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How to Fix the N95/E90 Browser Image Bug

As many speculated (and as I had been told) the browser image display bug is a result of certain issues involving AT&T proxy servers. As such, T-Mobile users wouldn’t have any issue with it, but now AT&T users don’t have to worry about this bug either!

Thanks to the help of Chance Arrington, I’m now looking at crystal clear images in my N95-3 browser and I couldn’t be happier. Chanse commented on my original post but I still had some issues after following his instructions. Thankfully he contacted me directly and walked me through a few more suggestions. Viola! Problem solved.

Future N95-3 owners be aware, this is the first thing you should do once you receive your new phone if you plan to use it on AT&T networks and have a MEdiaNet plan. This should also resolve the issue for users of any other device that are experiencing this problem. Make sure that you clear your cache before following the instructions below.

Go to Settings -> Connections -> Acces points and highlight MEdiaNet. Press Options -> Duplicate access point. In the settings of the duplicate AP (which will be named MEdiaNet(01) by default, which is fine), press Options -> Advanced settings. Now scroll to the bottom and delete both the Proxy server address and the Proxy port number.

Now simply save your new AP, reboot and you’re set! You should use this AP for all apps that maintain a data connection. As Chanse and I discovered, even if you set this new AP as the default bowser AP other apps using your original MEdiaNet AP can cause the browser bug to resurface. The only possible downside is that you will not be able to access the MEdiaNet homepage while connected via your new AP, but who really uses the MEdiaNet homepage?

A big thanks to Chanse Arrington for all of his help! He has also brought it to my attention that starting with the N95 8GB, non-branded devices will automatically create three APs when used on AT&T networks: one for MEdiaNet, one for MMS and a third proxyless MEdiaNet AP like the one you’ve created by following the instructions above. Brilliant! :)

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