//THIS:

    public boolean verifyInternetConnection(Context context) {
        try {
            Process p1 = java.lang.Runtime.getRuntime().exec("ping -c 1 www.google.com");
            int returnVal = p1.waitFor();
            boolean reachable = (returnVal==0);
            return reachable;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return false;
    }

    //TO THIS:

    public boolean verifyInternetConnection(Context context) {
        try {
            return (java.lang.Runtime.getRuntime().exec("ping -c 1 www.google.com").waitFor()==0);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return false;
    }