WiFi Issues on SPV E650

[Guest JudgeJoey]

Hey there gang. Just a question about my new E650.

Although I can get WiFi turned on and connected to my wireless router, I appears that the mobile still turns to GPRS for its internet content. Well, I assume it does... a small "G" appears in the top right corner of the screen just above the signal strength logo. According to the manual, the phone goes to GPRS mode when no network is available, which is fine, but there is a network available!! So why go to GPRS? Is it the default setting that I have to turn off or something or have Orange put something in the phones to go to this mode thus spending money that I shouldn't have to?

Any help you guys could offer would be handy as the instruction manual isn't very helpful!! Cheers!!

[Guest stumpyDdatsun]

Hey there gang. Just a question about my new E650.

Although I can get WiFi turned on and connected to my wireless router, I appears that the mobile still turns to GPRS for its internet content. Well, I assume it does... a small "G" appears in the top right corner of the screen just above the signal strength logo. According to the manual, the phone goes to GPRS mode when no network is available, which is fine, but there is a network available!! So why go to GPRS? Is it the default setting that I have to turn off or something or have Orange put something in the phones to go to this mode thus spending money that I shouldn't have to?

Any help you guys could offer would be handy as the instruction manual isn't very helpful!! Cheers!!

Just go to SETTINGS -> CONNECTIONS -> ADVANCED (from MENU on soft button) and setup a new GPRS connection called NoGPRS with no settings attributed (ie a 'junk' connection which will never work). Then set your internet access to NoGPRS instead of Orange Internet or WAP. This will then enable you to test your WiFi connection without the phone accessing the GPRS internet.

Hope this helps.