Originally Posted by grahamsz

First make sure you clicked on the Start Socks button on the application, it should give you a brief message on screen letting you know the service started.

Then try the following from a dos window

telnet localhost 1080

It should connect and then disconnect you again if you hit return.

Finally make sure your phone has internet access - try bringing up your browser. I spent ages beating my head against the wall before realizing t-mobile were down.