--- a/mobile/app/mobile.js
+++ b/mobile/app/mobile.js
@@ -95,16 +95,19 @@ pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
 pref("network.http.pipelining.ssl", true);
 pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
 pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" , 6);
 pref("network.http.keep-alive.timeout", 600);
 pref("network.http.max-connections", 6);
 pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 4);
 pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 4);
 pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 4);
+#ifdef MOZ_PLATFORM_HILDON
+pref("network.autodial-helper.enabled", true);
+#endif
 
 /* session history */
 pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 1);
 pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_entries", 50);
 
 /* these should help performance */
 pref("mozilla.widget.force-24bpp", true);
 pref("mozilla.widget.use-buffer-pixmap", true);

--- a/mobile/chrome/content/Util.js
+++ b/mobile/chrome/content/Util.js
@@ -160,16 +160,24 @@ let Util = {
 
     if (ourmstone != savedmstone) {
       gPrefService.setCharPref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", ourmstone);
 
       return (savedmstone ? "new version" : "new profile");
     }
 
     return "none";
+  },
+
+  // Put the Mozilla networking code into a state that will kick the auto-connection
+  // process.
+  forceOnline: function forceOnline() {
+#ifdef MOZ_PLATFORM_HILDON
+    gIOService.offline = false;
+#endif
   }
 };
 
 let Elements = {};
 
 [
   ["browserBundle",      "bundle_browser"],
   ["contentShowing",     "bcast_contentShowing"],

--- a/mobile/chrome/content/browser-ui.js
+++ b/mobile/chrome/content/browser-ui.js
@@ -490,16 +490,19 @@ var BrowserUI = {
     this._setURI(urlString);
   },
 
   goToURI : function(aURI) {
     aURI = aURI || this._edit.value;
     if (!aURI)
       return;
 
+    // Make sure we're online before attempting to load
+    Util.forceOnline();
+
     // Give the new page lots of room
     Browser.hideSidebars();
 
     this._edit.popup.close();
     this._edit.value = aURI;
 
     var flags = Ci.nsIWebNavigation.LOAD_FLAGS_ALLOW_THIRD_PARTY_FIXUP;
     getBrowser().loadURIWithFlags(aURI, flags, null, null);
@@ -525,16 +528,19 @@ var BrowserUI = {
     // We don't want the button to look pressed for now
     button.parentNode.selectedItem = null;
 
     // Give the new page lots of room
     Browser.hideSidebars();
     
     this._edit.popup.closePopup();
 
+    // Make sure we're online before attempting to load
+    Util.forceOnline();
+
     var submission = button.engine.getSubmission(this._edit.value, null);
     getBrowser().loadURI(submission.uri.spec, null, submission.postData, false);
   },
 
   updateStar : function() {
     if (PlacesUtils.getMostRecentBookmarkForURI(Browser.selectedBrowser.currentURI) != -1)
       this.starButton.setAttribute("starred", "true");
     else

--- a/mobile/chrome/content/browser.js
+++ b/mobile/chrome/content/browser.js
@@ -470,36 +470,39 @@ var Browser = {
     os.addObserver(MemoryObserver, "memory-pressure", false);
 
     // search engine changes
     os.addObserver(BrowserSearch, "browser-search-engine-modified", false);
 
     window.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIDOMChromeWindow).browserDOMWindow = new nsBrowserAccess();
 
     let browsers = document.getElementById("browsers");
-    browsers.addEventListener("command", this._handleContentCommand, false);
+    browsers.addEventListener("command", this._handleContentCommand, true);
     browsers.addEventListener("MozApplicationManifest", OfflineApps, false);
     browsers.addEventListener("DOMUpdatePageReport", gPopupBlockerObserver.onUpdatePageReport, false);
 
-    /* Initialize Spatial Navigation */
+    // Initialize Spatial Navigation
     function panCallback(aElement) {
       if (!aElement)
         return;
 
       // XXX We need to add this back
       //canvasBrowser.ensureElementIsVisible(aElement);
     }
     // Init it with the "browsers" element, which will receive keypress events
     // for all of our <browser>s
     SpatialNavigation.init(browsers, panCallback);
 
-    /* Login Manager */
+    // Login Manager
     Cc["@mozilla.org/login-manager;1"].getService(Ci.nsILoginManager);
 
-    /* Command line arguments/initial homepage */
+    // Make sure we're online before attempting to load
+    Util.forceOnline();
+
+    // Command line arguments/initial homepage
     let whereURI = "about:blank";
     switch (Util.needHomepageOverride()) {
       case "new profile":
         whereURI = "about:firstrun";
         break;
       case "new version":
       case "none":
         whereURI = "about:blank";
@@ -889,16 +892,22 @@ var Browser = {
           url = defaultPrefs.getCharPref("browser.startup.homepage");
           // If url is a pipe-delimited set of pages, just take the first one.
           if (url.indexOf("|") != -1)
             url = url.split("|")[0];
         } catch (e) { /* Fall back on about blank */ }
 
         Browser.selectedBrowser.loadURI(url, null, null, false);
       }
+    } 
+    else if (/^about:neterror\?e=netOffline/.test(errorDoc.documentURI)) {
+      if (ot == errorDoc.getElementById("errorTryAgain") {
+        // Make sure we're online before attempting to load
+        Util.forceOnline();
+      }
     }
   },
 
   /**
    * Compute the sidebar percentage visibility.
    *
    * @param [optional] dx
    * @param [optional] dy an offset distance at which to perform the visibility

--- a/mobile/chrome/content/extensions.js
+++ b/mobile/chrome/content/extensions.js
@@ -502,16 +502,19 @@ var ExtensionsView = {
       this._list.insertBefore(item, this._repoItem);
 
     return item;
   },
 
   getAddonsFromRepo: function ev_getAddonsFromRepo(aTerms, aSelectFirstResult) {
     this.clearSection("repo");
 
+    // Make sure we're online before attempting to load
+    Util.forceOnline();
+
     if (this._repo.isSearching)
       this._repo.cancelSearch();
 
     let strings = Elements.browserBundle;
     if (aTerms) {
       AddonSearchResults.selectFirstResult = aSelectFirstResult;
       this.displaySectionMessage("repo", strings.getString("addonsSearchStart.label"),
                                 strings.getString("addonsSearchStart.button"), false);
@@ -602,17 +605,20 @@ var ExtensionsView = {
   resetSearch: function ev_resetSearch() {
     this.searchBox.value = "";
     this.getAddonsFromRepo("");
   },
   
   updateAll: function ev_updateAll() {
     if (!this._isXPInstallEnabled())
       return;
-  
+
+    // Make sure we're online before attempting to load
+    Util.forceOnline();
+
     // To support custom views we check the add-ons displayed in the list
     let items = [];
     let start = this._localItem.nextSibling;
     let end = this._repoItem;
 
     while (start != end) {
       if (start.getAttribute("updateable") == "true")
         items.push(this._extmgr.getItemForID(start.getAttribute("addonID")));