
Introduction
This article explains how to set up the Straight Talk Wireless wap.tracfone
APN on your iPhone with iOS 8 installed. The steps should also be similar for iOS 7 too. This article is only for the iPhone and Straight Talk’s T-Mobile compatible SIM card. The article is part of a series of articles that explain how to set up your Straight Talk APN on the iPhone. If you not sure what your APN is or which Straight Talk network you are using, see Setting up Straight Talk Wireless APN for Cellular Data, Internet, MMS Picture Messages on Your iPhone Using iOS 8.
Setting Your APN to wap.tracfone
If your APN is wap.tracfone
, you can directly enter the APN settings on your iPhone in Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data Network.
- Press Home
- Tap Settings
- Tap Cellular
- Tap Cellular Data Network
If you do not have the Cellular Data Network option, stop reading this article. Make sure your APN iswap.tracfone
and you are using the Straight Talk T-Mobile compatible SIM. Leave a reply below and ask for help. - Scroll to the bottom
Cellular Data is longer than the screen. Scroll to see all the fields - Tap Reset Settings
You only really need to do this if Cellular Data already has values in it. Resetting will clear APN settings - Tap Reset
You only really need to do this if Cellular Data already has values in it. Resetting will clear the APN settings - Scroll to the top
- Under CELLULAR DATA, Tap APN
- Enter
wap.tracfone
You’ll need this value again, you can copy it now and paste it later. - Scroll to MMS
- Under MMS, Tap APN
- Enter
wap.tracfone
Paste it from the clipboard if you copied it earlier - Tap MMSC
- Enter
http://mms.tracfone.com
- Tap MMS Max Message Size
- Enter
1048576
- Tap MMS UA Prof URL
- Enter
http://www.apple.com/mms/uaprof.rdf
This value is optional. You can choose to enter it the first time you try to set up your APN or leave it out. If your phone doesn’t work after setting up the APN, try it again with or without this value. - Tap Cellular
- Tap Settings
- Done
Your APN is now set
Try Using Cellular Data, MMS Picture Messages, and Group Text Messages
After setting your APN, try to:
- access the Internet using cellular data
- send and receive an MMS picture message
- send and receive a group text message
If you need more details or instructions to check this, or you did but your cellular data, MMS, or group texts still do not work, see Verifying Your iPhone’s Cellular Data Connection, MMS Picture Messages, and Group Text Messages.
Finishing Up
If your cellular data, MMS, or group texts work now, please continue to Setting up Straight Talk Wireless APN for Cellular Data, Internet, MMS Picture Messages on Your iPhone Using iOS 8
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