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. 8~( --- 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 ZainGPRS/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. On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 5:04 PM, wesley kirinya <kiriinya2000@yahoo.com> wrote: Hey guys, How do I activate internet on Airtel/Zain? Surprisingly I cant find the info on their website: http://africa.airtel.com/kenya/ _______________________________________________ ke-internetusers mailing list ke-internetusers@bdix.net http://www.bdix.net/mailman/listinfo/ke-internetusers