ATT Bold & WiFi for Long Plane Ride

[stufried]

I have an ATT Bold on BB Enterprise International. With wifi on and cell on, everything seems to flow through the wifi end. I'm using a data counter and have been watching it for several days. When I shut the cell phone part ("radio") off, most programs fails even though the wifi is on I see there is no data connection. I tried putting a non-Blackberry SIM in the unit with the radio on and everything still failed.

What am I doing wrong? I will be taking a long Emirates flight with wifi on the plane and would like to use the same on my BB, but figure it won't work with radio off. At the same time, I am seeing other people who are using their BBs over wifi only. I understand how this could be different with a TMobile UMA compatible device, but don't understand how it would be different with anyone else

[JSanders]

Wirelessly posted (9530; (I'm mobile) MF231; 35h)

No difference. Just set your Options > Advanced > Browser to Hotspot browser.
Then in Manage Connections turn off your mobile network and data.
Your browser will work fine Hotspot mode.

[Berry One]

If everything setup correctly, Bold should use WiFi when it is available, radio when WiFi is not available and from application side this should be transparent.

Are you sure your WiFi is properly configured? It must show intensive white and black WiFi symbol on screen, not greyed.

These are proper configurations:

Options/Mobile Network
Data Services: On
Connection Preference: WiFi Preferred

Manage Connections
Mobile Network - checked
WiFi - checked

When in flight, open Mobile Network and uncheck Mobile Network. Keep WiFi checked.

You will lose voice (Bold does not support UMA) but all applications, including email, browsing and IM should keep working seamlessly.

[david9962000]

Great info thank you, more airlines are putting Wi-Fi in planes.