Settings 154
Wi-Fi Settings
Configure and manage connections to Wi-Fi access points.
1. From the Home screen, touch
Menu
➔
Settings
➔
Connections
tab
➔
Wi-Fi
. The
Wi-Fi
options screen displays.
2. Touch options to configure:
• Add Wi-Fi network
: Connect to a new Wi-Fi network (see
“Adding a Wi-Fi Network Manually”
on page 139).
•Scan
: Search for available Wi-Fi networks.
• Wi-Fi Direct
: Access Wi-Fi Direct settings (see
“Wi-Fi Direct”
on page 155.)
3. Touch
Menu
to access the following additional
options:
• Advanced
: View and configure your phone’s Advanced Wi-Fi
settings.
• WPS push button
: Record/send the signal from the Wi-Fi
Protected Set-up push button on your Wi-Fi router.
• WPS PIN entry
: Record/send the Wi-Fi Protected Set-up
Personal Identification Number for your Wi-Fi router.
•Help
: Provides on-line assistance to perform Wi-Fi interface
tasks.
Advanced Wi-Fi settings
1. From the Home screen, touch
Menu
➔
Settings
➔
Connections
tab, under
Network connections
➔
Wi-Fi
➔
Menu
➔
Advanced
.
2. Configure settings:
• Network notification
: When enabled, your phone notifies you
of nearby Wi-Fi networks when you launch a high data-usage
application.
•Passpoint
: When set to ON, your phone automatically
connects to passpoint-enabled hotspots.
•Sort by
: allows you to sort by alphabet or Signal strength.
• Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep
: Specify when to switch from
Wi-Fi to mobile data for data communications, when the phone
goes to sleep (when the backlight goes out). This setting can
affect your data usage, and the behavior of devices you
connect to your phone, such as when tethering or using Mobile
Hotspot.
• Always allow scanning
: Allows the Google location service
and other apps to scan for networks, even when Wi-Fi is
turned off.
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