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chamekke · 08-09-2011, 03:10 AM

I occasionally use my Kindle 3G at my workplace, where there's an enterprise wi-fi connection I cannot use.

Sometimes -- not always -- when I turn on the wireless, the Kindle scans for local wi-fi networks and gives me a list of two or three wi-fi, demanding that I log onto one before I can proceed. When I cancel (because they are locked networks that I don't have access to), the Kindle 3G doesn't revert to a 3G connection, but puts up a message regretting that it cannot connect to wi-fi. There seems to be no way, at such times, that I can override the "wi-fi first" setting and tell it to revert to 3G.

Does anyone have this problem? Is there a way around it? It doesn't happen often, but it's frustrating when it does. I can't even get into the Kindle Store!

08-09-2011, 03:10 AM	#1
chamekke Groupie Posts: 190 Karma: 13510 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kindle 3 Wi-Fi	Kindle 3G demands wi-fi connection, won't revert to 3G I occasionally use my Kindle 3G at my workplace, where there's an enterprise wi-fi connection I cannot use. Sometimes -- not always -- when I turn on the wireless, the Kindle scans for local wi-fi networks and gives me a list of two or three wi-fi, demanding that I log onto one before I can proceed. When I cancel (because they are locked networks that I don't have access to), the Kindle 3G doesn't revert to a 3G connection, but puts up a message regretting that it cannot connect to wi-fi. There seems to be no way, at such times, that I can override the "wi-fi first" setting and tell it to revert to 3G. Does anyone have this problem? Is there a way around it? It doesn't happen often, but it's frustrating when it does. I can't even get into the Kindle Store!