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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] plasticbiker:
I don't know about pop3 email, but I know I had my old 2125 polling my imap server every 15minutes at one point using MU. I had no problems doing that.

I really don't see how Cingular can legitimately say that there is any difference in the capabilities between the 2125 and the 8125. As a programmer, the only difference to me is the UI, I can do anything on the 2125 that I could do on the 8125, especially when it comes to network connectivity.

There might be some really minor api differences, but I've never had an issue hacking around them.

--edit

As for web surfing, the only reason you would get a wap version of a web page, is if the site is looking for the Pocket IE browser information. I for one use Opera/Minimo and always get the full version of pages unless I intentionally go to a mobile site (mobile.cnn.com)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Nicnatros:
First Bill Since 8125

Since I see that people are still following this thread, I received my first bill after switching from 2125 Smartphone to 8125 Wizard while remaining on the MediaNet Unlimited plan. I'm glad to report that I had no additional usage fees for data. I wouldn't suggest anyone to start using a gig a month, but for most people it should work just fine.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] addicus:
I have the media net unlimited plan and have since I had the smartphone I had before.

Since my plan is grandfathered in they always mess up and I have to have them go back and reverse charges.

In July/August I had a total bill of $5000 for the two months of service due to them charging me data. It took 2 months to correct this and some of the charges showing are still wrong. I will not show you my bill, but I have no reason to lie.

I suggest using the MNU plan, but watch out on your bill. Also, be aware they will try to sell the pda plan and force it upon you. I've had to get nasty with some reps before. They basically have no answer when I ask if I would be using a different data line or recieve faster speeds on the PDA plan. We all know the answer is no, so it is just their way of making cash.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] desmondfox:
Tethering works with MediaMax!?!?

KYPHUR: Just to make sure, using MediaMax 200 on your 8125, you connected to the internet on your laptop using the 8125 as a modem? I just have to be absolutely sure of that before tethering my laptop on my next work on the road (happens too rarely to buy a laptop connect plan)!

Thank you,

DFox
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] kyphur:
Yes, when using the AKU 2.x Roms I used the "Modem Link" and now that I'm running an AKU 3.2 Rom I use "Internet Sharing".

I was told that I would see charges even if I was using PDA Unlimited (which I was for a few months) but I've never been charged for tethering data usage.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] fone_fanatic:
I think i just got one of those high bills... I've been using the unlimitted medianet package for 19.99 but i just logged on cingular to pay my bill and it says "Total amount due	$1,029.54" also when i click on view bill it shows my previous billing cycle. I noticed that they are now charging me $29.99 instead of $19.99

"MEDIA MAX 1000 BUNDLE	$29.99"

I hate looking through my bill online because nothing looks right. I'm gonna call in tomorrow and see why it reached $1,029.54 and i'll scan my paper bill if it ever comes.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] KyleK29:
I'm going to give this a try tonight. I'm going to take my old phone into Cingular and have them switch it out (right now, I show as having a 8125), then get the Medianet 200 plan.

Right now on my bill, I have PDAConnect-$40 (so I could get the $100 rebate after 2 months) and Messaging Extreme $20. So it'll save me a whopping $40 a month.

I don't think I'll hit any major flags. I only use my phone for the occasional web-browsing, but nothing over 20megs a month I don't think.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] txngurl25:
I don't know if anyone is doing this also, since there's probably a cheaper way, but I use the MEdiaNet Unlimited plan for web browsing for $19.99/mo. and I also had the 2500 Unlimited for Text messaging ($19.99/mo), since I had a few times where I went over the basic package and ended up with a $200. & a $400. bill. I called in about a month ago and they now have upgraded my text plan for the same price $19.99/mo. - with 3000 text msgs, PLUS - now the MMS count as regular text pricing, instead of charging us $0.25 ea. for them. ( However NO ONE EVER notified me about this plan change, so if you are still on the old plan - call and upgrade, so you don't get charged for your MMS msgs!!! )

I also have never had any charges for massive data use on my MEdiaNet Unlimited... last month I used over 30,000KB surfing the net on my phone... still $19.99. :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mjl3781:
I want it too!

Would some magnanomous soul please be so kind as to relay to me the MediaNet settings for the Wizard? It works fine on my Treo650 but my wizard still has the settings from the PDA Connect plan so I cannot use it there. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] fone_fanatic:
Here you go :D also a little tip to speed up your internet, once you've done all that, follow these steps to change your DNS servers which allow you to load pages much faster!

Start>Settings>Connections>Connections>Advanced>Select Networks> Under medianet select edit. Select Cingular GPRS>Edit>Next>Next and on the page with the User name and password click Advanced>Servers on bottom>Use specific server address> DNS: 208.67.222.222 Alt DNS: 208.67.220.220

This DNS resolves websites much faster than the cingular DNS

ENJOY :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] VanFanel:
I've been doing this for a while now and have not been charged per KB. However, I think they figured I was tethering and are not allowing me that anymore :(
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] driz:
Well guys, i bought the medianet unlimited plan back when the MPX220 came out, and have had it since. It worked fine on my 8125 until recently when someone changed my mn to 5mb. Here's is my current bill:

Past Due Balance $3,494.71

Total amount due $3,611.58

Payment Due 12/10/2006

That was from, according the bill, Subtotal of KBs 1533760 KB

they apparently killed the unlimited halfway through my cycle, so i got billed for about half of that usage. They are in the process of refunding, but the amount is so high, it takes God to fix it. So for 3 months now, my bill has been postponed and i haven't paid once. They keep telling me to not worry about it...

Aside from that, it works perfectly again now.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] monadzback:
I have recently changed from the 59.99 plan which a cingular rep told me i had to have to get data. what an idiot, to the mnu. I will be closely monitering my account over the next month. I will keep evey one up to date

jeb
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Shawner:
hows the bill look? I recently took the dive to Media Net from PDA Connect and I haven't seen any unusual charges.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] vasquja:
I am one of those fools who use the PDA Connect plan. I just switched though after reading this, and switched the GPRS settings to wap.cingular. And to think, I had the MNU package with my old phone and carried it over with the 8125 for a week before switching. I thought I'd be hit with PPU charges. Good thing for a little research and this wonderful community :) 3 months after the fact, but better late than never, right?

I've had a few issues with CSRs making errors on my account with packages, and being overcharged. Now, I'm always a little nervous when checking my bill every cycle, so I will be crossing my fingers for the next bill :P
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] dcdivenut:
Can't connect!

This may be mild hijacking but I found this thread while searching to figure out why my phone stopped connecting as of 6:53AM (at least that is when the last sync to my exchange server was)

I have Dr. P's cab which I re-ran to no avail.

I tried doing the settings myself, based on what I remember from having done this a few times before and then step by step according to Cingular's website

When I try to connect I get a message saying there is no modem at above number. Any suggestions before I get into the hell of calling Cingular support?

Also, I went online to try to track down this $20 MediaNet unlimited plan and could not find it anywhere online.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] vasquja:
If you're a US customer, you can find the MN plan here: http://www.cingular.com/cell-phone-...st.jsp?catId=cat1470005&catName=MEdia+Bundles
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] dcdivenut:
Thanks... I don't know why I could not find it. I see that the 8125 is not on the list of "compatible" phones but hopefully I will get someone to overlook that.

Update... After only 15 minutes with Cingular Customer Service we determined that there is a data outage of some sort affecting my area (Washington DC)

I was also to get them to switch me to the Media Unlimited despite their insistence that it is only for "regular" phones, not PDA's so we will see what happens next.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Keland44:
well see how this goes i just switched from pda connect to media net 200 bundle

if this works i save 25 dollars on my bill which would be great

taking in to account i was using the unlimited pda connect with 200 text messages for 4.99 a month

when i first got my phone my bills where outrageous close to 800 dollars cuz they charged me for the data i was using but i got nasty with one of the reps and was like what's the point of having the phone and not have unlimited net on it :-\

but my story now is that my 8125 is broken since they don't give insurance and i'm using my old s710a :-D

but that's not the case

can't wait to upgrade to 8525

thanx you all
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] sandrobber:
important

I have done this with many friends you have to only ask for Media net unlimited not media net 200. Unlimited comes with unlimited data. any others come with limitation hence media net 200 comes with 200 minutes of data. This does work and cingular will ***** with you that they cant do it just tell them I want the media net unlimited data plan and that it. BTW the plan uses the same access point that the gprs\edge\hspda\3g uses so it will work in the same fashion
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] cyberdrakula:
Not At All

I am using the unlimited plan on my 8125 and PDA Connect on my 8525. Never been charged per KB on both the plans. BUT they will not sell you the unlimited plan IF they know you will use it on a PDA. But been using this plan for a while now. I used it on my sx66 and also a SONY Erricsson phone before 8125. I also have MobiTV and THAT uses a lot of bandwidth but never got charged beyond the set price.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Keland44:
i've had the medanet unlimited with 200 text messages for 19.99 a month for two months now

my bill was around 105-115 a month with 900 rollover minutes, PDA connect and 200 text messanges a month

after i switched to the medianet unlimited plan with 200 text message for 19.99 my bill is around 80-85 dollars a month

THANK YOU GUYS
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Shawner:
I haven't had any problems in the last 2 months, since I switched to Media Net from PDA Connect.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Keland44:
oh yea i forgot to put out there that i probably use around 500mb's a month or so in data
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] alexn2:
Cingular is NUTS.

In the last three months my bill has averaged $700. I started out with medianet for 19.99/unlimited internet several months ago cingular suddenly started billing my bytes when I told them I was unlimited, they said no. I was just not billed for almost a year. I then agreed to move to the 29.99 plan to get unlimited internet. The next month they billed per use. I called again and was told that they have a new plans for 39.99 and will void overcharges if I agree to the new rate. I told them a month earlier I was given a new plan and was informed the rep sold me the wrong plan. I agreed to 39.99 and then once again was overbilled. The new rep told me the unlimited plan is a PDA plan for 59.99. I accepted 59.99 instead of $700.00 now I'm waiting to see my bill.

Bottom line, customer service at Cingulat have no f@ck!n clue
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] fryman:
switched to MU

I just took the plunge into MediaNet Unlimited...I had the PDA Unlimited before but for the last 5 months I have been without a data plan. I called customer service this morning and they switched me without asking any questions and were very friendly...that might be because on the website it says I am using a moto razr. I will give a report as soon as I see my first bill.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mzkaramel:
Media Net's the best not PDA data 4 me

Ive been using the $40 media 3000 bundle on my acct at first I had the $20 plan w\unli media net and had it prior to get the 8125 and even after I never exper'd any higher charges, I did encounter an issues w\Cingular cst svr when I got my 8525 and wanted to downgrade plan to the $30 they told me I can't use a medianet plan on a PDA, that BS ive been doing it for over a year and I'm not going to stop so I just went under my acct online and added the svr after rep said they had to remove it. But in all Ive never been billed over for the plan. Ive had it set to my isp and not extra charges:)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mfrazzz:
I just switched from PDA Connect ($39.99) + Message Starter ($4.99 for 200 messages) TO MEdia Max 200 (Unlimited MEdiaNet and 200 Messages) for $19.99. Crossing fingers I don't get pounded on data charges, but I don't have isp.cingular even setup on my phone now, just wap.cingular. So this will appear to save me about $25 a month.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] newbie2:
Have you noticed any difference in how web pages load using the wap settings, rather than isp?? Do they all load in HTML format, or are they text -- like on the regular browser-enabled phones??

I had thought about doing the same thing, but can't stand the idea of giving up the HTML pages I've grown so used to. If everything's the same with the wap settings on the MediaMax package, I might just have to convert myself. It's getting ridiculous paying for TWO PDA Connect plans on my family plan if I can do the same thing cheaper.

My only other problem would be how it would handle tethering with a laptop -- which I do occasionally.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Shawner:
I have dropped to the Media Net unlimited plan and have no problems loading regular web pages. If you do run into an issue with this (which is not normal) you can always do the IE6 reg. edit so that the internet will recognize your phone browser as a PC rather than a mobile phone.

Tethering is the only downside to Media net. Its slower and sometimes you'll get caught and have to pay the service fees for that. If you can scale back considerably or refrain from doing it, you could save yourself beaucoup bucks.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] tommhnyc:
Where can i found settings for the Media Net Unlimited?

Thank you,

Tom
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mfrazzz:
MEdiaNet Unlimited (or MEdiaNet Max is what they seem to call it now) is just the name of the plan. Read this post for info on settings:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1063528&postcount=34

I'm not an expert at this, but when I upgraded to a custom ROM, I only setup the MEdiaNet settings and no settings for isp.cingular. So all I have is MEdiaNet this way. Crossing my figers this works.

On another topic... I noticed today that now that I switched my plan, it says I can't see data information online until my next billing cycle (May 12). That stinks as I wanted to check and make sure they weren't billing me for data usage. I'll try calling this week to see if they can tell me over the phone.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] tommhnyc:
Thanks for the info.

I did exqactly the same thing. I just switch to the Media Net 200 and I don't remember if I had to put isp. or wap. APN. That's why I asked for some more info regarding these settings.

Thank you,

Tom
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mfrazzz:
Look closely at what you switched too. I think when I was looking MEdiaNet 200 is just 200 message and a limited amount of data transfer (if that works for you, then great). MEdiaNet Max 200 is the one I switched to. The Max is unlimited data via MEdiaNet and 200 messages.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] tommhnyc:
So what you're saying is that Media Net 200 Bundle and Media Net Max aren't the same plans?

Thanks,

Tom
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mfrazzz:
I called on Friday and the Cingular rep looked up my account (and confirmed when you make a change to your data plan, you can't see it online until that billing cycle ends. Really stinks as you can't verify if you screwed something up and could get hit with a huge bill). He confirmed with me that all of my data transfer is within the plan that I switched too and currently there are no extra charges. So far so good. We'll see in 15 days when my billing cycle ends.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mfrazzz:
Sorry I didn't see this before... I'd suggest you go look these up yourself to compare them, but what I see under my corporate account (so naming and stuff my be different for individual or family accounts) is that the Media Net 200 has a fixed amount of data transfer and 200 Messages. MEdiaNet Max is the unlimted data transfer for me (so MEdiaNet Max 200 is unlimited data transfer and 200 Messages).

Cingular is redoing plans and all so make sure you verify the details when you look it up and sign up for it (or call them and ask them exactly what your plan covers).
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mfrazzz:
New Unlimited Messaging Family Plan

Just as an FYI: The New AT&T (ie: Cingular) now has an Unlimited Messaging Family Plan for $29.99. I had Unlimited Messaging on my daughter's phone and was dreading having to do the same for my Son's new phone (and then I had a 200 message plan on my phone). Now for $30, all 4 of the phones on our plan have unlimited messaging! Finally Cingular... errr... AT&T is waking up to how Verizon and T-Mobile are doing things...

Here's the link to an announcement on this:

http://forums.cingular.com/cng/board/message?board.id=announcements&message.id=264

I tried to find this plan on their website but couldn't find it so wound up calling and having them add it on (they then tried to change my phone's data plan to PDA Connect but I told them I swap my sim with a old razr I have, so they left me on MediaNet Unlimited).

BTW: to stay on topic with this thread, the MediaNet Unlimited still works just fine on my Cingular 8125 with no extra charges :) Love paying $19.99 instead of $39.99 for Internet! :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] curwiler:
MFrazzz,

So you're getting full internet access on the 19.99/month plan w/Cingul... er, AT&T? Not just MediaNet access??

If so, I'm subscribing. I've been without a data plan for a while 'cause $40/month is just too damn much to pay.

Oops, missed earlier messages that answered my question

-Chuck
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] kingterr0r:
I also work for at&t/Cingular as the other user stated that they are going through their systems looking for users using the media max bolt-ons instead of pda connect is entirely true and be aware they are setting up their system to do a imei sweep of connected users.. and they will charge you as they do have full rights to.. which does suck even for me..
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jred184:
I just swapped to the 19.99 plan no problem! I also found out that it included 200 MMS/TXT messaging, which I was paying extra for messaging before. Now I get unlim net plus messaging. Not too bad at all.

BTW, I have a data card ($50/mo) also, so I don't feel bad at all about doing this!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Pumpiron579:
Check into smartphone unlimited...$29 a month
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jred184:
They offered that to me, but I can't justify the extra $10 a month for as little messaging as I do. That isn't a bad deal though.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Pumpiron579:
Just MEdia Net unlimited not the smartphone unlimited?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Lev00:
Huge Improvement in speed.. Thanks!

Huge Improvement in speed.. Thanks!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] bridgie:
Hey there- So I've been lurking through these forums trying to figure all this data plan madness out. At this point, would it be pointless to try and switch over to medianet? Im TIRED of spending 40 bucks a month on data. At this point, all I really care about being able to do is text message, email, and the occasional mapquest/google maps. Should I just get a normal non-pda phone? I would hate to have to do that, because I love this phone, but 40 a month is just way too much for the way I use it. When I bought the phone, I was told I COULD switch to MediaNet, but now they tell me I can't. Any advice would be SOOO helpful. Thanks for your time.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] snowdriftn:
wap vs ISP

I've gone through the hell of being billed huge amounts of money not because I had the media net package but because I signed up for the 40 dollar a month unlimited net package. Unfortunately though, no one at any local, at the time cingular, dealership had a clue and it took multiple support rep's before they could figure out the plain fact that even when you sign up for the unlimited inet through the pda package that every cingular dealer in the area had no clue now to configure the phones so you would end up with the wap.cingular connection. That being said here's my 2 items for the post, first off when I did have the wap.cingular as my connection setup, i got billed out the a$$ for using media net when I wasn't paying for it. The second thing was, that as an IT guy I could not connect via remote desktop protocol to my clients because wap.cingular pushes you through a proxy server where the isp.cingular settings allow you an addressable ip on the net and allows solid straight connections to your destination.

Just to throw it in the post for future saving of people who do use the isp settings:

First off you go into your connection settings and choose My ISP for both public and private, then ensure that there's only one connector, if it doesnt exit, create isp.cingular. Choose cellular line (gprs) for the modem. type "isp.cingular" for the access point name. For the user name type, all caps and no quotes "ISP@CINGULARGPRS.COM"

Passowrd is "CINGULAR1"

leave the default settings for being assigned an IP, etc. blah blah. and you should be fine. I know this is a media net ***** forum and I have been railed by them so i figured I'd ***** and try to help as well.

Have fun!

SD