 11:30 am

I have a bb8100 with Opera mini and i am able to connect to the internet.

In mobile network ensure Data Service is “ON”
Under Advanced Options >TCP type in “internet.com”
User name and password is left blank

This is all I need to get on the internet.
I will have to wait for my bill to to see if i will be charged for usage.

Irakli said,

February 20, 2008 @ 2:20 pm

rogers

dude i have 8700g blackberry and i tried EVERYTHING on my phone but it does not work for some STRANGE reason. i have 4.2 OS on my BB and OPERA mini 4.0 (the opera mini web site told me that it could handle opera 4.0 ) do u have any other suggestions for my problem lol ?

irakli said,

February 20, 2008 @ 2:23 pm

hey rogers

i have 8700G blackberry from T-mobile and i am on the T-mobile network. i have opera mini 4.0 installed and i have TRIED almost anything i could get my hands on but it still does not wanna work do u have any suggestions about how to get internet working on my BB ??? i would deeply appreaciate it thank you

kemraj020 said,

February 23, 2008 @ 4:42 am

Anyone found out how to get the opera mini to work on BB8300 without data plan. I am with cable and wireless in barabdos and they say it cannot work on prepaid. I have GPRS sim card. They are not able to give me the APN settings either.

kemraj020 said,

February 23, 2008 @ 6:12 am

Let me clarify. I had a postpaid contract voice and data plan with cable and wireless. I roamed and my bill was huge. So I discontinued the service, since I do not need BIS at home. I have highspeed internet access. I only need it when I am traveling. So I have it on pre paid I have voice but they say to me I cannot get wap. I have the opera browser installed. I am trying to get the APN setting for a normal prepaid wap. Hvaing read the first post. I figure I can use the bb8300 with prepaid and opera. So any guidance will help.

Cheers

vem said,

March 22, 2008 @ 12:07 pm

Hi,
can any one please share the APN address details of blackberry pearl for cingular network.
I have couple questions.
with out the data plan will this work to connect to internet?
will we be charged by any network providier for this access?
Thnx

Joel said,

April 4, 2008 @ 6:52 am

Hey,
I got a blackberry 7290, and i was wondering how do i put in the DNS stuff, i’ve found the TCP and stuff but i cant figure out how to get the DNS.
Thanks

amir khattak said,

April 5, 2008 @ 6:28 pm

i have a problem a buy a black berry set from amirica newyork and usin in pakistan and i want to connect with internet but i cannot connceted with it .
how i connect with internet.
tell me the method

amir khattak said,

April 5, 2008 @ 6:30 pm

i have a problem.i buy a black berry set from amirica newyork and using in pakistan and i want to connect with internet but i cannot connceted with it .
how i connect with internet.
tell me the method

Vijay said,

April 6, 2008 @ 7:54 pm

I have Blackberry 8300 and have loaded succesfully opera mini 4 software. However I cannot establish a connection to the web (Erroe message reads ‘failed to connect’
Any ideas how I can get access
Thanks!

Zane said,

April 10, 2008 @ 12:58 am

can you help me plz i got a 8100 and downlaoded everytin and did everything but it still wont work

Matt said,

April 20, 2008 @ 1:23 am

hey, im on vodafone on a blackberry 8800.
Just wondering if you had to install the blackberry desktop manager to install the opera onto the blackberry, i tried installing opera but it does not work and does not come up with the “O” on the menu.
Someone please help!!

victoria said,

April 25, 2008 @ 1:43 am

hi my name is victoria ,i just bought a unlocked bb off of ebay i stay in the us.my service provider is cellularone n they told me i have to pay 45 dollars for bb inter service ,i have read everyones messages on here and if im getting the right impression i can download internet for free without paying??? can somwone anyone or all of u lol please email me at lilone2699@aol.com and please tell me how and what all i will be able to use on the internet when i download it.thanks soooooooooooooo very much victoria!!

Derek said,

April 26, 2008 @ 6:37 am

I was wondering if there is a way to download files when they pop up and not have the official BB browser open them instead. Can Opera be a default setting? I can’t seem to add apps on my phone because everytime I click to download, the other browser (which doesn’t work because I don’t have a data plan) and it kills the download.

Mathieu said,

April 27, 2008 @ 2:30 am

Hello,

I am in Canada and I was able to have my unlocked T-mobile 8700 work with Fido, using their monthly internet package to connect to the internet.

In the TCP settings, I used

interner.fido.ca
password: fido
username: fido

Before I got it to work I had installed the Blackberry Desktop manager for Internet use and not the option where it says I have an administrator… that did NOT work. So I installed it as if I was part of an organization with an administrator, and it worked.

gianna said,

May 1, 2008 @ 4:14 pm

Hi everyone,
I bought my bb 8320 on ebay.it is unlocked.I have wifi on the bb so internet is working. My problem is I cannot get to connect my personal email on my bb, some icon/applications disapeared when I unlocked it… Can someone please help? Thanks

Gianna said,

May 1, 2008 @ 11:02 pm

hi everyone,

I have the bb 8320 from tmobile, it is unlocked. I live in france and i do not have a plan. I have the wifi so internet is working. i have noticed that now that is unlocked some applications/n icons disapeared, i cannot connect to my personal email account. can someone help?

james said,

May 6, 2008 @ 4:21 am

WORKS GREAT!!!!!

Lori said,

May 10, 2008 @ 9:46 am

I just brought the bb 8830, am wondering how do i get the opera mini to work without getting the plan. r should get the plan download opera mini and cancel once im in.. please someone help me figure this out, i dont want to pay for a plan when i dont have to

Lori said,

May 10, 2008 @ 9:47 am

oh im in the us

Mitch said,

May 15, 2008 @ 9:16 am

Why on earth would anyone even try to connect to Rogers data WITHOUT a data plan?

Guess what folks…If you connect without a data plan you will be paying $0.05 a KB.

Navigate a few web pages at this rate and you’ll get a bill for a few hundred dollars.

Trust me….don’t even attempt this, you’ll regret it!!!

ogmike said,

May 15, 2008 @ 3:31 pm

I get firewall errors. What do I do? (BB7280)

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