I don't suppose anyone knows of an app that can automatically turn on tethering when specified wifi access points are not available?
Like many others I dont want a data plan on my xoom so I tether using my phone when I am not near an access point. I get damned good battery life on my nexus one, but I still don't want to leave tethering on all the time. I would be nice if I could have it automatically turn on tethering when my known wifi APs are not available.
You could probably use Tasker to do this - You'd have to configure it yourself, but it would work.
padanfain said:
I don't suppose anyone knows of an app that can automatically turn on tethering when specified wifi access points are not available?
Like many others I dont want a data plan on my xoom so I tether using my phone when I am not near an access point. I get damned good battery life on my nexus one, but I still don't want to leave tethering on all the time. I would be nice if I could have it automatically turn on tethering when my known wifi APs are not available.
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Don't know of an automated way but Hotspot Toggle in the market is a good widget you can place on your home screen. One touch on and off.
I was thinking that I could combine your answers to get a solution, but hotspot doesn't show up as an app in tasker.
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Without rooting your phone and having an app require root, you won't find this capability. In one of the recent major android builds google removed the ability for applications to turn on and off wifi automatically.
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Hi everyone,
I remembered this from my Nokia E71 days. Everytime I would launch an application that required data, the phone would ask me which network to use of the available ones. Of course I had the choice to disable this, and restrict access to only one network such as wifi always or a wifi-first policy.
I am wondering if any of the droid apps/ROMs/mods offer this capability.
This is specifically to maintain a user controlled wifi/3g/nodata equilibrium to manage battery and costs better.
Any help would be much useful.
Thanks!
The firewall droidwall allows you to restrict apps to either wifi, 3g, or none. But it has to be configured in advance, no pop up functionality exists as far as I know.
Not really what I am looking for... But thanks.
Anyone else who can help?
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The firewall droidwall allows you to restrict apps to either wifi, 3g, or none. But it has to be configured in advance, no pop up functionality exists as far as I know.
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I use beautiful widget toggles to quickly turn on or off either wifi or network data. So, when I won't be using either one for a while, they can both be off.
wbcollins said:
I use beautiful widget toggles to quickly turn on or off either wifi or network data. So, when I won't be using either one for a while, they can both be off.
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Also, as a follow up, I have also used Juice defender to sort of manage this, though whether or not it actually saves more battery than it uses is quite debated. I just use the toggles on my home screen to do to manage this manually, though very quickly.
I searched, but couldn't find tips for what needs to be removed from a CM11 build to make a phone WiFi-only.
I have an old HTC Vivid I want to use as a datalogging device in my race car. It doesn't have a SIM and will never be on a 3G/4G network again. I do, however, want to be able to turn-on the WiFi hotspot feature so that I can transfer files to/from the phone using my laptop without having to plug it in; or have a WiFi router present.
I tried JellyBelly's script, but I keep getting a phone.apk FC. If I turn on airplane mode, the FC's stop. So, then I turned on WiFi. But, with WiFi turned on in airplane mode, the hotspot feature is grayed out.
So, I'd like to make a custom CM11 build for WiFi only. Is it possible? Any pointers to a how-to thread?
I suspect that maybe the Hotspot feature only works with a cellular network connection. I hope not...
shelgame said:
I searched, but couldn't find tips for what needs to be removed from a CM11 build to make a phone WiFi-only.
I have an old HTC Vivid I want to use as a datalogging device in my race car. It doesn't have a SIM and will never be on a 3G/4G network again. I do, however, want to be able to turn-on the WiFi hotspot feature so that I can transfer files to/from the phone using my laptop without having to plug it in; or have a WiFi router present.
I tried JellyBelly's script, but I keep getting a phone.apk FC. If I turn on airplane mode, the FC's stop. So, then I turned on WiFi. But, with WiFi turned on in airplane mode, the hotspot feature is grayed out.
So, I'd like to make a custom CM11 build for WiFi only. Is it possible? Any pointers to a how-to thread?
I suspect that maybe the Hotspot feature only works with a cellular network connection. I hope not...
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To make it WiFi only, go to Settings and turn off the data and turn on WiFi
To connect your phone and computer, the best way I have found is WiFi File Explorer Pro. It is not free, but the free version limits the transfers.
This will work on any smartphone.
cmerlyn said:
To make it WiFi only, go to Settings and turn off the data and turn on WiFi
To connect your phone and computer, the best way I have found is WiFi File Explorer Pro. It is not free, but the free version limits the transfers.
This will work on any smartphone.
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That's actually what I'm using. But, that only works if there's an existing WiFi network to connect to. I also want the phone to host a WiFi hotspot/network.
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That's actually what I'm using. But, that only works if there's an existing WiFi network to connect to. I also want the phone to host a WiFi hotspot/network.
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Have you tried blue tooth... It transfers files much easier
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Now that we have root back, I tried using Wifi Tether but it wont start correctly. all the other apps out there keep triggering the AT&T checker which then kicks it back off. Miss the old days when the tether widget trick worked. Anyway, does anyone know what settings to change to make WiFi tether work? Or if there is a particular version we need for our phones?
Aww, meant to post this in the questions forum. Can an admin move it please?
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Now that we have root back, I tried using Wifi Tether but it wont start correctly. all the other apps out there keep triggering the AT&T checker which then kicks it back off. Miss the old days when the tether widget trick worked. Anyway, does anyone know what settings to change to make WiFi tether work? Or if there is a particular version we need for our phones?
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Have you tried freezing the system app called "tetheringprovision"?
Yep. Froze it using Titanium and now it gets a "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped" when I try turning tethering on.
Tried FoxFi as well. It was able to start without any errors but it's not broadcasting anything.
Nevermind. Got it to work using another app. Luckly I only need it once in a while so the pain to turn it on and off doesnt bother me.
Do wish AT&T didnt make such a fuss about tethering with the unlimited plan (yay grandfathered plan!)
I'm getting annoyed that every time I turn off wifi the wifo callind feature keeps bugging me to connect to wifi even if I'm not at home or near any wifi... Any way to shut it up so I can still use it at home but it doeant bug me when im not on a wifi area?
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There is no current way to do this as far as I know as I don't believe there is a tasker plugin for wifi calling. The only thing you could do is set up key presses in tasker so basically a macro to emulate what you want to do. I used this technique to set it up so when I connected to wifi, it would automatically detect that and switch the phone to CDMA only so the phone is not hanging on to a weaker LTE signal for no reason wasting battery. When wi-fi would drop it would go back and set it to LTE. It actually works fairly well and much better battery life especially since I have a repeater in my office.
Found a way!
This breaks ALL notifications from wifi calling but it doesn't break the functionality of calling itself. So when you're on wifi you just gotta trust that wifi calling is connected (or go into settings to see if it's on). Also it DOES break address confirmation but since this should only be a one time deal for most people you can just reenable the service when you need to confirm your address if you're adding a new network or simply want to re-confirm it. You also wont be able to turn the service on and off in settings, but since it's not a radio itself turning of wifi will kill any battery usage by wifi calling:
1. Get ROMtoolbox (I have the pro version so idk if it works on the free version)
2. Go into app manager
3. Find and open wifi calling (make sure its NOT the one from htc)(also dont just select it, make sure you go into the menu)
4. Go right to the advanced section
5. Select advanced freeze
6. Find the service "vowifiservice"
7. Click on it to disable it and agree to the promt
8. *optional* Reboot the phone or refresh the setting to clear any notifications currently showing
9.???
10. Profit
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Howdy all. I was wondering if anybody has been able to toggle the wifi hotspot via Tasker, software toggle, or anything like that?
I have tried to set up the task to toggle the hotspot in a number of ways. I've tried it native, Secure Settings, Wifi Hotspot Plugin, using toggle, on, and off options. It works to enable the hotspot, but it will not disable the hotspot. To disable I have to go into hotspot settings and manually disable. This led me to try a toggling via softwares such as Power Toggles and similar. Same results, hotspot will be enabled, but won't disable without entering hotspot settings and manually disabling.
This isn't a biggie, but it would be nice to be able to toggle the hotspot using Tasker via Pebble...
Thanks for any input!
Nope - it doesn't work! It is a biggie for me because I use a 7" Anroid Tablet in my car as my infotainment system. Via Tasker I have my phone turn on hotspot anytime it connects to my car's Bluetooth and turn it off when it disconnects from car. Worked great on my old S3.
Now with the Droid Turbo, it doesn't work. Tasker and some 3rd Party apps actually can turn on HotSpot but can't turn it off (which is the bigger deal since I will often forget to disable it and be burning data when I should be on wifi).
There is also a bug where if you enable it via Tasker or 3rd Party app, then when you disable it in the HotSpot Phone Settings, it will not automatically turn WiFi back on as it should. I have checked with support via Moto and Verizon and there is no fix for this other than hopefully in a future update.
Very annoying to get a phone that is 2.5 years newer and have it not work with basic things that your old phone did. Anyway, I'd recommend posting your desire for this in the official Motorola Forums for Droid Turbo and the Verizon Wireless Forums because those are the ones the companies actually look at to see what bugs are bothering people most and need to be fixed.
Wait... so you're able to enable Wi-Fi hotspot without root on droid turbo? Unlimited data? Or just because you can otherwise use Wi-Fi hotspot on a tiered plan and just want to automate?
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I toggle WiFi constantly with tasker...
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hollywoodfrodo said:
Nope - it doesn't work! It is a biggie for me because I use a 7" Anroid Tablet in my car as my infotainment system. Via Tasker I have my phone turn on hotspot anytime it connects to my car's Bluetooth and turn it off when it disconnects from car. Worked great on my old S3.
Now with the Droid Turbo, it doesn't work. Tasker and some 3rd Party apps actually can turn on HotSpot but can't turn it off (which is the bigger deal since I will often forget to disable it and be burning data when I should be on wifi).
There is also a bug where if you enable it via Tasker or 3rd Party app, then when you disable it in the HotSpot Phone Settings, it will not automatically turn WiFi back on as it should. I have checked with support via Moto and Verizon and there is no fix for this other than hopefully in a future update.
Very annoying to get a phone that is 2.5 years newer and have it not work with basic things that your old phone did. Anyway, I'd recommend posting your desire for this in the official Motorola Forums for Droid Turbo and the Verizon Wireless Forums because those are the ones the companies actually look at to see what bugs are bothering people most and need to be fixed.
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This really bites. It was the whole reason I bought Tasker. I have a Maxx with KK and have the same experience. I can turn on the hot spot just fine with Tasker but it won't turn it off. I wanted the automation so I don't forget.
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Be sure to join the official Motorola Website forums and post your complaint/concern. I think it may be the only place Moto's powers that be look to see what needs to be improved. But yeah, it's very annoying. Based on my experience so far, though there are many things I love about this phone, I don't think I'd go with Moto again.
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Be sure to join the official Motorola Website forums and post your complaint/concern. I think it may be the only place Moto's powers that be look to see what needs to be improved. But yeah, it's very annoying. Based on my experience so far, though there are many things I love about this phone, I don't think I'd go with Moto again.
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I will do that. Does the same behavior exist with USB tethering too?
Steve
I don't know because I never considered that as a realistic option for my uses.
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I don't know because I never considered that as a realistic option for my uses.
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What my thought was is this: I have an Chinese android HU in my truck. It has 2 USB ports on it. I could use the USB port to charge the phone and tether through it also. Might even put a powered USB hub in the mix too. Thought this could easily be configured with tasker to set up.
Steve
BTW: Thanks for the great Tasker video's. I'm brand new to tasker and they've helped out.
Toggle Wi-Fi Hotspot 5.0
Here's a tasker plugin that you might find very useful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-toggle-wi-fi-hotspot-5-0-xda-t2981805