{"id":318,"date":"2016-07-02T15:13:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T15:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/?p=318"},"modified":"2020-04-15T15:20:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T15:20:39","slug":"how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-tablet-or-mobile-phone-in-3-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-tablet-or-mobile-phone-in-3-steps","title":{"rendered":"How to setup Wi-Fi on a tablet or mobile phone in 3 steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n  Currently, this wireless technology is one of the most popular connection types. It\u2019s available at home and public places such as airports, planes, buses, trains, pubs, cafes, shops, gyms, works, etc. Furthermore, data usage trough this type of wireless connection is cheaper than a mobile one. Today <a href=\".\/no-extra-payment-with-all-devices-online\">staying connected is important<\/a> so we need to know how to configure Wi-Fi on our mobile devices.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n  Below are connecting Wi-Fi instructions for the most popular platforms such as\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"#iphone_ipad\"><strong>Apple (iPhone and iPad)<\/strong><\/a>\n  <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"#android\"><strong>Android<\/strong><\/a>\n  <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"#windows_phone\"><strong>Windows Phone<\/strong><\/a>\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n  The main steps are\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong>Ensure<\/strong> that the <strong>Wi-Fi mode <\/strong>is<strong> enabled<\/strong>. There should be a little indicator in the status panel where other icons are located such as battery charge status, cellular signal level, current time and some notifications.\n  <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/data\/content\/post\/solutions\/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-tablet-or-mobile-phone-in-3-steps\/mobile-common-connection-status-en.png\" alt=\"mobile_common_connection_status\" title=\"mobile_common_connection_status - How to setup Wi-Fi on a tablet or mobile phone in 3 steps\" \/>\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n    If it isn\u2019t shown, we need to look at the settings.\n  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong>Choose<\/strong> the particular <strong>network<\/strong> from available ones at the exact place. In most cases, their names are similar to their owners. It\u2019s a good idea to look for the name that includes words according to the place that we are in. In the case of hidden networks, we should manually enter its name. Sometimes Wi-Fi is provided via special <a href=\"\/docs\/windows\/wi-fi-hotspot\/knowledge-base-wfhs\/wi-fi-limits-ad-hoc-wfhs\">Ad-Hoc networks<\/a> so not all devices can connect to it. All Apple devices support it but many Android and Windows Phones don\u2019t. Some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=enable+Ad-hoc+mobile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">patches enable this support<\/a> but they can make the device unusable. So, if we hardly need it we will do it at our own risk.\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify;\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Type <\/strong>the<strong> password <\/strong>that may be asked if the circuit is protected. We should ask it from its service people, owner or administrator. Notice that if we enter the password incorrectly there may not be any messages about it, and we will just unable to connect. Additionally, some networks don\u2019t ask the password here and do it before first access to the Internet via a special login page. It\u2019s a common situation when the internet is distributed per account (e.g. in a hotels) and if we need to use it on other devices we will need to <a href=\".\/no-extra-payment-with-all-devices-online\">share such a connection in special way<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n  If we do all correctly the connected one will be shown as connected and marked. If we still have connection problems the reason might be in pure Wi-Fi signal or <a href=\".\/the-most-internet-connection-problems\">particular network troubles<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n  In the future, the device will remember this network and if we return to this place the connection will be restored without our action until we use \u201cforget\u201d option.\n<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"iphone_ipad\"><\/a>How to setup Wi-Fi on Apple devices (iPhone and iPad)<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong>Check<\/strong> on our phone or tablet that the <strong>Wi-Fi mode<\/strong> is <strong>on<\/strong>. The settings are available via pressing \u201cSettings\u201d icon on one of the main screens and going to \u201cWi-Fi\u201d section. The section shows the connected network name or disconnected status.\n  <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/data\/content\/post\/solutions\/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-tablet-or-mobile-phone-in-3-steps\/iphone-ipad-wifi-switch-en.png\" alt=\"iphone_ipad_wifi_switch\" title=\"iphone_ipad_wifi_switch - How to setup Wi-Fi on a tablet or mobile phone in 3 steps\" \/>\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n    This way may be used to turn it off at any time to save battery power.\n  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong>Choose<\/strong> the <strong>network<\/strong> from the list by tapping on the needed name.\n  <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/data\/content\/post\/solutions\/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-tablet-or-mobile-phone-in-3-steps\/iphone-ipad-wifi-networks-list-en.png\" alt=\"iphone_ipad_wifi_networks_list\" title=\"iphone_ipad_wifi_networks_list - How to setup Wi-Fi on a tablet or mobile phone in 3 steps\" \/>\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n    Note that <a href=\"\/docs\/windows\/wi-fi-hotspot\/knowledge-base-wfhs\/wi-fi-limits-ad-hoc-wfhs\">Ad-Hoc<\/a> ones will be shown in a separate list.\n  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong>Type <\/strong>the<strong> password<\/strong> and choose \u201cJoin\u201d<strong>.<\/strong>\n  <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/data\/content\/post\/solutions\/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-tablet-or-mobile-phone-in-3-steps\/iphone-ipad-wifi-password-en.png\" alt=\"iphone_ipad_wifi_password\" title=\"iphone_ipad_wifi_password - How to setup Wi-Fi on a tablet or mobile phone in 3 steps\" \/>\n  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n  Now we have a connection to the circuit.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n  We can also <strong>forget<\/strong> a particular <strong>connection<\/strong> in case of no need by tapping on it and choose \u201cForget this network\u201d. So, the device won\u2019t automatically connect to it again.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/data\/content\/post\/solutions\/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-tablet-or-mobile-phone-in-3-steps\/iphone-ipad-wifi-disconnect-en.png\" alt=\"iphone_ipad_wifi_disconnect\" title=\"iphone_ipad_wifi_disconnect - How to setup Wi-Fi on a tablet or mobile phone in 3 steps\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"android\"><\/a>How to connect Wi-Fi on Android devices<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n  Currently, the number of Android types is very huge so here are provided screens from different versions.\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong>Make sure<\/strong> that the <strong>Wi-Fi mode<\/strong> is <strong>enabled<\/strong>. Slide-in status panel (press on it and move to screen center) and additional options will be shown. The optional Wi-Fi icon shows its status trough active or gray state. By pressing on this icon, we able to enable or disable this wireless mode. If you push this icon and wait, the detailed options will be opened including status and available networks. Also, settings may be opened pressing Apps icon on the main screen, next pressing Settings icon inside other apps icons and going to the Wi-Fi section.\n  <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/data\/content\/post\/solutions\/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-tablet-or-mobile-phone-in-3-steps\/android-wifi-switch-en.png\" alt=\"android_wifi_switch\" title=\"android_wifi_switch - How to setup Wi-Fi on a tablet or mobile phone in 3 steps\" \/>\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n    This way may be used to turn it off at any time for decreasing battery load.\n  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong>Choose<\/strong> the <strong>network<\/strong> from existing ones. Press \u2018Advanced\u2019 to connect to hidden ones.\n  <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/data\/content\/post\/solutions\/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-tablet-or-mobile-phone-in-3-steps\/android-wifi-networks-list-en.png\" alt=\"android_wifi_networks_list\" title=\"android_wifi_networks_list - How to setup Wi-Fi on a tablet or mobile phone in 3 steps\" \/>\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n    Note that <a href=\"\/docs\/windows\/wi-fi-hotspot\/knowledge-base-wfhs\/wi-fi-limits-ad-hoc-wfhs\">Ad-Hoc networks won\u2019t be probably shown<\/a> on the list due to the limits of this platform. There are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=enable+Ad-hoc+mobile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">patches that enable this support<\/a> but they can make the device unusable. So, if we hardly need it we will do it at our own risk.\n  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong>Type <\/strong>the<strong> password.<\/strong>\n  <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/data\/content\/post\/solutions\/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-tablet-or-mobile-phone-in-3-steps\/android-wifi-password-en.png\" alt=\"android_wifi_password\" title=\"android_wifi_password - How to setup Wi-Fi on a tablet or mobile phone in 3 steps\" \/><\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n  Now we are connected to the chosen circuit.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n  We can also <strong>stop reconnecting <\/strong>to it automatically in the future by tap and choose \u201cForget network\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/data\/content\/post\/solutions\/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-tablet-or-mobile-phone-in-3-steps\/android-wifi-disconnect-en.png\" alt=\"android_wifi_disconnect\" title=\"android_wifi_disconnect - How to setup Wi-Fi on a tablet or mobile phone in 3 steps\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"windows_phone\"><\/a>How to configure Wi-Fi on Windows Phone<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong>Ensure<\/strong> that the <strong>Wi-Fi <\/strong>is <strong>switched on<\/strong>. In the App list, go to \u201cSettings\u201d, then \u201cWi-Fi\u201d section.\n  <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/data\/content\/post\/solutions\/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-tablet-or-mobile-phone-in-3-steps\/windows-phone-wifi-switch-en.png\" alt=\"windows_phone_wifi_switch\" title=\"windows_phone_wifi_switch - How to setup Wi-Fi on a tablet or mobile phone in 3 steps\" \/>\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n    We can use this switch to turn it off at any time to reduce battery usage.\n  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong>Choose<\/strong> the <strong>network<\/strong> from accessible ones to connect with. Hidden ones may be found in \u201cadvanced\u201d option.\n  <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/data\/content\/post\/solutions\/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-tablet-or-mobile-phone-in-3-steps\/windows-phone-wifi-networks-list-en.png\" alt=\"windows_phone_wifi_networks_list\" title=\"windows_phone_wifi_networks_list - How to setup Wi-Fi on a tablet or mobile phone in 3 steps\" \/>\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n    Note that Ad-Hoc ones won\u2019t be probably shown due to the <a href=\"\/docs\/windows\/wi-fi-hotspot\/knowledge-base-wfhs\/wi-fi-limits-ad-hoc-wfhs\">limits of this platform<\/a>.\n  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong>Type <\/strong>the<strong> password<\/strong> and tap \u201cdone\u201d<strong>.<\/strong>\n  <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/data\/content\/post\/solutions\/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-tablet-or-mobile-phone-in-3-steps\/windows-phone-wifi-password-en.png\" alt=\"windows_phone_wifi_password\" title=\"windows_phone_wifi_password - How to setup Wi-Fi on a tablet or mobile phone in 3 steps\" \/><\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n  Now we are connected to the chosen item.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong>Delete it<\/strong> in case of no need by tap and choose \u201cDelete\u201d to prevent automatically connecting later.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/data\/content\/post\/solutions\/how-to-setup-wi-fi-on-tablet-or-mobile-phone-in-3-steps\/windows-phone-wifi-disconnect-en.png\" alt=\"windows_phone_wifi_disconnect\" title=\"windows_phone_wifi_disconnect - How to setup Wi-Fi on a tablet or mobile phone in 3 steps\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n  How to setup Wi-Fi in 3 steps on mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows Phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":3102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15,38,14,52,56,26,57,12],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solutions","tag-connect","tag-device","tag-mobile","tag-network","tag-password","tag-phone","tag-tablet","tag-wifi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/3102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}