Settings, Wireless & networks | Alcatel 990A, 990S guide

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To access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, and touch Settings on applications list, or you can also press Menu key from Home screen and touch Settings.

11.1Wireless & networks

11.1.1Airplane mode

Mark the check box of Airplane mode to simultaneously disable all wireless connections including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and more.

11.1.2Wi-Fi

Using Wi-Fi you can now surf the Internet without using your SIM card whenever you are in range of a wireless network.The only thing you have to do is to enter the Wi-Fi settings screen and configure an access point to connect your cellphone to the wireless network.

For detailed instructions on using Wi-Fi, please refer to section 6.1.2 Wi-Fi.

11.1.3Bluetooth

Bluetooth allows your cellphone to exchange data (videos, images, music and more) over short distances with another Bluetooth supported device (cellphone, computer, printer, headset, car kit and more).

For more information on Bluetooth,please refer to section 6.3 Connecting to Bluetooth devices.

11.1.4Tethering & portable hotspot

This function allows you to share your cellphone's mobile data connection via USB or as a portable Wi-Fi access point (Please refer to section 6.5).

11.1.5VPN settings

A mobile virtual private network (mobile VPN or mVPN) provides mobile devices with access to network resources and software applications on their home network, when they connect via other wireless or wired networks. Mobile VPNs are used in environments where workers need to keep application sessions open at all times, throughout the working day, as the user connects via various wireless networks, encounters gaps in coverage, or suspend-and-resumes their devices to preserve battery life.A conventional VPN cannot survive such events because the network tunnel is disrupted, causing applications to disconnect, time out, fail, or even the computing device itself to crash.

For more information of VPN, please refer to section 6.6 Connecting to virtual private networks.

11.1.6Mobile networks

Data enabled

If you do not need to transmit data on all mobile networks, unmark the check box of Data enabled to avoid incurring significant charges for data use on local carrier mobile networks, particularly if you do not have a mobile data agreement.

Data roaming

If you don’t need to transmit data on other carriers’ mobile networks, unmark the check box of Data roaming to avoid incurring significant roaming charges.

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