Giffgaff internet and MMS settings for Samsung Galaxy S3 / Galaxy s2 icecream sandwich/ jelly bean

geoff8828

Note: These settings are out of date. Please follow this link for the correct settings.

I have recenty joined GiffGaff and so far the service has been excellent.

So I came to giffgaff with a new unlocked Samsung galaxy s3 and quickly found that the internet and mms service would not work,I tried sending the SETTINGS sms to 2020 but this didnt work, so using the giffgaff community I was able to find the information i needed to set up the phone, so I thought I would give the information back to anyone with the s3 looking for help.

Right this is what I did :-

Open Settings then click MORE SETTINGS

Then click MOBILE NETWORKS

Next click ACCESS POINT NAMES

From here press you menu key which is the touch button to the left of the home button

Next select + NEW APN from here enter this information

Name - giffgaff

APN - giffgaff.com

Proxy - 193.113.200.195

Port - 8080

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 type - PAP

APN type - default,supl,mms

Enable/disable APN - tick box (APN enabled)

Bearer - unspecified

After this press you menu button again and select save.

This will take you back to the select APN screen, from here select your newly created giffgaff APN by clicking the small circle next to the giffgaff APN this will make the circle go green

next press your back button and ensure you USE PACKET DATA box is ticked (this option may or may not be there, if it is tick the box, if not don't worry about it, newer versions of android have removed this option)

Then go back to the main settings page and Set Wi-Fi to OFF Return to home screen. Reboot your phone (turn off and on again).

Your internet and mms service should be up and running

Once you have verified your mobile internet is working you can turn your wifi back on

Please note that in order to send mms messages you will need airtime credit as mms messages are not included in your goodybags

If this helps you please click to add kudos Thank you

Hope this helps someone out.

wman2

Thanks for this! I have shortlinked it as a guide for other people to use:

http://bit.ly/giffgaffs3

jtemplar

Very community spirited - well done and have some kudos

wowzaa

This will be very helpful 🙂 Thanks

gleebat

thank you! It's very helpful! 🙂 now is everything working on my Galaxy S III 🙂

craig_northyorkshire

Can someone rename this post to include galaxy s2 icecream sandwich as its exactly the same and as more people upgrade we can point them here 🙂 great post by the way

starer

Thank You for this it worked I can finally go on ithe nterent and use map I through I would have to go back to o2 and I did not want to do that as GiffGaff is cheaper

rydedude

Wonderful - thanks. I had just about reched the point of tearing my hair out when I found your post.

jonny17291

Thanks so much man, I've spent hours trying to work my internet without home wifi until I found this, Thank you again

bluebellglen

@geoff8828 wrote:
I have recenty joined GiffGaff and so far the service has been excellent.

So I came to giffgaff with a new unlocked Samsung galaxy s3 and quickly found that the internet and mms service would not work,I tried sending the SETTINGS sms to 2020 but this didnt work, so using the giffgaff community I was able to find the information i needed to set up the phone, so I thought I would give the information back to anyone with the s3 looking for help.

Right this is what I did :-

Open Settings then click MORE SETTINGS

Then click MOBILE NETWORKS

Next click ACCESS POINT NAMES

From here press you menu key which is the touch button to the left of the home button

Next select + NEW APN from here enter this information

Name - giffgaff

APN - giffgaff.com

Proxy - 193.113.200.195

Port - 8080

Username - giffgaff

Password - Password

Server - http://mmsc.mediamessaging.co.uk:8002

MMS proxy - 193.113.200.195

MMS port - 8080

MCC - 234

MNC - 10

Authentication type - PAP

APN type - default,supl,mms

Enable/disable APN - tick box (APN enabled)

Bearer - unspecified

After this press you menu button again and select save.

This will take you back to the select APN screen, from here select your newly created giffgaff APN by clicking the small circle next to the giffgaff APN this will make the circle go green

next press your back button and ensure you USE PACKET DATA box is ticked

Then go back to the main settings page and Set Wi-Fi to OFF Return to home screen. Reboot your phone (turn off and on again).

Your internet should be up and running

To enable MMS you will need to receive an MMS before you can send one so ask a friend nicely to send a test MMS to you. Once this is done everything should be fully up and running and you can turn you WI-FI back on.

Hope this helps someone out.

Useful post. Just one thing, with giffgaff, you don't need to receive an MMS first to activate your MMS ACCOUNT (unlike other networks), you just need available credit to send right away.

I hope you find this useful.

devlinse

I'd also like to add that this works perfectly for Samsung Note (or GT-N7000) running Android 4.0.3

I'm guessing any recent Samsung on Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) would work with these settings.

It solved my Galaxy problem! 🙂

moulhalelkhokhar

This also for the S2 but on my S2 it only has VPN not APN and even then it does not have all the options which you have listed that I have to change.

The first time i topped up it was all fine, I coud use the internet and all but when I just topped up it doesn't allow me to use the internet and only make calls and its been over an hour and still not text, could someone help me please.

townie83

Worked a treat on my S3, the only post on here that tailors for it!

Have some kudos, saved me a lot of hassle!

Thanks

Jim

selina13

wow thanx that was very helpful

amrit1995

Thanks a lot. This was really helpful and easy to follow

jonnygt

Thanks a million for that. Iv'e just changed my phone to anGalaxy S2 with ICS 4.0.3 and I was stuggling. You've sorted it for me. Very clear instructions.

eddiehayden

Thanks very much, I now have internet access.

Only one comment - There is a setting APN PROTOCOL which is not listed, mine is set at IPv4

also the APN anable/disable is greyed out so I cant tick it but it shows APN enabled under it.

i would like to know what an MMS is and do I need to receive it before I have full internet access.

Thanks again.

geekscruff

ditto previous comments, this guide had me up and running on the s3 in minutes!

lijoe

thank u very very much..godbless

wardy55

excellent, thank you S3 now working perfectly.