A friend with a Blackberry 8320 smashed its pretty face against something. Cracked lens! By the time I told him he could fix it, he’d replaced it! Now it’s mine. Fixing the lens was easy–and I’m a major klutz.
It was originally on T-Mobile. It’s been unlocked, so it can go on AT&T and the phone and texting works fine.
It mostly works OK for Twitter and Facebook and some other apps, but when I go to use the browser I’m told: “This is a Wi-Fi service. Please ensure your device has an active Wi-Fi connection and try again.”
I have a plan from AT&T which includes data, though I haven’t moved this to their Blackberry plan yet (for my daughter, there was no cost differential). I see “edge” not “EDGE” which I believe enters into this.
Anyone know how to fix this?
You may have tried this already, but here’s a solution from somebody with your exact same problem:
From: http://www.tomtatedesigns.com/wordpress/2008/07/18/blackberry-browser-broken-this-is-a-wifi-service-what/
1. Go to Options > Advanced Options > Browser
2. Select Internet Browser as the Default browser configuration. It’s most likely Hotspot Browser if you’re having the same problem. Mine was.
3. Escape out. Save changes.
No– I don’t have the Internet browser available, probably
because it’s not officially registered as a BB on AT&T.
If I don’t register right away I might just get the Opera Mini browser for the time being. But I’ll still take a better solution.