Set up Your Access Point Name (APN) Settings
Look up your APN settings on the Straight Talk website and enter them into your phone’s APN settings. Test your data and internet connection. Once your data connection is working, then test MMS picture messages and group texts.
Look up Your APN Settings
Visit the Straight Talk Wireless Support website to look up you APN information.
Click here to visit the Straight Talk Wireless website. Enter your phone number and use Android 4.0 & 4.1 as your phone type and click Search. The website should display your APN settings.
Straight Talk Wireless uses there different APN settings:
Straight Talk Wireless APN Settings
The APN Settings from the Straight Talk web site may not exactly match the APN settings page in your smartphone. You may also need to enter some additional APN settings not supplied on Straight Talk’s website. Match the APN returned from the website to correct group below.
APN Settings
Name: tfdata
APN: tfdata
MMSC: http://mms-tf.net
MMS proxy: mms3.tracfone.com
MMS Port: 80
APN Type: default, mms, wap
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Name: wap.tracfone
APN: wap.tracfone
Port: 8080
MMSC: http://mms.tracfone.com
APN Type: default, mms, supl
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Name: att.mvno
APN: att.mvno
MMSC: http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.33
MMS proxy port: 80
APN Type: default, mms, wap
MCC: 310
MNC: 410
Set Up Your APN
After you have looked up the APN settings for your phone number, enter them into your phone’s settings. The steps below may not exactly match your phone. Each phone manufacturer seems to change the steps on their phone a little bit. Please leave a comment if you have corrections.
- Tap Settings
- Tap Wireless and Networks or More…
- Tap Access Points
- Tap Menu
- Tap New APN
- Tap Name
- Type a name (eg. tfdata, wap.tracfone, or att.mvno)
- Tap APN
- Enter your APN (e.g. tfdata, wap.tracfone, or att.mvno)
- Tap MMSC
- Enter your MMSC
- Tap MMS Proxy
- Enter your MMS Proxy
- Tap MMS port
- Enter your MMS port
- Tap MCC
- Enter your MCC (if not already previously entered)
- Tap MNC
- Enter your MNC (if not already previously entered)
- Enter Your APN Type (I recommend you only add this if MMS doesn’t work the first time)
- type in the values for your APN type from above
- Tap Menu
- Tap Save
Test Your Internet and Data Connection
To test your data connection, restart your phone, turn off your wi-fi, and use your web browser to visit some web pages and verify the display.
Restart Your Phone
It’s a good idea to restart your phone before testing your data connection.
- Press and Hold the Power key
- Tap Power Off
- Press and Hold the Power key until the phone starts
Turn Off Wi-Fi
Turn off your Wi-Fi, so your phone will try to use its data connection.
- Tap Menu
- Tap Settings
- Tap Wireless and Networks or More…
- Tap Wi-Fi ON to turn Wi-Fi OFF
Open Chrome or Your Browser and Visit Some Web sites
- Tap Home
- Tap All Apps
- Tap Chrome or your phone’s default web browser
- Tap the address bar
- Enter http://smartphonematters.com
- Verify smartphonematters.com is displayed.
- Visit several links on smartphonematters.com or other sites to make sure your Internet is working.
Results
If you are able to browser the Web, your internet / data connection works. Continue to Set up MMS Picture Messages and Group Texts
If smartphonematters.com is NOT displayed there is a problem with your APN.
- Repeat the steps above and edit your APN. Verify you entered the APN correctly and save
- If you have more than one APN in APNs list, try removing them.
- Repeat the steps to test your data and Internet connection.
If your internet or data connection still doesn’t work:
- Repeat the steps above to return to the APNs list.
- From APNs, Tap Menu
- Tap Reset to Default, re-enter your APN and try the steps again.
If your data connection still does not work, you can repeat trying the other two APNs listed above. If that doesn’t work, leave a comment on this page and we will try to help you.
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