I own a Sony Ericsson k700i. For a normal mobile phone user like me, this model has all the features I want. Bluetooth, camera, color screen, mp3 player..etc. It doesn’t have that cutting-edge factor, but it’s good enough. Now, the problem with this that it is not supported to run Gmail mobile application because it lacks the Verisign Class 3 public certificate with the serial no : 70:BA:E4:1D:10:D9:29:34:B6:38:CA:7B:03:CC:BA:BF.
Well, after looking for a solution, found one at the Google Mobile Help Group.
In order for you to run Gmail Mobile application on your Sony Ericsson k700i,
1. You need to download the roots certificate from Verisign. Click here to download the zip file. Fill up the form and download the roots.zip file. Unzip it and in the folder ‘VeriSign_Roots‘, find the file ‘PCA3ss_v4.509‘. Rename it to ‘PCA3ss_v4.509.cer‘
2. Use your bluetooth or infrared or any other methods to upload ‘PCA3ss_v4.509.cer‘ into your phone. For me, I use bluetooth. Once you upload the file, your phone will ask you if it is a certificate. Press Yes and it will be installed.
3. Now you need to get the Gmail mobile application file, since you probably won’t be able to download it via your phone’s WAP or GPRS as it is an unsupported phone. Instead, download it from Gmail by clicking here. After you download the file, upload the file ‘gmail-g.jar‘ to your phone and put it in your phone’s application folder and start it. Type in your user name and password and you are done.
And now I can access my Gmail account anywhere! Woo hoo… finally!
