Everyone,
Apologies, and I know this is a stupid question, but when at home with my htc tound pro, with WiFi on, and connected, why do I need the phone on too for the WiFi to work,...?
Also, when both are on and working, which system is used, i.e., the SIM card connection or the WiFi connection,...?
WiFi I pay a flat monthly rate for unlimited data, with the SIM card I am on a fixed amount of data transfer per month,...
Thanks for listening,
ek
Well..
You may be using an application that is not Wifi aware. So, it demands a GPRS/EDGE/3G connection. So - in effect - it's not actually using the Wifi connection.
If you can use the application with Wifi on, and phone off - it's Wifi aware. (Meaning it can utilize Wifi).
If you can't use the application without the phone being on - it's not Wifi aware or has not been configured to use the Wifi.
What application are you having issues with?
thanks for getting back to me,... WM Professional 6.1 and the Internet Explorer program when going on to the web,... i'm just wondering which systems does the phone use when both are functioning,... am i using the gprs from my SIM card or am I using the wi-fi in my home,...? and why do i need the phone turned on to use the wi-fi in my home,...?
thanks again,...
ek
you can see if it's using gprs on the icon for signal str if it's showing animations
it's using gprs
otherwise it's using wifi
if you set
settings-connections-connection-advanced-select network to my homenetwork
it dont use gprs
did you set the gprs settings to your gsm provider?
i would prefer wifi over gprs/3g anyday unless if your home internet is extremely slow ( <300kbps). the battery life would be almost equal so why not a faster connection?
Rudegar said:
you can see if it's using gprs on the icon for signal str if it's showing animations
it's using gprs
otherwise it's using wifi
if you set
settings-connections-connection-advanced-select network to my homenetwork
it dont use gprs
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I'd like to understand how WM decides which network to use when it has a choice e.g. HSDPA and WiFi. I've looked at the settings mentioned above and I currently have Internet using Contract Internet (HSDPA) and Work using WiFi as the WiFi networks I connect to are firewalled and privately addressed.
What settings should I have to ensure that when I have the choice of WiFi and HSDPA (at home) I use WiFi, and when out and about I use HSDPA?
Everytime an application wants to connect to the net:
- If wifi is connected and GSM isn't, it uses Wifi
- If wifi isn't connected, it tries connecting to GSM and will use that.
- If both are connected - we don't really know what happens.
When you're at home, check that GSM is not connected (no little E, G, 3G or H on the signal bar icon, disconnect it if connected), turn on wifi, wait until the arrows have stopped moving on the Wifi icons, and now you can launch the program that wants to connect to the net, and it will use wifi.
If at this point you get a popup about the phone connecting to GSM data again, then there's a connectivity problem on your Wifi and the device can't reach the net through it.
You might want to install Modaco Nodata, it allows you do disable automatic connection to GSM so that you can be sure it doesn't connect when you don't want it to.
mine never use gprs when it have wifi
I have a Touch HD and I can make things work fine by manually turning off the data connection then turning on WiFi in the comm manager when I'm at home or vice versa when I'm out and about.
I would have thought win mobile 6.1 would have been a mature enough OS to allow this to be configured automatically. This and Opera are my only outstanding issues with the HD.
Strange. I can easily shut my phone off, enable wifi & browse fine.
I got my HTC Hero today but I seem to be having problems connecting it to internet either over wifi or mobile data network. When I list the wireless networks I click on the desired AP, input the correct password and all I get is "connecting.." and after a while "disconnected". I can use the wireless network on my laptop without problems. The wireless networks I tried were WPA2 Personal, WEP and Open (tried different AP routers). It doesn't even try connecting to gprs even thought I enabled it in the settings. I upgraded the HTC Hero's firmware to the latest found on their support site, but I still get the same problem.
Anyone know what problems I might be experiencing or how I might fix it?
hi, sad to see that i'm experiencing the same problem with hd2 as i did with hd, when i use the phone as modem (internet sharing via USB) my network type is set to auto (or WCDMA only) i get random disconnections, the phone just says that there are no mobile service available (cannot connect to any network) i have to disable and enable all wireless connections on the phone to get it work again, if i only use GSM (and slow EDGE connection i have no trouble at all), any ideas please?
saldainis25 said:
hi, sad to see that i'm experiencing the same problem with hd2 as i did with hd, when i use the phone as modem (internet sharing via USB) my network type is set to auto (or WCDMA only) i get random disconnections, the phone just says that there are no mobile service available (cannot connect to any network) i have to disable and enable all wireless connections on the phone to get it work again, if i only use GSM (and slow EDGE connection i have no trouble at all), any ideas please?
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I used to get that as well. i just installed htc WiFi router. don't get disconnections anymore. seems to work much better! if that's any help to ya.
thanks for your reply, i will try to use wifi router, hope this helps, sad to see that the same problems persists in wmo6.1 - 6.5
Hello,
I have a HTC Touch Diamond 2 for a while now, but I still have problems connecting encrypted to Wi-fi networks. My Wi-fi network is encrypted by simple WEP-encryption. My phone is able to connect to the network (seems), but I can't get any data over that network.
I have tried other Wi-fi equipment and that all works fine. Connecting the phone to a Wi-fi network with another access point (encrypted) is also failing.
For now I can just connect to unecrypted networks.
I'm running WM6.5 (5.2.2.21887), Radio version 4.49.25.91.
The phone is not branded (never been).
Does anyone know a solution to this?
Hello,
I'm using now for the first time an android phone (cm7 on optimums 2x).
I was used (coming from NOKIA) to know if i was on a GSM or UMTS network + if the data protocol available was GPRS or EDGE on GSM and 3g or hsdpa (3.5g) on UMTS.
I had to disable mobile data right away on the android phone because i pay for that, but now I don't see any icon. Isn't there a way to have to same behavior of nokia DISABLING access with mobile network or at least on demand if I ever wanted to use it in some occasions?
No E, G, 4g icon means no data. Only way to use it would be to pay for it or use wifi
To turn network data on go to settings>wireless & networks> mobile networks
Hope this helps.
Sent from my LG-P999