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Section 3A: Your Sprint Mobile Broadband Card: The Basics 39
System Tray Connection States
Sprint PCS Connection Manager has an associated icon ( ) that appears in the
system tray. The icon reflects the connection state.
Clicking the system tray icon toggles between displaying and minimizing
Sprint PCS Connection Manager.
Right-clicking the icon displays the shortcut menu (page 56).
Determining the Type of Coverage
The ToolTip over the signal strength indicator ( ) indicates the type of coverage
you have (for example, 1X [synonym of 1xRTT] or 1xEV-DO):
Sprint PCS Connection Manager is not ready to connect to the
network. Your Sprint Mobile Broadband Card is either locked
(“Device Locked”; page 37), or not detected (“No device”; page 36),
or powered off (“Device powered off”; page 38).
Disconnected — Sprint PCS Connection Manager is ready to make a
connection to the network (page 36), or
Connecting — Sprint PCS Connection Manager is making a
connection to the network (page 36).
Connected — Connection is established to the network; data
transfer is in progress (page 37).
Dormant — Connection is established, but no data transfer is
taking place.