How to browse the internet with a Zain line

Posted by Kayode on July 29, 2009 at 07:49:11:

IF you have got a Zain line, you don't need to go to a public internet cafe just to browse the internet. You can do same at your home using the necessary tools. You can browse the internet in the comfort of your home with your Zain sim card.
Things you will need are:

1. A Zain sim card
2. A mobile phone with internet capability such as Gprs, Edge, 3G.
Others not so important
3. A USB bluetooth device
4. A laptop or desktop computer

Now to browse the internet, just make sure that your Zain sim card is inserted into your mobile phone and is showing GPRS capability.
Subscribe to GPRS by using any of the two options:
A. Automatic configuration
B. Manual Configuration

For Automatic configuration,
1. Call Customer Care on 113
2. Send an SMS with the word 'internet phonebrand model' to 232 eg "internet Nokia N90" to receive your settings. For more details click here.
3. Accept, install or save the settings that will be sent to your phone by sms. If asked for a Pin, please use '0' or '0000'
4. To browse the internet, go to the internet / Web icon on your phone.

For Manual Configuration, just locate the internet settings location on your phone and input the details:
Account Name: Zain
Homepage: http://wap.google.com
username: wap
password: wap
Proxy address= 172.18.254.5
Proxy port= 8080 or 9201
DATA bearer= Packet DATA or GPRS

After you've finished doing the configuration, you can then go to any wap address woth your mobile phone and Bookmark them for faster access later.
Here are examples of wap sites you can go to with your mobile phone when browsing with Zain;
Yahoo - http://wap.yahoo.com
Yahoomail - http://us.m.yahoo.com/p/mail
Google - http://wap.google.com
BBCnews - http://bbc.co.uk/mobile

If you still want browse the internet on your computer, it will be better if you've got a 3g capable phone so as to make your internet browsing experience faster but you can still do so with your gprs enabled phone as long as it has got bluetooth.

Power the bluetooth on your phone.
Get a bluetooth device that you can attach via the usb port. It's called a usb bluetooth device and once you attach it, your computer would recognize it in windows and show the bluetooth icon.
- Right click on the icon and connect your phone to the computer by searching for it with the interactive window.
- Once you've connected your phone, go to control panel and then select Network and Internet connections
- Select set up or change an internet connection --> Setup
- New connection wizard shows, then click on next
-->Connect to the internet-->Next-->Set up manually-->Connect using a dial up modem-->Next-->ISP NAME = ZAIN-->phone number=#777-->Next
- Username = wap
- Password = wap
And that's it.
How to browse?
Just click on the internet connection link you created on your desktop i.e. Zain and click on Dail. If it's successful, you will see the yellow box saying connected and then you can start browsing with internet explorer.

Re: How to browse the internet with a Zain line

Posted by on October 08, 2010 at 12:56:03:
In Reply to: How to browse the internet with a Zain line posted by Kayode on July 27, 2009 at 09:54:16:

How to browse Internet with a Zain line using a Chinese made Nokia M9?



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Re: How to browse the internet with a Zain line

Posted by on December 27, 2010 at 14:44:23:
In Reply to: How to browse the internet with a Zain line posted by Kayode on July 27, 2009 at 09:54:16:

How can i connect using mtn instead of zain



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Re: How to browse the internet with a Zain line

Posted by on February 18, 2011 at 13:43:13:
In Reply to: How to browse the internet with a Zain line posted by Kayode on July 29, 2009 at 07:49:11:



how can i use the zain sim card in laptop using zain modem?




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