Motorola A1200 T-Mobile Settings

Posted January 16, 2008 under ming

I could have sworn that I posted this a while ago, but when I told someone to look for the information here on this site he informed me that I was wrong. Oops.

It’s quite simple to get the Ming to work with T-Mobile’s data network in the US:

Start the setup app (normally under Home->Extra, but this depends on the theme that you use)
Scroll down and click on “Data network” (almost at the bottom)
Click the menu icon and “New”
Name the profile to your liking (how about “T-Mobile”?)
Leave GPRS settings blank
Set APN to wap.voicestream.com
Leave User name and Password blank
The default Timeout of 15 minutes works for me
Primary gateway IP is 216.155.165.50, Port: 8080
Secondary gateway IP is 216.155.165.51, Port: 8080
Select DNS server and fill out the following two servers
216.155.175.40
216.155.175.170
CSD setting dial in number is +19132440821
Don’t select Query at Logon and leave User name and Password blank again
Baud rate is Auto
Line type is Modem
Timeout once again 15 minutes
Same DNS servers as above
Click Save and you are done

Now whenever the phone tries to open a data connection (for example when you use it as GPRS/EDGE modem for your Mac), T-Mobile will be one of the options presented to you.

The settings above have worked for me for more than a year now - and once you have enabled the EDGE hack you get pretty decent throughput!

Thanks for visiting!
I hope this was helpful - if not, please leave a comment and let me know why! Were you searching for something else? Did I miss an important aspect?

3 Comments so far

Myrna Rios on May 13th, 2008

On the Motorola a1200….I followed your directions. I can connect to T-Zones fine, I can send and receive text and was able to send an MMs but I cannot receive MMS and I can pair with a bluetooth device but other devices cannot pair with mine. Are there other setting I need to adjust?
Thank you so much for your help
Myrna
Allen on May 28th, 2008

You can send a test mms to 222, then try to recieve a mms. If it fails, it’s most likely a software limitation with T-mobile networks; the phone is not fully compatible with T-mobile. It several of those a1200s that came from China have an issue with mms, either sending or recieving.
Shavonna on July 12th, 2008

I am having issues with a motorola ming I purchased from ebay. I have tmobile and can connect to tzones, but when I try to download I get the error code MNFE. I have contacted tmobile and motorola which was no help. I think this phone was a bad purchase. I also can’t send or receive pictures. These are the 2 biggest problems so far and I have only had the phone for 2 days. Please HELP ANYONE. mccollistern@yahoo.com

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