Somehow my Kindle 2 always connect to WhisperNet via GPRS network, not 3G network in HK. A great tips from reader John and also Mobileread.com, you can actually select the network you want !!
First, turn on the wireless connection of your Kindle, then press “Home”, “Menu”, “Setting” and in that screen, press “311” (yap, that’s the magic number) from the Kindle keyboard. Then mysteriously, an application pops up and will warn you about this command, just select “OK”, and then you will see a message – “Scanning for available wireless providers …”.
About a minute later, a full list of network services providers (with both 2G and 3G connections) will be displayed. Just pick the one you want and that’s it !!. Try “Menu” again, and you shall see the “3G” symbol next to the signal bars, instead of previously the “GPRS“.
Please note that it does not matter whether you have a data plan with the network company to make this work, looks like Amazon already has a deal with the one listed …
Now my Kindle not only synchronize faster, it also works a lot faster when browsing the Kindle Store.
Enjoy !!
Update : If you’re using a Kindle 3 and cannot access to the numeric entry field – try pressing Alt-E, Alt-Q, Alt-Q … hope it helps.
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Hi Tax,
Is your country / city residing supported by Kindle International version ? If not, it may not work. If yes, may be you need to try other connections in the 311 setting (I assume you have turn on the wireless …). BTW, you mentioned “nothing happens”, what are you expecting it happen ? Surfing the Internet ? May be you can try the Kindle bookstore first.
Hope it helps.
Wish I had known this when I was staying at the Beach in Brazil. I had a great Kindle connection until the new year hit then zap it was gone BUT..
When we traveled out of town to the next Beach…Wala! back in business and time enough to download a few books. When I returned I purchased a USB stick to get Internet (TIM) but could only get Internet if configured for 2G. People at the TIM store explained because the vacation crowd at the beach and amount people using networks 2G is all that would be available.
Maybe if I had known the hack I could have used the 2G network….but does the Kindle default to 2G network connections?
I was thinking that I lost connectivity because the Kindle only used 3G connections or only 3G connections in Brazil or more specifically that carrier…???
I was neat to be able to browse the web on the beach while sipping cool drink and I was getting pretty good at using the experimental browser to check email and send and read mobilized versions of websites.
Thanks CJ. Glad you found it useful.
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