Galaxy S - How to get 3G internet working?

d3moliti0n · 9 Feb 2011 at 18:58

Hi guys, just got my new Samsung Galaxy S through today, my first smart phone of any kind and I'm new to them so if it sounds like a stupid question then my newbie status to smart phones is why.

I am just wondering how to connect to the internet via the 3G/service provider? I am using one of those giffgaff sim cards and I have activated it and bought the £10 goody bag along with £5 top up credit (btw, are the free 250 minutes only for ringing other people who use giffgaff? and is that why I had to top up aswell for ringing other people/other phones?) Also, my giffgaff sim has activated as I checked on the 'my giffgaff ' section of the site and it's showing as all up and running.

Anyway, any idea how I can get my internet up and running via the 3G thing? I have the 'unlimited data' thing with the goody bag I bought, just not sure how I go about getting it working. Does it rely on the actual network/phone signal to work? As atm in my house it's a pretty rubbish signal, one or two bars, really low. But it's basically saying there is no network/internet connection.

I was just wondering if I could get some beginner/newbie advice on how to get it up and running.

FeFiDoh · 9 Feb 2011 at 19:02

it should say next to the signal bars the connection type

yes it uses the phones/networks signal to work thats how it operates.

Tried opening the Internet browser? (if signal is poor its going to be slow)

d3moliti0n · 9 Feb 2011 at 19:18

Yeah, I tried opening the internet browser but it doesn't connect at all (not even at slow speeds, I just get nothing), just comes up saying there is no internet/network connection and with a button saying 'retry/ok'. I just tried connecting via my wireless router which works fine as I expected, just not getting anything when trying to connect via 3G.

Super Tigers · 9 Feb 2011 at 19:52

You need to set the APN for Giffgaff.

on your phone, Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> mobile networks -> Access Point Names
then Add APN

settings are
Name -- Giffgaff
APN -- giffgaff.com
proxy --- not set
port --- not set
username --- giffgaff
password --- password
server --- not set
mmsc --- not set
mms proxy --- not set
mms port --- not set
mcc --- 234
mnc --- 10
authentication type -- not set
Apn type ---- type 'default' in the box

then select save.

Then select the APN and the radio button will go green.

Go back to home screen and you should see a G or H in your status bar to show that you have a data connection.

Super Tigers · 9 Feb 2011 at 19:58

For MMS settings, create a 2nd APN using the settings below.

Name ---- giffgaff MMS
APN ---- giffgaff.com
proxy ---- not set
port ---- not set
username -- giffgaff
password -- password
server -- http://mmsc.mediamessaging.co.uk:8002
MMSC -- http://mmsc.mediamessaging.co.uk:8002
MMS proxy - 193.113.200.195
MMS port - 8080
MCC -- 234
MNC -- 10
authentication -- not set
APN type -- mms

then save these settings.
You will not have a radio button alongside the MMS settings in your APN list as it will be a sub APN of your main Giffgaff APN.

Hope these help, these are the settings I use on my LG GT540 running Froyo 2.2 Cyanogen mod and seems to be working well. Only got my sim yesterday and seems to be working well.

Mr. May · 10 Feb 2011 at 00:20

is giffgaff any better than the normal orangeinternet ?

Myshra · 10 Feb 2011 at 09:12

Giffgaff uses o2 who in my opinion have the worst network
Orange's network will soon be 3 networks (Orange, T-mobile and 3) but for now I'd say it's middle of the pack.