Setting up the Sony Ericsson P1i on ATT
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ARTICLE WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN JANUARY 2008. I NO LONGER OWN THE SONY P1i AND CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE UP TO DATE.
I recently purchased a Sony Ericsson P1i for work. My days of living with a Verizon phone — horribly crippled of all of its cool features — were over. I bought it off Amazon, took it to the AT&T store, got my SIM card…and was told “Uh. You can purchase the data and messaging plan, but since it’s not an AT&T device, I can’t help you set it up.”huh?So come to find out AT&T throws what seems like a pity party. “You didn’t buy the phone from us, and it doesn’t have our branding! Booooo! You can setup the phone yourself!”Fine, I thought, I’ll just go back to work, look up the settings online, and boom. No problem. Trouble was, the settings I found on forums were either too old to match my situation or were not quite what I needed.So here ya go, P1i user…(or other SE unlocked phone user) … here are the settings to get you started:WAP
Use the Sony Ericsson P1i setup: HERE.It’s *crucial* you use this tool. Entering this data manually doesn’t seem to work for me and will affect MMS settings later.MMS
(The other settings don’t seem to matter. I have mine set to: “Auto Download: Home Only”, and “Download Size: No restrictions”)SMS
That’s it! I had a problem where I could send SMS’s out, but could not receive them. I had to call ATT customer support (and have them tell me they couldn’t fix my device cos it wasn’t ATT branded). After some sweet talking, she had me read her the IMEI number (press *#06# on your SE phone). I pulled my battery and SIM card, rebooted, and whatever she did with my IMEI number worked. It seemed it was a network provisioning error.If this doesn’t work for you, leave a comment. I’m (hopefully) pretty quick at answering.
Enjoy! And happy phone-ing!
I recently purchased a Sony Ericsson P1i for work. My days of living with a Verizon phone — horribly crippled of all of its cool features — were over. I bought it off Amazon, took it to the AT&T store, got my SIM card…and was told “Uh. You can purchase the data and messaging plan, but since it’s not an AT&T device, I can’t help you set it up.”huh?So come to find out AT&T throws what seems like a pity party. “You didn’t buy the phone from us, and it doesn’t have our branding! Booooo! You can setup the phone yourself!”Fine, I thought, I’ll just go back to work, look up the settings online, and boom. No problem. Trouble was, the settings I found on forums were either too old to match my situation or were not quite what I needed.So here ya go, P1i user…(or other SE unlocked phone user) … here are the settings to get you started:WAP
Use the Sony Ericsson P1i setup: HERE.It’s *crucial* you use this tool. Entering this data manually doesn’t seem to work for me and will affect MMS settings later.MMS
- Go to: Main Menu > Control Panel > Messaging > MMS Account
- Under “Service Center Address”, enter: “https://mmsc.cingular.com”
(The other settings don’t seem to matter. I have mine set to: “Auto Download: Home Only”, and “Download Size: No restrictions”)SMS
- SMS Service center address: +13123149810
That’s it! I had a problem where I could send SMS’s out, but could not receive them. I had to call ATT customer support (and have them tell me they couldn’t fix my device cos it wasn’t ATT branded). After some sweet talking, she had me read her the IMEI number (press *#06# on your SE phone). I pulled my battery and SIM card, rebooted, and whatever she did with my IMEI number worked. It seemed it was a network provisioning error.If this doesn’t work for you, leave a comment. I’m (hopefully) pretty quick at answering.
Enjoy! And happy phone-ing!
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