Getting MXit on your phone is as easy as pie. Just follow these instructions (supplied by our MXit friends) and you will be chatting for cheaper in no time at all.

Start by downloading the MXit application.

Downloading MXit from our WAP-site:
Jargon buster: A WAP-site is an internet website customized to be viewed on your phone.

1. On your mobile, go to ‘services’ (globe icon).
2. Create a new bookmark (www.mxit.co.za/wap) and save.
3. Select this bookmark, then select ‘go to’.
4. You should be welcomed to the MXit WAP portal at this stage.
5. Check that your mobile manufacturer and model has been detected correctly.
6. Open, accept, download!

MXit can be found on your mobile under ‘applications’ The name for this folder could differ from phone to phone, but normally this is where your mobile stores things like games.

Logging in for the first time?

1. To sign up, you have to register. It is very important that you do this correctly!
2. Fill in your phone number. Your privacy is not at stake here, so please use your own number, and fill it incorrectly (for example: 083 000 0000, not 0027 83 000 0000, or +27 83 000 0000!)
3. Choose a personal PIN (something interesting, not 1234, or 1111!) Keep it a secret and don’t forget what it is!
4. Decide on a nickname that you would like to use(preferably not your real name).
5. Fill in your correct date of birth. (This is also very important, seeing that some MXit services have age limitations; you will not be allowed to access these services if you are under a certain age, or over it!). 
6. Fill in your gender and location. 
7. Go to ‘options’, and select ‘accept’. Welcome to our world, you are now officially part of the MXit family!

Don't get confused between the ‘menu’ and ‘chat’ options on your contacts page. The menu allows you to log out, change your profile, etc. The chat function on the other hand, selects the contact currently highlighted.

Start chatting to your friends right away

1. Both parties need to be registered MXit users.
2. In your contacts page select ‘menu’, then go to ‘add contact’.
   Add your friend's number and nickname as a ‘MXit’ contact.
3. The next time you are both logged on, your buddy's nickname will be displayed in your contacts list with a green icon next to it - this means they are active (online).
4. Scroll down to your friend's nickname, select ‘chat’, and start talking!