Cannot get a 521 working on StraightTalk

[link9454]

So after getting a Lumia 920 and iPhone 3GS working perfectly on Straight Talk, I cannot get my mothers 521 working. Phone calls and texts work fine, but mobile data and multimedia messages don't work. It's brand new, presumably locked to T-Mobile. I got the Bring Your Own Phone setup packet at Walmart. Interesting thing is, the 920 under Settings>Cellular has two buttons, "internet apn" and "mms apn" and I used these to add the settings. The 521 has no buttons to set these, so I tried using the Access Point app to add the settings but I cannot get it to work, even trying to mimic the settings on the 920.

So, what are the settings for Lumia 521 using Access Point? I'm not a huge phone guy, so my experience with this is limited. Settings open to me in Access Point are as follows:
Under Internet APN.
Access Point Name:
Username:
Password:
Proxy address:
Proxy port:
Network Type:
Authentication type:

Under MMS APN
MMS Access Point Name:
Username:
Password:
Proxy address:
Proxy port:
MMSC address:
Network type:
Authentication type:

Tried the settings here: http://forums.windowscentral.com/nokia-lumia-521/235195-521-straight-talk.html
Tried these: http://forums.windowscentral.com/nokia-lumia-521/225961-mms-straighttalk-521-a.html

I might just be putting the wrong thing in the entries Access Point?

 

[Laura Knotek]

Please see these threads.

http://forums.windowscentral.com/nokia-lumia-521/236964-521-straight-talk-apn-settings.html
http://forums.windowscentral.com/nokia-lumia-521/225961-mms-straighttalk-521-a.html

 

[link9454]

I've checked both those threads and tried the suggestions there. Each thread has different suggestions and settings as well. I have a T-Mobile Lumia 521, a straight talk micro sim card which has the tracfone ovals on the card (so assuming it's a tracfone sim card). I just want a simply layout of the settings to punch into Access point.

 

[xandros9]

for my sister's 521, the APN were under the access point settings panel

i took a bunch of photos (instead of screenshots i know) of the settings pages for future reference so i'll go see if i could dig them up

UPDATE: attached in a zip, those are the settings that worked for us
View attachment wp_ss_20130305_0002.zip

 

[frizodanizzo]

I tried on my 1020 and a 925 both working with straight talk, APN for internet under APN tfdata..... everything else blank. then use the MMS settings

apn tfdata
user: blank
pass:blank
proxy: mms3.tracfone.com
port: 80
mmsc: http://mms-tf.net
port: 80

 

[frizodanizzo]

I would definitely try the Tracfone setup over the cingular apn's those are AT&T's, straight talk is using the tracfone info.

 

[tgp]

Do you have a Straight Talk SIM with AT&T service? If so, that would explain why the 521 doesn't work.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

 

[Tara Medders Moss]

Im having the same problem do you have the settings. Straight talk cannot help at all please this is driving me crazy!!!

 

[schroern]

Do you have a Straight Talk SIM with AT&T service? If so, that would explain why the 521 doesn't work.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Actually, I have a tmobile branded 521 and have multimedia and mobile data working using a straight talk at&t sim. Unfortunately my settings wont work for the OP, but it is possible to use an at&t sim with the 521 as long as its unlocked.

 

[Dustin Hodges]

Actually, I have a tmobile branded 521 and have multimedia and mobile data working using a straight talk at&t sim. Unfortunately my settings wont work for the OP, but it is possible to use an at&t sim with the 521 as long as its unlocked.

I think that was their point. The OP may of requested/purchased the ATT SIM by mistake, making it incompatible without unlocking. They will have to get a sim card here (Sim Cards), being sure to select "My Phone is a GSM T-Mobile compatible phone".

 

[Evelyn Ford]

I have the nokia 521 and have straighttalk for the service. I cannot load apps from the windows store,I get a message that says,my Microsoft soft account may be in use,I am instructed to input my phone number and they will send me a code too confirm the number is mine,but I never get a code texted to me.I can message via SMS,and use the other features,but no apps.Any help would be appreciated. Thank you