SoCal - Hello.

Hello. I just received my Expo today. I haven't done much with it other than load some contacts and music/video and a couple of other things (listed below).

I have a few questions about my venture into this phone; I'd appreciate any help regarding the following:

1. I can't connect to AIM/MSN/Yahoo. Any reason why?
2. Every now and again (seemingly when I am near a WiFi connection that isn't my home) I get a message saying something about the Expo not being able to connect, why is this?
3. I tried connecting to WiFi at my home and I connected. I was able to go to an ATT Page, but I closed it since I wasn't sure if they would charge for that or if I was just using WiFi from my home. Do they charge for usage even if I am in a ''hotspot''?

If any of you know where I can go to get answers, I'd appreciate directions.
Also, I'm sure I'll have more questions regarding everything about the phone...
To give you an idea of my understanding of Cell Phones; my last phone was this:
http://gizmodo.com/images/2006/06/pantec_c300_1.jpg

This Expo is a really big jump for me.

And last question really, is there a ''Starter Guide" somewhere?

Thank you for your time and/or any time you have to offer.

Oh... And here is info that I do know that may be of use -

I use ATT
I have a Mircro SD Card in the slot (1GB)
I have connected my phone to my computer, only to charge it though. (Currently running Vista, not sure if this matters) I have not done anything but charge phone.

Thanks again!

Thank you very much.

I will look into these and see if they help.

Edit:
I did this:

It seems to have helped with the ''can not connect'' message.

I also downloaded Dark's Cab for MediaNet onto my computer... Now... It is sitting on my desktop, what do I do with it?

Thanks for any help! (again)

Thanks, I'll try that now. But I just noticed, I still get the ''cannot connect'' message.

It says the following:
Cannot connect for an unknown reason.
To check your connection settings and change them if needed, tap setting.
If the problem continues, reset your mobile device according to your manufactures documentation and try again.

And then it gives me an option to go to settings, and if I click that it takes  me to:
There is a tab that says Advanced and that leads me to

I disabled the Proxy settings in my Proxy mngr in tools like the post above said. Is there something I missed?


Also, I have just installed the CAB for Media Net... With this, will I be able to go on MSN/AIM now? And do I do so by clicking the ''Instant Messaging" icon, or through something else?
I just tried to sign on through the Instant Messaging icon and it said 'request could not be completed (code: 87)'

No problem, it happens.

Yes. I am with ATT.

I do not have a data plan as far as I know.

Long story short-- ATT Royally messed up, sent me ''any'' phone I wanted, I picked this because it looked neat. And I didn't want an iPhone. So I did not get it through their 'Store'. A Supervisor over the phone OKed my request for the phone because of their mess up; they sent me the phone without any change to my account (data or otherwise) as far as I can tell. (I have checked my account info)

I do have a Txt plan. It is 200msg a month as of now.

The site has detected my Expo, it is listed as ''My Device''. There are ''new'' options regard smartphone data plans, non of which are selected. The only things that I have at this time are--

Insurance.
Messaging 200.
World Connect. (Long distance; I asked for this awhile ago)

And that is it aside from standard voice mail and junk which has 0.00 pricing.

Thanks for the heads up though. Again, as of now, nothing has been changed to my account...

If all you needed was an IM client to work over Wi-Fi, I would suggest Palringo. Works on Wi-Fi with the phone radio turned off. Opera Mobile 10 and Skyfire can get you internet access over Wi-Fi.

What I am about to suggest may get you a data plan along with it's added charge (and most likely a headache). You could call AT&T tech support. 



Man, they should fire me for that! 

Do you need acess to IM & internet everywhere? Do you have acess to Wi-Fi often enough to get your connectivity fix? I need access everywhere and am willing to pay for it. I have unlimited texts & data and would not put up with not being able to connect through Media Net. At this point, maybe you should try a hard reset, if that doesn't work, you may need to get AT&T involved. Let us know if you need more help.

Start>Settings>System>Clear Storage. Select Delete Internal Memory and press Clear. You will lose all customizations and data stored in the eXpo's memory. Your eXpo will be reset to factory. You can backup your documents and contacts beforehand. I would not recommend a full backup because you are trying to fix a problem. I would recommend using Microsoft My Phone to back up what is important. You can find My Phone in the Market Place.