Hi everyone, noob here.
I have just bought an XDA Mini S to replace my ipaq and old bluetooth phone (not that is relevant).
I'd like to be able to set up a kind of "profile" on the device so I can switch between "being at home" and "not being at home". This is pretty email centric.
To try and explain a bit further, I have WIFI at home.
So, when at home, I'd like my XDA to check for email periodically, but over wifi (as I've already paid the broadband charges)
When out, I'd like to do the same but I'll be using GPRS.
Is there any sort of utility or set up which I could switch on when at home to force the device to connect over WIFI ? I guess this would be tricky as I don't want to have WIFI on all the time in case of mullering the battery.
Not sure if I'm explaining this very well. If I can put it in "pseudo code" it may illustrate a bit better.
When checking e-mail
If home profile set
start up WIFI and connect
Send receive
disconnect from WIFI
Else
start up GPRS and connect
Send receive
disconnect from GPRS
Hopefully this makes sense to someone ????
Thanks
Don
Pretty self explanatory this one - is there any way of knowing whether your mobile internet connection (3G) or WiFi is being used in, for example, a browser session? Just don't want to make the mistake of looking at YouTube on the phone, meaning to use the home WiFi, and end up using my 3G by accident, and paying through the nose for extra feed.
ryanbryan said:
Pretty self explanatory this one - is there any way of knowing whether your mobile internet connection (3G) or WiFi is being used in, for example, a browser session? Just don't want to make the mistake of looking at YouTube on the phone, meaning to use the home WiFi, and end up using my 3G by accident, and paying through the nose for extra feed.
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The icons on your task bar should indicate if you have a active data connection.
Or, you can use Spb Wireless Monitor (which you need to purchase). It produces reports telling you which software uses which connections and the amount of data transferred.
In a discussion I had with HTC Tech Support, they told me that wifi, when enabled, over-rides the cellular data. I'm not sure if this just applies to the settings or always. Hopefully, someone can provide a definitive answer.
Yes that is correct, if WIFI is enabled you WILL NOT have a cellular data connection.
Umm. There is a wifi icon in the taskbar o.o and a signal icon also.....whichever is there means it's active and if wifi is there, your data will not be active, only wifi.
What all you are saying is true but some applications still use the data network even if wifi is turned on and connected it seems. I have the same issue(i don't have a data plan with my fuze since my college has wifi everywhere). But things like weather and other native apps on the phone will just turn on the 3g network and stat using data instead of wifi.
if a device is transfering data over gprs/3g whatever
it show arrows moving in the signal str icon
otherwise it use wifi
Applications can choose to use a certain connection if they are programmed to do so, windows only gives each one a type of 'ranking', the fastest connection having the highest ranking and being the one an application is to use by default, but the application can override this and choose whatever connection it likes. This ranking is called the "Interface Metric" if you'd like to learn more about it.
There's an HTC program called 'bytecounter' that monitors the SMDx: ports in the system, which are the ports the system uses for data.. in bytecounter you will see the values increase if an application is using data over cellular network. let me know if you'd like me to upload it.
Umm. There is a wifi icon in the taskbar o.o and a signal icon also.....whichever is there means it's active and if wifi is there, your data will not be active, only wifi.
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Well that wasn't particularly helpful. I too have made the same assumption, but the question asked if there was any way to make sure.
windows only gives each one a type of 'ranking', the fastest connection having the highest ranking and being the one an application is to use by default, but the application can override this and choose whatever connection it likes
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Well that was the kind of answer I was looking for, and is particularly pertinent in my case, as my connection through my mobile provider is about as fast (or maybe even faster) than my fixed line connection at home. A rather bizarre situation, but such is the advancement of Australian broadband infrastructure.
The last couple of times I have used it, I have taken to turning off the phone connection so that only WiFi is running, and then using the internet. It would be good if you can upload the byetcounter program, seems like a free (?) version of the software programatix mentioned.
Here ya go!
Maybe this is just me, but when I try to unzip that file, nothing comes up....?
lol, i always forget to remove the hidden attribute.. let me go ahead and fix that..
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Newer Windows Live (including the one that come with Touch Pro) will always dial-up the 3G/GPRS connection when checking for email in Messaging. But if you are checking in Windows Live, most of the time it doesn't dial-up but sometimes, it does.
So far that is the only program that I know of behaves like this. I contacted Microsoft regarding this and they keep asking me to contact my celular provider for help. In other word, they are not helping (or do not understand the problem).
Anyway I solved the problem by changing the Connections setting to "My Work Network" for Internet. The catch is, if I really want to use 3G/GPRS, I'll have to change the setting to my celular 3G/GPRS connection.
Or you could use the nodata application from modaco and disable whenever you like the cellular 3g connection just to be sure you are using wifi.When you are away from wifi networks you can in a matter of 2 clicks reenable the cellular 3g connection...
I have an XDA Orbit 2 on a Three Uk SIM. I set up the data connection by simply putting three.co.uk in the APN field in connection settings. It connects fine and I can use it to tether my PC.
I noticed though that if I visit an adult site, or any deemed by Three to contain adult content, I end up on a page telling me I need to verify that I'm the bill payer and then I'll be granted access.
What is strange about that is, if I use the same SIM card in a Three Uk Skypephone and tether, I get no such warnings.
I can't figure this out.
Any help would be appreciated.
Also, while I'm at it. The Orbit won't stay connected for long, it keeps disconnecting. This s not a signal issue, the Skype phone will stay connected all day long.
Only difference I can see is that the Skype phone sets up a dialup connection to gain net access and the Orbit registers as a network adapter (RNDIS) device.
I thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
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I see 38 people have read this, but no reply. I understand that I may have to wait a while for somebody to have the answer. I'm just wondering if there would be a better location somewhere else on this site for this post.
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Hey all! I've tried googling/searching XDA, but I must have my terms wrong or no one is talking about it.
Question: Is there a way to restrict which mobile networks my phone will connect to?
Device: Google Nexus 5 32gb, Stock Rom/Kernel with Root access
I'm switching to a T-Mobile Simple Choice plan with free 2g data in 100 countries, and going on a cruise shortly after. A couple of the ports of call are on the list, while others are not on the list. It sure would be nice to just leave my phone on and have it only connect to the free networks. I contracted T-Mobile and was pointed to a document letting me know that I will be notified if charges are incurred, but I'd rather not get charged at all. This I could solve manually by carrying the list of countries with me and only turning off airplane when I am there, but that does seem like a pain to me.
The other problem, cruise ships have cell networks onboard now. These networks are charged as international and not included in the Simple Choice deal. Even if I am in port, I am concerned I may still connect to this netowork. I imagine there is an app I could use to at least see which network I am on (I can't find it indicated in Settings anywhere - probably blind), but I would need to prevent my phone from roaming onto that network when both are in range.
I'd really appreciate any thoughts/suggestions. The only thing I can think of is some kind of custom block that would like me restrict network connections. All way over my head.
Thanks again
Matt
You're going to have to manually select them. I'd turn data roaming off until you get some where you know you can turn it on. Also, most port of calls have Wi-Fi and I'd use that where you can. You can often even get it on the ship at a port, although you might have to find the right location on the ship where you can do that.
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You're going to have to manually select them. I'd turn data roaming off until you get some where you know you can turn it on. Also, most port of calls have Wi-Fi and I'd use that where you can. You can often even get it on the ship at a port, although you might have to find the right location on the ship where you can do that.
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Thanks for the tip about Wi-Fi networks. Absolutely. Unfortunately, I'm not even sure how to manually select the network to which my phone connects. Any advice on where/how to select that?
Matt
Settings, Wireless and network, more, mobile networks, network operators
HI
I work in a university which uses the Eduroam wifi network. My phone has a strong signal and connects to it fine but my watch doesn't recognize it as even being there. Does anyone know why this might be? Are there certain networks the watch won't work with? It picks up all kinds of other random networks just not the one I need to connect to.
I tried phoning the Samsung helpline and they didn't know, and the guy in the support center didn't even realize that these watches worked on wifi lol.
Any help or suggestions would be gratefully received!
Hi,
Thats because those hotspots need a 'login ID' (username / password), and thats not supported on the watch i think.
Kind regards.
Thanks. That's a real pain as the main reason I bought it was so that I could wander the entire university campus without my phone. Can't believe the people at Samsung helpline didn't know this