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Getting Your PAC Code

  • Text PAC to 65075, for free, if you want to keep your phone number.
  • Text STAC to 75075, for free, if you do not want to keep your phone number.

Check Balance

Premium Service Checker

https://www.o2.co.uk/help/account-and-billing/premium-service-checker

PAYG: How do I check my balance?

To check your balance use Hotkey 2 or key *#10# then press the call button and your calltime balance will be shown on your display.

Alternatively dial 4444 FREE from your mobile to hear your balance and to top-up.

You need at least 1 minute of calltime credit to make a call. When your calltime falls too low, you'll get messages indicating you're nearly out of credit until you're finally diverted to the O2 top-up line.

ANDROID: Adding MMS And WAP

Automatic

Call O2 and they will send you a special text message with the Activation settings for WAP and MMS.

It will look like the following:- 

Application:
Browser

APN:
mobile.o2.co.uk

Proxy:
82.132.254.1

Port:
8080

Now power off your phone and then power on again.

Manual

Tap the Menu key 

    1. Tap Settings
    2. Tap Wireless & network
    3. Tap Mobile networks
    4. Make sure that the Use packet data box has a green tick in it (tap box to change)
    5. Tap Access Point Names
    6. Tap the Menu key
    7. Tap New APN
    8. Tap Name then tap the text box and enter O2 Pay Monthly then tap OK
    9. Tap APN then tap the text box and enter wap.o2.co.uk then tap OK
   10. Tap Proxy then tap the text box and enter 193.113.200.195 then tap OK
   11. Tap Port then tap the text box and enter 8080 then tap OK
   12. Tap Username then tap the text box and enter o2wap then tap OK
   13. Tap Password then tap the text box and enter password then tap OK
   14. Skip past Server as this is preset as Not set
   15. Tap MMSC then tap the text box and enter http://mmsc.mms.o2.co.uk:8002 then tap OK
   16. Tap MMS proxy then tap the text box and enter 193.113.200.195 then tap OK
   17. Tap MMS port then tap the text box and enter 8080 then tap OK
   18. Tap MCC then tap the text box and enter 234 then tap OK
   19. Tap MNC then tap the text box and enter 10 then tap OK
   20. Tap Authentication type and tap PAP
   21. Tap APN type and tap Internet + MMS
   22. Press the Menu key
   23. Tap Save
   24. Tap the circle next to the new profile so a green dot appears in it
   25. Press the Back key four times to return to the main menu.

Settings

O2 MOBILE WEB
mobile.o2.co.uk

O2 MMS Post Pay
wap.o2.co.uk

O2 MOBILE WEB

Name
O2 MOBILE WEB

APN
mobile.o2.co.uk

Proxy
Not Set

Port
Not Set

User Name
o2web

Password
password

Server
Not Set

MMSC
Not Set

MMS Proxy
Not Set

MMS Port
Not Set

MCC
234

MNC
10

Authentication Type
PAP

APN Type
Internet

O2 MMS Post Pay

Name
O2 MMS Post Pay

APN
wap.o2.co.uk

Proxy
Not Set

Port
Not Set

User Name
o2wap

Password
password

Server
Not Set

MMSC
http://mmsc.mms.o2.co.uk:8002

MMS Proxy
193.113.200.195

MMS Port
8080

MCC
234

MNC
10

Authentication Type
PAP

APN Type
mms

Email Portal - Blackberry

By default the O2/RIM portal will use the email address as the username for the email account. This is fine unless your system needs a username that does not match the email address. To When setting up a new email address put in an incorrect email address so that set will fail. This failure will result in you being offered advanced set up options, amongst which is the option to specify a username.

Micro SIM - Swapping To

O2 have a dedicated page on swapping your standard SIM card to a micro: 

 http://swapmysim.o2.co.uk/

Post Pay And Pre Pay

Postpay = Pay monthly

Prepay = Pay as you go

Pay As You Go HUAWEI Mobile Connect E160 / E220 USB Modem

Go to http://mobilebroadbandaccess.o2.co.uk and add money to your SIM card account.

Ubuntu Linux 9.04

Insert Modem into USB socket.

Dismiss the Mobile Broadband Connection screen that ask for a password.

Right-Click on the NetworkManager icon and choose Edit Connections.

Click on the Mobile Broadband Tab.

Create a new connection called O2 Pay & Go with these details... 

Number *99#
Username o2web (thats an o for oscar not a zero)
Password password
APN m-bb.o2.co.uk (thats an o for oscar not a zero)

Left-Click on the NetworkManager icon and choose O2 Pay & Go.

Be patient, it can take a while to connect.

Gentoo / Sabayon Linux

Follow the same procedure for Ubuntu Linux, but you might need to click on the 'O2 Pay & Go' option in NetworkManager twice for it to finally connect.

Check dmesg for the following... 

[  756.214070] usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
[  756.340612] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[  756.345127] usb-storage: probe of 2-1:1.0 failed with error -5
[  756.345636] usb-storage: probe of 2-1:1.1 failed with error -5
[  756.355926] usb-storage: probe of 2-1:1.2 failed with error -1
[  756.358065] usb-storage: probe of 2-1:1.3 failed with error -1
[  756.412498] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[  756.412510] USB Serial support registered for generic
[  756.412567] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[  756.412569] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[  756.415791] USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
[  756.415840] option 2-1:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[  756.415999] usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[  756.416007] option 2-1:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[  756.416064] usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[  756.416079] usbcore: registered new interface driver option
[  756.416080] option: v0.7.2:USB Driver for GSM modems
[  868.239589] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[  868.426160] PPP BSD Compression module registered
[  868.429278] PPP Deflate Compression module registered

Also, you may need to check the nameservers... 

# nano /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 82.132.136.102
nameserver 82.132.136.103

And your kernel routing table... 

# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
10.64.64.64     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
127.0.0.0       127.0.0.1       255.0.0.0       UG    0      0        0 lo
0.0.0.0         10.64.64.64     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 ppp0

Acer Aspire One / Linpus Linux

Run Live Update, download all available packages, and then reboot.

Install 2 new packages... 

yum install gnome-ppp libusb

Plug in the USB Modem... the File Manager window will appear.

Unmount (eject) the new USB drive and then close this window.

Download the USB ModeSwitch software and config file... 

wget http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/usb_modeswitch-0.9.7.tar.bz2
wget http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/usb_modeswitch.conf

Copy the config file to the /etc directory... 

cp usb_modeswitch.conf /etc/

Check which USB id (Vendor and Product) the modem has... 

lsusb

It should say something like... 

ID 12d1:1003 Huawei E220 3G Modem

Untar the file and change into its directory, then run the following command using the Vendor and Product values from above... 

./usb_modeswitch -v 0x12d1 -p 0x1003 -H 1

Create a .wvdial.conf file for the user who will be dialing (either /root/.wvdial.conf or /home/user/.wvdial.conf) and add / edit the following lines... 

Phone = *99#
Username = o2web
Password = password

Then run the Gnome PPP program to connect... 

gnome-ppp

Enter the password again in the box and press the Connect button. Be patient, it will take a while - but you should see the following lines... 

GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Using interface ppp0
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> local IP address 10.xx.xx.xx
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> remote IP address 10.64.64.64
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> primary DNS address 82.132.136.102
GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> secondary DNS address 82.132.136.103

Now, you will have to fix the kernel routing table... 

route add -net 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 gateway 127.0.0.1
route del -net 0.0.0.0
route add default gateway 10.64.64.64
route -n

Now you test it... 

ping www.google.co.uk

Enjoy!

DNS Name Servers

If you have problems, check your /etc/resolv.conf file has these lines... 

nameserver 82.132.136.102
nameserver 82.132.136.103

Swapping SIM

http://swapmysim.o2.co.uk/

http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Apple-iOS-Devices-iPhone-iPad/Sim-Swap-Nano-Micro-Mini-Sim/td-p/292218

Voicemail

https://www.o2.co.uk/help/digital-services/voicemail

To Turn It On

1750

To Turn It Off

1760

To Access It

901

Default PIN

0000 or 4321

Notifications

901, *, 4, 1

Change The Number Of Rings Before Going To Voicemail

This actually alters the length of time the phone will ring before the call is sent to voicemail, not the actual number of rings.

To change the ringing time before a call is diverted to Voicemail (901), please follow the steps below:

Key: 

**61*901*11*5# SEND

Where the final figure is the time in seconds, and is set in multiples of five seconds up to thirty seconds.

To check status of diverts - Key *#(DIVERT CODE? 62, 67, 61, 21)# SEND

Checking Your Contract Renewal Upgrades

https://upgrades.o2.co.uk

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