Man it's been a long time...

Thesis writing and job have sort of got in the way of writing anything for fun - which is a shame. Think I'll use this blog for handy tips/links as well as documenting stuff I'm writing (I was working on a smart file browser for OSX, but decided against it - it's already been done better :D).

So the reason I'm posting this is because I got sent new internet settings for my phone from O2. I don't use the web much from my phone, but it has been really useful on occasion. I use the ace Opera Mini for my browsing (the default Sony Ericsson one is terrible!!) and, annoyingly, these new settings killed it - I could no longer connect.

Frustrated I deleted all the internet/data settings and got them resent from O2 using their nifty settings page, I could now connect with the SE browser. "Hmm", I thought, "maybe its a broken config in opera", so I reinstalled opera. Still no worky worky.

Decided to hit up the mighty Google. (why am I bothering to make that a link?!?!?!?) and found a rather useful forum posting here. In summary of that post the default O2 settings transfer data over wap (why?!) and you need to change them to use http instead. This is done in:

"Menu" -> "Settings" -> "Connectivity" tab 
   -> "Internet settings" 
   -> "Internet Profiles" -> Highlight "O2 WAP GPRS" and select "More" 
      -> "Settings" -> select "Internet Mode" and change this to "HTTP"

You also want to use the proxy.

So now my phone is connected to the web again, I have the latest Opera browser and I think my MMS problems are sorted. I also found that you can install client certificates on the W800i - wonder if it'll like my grid certificate.....