Offline SIM APN Database

OfflineAPNDatabaseisforinternationaltravelerswholikesavingmoneyoncellvoiceanddataservicebyusingalocalSIMcardpurchasedattheirdestination.Theappcontainsalocallystoreddatabasewithover1300differentAPNcodesforcarriersallovertheglobe.Theappwillbeupdatedwheneverthelistismodified.

THISAPPDOESNOTUNLOCKYOURPHONE.
However,ifyouwouldlikeanunlockcodeyoucanacquireonehere:
http://unlockscodes.com/cart.php?group=0&service=imei&aid=f0dd4a99fba6075a9494772b58f95280

IMPORTANTNOTE:
IfyoufindaSIMthatdoesnothaveavalidAPNinthedatabasepleaseemailmesowecanfindthecorrectsettingstogether.IwouldliketheAPNlisttobeascompleteaspossible,butIwillneedhelpfromeveryone.Pleasecheckagainstthedatabaseusingthisfreeversionfirst.Ifyouhappentoknowthecountryyouarevisitingwecantrytoimprovethatcountrieslistbeforeyouleave.Thishelpseveryone.

Howdoesthisappsavemoney?
Mostcellproviderschargeoutrageousfeesforinternationalroaming.YoucanavoidinternationalroamingfeesbypurchasingalocalSIM.Inmanycountriesyoucangetoneforlessthan$10.

Inordertodothisyouneedaphonethatisnotcarrierlocked(thisisnotthesameasrooting).Youcangetyourphone'sunlockcodeandinstructionsonhowtouseitfromyourcarrier.Mostofthetimeyoucangetthisoverthephonefromyourserviceprovider.

UsingalocalSIMwillgiveyoualocalphonenumber.However,IfthepurchasedSIMcardincludesdatagettinganinternetconnectionrequirestheserviceprovidersAPNsettings.Thiscanbedifficulttogetifyoudonotspeakthelocallanguage.

YoucanlearnmoreaboutAPNsettingsandhowtheyworkhere:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Point_Name

ThisappcontainsahugedatabaseofknownAPNsettingsforSIMcards.RuntheappandsearchforyourSIM'sAPNsettings.Thenyoucanaddthesesettingsautomatically,orinthecaseofIceCreamSandwichuserscopyandpastetheindividualsettingsintoanewAPNentry.

NOTEFORICECREAMSANDWICHANDJELLYBEANUSERS:
ThecurrentreleaseofAndroidhasdisabledtheabilitytoaddAPNsettingswith3rdpartysoftware.Youwillneedtousethecopybuttons(seethescreenshot)andpastethesettingsintoanewAPNentrymanually.Asofnowtheonlywayaroundthislimitationrequiresrootaccess(dothisatyourownrisk)andplacingtheappinthe/systemdirectory.

APPLICATIONLIMITATIONS:
Thisapplicationwillnotgiveyourphonesignalwhereitnormallywillnotgetit.
ThisapplicationitmeantforphoneswithaGSMantenna.IfyourphonedoesnothaveaSIMslotthisapplicationwilldonothingforyou.

Myemailisprovidedforsupportwiththeapplication.IfyouhaveaGSMphoneandhaveenteredaSIMcardthatwasnotprovidedwiththephoneandtheapplicationdoesnothaveyourAPNsettingpleaseemailme.Ifyouhaveanyotherissuepleasecontactyourserviceprovider.