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(Wireless Phone Accessory)      I uhgbot it just 2 weeks ago. I uhgbot it especially for its Super AMOLED screen. But you should know that before buying: There is actually 2 kinds of Nexus S: i9020 (i9020a i9020t) and i9023 i9023 is the european version or non-USA/UK version. It has S-LCD screen. Worse colors, worse black. google it and check example photos (I found some on flickr) Super LCD variant is unable to display black color, it's just dark grey. More vivid colors are provided by Super AMOLED screen of i9020 variant. As far as I know, this is the only difference. If you want to root your phone, it is important again. Apart that, This is another perfect phone by Google (despite Samsung).
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This describes an example how to surf via [[UMTS]] under Linux. The example has been done on 2012-02-10 in Germany with the otelo SurfStick in the Vodaphone network on SUSE Linux 11.4.. It may work same or similar with another hardware, distribution, phone network or country. Here are the steps I took after buying:
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= Activate it =
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Due to Vodaphone requirements I had to hand out my ID card to the shop assistant and she activated the surf stick for me.
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= Use it =
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* Download [http://umtsmon.sourceforge.net/ umtsmon]
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* extract it to ~/umtsmon
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* attach your USB device Surf Stick
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* Start umtsmon, enter your pin
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* Choose Connection|Manage profiles
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* Add a profile with the APN event.otelo.de, save it
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* Click Connection|Connect.
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* surf to e.g. http://www.linuxintro.org to get to the otelo's payment dialog
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= TroubleShooting =
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== no payment website ==
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'''Symptom:''' You do not get a web site that allows you to pay for your UMTS connection
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'''Reason:''' event.otelo.de is not reachable. This must be reachable for payment check
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'''Solution:''' make sure there are name servers configured for your system. E.g. have a line
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nameserver 8.8.8.8
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in your /etc/resolv.conf

Latest revision as of 20:32, 2 July 2012

This describes an example how to surf via UMTS under Linux. The example has been done on 2012-02-10 in Germany with the otelo SurfStick in the Vodaphone network on SUSE Linux 11.4.. It may work same or similar with another hardware, distribution, phone network or country. Here are the steps I took after buying:

Activate it

Due to Vodaphone requirements I had to hand out my ID card to the shop assistant and she activated the surf stick for me.

Use it

  • Download umtsmon
  • extract it to ~/umtsmon
  • attach your USB device Surf Stick
  • Start umtsmon, enter your pin
  • Choose Connection|Manage profiles
  • Add a profile with the APN event.otelo.de, save it
  • Click Connection|Connect.
  • surf to e.g. http://www.linuxintro.org to get to the otelo's payment dialog

TroubleShooting

no payment website

Symptom: You do not get a web site that allows you to pay for your UMTS connection

Reason: event.otelo.de is not reachable. This must be reachable for payment check

Solution: make sure there are name servers configured for your system. E.g. have a line 

nameserver 8.8.8.8

in your /etc/resolv.conf

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