[dantjie]

I just got this a few days ago and for some reason AIM no longer function correctly. I cannot send messages anymore, but I can still recieve them and the text notifications.

Is anyone else having this problem? I want to know if it is a Vision issue, or a Vision issue with the A700, or just the A700. Thanks you guys.

[Ekinchheng]

I Don't have a A700 But did you restart your phone or default all the settings?

[dantjie]

Wirelessly posted (Samsung-SPHA700 AU-MIC-A700/2.0 MMP/2.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1)

It's brand new I shouldn't have to reset it to default.

[dantjie]

I just got back from a Sprint Store and their A700 can't send AIM messages either. To make sure it wasn't the Vision network or AIM itself I tested AIM with the VM-4050, VM-4500, and the VM-A680 and it worked on all of them.

I believe now that this is an A700 issue only. GRRR! I think I'll be returning this phone shortly.

[jschu22]

Same problem here

[Kinetic2k3]

it'll get fixed just like the downloading old videos to the phone.. a week ago there was a problem with any old videos taken with another vid phone not downloading to the a700.. now it works flawlessly

[KG4PEQ]

Just wondering, do you get an error message when you try to do this, or what happens so that you can't send? I activated an A700 on my account briefly Monday, and while I loaded my buddy list successfully (after a few login attempts... Samsung browsers SUCK) I did not try to send a message.

In the meantime, might I recommend AirIM, http://www.airsoftwireless.com/, or the mobile device forwarding capability over at http://www.ai-buddy.com/. I find AIBuddy's text messaging-based implementation a lot easier to work with, but you may prefer a software-based approach like AirIM. You can try AirIM free for 10 days I believe; AIBuddy requires an immediate subscription, but it's only a few dollars a month and could do a good job holding you over until the problem is fixed.

FWIW, I have not tried AirIM on the A700... works well on other models though.

Steve

[dantjie]

When sending a message it gives no error at all. What it does is when you send the message it loads the buddy list and never send the message.

[KG4PEQ]

Ah, okay. Thanks.

[about:blank]

is there a charge for using AIM on your phone...or does it just count as a text message??? some warning always comes up sayig something like that...jsut wondering

[dantjie]

AIM does not count as text, it's apart of Vision. The AIM notification that one gets, that I'm not sure about.

[Jonacell]

Wirelessly posted (my mobile mechanism: Samsung-SPHA700 AU-MIC-A700/2.0 MMP/2.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1)

i just got my a700 today... i like it a lot. But i noticed that sending messages through aol aim doesn't work and i haven't been able to login the sprint chat room on vision.(Jumbo chat) can anyone log in?

[FrankPCS]

Well the AIM thing isn't an A700 problem. Us T608 users have no access to AIM either. We can login, we can recieve messages, we can not reply or send new ones out. The only thing that seems to go through is the SMILEYs. At one point earlier this year it was working for a couple months. I was on AIM 24/7 thanks to my phone, just T9'n away. Then after that it went kaput (around March/April...when I was in NY).

Someone said it might be a Sprint problem, since Sprint was kind of late to the AIM game and wanted in NOW. When it was testing, it worked on some phones and didn't. Overtime, they got it working on the majority of the phones, except the T608 and I guess, now the A700. But I suppose, with a larger owner base of A700 users, if you guys complain enough there might be hope that Sprint'll fix it. And maybe, if it starts workin' on the A700, it'll magically work for the T608, since our problems are so similar.

[KG4PEQ]

Originally Posted by FrankPCS

Well the AIM thing isn't an A700 problem. Us T608 users have no access to AIM either. We can login, we can recieve messages, we can not reply or send new ones out. The only thing that seems to go through is the SMILEYs. At one point earlier this year it was working for a couple months. I was on AIM 24/7 thanks to my phone, just T9'n away. Then after that it went kaput (around March/April...when I was in NY).

Someone said it might be a Sprint problem, since Sprint was kind of late to the AIM game and wanted in NOW. When it was testing, it worked on some phones and didn't. Overtime, they got it working on the majority of the phones, except the T608 and I guess, now the A700. But I suppose, with a larger owner base of A700 users, if you guys complain enough there might be hope that Sprint'll fix it. And maybe, if it starts workin' on the A700, it'll magically work for the T608, since our problems are so similar.

Having written several wireless web sites, I can tell you there is *no* logical reason why there would be compatibility issues. It's a simple FORM! A text box, a button, and a script on the server to handle what you submit. Piece of cake. It's rediculous they're having trouble.

[FrankPCS]

Originally Posted by KG4PEQ

Having written several wireless web sites, I can tell you there is *no* logical reason why there would be compatibility issues. It's a simple FORM! A text box, a button, and a script on the server to handle what you submit. Piece of cake. It's rediculous they're having trouble.

Hmmm, true. Maybe it's the phone's browser? I dunno, I'm not so high tech on this stuff...but writing a couple of web sites, I know some don't work so well on either IE, Netscape, Firefox, or Opera.

For some reason the text in the box isn't getting sent through like I said. But the smileys go through without a hitch.