I use a Gionee android device and for about three weeks I could not access the internet using my mobile data. It either tells me “No Internet” or “Your Internet Access has been Blocked” meanwhile I have no firewall or anything network restricting app. Surprisingly, when I share the data to my laptop via a hotspot, the laptop browses well. At the same time, when I connect the phone to a wi-fi network, it browses well. After seeing many “experts” with no solution, and after trying everything I could on my phone, I later stumbled into the solution – which is what I will be sharing with you here.
The Problem: somehow, your apps have been set not to access the internet on mobile data.
How this settings comes about may differ. I don’t remember getting to that part of my phone, but hey, I have three toddlers. So I don’t need to search too far.
Let’s Go Straight to the solution
- Locate the “All Apps” icon on your phone desktop screen
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2. Scroll through all your apps to the “system manager” or you can go straight to your system manager if it is directly on your phone desktop
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3. Click on the “Traffic Monitor”. (In case your phone doesn’t have the same names as mine, look for the setting that seems to somehow describe the network configurations)
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4. Next you will see a “Control Networking” button. Click on that
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5. Finally it will show you two tabs – Data Network and WLAN network. Of course depending on where you are having the problems, in my own case, all the apps were disabled for Data networks. I simply clicked on the allow all button which gave all my apps the permission to access the internet. And that was it.
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I however noticed that even under the WLAN tab, some specific apps were disabled such as Youtube, and for a while I had been unable to watch youtube from my phone. I simply enabled the app and that was it.
Right now every app on my phone is able to access the internet and this is a great relief.
Solved.
Let me know if this works for you. If you found another solution, please share the link in the comments below. Cheers.
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