What are the Vodacom internet settings for Mobicel? We have been getting that question from some of our readers over the past few weeks. Mobicel offers some of the cheapest phones in South Africa. A lot of them are in use on Vodacom. Usually what happens is that when you insert your Vodacom SIM into a new phone, the device automatically receives all the required settings. However, that does not always happen. In those cases, you may wish to manually set up things on your Mobicel phone.
Mobicel Internet Settings Vodacom
Below are the Vodacom internet settings for Mobicel. These settings will work for 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G phones. An example of a Mobicel 4G phone is the Ego Gold. The sections with nothing filled in are to be left blank.
- Name: Vodacom 4G or Vodacom Internet
- APN: internet
- Username:
- Password:
- Proxy :
- Port :
- Server :
- MMSC :
- Multimedia Message proxy :
- Multimedia message port :
- MCC: 655
- MNC: 01
- Authentication type : none
- APN type : default,supl
- APN protocol : (IPv4)
- Bearer : Unspecified
- Mobile virtual network operator : none
You should now have internet
After filling in the above details, you need to save your changes. When you exit, make sure that you have selected the new profile, Vodacom 4G. You should now have Vodacom internet on your Mobicel phone.
Another thing the note is that Mobicel phones run on Android. So, the above details are similar to those used on other Android phones.
You can automatically get Vodacom internet settings on your Mobicel phone.
You now know the Vodacom internet settings for Mobicel phones. However, those instructions are for manually setting up internet on your device. There is a better way of getting these settings.
You can automatically receive them by following the instructions given in this article. Once you have received the settings, save them on your phone and you should be good to go. The settings that you will get will include MMS settings, so you can save those ones as well.
What’s an APN?
APN is short for Access Point Name. It’s the gateway used by your device to access the internet. If you have bought a new phone and it does not get internet access, the first thing that you should check are your APN settings.
That should be your first port of call when it comes to troubleshooting connectivity issues on your device. That and making sure that you actually have a data bundle in your SIM.
Summary
In this post we gave you the Mobicel internet settings for Vodacom. Hopefully, you have found the information useful. Once your internet is up and running, you may wish to test your speed.
Use the SA Broadband speed testing widget. It’s important to find out whether or not your ISP is providing the kind of service that they promised.
Simply click on the go button and you will get various kinds of metrics, including your upload and download speeds.
If you have a comment and questions, go to our SA Broadband Forum. Our experts are there to help you find the right answers.