Internet Settings for Android Phone & APN For Glo, MTN, Airtel & Etisalat

Internet Settings for Android Phone & APN For Glo, MTN, Airtel & Etisalat

There are two ways to connect your Android phone or tab to the internet , it is either through mobile networks or via wi-Fi networks .

If you prefer to connect to the internet through your mobile networks it means you have subscribed your mobile phone data service and your Android device browsing networth has been enabled by your service provider be it Etisalat, Glo, MTN and Airtel .

Sadly, most Android tablets and some other mobile phones are not able to accept Over-The-Air (OTA) 3G/GPRS settings  but can be set up manually if you know how to do it.

What you are about to learn here right now is how to manually set up Etisalat, Glo, Airtel and MTN internet settings on your Android phone or tab using Samsung, HTC, LG , Tecno Android phone and what have you .

For you to be able to configure your Android for internet , you must have the right APN settings of Etisalat, Glo, MTN and Airtel which are the only mobile networks currently functioning in Nigeria today .

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How To Configure Android Phone Internet Settings in Nigeria

Have you been searching for  Internet Settings of your Android Phone, This is how to configure Internet Settings on your  Android phone or tab.

→Tap “Menu” or “Apps”
→Tap “Settings”
→Tap “Wireless and Networks” or “More Settings”

Note:
If you opened “Wireless and Networks”, tap “Mobile Networks”

“More Settings”, tap “Mobile Networks” > “Mobile Data”

→Tap “Access Point names”

→Press “Menu” (looks like four horizontal lines, a square within a square or the word Menu)

→Then select ‘New APN’

Assuming you want to configure Glo Mobile GPRS settings on your Android phone, use this information below .

Name: Glo Nigeria
APN: gloflat
Proxy:
Port:
Username: flat
Password: flat
Server:
MMSC:
MMS Proxy:
MMS Port:
MCC:
MNC:
Authentication type:
APN Type:

→Press “Menu” and select “Save”
Done!

→Press on the grey box or circle to the right of “Glo Nigeria” and it will fill in with a smaller green dot or tick mark.

And make sure you enable data access to complete this settings

1. Etisalat Internet Settings for Android Phones

→Name: Etisalat Nigeria
→APN: etisalat
→Username:
→Password:

2. Glo Mobile Internet settings for Android Phones

→Name: Glo Nigeria
→APN: gloflat
→Username: flat
→Password: flat

3. MTN 3G/GPRS Internet settings for Android Phones

→Name: MTN Nigeria
→APN: web.gprs.mtnnigeria.net
→Username: web
→Password: web

4. Airtel Internet Settings for Android Phones

→Name: Airtel Nigeria
→APN: internet.ng.airtel.com
→Username: internet
→Password: internet

With this settings revealed above , you should be able to connect to the internet . Congratulations for the successful manual configuration of your Android phone.