T-Mobile hobbling Nokia phones?
A few months ago, my Nokia E90 stopped being able to connect to any Web page that required a secure connection (i.e. SSL). At first, I didn't think all that much about it, but it very quickly started to annoy me. I couldn't access my email, RSS reader, or any of a million different Web sites that I hadn't even realised required SSL!
I updated the firmware to the very latest version, but to no effect. So I checked the mobile forums, where I found that a number of other users had been having the same problem with their Nokia phones - and not just the E90. It was a variety of Nokia phones that were having problems, but the one common theme was that they were all on the UK T-Mobile network, and they all used to work fine.
Then one day, without warning,and without doing anything to their phones, the Nokia's simply stopped being able to establish SSL connections.
Every other network worked just fine - it was only Nokia phones on T-Mobile's network that was the problem.
At the 3G.co.uk forum, one member speculated that this was a deliberate move by T-Mobile because they'd fallen out with Nokia over its Ovi music service.
This can't really be the case, can it? The video above shows the problem. I've now finally got through to a teccie at T-Mobile and will be providing evidence of the problem over the coming days, with an assurance that they will sort it out for me. They'd better, as my contract runs out in November, and I'm not prepared to sign up with a network that only half works!
Stay tuned for more details on this saga.
