I am following up from my previous post, i-Mate SP3 & Dialog GSM In Sri Lanka - Teething Troubles. The good news is I now have my i-mate SP3 connected to the internet using Dialog GSM's pre-paid service. My wife, Helen, took the i-mate SP3 to the local Dialog GSM centre (on Duplication Road, just down from Liberty Plaza) and it took a couple of their technicians 15 minutes or so to get it connected.
It was the first time they had seen an i-mate SP3 as apparently it is not a model readily available in Sri Lanka.
For the record the way to get it connected to Dialog GSM you need to select
- Start, 8 Settings, 9 More, 2 Data Connections, Menu, 1 Edit Connections, 4 GPRS Connections, Menu, Add (giving the connection a name) and ensure the following properties are set (leaving all others blank - or 0.0.0.0)
- Connects To: The Internet
- Access Point: ppinternet
- Start, 8 Settings, 9 More, 2 Data Connections,
- Internet Connection: <The name you gave the connection setup in the point above>
- Start, 4 Internet Explorer, Menu, 6 Options, Connections and set the following property:
- Select Network: The Internet
I had done all of the above but used the incorrect Access Point as both the one on the web site and the one given out by their on-line support were incorrect.