[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] elkavayo:
Additional Information (Quite Technical)

Well, additional news.

I upgraded the phone to WM6.1 (RUU_Kaiser_HTC_WWE_3.03.405.0_radio_sign_25.70.40.02_1.64.06.04) and the good news is I did not turn it into a brick, the bad news is that nothing seems to change regarding the connection problem we are experiencing.

I'm doing a bit of technical research here as far as my abilities and capabilities permit. Again I'm providing this info just in case someone with a higher degree of expertise can help us.

All the tests below were performed immediately after upgrading to WM6.1, no custom apps installed, and immediatelly after a soft reset (using the stylus) and through T-Mobile USA full internet access plan ($19.99/mo, internet2.voicestream.com, no proxy)

I can ping yahoo.com (using vxUtil I posted above)

Start Ping yahoo.com (66.94.234.13)​

1 66.94.234.13 RTT=383 ms sz= 32 TTL = 51​

2 66.94.234.13 RTT=544 ms sz= 32 TTL = 50​

1 66.94.234.13 RTT=491 ms sz= 32 TTL = 51​

This means basic TCP/IP connectivity is good

Trace Route to yahoo.com

1 * Request time out​

2 * Request time out​

3 10.184.1.234 RTT=855 ms TTL=98​

4 10.184.96.45 RTT=591 ms TTL=0​

5 66.94.6.137 RTT=328 ms TTL=0​

... saving some space...​

13 216.109.112.135 RTT=501 ms TTL=52​

HTTP GET (yahoo.com)

HTTP/1.1 301 Moved+Permanently​

Date Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:11:13 GMT​

Connection Close​

Date Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:11:14 GMT​

Location: http://www.yahoo.com/​

Connection Close​

Content-Type: text/html; charset.....​

This means basic TCP connectivity OK, HTTP protocol okay.

Querying a time server

time.windows.com: connection refused 10060​

time.nist.gov: connection refused 10060​

At least connection refused means a connection was successfully attempted, not sure why it was refused.

This is the configuration parameters of my kaiser (obtained via vxIPConfig)

Cellular Line

Adapter Address: 00-00-00-00-00-00​

IP Address: 10.190.xx.xx​

Subnet mask: 255.0.0.0​

Default Gateway: 10.190.xx.xx​

DHCP Server: <blank>​

Primary WINS: 10.11.12.13​

Secondary WINS: 10.11.12.14​

DHCP Disbaled​

These are the stats of the GPRS line

HOST:

HostName: HTC87​

DNS Server: 192.168.16.5 <-my DNS server at home :D​

66.94.25.120​

66.94.9.120​

Node Type: hybrid​

IP Routing: NO​

IP Statistics:

IP Forwarding: 2​

Default TTL: 128​

Datagrams received: 58​

Received Header Errors: 0​

Received address errors: 0​

Outgoing Datagrams Requests: 44​

Interfaces: 3 <== GPRS, WiFi, USB cable​

IP addresses: 3 <== GPRS, WiFi, USB cable​

Routes in IP Routing table: 8​

There's a lot more info but I'm not sure how helpful could that be, so I'll save the space.

UPDATE: I can confirm that FTP works correctly. Using the FTP Plugin of Resco File Explorer, I was able to establish an FTP connection to ftp.freebsd.org, port 21, login ftp. I also installed Opera Mini 30 day eval. Same thing. All HTTP requests on port 80 fail. However, secure HTTP (port 443) tend to go though with a much higher chance of success. Can any body else confirm that?

Bottom line, it seems that the connectivity with T-Mobile is good and TCP/UDP connections can be successfully established from the phone. Now Why on earth can't the programs in the phone connect? That leaves us with WM6! Maybe a corrupt DLL? But I have re-installed, even upgraded the ROM!!!

I don't think the problem is the radio or the hardware itself, but something with WM6 that has gotten stuck and it's not been reset by clear storage or even new firmware. To the gurus here: is there any other memory area of the phone? Maybe a "hidden spot" or something?

As it stands, this what's working and what's not:

- PocketOutlook push email: working correctly both send and receive

- Pocket Internet Explorer: Hangs at "Opening..." (the phone doesn't actually freeze. PIE still responds and you can Stop the request or navigate to a different address, go to favorites, etc, but it's been 11 minutes and PIE is still trying to open google.com)

- Live Messenger: connects and retrieves online status but cannot establish conversation with any participant. UPDATE: Not true, it cannot connect at all.

Basically nothing has changed from the previous OS/Radio.

Help! I need somebody! Help! Not just anybody, Help! You know I need someone! Help!....:eek:

Thanks to all.