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AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide
Wireless & networks
Use Wireless & Network settings to configure and manage connections to networks
and devices via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile networks. You also use Wireless &
Network settings to configure connections between your phone and virtual private
networks (VPNs), to connect your computer to the Internet using your phone’s mobile
data connection, and to turn off all radios with Airplane mode.
Wireless & Network settings screen
Airplane mode Check to turn off all the phone’s radios that transmit voice or data.
When checked, also disables the Call settings (see “Call settings” on page 360).
Wi-Fi Check to turn on Wi-Fi so you can connect to Wi-Fi networks.
Wi-Fi settings See “Wi-Fi settings screen” on page 355.
Bluetooth Check to turn on Bluetooth so you can connect to Bluetooth devices.
Bluetooth settings See “Bluetooth settings screen” on page 357.
Tethering & portable hotspot See “Tethering & portable hotspot settings
screen” on page 358
VPN settings See “VPN settings screen” on page 358.
NFC If your phone supports Near-Field Communication, check to allow applications
to use NFC to read NFC tags and to make NFC tags on your phone readable by other
NFC devices. Uncheck this setting to disable NFC on your phone. You work with NFC
tags with the Tags application; see “Tags” on page 337.
Mobile networks See “Mobile networks settings screen” on page 358.
Wi-Fi settings screen
For details about working with these settings, see “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on
page 61.
In addition to the settings described in this section, you can press Menu on this
screen and touch Advanced to configure the settings described in “Advanced Wi-Fi
settings screen” on page 357.
Wi-Fi Check to turn on Wi-Fi so you can connect to Wi-Fi networks. When
connected to a network, displays the network’s name.