[Networking] GerardSamija:
I tried this CAB with my HTC Elfin a number of times last year, along with following a number of avialable information lists here on XDA and on Howard forums and elsewhere. Tried mixing and matching, as well as following strictly (where possible - many of these tutorials have headings and/or input fields which are not to be found in a WM6.5 device), and tried multiple times with a number of dsixda's ROM versions. Also tried with a stock Rogers ROM on the Elfin. But never did manage to send a single SMS.

So now I have a Kaiser. I have tried sending a text message with the only 'stock' Rogers WM6.1 ROM available (a leaked beta, since Rogers never sold the Tytn II), and on WM6.5 ROMs from a few different cooks. As above, I tried on this device with every combination of information input I could think of. Still no texting out. Oh sure, I can receive a text message. Same as I could on the Motorola V220 which came 'free' with my Rogers account 3.5 years ago. But I couldn't send a text on that phone either.

So today I'm giving it one last try on the Kaiser. I can manage to send a 'text' message by going into the MMS dialogue and creating one of those slow beasties, just not including an image or a sound. On trying to send, Messaging asks if, since there is no media content, I want to switch to SMS... and if I select Yes then there is an immediate and all too familiar error: "Your text message could not be sent."

How very informative, how helpful... Anyway, if I send it anyway using the MMS protocol, it eventually goes out. Takes a few minutes, but it gets gone. I get replies via SMS, but cannot reply to those directly. Fun, huh?

Yeah, so I'm trying once more. This time I have manually deleted every bit of Rogers data information from the Settings > Communication area, and any non-default settings from the Messaging > Menu > MMS Options dialogue (the default connection cannot be deleted from that). Then I soft reset.

Then I have gone into the registry using Resco Explorer, and hunted down every mention of the word 'Rogers' and deleted whole keys where appropriate, or just emptied out data strings where that's all that is wanted (leaving intact generic system keys and strings and Dwords so as not to hoop the system). I have then soft reset. As far as I can tell, this is what Lurch is talking about when saying one has to delete all related data before installing.

Then I soft reset, again. Looking everywhere, I see nothing 'Rogers' magically re-appeared. So I installed the Lurch3559-Rogers.cab, soft reset when complete, and tried to connect in Comm Manager. Tapping the Data button only gets me to Settings > Connections > Connections. 3G though, that connected after a minute or so. Then trying again with the Data button the program hesitates a moment, and again dumps me back to Settings > Connections > Connections, apparently begging me to input something useful. Looking there, I find under Manage Existing Connections only one entry: Rogers Internet. There is nothing entered in Proxy Settings nor VPN. Tapping Edit on Rogers Internet shows this:

name: Rogers Internet

modem: Cellular Line (GPRS, 3G)

APN: internet.com

user: wapuser1

pass: ******************

And that's it. Nothing under Advanced, nothing else. Now comparing this to all the multi-line tutorials and it leaves me somewhat confused. When I then look into MMS Options in Messaging there is just this:

server: MMS Rogers

gateway: 172.25.0.107

port: 8080

server: http://mms.gprs.rogers.com

connect via: MMS Rogers

send limit: 300K

WAP version: WAP 2.0

I've seen a whole lot more information than these in lots of places. Some people would have us setting up 4, even 5 distinct servers, most with Rogers in the name with MMS or Internet or Media after, or contracted as in RogersMMS and RogersInternet, taking away the spaces for some reason. But back to the point; I still cannot send a simple text message.

My account costs me over $100/month, including the old $30/month for 6GB of data (most I've ever used prior to a week ago (when I bought the Kaiser), thanks to my slow Elfin, is about 5MB in a given month. Handy now and then, but a pain to use with less than 3G speed. This last week I've used almost 200MB! Woot! So internet data and email are not a problem with my connection and this phone. At least, not a problem when I have used the connection wizard to set up Rogers automagically. And hey, checking now with Netfront I find that the Lurch3559-Rogers.cab setup, without resorting to the Rogers wizarded one, gets me to my home page and some other pages, so general internet connectivity is working fine. But no texting. And my account type includes up to 2,500 text messages before extra charges kick in. Has for over 2 years. And I have not sent a single one.

So I guess I shall spend another hour or two this evening, getting bored beyond belief, keeping notes and trying all sorts of combinations. But what am I asking you good people? For a hint, if any can be offered. I've read this whole thread months ago, maybe more like a year. Yesterday I read it again, end to end. Nothing I've tried here has helped, and believe me, as a veteran tester of Pocket PCs and their software for a full decade (okay, 10 years this May, but it's close), with careful bug reports to hundreds of developers to my credit, Resco VIP and Microsoft Windows Mobile MVP current status, and just WAY too much time spent working on these little bastards, I can say with some confidence that I have tried everything available online. And Rogers 'support' department, as will come as a surprise to no one here, has been of zero help in this matter. My question, precisely? There are two:

- Could it be that the old (summer 2007) SIM card is just too old, that I need to somehow convince Rogers to give or sell me a new SIM?

- Or is there something else, anything, I could try? I welcome any suggestions, including 'give it up, live with it, it's just not worth the stress.' Problem with that one though... is that I absolutely HATE being beaten in trying to get full functionality out of my devices. I'm used to winning.