{"id":10619,"date":"2017-05-01T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=10619"},"modified":"2017-05-18T12:36:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T17:36:56","slug":"guide-helps-configure-network-type-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/guide-helps-configure-network-type-android\/","title":{"rendered":"This Guide Helps You Configure Network Type on Your Android"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many Android users who\u2019ve updated their software or switched to a newer phone have been experiencing difficulty with their Internet connection or data usage. Click here to check the status of your current Wi-Fi connection with Wi-Fi Check:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Test-Your-Connection\"<\/a><\/center>Although the problem is frustrating \u2014 especially when it repeatedly occurs without warning \u2014 there are ways to reconfigure your network to avoid these issues without a hitch. For those who simply need to check your Wi-Fi and data usage, this guide works for you, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More: <\/b>5 Do\u2019s and Don\u2019t\u2019s for Installing Apps on Your Android<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Android Network Configuration Made Easy<\/b><\/p>\n

First, check your Wi-Fi connection. On your homescreen, tap on the \u201cApps\u201d icon. \u00a0Next, tap \u201cSettings\u201d > \u201cData Usage. Then, check the \u201cShow Wi-Fi Usage\u201d box, followed by the \u201cWi-Fi\u201d tab. You should now have a good sense of which networks you\u2019ve been connected to, whether you\u2019re connected to one now, and which ones have been saved on your device.<\/span><\/p>\n

For those who use Android Nougat, you may have been forced to reconfigure your network settings more than once in the past few months, weeks, or even days. Regardless of whether you\u2019re using 2G, 3G, or 4G (also commonly known as LTE), the process to troubleshoot and reset these settings is the same. It\u2019s also helpful to know that 3G uses less data. So, although it\u2019s slower, often you can (and perhaps should, depending on the context) switch to a 3G setting in order to conserve some of your data usage.<\/span><\/p>\n

First, choose \u201cSettings\u201d from your \u201cApps.\u201d Tap on \u201cMore\u201d > \u201cMobile Networks\u201d > \u201cPreferred Network Type.\u201d Here, you can choose between 4G, 3G, or 2G. Although 4G is recommended, as stated above, it can use more of your data more quickly in a given time frame. Most apps and mobile services operate on both 4G and 3G without problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can also change the DNS settings on your Android. As a general rule, you are probably already using the DNS settings from your Internet provider, but you can choose a third-party server to increase speed, strengthen security settings, or bypass censorship filters. To do so, follow these steps:<\/span><\/p>\n

Open \u201cSettings,\u201d then click \u201cWi-Fi.\u201d Hold down on your current network until two options appear, then choose \u201cModify Network\u201d > \u201cShow Advanced Options.\u201d Then, change \u201cIP Settings\u201d to \u201cStatic.\u201d Add the new DNS servers to the DNS 1 and DNS 2 fields. Then, click \u201cSave,\u201d disconnect from the server, and then reconnect to finish off your reconfiguration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note that changing your DNS server is best as a short-term option. In the long-term, setting your Wi-Fi connection to \u201cstatic\u201d will interfere with your phone\u2019s DHCP allocation, which ultimately might create more problems.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve been running into network setup problems after a recent Android update, you\u2019re not alone. Take a look at these solutions to your troubles with Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30,301,303,308,312,4025,340,329],"class_list":["post-10619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-performance","tag-android","tag-app2","tag-app3","tag-app6","tag-app8","tag-dfndr","tag-network","tag-wifi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}