Ah all very interesting developments. I certainly hope Nokia releases that application. Otherwise if I can't get Bing to work, that will be a huge impediment using the phone.
I called everyone today -- Nokia and Straight Talk. Nokia was a disaster. Straight Talk less so.
1.) Nokia: Techs in India could barely speak English and did not listen to responses. Their tech totally screwed up the phone. He did not know what was causing the basic problem -- I had 4g on board, I could access 4G data using IE, and I could finally download apps using 4g data. Bing, however, could not function unless on WiFi and, secondly, the big problem entering MMS settings precluded MMS messaging.
Re the MMS prob the tech stated that it was AT&T that forbade Nokia from installing the Connections app onto the phone allowing access to MMS settings for MVNO users. No other way to enter the settings, period.
Re the Bing problem, the tech first had me change all the proxy settings and see if that would work. All that did was mess up the 4g and put the phone onto Edge. (On Edge, Bing worked!) However then IE would not access the internet anymore! It was a mess. I had to master reset the phone several times and take the sim out before I finally set things back to 4G as before. Then, the tech and supposedly his supervisor claimed that Bing would not work properly because the phone did not have an LTE-enabled SIM chip in it. He said that was the reason. I was furious because 1.) it sounded preposterous because 95% of the country does not have LTE; and 2.) if it is actually true, then the phone, unlocked or not, (mine is contract free but so far locked), then that means NO MVNO user can fully use the phone because only ATT has LTE-enabled SIMs, no? Total complete monopoly. How can this be deemed a 'world phone' if it only works fully under ATTs network?
Straight Talk: Clueless but actually much more helpful and nicer than usual. Basically said they provide the service and that it was working fine on their end, and that if the phone doesn't offer MMS settings, than they can't do anything to change it. At least they did give me a free month of service.
So can some people connect to ST undr 4G with Bing functionality? If yes, perhaps my phone has the software bug that may be fixed monday? Otherwise, will no Lumia 900s ever be able to use Bing (critical for this phone) without running an LTE-capable SIM? Are we just doomed on this one?
I called everyone today -- Nokia and Straight Talk. Nokia was a disaster. Straight Talk less so.
1.) Nokia: Techs in India could barely speak English and did not listen to responses. Their tech totally screwed up the phone. He did not know what was causing the basic problem -- I had 4g on board, I could access 4G data using IE, and I could finally download apps using 4g data. Bing, however, could not function unless on WiFi and, secondly, the big problem entering MMS settings precluded MMS messaging.
Re the MMS prob the tech stated that it was AT&T that forbade Nokia from installing the Connections app onto the phone allowing access to MMS settings for MVNO users. No other way to enter the settings, period.
Re the Bing problem, the tech first had me change all the proxy settings and see if that would work. All that did was mess up the 4g and put the phone onto Edge. (On Edge, Bing worked!) However then IE would not access the internet anymore! It was a mess. I had to master reset the phone several times and take the sim out before I finally set things back to 4G as before. Then, the tech and supposedly his supervisor claimed that Bing would not work properly because the phone did not have an LTE-enabled SIM chip in it. He said that was the reason. I was furious because 1.) it sounded preposterous because 95% of the country does not have LTE; and 2.) if it is actually true, then the phone, unlocked or not, (mine is contract free but so far locked), then that means NO MVNO user can fully use the phone because only ATT has LTE-enabled SIMs, no? Total complete monopoly. How can this be deemed a 'world phone' if it only works fully under ATTs network?
Straight Talk: Clueless but actually much more helpful and nicer than usual. Basically said they provide the service and that it was working fine on their end, and that if the phone doesn't offer MMS settings, than they can't do anything to change it. At least they did give me a free month of service.
So can some people connect to ST undr 4G with Bing functionality? If yes, perhaps my phone has the software bug that may be fixed monday? Otherwise, will no Lumia 900s ever be able to use Bing (critical for this phone) without running an LTE-capable SIM? Are we just doomed on this one?
Bing then worked. But then, a few minutes later, 4G kicked in! And Bing still worked!!!!!!! Phew!!!!!!!!
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