The Mint Mobile APN settings come down to one APN, Wholesale, and one
picture-message address. The APN, or access point name, tells your phone how
to reach the data network. The values below are copied from
Mint’s Android setup page.
Try the text message first
Mint offers a shortcut before you type anything: “text SETUP to 6700 to have the correct settings sent to your phone”. Mint warns that a phone “may not automatically detect all the network settings”, which is when the manual route below is needed.
Mint Mobile APN settings for Android
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Mint |
| APN | Wholesale |
| Proxy | leave blank |
| Port | leave blank |
| Username | leave blank |
| Password | leave blank |
| Server | leave blank |
| MMSC | http://wholesale.mmsmvno.com/mms/wapenc |
| MMS proxy | leave blank |
| MMS port | 8080 |
| MCC | do not change |
| MNC | do not change |
| Authentication type | leave blank |
| APN type | default,supl,mms,ia |
| APN protocol | IPv4/IPv6 |
| APN roaming protocol | IPv4/IPv6 |
| MVNO type | GID |
| MVNO value | 756D |
Two of Mint’s notes matter. It says “the input process is case sensitive”, so type each value as shown. And for MCC and MNC it says not to change the default values your phone already shows.
- Open Settings and find Access Point Names in the mobile network settings.
- Add a new APN.
- Enter the values from the table exactly as written.
- Save, then select the new APN.
- Restart the phone and send a picture message to test.
Mint Mobile APN settings for iPhone
On a current iPhone there is nothing to enter. Mint’s iPhone setup page says: “if you have iOS 13 and above, your device comes with Mint Mobile’s settings pre-installed so you don’t have to worry about configuring.”
On iOS 12, Mint says you may get a notice from Apple to update carrier settings, and warns: “If you don’t update them, you won’t be able to use your service.”
Mint gives values to type only for iPhones on software older than iOS 12.
| Part of the screen | Field | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Cellular Data | APN | wholesale |
| MMS | APN | service |
| MMS | MMSC | http://wholesale.mmsmvno.com/mms/wapenc |
| MMS | MMS Max Message Size | 1048576 |
| MMS | MMS UA Prof URL | http://www.apple.com/mms/uaprof.rdf |
Leave usernames, passwords, the MMS proxy and everything under LTE Setup blank, then restart the iPhone.
Questions
Which network do these settings connect to?
T-Mobile’s. T-Mobile owns Mint Mobile. More on that is on our Mint Mobile page.
Picture messages fail but the web works
Check the MMSC and MMS port lines, and that APN type includes mms with no
spaces.