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Originally Posted by vsinc
Some hotspots require a login or going through an initial welcome screen even if they are free (like Whole Foods Market) then you become authenticated and your traffic is allowed. Otherwise, you will see the connected checkmark and WiFi will not be grayed out and still no UMA.
What happens when you browse with the built-in browser? If it works, you should be able to use UMA but of course you need a T-Mobile or some other SIM card from a provider that have UMA backend support. UMA requires special servers to be setup to actually route the calls through WiFi into the "normal" phones' world.
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"Some hotspots require a login or going through an initial welcome screen even if they are free (like Whole Foods Market) then you become authenticated and your traffic is allowed. Otherwise, you will see the connected checkmark and WiFi will not be grayed out and still no UMA."
This is exactly the problem I have been having at a free hotspot in Paris. It shows the ssid name and says I am connected but I have the yellow it does not show the welcome screen. My laptop opened Internet Explorer and automatically opened the sign in screen and let me sign in for free. The BB does not present the sign in screen automatically even when I go to the browser. After a lot of playing around I finally got to the sign in screen but I can now not repeat the steps on my wife's BB! I will keep trying and if I get results I can repeat I will post them here.