How to enable and configure mobile Internet on a Xiaomi smartphone

Over time, when smartphones capable of providing a connection to the global network appeared on the mobile technology market, their popularity began to grow sharply. One of the companies that has become mega popular today is Xiaomi. That is why many people began to worry about the question of how to set up mobile Internet on Xiomi. This material will talk about this in detail, as well as what to do if the Internet on your xiaomi phone disappears, how to enable 4g ​​on xiaomi redmi and how to disable 4g ​​on xiaomi.

Mobile Internet connection

Before you enable the transfer of mobile data over the Internet, you should remember some points regarding the details of the mobile Internet connection:

• To carry out the transfer, you will definitely need a SIM card, because services for providing access to the 3G/4G LTE network are tied to it. You can purchase it from any cellular operator by ordering online or by visiting the service office yourself;

• In addition to the SIM card, you must have a service package connected and linked to it - a tariff plan. It is he who determines the price for services, as well as such parameters as Internet speed and the amount of traffic;
• Having two SIM cards, you will need to connect calls, SMS and Internet services separately for each, even if they are from the same provider. To do this, in the Xiaomi settings you can select the card that is currently being configured.

Important! If you use up the traffic that is indicated in the tariff plan at zero, then an additional fee will be charged for further use of network access services. The operator will turn off the available traffic, and the shutdown will affect the availability of the network.

In order to understand how to connect the Internet on Xiomi, you should consider the list of available methods:

• Activate 3G/4G LTE icon;
• Enable automatic configuration;
• Request configuration data from your mobile data provider;
• Configure all parameters manually;
• Configure exactly 3G or 4G networks.

All of these methods are worth considering.

Internet connection options

There are 3 options for turning on the Internet, but before you start studying them, make sure that the tariff you choose allows you to use the Internet. If this is not indicated anywhere in the parameters, then either change the tariff plan or consult with the operator about this.

Connecting to the network is done as follows:

1. Immediately after installing the SIM card, turn on the phone and wait for it to boot. As a rule, Xiaomi smartphones automatically connect to 3G at this moment.
2. If nothing happens automatically, you can request the settings from the operator. All you have to do is ask for help, and you will be sent a special message in which you must confirm all instructions.
3. If even the settings sent by the operator do not help, and there is no desire to contact the service, you can always try to configure the Internet manually. This procedure is simple and will not take more than a few minutes. You just need to carefully follow all the steps described in the instructions below.

Setting up mobile internet on Xiaomi

If once upon a time a person already used the mobile Internet, then the phone could remember the necessary parameters. He can also restore them, and on his own. To do this, you simply need to click on the menu or pull it out if it is located on the notification shade. Next, the icon is simply activated, which can be called completely differently from version to version and from shell to shell (MIUI). Among the popular names are “Mobile Internet”, “Data transmission”, “Internet”.

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Method number two is automatic setup. This is done like this: the phone is turned off, the SIM card is removed from it. After which it is inserted again and only then the smartphone can be turned on. When turned on, it will begin to search for the operator’s network (this also applies to the router’s network) and will pick up the signal. If mobile data transfer has been turned on, you will also be able to connect to the Internet. If this does not help, then you need to restart your device and try to enable network search using other methods.

The request to the telecom operator is the third priority item. Not all models of Chinese Xiaomi phones can automatically receive all the necessary parameters. If the user is the owner of one of these models, then there is no need to be upset, because you can request the settings from the operator. To do this, you can call support and explain your problem. After this, the operator will show you how to set up the phone or send an SMS message with all the necessary parameters. A person will only need to accept and save them. After this, it is important to restart your phone.

Important! You can do the setup yourself, as this is considered the fastest and most reliable way. Also, manual setup will allow you to figure everything out yourself and put these skills in your head.

How to set up Wi-Fi on Xiaomi

There should be no problems setting up Internet access via Wi-Fi. Open the notification shade and select Wi-Fi; if the network is closed, it will require you to enter a password.

Xiaomi has advanced settings for Wi-Fi: open the notification shade and hold your finger on “Wi-Fi”.

All these methods work on all devices that support MIUI: Xiaomi Mi, Mi Max, Redmi, Redmi Note and so on.

Recently, the popularity of the mobile Internet has increased significantly and has even surpassed the Wi-Fi network according to some criteria. There are many advantages: access to the World Wide Web in absolutely all places, from the street to public transport, the ability to listen to music, watch videos, communicate with friends without being tied to a wireless network access point. Therefore, many are often interested in how to set up mobile Internet on Xiaomi.

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How to make manual mobile Internet settings

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As already mentioned, manual settings will help a person understand the problem and avoid making any mistakes in the future. To play them you need:

1. Find an icon in the menu of your device that says “Settings” or “Options”;
2. Select it by tapping on the icon;
3. Open the “Mobile data transfer” or “Sim cards and networks” window;
4. Select one of the cards if two are installed;
5. Activate the mobile data function;
6. Go to the “Access Points” window;
7. Add a new access point;
8. Fill in the parameters of the new point;
9. Save the settings and restart the mobile phone to finally accept them.

They are different for different operators:

• Beeline: APN access point - “internet. beeline.ru", password - "beeline";
• MTS: access point - “internet.mts.ru”, password - “mts”;
• Megafon: access point - “internet”, username - “gdata”, password - “internet”;
• Tele2: access point - “internet.tele2.ru”;
• Yota: access point - “internet.yota”.

In addition to the name of the access point, the access point itself and the password, something is filled in in very rare cases and you cannot add or change any parameters yourself. What you have entered is already enough to restart the phone and connect to the global Internet.

Flashing and IMEI number

I do not recommend installing firmware on your phone other than the final global ones from Xiaomi.

In rare cases, after updating the firmware, the phone loses its IMEI number, and without it, the operator’s equipment cannot provide access to the Internet.

To make sure that the IMEI is ok, call the “Phone” so that the dialing keyboard appears on the screen and enter the following sequence of characters: *#06# If after this a pop-up window appears with the MEID and IMEI numbers, then everything is ok and we exclude this reason.

If there are no numbers, or there are zeros there, this is the reason for the lack of Internet, you need to flash a stable global version suitable for your phone model, or perform a factory reset.

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How to turn on 4g

How to set up Internet on a Xiaomi router with 4G modem support

Sometimes people ask what to do if there is no connection on xiaomi note 4g. If you need to connect to a 4G network, you need to perform a number of steps in the form of step-by-step instructions:

1. Open the dialer and enter the following combination: “*#*#4636#*#*”;
2. A list will appear. In which you need to select the item containing “LTE”. Td-scdma is the Chinese name for 3G;
3. Press the “Back” key and return to the main menu screen;
4. Reboot your phone.

After this, the phone will connect to any available 4G network and the problem will be solved, but there are also failures. In this case, go to “Settings” and look for an item with mobile data transfer. Next, in its settings, you need to set the preferred network type to “4G”, then again to 3G, and then again to 4G. This change should force the smartphone to look for 4G networks.

Xiaomi Mi Router Mini: setting up Wi-Fi and Internet

First, connect power to the router, and connect the cable from your provider or modem to the “Internet” port.

Next we need to go to the settings of the Xiaomi router. First we will look at the first setup from a computer (laptop). You can connect your computer to the router either via cable (although there is no cable included) or via Wi-Fi. Immediately after turning on, a wireless network with the name “Xiaomi_some numbers” will appear. It is not password protected. Let's connect to it.

If you have access to the Internet right away through your router, then it makes sense to configure it through the Chrome browser, or Yandex Browser. They can translate pages on the fly. And the control panel will be more understandable. The translation there is not perfect, but still better than Chinese characters.

1 Open any browser and go to the address miwifi.com (it is listed at the bottom of the router). Or 192.168.31.1. You can see a detailed article in which I showed how to log into miwifi.com. On the first page we simply click on the big Chinese button. This is something like a license agreement.

2 Next you need to set the Wi-Fi network name and password for it. The password must be at least 8 characters. Since the router is dual-band, the password will be the same for networks on two frequencies. It can be changed later in the control panel. Let's continue with the setup.

3 In the next window, we need to set a password that will protect the router settings. This password will need to be specified when entering the router settings. Enter your password and click on the button to continue. If you want the router password to be the same as the Wi-Fi password, you can simply check the box. But I don't recommend doing that.

4 We see a message that the router will create two Wi-Fi networks at different frequencies, their names will be indicated there. The router will reboot.

After the reboot, a Wi-Fi network will appear with the name we set during the setup process. Connect to this network using the configured password.

5 In the settings window, if you have not closed it yet, you can click on the button and you will see a message asking you to install a proprietary application on your smartphone to control the Xiaomi router. You can install this application in the App Store, or Google Play if you need it. It's called Mi Router. Below I will show you how to set up a router from your phone using this application.

Important point! If the Internet through the router is already working on your devices, then the setup of the Xiaomi router is complete. If you want, you can go into its settings, I’ll show you how to do it below.

If the Internet does not work through the router, then it needs to be configured.

Entering the Xiaomi router settings and setting up a connection to the provider

1 Go to miwifi.com in your browser again. You will be prompted for a password. Enter the password you set during the first setup. This is not a password for Wi-Fi, but rather for a router.

2 To set up the Internet (connection to your provider), go to a separate page in the settings, as shown below. Select your connection type from the list. Most likely you need to select PPPoE. It’s just that if you had a DHCP (Dynamic IP) connection type, then the Internet through the router would work without configuration. You can check your connection type with your provider.

3 After selecting PPPoE, you will need to set the necessary parameters for the connection. These parameters are issued by the Internet provider. Also, they are most likely indicated in the documents that were given to you when you connected to the Internet.

4 If your provider uses MAC address binding, you can change it on the same page, below. Just enter the required MAC. Or ask your provider to write down the MAC address of your router, which is indicated in this field, or on the body of the device itself.

You need the router to connect to the Internet and start distributing it to your devices.

Setting up a 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wireless network. Changing your Wi-Fi password

If you want to change the name of the Wi-Fi network, password, channel, or for example disable the network at some frequency 5 GHz, or 2.4 GHz, then go to the settings and go to the page as shown below.

If you scroll down the page, you will see the 5G Wi-Fi settings there, as far as I understand the guest network settings and changing the region.

As you can see, nothing complicated. Even though the settings are in Chinese.

Setting up 3g or 4g connection

It all depends on the quality and type of signal. Depending on these parameters, mobile networks are divided into:

• Group G - the worst signal with a speed of 170 Kbps;
• Group E - a connection that is slightly better than the previous one. It is 470Kbps;
• 3G group with a speed of 3.5 Mbit/s;
• Group H - twice as fast as the previous one - 8 Mbit/s;
• Group H+ - superior to all previous types - 42 Mbit/s;
• 4G LTE group - the fastest signal (100 Mbit/s).

With so many types and groups, it is difficult for a beginner to configure the phone so that it only receives the latest generation network signals. At the hardware level, everything works like this: when a phone finds itself in a particular region or part of it, it connects to the network that is available in it. If all are available, then the most recent one with higher speed is selected with priority. You can check this like this:

1. Go to the SIM card information section and open the section for the type of network used;
2. Here you can see all currently available networks;
3. Select your preferred connection type;
4. Save settings and exit. Just in case, you can restart your phone.

If only https sites open

This situation implies that the Internet is still present on your Xiaomi. But it doesn't work fully as expected.

Possible reasons for data transfer “cut”:

1. For some reason, not entirely clear, the access point is damaged. Go into settings and check all the lines to the very end. Particular attention should be paid to the authentication method, the most common is PAP.
2. Another frequently encountered feature of reducing the incoming volume of information is hidden in the security settings. We go into traffic and set a monthly limit in MB. If desired, you can even adjust the daily limit. In addition, two options are defined for the device if the limit is exceeded.

In order to save money, excessive traffic can lead to disconnection from the mobile Internet or simply to a warning to the owner. Make the necessary adjustments yourself.

By the way, many custom firmwares suffer from one feature. Programmers who assemble and modernize system software are not averse to making fun of it. In our case, when the operation of the device in mobile networks suffers, this leads to the fact that the system/etc/hosts: file is so modified (it blocks advertising in the browser) that access to many resources is prohibited. You cannot completely delete the file, advertising will creep in from all the cracks and instead of Internet surfing, you will get an advertising flood.

To correct it, Root rights and Root Browser are required. See more details here.

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Do not forget that after all the actions you have taken, the best way to complete setting up your phone is to reboot it.

Why doesn't my phone pick up an lte signal?

There are many reasons why a smartphone does not receive or has stopped receiving. The most common of them are:

• The traffic on the tariff package is completely used up;
• The signal may not be received indoors or may be received very weakly;
• Older models may not have 4G support at all;
• Lack of Internet as a tariff option. It's worth connecting another package.

Important! There may also be hardware failures in the phone. They are difficult for the average user to detect using software, but they can occur and disrupt the operation of the wireless adapter and SIM card.

If it goes offline every 10-15 minutes

You need to immediately decide which slot is failing. We take out the SIM card from the first and stick it into the second.

We change the frequency priorities on the slot that is failing. We are descending from heavenly LTE to prosaic GSM. The main thing is to understand what doesn't work for you. If it's soft, exhale and calm down. The solution will come, it involves resetting to factory settings or, in severe cases, replacing the firmware or the radio module itself.

Another option is that you have a hardware error and need to take the phone to a workshop. You won’t be able to do anything worthwhile with it yourself; the mobile Internet will not return on its own.

I hope that you will avoid all these troubles described in the article; working mobile Internet on Xiaomi smartphones is the rule rather than the exception. Firmware is becoming more advanced from year to year, and devices are becoming less vulnerable. And if so, then you can handle all the other little things.

Just a few years ago, Wi-Fi was required for fast data transfer, but now the situation has changed radically. Mobile Internet has become an integral part of any smartphone, and instead of freezing websites, users receive decent speed and good coverage . Just what to do if the mobile Internet on Xiaomi does not work? How to solve this problem yourself? Let's figure it out now!

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Internet does not work on Xiomi

If the Internet does not work, then the traffic may have been used up. Also, an antivirus or firewall, which is actively blocking the network, prohibited connecting to it. You can check this by clicking on Settings - Security - Traffic - Application Control. A list of restrictions will be displayed here. Once again, we can remind you that in any unclear situation, you can simply restart the phone and determine the network status.

In addition, it is important to make sure that the SIM card is active and working. To do this, you can install it in any other phone and check it. If the card picks up the network, including 4G, then the problem is with the phone.

Network disappears after update

A frequent picture. Numerous messages on forums that mobile communications stop working after updating MIUI indicate the importance of the problem.

Among other things, the device does not recognize SIM cards, even simple calls become unavailable. The reason lies in the flaws of the software itself; here are some tried-and-tested methods for solving this problem.

1. Roll back to the previous firmware that was installed before the update. And set a ban on new updates. Suitable for those who are not looking for easy ways and are immediately ready to make changes to unwanted software. Requires certain knowledge and orientation in the sea of ​​​​all kinds of firmware.
2. Flash the modem itself. For any device there is a whole set of system files, including the radio module. From v36 to the last v Among the negative features of this method, we can mention complete ignorance about the final result. That is, when you get involved in this adventure, you will never be sure that it will end in success. There are no calculations about the performance of this or that modem. It all depends on your region and the characteristics of the mobile network. Simply put, it will look like this. Install the modem and see what happens. I don't like it, another one. And so on, until the bitter end.
3. Change preferences in settings. We are moving away from the preferred 4G standard, to 3G or even, just to check, 2G. To do this, go to settings - “About phone” - “Internal memory”. Click on it several times until “Phone information 1 and 2” appears. Here we configure the preferred network type. There should not be any TD-SCDMA in the name. For 2G - GSM only, 3G - WCDMA only, 4G - LTE only. Or a combination of these frequencies.

4. It would be a good idea to understand the frequencies stated in the device specifications. In Russia, the following bands are provided for LTE: B1/3/7/20. But not every Xiaomi has them in full. As an option, I offer the most common and stable 3G. The pursuit of speed turns into a paradox: everyone wants to use 4G, but the 3G band is free. I recommend using this, at least for a while.
5. Check IMEI. *#06# You enter this combination on the dialer, and the phone will indicate it to you. If there is nothing, then the device is not detected on the network in any way. That is, somehow (due to a broken firmware or an incorrectly installed update) your identifier has disappeared. Restoration required.

Answers to popular questions

Mobile Internet sometimes stops working for no reason, how to solve this problem? First of all, check the coverage map. Perhaps 4G does not work well in your region, and because of this, the connection is periodically disconnected. Or the reason is a faulty mobile module, then only a specialist can help. How to increase the speed of mobile Internet on Xiaomi? To make the mobile Internet work faster, you need to perform general optimization of the device. Namely: clear the cache, free up permanent storage, install an ad blocker. These are general principles that improve the performance of a smartphone. Such actions do not require root rights. If you want to significantly increase Internet speed, you will need SuperUser mode. We will tell you more about such procedures in a separate article. How to set up the Internet from a specific operator? Usually, the setup occurs automatically after the first connection of the SIM card. Otherwise, add a new access point yourself by requesting data from the provider. I received root rights, and after that mobile communication does not work well. What to do? Remove Superuser mode and reset the device to factory settings. This should help.

Today we discussed why mobile Internet may not work and how to deal with such a problem. If you have any additional questions, write in the comments, we will always help! Good luck!

A number of users of Xiaomi mobile phones are faced with the fact that their gadgets have poor network reception or no reception at all. This makes normal communication impossible and makes using the Internet difficult. Let's take a closer look at what reasons may precede this and what to do if the mobile network is not available to Xiaomi.

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