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YOUR CONNECTIONS TO THE WEB AND WIRELESS DEVICES
CONNECTING TO A WI-FI NETWORK
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Wi-Fi was already on: Your
smartphone scans for available
networks and automatically connects
when possible. If your smartphone does
not automatically connect and the
Configure Wireless Networks screen
appears, highlight the network you
want, and press Connect (left softkey).
Wi-Fi was off: A notification appears
listing three available networks. If the
network you want appears, highlight it
and press OK (left softkey) to connect. If
the network you want does not appear,
select Show all networks, highlight the
network you want, and press Connect
(left softkey).
2 When the connection message
appears, press Dismiss (right softkey).
Some locations, such as airports or coffee
shops, provide an open network but charge
a fee to use it. After you connect your
smartphone to the network, you need to
open Internet Explorer Mobile and register
with the Wi-Fi service provider before you
can check email or browse the web.
Connecting to a secure network
To set up a connection to a secure network
for the first time, do the following:
1 Press Wi-Fi (on the side of your
smartphone near the stylus slot). What
happens next depends on the state of
Wi-Fi before you pressed the button:
Wi-Fi was already on: Your
smartphone scans for available
networks and automatically connects
when possible. If your smartphone does
not automatically connect and the
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To dismiss the notification without
connecting to a network, press Menu (right
softkey) and select Dismiss. To turn off the
notification feature, press Menu (right softkey)
and select Don’t show this message again.
You can turn the feature back on later (see
Customizing advanced Wi-Fi settings
).
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Narrow the list of networks that appear on
the Configure Wireless Networks screen by
selecting Networks to access and then
selecting Only access points or Only
computer-to-computer.