iPhone EDGE settings for Vodafone UK

Written by thinkjim on September 28th, 2007

Well my unlocked iphone has finally arrived from the US, and I’ve been tweaking it for the last couple of hours so that everything is working properly.

When I tried to fire up Safari on the iPhone I got the error “Could not activate EDGE: you are not subscribed to EDGE”. The EDGE settings (GPRS) that are posted on some of the forums for Vodafone UK are incorrect. You need the following settings to use the web (when not in range of wi-fi) on the UK vodafone network. These settings are correct for my contract with vodafone, not sure about pay as you go.

These are the iPhone EDGE APN settings. Iwirelessn your iphone go to:

> Settings > General -> Network ->EDGE

Enter the following:

APN: internet
Username: web
Password: web

Now go back to safari and try and load a page. Should work!

Update: One user was having problems with these settings and it was because EDGE had been disabled. You need to check it is enabled before using these settings. Some Pay As You Go (PAYG) customers have said that these Vodafone EDGE APN settings work on the PAYG platform as well.

8 Comments so far ↓

  1. Jun
    10
    11:49
    AM
    Phil

    The setting don’t work on my 16 gig 1.1.4 unlocked iPhone

  2. Jun
    10
    1:50
    PM
    thinkjim

    I’ve emailed Phil. He is on a Contract and has added the Internet Package (unlimited web & email), so this is not a Pay as you go issue.

    I have verified that these setting are still working on my iPhone (vodafone contract, but without unlimited internet). Investigating whether there are different APN settings for the vodafone internet & mail package.

    I have recently moved from blogger to wordpress, but there were several positive comments left on the old site saying this was working.

  3. Jun
    28
    2:22
    PM
    Nagendra

    i want to know the gprs and edge setting on my iphone (1.1.3)

    India

    Nagendra

  4. Jun
    28
    5:30
    PM
    thinkjim

    Nagendra,

    If you are on the Vodafone Network in the UK the settings above should work.

    Phil (the previous poster) finally got his iPhone working with these settings. for some reason the EDGE (GPRS) on his iPhone had been turned off. He downloaded and installed bossprefs and it showed that edge was disabled. After enabling EDGE these settings do work.

  5. Jul
    4
    10:17
    PM
    Raffie

    Cheers guys, my iphone can connect succesfully with my pre paid.

  6. Jul
    25
    3:41
    PM
    Andrew

    i’ve been using:

    APN: internet
    Username:
    Password:

    as my settings for mnths now. I leave the username and password blank. I’m on voda contract and use an unlocked 16GB 1.1.4 iPhone.

  7. Aug
    30
    4:51
    AM
    mohan

    Hi I am not able to see the EDGE setting in general settings.. mines in 2.0..1 2G vodafone india

  8. Nov
    4
    4:27
    PM
    lawrence

    Thanks a million I couldn’t work my iphone vodafone internet with EDGE until you gave me the tip to download Big Boss’ preferences via Cydia and bingo it works!

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