Go to the Settings app - >System -> Advanced -> System Update.
Mine has spent the last couple days screaming at me to install a 100MB
update, so I imagine yours is to.
Wifi access is for downloading the update. Once the update has been
downloaded you just reboot the phone. The reason for this is purely
economical, most people don't know how to control their own data use and
end up getting gigantic phone bills when they exceed their data cap.
There's no technical limitation to the cell network.
As for wifi connections, I found where they buried the advanced network
settings. If you want we can take this off list and I'll send you some
screenshots. They made it really hard to use static IP addresses for
some reason....
On 2/27/19 7:45 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2019, Rich Shepard wrote:
No. When I selected the WiFi icon Android found all the access points in
the neighborhood with mine at the top of the list. I selected mine and
entered my user password for network hosts as I never set up a user
password for me on the WAP.
I've moved this to PLUG-talk as the focus has shifted to Android, not
linux.
Backing up and puting this WAP issue in context will help us all.
Here in the office I've no need for the WAP; it serves only to allow the
Sony Vaio to access the router and FiOS connection to the 'Net. Every
host
in the office has an ethernet connection to the router; when I'm not
in the
office I've no need for a computer and 'Net access. So, why did I
start the
thread?
I read that when Android updates the OS and installed applications on the
Nokia they can take a long time so it's better to use the phone's WiFi
capabilities rather than the mobile carrier's.
The Nokia has Android 9 installed so I imagine that a long running OS
upgrade is not in the immediate future and I do not need to connect it to
the WAP here.
But I do have a relevant question because I've not had an Android-powered
mobile phone before. How do I know when there are upgrades available that
should be applied?
If I'm notified somehow, perhaps by a text message sent by Google, I can
walk to the nearby library branch, connect to their WiFi for the upgrade,
and read while the upgrade(s) are processed.
I'll use the phone as a phone here in the office, but not to access
the Web
or other 'Net functions. I hope this clarifies the situation. I'll
re-work
the WAP some time in the future as it's not immediately needed.
Thanks all,
Rich
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