MMS APN Settings

Before setting up the Straight Talk APN Settings there are a few things you need to know first in order to set it up right.

Straight Talk is prepaid wireless service in the United States sold by Walmart. Straight Talk has a quite good coverage of 99.6% in the US, so it has a very good signal and service. It is an VMNO or Virtual Mobile Network Operator which means that Straight Talk uses the main carriers´  network in order to provide you mobile services.  So when you are setting the APN settings for your phone, you will need to know which is the main carrier that Straight Talk is using with your sim card.

Also Read: Cannot Receive Text Messages on Straight Talk (SMS or MMS)

So Straight Talk uses mobile network from AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile carriers. If you already know which carrier Straight Talk is using for you, then you can read below and Set Up the Straight Talk APN Settings right away. If you don´t,  first you can read below How To Identify your Straight Talk Carrier. There is a apn check from Straight Talk support site, but it doesnt work all the time. We recommend you check below.

How To Identify your Straight Talk Carrier

1. Bought your Phone from Straight Talk?
If you bought your phone directly from Straight Talk, you will be able to find at the Box a code, please check:

•  Code GSM-A stands for AT&T
•  Code GSM-T stands for T-Mobile

2. Had a Phone already and just bought the SIM?

If you already had an unlocked phone and you just bought a Straight Talk SIM Card, you need to check which code appears on the SIM card:

• C4 stands for AT&T
• T5 stands for T-Mobile
• V9  stands for Verizon

Set Up the Straight Talk APN Settings

Ok, so if you already know which carrier is the network provider for your Straight Talk SIM then you can proceed to input the APN Settings. Just go to: Setting – Connections, Mobile Network and Access Point Names. You can read on How to Get to the APN Settings menu on your phone on How to Set up APN Settings on my phone article. or check the following video for complete instructions:

If you have an iPhone, then please check this Youtube video for the step by step instructions.

If after setting up you get mobile data (internet), but cannot send MMS on Straight Talk, please take a look at this MMS Fix Guide

Looking to setup Apn Settings for Net10? To go surfing on the internet with your mobile phone, you can use these simple steps to configure your NET10 APN settings.

NET10 is a Wireless service provider that offers prepaid wireless services, Because you’re not locked into a contract, you can change phones or plans whenever you want with no penalties.

If you are and Android user, you can set up the NET10 APN settings as follows:

1. Go into Settings menu
2. Go into Connections or More, then Mobile Network
3. Scroll down and look for Access Point Names
4. Create a new APN

Then you have to modify the following items:

If you are a user of Net10 on AT&T network, the you need to configure the Net10 APN as follows: 

Name: net10
APN: tfdata
MMSC: http://mms-tf.net
MMS proxy: mms3.tracfone.com
MMS port: 80
-The other fields should be blank

If you are a user of Net10 on T-Mobile network, the you need to configure the Net10 APN as follows:

Name: net10
APN: wap.tracfone
MMSC: http://mms.tracfone.com
MMS proxy: Leave in blank
MMS port: 8080
-The other fields should be blank

If you are an iPhone user, then to configure the NET10 APN settings, you will have to:

1. GO into Settings
2. Go into Cellular
3. Go into Cellular Data Network
4. Then tap each field to modify the content with the NET10 APN settings information provided above.

If you cannot manually change cellular data on your iphone, please check below video with workaround:

With this you should be all set and ready to enjoy and surf in? the internet.

If you have any comments to share you experience, please comment below and share with everyone.

iPhone is the choice of many Apple lovers because it is “easy” to use and manage. Actually, many of you won´t ever need to set up your iPhone APN Settings because iPhone usually does not require to manually insert the APN settings at all. Somehow iPhone automatically recognizes the network settings from all the carriers all over the world and you don´t need to worry about the iPhone APN settings . BUT, if you encounter problems getting the mobile data activated and if you have iOS 9 version or below, the phone may let you manually set up the APN. Please follow below steps:

1. Find and tap Settings
2. Tap on Cellular
3. Tap Cellular Data Options
4. Then you will see Cellular Network

for some iOS versions, this is the route:

Settings > Mobile Data > Mobile Data Options > Mobile Data Network.

Once there, you should input the specific APN Related to your mobile operator, if you dont have it, you can perform a search in our site and find the one corresponding to yours

You may also want to try to reset the network settings on your iphone:

Go to Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data Network, then tap Reset Settings. It will ask for your passcode and perform a network reset. Important to note that this will also erase any wireless network profile you may have installed in the phone, so you may need to login again

If you cannot access the mobile data settings on the iPhone, you may try to load the settings through the safari browser, which you can check on the below video:

Want to know How to set an Android OS APN Settings? Most android OS phones use follow the same path to set up the APN setttings. The way to get to the Mobile Settings icon may slightly vary but it is mainly the same thing in any brand such as Samsung, BLU, Huawei, LG, ZTE, etc etc.

First you need to insert your SIM Card. It is possible that when you insert the SIM card, the data settings may be automatically detected from the SIM card or it may not. If you turn on the Mobile Data by tapping the Data Icon and it still won´t connect to the internet, then you will have to set the APN Settings and do the following steps:

1. From your home screen, go to the APPs Screen
2. Go to Settings and the go to Connections or More (depending on your phone)
3. Go to Mobile Networks
4. Go to Access Point Names (APN)
5. If available, select your Carrier APN from the list of Carriers that may appear.
6. If your carrier does not show up in the list, or if the list is empty, then you will have to manually add the APN.
7. Tab “ADD” in order to create a new APN
8. Fill in the items listed with your carrier information.
   To get your Carrier corresponding APN items information, CLICK HERE
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   a. Name
   b. APN
   c. Proxy
   d. Port
   e. Username
   f. Password
   g. Server
   h. MMSC
   i. Multimedia message proxy
   j. Multimedia message port
   k. MCC
   l. MNC
   m. APN type
   n. APN roaming protocol
   o. Bearer
   p. Mobile virtual network operator type
9. Go back to the Access Point Names list and make sure that the new APN you just added appears in the list
10. Select the APN you just created
11. Then exit from settings and you should be good to go.

• Check if the Data icon of your phone is displayed (it is located in the right upper corner of your phone, next to the hour display)
• Try using internet. If it works right away then just continue to surf.
• If not, check again if the new APN you created is selected and restart your phone

If you prefer to watch the instructions in a video, pls check it out: