[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] elkavayo:
Hello,

I have been experiencing an strage connectivity problem. I'll try to be as precise as possible to facilitate understanding.

I have owned an HTC TYTN II (unlocked, UK version bought in USA through MobilePlanet) connected in the USA through T-Mobile since December 2007. I subscribe to T-Mobile full internet ($19.99 internet2.voicestream.com, no proxies)

The phone has worked wonders during this time and I have push email with Microsoft exchange 2003, I could browse the internet, any sites, download youtube videos, streaming audio, whether for the home plug-in, etc.

Suddenly, 2 days ago, I was downloading the news on an RSS reader and it could not connect to any of the feeds. Strange! I thought. I reset the phoen and everything continue working. By the way, even when the RSS reader and PIE could not connect, I DID continue to receive emails through the same EDGE connection.

yesterday something similar happened. PIE would stop at "Locating..." even for www.google.com. I changed my DNS servers to OpenDNS and it "seemed" to solve the issue, however, a few hours later, Live messenger could not connect. I reset the DNS servers to the T-Mobile default and it did not fix the problem. PIE cannot connect, whether plugin cannot connect, Live messenger cannot connect, prRSS reader cannot connect ..BUT...Outlook receives push emails as if nothing had happened.

This morning I called T-mobile. They made me go through the configuration again. Made me change my SIM card to another T-Mobile phone (my wife's) in the same area to eliminate power outages or tower problems as the likely cause. Again, the Tytn could not connect by my wife's phone with my SIM card connected perfectly (yahoo, google, etc). I reset the TYTN II to use the T-zones (wap) connection instead, and the same thing happened: Connecting...Locating...Opening.... stays there forver. T-Mobile rep suggested "Clear Storage", which I did, and then a "hard-cold-factory reset" to no avail.

before the reset, I tried a, little tool I have to troubleshoot networking problems. it basically does an HTTP/GET from a given site and dumps the HTML text on the screen. i tried it with Google and yahoo and it worked, very quickly, as expected.

Bottom line. This is the situation right now:

- Factory reset TYTN II. No custom applications installed. No tweaks or customizations.

- T-Mobile full internet plan (internet2.voicestream.com)

- PIE doesn't work (Connecting...Locating---Opening... stays there forever)

- Live messenger doesn't Work

- prRSS doesn't work, weather plugin doesn't work

- Outlook exchange connection DOES WORK and has never stopped working.

The same setting used to work for 2 months. Phone has not been dropped, gotten wet, exposed to magnetic fields, etc.

PIE works through other connections (WiFi for example)

UPDATE: If I try to navgate to a web page using PIE, i.e, www.google.com, it goes: Connecting...Locating...Opening.... after several long minutes it error outs with this error message:

The page cannot be displayed or downloaded because the connection was lost. check the connection and try again later.

I have owned WM phones since the Motrola MPX-200, MPX-220, Dash (WM3, WM5, WM6....) and Symbian phones (E61) and I have never experienced anything like it.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

Much appreciated. Thanks in advance...

Luis