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No Gateway Reply on Nokia 5800 and other mobiles-Definitive Steps to solve

vbb — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:33:59 +0000

“No gateway reply” is a generic Wi-Fi network connection issue in which the mobile does not connect to the gateway,router,hotspot or your wireless ADSL modem.The problem is reported with many Nokia Mobiles such as E61,E51,E63, E65, E66, E71,E73 ,E90, N79 ,N85, N95, N96 and Nokia 5800.

While there are thousands of results on Google for this problem ,all seem to hunt around the problem but the exact solution is missing.One method works for one but not for the other.

Hence here is a step by step definitive troubleshooting guide to No Gateway reply issue on Nokia Mobiles.

“No Gateway Reply”-Getting it Fixed

The problem occurs when you try to connect your Nokia mobile with a Wi-Fi device.It detects a Wi-Fi network and tries to connect to it.If the attempt to connection fails it shows you the Error-No Gateway Reply on your mobile.

The problem may be with your mobile as well as your Router (or any Wi-Fi access point).

How to fix the No Gateway Reply

Once you get this dreaded error proceed as follows to get the error fixed.The steps are divided on the basis of what you have to do on your mobile or on your router.Check for successful connection after every step as anything can work for you.I assume that you KNOW how to surf Internet using Wi-Fi on your mobile.

For easy troubleshooting ,steps are numbered in following way.”M Step 1” means step 1 to be performed in Mobile.”R step 1” means step 1 for router/modem.The correct order to be followed for troubleshooting is M step1->M step2->R step1->R step 2->R step 3->R step 4->R step 5->R step 7->M step 4->M step 5.

What You Have To Do On Your Mobile

M Step1:Reset your phone to factory defaults after making a backup.This is a generic step to clear out any wrong settings or configurations.

M Step2:I Ensure that you have the latest firmware.Check for any available updates for your firmware.The problem is reported to be solved by upgrading firmware by many people for various models.

M Step 3:In this step you will be overriding the default assignment of IP address to the mobile by the router and provide your own IP address. (The following path is given for Nokia 5800,but it’s similar in almost all New Nokia phones.)

Open Menu->Tools->connectivity->Destinations->Internet.

Now select the access point by which you want to connect to Internet.Double tap it to open the settings..Now go to options->Advanced settings->IPv4 Settings.You will get phone IP address and DNS address settings here.Enter the following-

Phone IP address-192.168.1.xx where xx can be anything which falls in range between the address defined in “R step 4”.Also make sure that you are NOT using the same address on your computer.So for safety put it anything above 10.

Phone DNS settings needs to be put now.You have to find it for your router in the following way and put the required settings.

Go to start->run. Type cmd and press Enter.Now type “ipconfig /all” without quotes and press enter.You will be able to get primary and secondary DNS addresses there.Note it down and enter the same in phone DNS settings.An example is given below

Phone ip: 192.168.1.4

Router: 192.168.1.1

Default gateway: 192.168.1.1

Mask: 255.255.255.0

M Step 4:Go to Menu->Settings-Connectivity->Admin Settings->Data Call.Here you get “Online Time” which is by default set to 5 minutes.Set this to unlimited.Please note that if this does not work,restore it to 5 minutes as it can cost you a huge bill if you keep your mobile browser open and leave it unattended.

M step 5: If your router supports you can set you wi-fi connection in Ad-Hoc mode instead of default infrastructure mode.Select the access point in destinations as you did in M step 3 and in advanced settings change the connection mode to Ad-Hoc.

What You Have To Do On Your Wi-Fi Router

R Step1:Reset it to factory defaults.This generic steps solved the No Gateway Reply problem on my Nokia 5800.So this step must be performed before doing anything on your router.

R Step 2:Remove every type of restriction you impose on the name of security.i.e. remove WEP/WPA or any kind of encryption and remove MAC filtering too.Once you are able to connect ,you may proceed further to tighten the security.You can setup security options once you get NO Gateway Reply fixed.

R Step 3:Make sure that you have the latest firmware for your router.Upgrade if new firmware is available for your router model.

R Step 4:Ensure that DHCP is enabled on your router.DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is used to “distribute” the internet connection to various devices.So if you connect to your router with 4 devices on your home,make sure DHCP is enables and the starting and ending address are more than the number of your devices.See the figure below for clarification.For example you can keep the starting address as 192.168.1.1 and ending address as 192.168.1.10 to be used for 9 devices.

R Step 5:Make sure that your router/modem is configured in PPPoE mode for Internet Connection.If it’s configured in Bridge mode-it will not work for sure.If you don’t know what is PPPoE and bridge mode,read it here.It also means that NAT has to be enabled on your router if it has any options for enable/disable NAT.

R step 7:If everything fails then you may be a victim of QoS or WMM settings on the router.In plain English Qos or Quality of service when enabled in a router controls the traffic and maintains a certain level of performance ,based on Bandwidth and Priority for certain protocols.And WMM means the Wi-Fi performance will be acceptable for media related operations like streaming.To know more about Qos here is the wiki link.

If you are still unable to solve the No Gateway Reply problem then you can go for Disabling the QoS or WMM on your router.Most probably this has nothing to do with security and you may not even know that QoS is enabled or disabled.

The method of disabling QoS or WMM varies from router to router.And most probably you have to use Command Line Interface of the router configuration as most of the router do not offer advanced configuration settings on the GUI.

Here is a sample screenshot of ADSL 2+ modem provided by BSNL.As you can see QoS is disabled for each protocol here.It is also possible that your router will not show any QoS parameter in this way.

How to Disable QoS or WMM

You need to use Telnet for this.Click Start->Run and type telnet and press Enter.In Windows Vista Telnet client is not present by default.You have to enable it via Programs and Features on control panel.Read it here if you don’t know how to do it.

When telnet is ready with a prompt.Type Telnet 192.168.1.1.

If your router supports login through telnet you will get a login prompt.Type your login as admin(default in most routers) .Press enter and in the password again enter admin(Again default for most routers.)

Type help.Most routers recognize this command and will show you all the commands you can execute on the router.Depending on the router you may get direct options to set/reset QoS..Search for them and Disable the QoS parameter.

For Thomson Router the commands are straight-

Adminstrator: Administrator

Password:ENTER

:wireless qos config mode=disabled

ENTER

:saveall

And then restart you router.This will disable the QoS parameters.

In case of my router/modem (provided by my ISP)-I was fortunate enough to get a router which offers settings in a simple menu driven interface.

As you can see this modem has options to remove QoS based on classes.QoS classes are defined in terms of minimum performance required for certain applications.

Any of the above steps can solve the No Gateway Reply problem in your mobile.If you get the problem fixed by any step ,kindly let me know in comments with the step number,so more people can be benefitted.Also let me know if you need any further clarification or suggestion.

I will be adding more posiible solutions to it as and when I find it.

How to Use the Inbuilt Task Manager in any Nokia Mobile

vbb — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:55:11 +0000

Almost all new Nokia Phones come with an inbuilt task manager which lets you see the currently open programs, switch between them or kill them as you do in your computer.

Although there are more powerful task manager for Nokia phones which you can download but in normal cases the default task manager does the job well.

Here is how to use it.

Activation Task Manager in Nokia Mobile

In Nokia 5800,all the running application are shown by a green circle by default, as you can see in the picture below.

Long press the menu key to activate Task Manager.In case of Nokia 5800,press the middle white button.Pressing it for almost 3 seconds will bring the list of all open programs as you can see in the second picture..To open or exit any shown application

select it and tap it for a while(Long Tap)..It will pop up a menu which says either exit or open. You can select exit to kill the application or open to resume application.

For non touch screen mobiles,the steps are same except the last one.When applications are shown,just press “C” to exit it or select the application and press open from the menu keys.

Free Internet Radio Application for Nokia 5800-Get Mobbler Now !

vbb — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:19:59 +0000

Nokia 5800,although a great mobile doesn’t contain an Internet Radio application by default.So how do you get Internet Radio on Nokia 5800.The answer lies with the famous Internet radio site last.fm It has has established itself as definitive Internet radio.So here we have a last.fm player for our Nokia 5800 which is as good as a true radio.

Get Mobbler-Internet Radio Application for Nokia 5800

Mobbler is a Free internet radio application which is tied with your last.fm account.If you don’t have one,you need to sign up first at last.fm If you do not know about last.fm-then in simple terms it’s an Internet radio station.For more details you can check the site last.fm.

Mobbler was earlier available for s60 –3rd edition devices but now it has full touch support for Symbian s60-v5 devices hence no problem in using it in Nokia 5800.

You can tune into any custom station based on artist,tag ,user station or loved tracks which are basically your choices based on the past tracks you have listened to.

Once you are a last.fm member,just go to settings and enter your user name and password.You can also set buffering time if you are on an inconsistent data connection. If the term scrobbling confuses you-it’s keeping track of the music you listen to by Mobbler.It also supports streaming your songs,but that is not available in all countries and requires subscription.

This is must have application for any Symbian phone.The application is so popular that Symbian-Guru calls it The 2nd Greatest S60 Application.

Please note that Mobbler uses streaming data ,hence it’s not advisable to use it over your normal GPRS/EDGE network .Wi-Fi works best but get an unlimited data plan for that too.No one except you will be responsible if you get excessive bills due to data

usage by Mobbler.

Know more about Mobbler at Symbian-Guru. or Download Now

How To Quickly Mute Your Nokia 5800 while it’s Ringing

vbb — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:58:34 +0000

You are attending a meeting and you get a call.In order to put your Nokia 5800 in silent mode in conventional ways will take some time as you have to first enable the keys via keygaurd switch.

In fact there is no need to press any key or tap anywhere for this work.What you have to do is just turn your phone upside down i.e. screen facing downward and the phone will kill the ring tone.

Very simple.Isn’t it?

Download 2000 Wallpapers for your Nokia 5800

vbb — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:32:59 +0000

The first step to adorn your Nokia 5800 is getting cool wallpapers for it.While you can use any wallpaper you use on your computer,it’s best to have wallpapers which have the same resolution as that of mobile screen.

Here is a collection of almost 2000 wallpapers available across the Internet.They range from abstract wallpapers to animation ones and from Hollywood to car and bikes.Just get them and enjoy.

Dailymobile has perhaps the best collection of wallpapers for Nokia 5800.In many galleries it has almost 1000 wallpapers.It has a dedicated wallpaper section.You can visit the wallpaper section here to explore excellent wallpapers or visit the following two galleries of wallpapers.

Nokia 5800 wallpapers- Gallery 1 Gallery 2

It is nice to subscribe to their forum to get more such stuff

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The screen resolution of Nokia 5800 is same as that of Nokia N97[360x640].Thus the same wallpaper can be used for both the phones.Here is a collection of almost 500 wallpapers of various kinds.It has collection in resolution of 360×480 and 480×640.

Nokia 5800 and N97 wallpapers.

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Almost 200 wallpapers from Tube5800.com.Available in a zip package.

Download Nokia 5800 wallpaper Mega Pack

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A good collection which include foliage 2, grunge-brushed-grey, grunge-brushed-red, hexagon, 5800 icon frame, astral- atom icon frame and more [50 in total].It offers to download wallpapers in zip package.

Download wallpapers Gallery 1 gallery 2

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There is a group on flickr for Nokia 5800 wallpapers At present photos are uploaded by Anubhav Sinha.[Note:Kindly note that the photos are copyrighted to him as shown by the copyright symbol.Contact him before using.].Almost 40 wallpapers.

Visit Nokia 5800 wallpaper group on Flickr

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If you are an Obama fan,this collection will surely please you.

Obama wallpapers for Nokia 5800.

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Almost 30 wallpapers for Nokia 5800 in a zip file from Nokiaapp.com

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Almost 90 wallpapers from cell11.com.

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This link has collection of some 15 wallpapers but you can explore the site to gain some more.Collection of 15 wallpapers.

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Now we have a total of almost 2000 wallpapers you can use to adorn your Nokia 5800.

Please note some points with wallpapers

Many wallpapers are duplicated across various sources.
Some wallpapers may have copyright issues with them.So contact the source before using them.

If you like the collection, try to spread it using social bookmarks and Enjoy your Nokia 5800,Nokia’s answer to the iPhone.

Nokia 5800 “Expired Certificate Error” 100% Working Solution

vbb — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:15:08 +0000

Just a couple of days before,I bought Nokia 5800,popularly dubbed as Nokia’s answer to the Iphone.When I tried to install application on the phone,I was greeted with an unpleasant warning “Expired Certificate”-and I was not able to install a single application.Going through forums I came across the old way to set my mobile’s date to a back date.But it didn’t work.

Again after losing some hair strands,I came across the working solution to the problem.Here it is.

Format your phone to fix “Expired Certificate Error”

I tried to rest my phone to factory defaults.Even it didn’t work.

Then it was time to give my phone a hard shock by formatting it.Here is how to do it.

Step 1:backup your phone contents.

step 2:Removing your memory card is recommended.

step 3:Enter the code *#7370# on your dialer screen.It will ask you to continue restore.Say a big YES .

step 4:IT will ask you a security code.By default it is 12345 .Enter it and you are done.The phone will restart.And your problem is gone..

I have tested this method on two Nokia 5800s. and this method WORKS.If your Nokia phone is giving you certificate nightmare then just try this method .Once you do this you will be able to install all fantastic application available for this phone.

If you have also solved the problem using this method then just let me know in comments.