BlackBerry Pearl 8120
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Using Wi-Fi on this phone…
Can anyone tell me if I can use wi-fi on this thing without constantly defaulting to GPRS when out of range? I mean, I want to be able to use what feature I want, when I want. I don’t want to pay for a data plan but I want to check my email at hotspots around the city. On my S710, I needed to app unlock the phone before I could install a third party application to block GPRS service. The GPRS would kick in when the wi-fi was out of range. Is it possible to block GPRS and only use GPRS on a Pearl?
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EDIT: Is it possible to block GPRS and only use WI-FI on a Pearl?
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Yes, it is posisble to ONLY use WiFi and never use GSM or GPRS...at least that's how it works on the Curve 8320 for T-Mobile.
You simply set the Mobile Data settings to Wifi only and turn off Mobile data. You can also set which you want to be the preferred connection, i.e. Wifi>Mobile or Mobile>WiFi.
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Am I understanding this correctly, that a data package wouldn't have to be purchased to utilize some of the Blackberry features such as WiFi?
AT&T told me that without a Blackberry data package, I wouldn't have much success.
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You are correct. You do not have to have the data package and can use the wi-fi, but you do have to be somewhere you have wi-fi and you will not be able to do the bb email only surf the web.
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bmegaApr 2, 2008, 8:41 PM
I have the 8120 and you can turn the mobile data network off and use WiFi exclusively.
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u mean turn off the data services or the mobile network..i already tried that one but i cant access the browser..can u pls. teach me how use the wifi w/o being charge w/ the data mins. ty!
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I have my 8120 set to only use wi-fi for data services. I called up at&t and asked them to disable edge on my fone. now the home screen only shows gsm as opposed to edge. I read somewhere that if you dont want to dsable edge this way, u can also temporarily rename the edge network to an invalid name so it defaults to use wi-fi only. When u want to use edge u rename the invalid name to the to the proper one and then use edge only.
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