Dr.Gagan 17 Report post Posted August 14, 2009 Hello friends ! is anyone using 299 BB personal email on airtel prepaid on BB 8830 . I tried activating it on my airtel prepaid i am getting message sorry this service is available on blackberry compatible handset only . if your blackberry is new try again after 24 hours. any solution for getting it activated. Soham Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kshah 452 Report post Posted August 14, 2009 which handset you are using? You. Needs blackberry client installed on handest. which handset you are using? You. Needs blackberry client installed on handest.handest.handest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mufaddal 678 Report post Posted August 14, 2009 ^^^ he has a bb8830 did u call airtel CC also is 299 BIS working with prepaid on airtel ?? is it conformed ?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Gagan 17 Report post Posted August 14, 2009 ^^^ he has a bb8830 did u call airtel CC also is 299 BIS working with prepaid on airtel ?? is it conformed ?? call not going through CC number 121, The prepaid info is from website which even sadikk had quoted few days back. i am planning to call CC and also plan to try activating it on a Blackberry sold through official channel india will keep forum members updated Dr Mufaddal i will communicate with you through gtalk for GPS some time later today or tomorrow if its OK with you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mufaddal 678 Report post Posted August 14, 2009 ^^^ but sadik hasnt confirmed yet , whether his frend got bis successfully actiavted on airtel prepaid hope for the best for gps read this post of mine http://www.rimweb.in/forums/index.php?showtopic=19566&st=30 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Gagan 17 Report post Posted August 16, 2009 Update Step 1. insert you airtel SIM new or old in blackberry and let it be in the handset . 2.Try sending airtelbb or AIRTELBB to 121 ( not case senstive ) initially you will get error message 3.after about 36 hours on sending the above sms i got reply please SMS BB1 OR BB2 to 121 ( bb1 299 bb2 899 plan ) 4.after that i smsed BB299 to 121 and got details of plan with instruction to send PMP299 for activation 5.after sending PMP299 to 121 i got the message your request for PMP299 has been registered with us. Thank you. 6.after this 299 rs got deducted from my balance. 7.Dont know about next step am waiting for some kind of sms confirmation Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mufaddal 678 Report post Posted August 16, 2009 go to advance option and see ur service book status , if it shows anything also see ur service status Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Gagan 17 Report post Posted August 20, 2009 as airtel BB dept was saying that the BB PIN is not free sent a mail to sprint and got the following reply. "Dear Gagan Dudeja, Thank you for contacting Sprint regarding the status of the handset. I checked the status of the blackberry handset with the PIN provided by you and it reflects that this handset is not active on Sprint account and is in released status. If there is anything else I can assist you with, please reply to us. Thank you for emailing us. Sincerely, Macarthur R. Sprint Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sadikk 301 Report post Posted August 20, 2009 It will activate in 72 hours.. my firend using it on prepaid alredy.. But it takes painfully long to get activated.. it took 5 days for him to activate this... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Gagan 17 Report post Posted August 20, 2009 Great New Sadikk my services are activated only problem is i cant configure my handset HRT request is not working ..if you can guide me regarding that my services will be activated...........waiting for some action......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Gagan 17 Report post Posted August 20, 2009 need help of any rimwebian in bangalore who is using GSM blackberry services need to borrow your sim card for 5 min to test on my blackberry handset ...... if anyone is willing PM me I will visit you in place and hour of your choice......thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Gagan 17 Report post Posted August 21, 2009 Hello friends I am getting this strange problem with my BB 8830 i.e It cant latch onto network after restart.In network settings the radio is turned off and does not turn on until 5 -6 automatic restarts any solution...............I have attached sequential screen shots any help.............? this is after restarting the handheld ( battery also was removed and reinserted ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Gagan 17 Report post Posted August 22, 2009 New Twist in the tale got airtel prepaid people visiting they are confident that post paid will work ..........filled up papers for new post paid connection......As per the sales person there is a problem with 64k airtel sim (my prepaid sim is 64 k and post paid is 32 k ) can that be a reason for not being able to activate prepaid blackberry services.....sadikk is your friend having a 64 K sim or 32K sim ???????????/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mufaddal 678 Report post Posted August 22, 2009 ^^^ keep us posted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sadikk 301 Report post Posted August 22, 2009 Dont take Post paid.. first please check with some other service provider if its working.. as i know this handsets supports particular kinda sim card being a WE phone.. but it doesnt make sense to me.. 32k 64k.. whats the difference.. they just pushing u one postpaid number i think.. i am unable to contact my friend as of yet.. he is busy guy working for Big builder here always on the go.... will surely get u info though.. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Gagan 17 Report post Posted August 23, 2009 Hi Sadikk ! thanks for caution ....... i also sense that they want to push a post paid ..........but i went for it as it is our hospital corporate cug group connection.....and i want to activate bb services ASAP.....i can discontinue postpaid the day my prepaid BB services are up and running..........if it doesn't work on postpaid then i give up .I am thinking of sending the handset and the prepaid sim to you to have a look at it.............( i hope that you wont mind that !!!!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Gagan 17 Report post Posted August 26, 2009 Reply BB services not activated on prepaid till date. therfore i went ahead with a postpaid connection ( got a good number 9xxxx80000) and have escalated the complaint regarding prepaid to nodal officer. Does anyone here is aware of airtel's policy on conversion from post to pre paid at a later date Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
petar 15 Report post Posted August 27, 2009 its free i guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KumaarShah 143 Report post Posted August 27, 2009 , Yes you are right. It is free across all operators from post to pre and also vice versa. @Dr.Gagan, If they have not been able to activate BIS on prepaid, how will you be able to do it once again when you migrate to pre? Or is it that since you have already activated BIS on post, they will have to do it for pre also? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Gagan 17 Report post Posted August 27, 2009 no i am still waiting for confirmation from sadikk and reply to my mail from airtel............. once i get a positive reply somewhere will think of switching over. till then i will use post paid i dont mind that coz its a corporate CUG .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sadikk 301 Report post Posted August 27, 2009 My friend using BIS on airtel prepaid... he is using sprint 4.5.. had some issue of network going global.. he switched back to beta 4.5.. and is happy.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Gagan 17 Report post Posted September 4, 2009 Got BB services activated and configured on prepaid . While on prepaid the handset was not getting registered with network even on going through HRT and sending request. I got the handset registered and configured on postpaid 10 days back. Today i deactivated BB services on postpaid and popped in prepaid sim voila the handset got registered and i configured the email accounts. Cant explain the reason for it though........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mufaddal 678 Report post Posted September 4, 2009 Cant explain the reason for it though........ i can explain it see when u take ur bb to a different carrier for BIS they have to accept its pin number now in ur case u wanted BIS on airtel but they were not accepting ur PIN but when u went postapid they accepted ur PIN and hence BIS got actiavted on ur 8830 now even if u go prepaid still BIS will work coz the PIN of ur 8830 is already in airtel databse in short now ur PIN is registered with airtel so if u postapid or prepaid it wont matter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Gagan 17 Report post Posted September 5, 2009 hi thanks for the explanation GURU even i suspected something similar. I can sum it up saying for BB Services airtel is partial towards Post Paid users..... with a caveat that maybe their systems are not in place for newly launched pre paid BB Services Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dkaile 1,051 Report post Posted September 5, 2009 ^ but some people have been able to use it directly on prepaid also... some system glitch and varies from circle to circle... some one told me that they were able to use seamlessly in delhi on prepaid also... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
