I wanted to give my friends my ip4 address so that they can be uploaded to my minecraft server. I also unlocked the port but it still doesn't work?
As far as I know you have to enter your IP plus a certain port to connect. I think it was 22565?
So XXX.XX.XXX.XX: 22565
Well if it is the standard port so 25565 you can omit the otherwise after the ip with ":" specify the port!
Turn on the server and enter your port on the page normally 25565 https://www.canyouseeme.org/ if it is green it should work if it is red the ports are not activated
https://www.ipchicken.com/ and it's best to check your ipv4 here