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The Wifi on My P990i, keeps saying unable to connect |
danhoare11 Joined: Dec 27, 2006 Posts: 2 PM |
I have a very new and rather expensive router, with Wifi capabilities, 802.11b/g. I tried to connect my Sony Ericsson P990i on to it, through the wLAN options, however it always tells me, "unable to connect".
I tried disabling WEP on my router settings, but to no avail. Also I tried with the WEP key, but I haven't got a clue what it is, or what it's used for.
Any Ideas/help much appreciated.
Belkin 54 802.11B/G Router
Sony Ericsson P990i
WEP security enabled/disabled, no difference. |
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amanno1 Joined: Sep 05, 2006 Posts: > 500 From: HELL ON EARTH PM |
Welcome to Esato.You have to set up for wi-fi in your phone.I`ve got wi-fi and i`ve my p990i to connect to it.If you`ve got a secure connection on your router,you`ve got to enter the wep key in your phone,when you set up an account. |
tindo196 Joined: Mar 10, 2004 Posts: 252 PM |
welcome to esato .the only help i can give u atm is that there is already another thread on this topic which is many pages long ,if u go to the discussion forum under the symbian phones thread then into the p990 topic im sure u will find the one on the p990 dealing with wifi issues-it covers almost all issues |
pachy Joined: Nov 05, 2002 Posts: > 500 PM |
If your router is "open" "unsecured" your P990 as it comes out of the box should find it, it should show with a yellow star & connect easily, if it doesnt show the star then its th routr security setting you should look at rather than the phone.
I connect to several Belkin 54 routers no problem, P990 likes Belkin 54's
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hragsarkissian Joined: Apr 25, 2003 Posts: 221 From: Canada, Montreal PM |
welcome to esato,
just sell your p990, before it drives your crazy. |
koto Joined: Sep 18, 2006 Posts: > 500 PM |
If you didn't find the answer yet please explain what you did so far (regarding phone and router setup) and I will try to help.
Wifi is a fantastic feature. In combination with P990's brilliant screen and full browsing (downloading) support one gets a true PC functionality when it comes to internet experience. It would be sad if you don't use it. |
danhoare11 Joined: Dec 27, 2006 Posts: 2 PM |
Thanks Very Much to everyone for their help. I've managed to access it now, it was the WEP key that wasn't letting me go on. Thanks to all that helped!! |
Busters Joined: Jul 27, 2004 Posts: 8 From: Wiltshire, UK PM |
Hi sorroy to hijacl this thread, I have connected to my router but my P990i keeps using GPRS to connect to the web. How do i specify that it uses wlan instead of GPRS??
Any help (Koto hint hint) is appreciated.
Many thanks
Busters |
pachy Joined: Nov 05, 2002 Posts: > 500 PM |
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On 2006-12-28 07:34:46, hragsarkissian wrote:
welcome to esato,
just sell your p990, before it drives your crazy.
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Sorry to see u didnt sell yours quick enough.
Reminder; milk, sugar, crisps, post letter. |
scroitoru Joined: Jul 11, 2003 Posts: > 500 From: Chicago PM |
@ Busters
u must setup the preferred account, and specify the order in which the phone will lookup accounts to connect to the internet.
look under control panel -> connections -> internet accounts -> groups.
Always a good thing and a BIG advice: READ the documentation before
anything
http://www.sonyericsson.com/webguide/p990i/pc/ae/ |
Residentevil Joined: Feb 29, 2004 Posts: > 500 From: Raccoon City, USA PM, WWW
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Make sure your router is set to g/b, coz the P990 only does b.
Tough times don't last, tough people do! Free Tibet |
hragsarkissian Joined: Apr 25, 2003 Posts: 221 From: Canada, Montreal PM |
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On 2006-12-28 20:51:55, pachy wrote:
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On 2006-12-28 07:34:46, hragsarkissian wrote:
welcome to esato,
just sell your p990, before it drives your crazy.
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Sorry to see u didnt sell yours quick enough.
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I sold it 2 weeks ago. I am back with my P910i, it's the sh**iest phone i have ever used till now |
koto Joined: Sep 18, 2006 Posts: > 500 PM |
@busters
As scroitoru said just specify the order and make sure wifi is on the first place. One more thing: Choose 'internet accounts - options - preffered mode - CS only' and you will always know what connection is ongoing because gprs blue triangle will appear only when gprs is in use, otherwise it will be empty.
@hragsarhissian
Happy for you. Meanwhile happy users are continue 'fighting' with handy camera, wifi, superb screen and browsing (downloading), bluetooth stereo, amazing video experience, landscape office, querty, fm, usb etc. |
HarvJH Joined: Jan 30, 2006 Posts: 319 From: Essex, UK PM |
I am new to using the internet on my phone, i have an orange livebox, if any of you know what that is. When i do a bluetooth search it comes up with it. I just don't know how i can use the bluetooth connection instead of the phone gprs connection. Also if i did get it to work would it be free? As it would go on my broadband connection?
Cheers Harvey |
dave55 Joined: Nov 10, 2006 Posts: 6 From: UK PM |
Hi
Patchy (or anybody)if your reading this please do me a walkthrough for wireless connection to my p990 with belkin 54.
I swear out of the box the thing connected but now it connects but no data flows just say remote server not found and 1 or 2 bytes in the accounts flow.
I have tried everything in this forum to date and it still won't connect. not even when i take the wep off. Tried the power save trick no good . Router set to b/g no good, wep on / open no good. Outside it works on free networks perfectly. This phone is driving me crazy, its going to take a flying lesson soon if things don't improve...
Dave |
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