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The $7 unlimited data is not compatible with iphones, don’t get scammed!

I love all these workarounds people keep coming up with.:)

Bruno Daigle, not sure what you’re doing, but if properly unlocked, you only do it once per Apple update. I have 2 of them from week 2 and 2 more weeks 46 and 49 all are very happy, it sounds like you either used a goofy approach to unlock or bought one that had been messed with by a kid on crack.

Oh yeah, they all run 1.1.4.

Download Zibri’s ZiPhone app and do it right.

Get the details from iClarified.

After that, if no go, you have a serious problem.

I am using LG Viewty instead of iphone, but I do want to join this conversation as I just added the value pack from fido. On fido.ca (or rogers.ca) it stated that it have to be a fido-certificated phone in order to go under the unlimited surfing Option.

I had set my phone to be internet.fido.ca and loaded all the webpage instead of google map, google mail…

I want to know if i will be charged if I am using a non-fido certificated phone to access the internet under the unlimited-surfing plan.. Anybody know how would Fido/Roger finds out I am using a non-fido phone?

the IMEI number from your device comes up on Fido/Rogers end…that tells them what make/model phone you are using.

and I should add, there’s no way to “trick” the IMEI #…
2 months of the $7 unlimited Rogers data plan and not a single ‘extra’ charge from them…one of the best deals out there.

$7 internet plan is a SCAM

I spoke to the FIDO reps all day today and figured this out. The fido plan is only free when you use the http://wap.fido.ca portal to browse the internet. On a regular fido cellphone that is the home page and will be free, there are a bunch of websites that can be accessed from there like facebook. If you go to a regular website, like google, you will be charged 5c/KB.

I am getting my iphone in a few days so I am not sure if safari can open wml pages. If they are not, then the data will not be free.

Hi. First of all, thank you for the settings provided for edge at the top of this page. I entered it into my iPhone and it worked. I’m really surprised that it did, but it worked. I have an 8gb iPhone, running 1.1.4

So here is my question: I am with Fido on the old City Fido plan. I don’t have a data package. Will i be charged for using the edge network with the settings provided at the top of this page if i don’t have a data package with Fido?

I’ve also read that the $7 unlimited package offered by Fido only applies to Fido phones only. Some say it doesn’t matter. Anyone been able to come up with a final answer to this query?

Hey guys.
So i just spoke to Fido about an hour ago regarding the $7 unlimited surfing package. Pretty much got the same answer as Fahad did in the post before mine.

If you use the wap settings then your surfing is unlimited. But the pages you can visited WILL be limited as not all sites have a wap address. But from what i’ve READ, some of the most used and popular sites are supported. Don’t know how much truth there is to that, but i’m guessing it will be different for different people as everyone has their own idea of what sites are popular.

There is a second “data” setting the Fido rep. mentioned to me. I’m guessing this is internet setting that is provided at the top of the page, which is the one i tried out early this morning when i stumbled onto this lovely site. Whatever this data setting is, it is NOT UNLIMITED, but does allow you to visit ANY/ALL websites and view them REGULARLY like on a normal computer. It has a 25mb a month limit.

I mentioned to him that i was using an iPhone asked him to verify with his supervisor if it would be supported. He told me it would be. I asked him to verify with his supervisor. His supervisor said that as long as you know where to input the settings to get the EDGE network up and running the iPhone would be supported, however, you’re out of luck if you need any help as they don’t know anything about the iPhone and as a result would not be able to help you input or fix any settings issues you may have.

I think we’re better off using plain old WIFI than paying for a data plan. Conversley though, the 25mb limit from Fido is bigger than Bell who only offers an 8mb a month limit, which is apparantley their highest limit.

The Fido rep also mentioned that there was a “Value” package for $20, which includes: 2,500 text messages, enhanced voicemail, who called feature and unlimited internet surfing (using wap settings of course). That’s a pretty good deal i’d say. I’m paying an extra $19 a month with taxes and all i have is the 2,500 text feature. If i add a dollar more i get 3 more features i didn’t have before, including the unlimited surfing.

One could also get the date settings which allows you 25mb a month and use it only when you need it. Otherwise, just use your WIFI. From what i’ve heard, web pages on a cell phone are smaller in size so you don’t won’t be using up too much of your 25mb when you’re viewing sites. Use it when you really need it when there’s no WIFI around and you could have internet everywhere, all the time.

If there is anyone out there who has used the edge settings with the date package from Fido could you please tell us if you had any extra charges?

My apologies for the long post. Figured i’d share as much as i could in one go. Happy iPhone-ing!

Tried the $7 unlimited option with Fido for 2 months and all my browsing went through it, so I DIDN’T get charged. This is my 3rd month, but I’m being carefull on how much data I’m using.

mine its work everything fine as the plan $7 fido edge plan set the my edge APN internet.fido.ca after i called the fido to get access the $7 plan then set it up after 3 mins turn wifi off tried it and completely works (hopely continuesly) but its work as wat the plan…. thanx anyways for the info…..

Hi,
I just purchased I iPhone and I live in Canada. I had it hooked up with Fido and do not have internet on it an emails. I went to Fido branch so that they will give me APN password ect… but they refused. Even if I go with a unlimited plan for internet and emails they say I will be charge 3 cent a kilo something that will make a big bill at the end of the month !!!!Help someone…

Jean

Hey I was reading some of the fine print on fido’s website and it says that they will charge an extra 5 cents for evey KB on a phone not authorized by fido even if you have a surfing plan. Is anyone aware of this or if they charge for the iphone.

Please someone give us the edge settings:
EDGE
APN
Username
password

Thanks

Jean

Hey Jean the settings are at the top of the page.
Internet.fido.ca for APN
fido
fido
for user name & password

Make sure you call fido and add the $7.00 unlimited package to your plan
if they ask if you have a fido phone just say yes

Set your iPhone up and surf away. It works
I’ve called them back to see if there were extra charges and the answer was “No”

So we are good to go
I don’t think there system is set up to detect iPhones yet

All this typed on my iPhone

Hi John,
Any one can confirm thsi info that John just gave to me. I don’t want to get stuck with a fat bill.

Thanks

Voici ce que j’ai reussi a avoir de la conseillere de Fido:

Bonjour,

Vous trouverez ci-dessous l’information nécessaire à la mise en marche du service d’internet mobile sur votre appareil ainsi que d’autres réglages souvent requis. Vous devrez consulter le guide de l’utilisateur de votre appareil afin d’identifier où et comment vous pourrez entrer cette information.

Réglages pour WAP (Internet mobile):
APN : wap.fido.ca
Nom d’utilisateur : fido
Mot de passe : fido
Train secondaire (WAP IP) : 205.151.011.011
Point d’accès (WAP Port) : 9201

Réglages pour GPRS (Internet mobile):
APN : internet.fido.ca
Nom d’utilisateur : fido
Mot de passe : fido

Réglages pour courriels (POP 3):
Adresse SMTP: gprs.fido.ca
Commande modem : +cgdcont=1,”IP”,”internet.fido.ca”

Réglages pour MMS (Messagerie image et vidéo):
APN: mms.fido.ca
MMS IP: 205.151.011.013
Adresse URL: http://mms.fido.ca

Numéro du centre de messages SMS (messagerie texte): +1 514 993-1123

Numéro du centre de messagerie: +1 416 822-1123 / +1 514 992 1123 / +1 604 618-1123 / +1 403 714-1123

Il est à noter que tout entrée doit impérativement être en lettres minuscules.

Après avoir configuré votre appareil, vous devriez être en mesure d’utiliser nos services. Toutefois, nous ne pouvons en fournir la garantie si vous utilisez un autre appareil que Fido, et ce même si celui-ci fonctionne par ailleurs.

Sincèrement,

Maria
Conseillère Internet sur http://www.fido.ca

The $7 unlimited surfing plan with Fido works. I just signed up for it on April 2nd. I received my bill yesterday. The billing cycle was from Marc 27, 2008 to April 26, 2008. I was charged $19.15 for visiting a few pages on March 27, which is undestadable since i didn’t have the surfing plan at the time.

I signed up for the plan and here we are a month later. No charges. I used over 11,000 kilobytes. and didn’t get charged a single penny for it. It’s awesome. To top it all off, i even mentioned to Fido that i had an iPhone. the rep was nice enough to advise me to just monitor my usage, but that if my internet was working fine and iwasn’t getting charged for it i would be okay. He also mentioned that if the settings are entered incorrectly then you could also get charged.

So make sure you enter all the info correctly and you’re good to go.

apn: internet.fido.ca
Username:fido
Password:fido

For those of you who are worried, just do it. It works. Also as a side note, back in late February and early March, i surfed the web with the settings i had entered WITHOUT being on the unlimited surfing plan. I only visited a few pages to make sure it was working. I ended up paying over $279 for it. So i guess you could say i’m an example of “before and after” lol. If you’ve used the settings and visted a few pages then expect to get billed for it very nicely depending on how many pages you visited. Sign up for the unlimited plan now or you’ll be crying about it later.

HI,
Ok I wanted to conect my iPhone with Fido but they can’t because I need a IMEI code from a Fido phone. For them to be able to access my file they need this code so that I could have internet on my iPhone. Otherwise than that they can’t have accesss to the program because it does not see that what I have is their phone. Could someone give me a IMEI code from one of their phone from Fido and it has to be a Canadian phone. To be able to have this number take your Fido phone and enter the following *#06# and it will give you your IMEI code, this is what I need..

Thanks

Jean

hi jean major im not sure what exaclty you mean by connect youre iPhone to fido because me i been using my fido sim card with the other previos phone what i have which is i just bought it in just a fido sim card like as good to go then when i have the iPhone i just transfered my sim to the iPhone no need such a IMEI thingy code, or you mean the edge all u hav to do is call fido and ask them u wana get $7 package for edge as like what i have and working perfectly then if u have sign up then u need to go iPhone setting, network, and edge u will see the APN Username and Password so u have to fill it up APN: internet.fido.ca Username: fido Password: fido thats all you hav to type in make sure you have it right then u can try turn your wifi off then the edge logo will appear at the top then try to use internet like safari…. let me know if im missing something…

Hi,
I have called 7 time to Fido to have my iphone connected to the internet
and I have talked to 7 different sales rep. They have all told me that I
can’t have intenet in a iPhone. At a certain time in the setup they ask me
for a IEMI phone code and it has to be a Fido phone from Canada, I don’t
have such a code I have a iPhone!
If you could connect internet on a iPhone your good. Call them at this phone
number and try…I have tried 7 time and they will not hook me up…Call and
try 1(888)481-3436 Good luck!

Just figured I’d cleanup a couple things here… First off, I work for Fido myself as a customer service rep (call 611, hit ’0′, and you have a 1 in 343 chance to get me). Second, down to the base of the information.

The IMEI number is not required to open internet access to your account. The only requirements are that you have the proper internet settings set into your phone, and to have an option (CSR’s call it a ‘SOC’) that adds pay per use GPRS access. The SOC code is GPPPU. Data is always at a base rate of $.05 / 1kb. Roughly 1024 kb per 1 mb, 1024 mb for 1 gb, and so on.
Anytime you are using an unlocked phone of any brand, make or model, you are automatically locked out on any and all technical support. And I’m guessing here that Jean is looking to get an IMEI number because he’s complaining of some sort of charge that he belives would have been caused by his phone, but rather than admit to Fido that he has an unlocked phone, he’s looking to get an IMEI number from another fido gsm locked phone to give them in attempts to pawn it off as the actual phone model he’s using. So please, do not give out your IMEI.

Anyway, back onto the the unlocked iPhone!

there are certain applications on the phone itself that automatically connect to the internet, such as the weather application, news feeds, and RSS links or bookmarks saved in your browser, stock alerts, etc. Each one off these applications connect at a set regular time (which we can see exactly when that time is ) and download little packets of data from the apple server to update itself with newer information. Each and every time these applications are updating, they connect to any GPRS network settings currently placed inside the phone. if those settings happen to be Fido’s, then guess what… you can automatically get charged a lot of data transferring. Upwards of $10,000. (I’ve personally dealt with accounts a little above $19,000). Yes, it is true that once you add either the $7 unlimited surfing or the $20 value package that you can avoid these charges, but the reason that is, is only because we currently have a lot of network issues with unlocked iphones. Normally those options will ONLY cover you if you are surfing in the wap.fido.ca portal, also known as the surf download and play portal. Soon enough we will be updating our systems to change this option, so that you will be charged for data use with the application updates like normal. AT&T’s contract with apple covers customers for the data transfer, but we’re not AT&T, and we don’t cover it, they are valid charges.

Anyway, I think that’s it. I’ll come back and check here again the next cpl day’s for any questions if you want. BTW, not every representative knows this information, because this is not required information to know. I know this because I have a technical education background. Please do not expect the rep that you speak to to have ANY knowledge about the iPhone, let alone that it even exists. We know Fido, because we are Fido

hello . i have the fido city in montreal with the unlimited mobile internet 7$ nut i took the pack of the 20$. the surprise that lot of pple say they can use youtube , they can use this and that… bullshit sorry for that .
i use youtube but i use a connect internet.fido.ca i use everything as if i on my computer but its on my mobile and i never payed 1 cents more then my pack. + the 2500 instant messages when i use to have a nokia i downloaded a windows live msg that have a display pic ( they use it the most in europe and china ) and also i go surprise last month with the bill not even 1 message has been used from my limited 2500 instant message …
i use google map . gmail. widset. opera. internet radio to hear the nostalgie liban .
and no with iphone it still the same thing nothin has been changed
Im Happy

Comment by Jean concerning the response of Comment by FidoCSR
2008-05-14 08:59:40
Every time that I talk to a Fido rep I get a different answer, some say that I need a IMEI #, some say that internet can’t be connected to a iPhone, some say that it is possible and then some say that they are no surcharge on browsing if I set up the internet on my iPhone and then some say I will be charge. But everytime I want to connect the internet on my iPhone they try and they put me on old so that they could talk to a supervisor and then they come back saying that they cant. So FidoCSR if you are so good at this since you look like you are a pro! I would like a simple connection with internet on my iPhone with unlimited internet access with no surcharge for browsing like it is specified if you could read on top of this page…..If you could make that happen for me this is all I’m asking! nothing else. So if I’m confused as a FIDO customer it is Fido’s rep that took me there…All I want is to enjoy my phone ands use all that it as to offer without paying 10000$ a month. Is this to much to ask….Dear FidoCSR if you are able to do this for me call me at this # 613-266-1855 and if not I don’t need a different version of your explanation.

Thanks
Jean

I need to connect to EDGE on my iphone….. but I’m with Rogers, is this possible and if so can someone help me PLEASE???

Hi Lisa,
Call me on my cell so that I could walk you true this 613-266-1855