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kuldaen - Feb 04, 2006 - 03:29 PM
Post subject: China Mobile(Monternet) WAP, MMS and SMTP/POP settings

Hi All,

I know there are posts here and there about MMS settings but having just gone through setting up my phone, I thought I'd post the official website for it so people can refer to it in one place if needed. All the linked sites are in chinese only but with Google or Altavista you can sort of make sense of it.

WAP
The WAP information page is :
http://www.monternet.com/moneditor/cs/wap/wapguide/
The settings you need are:
Wap Home : http://wap.monternet.com
Gateway IP : 10.0.0.172
Port: 9201

if you have GPRS:
GPRS APN : cmwap
No Username/Password needed

if not then the
CSD number is: 17266
username: wap
password: wap
Type: Modem (or simulated)

MMS
MMS setup is found here:
http://www.monternet.com/moneditor/cs/help/mms/

APN: cmwap
Server Name: http://mmsc.monternet.com
Gateway: 10.0.0.172
(some phones link this info together with the wap setup)

SMTP/POP Mail
The info can be found at
http://mail.monternet.com/
http://mail.monternet.com/free/gb/Help_QA.htm#a15

First thing you've got to do is register on the mail site: http://mail.monternet.com
Its all in chinese but I had GoogleTranslate in another window to translate the options Very Happy

Choose the first plan which is the free one (its the one that says 0RMB/Month (0元/月) The others may be better if you have larger email needs.

Enter your mobile number and you'll get an SMS with a confirmation password.
Enter the confirmation password
Enter your password and a question/answer in case you loose your password.
again it ask you for the plan...

Once that's all set up you need to setup your PDA. The instructions are here.
http://mail.monternet.com/free/gb/Help_QA.htm#a15
I assume you've setup your GPRS, Wap, MMS already so the relevant info for you is

Outgoing SMTP Server: smtp.17288.com Port: 25
Incoming POP3; pop.17288.com Port: 110
Username: Your Mobile Number
Password: Whatever you entered in registration

After that you should be able to send/receive mail from your phone/PDA.
The email address is YourNumber@17288.com eg 137xxxxxxx@17288.com

bernace_03 - Mar 24, 2006 - 09:04 PM
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Hi there.. Im sorry for im not good in technical issue... Im using Nokia N70 and I want to use my outlook 2003 to my mobile... I dont have the translation language i have tried its not working for me.. DO you have your MSN or YM? Maybe you can teach me?? THank mine is MSN: beb090303@hotmail.com YM: bernace03@gmail.com

MichaelT - Apr 23, 2006 - 12:56 AM
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fyi

If you have a Sony phone, SE has the settings for ALL the phones for almost ALL of the networks in the world, including China Mobile and Unicom.

Go to this link

http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=cn&lc=zh&ver=4000&template=ps3&zone=ps

Choose your phone, country, network, and input your phone #.

SE will text you a auto setting message. All you have to do is click "yes."

It even has the settings for most popular e-mail accounts.

maxiewawa - June 15, 2006 - 05:32 PM
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Hmmm... A bit of snooping around my E680i reveals a monternet button. I go to the English version and it's kinda crappy. The 'reading' version has some serials, one of which is the Great Gatsby.

Is that it? Do I have to go through all of the above, or has it already been set up?

Esse - June 19, 2006 - 07:57 PM
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So anyways, how do we cancel the subscription? I don't know what I pressed, I keep receiving porn-mms.

kuldaen - June 25, 2006 - 09:41 AM
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Esse wrote:

So anyways, how do we cancel the subscription? I don't know what I pressed, I keep receiving porn-mms.

You need to ring China Mobile or go into their service office and tell them you want to cancel the subscription. I believe you pay 6RMB a month for WAP and Monternet services so if you don't use it its best to cancel. There's probably some neat SMS code you can send to 1861 to cancel it but i don't know what it is.

Alternative I think is to remove your MMS settings from your phone configuration. Not sure though if it'll stop you receiving MMS though.

jenming - July 06, 2006 - 05:41 PM
Post subject: Re: China Mobile(Monternet) WAP, MMS and SMTP/POP settings

kuldaen wrote:

Outgoing SMTP Server: smtp.17288.com Port: 25
Incoming POP3; pop.17288.com Port: 110
Username: Your Mobile Number
Password: Whatever you entered in registration

After that you should be able to send/receive mail from your phone/PDA.
The email address is YourNumber@17288.com eg 137xxxxxxx@17288.com

Question - once this is set up, if someone were to send an email to 137xxxxxxx@17288.com, would my phone receive the email immediately? or would I have to check it? or perhaps there might be an SMS/MMS notification for me to check it?

computersolutions - July 10, 2006 - 12:26 AM
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I have all the codes you can use for SMS here (as well as a bunch of other useful telephone related stuff)

http://www.shanghaiguide.com/forum/index.php/topic,4102.0.html

Lawrence.

kuldaen - July 10, 2006 - 10:18 AM
Post subject: Re: China Mobile(Monternet) WAP, MMS and SMTP/POP settings

jenming wrote:

Not sure about the SMS notification. I set mine to poll every now and then. your phone should have a setting for this and also a send/receive option.

jedioncrk - July 17, 2006 - 05:52 PM
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I tried to setup email but the service doesn't actually send out SMS to me. I have to re-configure my phone to poll the email server, which can eat up the battery and also be latent.

jedioncrk - July 24, 2006 - 10:34 PM
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Well, I finally found another provider that does email to SMS alert service. There url is http://www.ipipi.com. They are a bit expensive, but it does what I'm looking for. Wink

(Also, doesn't have the spam bit of it)

pimpedout - Aug 03, 2006 - 04:01 PM
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Anyone know how to do this on a Dopod 818 Pro from HK?

rainstopme - Sep 01, 2006 - 02:07 PM
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pop3 is not going to work....can't use msn and yahoo mailbox
only some chinese mail service...like sina,21cn etc...

rainstopme - Sep 01, 2006 - 02:08 PM
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pop3 is not going to work....can't use msn and yahoo mailbox
only some chinese mail service...like sina,21cn etc...

paul2008 - Mar 29, 2007 - 11:10 PM
Post subject: GPRS cost

How expensive is it to surf with China Mobile's GPRS service?
Checking e-mails on a phone, surfing with a PDA?

deppy - Apr 27, 2007 - 01:27 PM
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Fed up with figuring the settings for WAP/MMS/GPRS for your phone? Wish for some OTA (over-the-air) help? Good news for Nokia phone users! I found this site. All you need to do is click on "Get standard settings" and follow the instructions on the window that appears. All you need to do is choose your Nokia phone model, the country you're in, the mobile operator and your phone number. The configurations will be sent to you and you just need to save it in your phone. No fuss, no muss!

http://www.nokia-asia.com/nokia/0,,78317,00.html

shanghaiceltic - June 24, 2007 - 07:52 AM
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/\ Thanks for that, just trying it now

shanghaiceltic - June 24, 2007 - 08:36 AM
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That works very nicely

bougie - June 24, 2007 - 08:40 AM
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^ you still have the 02 xda mimi? you need a special sim card or service to activate it ?

shanghaiceltic - June 24, 2007 - 08:58 AM
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Errr. It works, sort of. I left it in my trousers and then put them in the washing machine.

Dont need a special sim card though.

I splashed out on the N95 when I was in Singapore, got it from the Nokia shop in Suntec City. They had a special ffer S$1088 and I got another S$41 back from the GST refund.

bougie - June 24, 2007 - 09:08 AM
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Whoa .... not very water proof eh?

Yeah Andreas says good thangs about that Nokia. Seems a decent pcs of phonage ..

bougie - June 24, 2007 - 09:10 AM
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And as an added bonus as I have read above, I may even get lucky and get the free porn messages .. yay

shanghaiceltic - June 24, 2007 - 10:01 AM
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The N95 is good. I can use the GPS so I know where I am lost.

The O2 works but some buttons do not and it swithces itself off. The comapny that comes up with a waterproof mobile will have the world in their hands. This is the second phone that has gone in the drink. My first one fell in the fishpond.

The link that deppy gave is a godsend. Trying to talk to China Mobile and get sense out them is a pain.

Got the e-mail working now.

shanghaiceltic - June 24, 2007 - 10:03 AM
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The camera is good too.

bougie - June 24, 2007 - 11:56 AM
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deppy wrote:

I wonder if there is a similar one for o2 ... u mmm

MrBao - June 24, 2007 - 12:42 PM
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I got my N95 from Nokia Hong Kong... easy, English assistance, all accessories in stock. Works great. The downloaded settings mentioned previously got me connected immediately when I returned to Shanghai. If there are other N95 users here, I would be interested in chatting. n95users.com is very helpful but I would like to talk to other local users, for example about the China map, which seems to be detail deficient.

deppy - June 29, 2007 - 12:02 PM
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shanghaiceltic wrote:

The link that deppy gave is a godsend. Trying to talk to China Mobile and get sense out them is a pain.

I know! After a few failed attempts with manual settings, I finally found this site and was over the moon!

deppy - July 13, 2007 - 03:58 AM
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deppy wrote:

Ok, I got a couple of questions about the link I previously provided. It seems it's no longer available. Some days back, Nokia was maintaining their site and today, the page is totally gone.

No worries, I managed to find the direct link to the Nokia Phone Configurator:

https://nokiags.wdsglobal.com/standard?siteLanguageId=118

Good luck!

LaVecchiaSignora - Sep 10, 2007 - 09:23 PM
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What about Siemens?

cooljames - Sep 17, 2007 - 03:51 PM
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Hi
Can any body plz tell me how to configure EDGE in china mobile?
thanks
James
ming A1200

edwardtkh - Oct 21, 2007 - 09:16 AM
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Hi

I'm using Treo 688, bought in Singapore Starbub a couple of months back. Now in Shanghai, I tried to send/receive emails (my office and personal POP3 emails) but faced some problems. I managed to download the emails via GPRS but when I tried to send out, it doesn't work. I check the settings, and found that the SMTP still sets at Starhub setting (Singapore). I wish to understand, that if I register/change the SMTP settings to:

[quote]
Outgoing SMTP Server: smtp.17288.com Port: 25
Incoming POP3; pop.17288.com Port: 110
Username: Your Mobile Number
Password: Whatever you entered in registration
"After that you should be able to send/receive mail from your phone/PDA.
The email address is YourNumber@17288.com eg 137xxxxxxx@17288.com"

Will i still be able to download my office emails and when I send out, will my email recipients see a different email address (since i'm using some 137xxxxxxxxx@17288.com to send)?

Any one, any advice?

Thanks!

shalamazoo - Dec 03, 2007 - 08:15 PM
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are there anyway to block certain incoming calls or text message, there has been a lot of garbage text and unwanted sales call lately, don't know how they got my number??

katya_hehe - Mar 04, 2008 - 04:46 PM
Post subject: configuration setting

please help me on the configuration setting of my phone i just bought it and i have been wanting to use the mms services also the wap. i called the network provider(globe), they just cant help me. model is CECT-V8. thanks...please. dont ignore. you can send me the conf.setting of this phone through my mobile no. 09052139569. Question

tjohnso1 - Mar 04, 2008 - 04:54 PM
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Hello,
i just arrived in Shanghai and would like to purchase a local sim for the 2 weeks that i will be in China. But, it must also work in Beijing and Hongkong.
Can someone tell me how i can get a SIM card today still? Do i need to go to a store somewhere?
Also, i would like a card with a data option. that means, i can access the internet via the phone/sim.
thanks!!

bougie - Apr 19, 2008 - 08:04 AM
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I think maybe Lawrence or someone else might lend a hand.

I have just receive this company issued PDA htc TyTNII and my company has a PDA server in europe where a service such as blackberry if offered. I have just set-up GPRS connection by following the very 1st post and it seems as it is working, Comm Mgr says: my name (EDGE) 00:19:32 . Now I have the Larger E in the box on the left, and a smaller E just above the signal stength indicator.

I'm not very sure what this GPRS connection is for. I cannot reach any internet site. But using wifi it is working fine and I can get the web sites up. Maybe I just don't quite understand the GPRS capabilities or there is something wrong with my connection settings

zanderion - Apr 19, 2008 - 09:45 AM
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GPRS allows for internet connections. Similar to 3G but older standard I guess.

bougie - Apr 19, 2008 - 09:49 AM
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Mine connects to GPRS / 3G .. but then i cannot get any sites to load up .. could it be a configuration issue? Like when your computer is connected on-line but some internet settings are not correct?

Using wi-fi at home it works fine.

Edit: Just changed it to cmnet and it also is working now.

hawks - May 16, 2008 - 08:51 PM
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It is very easy actually. But first, make sure you have China Mobile enable your service to get the 20 RMB per month package which give you plenty of data usage. Otherwise you have to pay by the kb, and it adds to be much more (but still cheaper than in the US).

For internet - China Mobile GPRS settings:
Go to settings / connections / GPRS (depends on phone, but GPRS is the setting you want).
If necessary, add a new connection.

Connects to: The internet
Access point (or APN): cmnet
User name: leave blank
Password: leave blank
* leave all else blank.

For MMS:
MMSC URL: http://mmsc.monternet.com
then use your GPRS for CM

If only using WAP, then
Address: 10.0.0.172
APN: cmwap

rayne - Aug 07, 2008 - 06:14 PM
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Aaaaaaargh! I can't get my P1 phone to work the MMS. cry

lanie - Oct 08, 2008 - 08:53 PM
Post subject: Re: China Mobile(Monternet) WAP, MMS and SMTP/POP settings

HI,can you help me on how can i find the english translation to register my phone on MMS.I have my LG KU990 but i cannot go through

I know there are posts here and there about MMS settings but having just gone through setting up my phone, I thought I'd post the official website for it so people can refer to it in one place if needed. All the linked sites are in chinese only but with Google or Altavista you can sort of make sense of it.

WAP
The WAP information page is :
http://www.monternet.com/moneditor/cs/wap/wapguide/
The settings you need are:
Wap Home : http://wap.monternet.com
Gateway IP : 10.0.0.172
Port: 9201

if you have GPRS:
GPRS APN : cmwap
No Username/Password needed

if not then the
CSD number is: 17266
username: wap
password: wap
Type: Modem (or simulated)

MMS
MMS setup is found here:
http://www.monternet.com/moneditor/cs/help/mms/

APN: cmwap
Server Name: http://mmsc.monternet.com
Gateway: 10.0.0.172
(some phones link this info together with the wap setup)

SMTP/POP Mail
The info can be found at
http://mail.monternet.com/
http://mail.monternet.com/free/gb/Help_QA.htm#a15

First thing you've got to do is register on the mail site: http://mail.monternet.com
Its all in chinese but I had GoogleTranslate in another window to translate the options Very Happy

Grisham - Oct 10, 2008 - 02:11 PM
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Is the iPhone 3g capable of receiving and sending mms? I already inputed the "cmnet" to the APN and username, and I can browse websites (GPRS), but I can't seem to receive mms picture messages.

Can anyone help? Thanks!

MichaelT - Nov 26, 2008 - 11:57 AM
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The iPhone simply don't have 3G from Apple.

However my grey market P990i also have problem with MMS even with all the settings correct. I've heard its a lock on grey market phones.

computersolutions - Nov 26, 2008 - 06:36 PM
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@Grisham, yes.

You need to install SwirlyMMS, you'll also need a jailbroken phone in order to download it from Cydia or Installer.

ftg888 - June 19, 2009 - 12:27 AM
Post subject: CHINA UNICOM GSM GRPS SETTINGS APN: UNINET

If your using china unicom's gsm sim card the following works for internet access.

apn: uninet

THATS IT. if you call them and ask them they will only tell you to use
"uniwap" thats useless for gprs/edge internet. oh and subscribe to the grps20
gives u 100mb data for 20 rmb a month more or less depending on what u need. overall it works ok.

AGAIN APN: uninet

works for me.

Andy

victorinchina - Oct 25, 2009 - 03:45 PM
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Android settings: http://www.android86.com.cn/skill/189.html

Found above link and got MMS working on my HTC Hero, using China mobile.

Name: cmwap
APN: cmwap
Proxy: 10.0.0.172
Port: 80
Username: <not_set>
Password: <not_set>
Server: <not_set>
MMSC: http://wap.monternet.com
MMS port: 80
MMS protocol: WAP 2.0
MCC: 460
MNC: 00
APN type: <not_set>

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