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Originally Posted by rxb216
ok, I've got a really annoying problem that started when I jumped to wm6 on my apache/6700. I've looked around for an answer to this but didn't find anything...I didn't have this issue when running 3.5
When using the built in "pocket internet explorer", for some wierd reason when using my EVDO data connection, I can't open up the site msnbc.com, and I always get the error, "the page cannot be displayed or downloaded because the connection was lost".
Keep in mind that ALL other sites open JUST FINE, for example news.google.com opens ok. Even large sites like espn.com work, as well as the smaller mobile version of espn.
Now here is the wierd thing, if I connect via WIFI, then the msnbc.com site loads just fine. ALSO, if I cradle my device (and it connects via my "mobile device center" to my PC), the site, msnbc.com, also opens just fine (as I think the apache then uses the internet connection from my PC).
Oddly enough, msnbc.com DOES open using using DEEPFISH over EVDO, so I am really suspecting this is a pocket IE issue.
Somehow whenever the apache tries to "open" the msnbc.com site via EVDO using pocket IE, it just barfs and gives the error message i mentioned above. It's so strange that this one specific site make the 6700 go bonkers...
Any suggestions.....?
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I tested this, and found that it took much longer than usual to load the page. It did, however, finally load. About 10s into "Locating"
http://msnbc.com/, the data connection arrows went gray. About 10s later, the arrows went white again, and the page loaded. I did noticed that the URL changed from
http://msnbc.com/ to
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/.
I restarted IE and entered
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ instead of
http://msnbc.com/ and it popped right up. Looks like it has issues resolving the name. The main difference between WM6 and most 3.5 ROMs is that the DNS addresses have been changed from "Use Server Assigned Addresses" to the OpenDNS addresses found at
http://www.opendns.com/
For shits and giggles, I reset the DNS setting to "User Server Assigned Addresses" and then tried opening
http://msnbc.com/ and voila...it worked like a charm.
Please test the following and report back:
1) Try opening
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ and record your findings
2) Go to Start > Settings > System > Connections > Connections > Manage Existing Connections > Edit (Sprint PCS Vision). Tap Next until you reach the user name/password screen, then tap Advanced. Tap the Servers tab, and select "Use server-assigned addresses." Accept changes, restart IE, clear the cache in Tools > Options > Memory
3) Try opening
http://msnbc.com/ and record your findings
4) Post back here and let me know what you found out.
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I may have been barking up the wrong tree. The reason Deepfish doesn't have a problem is because it farms out everything to remote servers (thanks luv2chill) and just sends your phone an image of the site. Here's something else to try...install Opera Mobile and try loading msnbc.com. Does it come up? Also, follow step 2 above, then select "Use Specific Server address." Plug in these values for DNS and Alt DNS: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
Once you have the new addresses in, accept the changes, restart IE, clear your cache, then try to open msnbc.com. Any luck?
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