[Q] APN settings to WiFi - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

Ok so I'm not even sure it's possible but I have a phone I'm not using so I was wondering can I set the apn settings to connect to a Wi-Fi network instead of a mobile network.
Thing is my Wi-Fi get a quarter meg dl n a tenth upload on my pc but 6 megs dl n 2 megs upload on the phone so I tried looking for a way to use it as a repeater but apparently it's nt possible with android so I figured if I used Wi-Fi instead of a mobile network n run my hotspot it may work something like a repeater.
So anyway my question is can I set the apn settings to connect to my Wi-Fi network rather than t mobile's mobile data network

Short Answer. NO.

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Opera wont use Wifi

I mainly use 3g to browse the internet with opera, but if i connect to my wireless network and open opera it continues to use 3g. Is their any way i can make it use wireless? I thought it should automatically but it doesn't.
Thanks for any help.
be connected just to wifi
Is that the only way? I use push email that uses 3g and would sooner not disconnect that when i want to use opera over wifi.
I've just checked Internet explorer and that's fine using wifi, but opera still refuses to use it and sticks with 3g. Does anyone elses Touch HD do this?
I'll have a look at mine in a minute, but need to ask a daft question, how can i tell which data source the HD is using for its internet information at any one time?
spud_work said:
I'll have a look at mine in a minute, but need to ask a daft question, how can i tell which data source the HD is using for its internet information at any one time?
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You can go onto google and search for 'whats my ip' and use one of them sites to see if its your ip address or one used by your operator. Thanks very much.
Sorry, that took a bit longer than a minute.
Opera is using wifi here. However, when I first boot up my phone in my house (i.e. in wifi range) data connection is turned off and wifi is turned on by default. However, even if i switch on the data connection and fire up opera, it still uses wifi rather that 02 mobileweb.
I may talk a wlk down the street later and i'll see if the data connection will come on at bootup if a wifi isn't available
Have you tried going to settings->connections tab->connections->advanced tab->select networks and changing the default connection to "My Isp" or "My work network".
This may help although I have had very similar problems with opera using 3g instead of wifi. I reported the problem HTC and after an absolute age they wrote back saying "That shouldn't happen" without any real advice on what to do next. Since then I have always turned 3g off when turning wifi on. I used to use push email but of course turning off 3g buggers that up so I have settled for syncing every 15 minutes and as a side benefit that seems to have improved battery life.
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Sorry, that took a bit longer than a minute.
Opera is using wifi here. However, when I first boot up my phone in my house (i.e. in wifi range) data connection is turned off and wifi is turned on by default. However, even if i switch on the data connection and fire up opera, it still uses wifi rather that 02 mobileweb.
I may talk a wlk down the street later and i'll see if the data connection will come on at bootup if a wifi isn't available
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Thanks for your help.
dcoales said:
Have you tried going to settings->connections tab->connections->advanced tab->select networks and changing the default connection to "My Isp" or "My work network".
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I've tried what you have suggested and opera did use the wifi, however when i turn wifi off it won't use 3g until i go back into those settings and set it to do so.
I've noticed that if i turn my phone on and don't use the 3g connection opera will use wifi fine, but once i turn wifi off or go out of range and use 3g then return to wifi opera refuses to use it and sticks with 3g. I just don't understand why it's fine using wifi so long as it hasn't used 3g.

Wifi use for email and Opera

Firstly I apologise if this has been answered already but I've tried searching and couldn't find an answer.
My email and internet works perfectly over a 3G connection but I spend a lot of my time travelling and so as not to incur high roaming charges I would like to be able to use a wifi connection for my email and internet. The problem is that even when I have a wifi connection both of these applications still try to use the 3G signal.
I expect I am probably missing something quite basic but I can't seem to work out how to make these applications use the wifi connection instead of 3G.
If someone could explain this to me I would be very grateful. If you can provide an idiots guide of step by step instructions that would be even better.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Matt
For email go into the account settings for each email account and under advanced server settings change the connection. on AT&T it defaults to Media Net. Change this to The Internet and this will allow it to use wifi if it is on.
I always set my Wi-Fi connections to connect to my Work network, and leave AT&T as The Internet. Then in the Connections settings, I switch the preferred networks for applications to access the internet between Work and The Internet depending on what I want to force the phone to use. Works for ALL applications that access the internet, not just email. For a long time I didn't even have an AT&T data plan, and that's how I forced my phone to use Wi-fi.
dalavar said:
For email go into the account settings for each email account and under advanced server settings change the connection. on AT&T it defaults to Media Net. Change this to The Internet and this will allow it to use wifi if it is on.
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Thanks for the hint. But how can I change the preferred connection (e.g. wifi) using my hotmail-account for email? I can't find in the account-settings.
Any ideas are welcome!!!
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[Q] g.maps,facebook&market don't work on 3g & gsm connection

guys,help pls! I can browse on market and use facebook built in app and google maps on wifi w/o problems but when I am out of house they do not work but my 3g conection is ok because I am using browser w/o troubles just when I press market,facebook or google maps under 3g/gsm connection they reading and reading...and nothing happen.what to do guys?
thnx in advance
reboot your phone?
Go to Settings - Wireles & Networks - Mobile network and check what's set for Network Mode.
I had set my phone by mistake on GSM only, and 3G was not working. I then changed it to WCDMA (preferred)/GSM and now it activates HSDPA instead of 3G and it works fine.
still not working
reboot did not solve it network change as well as I remember it was ok when I bought it but since I started to use wifi it was gone.the phone cannot load market,built in facebook,google maps.I am holpeless, help pls!
reboot did not solve it
maybe you have slow connection.
on my provider i have 1GB on top speed (almost like ADSL on home)
but after 1gb i get speed of 64kbps and that is realy slow, and market wont work
did u see an icon named "E" or "H" on d status bar...which indicates dat u hav a working data connection which means d problem s d speed of ur netwrk s slow...
if u dont c it then go to settings>wireless&&networks>search for ur networks and register on it...
it is solved.there were three apn points mms,wap,internet and I was using wap when I switched internet apn point on market and gmail and all built in apps started to work.so I am finally happy again.thanks to all on this thread

[Q] Mobile network data connection issue

I have a strange problem with my Galaxy Nexus. When I connect to the internet using the mobile network, the connection is extremely slow. (And by slow I mean around 2-3 minutes to fully load the google mobile search page). I tried the "Speed Test" app to test the network speed, but it simply fails after a while mentioning "Network communication issues" (maybe it times out?).
The weird thing is that other devices can access the internet fine when connected to the internet through the Nexus by enabling its WiFi hotspot feature. So the other devices can use the Nexus's internet connection with acceptable speeds while the Nexus itself can't. Anybody got any ideas as to why this happens? One thing I could think of was that the DNS given to the Nexus by the mobile network being slow (whereas the other devices connected to it use the DNS in their WiFi settings). I tried to verify this by using the "DNS Changer" app, but it didn't solve the problem, although I'm not sure that it actually changed the DNS used by the Nexus.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Bump for a solution for this man!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Problem solved!
Finally found the culprit! It wasn't DNS after all. My carrier's data settings include an IP and port for a proxy. When I configured the APN on the phone, I entered them simply because they were there. Turns out that keeping them empty solves the speed issues on the phone. So the bottleneck was the carrier's proxy server. I guess tethered clients don't use the proxy setting on the phone and therefore didn't experience the speed issue.
Inspiration fixed wifi hotspot not connecting to internet
I wanted to thank you because your solution helped me fix my problem. I couldn't connect my native wifi hotspot on my GSM Galaxy Nexus to my Nexus 7. The wifi indicator would come on to my N7 but it stayed gray (i.e. wasn't connected to the internet). Turns out that last month I set up an APN to connect to T-Mobile via IPv6. Well, apparently, this creates a problem with using the wifi hotspot. I switched back to regular T-Mo connection and...if works! My GNex/N7 combo is fully functional. Thanks again for the inspiration!
wingman1234 said:
Finally found the culprit! It wasn't DNS after all. My carrier's data settings include an IP and port for a proxy. When I configured the APN on the phone, I entered them simply because they were there. Turns out that keeping them empty solves the speed issues on the phone. So the bottleneck was the carrier's proxy server. I guess tethered clients don't use the proxy setting on the phone and therefore didn't experience the speed issue.
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thank you
wingman1234 said:
Finally found the culprit! It wasn't DNS after all. My carrier's data settings include an IP and port for a proxy. When I configured the APN on the phone, I entered them simply because they were there. Turns out that keeping them empty solves the speed issues on the phone. So the bottleneck was the carrier's proxy server. I guess tethered clients don't use the proxy setting on the phone and therefore didn't experience the speed issue.
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You are my hero man. Thank you

Plz help; only able to access the internet via Wi-Fi, can't access using at&t network

Plz help; only able to access the internet via Wi-Fi, can't access using at&t network
Has anyone else had this problem? I can only access the internet using Wi-Fi on my N7A. I can't access the internet using at&t's network even
when the signal strength is showing 5 bars. I've tried accessing the internet using Chrome, FoxFire, etc, I get the following error message:
"You are offline.
try:
- Turning off airplane mode (if it was on I wouldn't be getting Wi-Fi)
- Turning on mobile data or Wi-Fi
- Checking the signal in your area"
My phone is a "new" gen unlocked N730A bought from Best Buy, I had this problem with APH1 and now with the update 2APHE.
I'm running the phone stock (no pseudo-root)
I've done a couple factory resets then tried to access the internet via at&t's network - no joy
I'm really digging my N7 (my second one, sent the first one back due to the recall), but it has limited usefulness if I can only access the
internet when I have a Wi-Fi signal. Thanks in advance.
Edit: Oddly enough I have no problem making or receiving phone calls and I can send and receive text messages over the at&t network.
However I have no internet capability over at&t's network.
Ozzief16a said:
Has anyone else had this problem? I can only access the internet using Wi-Fi on my N7A. I can't access the internet using at&t's network even
when the signal strength is showing 5 bars. I've tried accessing the internet using Chrome, FoxFire, etc, I get the following error message:
"You are offline.
try:
- Turning off airplane mode (if it was on I wouldn't be getting Wi-Fi)
- Turning on mobile data or Wi-Fi
- Checking the signal in your area"
My phone is a "new" gen unlocked N730A bought from Best Buy, I had this problem with APH1 and now with the update 2APHE.
I'm running the phone stock (no pseudo-root)
I've done a couple factory resets then tried to access the internet via at&t's network - no joy
I'm really digging my N7 (my second one, sent the first one back due to the recall), but it has limited usefulness if I can only access the
internet when I have a Wi-Fi signal. Thanks in advance.
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check your APN settings. Google it.
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racinwarrior said:
check your APN settings. Google it.
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You are correct, the problem was an incorrectly set APN. I took the phone to a local AT&T store and
they were able to set the proper APN, now I get great 4G service. Thanks.

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