Technobiography

By esti on Jul 27, 2007 | Reply

ka edong,

nung monday nagkaroon ng problema na “not authorized/not authenticated” na error. andito ako sa may malapit sa pgh nung nagka error na ganun.

tapos ang alam ko lang na may problema sa 3g (or minsan kahit sa normal signal) ay kaming mga multiline subscribers.

matagal na nilang alam na pawala-wala ang signal ng multi-line at times tapos kahit anong reset ng phone mo di mo makukuha ang signal. (sa megamall ko huling na experience ito) got a story somewhere in me blog pero di ko maaccess dito ang blog ko eh.

basta bottomline, existing multi-line subscribers paparecommend nila kumuha ng bagong sim (thus mawawala multi-line) at ikaw pa magbabayad — ang bulok no? mang aaway pa nga ako ng customer service rep na mabibigay sa kin ng free yung pagpapalit ng sim.

at wala na palang inooffer na multi-line sila ngayon. mga hayup! dapat sinabihan nila lahat ng multi-line na subs na may problema ang multi-line di ba? ang dali naman yata isabay sa monthly billing yun!

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By Ian on Aug 2, 2007 | Reply

esti,

I got that same problem, too: getting “Not authorized” displayed when viewing web pages. Hay… But accessing through the phone seemed to be fine.

At least, that was after I deleted all previous setup and going through “SET 3G ” again. More hay…

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By esti on Aug 7, 2007 | Reply

ka edong,

switched to a 3g sim the other day. they have me sign a waiver that if their sim does not work with my 5110 (non-3g) then it is not their problem. i, not wanting conflict that day obliged to sign it. also i didn’t even push my luck with getting the sim for free. heck i just need my service restored to normalcy.

@ian, with my problem even in the phone it tells me of “not authorized”. weirdness.

also while using my phone as modem i often get disconnected.

world of warcraft doesn’t work (even torrents, i think doesn’t) with smart 3g.

my new operator now displays: “smart gold 3g”, wonder if the signal-less days are really over.

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By Waltz on Aug 11, 2007 | Reply

Hi

I saw this link from smart:
http://www.smart.com.ph/Buddy/promos/Smart3G_HighSpeedInternet.htm

So I did try it but I never got to connect. I am trying to access the net using a k800i connected to the PC via USB cable. The fone can surf to the smart’s wap site but it is so damn slow!

After doing the connection, I was prompted that I am already connected to the internet at 9xxxxx kbps.

I tried to launch the browser and tough luck, no internet connection. I did set up a DNS,
Preferred DNS server: 202.57.96.3
Alternate DNS server: 202.57.96.4

Any other thing I forgot to configure?

Btw, I followed the instruction from this website:
http://www.unlawyer.net/?p=310

Guys, help naman po. I did call smart hotline and the guy on the other end of the line asked me to go the nearest smart office and have the phone activated.

Seems weird because it was never mentioned in their website. I mean their website even says “try it now, here’s how”.

Thanks.

Esti, after using the 3G enabled SIM..how did it go? How much did you pay for the sim and are you obligated to give the your old sim?

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By esti on Aug 13, 2007 | Reply

Hi Waltz,

I can access smart 3g without performing the extra step of defining DNS servers.

The activation is number 1 in the “try it now here’s how” of the said link you gave. you have to save the settings that smart will giveto you once you key in KEY 3G K800i (i’m gueesing here)

About the 3g enabled sim, it is the standard sim they’re giving out to smart gold subs and i think it’s only available to smart gold. But having it is really a relief for i am no longer disconnected at long periods of time.

I paid 302.50 for the sim and they got the old sim from me when i upgraded.

If you are successful in connecting to SMART 3g, it will show you a connection of 460kbps. And sometimes i get to download the whole episode of naruto using 3g

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By Waltz on Aug 15, 2007 | Reply

Hi Esti
I was able to save the setting from Smart and I am able to access the Smart page on the celfone.

I called up smart hotline, according to the girl on the other end, there is no such thing as 3G sim daw, according to her, old and new sim are just the same. It is just a matter of enabling the 3G on the phone.

Parang nalilito na tuloy ako.

What I wanted is to use the celfone to acces the net using my pc through the usb cable.

Hope you can guide me if I am not asking too much. Here is what I did.

Set 3G on my phone and tested it, was able to access smart site on the phone.

Connect fone to the USB Port of the PC and set it as phone mode and I went to the communication and chose USB internet, enabled it.

I created a dialup shortcut and on the properties, I entered the DNS setting (no name and password)

I dialed and connected but there is no internet activity.

Hope you spare a few mins with me and help me configure it. Thanks.

by the way, my email is walter_co@yahoo.com. Thanks.

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By esti on Aug 16, 2007 | Reply

now i know the problem.

what i do when i connect using the usb cable is, since i have a nokia n70, connect to the internet via the nokia pc suite. try and look if there is accompanying software with your phone (i’m not familiar with those types). i don’t create extra dial up settings as these also don’t work with me.

as for the girl who answered you that there is not such a thing as a 3g sim, did you get her name? the 3g sim is for gold subs only, maybe you dialled the hotline for buddy perhaps that explains the incompetence of the csr.

hope this helps

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By Walter on Aug 17, 2007 | Reply

Esti,

Finally I got it working. First time I tried it there was nothing wrong with my procedure, the problem was I cannot ping the DNS and I have no internet. Last night I was really pissed and I badly want to try the internet using my PC via celfone and poof! The damn thing worked!

I did not connect via a dial-up, I just enabled the USB internet and fired up the browser. I was connected at 10mbps only and the upload was 118kbps (using speedtest.net). By the way, I live in the vicinity of Grace Park Caloocan City.

While surfing the net, I ran a continous ping on the DNS (1 and 2) plus the proxy. The result is intermittent. There are timeouts.

I also removed the proxy from the browser and it worked but sad to say, I have to reload the page everytime.

Yahoo Messenger also keeps on disconnecting. All along I though it would act as if I were connected via dial-up but gosh, seems the 3G is not that efficient.

I never got the girl’s name. Also, I think Smart should RE-ORIENT all their CSR. The last time I spoke to her, she said I should bring the fone to the nearest smart office to have the phone configured by their technical people. The CSR does not seem to know what they are talking about. Smart should at least show the CSRs the actual function, usage, and procedure that is to be done in order for it to work. At least 1 for every phone brand just for them to have an idea where or what part of the phone should be configured.

Oh well, to be perfectly honest you and the forums were more helpful compared to Smart’s CSR. Maybe their CSR is good on some other functions but definitely not on the field.

I am thinking of trying globe and compare which is better. Another adventure for me coz I’ll be using a different fone w/o any USB cable. Tsk tsk, poor me. Hahah..sakit na naman sa ulo.

Thanks Esti.

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By ka edong on Aug 17, 2007 | Reply

great job, esti!
O, pwede ka nang mag-part time CSR ng Smart! hehehhee!

Walter, Esti, Glad to host your discussion here. Hope it will help other users too.

Mabu-hey!

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By esti on Aug 21, 2007 | Reply

really glad it helped.

sa tagal ko ba naman na smart subscriber (my whole family is globe, btw) eh dami ko na nalalaman sa pakikipag deal sa kanila.

akala ko sitahin mo ko ka edong tinake over ko na ang comments sa blog mo hehehe

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By Walter Co on Aug 22, 2007 | Reply

Thanks Ka Edong, buti na lang you were able to put up this site at naligaw ako dito.

Esti, thanks din for giving inputs. Haven’t tried globe yet. Natamad ako after testing smart, super bagal e. Thanks again and more power to this site.

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By ka edong on Aug 22, 2007 | Reply

salamat, walter.

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By dyeri on Aug 24, 2007 | Reply

[QUOTE]“I did not connect via a dial-up, I just enabled the USB internet and fired up the browser. I was connected at 10mbps only and the upload was 118kbps (using speedtest.net). By the way, I live in the vicinity of Grace Park Caloocan City.”[/QUOTE]

sir walter how did you enable the usb internet? is it via pc suite?

i have n70 phone with smart buddy sim (enabled 3g), dku-2 cable, nokia pc suite installed in pc. na-set up na po nababasa na ng pc yung phone.

then sinunod ko lahat ng instructions sa http://www.unlawyer.net/?p=310, entered the settings then pressed dial in the network connection dialog box. Ang error na nareceive ko ‘Error 678: Remote computer not responding…’ or something like that.

did i do something wrong or missed something?

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By esti on Aug 24, 2007 | Reply

hi dyeri, kahit wag mo na sundin yung nasa link na yun. just via pc suite dapat out of the box magcoconnect na yun.. meaning kahit kakainstall mo lang ng pc suite, kakaactivate mo lang ng 3g, kakakabit lang ng usb cable at kakaclick on “Connect to the Internet” (tapos may gagalaw na auto connect in blah blah secs)… makaka internet ka na dapat hehehehe..

si walter yata sony ang fone.

hth

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By esti on Aug 24, 2007 | Reply

i meant yung pag edit edit ng connections and DNS settings yata ung di ko nigawa dun pala sa pinost mong link dyeri hehehehe

meron kasi na “Connect to the Internet” na button sa PC Suite try mo connect using it.

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By dyeri on Aug 27, 2007 | Reply

esti,

yun po ang una kong ginawa bago yung instructions sa unlawyer.net, install ko muna pc suite then connected the phone. dun sa connect to internet try ko yung SMART Philippines saka yung SMART Internet sa settings na select network. ang error na lumalabas something like “…modem is used by another application or not configured properly…” dun ko na po sinubukan yung instruction sa unlawyer.net. tumawag na ako sa smart kaya lang 72 hrs pa daw ayusin…

yung sim ko smart buddy pero tingin ko pag na enable na yung gprs & mms nagiging smart gold kasi ung logo ng cell ko naging “Smart Gold”

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By esti on Aug 27, 2007 | Reply

dyeri,

modem in use naeexperience ko yan, ginagawa ko pag ganun, restart phone, habang naka kabit ang usb cable (n70 din phone ko).

atsaka nangyayari sa kin yung ganun kasi sira na yung cable ko, may putol na sha somewhere lol.

try mo via bluetooth kung meron ka bluetooth dongle (instead of usb) — although never ko pa na try kasi kakaunti bluetooth na pde sa vista.

hth.

btw, standard reply ng smart yung 72 hours lol. daming beses ko na narinig yun. kahit minsan sasabihin nila 72 hours, only to find out na ako pala ang may maling setting kaya di gumagana service nila. it’s all CSR manual snippets. hihihihi

sana gumana na ang 3g mo via modem. kaya lang di ka ba natatako na umapoy ang cellphone mo? sa kin kasi sa tagal ko ginagamit eh sobrang init ng phone ko.

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By dyeri on Aug 28, 2007 | Reply

salamat bossing, di ko pa rin mapagana eh siguro sa setting ng cell ang problema. dalhin ko na nga cell saka notebook ko sa smart center sa saturday, huhuhu (give up na). ang balak ko kasi sa internet thru cell eh pang email lang with attachments.

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By dryxz on Aug 28, 2007 | Reply

how about in mac os x 10.4? what’s the config setup?

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By Jei on Aug 31, 2007 | Reply

i’m having trouble also connecting my laptop to Smart 3G.

i’m using a motorola razr v3x. i sent SET 3G V3x to 211 and recevied a browser setting.

I connnect v3x to the laptop thru usb cable. Hit the “Internet Connection” at the Motorola Phone Tools menu( just like Nokia PC Suite)

Tough luck, im receiving an error:

“The GPRS connection could not be established, make sure you have subscribed to the DATA option and that the GPRS network is accessible…”

Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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By ka edong on Sep 2, 2007 | Reply

this is a job for ….. suuuuuppppeeeer estiiiiiiii!

please come back for responses from my buddy esti …

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By esti on Sep 4, 2007 | Reply

nyark. no idea when it comes to a motorola phone, but here are my suggestions/suspects/whatever you might call em:

1. when you received the browser setting, make sure you saved it. (happened to me before, got it but didn’t save it)

2. make sure that your phone is set to dual mode (in nokia phones we can switch it to gsm or dual mode — this means ordinary signal or 3g signal) but regardless of mode you should have net access (the ordinary signal’s net access being slower)

3. make sure you have 3g signal or even the ordinary signal (which i think you would have, running out of ideas)

4. make sure you have load or your account is not redirected.

5. if all else fails try googling for answers then i suggest you don’t waste your time calling the hotline (they don’t help so much) if you rather have to contact smart, try to bring the phone to the wireless center (if you have a laptop, the better)

btw, you can access the internet via the phone’s internet browser?

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By Noobie on Sep 11, 2007 | Reply

anyone tried it in Vista? Care posting a step by step newbie guide? Im using an E61 and can connect without problems using the phone or Opera browser via GPRS or 3G network; phone does get detected by the latest PC Suite from Nokia. Tried the settings, with or without DNS, no username or password but it still fails with the same Error 6xx (xx varies)

Help

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By esti on Sep 17, 2007 | Reply

Hmmmm.. wonder why yours doesn’t work. Which flavor of Vwisita do you have?

I was running Nokia PC Suite on vista to connect to the web a couple weeks ago (before switching to smart bro).

My Phone’s Nokia N70 btw.

Maybe try a Device Driver Update? Because sometimes a driver update for my Nokia N70 comes from Windows Update (not from Nokia Software).

Hope this helps.

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By mj on Sep 22, 2007 | Reply

pasingit ng tanong.. sakin im using a 6120 classic, i did all those things to enable 3G and i get a strong 3G signal strength (full bars). but when i connect i get a “packet data not available. check netwoork services” message. pano ba dapat gawin?

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By nap123 on Sep 29, 2007 | Reply

May naka experience na ba sa inyo nito kinakain ang load ng smart ko. Ganito yun I bought last thursday a new smart sim buddy from smart wireless in they configure it thru internet connection so okay na. My phone is N70 then I load a 300 pesos tapos nagtry ako sa office na mag surf sa internet thru usb cable okay naman nakapagbrowse ako siguro mga 18mins lang to test yung connection. sabi ko okay dahil pwede ko ng igive up etong globe visibility ko na napakamahal ng charges monthly. disconnect ko sa internet yung connection sa phone after 4 hours pag uwi ko ng bahay i try to surf but i could not connect na dahil 0 balance na ako. so i called smart hotline ang pag kasabi sakin make sure na nadisconnect ako sa internet para sigurado off ko yung cellphone. so ganun nga ginawa ko nagload mo na ako ng 30pesos tapos browse ako ng 8 mins tapos call ako sa hotline ulit para maverify magkano balance ko tapos sabi sakin 27pesos pa tapos sabi ko sige off ko na disconnect ko na sa internet tapos off ko yung cellphone ko pero kinabukasan pag on ko ng cellphone ko 0 ulit ang balance ko. naencounter niyo naba eto? thanks

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By Ding on Nov 20, 2007 | Reply

Hi MJ,
Were you able to resolve the problem with your 6120c. I have the same problem with the same phone model. Hope you can help me out.

thanks

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By pk on Nov 24, 2007 | Reply

me too i have that problem with my 6120c

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By mARK on Dec 4, 2007 | Reply

Just a question.
Can I play online games with my Smart 3G Enabled phone?
I cant seem to play and even connect to game servers.
Do you guys know the reason?

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By flipp0 on Dec 6, 2007 | Reply

helo mga sir, newbie lan me….and in my place (far province) wala kami internet dun, wala wi-fi..pero me signal ang smart..i would like to ask if:
1.anong unit ng cellfon ang pwede gamitin pang internet, using smart 3g?..give me naman a list of units to choose from, kc po im considering the price…
2. ang bilis ba ng pag surf depends o the unit? w/c unit ang mabilis gamitin
..pls u can send the reply at flipp0@yahoo.com ty po sa lahat merry Xmas PO

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By Hotrod on Jan 12, 2008 | Reply

Sa pagkakaalam ko, samll factor lang yung speed ng celfone. What determines the speed of the connection is the signal strength and distance form the cellsite/transmitter.

Pwede kasing top of the line and celfone mo, pero nasa lugar ka na mahina ang signal at malayo/maraming obstractions between you and the cellsite, magigingmabagal pa ruin connection mo. yung lang and downside ng hsdpa, signal dependent ang service na ‘to.

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By jackass_karr on Jan 15, 2008 | Reply

nu kya problema bkit kaya ayaw ng internet explorer ko gumana. ok nman connection, nagco2nect kaso la lumalabas sa internet explorer? parang ayaw mag ping ng internet explorer ko. did sum1 knows how to fix it..

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By ka edong on Jan 15, 2008 | Reply

kaibigang esti, care to help? (CSR ang labas mo nito, hehehhee) .

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By esti on Jan 15, 2008 | Reply

to comment #27, may load ka naman nung tinry mo?

Yux lang kasi naiisip ko na pwedeng cause.

Other than that baka prob sa smart.

Pareho tayo ng unit ü

Esti, nakasakay sa guadalupe ibabaw na jeep, via 3g

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By esti on Jan 15, 2008 | Reply

to comment #28, nangyari na sa kin yan dati. yung feeling mo na disconnect mo na sa pc (thru nokia pc suite) pero sa phone mo may tiny indicator pa na maiiwan na nagsasabi nakaconnect ka pa sa 3g (the 3G with the line under)

to close the internet connection manually, go to the “Connection Manager” then select the connection there and press “Clear”.

pero tulad nga ng experiment mo (nice logic in turning off the phone after using to test the connection) kahit naka off parang may hindi bumitaw or hindi nakita ng SMART na nagdisconnect ka na sa internet.

inisip ko baka dahil madalian mo pinatay ang cellphone at hindi nahayaan na mag disconnect ng kusa yung phone (about a couple secs na walang gumagamit or nag off na yung program na gumagamit ng net, nagkukusa naman sya *dapat*) pero kung hindi you can try the step above.

kung umuulit pa rin ang prob mo magreklamo ka na sa isang pader este sa smart pala (hihihi!)

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By esti on Jan 15, 2008 | Reply

to commenter #31

sadly hindi nakakalaro (at least ng World of Warcraft) using SMART 3G. it’s either pure http browsing lang ang inallow nila at ilang streaming protocols.

at kung maglaro ka naman ng long period baka mag bog down phone mo sa high temperatures ng pag surf for long periods of time (and battery life din pala)

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By esti on Jan 15, 2008 | Reply

commenter #32

1. i think isa sa mga 3g phones na *mejo* mura is 6120c (around 11-12k)

2. if speed is a concern, kunin mo yung mga unit na may 3.5G (HSDPA) kasi admittedly mas mabilis kapag nakakuha ka ng signal na 3.5G.

BUT AGAIN, ang connection speed would also depend kung gaano ang speed na kaya ng cellsite.

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By esti on Jan 15, 2008 | Reply

to number #34..

try mo sa ibang browser kung meron ka. check mo yung proxy settings (Tools > Internet Options > Connections > Lan Settings) if you’re using smart 3g, lam ko dapat walang setting yan.

Other than that baka iba na problem mo.

try mo magbrowse using the phone..

teka naisip ko bigla, you’re using smart 3g din jackass_karr?

@ka edong, pa wire na lang ng CSR fees. JOWK!

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By sheryl macapagal on Jan 15, 2008 | Reply

im just asking kung pwede bang gamitin ang 3g smart to other country like dubai? n every time i used my 3g di ko gaano nkikita yung kausap ko (not clear). hope you can help me. my fone is p990i n w850i. same smart. thank you

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By L@nn on Jan 30, 2008 | Reply

Mga Bro, Tanong ko lang bakit ang P990i ko ay may ibang site na di maopen dahil sa XML parcer error na lumalabas.Ano ba ibang settings kailangan para lahat ng sites ma open ko? Thanks….

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By esti on Feb 11, 2008 | Reply

Hi L@nn,

anong browser gamit mo? dati kasi gamit ko yung Opera (for mobile) at kahit smart websites ay nagbabato ng ganun error.

yung error na XML parsing related ay di kasalanan ng network connection nor ng phone mo. ang may sala sa error na yun ay ang gumawa ng page. di kasi nila inayos ang paggawa ng sites na mag conform sa standards (na chineck ng kung ano man browser ang ginamit mo)

sa nokia phone (just like na experience ko dati) inoopen ko dun sa default na web browser (at hindi sa opera)

hth,
Esti

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By Silver surver on Mar 30, 2008 | Reply

Hi,
I’m also a smart 3g user. Napansin niyo ba na ang bagal bagal na ng 3g ngayon? dati upto 28kbs straight dl speed ngayon mga 1-2.5 kbps na lang? I asked smart a month ago. Nag-rerework daw ng network… Any info on when Smart 3g wil be back on track again or if it will actually improve via this “reworking of their network?) Alam ko na up to 2 megs/sec and max ng basic 3g kaya talagang network limitation ang 358 kbps na cinocommercial noon na ngayon ay much much less than that. Paano na ang mga bagong 3.5G HSDPA phones ngayon? What’s the use of 3.5G if we can’t even maximize basic 3G at 2 megs/sec? Paan pa yung 14 mbps ng 3.5G at yung higher end 3g na win max na terrabits na ang i-net speed?

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By Grace_ria07 on Apr 15, 2008 | Reply

wahh help naman,nag pa activate ako ng 3g/mms/gprs with smart narereceive ko din settings pero when i try to browse lagi sinasabi could not locate remote server, i also tried sending an MMS to myself para lang matest, but no avail… may problem ba talaga ang connectivity ng SMart… btw, i have a post paid account.

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By Jtech on May 1, 2008 | Reply

Help naman din po.. k800i phone ko wla me pc suite, paano ba gamitin smart 3g para makapag internet ako sa laptop na windows xp.. meron ng settings ako nanakuha at nasave galing sa 211 pero hindi naman gumagana both in phone and in laptop when using it as dial network via bluetooth.
salamat in advance.

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By sizzle on May 17, 2008 | Reply

sir pwede po ba mag ask..
gagana po ba dito ang phone na kelangan ng 3g connection? meron po kasi akong cellphone na toshiba t911 , and nag tanong ako sa shop sabi pwede daw ma openline. kaso ang problema eh wala daw yun signal , kelangan pa daw ng 3G sim , yung pure na 3G sim daw. meron po ba nun sa pinas , or kahit sa ibang bansa? magagamit ko pa po ba ito? thanks in advance

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By darthnbs on Jun 3, 2008 | Reply

I really have to confirm it too. I’m using the LG KU250 as an exclusive internet modem and I’m just wondering if the new hwawei USB modem is better o baka naman wawawei na ulit! There are times that the internet is fast BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT SO FREAKIN’ SLOOOOOOOW even if the signal bars are full.

I’m also keen in trying to ask if the NTC can look into this matter as it is already misleading and hassle to use their 3G network.

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By Noah on Jun 11, 2008 | Reply

This maybe a dumb question, but does anybody know how many 3G-enabled cell sites does Smart have, and where they are?

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By Robin on Jun 21, 2008 | Reply

Sir bakit di ako makapag send ng picture sa multi media? Pero nakakatangap ako ng umlti media, ano kaya ang mali sa settings ng cell ko?

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