well its a low end phone cuz had one myself.try opera 3.2 from twilightwap.com i found that quicker than 4. series on that phone

theres an option in opera mini to check if your access point is working properly. use that, as its not likely to be opera with the problem. you could ask your network to text you the settings for an access point and mms

You should also try going into 'settings/advanced/protocol' and try switching between 'http' and 'socket' (http/socket in more recent versions) and check to see if one or the other works for you.

I've done all of the above and it's still not working. I can only put it down to the phone being a bit rubbish!

I'm constantly getting 'failed to connect to the internet' messages. Very frustrating

What network are you on @mark522? I'll have a look round and see if there's any other access points you could try. Are you also getting fails using the built-in browser, or is this only Mini?

is ur time, date nd year on the phone correct?

Yes Garion I'm on orange. Opera mini is virtually unusable on this phone. My phone's browser is marginally better

It's just taken about 10 minutes to post that last message

I believe you'll need to setup an access point for java apps, this should be in: 'menu/settings/configuration/personal configuration settings'. This page may also help, it's the opera mini settings page for Orange UK, and also includes a link to the Orange auto-setup page: http://goo.gl/z4SXV