Tuesday 26 October 2010

BBC iPlayer on Nokia E71 download problems

if any of you have had problems finding a download link whilst using BBC iPlayer on your Nokia mobile phone, try connecting to your home wifi then revisiting the BBC iPlayer app.
Looks like O2 stifle the bandwidth enough for the option not to be offered inside the BBC app.
Oh and you need to remain connected to the same cell site to get the authentication code before playing your download for the first time, so do so before a train journey etc. I'm guessing as you move between cell sites your phone is assigned a new 'ip' address, making identification to bbc impossible?... Just a theory.
Sent from my Nokia phone

Wednesday 6 October 2010

REBEL SIM... update

I've been using this for the last week... so far so good! the handset works just as it did with the O2 sim in it. the only difference I've noticed is it just doesn't tell you what network you're actually on. I'm guessing that has more to do with the fact I'm on a Virgin sim, who I'm fairly sure uses T-Mobiles masts.. which might have just confused the fudge out of the rebel sim device.

In summary, if you want to put a different operators sim in your Dell Streak.. use a Rebel Sim!

Sunday 3 October 2010

REBEL SIM RULES!!!.. screw you O2



Today I received my Rebel Sim gadget, I've mentioned it previously on here as a way of getting around O2's obnoxious little "the Streak can't be unlocked because its a network specific blah blah blah". I bought it in hope more than anything.. how can a little thing like that get around a simlocked phone.. how?... well it does!

It was very easy to set up, you get an SD card case with your Rebel Sim adaptor inside, as you can see from the picture above its shaped like your sim card, all you need to do is, using a hole punch, cut a hole in the tapered end of your sim card so that the chip can sit inside it (image on the left shows the chip) then, place the rebel sim against your operator sim card and insert into your Dell Streak (rebel sims are available for other handsets). I used a little bit of cellotape to keep the rebel sim and operator sim together (also makes slotting into the phone easier). Switch the phone back and on and whizz bang.. your phone is unlocked and works perfectly on any network.. so screw you O2. I got a sim only deal from Virgin which offers 1gb of data not the poxy 500 offered by O2.

If you fancy a Dell Streak but don't want to be tied to O2.. like me.. you can! for £15 from Rebel Sim