Do you need to apply the proper T-Mobile APN settings to your phone or tablet in order to send MMS messages and surf the internet? Fear not, because we’ve got you covered! Why is it vital to have these T-Mobile APN settings? Well, your smartphone will be able to connect to the internet via a mobile data network correctly once these settings have been applied.
Find out how to correctly change the APN settings on your T-Mobile device below.
T-Mobile is a great network that offers straightforward options at affordable costs. You will need to make sure that your phone is configured with the appropriate APN settings for T-Mobile in order to have the best possible experience. Before we continue with the T-Mobile APN settings for your phone, we will walk you through the steps necessary to configure a new APN Settings manually. Take a look below!
For iPhone users:
- Proceed to the Settings menu.
- Utilize the Mobile Cellular Data Network
- After that, input the revised APN Settings.
- For Android users:
- Proceed to the Settings menu.
- Turn on the Connections.
- Utilize Cellular Networks
- Choose the Names of the Access Points
- Select the More (three dots) option.
- Click the Reset to Default button.
- After that, input the revised APN settings.
- Configuration of T-Mobile’s APN for the iPhone
For iPhones with iOS 9 or a newer OS, here’s what you have to do:
After inserting a genuine T-Mobile SIM card, the APN Settings will be set with the default values automatically. Alternatively, you may reset these parameters by resetting the network settings on your computer.
- Proceed to the Settings menu.
- Select General.
- Select Either ‘Transfer’ or ‘Reset’ on the iPhone.
- Tap the ‘Reset’ button.
- Tap the button ‘Reset Network Settings’.
As for the Android devices, the T-Mobile APN settings are listed below:
- APN: Fast.t-mobile.com (for smartphones that support LTE) or epc.t-mobile.com (for devices that do not support LTE).
- Proxy: Not set
- Proxy: Not set
- Username: Not set
- Password: Not set
- Server: Not set
- MMSC should be like this: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
- MMS proxy: Not set
- MMS port: Not set
- MMS protocol should be: WAP 2.0
- MCC: 310
- MNC: 260
- Authentication Type: Not set
- APN Type should be like this: default,supl, mms, or Internet+MMS
– Default Android has a text field to enter: default, supl, mms.
– Samsung comes up with the Internet+MMS radio button to select. - APN Protocol: IPv4/IPv6
- APN roaming protocol: IPv4/IPv6 or IPv4 (actually only when roaming internationally)
- Turn APN on/off: Should be grayed out unless there are multiple APNs
- Bearer (what should be like): Unspecified
How’s your experience with T-Mobile? Did you update your APN settings?
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