It may have happened to you when you travel abroad, or when you changed operators, you cannot connect to the net or can not send MMS. If that is the case, It’s presumably because of the APN seted up on your Huawei Nova Plus. So we made the decision to draft this post to fix this issue. We will first see what a APN is. We will see in a second time how to configure an APN on your Huawei Nova Plus. Finally, we will see in which situations you should modify the APN on the Huawei Nova Plus.
What is an APN
The APN means Access Point Name. The APN consequently represents a set of connection data. This connection data allows your Huawei Nova Plus to connect to the internet and receive MMS. An improperly seted up APN can nevertheless prevent your Huawei Nova Plus from receiving MMS or connecting to the internet. You need to know that each operator has a different APN of their own.
How you can set up an APN on your Huawei Nova Plus
When you want to configure an APN on your Huawei Nova Plus, you will need to navigate to the Settings menu. When you are there, go to Network and Internet and Mobile Network . You’ll have to go to Advanced Settings and ultimately Access Point Names . When you are there, you need to click on the three dots at the top right of the screen and choose New APN . You will then access a form that you will need to fill in with the data of your operator. One example is, if you are at Vodafone , you must find the Vodafone APN data on the internet and copy it into the form. As a general rule, the APN of each operator are quickly findable. You have to do it again two times the procedure on your Huawei Nova Plus. Certainly, you need an APN for internet and an APN for MMS.
In which case should you configure an APN on your Huawei Nova Plus?
In most cases, you may not always need to set up an APN on your Huawei Nova Plus as normally, this is done automatically. Nevertheless, there are some situations that require the setup of an APN on your Huawei Nova Plus. This is for example the case if you purchased your used Huawei Nova Plus and that the person who sold it to you was with a different operator than yours. This may also be the case if you are traveling abroad and consequently change your SIM card.
