Big brother on DSTV Mobile

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Posted by Felix Okoli on July 18, 2010 at 05:42:31:

I already had the dstv mobile service from MTN but since the bba5 all stars show was approaching and Multichoice announcing that the show would also be available on the DSTV Mobile, I tried to see if I could activate it on my Nokia 5330.
I had only 11 channels without the bba5 and so I did a rescan and got the BBA5 channel as the 12th. Now the problem is activating it on my phone. It requests for a password since it is locked based on parental control and so anyone who wanted to watch it via mobile would have to enter the pass code.
The Big brother Africa 5 all stars begins today, the 18th of July and you can watch it on a dedicated channel on your DSTV either on your mobile or connected TV. I would still have to call customer service to unlock the service for my phone.

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Related:

1. Big Brother Africa 5 (BBA5) - The coming
2. Activating Big Brother Africa for DSTV Mobile

Comments:

Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Koded on July 18, 2010 at 16:11:07:

No Felix, all u need to do is go to setting in the mobileTv and change the parental control to 18...but you should know u need to have the security code of the phone to change the parental control...default code is 12345



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Felix Okoli on July 19, 2010 at 00:07:47:

Thanks man. It helped to remove that first barrier. Now it is asking me to purchase content before viewing. I guess it will sort itself out later on. My brother is actually watching BBA on his Nokia N96 but unlike mine, which shows other channels, BBA is the only channel showing on his mobile



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by sadiq musa on July 19, 2010 at 01:17:40:

if your device says purchase content go to subscriptions and choose retrieve it would restore your channels



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by kazeem on July 19, 2010 at 08:56:19:

pls what do i do to anable me watch bi brother. corrently channel 198 is not on my channel list

thaks



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Felix on July 19, 2010 at 08:56:19:

As was explained, just do a rescan of your mobile tv and the channel will be showing


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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Zodiac on July 19, 2010 at 10:37:36:

Even after the steps above the message returned is'unable to retrieve'



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Felix Okoli on July 19, 2010 at 10:37:36:

You can try retrieving it again. Maybe the signal is not yet available. You can still call mtn customer service on 180


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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by kazeem on July 19, 2010 at 08:56:19:

pls what do i do to anable me watch bi brother. corrently channel 198 is not on my channel list

thaks



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by atinuke on July 19, 2010 at 12:40:35:

Thanks for the useful tips Felix and Koded. cheers.



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Felix Okoli on July 19, 2010 at 12:40:35:

Thanks for visiting


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Re: Big brother on DSTV Posted by toyin on July 19, 2010 at 14:02:12:

i dont know how to activate BBA on my dstv. i no der is a code but i dnt no it. thanks.



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by ibro on July 19, 2010 at 14:03:55:

pls how do i activate 198 on my dstv??



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by DAMMY on July 20, 2010 at 11:48:46:

i av adstv mobile but if i enter the security code 12345 it tells me code error



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Felix Okoli on July 20, 2010 at 11:48:46:

It may be that you must have changed the default code into something else or you may not be using the Nokia 5300. You should still call MTN customer service


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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by ben on July 21, 2010 at 08:06:27:

ive every thing i cant still watch,its keep telling me i need to purchace b/4 viewing.what can i do next



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by vitalis on July 21, 2010 at 09:42:17:

how do i watch big brother africa on my dstv mobile phone. any useful info pls..



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Sola on July 21, 2010 at 10:43:17:

Only big brother is showin now on my phone but other channels have dissappeared, why?



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Felix Okoli on July 21, 2010 at 10:43:56:

Did you get the settings directly from MTN or you configured it yourself?



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Emma on July 21, 2010 at 10:44:45:

How can I get this big brother to start showing on my phone? I was told I need to purchase it. Is it not for free?



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Felix Okoli on July 21, 2010 at 10:46:09:

It is supposed to be for free. Maybe by the time you set up yours, bba was not yet on. I think the best thing is to have mtn customer service do it for you if you have tried retrieving your subscriptions and it still does not work



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Charles Sileola on July 22, 2010 at 12:24:39:

I actually appreciate this medium you guyz have here.
I tried getting BBA on my mobile even though I have it at home but could not get the parental control for which Multichoice website I visited asked me to go to any Nokia Care office. With your que.and ans, I was able to achieve it.
Thumbs up!



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Felix Okoli on July 22, 2010 at 12:24:39:

Glad to be of help.
Thanks for your acknowledgment


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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Adefolami Pegba-Otemolu on July 23, 2010 at 03:19:02:

The breakthrough is here.
To start watching BBA on your dstv moblile, simply follow the steps below:
1. Make sure you have above N100 credit in your phone before you begin the process, because you need it to purchase BBA channel addition.
2. Delete all your channels by going to options while TV is active.
3. Once this is done, the phone automatically rescans for new channels.
4. Purcase the new item.
5. If you have challenges with code while trying to watch BBA channel, enter 12345 if you have not changed the security code of your phone. This code is as a result of your parental control on your phone that is set at 16. Change parental control in options to 18 to stop seeing the message.
Happy viewing and make sure CHILDREN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WATCH. Lol
I hope this sorts it



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Felix Okoli on July 23, 2010 at 03:19:02:

Thanks a lot for the tip Adefolami. I believe it will be helpful to a lot of people. I was actually thinking in the same direction, that is - maybe it was due to lack of credit that some users have not been able to get bba on their mobile because I've found out that it requires a mobile internet service before activating mobile dstv.
Thanks for sharing once again.


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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by abimbola on July 23, 2010 at 06:28:28:

thanks folami, your instructions really worked. and they actually only took out 10 naira.



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Felix Okoli on July 25, 2010 at 06:30:20:

Thank God, I finally was able to activate my big brother channel on my Nokia 5330. I followed a tip from poster 23(Adefolami) and it worked. You can learn more about how I did it here



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Imo elvis on July 31, 2010 at 19:06:01:

Pls i have 12 chanels including bba and ss4, if i try to view ss4 it keeps tellin me that this chanel has been purchasd wait until deliverd. And bba also keep telin me this content need to be purchasd b4 viewin, and if i say ok purchase notin wil still show. Also i want to get chanel that can show foregn movies.Pls help am missin out.



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Felix Okoli on July 31, 2010 at 19:06:01:

Why don't you delete all the current channels and try to purchase a new subscription. That should work


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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by ope adeola on August 06, 2010 at 05:34:50:

how can activate 198 on my dstv home list?



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by omex on August 07, 2010 at 15:50:54:

I like Code of Malawi



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Sule Ehanmo on August 15, 2010 at 02:26:44:


Thanx man...Thank God, I finally was able to activate my big brother channel on my Nokia 5330. i just typed in 12345 and oops!am connected.simple stuff..However is there a possibility of using my dstvmobile via a laptop.



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Felix Okoli on August 15, 2010 at 02:26:44:

As far as I know, I have not seen or hear of anyone connecting dstv mobile to laptop. Unless, nokia builds a device or software for that. The closest I know is about connecting your stored videos on a Nokia N90 to your tv but not live tv only saved videos


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Re: Big brother on DSTV Decorder Posted by Seun on August 23, 2010 at 14:35:39:


Ow can I activate BBA on my decorder



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Felix Okoli on September 07, 2010 at 03:16:36:


To activate BBA on your decoder learn about it here



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by kay on September 20, 2010 at 02:56:28:


hey guys...thanx so much for this site.yesterday my phone also started misbehaving and thank God I found some tips here.So I did reset the factory settings. and it worked. Then now again it has stopped. I have tried several time to reset,delete all channels, purchase but nothing doing.Any clues what might be wrong??



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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Felix Okoli on September 20, 2010 at 02:56:28:

Yes it also happened to me but I think it had to do with the transmission from DSTV mobile. However big brother is working today. Try to do a rescan of your channels. No need to delete any channels again if it is only bb that it not showing. If it shows that it is constantly searching when you tune in to that channel, it will soon show up by itself. You can switch it off and on later on


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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by koko boy on August 24, 2011 at 08:11:10:


Guys i beg... it is possible for me to use airtel sim on my nokia 5330 dstv mobile




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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Clara Ifeoma on Tuesday May 28, 2013 at 11:25:44:

Thanx, i followed the steps and it work. So happy




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Re: Big brother on DSTV Mobile Posted by Felix Okoi on Tuesday May 28, 2013 at 11:25:44:

Happy it worked for you


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