topic Re: APN settings for Pay Monthly - Huawei Ascend G300 in Android

APN settings for Pay Monthly - Huawei Ascend G300

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:06:24 GMT

I recently bought this phone unlocked and debranded and put in my Pay Monthly O2 sim. Calls and messages work fine but access to internet while roaming doen't. I've called O2 but there extensive attempt to help (Revolving around APN settings) didn't solve the problem. Anyone able to help? Pizarro

Re: APN settings for Pay Monthly - Huawei Ascend G300

perksie — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:57:27 GMT

These settings should work:

Name 'O2 UK' (anything)
APN 'mobile.o2.co.uk'
Proxy 'not set'
Port 'not set'
Username 'O2Web'
Password 'password'
Server 'not set'
MMSC 'not set'
MMS Proxy 'not set'
MMS Port 'not set'
MMC '234'
MNC '10'
Authentication 'not set'
APN Type 'default,supl'

then, a second APN, to handle the mms

Name 'O2 mms postpay' (anything)
APN 'wap.o2.co.uk'
Proxy 'not set'
Port 'not set'
Username 'O2wap'
Password 'password'
Server 'not set'
MMSC 'http://mmsc.mms.o2.co.uk:8002'
MMS Proxy '193.113.200.195'
MMS Port '8080'
MMC '234'
MNC '10'
Authentication 'not set'
APN Type 'mms'

Re: APN settings for Pay Monthly - Huawei Ascend G300

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:02:17 GMT

Doesn't work, I'm afraid. However there is one setting that's not mentioned and that is IP Version. As there are only 3 settings I will try 'em all and see what happens. Pizarro

Re: APN settings for Pay Monthly - Huawei Ascend G300

MI5 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:13:33 GMT

You will need to reboot your phone to allow the new settings to take effect, so make sure you reboot between changes or else you will never know what works or not....

Re: APN settings for Pay Monthly - Huawei Ascend G300

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:33:54 GMT

I have a HUAWEI ascend g300 which I have unlocked & tried to set up.

I was given this method yesterday when I chatted with a Guru :

Tap the Menu icon
Slide to the second screen
Tap Settings
Tap Network settings
Tap Data Account
Tap the triangle icon
Tap Add
On Account name enterO2 Pay Monthly
Highlight APN and enter wap.o2.co.uk
Highlight Username and enter o2wap
Highlight Password and enter password
Highlight Auth. type and check that this is set at Normal
Skip past Primary and Secondary DNS as these are preset as 000.000.000.000
Press the OK button
Tap the Tick
Tap the Back arrow three times to return to the main menu
Slide to the first screen
Tap WAP
Tap Internet service
Tap Settings
Tap Profiles
Tap Add new
Highlight Profile name and press the OK button
Enter O2 Monthly and press the OK button, then tap Done
Highlight Homepage and press the OK button
Enter http://wap.o2.co.ukand press the OK button, then tap Done
Highlight Data account and press the OK button
Tap GPRS
Tap O2 Pay Monthly
Skip past Connection type as this is preset as HTTP
Highlight Username and press the OK button
Enter o2wap and press the OK button, then tap Done
Highlight Password and press the OK button
Enter password and press the OK button, then tap Done
Tap the Save icon (bottom right corner of the screen)
Tap the tick to the question Save?
Tap O2 Pay Monthly, you should see the screen say Activated.
Tap the Back arrow, four times to return to the standby screen.

However this did not work for me.

I have tried the method posted above by Perksie but ...

Oh hang on a minute...

I now have a green letter G at the top of my screen.

I have turned my wifi off within network settings & hey presto ! I have tried a search in Google for something I know will not be in my cache & although slower than wifi ( i expected that ) it returned my search.

There are two arrows when the phone is retrieving data above the letter G so I suppose this is how the phone shows that it is working.

I did turn the phone off & on again after I made the settings.

I hope this is of help to you.

My only question now is will the phone automatically pick up the mobile internet when I am away from home ( & visa versa ) or do I have to go into settings & manually do this myself?

Re: APN settings for Pay Monthly - Huawei Ascend G300

MI5 — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:39:33 GMT

The phone should automatically switch to wifi when in range and cell data when no wifi is present.

Re: APN settings for Pay Monthly - Huawei Ascend G300

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:43:11 GMT

I will try it when I remove myself from the keyboard & venture outside into the real world later today.

I will update later.

Thanks.

Re: APN settings for Pay Monthly - Huawei Ascend G300

perksie — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:58:55 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I have tried the method posted above by Perksie but ...
Oh hang on a minute...
I now have a green letter G at the top of my screen.

I have turned my wifi off within network settings & hey presto ! I have tried a search in Google for something I know will not be in my cache & although slower than wifi ( i expected that ) it returned my search.
There are two arrows when the phone is retrieving data above the letter G so I suppose this is how the phone shows that it is working.

Thanks for that, I'm glad it worked for you.

Re: APN settings for Pay Monthly - Huawei Ascend G300

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:39:40 GMT

I have tried the PERKSIE settings (thanks) changing the IP Version and rebooting after each change but to no avail.

I cannot find the settings referred to by SMOKING_GUN, namely Data Account and Profiles.

They do not exist within settings on my phone.

Stumped!

I have noticed that my wife's android phone includes something called MMS PROTOCOL which is set at WAP 2.0. within APN settings. Should this go in my phone somewhere?

Re: APN settings for Pay Monthly - Huawei Ascend G300

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:39:43 GMT

Huawei ascend g300

Oh dear.

I have updated my phone from gingerbread to ICS to try & fix the notorious volume problem.

The update worked fine but the volume problem persists. However I digress somewhat.

I have tried to reset the APN wap settings but I am having no luck. I have followed Perskie's instructions as before but this time my phone will not connect. I don't know if the update has confused the phone but it will not now play ball.

I have got a grey letter G just above the signal indicator ....

Oh hell ! Wouldn't you just know it. It has connected.

Maybe I should be a little more patient.

Sorry for the moan.

Thanks again o2 for the info.

Now to try & sort out that volume problem..

Anyone got any bright ideas ?

Re: APN settings for Pay Monthly - Huawei Ascend G300

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:05:38 GMT

Have finally sorted out settings. They are as follows:-

NAME O2 Pay Monthly

APN    wap.o2.co.uk

PROXY    193.113.200.195

PORT 8080

USERNAME      O2wap

PASSWORD      password

SERVER <Not Set>

MMSC      http://mmsc.mms.o2.co.uk:8002

MMS PROXY      193.113.200.195

MMS PORT    8080

MCC    234

MNC    10

IP VERSION     IPv4

AUTHENTICATION TYPE <none>

APN TYPE     default,supl,mms

Up and running at last!

Re: APN settings for Pay Monthly - Huawei Ascend G300

jonsie — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:07:24 GMT

That's good news. Thanks for posting the settings as they will undoubtably help someone else with the same problem:smileyhappy:

Re: APN settings for Pay Monthly - Huawei Ascend G300

perksie — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:02:31 GMT

That's good to know, they do look the same as the standard Android settings for O2.

Some confusion I think over the APN type, I use this *.

Re: APN settings for Pay Monthly - Huawei Ascend G300

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:56:37 GMT

Guys,

This will probably win 1st price for stupidity, but I'm really struggling here !!

On my g 300 I do the following to try and change my settings for o2.

Page right 3 times

Settings

Wireless & networks

Mobile networks

Network settings

Then I can't go any further ??!!

Can someone please point me in the right direction.

Thanks.