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Old 08-05-2008, 08:37 AM
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Default Sony Ericsson phone help required!

I have a Sony Ericsson W850i, and it has just stopped being able to receive MMS or gain WAP access. It is on Vodafone. I don't "think" I have changed any settings, but I can't find the manual to see what is what. It says, "Connection failure. Check settings. If problem persists, please contact your operator for support". Before I give Vodafone a call, can anyone please tell me where on the phone I check the "settings"?

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Old 08-05-2008, 08:39 AM
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is it a K 850i ??? not a W850 i???
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Can you not get them sms'd to your phone via the vodaphone website ?

I'm on O2 and can get the MMS/WAP settings texted to my phone, its then updated and bobs your mothers brother !

I presume Vodaphone will be similar ?
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had a quick look, this should help:

http://help.vodafone.co.uk/ota.php?ModelID=197&e=0
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had 3 new Sonys do this...

gave up and bought a Nokia N95 8gig in the end.
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Cheers Greg, received the updates - no effect, it must be Vodafone .
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Or reading what Lee has said, my phone .
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Sorted, it just needed the phone resetting by switching the SIM card to another phone. It hadn't updated it's GPRS settings since 20-Apr-2008. Apparently this is a common problem if you don't regularly switch the phone on and off, so that it is forced to locate the network.
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