Well I am totally confused now! Are u on a legit iPhone o2 tarrif? If so I wonder if only non iPhone tarrif owners have lost the edge settings pane.
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PDP Authentication Failure
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Well I am totally confused now! Are u on a legit iPhone o2 tarrif? If so I wonder if only non iPhone tarrif owners have lost the edge settings pane.
What is this mythical edge pane you talk of? Seriously since day 1 a week ago last friday I have not seen the edge pane on the iphone! Where is it? Am i missing out on something?
I got pdp messages last night too...shall be asking my friend in o2 what happened.
PS fully AUTHENTIC uk iphone, not touched with any jailbreaking tools and on an O2 iphone contract!!
I got pdp messages last night too...shall be asking my friend in o2 what happened.
PS fully AUTHENTIC uk iphone, not touched with any jailbreaking tools and on an O2 iphone contract!!
Before edge / GPRS went down last night prompting me to reboot my phone just to check it wasn't just a problem with my phone, my edge setting pane was located in Settings>general>network. This was where I had entered my 02 edge details as I am using a non iPhone sim. After the reboot last nite the edge pane was gone.
Had the same problem on 2 successive handsets. Is it an intermittent problem for everyone else? One minute it's fine the next all I get is PDP authentication failure. Am I right in thinking that even if the EDGE connection has failed that the phone should still connect through GPRS?
BTW I live in W4 but the problem has also occurred in IP14 and W14
BTW I live in W4 but the problem has also occurred in IP14 and W14
Hi all. I´m from Denmark and I have the same problem - but only with mms 
I have Telia - service provider.
I have 1Gen. iPhone - jailbroken 2.2.1 .
Guess it´s a fruit (apple) thing :/
So much for this "oh so wonderfull iPhone"..... Glad I have my old N95 with bluetooth and mms
I´ll come back and see if any of you have a solution.
P.S. Hope my spelling is understandable :i
I have Telia - service provider.
I have 1Gen. iPhone - jailbroken 2.2.1 .
Guess it´s a fruit (apple) thing :/
So much for this "oh so wonderfull iPhone"..... Glad I have my old N95 with bluetooth and mms
I´ll come back and see if any of you have a solution.
P.S. Hope my spelling is understandable :i
PDP authentication problem
Thank you for this "historical" thread, it helped me yesterday to understand the problem.
Of course it is a matter of personal choice but I would suggest other people who are experiencing the PDP authentication message (see picture at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mblongo/4637895457/) to report it to their legitimate carrier because I am afraid it can be a signal that something wrong is going on within the network you are using, not just with your own mobile.
I noticed the "PDP authentication" message on my O2 (absolutely authentic) iPhone at least four or five times during the last year and usually I solved the problem resetting the mobile several times or simply forgetting the problem for a little while (bottlenecks on internet connections have always been an obvious thing).
I have also noticed that this problem happened when I rarely received SMS from my mother or my brother (who are both using Vodafone numbers in Italy and I am sure they are on legitimate not cracked devices too) or other contacts of mine: this is particularly annoying because if you notice technical problems calling a number you tend to associate the problems with the person who owns that number or with the content / situation or context of the communication, not with the network or the device or the software that enables you to that communication: it takes you a precise act of judgment and evaluation to distinguish the two.
Yesterday morning I got that PDP auth message when I was in London but the internet connection was not available since the day before when I was in Oxford (hilarious enough, I was attending an event at the Oxford Internet Institute about securing the Web and distributed networks). This persistency of connectivity problems for more than 12 hours on two different locations with the same carrier is a really unusual situation these days.
Besides, I really needed the internet connection on the mobile yesterday morning because I was in an emergency: my wallet had been stolen on Sunday, I had to go back and forth offices in finishing to report the fact to the consulat, authorities etc etc and checking the status of other transactions related to payments due within fixed deadlines. So I was in a really weak situation, still without documents, risking further isolation and losing control on legal obligations. Therefore the connection on my mobile was important more than the other times and I rang the O2 asking to check the problem: I presume they controlled and cross referenced identity and authenticity evidences and several personal data because after few moments the Internet connection was back on the mobile.
So all in all, I would say that it is really important not to underestimate the risk that your mobile connection has been hacked when you see that message or other similar inconsistency related to the authentication matter.
Brunella Longo
Thank you for this "historical" thread, it helped me yesterday to understand the problem.
Of course it is a matter of personal choice but I would suggest other people who are experiencing the PDP authentication message (see picture at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mblongo/4637895457/) to report it to their legitimate carrier because I am afraid it can be a signal that something wrong is going on within the network you are using, not just with your own mobile.
I noticed the "PDP authentication" message on my O2 (absolutely authentic) iPhone at least four or five times during the last year and usually I solved the problem resetting the mobile several times or simply forgetting the problem for a little while (bottlenecks on internet connections have always been an obvious thing).
I have also noticed that this problem happened when I rarely received SMS from my mother or my brother (who are both using Vodafone numbers in Italy and I am sure they are on legitimate not cracked devices too) or other contacts of mine: this is particularly annoying because if you notice technical problems calling a number you tend to associate the problems with the person who owns that number or with the content / situation or context of the communication, not with the network or the device or the software that enables you to that communication: it takes you a precise act of judgment and evaluation to distinguish the two.
Yesterday morning I got that PDP auth message when I was in London but the internet connection was not available since the day before when I was in Oxford (hilarious enough, I was attending an event at the Oxford Internet Institute about securing the Web and distributed networks). This persistency of connectivity problems for more than 12 hours on two different locations with the same carrier is a really unusual situation these days.
Besides, I really needed the internet connection on the mobile yesterday morning because I was in an emergency: my wallet had been stolen on Sunday, I had to go back and forth offices in finishing to report the fact to the consulat, authorities etc etc and checking the status of other transactions related to payments due within fixed deadlines. So I was in a really weak situation, still without documents, risking further isolation and losing control on legal obligations. Therefore the connection on my mobile was important more than the other times and I rang the O2 asking to check the problem: I presume they controlled and cross referenced identity and authenticity evidences and several personal data because after few moments the Internet connection was back on the mobile.
So all in all, I would say that it is really important not to underestimate the risk that your mobile connection has been hacked when you see that message or other similar inconsistency related to the authentication matter.
Brunella Longo