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How To Connect The iPhone To The Internet

The iPhone can connect to the internet through both Wi-Fi and EDGE. Wi-Fi would be the wireless network at your home or business. When the iPhone connects to the internet through EDGE, it is actually connecting through the AT&T phone connection (or any other service provider the iPhone works with in the future).

SafariTo the connect to the internet, you simply need to open up Safari (which is the internet browser used by the iPhone). If you’re used to using a pc, think of Safari as the ‘Internet Explorer’ that the iPhone uses. You can use Safari the same way you could use Internet Explorer.

Once you open up Safari, the iPhone will attempt to connect to the internet. If there are wireless networks available wherever you happen to be, the iPhone will prompt you to choose one to connect to. If you’re trying to connect to a network that has security, you will be prompted to enter the password for the network.

If you want to check to see whether there is a wireless network available where you live, work, or play, go to ‘Settings’ and then ‘Wi-Fi’. The iPhone will show you all of the wireless networks that are available.

If there aren’t any wireless networks to connect to, iPhone will connect to the internet over EDGE. Connection speeds over EDGE will likely be somewhat slower than they would be over a Wi-Fi network. You will also not be able to answer phone calls while connected to the internet through EDGE. If the iPhone is connected to the internet over EDGE you will see this small icon at the top of your screen: Egde Icon

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46 Responses to “How To Connect The iPhone To The Internet”

  1. bala on June 30th, 2008 2:10 am

    Hi,

    Recently i bought the iphone and i have unlocked this. I want to connect to internet, which i am using the brodband to my PC.
    Please suggest, If i connect the Iphone to my PC which is having the internet, Now i want to use the internet in the iphon is it possible or not, if so how?

    Your help is apritiatable.
    Thanks,
    Bala

  2. Ali on January 22nd, 2009 6:32 am

    You can find the solution in the following step by step guide:

    iphone.cazisoft.com/?p=322

  3. Peter Hehr on February 21st, 2009 7:10 am

    hello everybody,
    i just got my iphone (unlocked). i tried to connect to internet via safari. all i got is the message “cannot open page because it is not connected to the internet”.

    what did i do wrong or better what do i have to do (settings) for getting connection.
    I have a at&t sim card.

    any idea.

    hope to hear from you guys to help me with this shit

    Peter

  4. Robert Forbes on June 22nd, 2009 8:59 am

    Can the 1phone be connected to the Internet through a router without having a computer running? Also, can you connect a cordless telephone system to the 1phone?

  5. Duong Thu Ha on September 11th, 2009 7:47 pm

    hello everybody,
    i just got my iphone 3G (unlocked). i tried to connect to internet via safari. all i got is the message “cannot open page because it is not connected to the internet”.

    what did i do wrong or better what do i have to do (settings) for getting connection.

  6. chris on September 20th, 2009 12:37 pm

    i just got my iphone , i trie d to connect thru safari, all i got is the message “could not activate data network: you are not subscribed to a cellular network data service” but i am already subcribed to an internet service thru my local sim card

    please help me..

  7. Maryam on October 5th, 2009 4:57 am

    I want to connect to the internet using my iphone 3Gs through school server, I asked the network admin to configure my iphone and he did and iphone shows that the IP is catched automatically.. When i open safari trying to open any page i get this msg “Safari could not open the page becoase the server stopped responding. “

  8. hameed on October 19th, 2009 9:44 am

    i have internet facility through sim, i am using cellcom internet, and i tried my best to use apple iphone for internet but all in vain, it is not connecting, what i have to do? other mobiles have internet facility in their setting but i did not find it in apple iphone, please help me out

  9. Shayan on October 25th, 2009 12:41 pm

    hi!

    i have iphone 2G. i want it to connect it to my laptop via wifi. i am using windows XP on my laptop. kindly tell me the detailed steps which solve my this issue. thnx

    regards shayan

  10. chandan singh on October 29th, 2009 11:27 am

    by using safari, how i connect internet on my pc from my apple iphone

  11. chandan singh on October 29th, 2009 11:37 am

    i have internet facility through sim, i am using vodafone mobile connect internet, and i tried my best to use apple iphone for internet but all in vain, it is not connecting, what i have to do? other mobiles have internet facility in their setting but i did not find it in apple iphone, please help me out

  12. kiran on November 18th, 2009 5:00 am

    Win

  13. Jared Rackley on November 24th, 2009 3:30 pm

    how do i connect to iphone internet when im in the app store?
    Also, its not letting me connect to internet even though i have a cord that plugs in to a computer in it

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  19. ketaki moghe on May 8th, 2010 6:39 pm

    i just got my iphone (unlocked). i tried to connect to internet via safari. all i got is the message “cannot open page because it is not connected to the internet”.

    what did i do wrong or better what do i have to do (settings) for getting connection.
    I have a idea sim card.

    any idea.

    hope to hear from you guys to help me with this shit

    ketaki moghe

  20. Srikanth on October 23rd, 2010 1:11 am

    I saw your nice way of explaining how to connect to internet through wi fi. Is it possible to connect through reliance netconnect USP data cord is it posible to connect it to i phone to work internet like we do in laptop?

  21. Ingrid on November 9th, 2010 9:15 pm

    In addition to the above problems I also lost all the iphones APPs I have downloaded AND the icon for the Apps themselves. Anyone else got this problem? And, more importantly, how do I fix this problem?
    thx

  22. Dr.Fady on December 9th, 2010 11:13 am

    hey everybody,I tried to connect my iPhone 3GS via WiFi to a my college network using Cydia, I had this message;
    NetDB:open nodename nor servname provided or not known.
    what does that mean?do I have to to do something in settings?HELP PLEASE!!

  23. .lkjæ on January 7th, 2011 9:58 am
  24. Sabina Custodio on January 29th, 2011 7:26 am

    i got my iphone 3gs and i use my internet browser thru safari, but i failed to connect it. do you have any recommendation for me to be able to use my internet at my iphone? thanks.

  25. mo360 on February 12th, 2011 6:02 am

    i don,t want to connect my iphone to internet by wi-fi i want to connect it by the sim card

    can any help me out

    THANKS

  26. KATERINA MORGAN on February 16th, 2011 1:51 pm

    WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN IT SAYS TO USE CISCOCONNECT? I JUST GOR THE PHONE BUT CAN’T GET ANY FUTHER THAN THAT ?

  27. Dakira on February 24th, 2011 7:50 am

    I’m trying to connect to safari and message shows up and says no data network or
    No safri connection this just starting happening about two weeks ago I have simplemobile can anyone give me some advice on what to do also if I keep trying to reload page or turn phone on and off it sometimes responds

  28. Henry Lamek on March 20th, 2011 2:38 am

    I got a iphone that is of 32gb, which I am trying to hook up to Internet but could not.
    Please advice me on my email or text message on phone number 73649144.
    Your respons is much appriciated.

  29. ali on April 16th, 2011 2:58 am

    thanks for these information

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  31. shanique berry on July 22nd, 2011 7:34 pm

    how can u connect internet on an iphone

  32. shanique berry on July 22nd, 2011 7:35 pm

    thank for comment

  33. chriss on September 2nd, 2011 10:44 pm

    hello friends i got apple ipod now i want to connect my relaince netconnect usd stick to my wireless ipod what all need to do ,
    ple send me email thank you.
    bunty

  34. pempemtintin on October 10th, 2011 6:07 am

    when you got an ipone its better to ask all in the store where you bought it , you paid for it so let them do all the necessary doings …let them do their jobs ..easy right

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  36. vimal kumar on December 16th, 2011 10:32 am

    Hi,

    Recently i bought the iphone and i have unlocked this. I want to connect to internet, which i am using the brodband to my PC.
    Please suggest, If i connect the Iphone to my PC which is having the internet, Now i want to use the internet in the iphon is it possible or not, if so how?

    Your help is attributable.
    Thanks,
    vimal

  37. dee on January 1st, 2012 4:04 am

    hi ….. i bought an apple iphone 3gs open to all networks …… i tried to connect to net via safari and recieved the message “could not activate data network: you are not subscribed to a cellular network data service “could not activate data network: you are not subscribed to a cellular network data service” ……….. plz help me i dont know how to resolve this issue

  38. tchandra on January 17th, 2012 5:19 am

    i also same problem .could not connect internet from i phone.

  39. linda coats on January 27th, 2012 10:42 am

    Looks like i am not the only one that can’t get my new iphone to connect to the internet which i found i was paying for and don’t get and can,t seem to connect.

  40. matilde on January 28th, 2012 12:01 pm

    connetmyiphone

  41. Emma on February 14th, 2012 11:23 am

    I dropped my iphone recently from my chair and since then I keep getting the following error message:

    “Cannot open page - Safari cannot open the page because it’s not connected to the internet”.

    I have tried resetting it, re-inserting the sim card and resetting settings, but to no avail. Please does someone have an easy fix for this as none of the above suggested worked for me.

  42. nikki on June 27th, 2012 1:50 pm

    I just bought my iphone and all im getting is could not activate cellular data network for the internect connection. whats the point of me paying full price when i cant get to the internet or send and recieve text messages…Not being connected to the internet means you cant do many things on the iphone.

  43. marius hromei on June 29th, 2012 7:09 am

    hey

    like many others i have a little problem,dont know how to conect to internet.every time il tried to conect via safari i got same mesage could not activate cellular data network,you are not subscribed to a cellular data service.what should i do??ty.
    greetings

  44. arcell Villanueva on August 21st, 2012 1:59 am

    With Globe Mobile internet. You’re On,i tried to connect thru safari, all i got is the message “could not activate data network: you are not subscribed to a cellular network data service” but i am already subcribed to an internet service thru my local sim card

    please help me..

  45. sabrina on February 1st, 2013 5:35 am

    i just bought an iphone 4s but cant download or use my internet service what am i suppose to do

  46. madrid.socialinetworks.com on May 4th, 2013 9:54 pm

    WOW just what I was searching for. Came here by searching
    for buy unlocked cell phones from china

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