I called their customer care line and got directs to send SMS to 234. I sent message, "All" to 234, got the settings, stored them, made sure phone's configuration points to it, restarted phone (without removing battery) and nothing!
The phone's network says Zain. A different Sim card says Airtel and has net connectivity.
Phone Model: Nokia 2680s.
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--- On Sun, 2/20/11, Alex Gakuru <gakuru@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Alex Gakuru <gakuru@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ke-internetusers] activating internet on airtel/zain?
To: "wesley kirinya" <kiriinya2000@yahoo.com>
Cc: "ke-users" <ke-internetusers@bdix.net>
Date: Sunday, February 20, 2011, 4:17 PM
On list services providers can correct me but the last time I checked the various settings were:
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Alex Gakuru <gakuru@gmail.com> wrote:
Zain:
Kindly use the settings below to configure your phone manually to Zain GPRS/EDGE.
Go to service, Wap, settings, Link settings, select a profile and key
in the settings below:
Profile Name: Zain access
Homepage: in.wap.yahoo.com
Security: None or off
APN: ke.celtel.com
Connection type: HTTP
Proxy IP: 000.000.000.000
PORT: 9201
Username: Leave blank
Password: Leave blank
Authentication: Normal
Select DONE
And activate the profile
OR
Go to services, select Data Account, Pick any empty account from the
list and edit as follows.
Account Name: Zain internet
APN: ke.celtel.com
Username: blank
Password: blank
Authentication Type: Normal
Go back to services, select WAP, settings, select edit profile,
activate the profile and edit as follows:
Rename Profile: Zain access
Homepage: google.co.ke
Data Account:GPRS, Zain internet
Connection Type: HTTP
IP address: 000.000.000.000
Proxy Port: 9201
Username: blank
Password: blank
Safaricom:
SAFARICOM KENYA WAP/GPRS/EDGE SETTINGS (set this as default connection
for both default web browser and your operamini or any other internet
application)
1.PROFILE NAME: Safaricom Internet
2.PORT: 8080
3.USERNAME: saf
4.PASSWORD: data
5.I.P ADDRESS: 172.22.2.38
6.SERVER URL: http://kenyawap.xtgem.com
7.APN/GATEWAY: safaricom
8.DATA BEARER: GPRS
SAFARICOM KENYA MMS SETTINGS
1.PROFILE NAME: SAFARICOM MMS
1.DATA BEARER: GPRS
1.USERNAME: saf
1.PASSWORD: data
2.HOMEPAGE: http://mms.gprs.safaricom.com
3.IP ADDRESS: 172.22.2.38
3.MMS SERVER: mms.gprs.safaricom.com
5.APN: safaricom
Orange:
Orange GPRS settings
APN: bew.orange.co.ke
Username: orange
Password: orange
Security settings for the internet connection:
Authentication Type: PAP(Point Authentication Protocol).
NB: Do NOT configure it to use MS-CHAP(Microsoft Challenge Handshake
Authentication Protocol).PAP should do.
Hope they work for you.
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