I finally got round to getting GPRS after having my 6310 for over a year and I found the following instuctions perfect for getting it going with my iPaq 2210.

Stolen From: Mark Rittman

Bluetooth and GPRS with the HP iPAQ 5450 and Nokia 6310i

I recently bought a HP iPAQ 5450 with built-in Bluetooth and Wireless LAN, together with a Nokia 6310i on a pay-monthly contract with Orange UK. The obvious attraction with the h5450 was the in-built connectivity, which I heard worked well when combined with the Nokia 6310i. What particularly interested me was setting up a bluetooth connection between the iPAQ and the 6310 and then connecting to the internet via GPRS, allowing me to get an 'always on' connection an impressive connection speed.

Setting up the iPAQ to dial out via Bluetooth and using the normal dialup modem in the 6310i was quite straightforward; however, it took me a while to get the GPRS connection working and it was only through spending quite a while looking around the internet, and several phone calls to Orange customer services (who were very good in the end), that I managed to work it out. Now that I've worked it out, I've put down a few tips and instructions on this page in case anyone else is trying to figure this out.

I haven't tried out these steps with iPAQs other than the 5450, although I understand it will still work with iPAQs using the Bluetooth jacket. I also haven't used any other Nokia phones that are Bluetooth and GPRS enabled, but the principles should still be the same.

Although I'll go through setting up the GPRS connection on this page, you can access the full HP h5450 manual online at HP Support's h5450 website. Unfortunately it doesn't go through the specifics of GPRS in the manual but it's an otherwise good guide to the rest of the h5450 functionality.

"Excellent article on 5450 & GPRS on 6310i. However, you should update some details. Here is what I found:

I was trying to use GPRS via a Nokia 6310i from an iPAQ 4150 over BT. I had it all working from the 4150, but the desktop BT could not see the phone (ver. 5.22). Nokia suggested to get the phone firmware upgraded to 5.51, which I did, and now the desktop is working over BT+GPRS, but the 4150 is unable to connect!

The phone is fine using WAP and also GPRS from the desktop, but now gives an error "subscribe to GPRS first" when attempting a connection from the iPAQ. I have seen a number of other people reporting this behaviour.

To cut a long story short, here is the solution:

The 4150 (and probably all WM2003 PPCs) uses an init string of ATE0V1&C1&D2 which used to work under Nokia firmware 5.22 but stops working at 5.50 on.

The laptop BT modem driver (IVT BlueSoleil) uses a slightly different string: AT&FE0V1&D2S0=0S7=10 which clearly works on my laptop.

On the PDA, this is located in the registry at HKLMDriversUnimodemInit2 and can easily be changed by a registry editor. After this change, GPRS is working flawlessly!

Now if only someone had a proper VPN client...

Enjoy."

thanks Tom!

1. Configuring the Nokia 6310i

This first step is concerned with making sure the default GPRS 'access point' for the 6310i is set as 'orangeinternet' rather than the default 'orangewap' that is the factory setting. The GPRS access point is the interface between the GPRS network and the internet and it's configured differently if you're using WAP or a normal internet connection.

• Press the Menu soft key, scroll down to 'Settings', press Select

• Scroll down to 'GPRS Modem Settings', press Select

• Scroll down to 'Edit Active Access Point', press the Select

• 'Alias for access point' should be displayed. Press Rename

• Change the alias to 'Orangeinternet' (one word). Press Ok

• Press the down key to scroll down to 'GRPS Access Point'. Press Edit

• Enter 'orangeinternet' (again one word). Press Ok.

• Press Back. Scroll up or down so that the display says 'Active Access Point'.

• If it doesn't say 'orangeinternet' under 'Active Access Point', press Select and select 'orangeinternet' from the five choices.

• Press Back and Exit until you exit the phone's menu.

As an aside, an alternative to doing the above is to 'hard-code' the access point into an 'AT' command string, which you specify in the 'Extra String Modem Commands' box on the last page of the iPAQ connection setup dialog. This approach is detailed in the Compaq Guide To Bluetooth and in the case of Orange, the string should be

• AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","orangeinternet"

although i've subsequently had some feedback from other users who've needed to miss off the initial 'AT' to make it work, making the string: 

• +CGDCONT=1,"IP","orangeinternet"

The last field is different for each mobile operator. However I never found this worked for me and in fact the steps detailed above were all you needed. I now have nothing in the 'extra string modem commands' box on iPAQ connection setting, and the GPRS connection works fine.

2. Configuring the HP iPAQ h5450

There are two steps to configuring the iPAQ to connect to the 6310i; creating a pairing between the two Bluetooth devices, and setting up the connection on the iPAQ.

The first step is to switch on bluetooth on the 6310i and make the phone visible to the iPAQ

• Using the 6310i, select Menu, scroll down to 'Bluetooth', press Select

• Press select, then choose 'On'

• Scroll down to 'Bluetooth Settings', Press Select

• Press Select again, then choose 'Shown To All'

This has now made the 6310i visible to other bluetooth devices. Now, using the iPAQ

• Press the start/windows button, select 'iPAQ Wireless' from the start menu

• Select 'Bluetooth Manager'

• Press the little 'Bluetooth' icon at the bottom of the screen

• Scroll down and select 'Partner with a Cell phone'

• Press 'Next' as the 6310i isn't one of the pre-setup phones (they only seem to be Ericssons)

• Press 'Next'

• On the next screen, if the 6310i isn't shown in the 'Device' box, tap on it and you'll be able to select it on the next screen.

• Enter a passkey. This is an arbitrary code you choose which you have to also key into the 6310i to create the link. Press 'Next'

• On the 6310i, you should get the message 'Pair with Pocket PC?'. Press Accept and then key in the passcode you created earlier.

• The pairing should now be set up.

To avoid having to key the passcode into the phone every time you want to make a connection

• Select 'Menu' on the 6310i, then scroll down to 'Bluetooth',

• Now scroll down to 'View Paired Devices', press 'Select'

• The screens should say 'POCKET PC'. Press 'Options'

• Scroll down to 'Request Conn. Authorisation'

• Press 'Select', then choose 'No'

Now to make the phone 'hidden'

• Press 'Back' twice, scroll up to 'Bluetooth Settings'. Press Select

• On the prompt 'My phone's visibility', press Select

• Choose 'hidden' then press 'Select'

• Press 'Back' until you exit the Nokia menu.

You should have a little 'Bluetooth' icon in the top left-hand side of your Nokia screen. This shows that the 6310i's Bluetooth transmitter is active and you can connect to it using the iPAQ. I've generally found that having Bluetooth on all the time with the 6310i doesn't really affect battery life at all; I leave it on permanently.

3. Making the Connection

First of all, setting up the GPRS connection

• First of all, check the iPAQ is using Bluetooth at the moment. From the start menu, select 'iPAQ Wireless' again

• Click the 'wireless control' icon. If the 'Bluetooth' icon isn't green (i.e. is orange) then click on it so it turns green. The little blue light at the top of the iPAQ should be on. Once you've done this, close the screens as normal.

• To configure the connection, go back to the start menu and select 'Settings'

• Select the 'connections' tab at the bottom of the screen. Click on the 'connections' icon.

• Under either the 'work' or internet options (the first two icons on the screen), click 'modify'

• Click 'new'. Give the connection a name. Click 'next'

• Clear the Country Code and Area Code fields. Enter '*99#' as the phone number. This is a special code that tells the 6310i to establish a GPRS connection rather than a normal dialup connection. Press 'Next'

• Uncheck the 'wait for dial tone before dialling' option. Do not enter any text into the 'extra dial string modem commands' box.

• Press 'Finish'.

• When you get back to the 'Connections' settings page, click on the 'Dialling Locations' tab. Click on the 'Dialling Patterns' button.

• Change each of the values in the dialling patterns text boxes to just 'G'. This stops the iPAQ adding '9's and area codes onto your *99#.

The GPRS connection should then be listed on the page. If the connection has ''+0 " in front of it, this is ignored by the phone when making a connection. You can connect to GPRS by either clicking and holding on the connection, then selecting 'Connect', or by using Pocket Internet Explorer or Inbox to connect to the internet. I usually set up a normal, dialup connection to an ISP as well as I've found GPRS connectivity is a bit sketchy outside of major towns, and doesn't really work outside of the UK.

One point to note: Sometimes after doing all of this, the iPAQ won't make the initial successful connection through to the 6310i and connect to GRPS. A way round this that I've found works is;

• Go back to the 'start' menu, click on 'iPAQ Wireless'.

• Click and hold on the 'Bluetooth manager' icon, select 'Connect'

• Click and hold on the GPRS connection from the list of connections, select 'Connect'.

• The iPAQ and 6310i should now connect ok.

• You will now find, on the Start Menu>Settings>Connections dialog there is now, in addition to 'Internet Settings' and 'Work Settings', a 'Bluetooth Settings' value in the drop-down list. Make sure this is selected as the default in future and it should connect ok.

4. Other Points To Consider

HSCSD (High Speed Circuit Switched Data) is an additional option available on certain Orange phones (the 6310i being one of them) that allows you to connect at either 14.4kbps or 28.8kpbs instead of the usual 9.6kpbs. This is only for dialup connections and doesn't affect GPRS connections - the speed of thes GPRS connection is usually around 20kpbs.

To set up HSCSD with a dialup connection, you have to add one of the following codes to your 'Extra String Modem Commands' box on the last page of the iPAQ connection setup dialog:

• For 14.4k connections, use the code "AT+CHSN=2,0,0,0" (ignoring the quotation marks)

• For 28.8k connections, use the code "AT+CHSN=4,0,0,0" (ignoring the quotation marks)

You should be aware that Orange charge the 14.4k connection at the normal dialup rate (the same as 9.6kbps), but they currently charge 25p a minute for the 28.8kbps option.

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