Hey guys,
I have a question, some may find weird....
Ok, with all of the data outages verizon has been having, I have decided to rely heavily on wifi connections when im at work and at home.
What I have done in Tasker:
when wifi connected ---> Mobile data turned off
when wifi disconnected ---> Mobile data turned on
Now I have tested and I know tasker is properly disabling/enablign mobile data services in the settings.
I know the clear indicator of 4g/3g on the top bar will tell u whether or not data is enabled. But if theres an outage, I have no way of knowing, other then going into settings and checking.
Does anyoen know of some kidn of app/icon that will stay on the top menu bar and indicate whether or not data is enabled (independent from whether mobile network is connected).
Thanks in advance
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Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone knows if when I connect to the internet using a WIFI connection (whether its one I own or a public one)...does that count as "data usage" on my bill?
The reason I ask is because I'm on tmobile and a most of you probably already know, they lowered the cap to 5gbs of data a month and after you go past that limit you'll still have data connection but it'll be super slow (most likely EDGE speeds) until your new billing cycle begins. I'm currently at 4.8gbs already (watching youtube videos, using the internet, xda, etc) so I want to know if I can use an open WIFI connection without worrying about going past 5gbs.
Thanks.
no it wont count as data usage.
britoso said:
no it wont count as data usage.
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Thank you britoso
make sure you go to Wifi advance settings and select "Wifi sleep policy" accordingly (I suggest to put it on "Never")
If you don't do so, Android will turn off Wifi and switch to mobile data when your screen is off or not plugged in.
houzuoguo said:
make sure you go to Wifi advance settings and select "Wifi sleep policy" accordingly (I suggest to put it on "Never")
If you don't do so, Android will turn off Wifi and switch to mobile data when your screen is off or not plugged in.
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Thank you, I'll make sure I do that then.
note that the wifi sleep policy will only work if you are running FRG83 (2.2.1) unless you are VERY lucky to not experience the bug on 2.2
edit: nvm just saw you're running CM 6.1 ^^
mobile data
also if you really want to not use any of your mobile data you can go to settings>wireless and networks>mobile network settings and turn off data, then you will only use data over wifi and won't use any more data
Use app 3G Watchdog to monitor & manage your 3G data.
galaxys said:
Use app 3G Watchdog to monitor & manage your 3G data.
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Thank you so much, i wasn't aware of an app like this. But it'll be so useful to me.
Example:
I connect to any wifi.
Leave wifi spot.
Mobile Data becomes automatically enabled.
Once I see that I go into Quicksettings and disable.
Even though it will be disabled once I connect and disconnect wifi again it turns itself on.
I'm sure I just missed a setting or something.
Help?
Uncheck-use packet data in wireless and network, mobile networks.
newter55 said:
Uncheck-use packet data in wireless and network, mobile networks.
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Thanks. Does kinda suck if I enable 3G in Quicksettings I have to check that packet data every time but eh it is what it is.
By default, I keep my mobile data on. When I switch Wifi on, it would override the mobile data, and when I switch Wifi off, it would resume mobile data, and this is working perfectly without needing me to manually switch mobile data on/off. I guess this is the general behavior of Android device.
However, recently I tried some apps to switch mobile data on/off, and it must be one of these apps which changed the network connectivity priority. What happen now is that when my mobile data is on, I cannot turn on Wifi (well, wifi is on, but it won't connect to any ssid, and just show Disabled), so i must manually switch the mobile data off that I can use Wifi.
This so annoying, and I have been searching for solutions but can't find any.
Since those apps I tried do not require root access, I guess i could revert to originally settings without root, but I couldn't find any options in system settings about network connectivity priority.
Experts please help!
After some more search, I found that one of these apps must have used "setNetworkPreference" to change the preference from TYPE_WIFI to TYPE_MOBILE.
Ref.
http://developer.android.com/refere...ctivityManager.html#setNetworkPreference(int)
But i'm not android programmer, i have no idea how I can reset it to default.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Okay so I need some help. Out of the box when you have wifi on you'll see the wifi signal strength indicator and Data strength indicator but the "LTE" icon will be hidden until wifi disconnects and mobile data is connected. I was trying out the setting "Aggressive Wifi/Cell Handover" and while it sounds good in theory it doesn't provide any noticable difference in real world use.
Anyone since having that turned on the LTE icon remains visible in the status bar even when connected and using WiFi. It's not the end of the world by any means but I'd like it to not be there as it wouldn't be before I tried out that particular setting. I've turned off the setting and restarted my phone a handful of times but the pesky LTE icon persists to remain visible at all times....
Does anyone know how I could get rid of it? I've tried everything and I've grown desperate now.
Thanks all.
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Pure+ said:
Okay so I need some help. Out of the box when you have wifi on you'll see the wifi signal strength indicator and Data strength indicator but the "LTE" icon will be hidden until wifi disconnects and mobile data is connected. I was trying out the setting "Aggressive Wifi/Cell Handover" and while it sounds good in theory it doesn't provide any noticable difference in real world use.
Anyone since having that turned on the LTE icon remains visible in the status bar even when connected and using WiFi. It's not the end of the world by any means but I'd like it to not be there as it wouldn't be before I tried out that particular setting. I've turned off the setting and restarted my phone a handful of times but the pesky LTE icon persists to remain visible at all times....
Does anyone know how I could get rid of it? I've tried everything and I've grown desperate now.
Thanks all.
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Turn off Cellular Data always active/On. That might be turned on in that same developer menu list.
Pure+ said:
Okay so I need some help. Out of the box when you have wifi on you'll see the wifi signal strength indicator and Data strength indicator but the "LTE" icon will be hidden until wifi disconnects and mobile data is connected. I was trying out the setting "Aggressive Wifi/Cell Handover" and while it sounds good in theory it doesn't provide any noticable difference in real world use.
Anyone since having that turned on the LTE icon remains visible in the status bar even when connected and using WiFi. It's not the end of the world by any means but I'd like it to not be there as it wouldn't be before I tried out that particular setting. I've turned off the setting and restarted my phone a handful of times but the pesky LTE icon persists to remain visible at all times....
Does anyone know how I could get rid of it? I've tried everything and I've grown desperate now.
Thanks all.
Sent from my Note 8
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Factory reset.
android-incredible said:
Factory reset.
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That's unfortunate.
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Hey all, for some reason on my rooted 5.0 gs5 my mobile data will not turn off! It says it's disconnected in the status bar and in the settings network menu and no wifi is not on either.
What do you think the problem can be? My battery is going low soon because of this and I'm not sure how I can disable it if it's clearly disabled in my settings.