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Tuesday 7 June 2011

Enable 3G on Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830

Wondering "how to enable 3G on Samsung Galaxy Ace"? Here are the steps for enabling 3G on Samsung Galaxy Ace.
  1. Download the settings from your respective service provider (in my case it was Airtel).
  2. Navigate to Settings page
  3. Select "Wireless and networks
  4. Select Mobile Networks
  5. In Mobile Networks page, You will see an option "Access Point Names".
  6. Select "Access Point Names" option.
  7. You will see the settings downloaded from your Service Provider (ex: Airtel).
  8. Come back to "Mobile Networks Settings" page.
  9. Enable "Use packet data" option (check mark should be coming).
  10. Now launch the Internet explorer present in your home page (or menu). Launch the Settings (Internet Settings) and specify the home page as "google.com".
  11. Switch off the smart phone and restart after 2 mins.
You are done.......
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59 comments:

  1. Hey.. how did u get airtel 3 G settings.. do we need to send any sms for that ?? and if we simply want to get the 3G network and we already are having some data amount i.e lets say 250 mb can we do it like dat ??

    please send me details on my mail id vikas_madan87@yahoo.com

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  2. http://freekyfive.blogspot.com/2011/06/enable-3g-on-samsung-galaxy-ace-s5830.html

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  3. Hi Vikas,
    To answer to your question. You can call up to the AirTel customer Care and ask them to activate 3G on your cell phone. Remember to mention your phone model while you talk to Customer care executive. You can opt to choose which pack you want to go for (100mb or 256mb etc...).
    AirTel customer executive will send you a message to your cellphone which will automatically configure the "Mobile Office" on your cell phone.
    Here after, you can follow the procedure that I had listed in my above article.

    Please leave your reply. Whether it worked or not..

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  4. It worked for me... thanx a lot... keep me posted with whatever new findings u come across for Samsung Galaxy Ace... :)

    Thanx
    Vikas
    vikas_madan87@yahoo.com

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  5. Great... Vikas, I would request you to register to our website and start following us. This would really help you automatically get alerted when there is a new post on findings. And feel free to share your experience and knowledge with us ("using this Comments") section so that every one can see this.

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  6. -- Ill tel u wat u need to do:
    1) "ACT 3G" send to 144.
    2) you will then receive a sms saying that 3g activated successfully

    [OPTIONAL step 3]
    3) then send a sms "ACT MI100" (its a plan 99 rs/ 200mb a month) to 144.
    4) yoll receive a sms saying "request is being processed"

    --------To see the 3g sign -------------
    After step 2
    5) go to mobile networks.
    6) select apn www
    7) Restart your mobile
    8) you ll now c a 3g sign

    Done.

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  7. Hi All,

    Nice things thanks all.

    Just wanted to know if we active 3g on Airtel for Samsung handset can we deactivate it again if we want?????

    Awaiting for your response.

    Thanks in advance!
    Sachin

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  8. Hi All,

    Sorry, I forget to mentioned handset model.

    I have 2 handsets.
    1. Nokia5230
    2. Samsung Corby Pro

    Please do let me know if we active 3g on handset, will it be possible to deactivate it later, n use 2g on it.

    Thanks in advance!

    Sachin

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  9. Hi Sachin,
    You can deactivate the 3G on your cell phone/smartphone by talking to respective service provider (ex: AirTel, Vadaphone etc ...).
    I don't think, you can browse using 2G till you have 3G activated on your phone.

    Please revert back for any queries.

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  10. thanx that worked for me,

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  11. Hi how to enable 3G on Samsung Galaxy Ace using BSNL?

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  12. Did you get any chance to talk to BSNL customer care representative to activate any of the 3G plan on your smart phone?
    I think, on activating any of the 3G plan for your BSNL number, will automatically download the settings on to your smart phone.
    Please revert back for any further queries and please remember to share your knowledge once you find it working....

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  13. I have Gingerbread and I clearly remember selecting the option to only use 2G networks as it saves battery. Now I want to activate my Vodafone 3G but I cannot find this button again. It was there on Froyo for sure but I cant find it on Gingerbread

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    1. I missed the reply button and posted as a thread.
      here's the reply:

      The 2g mode can be activated in Gingerbread by going to
      Settings > Wireless & network settings > Mobile networks > Network mode > select GSM only.

      you can use auto mode to switch between 2G and 3G automatically as per availability.
      GSM mode to always prefer 2G.
      & WCDMA to prefer 3G.

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  14. Hi Rohan,
    What button are you mentioning about?

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  15. i want to deactivate 3g in mobile can u please tel me the procedure....

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  16. You can get in touch with the respective customer care representative and ask them to de-activate the 3G service.
    Ex:
    In case of AirTel, call to customer care service (121) and speak to customer care representative to deactivate the 3G service.

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  17. Thank you. I helps me a lot...

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  18. I couldn't find internet setting ?:(

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  19. Hi,
    I have samsung Gt s 6830 .Recently I updated to Gengerbred.i am not able enable 3G.though I have activated n/t from airtel.

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  20. Thanks for info back on line (great)

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  21. worked for me excellent

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  22. Thank U very much for the details.. it worked for me too...when i was asking from the SAMSUNG agents in Sri Lanka they said that they have to install additional software for that 3G enabling and asked 5$fee... U saved my 5$...LOL.. This is the way how things going on :(

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  23. Hi I'm using samsung galaxy ace with airtel. I had problem in connecting to internet. I called to customer care and got the settings and also i installed. but still i cant able to connect. kindly guide me.

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  24. Hello. Thank you very much for the information provided to restore 3G on Samsung Galaxy Ace. I just used your steps provided to help a friend restore 3G on her Samsung Galaxy Ace. It worked perfectly well. Thank you.

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  25. hi,
    i am using samsung galaxy ace with vodafone, i can not activate the 3g, if i send the activating sms, i had received the sms that is your mobile doesn't support the 3 g.hw can i activate the 3g,kindly please help,

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  26. Wonderful it was easy and I set it in no time. The samsung manual including trouble shooting section did not guide much.

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  27. Thank you. Thank you. Worked a treat. Can you give me the step by step instructions to get my talktalk email account to sync to the phone too. I have the Samsung Galaxy Ace. Model GT-S5830

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  28. my ace is not showing 3g from yest pl help

    my ace is not showing 3G
    now frm yesterday itz showing tat E symbol n total net became too slow
    i dont knw wat has happnd i hav docomo
    uptill now wen i sed to on my data network it walays showed 3g but now i dnt knw wotz wrong :?

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  29. @Rohan: The 2g mode can be activated in Gingerbread by going to
    Settings > Wireless & network settings > Mobile networks > Network mode > select GSM only.

    you can use auto mode to switch between 2G and 3G automatically as per availability.
    GSM mode to always prefer 2G.
    & WCDMA to prefer 3G.

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  30. hi,
    I got 3G activated from Vodafone on my phone but the network refreshes every 40 seconds on the phone!

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    1. Hi Forgot to Add when the network mode is automatic(GSM/WCDMA)

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  31. HI.. i m using a Samsung Star Duos B7722 handset.. of lately the moment i connect to the internet the 3g mode switches to the 2g mode with the 2g globe icon being functional minimizing the 3g speed to 2g aswell.. how can i overcome this problem ?? kindly help

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  32. hi,i'm using s5670 handset..please help me activate my 3g..thanks

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  33. im using smsung galaxy w..but my APN is empty..does it mean i cant use 3g??
    the Question is how do i activate my 3g?

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  34. Hi how to activate 3g in Samsung galaxy ace using docomo

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  35. Hi i'm using Samsung Galaxy Pro GT B7510 and wants to use it as a wifi hot spot.am not able to connect it to the internet although on my PC it show Network availability.Any help?

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  37. Hi..
    I have some problem on my phone.. I can't switch my 3G.
    How did u get airtel 3 G settings
    I can't switch on 3G for my samsung galaxy ace

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  38. Thank you! From all the information available on the internet - this is the only advice that reminded me what I needed to do!

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  39. thanx bro and the guy above me : true story bro

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  40. That helped! Thank you.

    In my case, under APN settings nothing was coming up.
    I pressed the back menu on the device and reset APN settings came up.

    I selected it and the APN settings were restored!!

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  41. @Anup - Even I am facing the same problem. Have you found a solution? Please help guys. It does not show the 3G signal and is showing the E signal only

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  42. How to detect 3g (TATA DOCOMO) ON GALAXY ACE s5830

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  43. Thanks bro. It really helped

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  44. It worked for me... thanx a lot... samsung ace

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  45. Thank you very much been looking for answer for ages :)
    You saved my week!

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  46. Step by step process really helped me to enable 3G on my Samsung Galaxy Ace.keep it up!!!!!

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  47. hi ,
    How can i know whether 3g is activated on my device.. m using galaxy ace.. i get H .. pls help me out in this!
    thank you

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  48. HI guys, I just wanted to say that I have a galaxy ace too. All I did was opt to get the internet pack of my choice, and then I switched my phone off and on. It went from showing "E" on the top bar, to showing "H". So that worked for me. On Galaxy Ace, I did not find the change from one network speed to another option. But this worked, so it's cool! :D

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  49. 3G problem
    Hello! I had the same problem after installing the v2.7 Rom MindCr and to enable 3G on my S5830M in Colombia i do the following:
    * # * # 4636 # * # * -> Phone Information -> Set preferred network type -> and chose WCDMA preferred, when the indicator turn to E (in the upper right), in the same drop-down list, choose WCDMA Only a little while and then came the 3G indicator, restart and ready!!!.

    I hope they work
    sorry for my English

    MAPEZ

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  50. I`ve been having trouble for about a week now with no 3g access, went thorough your simple instructions and hey presto problem solved, thanks very much for advice.

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  51. I had changed the date as it wrongly showed 04/03/2013 on 03/03/2013.
    After that I'm having two problems.

    1. I am not able to see the messages I send and receive in a
    conversation. After deleting the conversation new messages sent and
    received are displayed. But that's not the point. What about all the
    messages that were not recorded at all ?

    2. Even the log does not save any of this info including the missed
    calls, dialed calls and received calls. What could be the problem ? I
    know I could delete the log and it would save again but while the log
    is full, it doesn't save any new info. Help please !!

    P.S Even the history doesn't record this stuff after a certain limit. But after i set the date wrongly as 04/03/2013 the messages that i sent from then on were displayed and even recorded in the log and history..

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  52. I can't switch on 3G on my samsung b7722, need help please

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  53. Hi.... Im a new user.... I've had my one for awhile now and i never knew i could change to 3g... How can i do that i have service with cellular one who is there air provider....?

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  54. Very usefull info..thanks

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  55. pls help mi on how to enable the 3G on my brothers phone.... he cant use his phone because he's in Japan.... phone unit is samsung galaxy ace gt-S5830...
    ..tnx in advance... God bless Us all

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  56. i cant swich on 3g on my samsung s4,need help me
    please

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  57. How can i activate 3G network

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