Thursday, May 23, 2013
 

Airtel GPRS/ EDGE/ 3G Settings for Android (India)

OK so this is coming a little late in the day, nevertheless its going to help a lot of you’ll out there.  Got your all new shiny android right now, but no 2G/3G working? Here’s the simple tip to enable it.

To have an internet connection on your phone, you must have it enabled on your card first. To enable it check out local schemes from your retailer and enable it. I have a 2G plan, Rs. 98/month for 2GB.

In most cases, once the above step is done, a ‘E’ symbol representing Edge,  or ‘G’ representing GPRS or ’3G’ representing well, 3G will appear on your notification bar. So you’re good to go. If not continue on then.

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The 3G icon in the notification bar indicates 3G is enabled.

Open up Settings => Wireless and Networks => Mobile Networks => Access Point Names (or something similar, it differs on each phone. You just need to find where you can put in an Access Point Name or APN.) Once you reach here, create a new Access Point Name (or modify the existing one, your choice) and put in the following details exactly:

  • Name: Airtel
  • APN: airtelgprs.com
  • APN Type: Internet

That’s it nothing else. Save it, enable it, restart phone. The net should be active by now. Still no? Continue on.

Well at this state you probably might have started repenting your Big Switch from Nokia to Android :D , but don’t worry I too had to go through all these steps.

But your final alternative unfortunately is to call up the support center @ 121. A better alternative however would be to mail their support desk @ 121@in.airtel.com. My experience with them definitely calls for the email support over the phone.

Still not working? Please do comment with your details. I’ll try to find the solution.

 

 

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  • hi friend, how to set airtel nop /aon settings on samsung galaxy s lcd i 9003. please help me to sort this problem.its class 10 model.

     
     
     
    • The above steps will work out fine, just try them out.

       
  • Hari

    Thanks for the info, i done the all the process, Still Motoarola defy plus GPRS not conecting,
    but my airtel GPRS is activated in my SIM. i checked in other nokia mobile, HELP me on this.

     
     
     
    • I also had a similar problem, One trick that came useful was, Activate 3G on your number; just for the day, then get it back to GPRS. This should do the trick.

       
  • alok ranjan nayak

    I just switched from Nokia to Android.
    But am unable to get the NOP set properly in my samsung phone event after three calls to Airtel customer care.

    1. I activated the monthly airtel plan from my phone by dialling *567#.I got SMS stating that my handset doesnt support GPRS settings.Add airtelgprs.com as APN.I cheked the APN from my “mobile Network Settings” menu and found that the APN is turned on.

    still i couldnt connect to any web addresss.

    2. I called to customer care and he guided me to add a APN(airtelwap.com) to my mobile.Even after restart i could not connect to internet.

    3. I sent a SMS typing “MO” to 54321 to dowload the APN settings.
    I got the deatils (airtelgprs.com) .and set it accordingly.still couldnt connect to net.

    Dont know i what to do now.

     
     
     
    • Try the 3G thing I mentioned.

       
    • Hey , Thanks , It was fast and easy, Called the customer care and they could’nt help me ,This was a easy thing to do . My GPRS is up and running thanks to you,

       
  • jayant

    For me above steps are not working , even call @121
    do not know, I am always not get good response from call center
    my mobile is galaxy s plus , call center person told setting i had redone and saved but not
    working.

     
     
     
    • Whats your phone model? Try wiping your phone once and trying above steps again.

       
  • Raseen

    i have activated airtel gprs 98 pack in my new android. customer care executive told me that i will be getting 3g data transfer if i am under 3g tower, is it true ? else how do i activate 3g ?

     
     
     
    • If you’ve activated 3G, you will get 3G reception when the network is available. Else it will automatically switch to 2G (EDGE/GPRS)

       
  • majid k dudhwala

    Please help me .
    How to start nop airtel gprs setting.
    I have samsung galaxy i9003 phone.
    Android . Nop of airtel works or do not work .
    Reply me.

     
     
     
  • Navjoot Sandhar

    Hey Richie,

    I followed this advice before and it worked very well. But all of a sudden my internet has shut off and all I see in the notifications bar is the signal bars. The symbol that showed the e for edge is not longer there. Is there a fix for this problem? I’ve already tried restarting the phone but that didn’t work. Please let me know as soon as possible because I can’t live without my internet on my phone.

     
     
     
    • Did you flash a custom ROM or something and on what android version are you on now? Froyo?

       
  • arnav

    will this setting work on sony experia sola handset.,plz lemme knw if i can use this setting on this cell and will it charge anything..

     
     
     
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