i got an app in my phone that keeps searching for an internet connection to display uneeded info. once i turn off wifi, it stops doing this. but i need my wifi turned on all the time and i need this app. how can i block this app from accessing the internet?
polx said:
i got an app in my phone that keeps searching for an internet connection to display uneeded info. once i turn off wifi, it stops doing this. but i need my wifi turned on all the time and i need this app. how can i block this app from accessing the internet?
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Did you try a firewall app like Droidwall from the play store?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.droidwall.free
justmpm said:
Did you try a firewall app like Droidwall from the play store?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.googlecode.droidwall.free
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thanks for the recommendation.. but i'm not rooted and this app requires root.
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Hi Guys,
Whenever i connect to a wifi network in my office, my wifi signal turned into gray instead of blue and i cannot able to use google play, i can able to browse but play store, gmail and facebook are not working. Why is my admin blocked my wifi? or is there any problem with my phone i recently updated my phone to jelly bean but before this i have this same problem in ics also. I googled about this problem they all point that i may be disconnected from google services, If that is the problem. How can i connect to google services. Moreover, i can access gmail, facebook, play and all google services in my mobile data packet.
May be blocked this site through proxy. Check same with desktop if you can access it there please check any firewall enable in your mobile.
When ever my mobile not get ip adddress its colored grey in wifi connection.
Rgds,
Jigs
No buddy it's working in my laptop
Jigs11079 said:
May be blocked this site through proxy. Check same with desktop if you can access it there please check any firewall enable in your mobile.
When ever my mobile not get ip adddress its colored grey in wifi connection.
Rgds,
Jigs
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Hi,
Thanks for your replay but the mentioned sites are opening in my laptop with the same wi-fi signal. In my mobile, it's not connecting. Except facebook it is blocked till evening 7 after 7 i can access facebook but before that i can access google play, gmail, dropbox etc...
Have you checked firewall rules in your mobile? May be blocked by app like avast or droid ??
Yeah I have Avast! But it's not blocking.
Jigs11079 said:
Have you checked firewall rules in your mobile? May be blocked by app like avast or droid ??
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Hi,
I have installed avast and recently i rooted my mobile and enabled firewall but before that also i had this problem. Even if i uninstall avast its still not turned into blue. Is there any other way to check which apps are stopping my wifi. Moreover, i have factory reset my mobile for this option after that also it's not connecting. I am sure it's not the ROM problem because the same problem exists in my ics also.
How can I force a specific app not to use mobile data but only WIFI?
My use case is:
I like reading news through Play Newsstand, but it uses up way too much data for my plan... I would be happy to let it sync every night through WIFI and then just read the stuff from yesterday, without it constantly pulling new stuff using tens of MBs.
Any way to do that without using flight mode every time??
Thanks!
Disable background data on the app
Settings > Data > choose app then restrict background of said app.
radicalisto said:
Disable background data on the app
Settings > Data > choose app then restrict background of said app.
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I looked at that already, but for example today I see 25MB of Foreground data and only 5MB of background data, enough to make me think that the effect of that flag would be minimal.
In fact, the most data is downloaded while I use the app rather than in background.
Anything else I could try? I am also rooted.
Hmm, Xprivacy (xposed module) may work although I have never personally used it. But from what I have read about it, it restricts app data etc. Give it a whirl and see perhaps?
The play newsstand app has it's own setting:
'Download via Wi-Fi only'
Does this not work as advertised, or am I missing something?
eddiehk6 said:
The play newsstand app has it's own setting:
'Download via Wi-Fi only'
Does this not work as advertised, or am I missing something?
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It does not unfortunately
That flag only controls how data is synced in the background, but my problem is when I actually open the app to read the news. In that particular moment it starts downloading all news (and images) for the feed I open every time, and that generates tens of MB of mobile traffic.
Gatz said:
It does not unfortunately
That flag only controls how data is synced in the background, but my problem is when I actually open the app to read the news. In that particular moment it starts downloading all news (and images) for the feed I open every time, and that generates tens of MB of mobile traffic.
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you could get a firewall program (maybe you'll need root for it), and block it from accessing 3G (but allow through wifi)
then use tasker to turn on wifi when you are using the app. this way, the app will never use 3G
radicalisto said:
Hmm, Xprivacy (xposed module) may work although I have never personally used it. But from what I have read about it, it restricts app data etc. Give it a whirl and see perhaps?
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paperWastage said:
you could get a firewall program (maybe you'll need root for it), and block it from accessing 3G (but allow through wifi)
then use tasker to turn on wifi when you are using the app. this way, the app will never use 3G
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Thanks for the suggestions.
I could try both, but waiting for Android 4.4.3 to install Xposed.
If any of those can do "Prevent app XYZ from using mobile data" then it's fine.
Xprivacy could be a better choice as it doesn't sound like it's going to use up as much cpu/mem/battery as a firewall.
Gatz said:
Thanks for the suggestions.
I could try both, but waiting for Android 4.4.3 to install Xposed.
If any of those can do "Prevent app XYZ from using mobile data" then it's fine.
Xprivacy could be a better choice as it doesn't sound like it's going to use up as much cpu/mem/battery as a firewall.
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i'm using Xprivacy... XPrivacy isn't completely foolproof either.
there's an option to block "internet".
In android, you can call "isConnected()" function to check if you are connected, and then not do anything. XPrivacy overrides that function and can return "false".
however, apps can "ignore" or not use those functions, and just force it's way to connect to the internet. it can still succeed (you can test to see if this happens)...
firewall shouldn't be using a lot of your CPU cycles...
paperWastage said:
i'm using Xprivacy... XPrivacy isn't completely foolproof either.
there's an option to block "internet".
In android, you can call "isConnected()" function to check if you are connected, and then not do anything. XPrivacy overrides that function and can return "false".
however, apps can "ignore" or not use those functions, and just force it's way to connect to the internet. it can still succeed (you can test to see if this happens)...
firewall shouldn't be using a lot of your CPU cycles...
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Thanks.
Could you suggest a firewall app in particular, considering that I don't need advanced functions at all, but merely the bit to turn mobile data off?
Gatz said:
It does not unfortunately
That flag only controls how data is synced in the background, but my problem is when I actually open the app to read the news. In that particular moment it starts downloading all news (and images) for the feed I open every time, and that generates tens of MB of mobile traffic.
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Lol 'Download via Wi-Fi only' is a misleading setting!
Another possible way, xposed and 'App Settings' module, could also prevent internet access I believe, but not sure if it can specifically block mobile only.
eddiehk6 said:
Lol 'Download via Wi-Fi only' is a misleading setting!
Another possible way, xposed and 'App Settings' module, could also prevent internet access I believe, but not sure if it can specifically block mobile only.
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FYI, AFWall+ seems to work just fine!
I will also maybe try Xprivacy when 4.4.3 comes out and I will install Xposed.
So far, happy with the firewall approach, might come in handy for more apps that I want to prevent from using up data when underway.
As the title say I want to know if there is a way to turn on WiFi hotspot without turning off WiFi I saw this feature in one of my friend's phone he was running 2.3 (Gingerbread). Is there anything like this for KitKat (4.4.2) ? Please recommend external apps or method.
Thanks
arun483 said:
As the title say I want to know if there is a way to turn on WiFi hotspot without turning off WiFi I saw this feature in one of my friend's phone he was running 2.3 (Gingerbread). Is there anything like this for KitKat (4.4.2) ? Please recommend external apps or method.
Thanks
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So what you want to do is connect to WiFi hotspot and WiFi at the same time?
arun483 said:
As the title say I want to know if there is a way to turn on WiFi hotspot without turning off WiFi I saw this feature in one of my friend's phone he was running 2.3 (Gingerbread). Is there anything like this for KitKat (4.4.2) ? Please recommend external apps or method.
Thanks
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its not software related, its built in to the phone itself. most phones cant handle both connections at the same time.
Aurimazs said:
So what you want to do is connect to WiFi hotspot and WiFi at the same time?
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No turn on hotspot to provide WiFi to other device without turning off WiFi so that it will not consume my mobile data
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Kobro said:
its not software related, its built in to the phone itself. most phones cant handle both connections at the same time.
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I guess there might be somethong
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If so it isn't possible to do it manually only trough apps, I suppose.
Try search Google for it if not successful try search in Google Play you might find something
If still not successful then I'm out of options
Edit: Unless you find out a way to create 2 different Wi-Fi's with the same connection. To do it you will need to go to your Internet Connection Settings trough your IP in any browser to find the IP go start than search CMD press ENTER then type Ipconfig and it should be under IPv4. Then copy your IP place it into browsers address bar pres enter. You will be provided to enter login and password. So type admin to login and admin to password. And from there you are all alone.
arun483 said:
No turn on hotspot to provide WiFi to other device without turning off WiFi so that it will not consume my mobile data
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Whuuut?
So, where's the data connection coming from then?
Aurimazs said:
If so it isn't possible to do it manually only trough apps, I suppose.
Try search Google for it if not successful try search in Google Play you might find something
If still not successful then I'm out of options
Edit: Unless you find out a way to create 2 different Wi-Fi's with the same connection. To do it you will need to go to your Internet Connection Settings trough your IP in any browser to find the IP go start than search CMD press ENTER then type Ipconfig and it should be under IPv4. Then copy your IP place it into browsers address bar pres enter. You will be provided to enter login and password. So type admin to login and admin to password. And from there you are all alone.
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Already tried that ipv4 thing there is nothing related to there
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Planterz said:
Whuuut?
So, where's the data connection coming from then?
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From wifi to which I am already connected
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arun483 said:
From wifi to which I am already connected
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So, if you already have wifi, why do you need to use your phone as a hotspot, if one already exists? Or are you looking to use it as a repeater?
Planterz said:
So, if you already have wifi, why do you need to use your phone as a hotspot, if one already exists? Or are you looking to use it as a repeater?
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I think he wants to enable both the things just to increase his router range? Isn't it?
arun483 said:
Already tried that ipv4 thing there is nothing related to there
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Then I'm out of options
its 2015 is there anything we can do about this?
I have an app of voip which will always run in background. Here's the problem:
The phone is using lte data connection to internet. The network comes to be unreachable for the app after a while when i put the phone in screen off mode. I have set trust the app, granted all privileges that the app requested, power plan to "Performance" ... nearly everything possible. It seems that the phone "blocked" the internet communication of the app. I can see the app is running background and trying to send packets but got network unreachable from the app's log. But at the same time, the explorer works fine after I open it. To let the app could use the network again, I have to manually relaunch the app by click it's icon.
any ideas ?
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....To let the app could use the network again, I have to manually relaunch the app by click it's icon.
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What firmware version are you using? This sounds very much like the problem I had on B168. If I'm not mistaken, versions prior to B170 suffered a problem with connectivity for background apps. Like I could never use WhatsApp Web on my laptop because the app on my phone kept losing connection.
So after upgrading to marshmallow Portal doesn't work. It keeps trying to download even though everything been downloaded and then says there was an error. I've uninstalled and reinstalled a few times and each time it installs it downloads the data fine and let's me play. Once I close it and reopen it it does the same download and fails. Turning off wifi makes it work but that's annoying.
Is there a way to just stop the app from accessing internet as of my wifi was off?
Hawkhell said:
Is there a way to just stop the app from accessing internet as of my wifi was off?
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Of course! Netguard. The best firewall for Android.
Niii4 said:
Of course! Netguard. The best firewall for Android.
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I tried all those apps and it still has the download and fail crap. I spend over an hour last night using all of those apps.
Did you configure Netguard properly?
I believe so. I'm fairly sure I've tried everything with the app. I tested it on Facebook and Facebook wouldn't connect.
You should block WiFi and mobile by default. Also, show and edit system apps! Maybe the game uses a system app to go online.
Looks like it uses Google Play services.