how to... enable wifi, not bluetooth

[johnm356]

On an Axim X51v, I used to be able to press the wireless button and have WiFi enable itself. Now, for whatever reason, if I press the wireless button, it enables Bluetooth instead. I then have to manually Turn Off Bluetooth, and go into the Dell WLAN utility and enable Wifi instead, a real pita.

How can I restore WiFi as the default?

I already know I can enable WiFi via the taskbar or Settings, I just want to restore the Wireless button to the WiFi default - I'm guessing a simple reg hack?
Anybody?

[JakeRich]

The button starts whatever was last running. To get back to wifi, start it manually, then stop it. Then the button will restart it when you press it, and will continue until you next start BT, at which time the button will shift to BT again. It's the way it's designed.

[johnm356]

The button starts whatever was last running. To get back to wifi, start it manually, then stop it. Then the button will restart it when you press it, and will continue until you next start BT, at which time the button will shift to BT again. It's the way it's designed.

Not exactly.
I realize the wireless button will start whatever was last running, or at least it's supposed to.
If I -manually- start WiFi first, then the wireless button works as you said - it will start WiFi the next time, but only for as long as the unit is powered on, ie; just for that session.

After every power off, it starts Bluetooth by default again... which I -never- use.
My question then is, how can Bluetooth start when it -wasn't- the last thing running?

[pinyon]

Try the free button applet that's available with the Widcomm stack available here It lets you switch WiFi and BT independently.

[johnm356]

Thanks, but that sounds a little drastic for what should be a relatively minor tweak...

[pinyon]

Actually it's not really very drastic. If you download the stack the cab file for the wireless power applet is available separately. You don't have to install the BT stack to get the button applet which gives easy access to either wifi or bt or both through the stock button. I'm not aware of a tweak that will do what you want, but I'm certainly not one of the pros around here. Try it. You can always uninstall if you don't like it.