Glo, Mtn, Zain and Etisat even though they knew your phone is embedded with modem facility that can connect your computer to the internet, they will still want you to purchase their data card modem which is an additional cost of about #20-25k depending on the network provider.
The equipment manufacturer know the essence of these and that’s why they embedded the phone with such features but I don’t know why gsm service provider in Nigeria will want to enforce the buying of their data card before one can connect his/her computer to the internet using their network, the enforcement should only be applicable to those whose phone lack such internet enable features.
Let’s get started:
Configure your phone for the gprs service by calling the customer service of your service provider to request for it and the settings send to your phone within 1-2mins, save the settings and activate it.
For those whose phone cannot be automatically configure, visit the website of your service provider
www.mtnonline.com for MTN,
www.ng.zain.com for ZAIN,
www.gloworld.com for GLOBACOM,
www.etisalat.com.ng for ETISALAT for manual step by step procedures in order to configure your phone.
Subscribe to the internet plan you want, for example; for the zain #1000/month of 100MB of data usage, you will recharge your phone with #1000 of airtime and dial *141*712*# from your phone, immediately the #1000 airtime is deducted and your are given 100MB of data usage valid for a month, for other network subscribe to the plan you want.
Next is to make use of pc suite that came with your phone when you buy it or download from your phone manufacturer if you don’t have one, I always advice people to make use of nokia or sony ericsson phone as they are superb when it comes to connecting their phone to pc for any function it support. Connect your phone to your pc via the pc suite to any of the medium it support either Bluetooth or cable following the on screen instruction procedure.
Dail the network your created, and if successfully connected it means you have follow and carried out the right procedures as long as your phone is not faulty.
Next is to configure your browser to allow proxy. For Mozilla firefox; click on the tools tab and go to options
At the pop up window click on Advanced tab and select Network and click on the settings tab to configure firefox to connect to internet.
Select manual proxy configuration tab at the pop up window and input the i.p proxy address of your service provider in the HTTP Proxy bar and 8080 in the port bar, click ok button and exit. There you are using your computer to surf the internet via your internet enable phone.
SOURCE;
www.mycomputervilla ge.blogspot.com
