When i enable the wifi it all comes up lovely. When i go to internet explorer and open it and then go to view a web page it enables gprs. How do i stop it doing this and get it to use the wifi that I have already enabled?
zippy77777 said:
When i enable the wifi it all comes up lovely. When i go to internet explorer and open it and then go to view a web page it enables gprs. How do i stop it doing this and get it to use the wifi that I have already enabled?
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Try these:
Upgrade to the 1.12 radio. Works great. OR
Turn off the GPRS radio by going turning on Flight Mode OR
Click cancel when GPRS tries to connect.
The new radio helps a lot and give you a menu of choices to connect. Look at WIKI for instructions on how to upgrade the radio. It's pretty simple if you read carefully on how to upgrade. Be sure you use the right upgrade for your version of the HTC phone.
WiFi Automatic Connect to GPRS
Hi Zippy777,
This is how I have set mine:
When the PPC picks up the new access point and asks me if it connects me to The Internet or Work - I select Work
Then I go to Start -> Settings -> Connections and click the 'Connections' icon.
Click the Advanced tab then Select Networks.
I change both drop down boxes to 'My Work Network' then click the 'Edit' button under the top drop down.
Under the Modem tab - enter the GPRS settings for your provider.
I'm with Orange so my settings are:
Name: Orange GPRS Internet
Modem: Cellular Line (GPRS)
Access Point Name: orangeinternet
Username: (Blank)
Password: (Blank)
Domain: (Blank)
This setup should use your WiFi network card when it's inserted, and connect to GPRS when the card is out.
Don't know if this is the ideal solution for you, but works for me.
Best o luck!
(btw - I use a Sandisk WiFi card with Socket Drivers & a Linksys WRT54G Broadband Modem)
All I want to do is connect via my WIFI in my XDA 2i, wirelessly to my router in my house, so I can use its internet connection? Any ideas?
Thx for your replies though its much appreciated.
connect viw wifi
we know that Zippy. You have to configure the device to connect. Have you done that? It's not configured out of the box. Do a Google search for you device, and wifi or internet or ethernet connection settings. you should get hits at this sit as well if you do that kind of search.
Hi,
I too had many frustrations connecting the wi-fi on XDA2i...but now I've cracked it, here's how .......
On first very first use, or following a hard re-set, [on/off + scriber reset] users are prompted during the process to choose “What do you want WLAN to connect to?” The option bullets are ‘Internet’ or ‘Work’….’Work’ should be selected, this will (once boot-up is complete) connect them to the nearest WLAN. If your network is WEP encrypted it should be switched to ‘Open’ mode rather than ‘shared’ as is often the case.
Next prompt asks for any WEP Encryption ‘Pass Key’ to be input, when doing so omit any ‘-‘ between character pairs, just enter a complete string of numbers and letters. Normal start-up should then be completed. Once device is up and running…..
From ‘Start’ pull-down on the ‘Today Screen’ select…. ‘settings’>’connections tab’>’connections icon’>’advanced tab’>’Select Networks’> pull-down ‘My Work Network’ > ‘OK’ out of selections to save and exit, this prevents the device from attempting to connect via GPRS.
Go to ‘Wireless Manager’ in programs, select WLAN icon from main screen (which should turn green to show active), then select mini ‘WLAN’ icon from lower toolbar to see the status of the connection, quality of signal etc.
That did it for me......
Cheers,
windupmerchant
Yes I have done this and my signal strength is good.
when i go to ie and try to access a web page it says cannot connect, and you have no modem entries created and no network card present? Help.
:? I didn't come across this prompt...could be you need to put an O2 SIM card in the device? (or whatever card it may be locked to).
Just another thought...
Go into settings>connections>connections icon>advanced tab>select networks>Edit (My work network)>if there is an o2 'bulleted' ...click it and 'delete'
Then try IE again......
I have deleted the o2 symbol where you said and it made no difference. My xda is unlocked and I am using a vodafone simcard.
Still cant get it going though. Same message as above but have great signal strength. well odd!
zippy77777 said:
I have deleted the o2 symbol where you said and it made no difference. My xda is unlocked and I am using a vodafone simcard.
Still cant get it going though. Same message as above but have great signal strength. well odd!
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any ideas people?
zippy77777 said:
zippy77777 said:
I have deleted the o2 symbol where you said and it made no difference. My xda is unlocked and I am using a vodafone simcard.
Still cant get it going though. Same message as above but have great signal strength. well odd!
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any ideas people?
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Go to www.cam.com and get vxUtil this program will help to determine what is wrong with your system.
If you go to | Start (menu) | settings | Connections (tab) | Network Cards (icon) | Network Adapters (tab) | and tap on | tiacwln Compatible Wireless Etherne... | What is listed for the IP address?
Do you have this set to "Use sever-assigned IP address" It should be.
Yes its all as it should be. Like i said I have a connection and great signal strength etc etc.
But when i try to access a web page in ie its just says
unable to connect, no modem entries created and no network card present.
what can i do?
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Upgraded from Xda II to Xda IIs end January and initially WLAN worked fine, but no GPRS. Went though process of creating GPRS connection (with O2 Support) and now cannot get IE to connect through WLAN. It always tries GPRS! Has anyone experienced this and/or got a solution?
Mike,
You will need to give us some more info on your settings.
If its an O2 unit with original firmwware if you back stuff up try a hard reset to get default settings back and ensure GPRS works then add the WLAN.
I live in Caldecote just outside Cambridge if you get really stuck we could meet up and you can try and copy my settings and check your SIM has GPRS enabled using mine that kind of thing.
Cheers Wayne
Many thanks Wayne. I'll do a backup and hard reset (with trembling hand no doubt) and see where I get to before getting back to you. Many thanks for the offer of help. I'm in Barrington, so it's not a million miles to come to talk if necessary.
you might already know this mike and if so at least it may be of help to others.
if your gprs connection is active then it doesn't matter wheather the wireless lan is on or off, internet explorer will always connect to gprs.
switch off gprs by clickiing on (in my case O2) your service providers icon and if "mobile web" is highlighted then click on it to switch it off.
Thanks, but I'd tried that and more. Eventually, as Wayne suggested, I did the dreaded hard reset and restored everything from scratch. I now have WLan working on my home LAN, but as I have such lousy GSM/GPRS coverage here I haven't yet tried to see if the GPRS side is now going to work. That's for tomorrow and where I started in the first place when I found it wasn't working! :?
Thank everyone for the suggestions.
Hello Mike
I had the same problem, and after thorough search I found the solution:
start->settings->connections -> advanced
select networks : both drop-down boxes are set to
"my work network"
This prevents the automatic gprs connections.
If you want gprs you can use the wireless manager
(start->programs->wireless manager)
and there tap the red gprs icon
In other words RTFM....
Here is the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=13869&highlight=wifi +gprs
Hanan
Hanan
hi all i need help setting up my gprs. i had a look on this post but i am still unable to get it working please help
ive got to the point where the gprs connects as it shows a little [G] above the phones signal strength along with a big [G] to the left but i cant view any internet pages plus my tacking software wont connect to the gprs. Any ideas? does anyone know if the authentication is PAP or CHAP?
If you're on Pay as you Go then make sure you've got the proxy settings set up correctly or you won't see a thing.
Settings>Connections>Connections>Edit My Proxy Server
Tick the boxes > Advanced
HTTP: 193.113.200.195:8080
WAP: 193.113.200.195:9201
Socks: 193.113.200.195:1080
It's a wap proxy so you won't get full mobile internet access. You'll be able to view most websites but it's by not the same deal you get on a contract (Quickgps and most other apps won't update properly). This is a workaround for PAYG as O2 would rather have you believe it doesn't work at all with the £7.50 a month bolt-on!
I got the pda to see webpages now i dont know why people were saying the password was password when its actually payandgo. I think as its not full access to gprs i dont think my messaging program is going to work.
I've tried these settings, but although I get the small G and it says connected, when I try to open a page, it comes up with an error saying the connection was lost. Do I need to sign up for the bolt on before it will work, or is there something else I need to check?
How do I disconnect a GPRS session if I want the phone to use a wifi signal instead? Is there any way of telling the phone to always use wifi in preference to GPRS if possible?
The shiny new phone has just arrived, so lots of questions!
TIA
Hmm well I'm not sure if this works on Rhodium, but on many HTCs keeping the 'hangup' button pressed for a few seconds will disconnect cellular data connection.
If not, go to "Comm Manager", this should also have a button to disconnect it.
If that doesn't work, there's always datadisconnect.exe in \Windows (though that would be a silly thing to do every time )
Anyways, if you have a Wi-Fi connection, all connections made after that point should go through Wi-Fi automatically. Existing connections will keep using cellular data, until they are de/re-connected, unless the program asking for the connection specifically requests to use the cellular connection.
No luck holding down the Hangup button - I tried holding it for 10 seconds and the GPRS session stayed open.
I'm concerned about the situations where I think I'm connected to wifi but there's been a DHCP problem or something, and the phone quietly goes and uses GPRS instead (so the wifi icon is shown at the top, but there's actually no network connectivity via wifi).
Does anyone have a good solution to this?
There is an app available called "NoData" that lets you switch GPRS/3G/HSPA off. But you have to switch it back on to use it again...
I just found an option to configure the Hangup button so that it turns off GPRS, so problem solved! (by default it locks the handset)
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I just found an option to configure the Hangup button so that it turns off GPRS, so problem solved! (by default it locks the handset)
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You need to do some "RegEdits" to obtain this.. go here...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ConnMgr\Planner\Settings\
add a DWORD called "CacheTime" with value of "60"
then add "SuspendResume" as a string with "GPRS_bye_if_device_off"
obviously minus the ""'s
beware that tweak breaks simultaneous voice and data
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beware that tweak breaks simultaneous voice and data
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I've never had any problems with it, when I have a 3g connection active I can make/receive phonecalls and keep the data connection live. I reguarly download files while on calls and they have finished by the time I hang up...?
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You need to do some "RegEdits" to obtain this.. go here...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ConnMgr\Planner\Settings\
add a DWORD called "CacheTime" with value of "60"
then add "SuspendResume" as a string with "GPRS_bye_if_device_off"
obviously minus the ""'s
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What exactly does this tweak do?
I actually managed to configure the Hangup button to close the GPRS connection using the standard Button Settings menu, but I'm curious to know what your registry settings will do.
This will automatically disconnect the GPRS after xxx seconds (60 in the above) if GPRS is not used.
Soo... does Windows messenger not work over a Wi-Fi connection? Mine only seems to want to work over the data network (edge) Soon as i got the no-data installed and turned off the edge bands, it no longer wants to connect.
Anyway to tell it to use the Wi-Fi? or will i have to get a muilti chat client to connect to it?
That's odd. Messenger works for me via wifi. I turned off the phone radio, turned on my wifi, attempted to log in to Messenger, and it works.
I jus tried that to.. no luck. i just get "Their's a connectivity problem, make sure you're in an area with good reception and try again"
This might be an issue with your network selection.
Check in connection setting --> advanced --> select networks.
Hilal said:
This might be an issue with your network selection.
Check in connection setting --> advanced --> select networks.
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Ahh.. sweet thanks. It works now
I have a U.S. Cellular TP2 working well with T-Mobile (Radio 2.32.00WU) except that the HTC Weather GPS Location doesn't update when it's connected with normal Data plan. It just updates when it's connected to a Wi-Fi connection. Google Maps works fine with either Data or Wi-Fi.Tried many tweaks and cabs on this forum and still nothing. Maybe it something trivial but I don't know what is it. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Set your connection correctly under all setting-connections My work network should but be selected.
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My work network should but be selected.
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What? My Work Network settings are empty. What does this have to do with GPS Data?
What do you mean I need to select My Work Network where? On Connections/ Advanced tab, Select Networks. Programs that automatically connect to a private network should connect using: My Work Network ? Like it was on default? That doesn't do anything.
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What? My Work Network settings are empty. What does this have to do with GPS Data?
What do you mean I need to select My Work Network where? On Connections/ Advanced tab, Select Networks. Programs that automatically connect to a private network should connect using: My Work Network ? Like it was on default? That doesn't do anything.
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It sounds like your data connection is not set up. The advanced tab should point to the data connection, not the Work connection.
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It sounds like your data connection is not set up. The advanced tab should point to the data connection, not the Work connection.
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The data setup works well enough. I was just asking the previous poster what did he meant by selecting My Work connection.