Re: Android running on US Cellular data service
 

This is correct. The voice plan you have has no effect on the settings for the data network. Unless of course you are on prepaid, but then you wouldn't have data when running winmo either. So don't bother switching to a nnational plan for this. However, most people not on a national plan would benefit by switching to the current national 1000 promo plan but that's for another discussion.

Re: Android running on US Cellular data service
 

As Makkonen said, I didn't see a subforum for TP1, and figured since TP2 users were having the same issue I would post under here.

I spent the majority of the evening last night trying pretty much everything I could possibly think of. All I've been able to accomplish is making the 3G icon change to an E icon, and then back again. IP still seems legit, but it's like it doesn't want to download. It's evident that the phone is sending a request, but never receives a reply or any data back from the tower. I tried a *228 to update the tower list, as a last desperation, and like I said earlier, all this managed to do was change the 3G icon to an E icon, and then back again. So obviously it's sending and possibly receiving some kind of data.

In winmo when you first try and access data you dial out to the #777 or whatever it is, and it receives a request for a user and pass. Even though the inputs are blank, a reply is made. This makes me think that it's a simple issue of the tower needing a response, even a blank response, of the user and pass. My reasoning that this isn't required in some areas is that a) they never had to do a blank user and pass in the first place, or b) the towers in that area for some reason recognized and saved the phone's user and pass...

Like I mentioned before, this is all well beyond me and I wish some genius would figure it out, but this is what I'm guessing.

Re: Android running on US Cellular data service
 

i was just on with USCC on the phone and they were waying that this summer they are more than likely going to have android phones. YES!!! If data isn't working by then maybe that will help us out on getting our data work

Re: Android running on US Cellular data service
 

yeah you dont work for USCC do you? they have 4 devices in testing. rumor is droid eris, moto droid, hero, and something else.

Re: Android running on US Cellular data service
 

My RAE told me about a week ago that there should be an Android released within 2 months. One thing about USCC is that they test devices for much longer than the average carrier. I asked what we are getting and was told that wouldn't be released just yet but what they are looking at is a high end device with a 2nd, mid level device shortly after if not together. Of course, anything that they release will be better than AT&T's first Android device. Motorola Backflip? Really AT&T? Way to suck.

EDIT: Not sure where you get your info on the devices, but the Moto Droid has an exclusive deal with Verizon. You won't see that exact device anywhere else for quite some time. And once the exclusive is up, it will be outdated and old news.

Re: Android running on US Cellular data service
 

Well, tested Android on a TP2 on US Cellular. No go here with data. Voice is great, and Wi-Fi works just fine.

Re: Android running on US Cellular data service
 

yah this blows, i want data service, lol, guess we will have to wait unless someone figures out the right apn settings. I think the problem is android as it is because want you change the mcc and mnc the apn settings disappear.

Re: Android running on US Cellular data service
 

I wonder if someone can contact someone at USCC and see what the APN settings are for the devices they are testing? Would that possibly be of some help?

Re: Android running on US Cellular data service
 

I was PMing with Earmuffs (who has USCC) and we were comparing data from EPST, specifically the Security tab. Under PPP USER ID and PASSWORD, my phone (Sprint) is just blank, while USCC uses <TenDigitPhone#>@uscc.net for user id, and <TenDigitPhone#> for password. Right now in Android, PPP doesn't use any username/password, and I think this might be the problem.

I'd like to test out this theory--could a USCC user PM me their phone #? I'll put the username/password into a rootfs and send it to back to you.

If anyone wants to try it themselves, you need to put the username/password into the rootfs in init.etc/ppp/pap-secrets, like so:
<TenDigitPhone#>@uscc.net (tab) * (tab) <TenDigitPhone#>

Re: Android running on US Cellular data service
 

PM Sent.. I will post info and results as they come.
Alex