Getting Android to play nice with DST’s Internet and MMS APNs (and bmobile too)

Finally. Settings are below

b-mobile users refer here but I can’t guarantee that it works as I’m not in Brunei and don’t have a bmobile line to test

Internet APN:

Name: dst.internet
APN: dst.internet
Proxy: <Not set>
Port: <Not set>
Username: <Not set>
Password: <Not set>
Server: <Not set>
MMSC: <Not set>
MMS proxy: <Not set>
MMS port: <Not set>
MCC: 528 (for other carriers this should be different. this value was automatically set by the phone)
MNC: 11 (for other carriers this should be different. this value was automatically set by the phone)
Authentication Type: <Not set>
APN Type: default

MMS APN:

Name: dst.mms
APN: dst.mms
Proxy: <Not set>
Port: <Not set>
Username: mms
Password: mms
Server: <Not set>
MMSC: http://mms.dst.com.bn/mmsc
MMS proxy: 10.100.6.101
MMS port: 3130
MCC: 528 (for other carriers this should be different. this value was automatically set by the phone)
MNC: 11 (for other carriers this should be different. this value was automatically set by the phone)
Authentication Type: <Not set>
APN Type: mms

If all goes well, the APN screen will be as shown below, with only the dst.internet APN being selectable with the radio button on the right. This signifies that when mobile data is enabled, it will use dst.internet for Internet access. If APN Type of “mms” is not specified, there will be a radio button next to the dst.mms configuration which needs to be selected in order to send and receive MMSs. The problem with that is, the dst.mms does not provide Internet access so you will not be able to access the Internet unless you manually select dst.internet as the APN which is very inconvenient. This led me to find out the importance of the APN Type value that was found after trying some Googling and landing on Ausdroid’s APN page. So thanks to Ausdroid and hopefully this will help all those having trouble with their Android phone and MMS.