Those could mean alot of things! One of the most probable is that your dialing is not in sync with Safcom&#39;s<div><br><div>It probably has something to do with your wvdial configuration, but i could be wrong</div><div><br>

</div><div>So back up your current config ( <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#cc0000" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"><b>sudo mv /etc/wvdial.conf /etc/wvdial.conf.bak.1</b></font>  )</div><div>Makesure your modem is plugged in. If its a phone make sure its in PC connectivity mode not Mass storage mode</div>

<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Generate a new config (<font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"> <b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#cc0000">sudo wvdialcon</font></b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#cc0000">f</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#990000"> </font></b></font>)</div>

<div><br></div><div>Then set your username and password to web</div><div><b><u><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div>

<br></div><div>Username = web</div></span></u></b></div><div><font><font><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; border-collapse: separate; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline; ">

Password = web</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline; "><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal; ">Now you can </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#cc0000" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace">sudo wvdial</font></div>

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<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="font-size:13px"><br></span></span></font></div><font color="#006600" style="font-family:&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>#define TRUE FALSE</b></font></font> <font color="#666666" style="font-family:&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold">//Happy debugging suckers!</font></font><div>

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/8/5 jamo njoroge <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:patjayke@gmail.com">patjayke@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

thanks james but i found this in the logs <div><div>Aug  5 11:02:20 james-desktop pppd[22975]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit cle$</div><div><div>Aug  5 11:02:20 james-desktop pppd[22975]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0</div>


<div>Aug  5 11:02:25 james-desktop pppd[22975]: Modem hangup</div><div>Aug  5 11:02:25 james-desktop pppd[22975]: Exit.</div></div><div><br></div><div>what does this mean?</div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:47 PM, James Nzomo <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:kazikubwa@gmail.com" target="_blank">kazikubwa@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">First make sure u have enuf Data and try removing line number 12 (reading <span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px">Carrier check = no)</span><div>




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</span></span></font></div><font color="#006600" style="font-family:&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>#define TRUE FALSE</b></font></font> <font color="#666666" style="font-family:&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold">//Happy debugging suckers!</font></font><div>




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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>2011/8/5 jamo njoroge <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:patjayke@gmail.com" target="_blank">patjayke@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


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Hello Skunks,<div>Am working on mbuni which requires a ppp connection to safaricom in order to send an MMS however wvdial just keeps responding with NO CARRIER and my wvdial.conf looks in order as shown below, what could be the problem?</div>





<div><br></div><div><div>[Dialer Defaults]</div><div>Init1 = ATZ</div><div>Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &amp;C1 &amp;D2 +FCLASS=0</div><div>Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,&quot;IP&quot;,&quot;safaricom&quot;</div><div>Phone = *99#</div>





<div>Password = data</div><div>Stupid mode = yes</div><div>Baud = 115200</div><div>New PPPD = yes</div><div>Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0</div><div>ISDN = 0</div><div>Username = saf</div><div>Carrier check = no</div><div>Modem Type = Analogue Modem</div>





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