Lenovo ThinkPad - Troubleshooting Common Tablet Issues

Table4.WIRELESS&NETWORKSmenu(continued)
Mainmenu
Submenu
Description
DatausageMobiledataUsetheswitchtoenableordisablethemobiledataconnection.Disablethis
settingtopreventyourtabletfromtransmittingdataonanymobilenetwork.
Thisisusefulifyouaretravelinginanareawhereyoudonothaveamobiledata
planandwanttoavoidchargesfordatauseonlocalcarriers’mobilenetworks.
Note:Disablingthissettingdoesnotpreventyourtabletfromtransmitting
dataonotherwirelessnetworks,suchasWi-FiorBluetooth.
Whenenabled,thevolumeofthedatausageofthecurrentmonthisdisplayed.
Youcancontrolyourdatausageaccordingtothetrackingchart.
Dataenabled
Disablethissettingtopreventyourtabletfromtransmittingdataonanymobile
network.Thisisusefulifyouaretravelinginanareawhereyoudonothave
amobiledataplanandwanttoavoidchargesfordatauseonlocalcarriers’
mobilenetworks.
Dataroaming
Disablethissettingtopreventyourtabletfromtransmittingdataonother
carriers’mobilenetworkswhenyoucannotaccessyourowncarrier’smobile
networks.
Activatedevice
ActivateyourWANadapterandyourmobilenetworkaccountformobile
networkconnection.
AccessPointNames
OpentheAPNsscreentoselectmobileaccesspointcongurationsandset
upaccesspointnames(APNs).Consultyourcarrierabouthowtousethe
toolsonthisscreen.
Useonly2G
networks
Whenthebatterypowerislow,enablethisselectiontoextendthebatterylife
bypreventingyourtabletfromconnectingtohigher-speednetworks.
Mobile
networks
Networkoperators
Searchforavailablenetworksandselectanetworkforroaming.
AirplanemodeWhentheairplanemodeisenabled,allwirelessconnectionsaredisabled,
andyoucannotconnecttonetworks.Ifallowedbytheaircraftoperatorand
applicablelawsandregulations,youcancontinuetouseotherfeatures,
suchasplayingmusic,watchingvideos,checkingyourcalendar,viewing
pictures,andsoon.
VPNAddandeditVPNnetworkmanually.
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Tethering&portable
hotspot
Shareyourtablet’smobilenetworkdataconnectionwithyourcomputer
throughaUSBconnectionoraBluetoothconnection,orshareyourWi-Fi
connectionwithmultipledevicesatthesametimebysettingyourtabletasa
portableWi-Fihotspot.
Note:TheTethering&portablehotspotfunctionmightnotbesupportedby
somecarriers.
DEVICE
TheDEVICEcategoryisusedtoconguresettingsofsound,display,andyourstoragedevice,check
forbatterystatus,andmanageyourapplications.
Note:Toenableordisableasetting,touchthesettingitemtoselectorclearthecheckbox.Whenasetting
isenabled,acheckisdisplayedinthecheckbox.Ifotheractionsarerequired,followtheinstructionson
thescreen.
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