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Running on both WiFi and mobile connection, the browser can connect to the internet ok but apps can not connect.

What can cause this?

Samsung Galaxy S

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Is your phone rooted? – Sergiy Byelozyorov Mar 19 '12 at 12:30
What's your ROM? Have you ever installed Firewall? Or, activated firewall feature of Avast! Mobile Security? – Sachin Shekhar Mar 19 '12 at 17:14
@Sergiy - No phone isn't rooted. – sickgemini Mar 20 '12 at 0:58
@Sachin - No. No firewalls or security apps installed. Thought it might be a APN issue at first but had same issues on WiFi. – sickgemini Mar 20 '12 at 0:58

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This seems to be a software problem. Try a hard reset - that should restore connectivity. Note that this will delete all your data, so back it up first. When installing apps back try to check connectivity after each new installation - in this way you'll be able to determine what causes the problem.

Also as a random guess - do you use a proxy that only permits web-pages (only HTTP protocol)? That would explain why your browser works, but apps do not (they often use other protocols than HTTP).

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Disabling the 'data connection' and then enabling it solved my problem. You should try it. You can alternatively try toggling the airplane mode (or use a widget) that should also enable and disable the data connection (both WiFi/data).

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