Hey everyone! I hope you all had a good start into the new year!
Please allow me to introduce to you my new app - WiFi Better Battery. Its primary functionality lies within decreasing battery usage of WiFi and getting some security into Android's WiFi.
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.minudev.wifipowersave
It saves battery by making sure WiFi is only on when needed. When you leave the range of your (for example) home WiFi, your device's WiFi module is turned off after a short delay (to make up for connection hiccups). When you reenter the range, you will quickly be reconnected.
Optionally, the app comes with a MAC checking feature to actually get some security into Android's WiFi system. By default, Android only checks the name of the network. That means that if any network has the same name, Android automatically connects to it, including sending the network password to this probably malicious router. Not to mention the dangers coming from being connected to a malicious WiFi. The MAC check tries to make sure the network is actually who it seems to be.
The app does have in-app purchases, but those are only for donations and to deactivate ads. The full functionality is completely free.
QR code for easy download:
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I'm looking forward to any feedback you may have for me and would be very grateful for it. Thanks in advance!
Hello.
Please say. Is GPS should be always on? Or you track the location in some other way?
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Sounds a really good idea hope it works well. I'll give it a try and leave some feedback
Thanks for this great app =D
Not trying to discredit your work or anything, but how does this work differently to the other alternatives out there?
As far as I'm aware, most apps use GPS locations to pin-point where you are and enable/disable functions. You mentioned that if you're out of the WiFi range then it turns off automatically. How does it detect you're within range to automatically turn back on then?
Hey!
It does not use location, nor does it require the permission to access your location.
What it does: Every x minutes (that's a setting) it activates your WiFi module into a low-power state to only scan for networks. If any networks that you entered before are found, the WiFi module is powered up and it connects to the network. Otherwise, it turns it off again.
Hope that clears things up, if not, feel free to ask more questions!
Have a nice day!
Ahh I see, thanks for clearing that up!
Would we be able to adjust the WiFi scanning period? What is the actual "X" minutes? You see, my mom uses WiFi heaps on her phone for stuff like Facebook etc......but it drains her battery easily, so I was trying to find ways to decrease the battery drain for her. I was looking at things like Tasker or whatnot, but then I saw this today and it looks like a simple and easy option. If I could adjust the scanning threshold/period to e.g. 10 or 15 minutes then that would be nice.
chaoscreater said:
Ahh I see, thanks for clearing that up!
Would we be able to adjust the WiFi scanning period? What is the actual "X" minutes? You see, my mom uses WiFi heaps on her phone for stuff like Facebook etc......but it drains her battery easily, so I was trying to find ways to decrease the battery drain for her. I was looking at things like Tasker or whatnot, but then I saw this today and it looks like a simple and easy option. If I could adjust the scanning threshold/period to e.g. 10 or 15 minutes then that would be nice.
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Look in the settings you can set the interval to what you want. The default is 2 mins
Thanks for helping out, sawdoctor!
By the way: While WiFi is connected, it does NOT scan to further save battery.
I'm not 100% convinced that this will increase battery life since I have a habit of manually turning wifi on/off as I need to. But I'm intrigued by the MAC check. Looking forward to seeing how this develops.
perhaps you can add a feature that allow user to turn on/off wifi at specific time interval instead of 24/7
huei92 said:
perhaps you can add a feature that allow user to turn on/off wifi at specific time interval instead of 24/7
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I'm honestly not sure why that would be needed - that WiFi isn't on 24/7 is the whole point of my app.
Or did you mean controlling the interval of the automated checks? There's a setting for that.
Hmmm...or did you mean controlling at what times WiFi Better Battery automates WiFi connections?
So what you are saying is that I don't need to remember to turn off my wifi? I'm in!
I'll check on the battery usage and let you know if I notice anything...
Xenon O said:
I'm honestly not sure why that would be needed - that WiFi isn't on 24/7 is the whole point of my app.
Or did you mean controlling the interval of the automated checks? There's a setting for that.
Hmmm...or did you mean controlling at what times WiFi Better Battery automates WiFi connections?
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the latter 1
huei92 said:
the latter 1
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It's definitely possible, though I honestly don't see yet what this would be useful for. When would you like to disable the automated features and why? I'm not saying I won't implement it, I just want to find the best way possible.
Xenon O said:
Hey everyone! I hope you all had a good start into the new year!
Please allow me to introduce to you my new app - WiFi Better Battery. Its primary functionality lies within decreasing battery usage of WiFi and getting some security into Android's WiFi.
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.minudev.wifipowersave
Maybe a mod would be so kind to convert that into a link, I'm not allowed to post external links yet unfortunately.
It saves battery by making sure WiFi is only on when needed. When you leave the range of your (for example) home WiFi, your device's WiFi module is turned off after a short delay (to make up for connection hiccups). When you reenter the range, you will quickly be reconnected.
Optionally, the app comes with a MAC checking feature to actually get some security into Android's WiFi system. By default, Android only checks the name of the network. That means that if any network has the same name, Android automatically connects to it, including sending the network password to this probably malicious router. Not to mention the dangers coming from being connected to a malicious WiFi. The MAC check tries to make sure the network is actually who it seems to be.
The app does have in-app purchases, but those are only for donations and to deactivate ads. The full functionality is completely free.
I'm looking forward to any feedback you may have for me and would be very grateful for it. Thanks in advance!
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I'll definitely have to try this. Combined with Cataclysm's smart radio option, this could be a real winner.
huei92 said:
perhaps you can add a feature that allow user to turn on/off wifi at specific time interval instead of 24/7
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I think this would make the app unnecessarily complex. The app presumably saves battery power by reducing the frequency of wifi scans, no need to bloat it beyond that. Tasker already allows such granular control of processes, among other options for those who want it. However, I do think a good alternative would be a push button widget to force wifi scan, that way when you come within range of a familiar wifi network you could scan and connect with one touch.
BirchBarlow said:
a push button widget to force wifi scan, that way when you come within range of a familiar wifi network you could scan and connect with one touch.
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Now that's part-of-the-next-update material! Thank you!
huei92, I'd still like to make sure you're satisfied though, so if you could tell me why you need that feature, I'm sure we can come up with a good solution
EDIT: Ha! I'm so tired of run of the mill apps getting featured that I asked the following without installing. Installed and answered all my own questions, kind of embarrassing. Great app, I'm about to buy the add free/donation purchase. It would be great to have Tasker integration for disabling and enabling the service process for when my WiFi goes down but in addition to some of my own unique uses of the phone. I've worked around everything and it was worth it. I hope you cash in really well before Google rips off your idea in a future update.
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Does this require "scanning always available" to be off? I would presume that since its just listening in this mode that the phone's stored login settings aren't being sent but I'm no expert here. In my scenario, scanning always available is set on when I'm not at home but wifi is off and notification of open networks is off.
Essentially, can I use this app with those settings and still have a wifi near profile in Tasker?
Also, is your app depending upon "scanning always available" in the wifi settings or is it running its own separate service for this, and if it is a separate service, is there a Tasker plugin similar to wifi near in the future?
what the different between this and interval wifi scan time in build.prop?
Sounds like a great app. Will try it. Thanks.
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Quick WiFi Switcher is an app to quickly switch between your (configured) APs.
This is useful, when you're in an area where more than one configured AP is available. Sometimes Android decides to switch between them for different (unknown to me) reasons. Reconnection to the AP of your choice is now fewer clicks away than through the settings.
You start it by long-pressing your search button, or via shortcut.
Info shown on top:
Current SSID
Current IP
Current Signal (bar and RSSI)
In the selection list you have the following info:
SSID
Signal strength (Icon and RSSI)
Encryption settings
Configuration state (Green -> configured, Red -> unconfigured)
Connection state (connected AP is selected in the list)
The list contains all discoverable APs in range.
The following functions are implemented to date:
Enable/Disable WiFI
Scan for surrounding APs (automatically on startup / manually via button)
Connect to previously configured AP
Reconnect current AP
Open WiFi Settings for unconfigured APs (for now)
User Setting for closing on selection
Widgets
There are two widgets implemented for now:
Info Widget (1x2)
Switcher Widget (1x1)
The Info Widget shows information about the currently connected network:
SSID
IP-Address
signal level (RSSI and Icon)
For the Switcher Widget you have to choose a configured network. This will be monitored. Whenever the system scans for APs, the widget will update itself with the current info about the chosen network.
A network in range has a signal level icon
If the network is the current one, the text will be gray, else red
Touching the widget will automatically connect to the chosen AP
Changelog
Version 0.6
support for Eclair (2.1) added
widgets added
Version 0.5
Initial Version
Android 2.2 is needed for now, will check if 2.1 is possible.
Android 2.1+ is needed.
Screenshots
INFO:
If you downloaded Version 0.6 before and can't install, please redownload. The manifest error has been fixed.
Hi,
I'd really appreciate any feedback.
Tell me what you think, what you like/dislike and what is missing...
slow23
I would really love tasker integration. I have 2 wireless networks at home, a public one, and a backup one. I have to remember to switch ssid at night so the phone can do it's rsync thing. Programatically selecting the right said at the right time would be hugely beneficial.
Hi,
looks nice.
What do you think about checking every configurable seconds if a better known Wifi is available and switch then automatically?
Have 2 routers at home, android does not switch automatically even if its the same ssid. Tried with different ssid too, android doesnt switch. You have to manually reconnect, then it takes the better one.
just DL'ed your apk-file, upon install, it says (in details view of app manager): Could not open as apk file.
When I click your QR code link in the topic, there's nothing there either...
slow23 said:
Quick WiFi Switcher is an app to quickly switch between your (configured) APs.
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Nice app..just what I was looking for. As for my two cents, I think it would be great to create widgets assigned to particular ssids that can be shown on the home screen. This would prove to be a quick way to select the ssids.
slow23 said:
Quick WiFi Switcher is an app to quickly switch between your (configured) APs.
This is useful, when you're in an area where more than one configured AP is available. Sometimes Android decides to switch between them for different (unknown to me) reasons. Reconnection to the AP of your choice is now fewer clicks away than through the settings.
You start it by long-pressing your search button, or via shortcut.
Info shown on top:
Current SSID
Current IP
Current Signal (bar and RSSI)
In the selection list you have the following info:
SSID
Signal strength (Icon and RSSI)
Encryption settings
Configuration state (Green -> configured, Red -> unconfigured)
Connection state (connected AP is selected in the list)
The list contains all discoverable APs in range.
The following functions are implemented to date:
Enable/Disable WiFI
Scan for surrounding APs (automatically on startup / manually via button)
Connect to previously configured AP
Reconnect current AP
Open WiFi Settings for unconfigured APs (for now)
User Setting for closing on selection
The initial version is 0.5.
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Nice tool ..
bodger_uk said:
I would really love tasker integration. I have 2 wireless networks at home, a public one, and a backup one. I have to remember to switch ssid at night so the phone can do it's rsync thing. Programatically selecting the right said at the right time would be hugely beneficial.
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I'll look into it, but I'm not familiar with tasker integration for now. Consider it listed.
walda said:
Hi,
looks nice.
What do you think about checking every configurable seconds if a better known Wifi is available and switch then automatically?
Have 2 routers at home, android does not switch automatically even if its the same ssid. Tried with different ssid too, android doesnt switch. You have to manually reconnect, then it takes the better one.
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This is the feature I intended to implement, but for the beginning I chose the manual approach. Surely will be done...
hdurina said:
Nice app..just what I was looking for. As for my two cents, I think it would be great to create widgets assigned to particular ssids that can be shown on the home screen. This would prove to be a quick way to select the ssids.
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Also a thing I already thought about. No Widgets done so far, but shouldn't be that hard.
Wobstar said:
just DL'ed your apk-file, upon install, it says (in details view of app manager): Could not open as apk file.
When I click your QR code link in the topic, there's nothing there either...
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Did you try to d/l from my site? I just downloaded and everything was fine. The QR-Code is not from me, but the new killer feature of xda. Please report if d/l from my site worked. We'll have to find another way if it does not. BTW I sometimes face the issue that I'm not able to open apk's from the browser download notification, but only from a file explorer (but that may be my ROM). Did not find out a pattern in this though.
@all: Thanks for the feedback. Good to see that there is demand and the needed functions are mainly those I initially thougth of.
slow23
Good work mate, im not near Wi-Fi so cant test right now but will tomorrow hopefullly,im using Galaxy S2.
This is exactly what I need.
I have 2 routers at home too and I can be sitting 2 feet from one but my phone still hangs on to the weaker of the two.
As mentioned above it would be great if it could be configured to switch to the strongest authorised access point automatically.
Downloading now and will report my findings.
OK. Problems here.
Desire S, S-Off, Rooted, running Virtuous Unity 1.29.
First issue I noticed was that as soon as I installed it I couldn't access any of my access points in the house.
It was finding them but wouldn't connect even if was sitting right beside it.
The next problem I had was constant forced closures. Almost every app that I opened would force close.
Now I understand that both of these could[/c] be rom issues, since this is a new revision, but seeing as both happened right after installing your app I suspect it's not.
Both of these issues happened as soon as I used you app.
slow23 said:
Did you try to d/l from my site? I just downloaded and everything was fine. The QR-Code is not from me, but the new killer feature of xda. Please report if d/l from my site worked. We'll have to find another way if it does not. BTW I sometimes face the issue that I'm not able to open apk's from the browser download notification, but only from a file explorer (but that may be my ROM). Did not find out a pattern in this though.
@all: Thanks for the feedback. Good to see that there is demand and the needed functions are mainly those I initially thougth of.
slow23
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I tried to download from your site, but get the same issue.
I downloaded directly from my Android browser and once from my computer and transferred to the phone.
I'm on stock 2.1 ROM (rooted)
stonedandhappy said:
OK. Problems here.
Desire S, S-Off, Rooted, running Virtuous Unity 1.29.
First issue I noticed was that as soon as I installed it I couldn't access any of my access points in the house.
It was finding them but wouldn't connect even if was sitting right beside it.
The next problem I had was constant forced closures. Almost every app that I opened would force close.
Now I understand that both of these could[/c] be rom issues, since this is a new revision, but seeing as both happened right after installing your app I suspect it's not.
Both of these issues happened as soon as I used you app.
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Wow, that sounds bad. Could you send me a logcat of when this happens. I can't really imagine any function of the app cause such trouble, but I will look into it, why it would not connect.
The force closes cannot come from the app, since it does nothing to the system aside scanning wifi APs and connecting to them. Maybe it's really ROM related.
Wobstar said:
I tried to download from your site, but get the same issue.
I downloaded directly from my Android browser and once from my computer and transferred to the phone.
I'm on stock 2.1 ROM (rooted)
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First of all, what device are you using.
Second, the app has a min sdk level of 8, so Froyo is required, will update first post to reflect that. I 'll see if I can get it running on Eclair.
slow23 said:
First of all, what device are you using.
Second, the app has a min sdk level of 8, so Froyo is required, will update first post to reflect that. I 'll see if I can get it running on Eclair.
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I'm using an Xperia X10, I suspected that it would be due to OS compatibility.
That's why I asked in my first reply.
slow23 said:
Wow, that sounds bad. Could you send me a logcat of when this happens. I can't really imagine any function of the app cause such trouble, but I will look into it, why it would not connect.
The force closes cannot come from the app, since it does nothing to the system aside scanning wifi APs and connecting to them. Maybe it's really ROM related.
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OK, for some reason the app seems top have changed my wireless security on the phone to WPA instead of WEP, so the phone was trying to connect with the wrong security protocol.
Managed to sort that out pretty easily once I knew what was wrong.
I still had terrible problems with FCing apps so resorted to reflashing my rom.
I'm going to give it another try and if I encounter any issues I'll let you know what happens and post a log.
OK, here is a little update.
Since I reflashed my rom and reinstalled the app it has worked fine.
Only 1 minor bug but it wan't a problem.
On a few occasions when I used it yesterday, rather than opening the app GUI when pressed, it took me straight to the android wifi configuration page.
It only happened on a few occasions and hasn't happened at all today but I thought that you should know. Didn't bother me but someone will surely have issues with it.
Anyway, thanks for a great addition to my Desire S
stonedandhappy said:
OK, here is a little update.
Since I reflashed my rom and reinstalled the app it has worked fine.
Only 1 minor bug but it wan't a problem.
On a few occasions when I used it yesterday, rather than opening the app GUI when pressed, it took me straight to the android wifi configuration page.
It only happened on a few occasions and hasn't happened at all today but I thought that you should know. Didn't bother me but someone will surely have issues with it.
Anyway, thanks for a great addition to my Desire S
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Good to hear your Rom is working correctly again.
For the error you got: Did you start the app via search key? I could imagine since the desire s has no hardware buttons you accidently selected an unknown AP, immediately after the app started.
Would you be so kind and try and verify that?
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No, I have it on my home page so that if I need to change AP I just press my home button to get to it.
My wifi only picks up my 2 APs and none of my neighbours so no chance of selecting an unknown AP.
As I said it only happened a few times and hasn't happened since. It's working great now.
I don't know if, because I let my phone fully discharge yesterday after it happened, that it may have reset the app. A sort of reboot.
It has been working fine since though.
I've yet to try it with public wifi but should get a chance at the weekend so will post my results for you.
Hi,
back from vacation. New version with widgets and Eclair support.
Version 0.6
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widgets added
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Description:
Smart WiFi Toggler is an application designed to control your phone's WiFi using location based rules. Its aim is to conserve battery and minimize data charges by turning WiFi off when not connected to a network, and turning it on when a known hotspot is present. It constantly learns where your hotspots are located to make its decisions.
It's a very useful application if you frequently forget to turn WiFi off when leaving a hotspot, or if you want to automatically switch from mobile data to WiFi to conserve battery whenever you're back into a hotspot.
Hope you enjoy using Smart WiFi Toggler as much as I enjoyed building it!
*** I am happy to add support for more languages. If you are willing to help with the translation, please drop me an email. Thanks. ***
Features:
- Automatically learns your WiFi hotspot locations.
- Turns WiFi off when disconnected from WiFi network.
- Automatically turns WiFi on when near a known hotspot.
- Uses your network location. No GPS battery drain.
- Provides the ability to control "auto-connect" behavior for each hotspot.
- Ability to lock WiFi to a disabled state.
- Warning notification and auto-locking WiFi when a hotspot is down.
- History and logging, in addition to a view of what is going on under the hood.
Market Link (Still on 2.2.10): Click here
Bug report & Questions:
Any questions you have or bugs you would like to report, you may post it here or contact me on the app's developer email. I will try to get back to you as soon as I can.
Changelog
v2.3
- Brand new UI.
- Performance tweaks.
- Bug fixes.
- Added Spanish, Hungarian, Hebrew, Japanese, and Turkish languages. Thanks to Carlos Filoteo, Laszlo Horvath, Yev Gavrikov, Kayoko Sawada, and Fikret Sadak!
v2.2.10
- Added a new statistics screen.
- Better toggler accuracy for devices with a barometer.
- Added Danish, Traditional and Simplified Chinese language support. (Thanks to nodjack (xda), Bryan Yang and Eclipse!)
- Ability to change the app's language from the settings.
- Replaced Tips with an online FAQ.
- Google Analytics to help improve the app.
- Bug fixes.
Great idea!
If I understood correctly from the screenshots, the app will shut down wifi when the connection is lost. How does it know when the device is back to hotspot area? By using gps locations?
mikpel said:
Great idea!
If I understood correctly from the screenshots, the app will shut down wifi when the connection is lost. How does it know when the device is back to hotspot area? By using gps locations?
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GPS is not used. It uses your network location. It's not 100% accurate, but the aim was to use as little battery as possible. GPS would not have fit that criteria.
Actually that's what I wanted to hear because, as you say, gps would spoil the idea of battery saving.
Now I really have to try this!
Cool app bro. You finally released it to the public. I will definitely check it out. You guys should probably try it. There is very hard work in it. Keep up the good work.
Anyone else getting "unable to process purchase" from the market??
Cloaker said:
Anyone else getting "unable to process purchase" from the market??
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Nope
Finally got it working. It was my fault.
Now it's crashing on me when I select the start button. On an evo 3d running cm9.
Cloaker said:
Finally got it working. It was my fault.
Now it's crashing on me when I select the start button. On an evo 3d running cm9.
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Well that's no good. Please send me your logcat trace. I'll try to find out why that's happening.
Edit: I just saw the crash report. Do you have a CDMA phone? If so, it won't work. Currently, it only works on GSM. I should have mentioned that, sorry.
Awwww! Yes it's cmda. I'm sad now, all the other apps like this are out dated. Oh well, keep up the good work coughcmdacough
Updated to version 1.1. Now supporting CDMA devices (thanks to Cloaker).
Any reason that I'd want to replace Y5 with this? Does this do anything different or better?
lexluthor said:
Any reason that I'd want to replace Y5 with this? Does this do anything different or better?
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I don't know really. I've never tried Y5.
After checking it out, it looks outdated (kidding...). Smart WiFi Toggler has more options i guess. Timer control, per-wifi settings, etc.
Try it, see if you like it. If not, I'm happy you tried anyway.
lexluthor said:
Any reason that I'd want to replace Y5 with this? Does this do anything different or better?
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Y5 for me seemed to open too large of an area, this seems tighter and has more options. Also, I'm not afraid to offend, lol, y5 is outdated.
Yes, Y5 is very outdated at this point and is probably abandonware, but it does still work.
Always looking to replace abandoned apps with apps still supported though, so I'll give this a try.
I have an issue/bug? and a couple of questions so I can understand how it works.
First, in the initial startup settings pages, I chose to not run service in foreground, but if I did, I couldn't uncheck show notification icon. After initial setup, when I go into settings, run service in foreground was checked. But, over in those settings, I can disable the show notification icon. Seems like run service in foreground and no notification icon is my preferred solution, so I'll use that. Hopefully, that will keep the program from getting killed.
So, is this using cell tower information to determine that I'm near a known wifi hotspot?
What happens if I walk out of my house and lose the wifi connection for a couple of minutes and then I come back in and want to connect back to wifi. It seems like it will turn wifi off after 30 seconds because I was disconnected from my wifi hotstop. Will it turn wifi back on by itself again?
EDIT: Tested it and wifi does not come back on. So, then what logic makes it ever come back in? Do I have to go far enough away that smart wifi toggler thinks I'm out of range of my wifi and then come back in range?
Hopefully, there's a way to make that work better or that's probably a deal breaker for me.
The thing I don't like about Y5, which I think this fixes is if I turn off wifi while Y5 is running, it turns it right back on immediately. The only way to actually make wifi stay off if I'm in a known wifi hotspot is to disable Y5.
It'd be nice if there was a way that if I manually turn off wifi, it stays off, but if wifi just gets disconnected, it comes back on automatically.
What happens if I set wifi disconnection to 0? Will wifi still go off when I'm out of range (based on your cell tower information) of a known wifi hotspot?
Hi lexluthor. Thanks for trying out the app. Let me see if my answers can be useful:
lexluthor said:
First, in the initial startup settings pages, I chose to not run service in foreground, but if I did, I couldn't uncheck show notification icon. After initial setup, when I go into settings, run service in foreground was checked. But, over in those settings, I can disable the show notification icon. Seems like run service in foreground and no notification icon is my preferred solution, so I'll use that. Hopefully, that will keep the program from getting killed.
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As far as I know, android does not permit running in foreground mode without showing a notification. If I'm wrong here, I'd appreciate an example where this is not the case. If you choose to not run in foreground mode to avoid the icon, android will keep killing and restarting the service because of inactivity.
Do I understand correctly that you could disable the icon in foreground mode? If so, please make sure that whenever you check foreground mode, you have to restart the service so it can take effect. (It should show you a "service restart required" toast message).
So, is this using cell tower information to determine that I'm near a known wifi hotspot?
What happens if I walk out of my house and lose the wifi connection for a couple of minutes and then I come back in and want to connect back to wifi. It seems like it will turn wifi off after 30 seconds because I was disconnected from my wifi hotstop. Will it turn wifi back on by itself again?
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You are correct. It is using your cell location info. Just like you've observed, when wifi gets disconnected, the timer will start counting. On timeout, it will turn wifi off. Logically, there is no way the app can know if you are inside or outside. What it does do however, is the next time you wake the phone up from sleep (screen off then back on) it will enable wifi and wait for a connection. (I'm assuming here that you are connected to the same cell inside and outside of your house).
The only difference I can think of inside and outside your house is the signal strength. This is something I plan to experiment with to see how useful in can be to get even more accuracy.
The thing I don't like about Y5, which I think this fixes is if I turn off wifi while Y5 is running, it turns it right back on immediately. The only way to actually make wifi stay off if I'm in a known wifi hotspot is to disable Y5.
It'd be nice if there was a way that if I manually turn off wifi, it stays off, but if wifi just gets disconnected, it comes back on automatically.
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This is something I was experimenting with, but it made things complicated. How would the app know when to turn it on again automatically at a later time? Would you have to leave that location then come back? I guess this is something worth trying in future releases.
What happens if I set wifi disconnection to 0? Will wifi still go off when I'm out of range (based on your cell tower information) of a known wifi hotspot?
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Setting the disconnection timer to zero will disable auto-wifi-off. This means WiFi will be kept on.
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Hi lexluthor. Thanks for trying out the app. Let me see if my answers can be useful:
As far as I know, android does not permit running in foreground mode without showing a notification. If I'm wrong here, I'd appreciate an example where this is not the case. If you choose to not run in foreground mode to avoid the icon, android will keep killing and restarting the service because of inactivity.
Do I understand correctly that you could disable the icon in foreground mode? If so, please make sure that whenever you check foreground mode, you have to restart the service so it can take effect. (It should show you a "service restart required" toast message).
You are correct. It is using your cell location info. Just like you've observed, when wifi gets disconnected, the timer will start counting. On timeout, it will turn wifi off. Logically, there is no way the app can know if you are inside or outside. What it does do however, is the next time you wake the phone up from sleep (screen off then back on) it will enable wifi and wait for a connection. (I'm assuming here that you are connected to the same cell inside and outside of your house).
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I'll double check the service a little later. Right now, foreground mode is on, but I have no icon. I'll reboot and see if it remains that way. I'm probably wrong, but I thought you could have a foreground service in ICS with no icon.
Anyhow, no, wifi didn't come back on for me even after I turned the screen off/on. Your assumption that I'm connected to the same cell is probably wrong. In areas with a lot of cell towers, couldn't my phone connect to many different towers, even within my own house? Y5 says it has something like 30 towers remembered for me. Also, I know if I reset my Y5 data, even after a few days, there are times when I'm connected to wifi and connected to a cell tower that Y5 hasn't learned yet.
If your logic is that a wifi hotspot is associated with the cell tower that I'm connected to when I first connect to the wifi hotspot, that's going to be a problem if I can connect to many different towers while at that wifi hotstop.
Appreciate your responses so far. I'm just trying to help improve your program, not being critical in any way.
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I'll double check the service a little later. Right now, foreground mode is on, but I have no icon. I'll reboot and see if it remains that way. I'm probably wrong, but I thought you could have a foreground service in ICS with no icon.
Anyhow, no, wifi didn't come back on for me even after I turned the screen off/on. Your assumption that I'm connected to the same cell is probably wrong. In areas with a lot of cell towers, couldn't my phone connect to many different towers, even within my own house? Y5 says it has something like 30 towers remembered for me. Also, I know if I reset my Y5 data, even after a few days, there are times when I'm connected to wifi and connected to a cell tower that Y5 hasn't learned yet.
If your logic is that a wifi hotspot is associated with the cell tower that I'm connected to when I first connect to the wifi hotspot, that's going to be a problem if I can connect to many different towers while at that wifi hotstop.
Appreciate your responses so far. I'm just trying to help improve your program, not being critical in any way.
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If it didn't come back on, then you must have camped onto another cell. As I mention in the help section, if you're house is located in an area that keeps your phone hopping between cells, then Smart WiFi Toggler has to save all of them. It does in fact do that on every cell update whilst you're connected to a WiFi. This is the "learning curve" I mention in there. Once it has associated these cells with the hotspot, then you're good to go.
The thing I noticed about Y5 when I tried it today is that while I was standing in one location (inside an office -- with an inbuilding antenna system), it saved more than one cell for the hotspot. I felt this was excessive as it will make the auto-wifi-on window larger. Smart WiFi Toggler only saves the cell you are connected to. Not the neighbors. This has an initial disadvantage, but after that it's more efficient.
Anyway, I understand your concerns and your questions are all valid. I'm happy to answer all of them. In the end, you just have to try it and see if it works for you or not. I didn't have much audience to test the app with, but I'm fairly confident that 5 months of first hand testing and refining should make it a decent app.
Great. Your responses are helping me understand the app better note and i should be able to help test better.
Will give it a learning curve and keep an eye on it and will post later.
Ok. Looks like run in foreground and notification icon are now linked together. I turned run in foreground off as I don't like notification icons. I run that way with tasker and my phone has never closed out that service.
I'm still not seeing wifi ever come back on on it's own. I've turned wifi on and off a a few times in the hopes of it trying to remember more cells.
I see may cell location update received notices in the logs. When I toggle wifi on and off, I seem to always get cell already exists for this wifi entry in the log.
So, after I toggle wifi off and get that entry in the log, I put the phone to sleep, wait a few minutes, turn it back on and wifi still doesn't ever turn on.
Any idea what's going on?
I have a Verizon CDMA Samsung Galaxy S III running stock/rooted.
DESCRIPTION
The Wifi consumes a lot of battery, this is a really, and the main consumption occurs while the system is looking for a network to connect (which happens when we are not connected to a wifi network).
This app attempts to minimize the battery consumption, and does so in a very simple way: turning off the wifi, which translates into a real battery saver.
So, when it detects that the device has been disconnected from a wireless network, and after waiting a reasonable time (configurable), the hardware wifi going to off.
A few minutes later (configurable), the wifi hardware is reactivated and system scans for some seconds (configurable) searching for available networks.
If it hasn't been possible to establish a wifi connection, the hardware back off again and, therefore, to stop consuming resources.
Furthermore, to increase the battery saving, the application increases the delay between two consecutive wifi activations in each attempt (to a configurable limit).
The application also allows you to add notifications in the status bar, view the history of connections (PRO version), auto disable while airplane mode active, etc.
CONFIGURABLE TIMES
First deactivation time: After a wifi connection was lost, or after device boot, this is the time that system wait before start managing the wifi hardware.
Deactivation time: When the wifi hardware is disabled, this is the time that app waits before activate the wifi again. Increase this time to save battery, but note that system can't establish a wifi connection during this time, even if a wifi network in the range.
Deactivation increase time: This is the time that is added to the deactivation time each time that app deactivate the wifi, in order to save battery.
Max deactivation time: This is the maximum deactivation time. The system cannot increase the wifi deactivation time over this value (in each deactivation).
Activation time: This is the time that wifi remains activated in each check. Decrease this time to save battery.
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Pushed a new version a few hours ago that introduces some updates and improvements...
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Pushed a new version a few hours ago that introduces some updates and improvements...
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Difference between free and pro?
dEris said:
Difference between free and pro?
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For now the only difference are the presence of ads and the ability show connections history.
In the future, I don't know
Maybe another day and thanks for posting
Key no worky for me. Says invalid.......and yes i copied exactly as above.
First of all , thanks for the App, will give it a try .
Key dont work here too
Greetings
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Maybe another day and thanks for posting
Key no worky for me. Says invalid.......and yes i copied exactly as above.
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Ditto for me on the key but thanks for this app, pretty awesome!
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Key no worky for me. Says invalid.......and yes i copied exactly as above.
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Ditto for me on the key but thanks for this app, pretty awesome!
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hi,
tried the code provided at OP and working fine.
note that the code allows to access all PRO features but shows Ads...
After put the code try to access to the connections history. If done you're in PRO version.
Works now , it doesn't show pro after restart the app ( that was the mistake ) but the connection history works now
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Works now , it doesn't show pro after restart the app ( that was the mistake ) but the connection history works now
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You're right.
PRO version code is only show for PRO users that has buy via InApp.
Just corrected in new release.
I think this app could be even more useful if it was possible to combine wifi search with gps location. So the app could use more energy searching for wifi when phone is near a location previously registered as having wifi connection available, like when I'm near my home. Please consider to implement a configurable feature like this.
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I think this app could be even more useful if it was possible to combine wifi search with gps location. So the app could use more energy searching for wifi when phone is near a location previously registered as having wifi connection available, like when I'm near my home. Please consider to implement a configurable feature like this.
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Location via GPS uses a lot of battery.
I'm planning to add TELEPHONY location (location via phone cells, that don't uses additional battery) in a near future.
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Deactivation increase time: This is the time that is added to the deactivation time each time that app deactivate the wifi, in order to save battery.
Max deactivation time: This is the maximum deactivation time. The system cannot increase the wifi deactivation time over this value (in each deactivation).
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I didn't really understand these two times. Could you pls explain with an example?
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I didn't really understand these two times. Could you pls explain with an example?
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1) Device is connected to a wifi network
2) The wifi connection is lost
3) If before "first deactivation time" a wifi connection is established then goto 1 else goto 3b
3b) "deactivation time" is the configured value for "deactivation time" then goto 4
4) disable wifi and count "deactivation time" minutes and goto 5
5) enable wifi
6) if before "activation time" a wifi connection is established then goto 1 else goto 7
7) add "deactivation increase time" to "deactivation time" then goto 8
8) if new "deactivation time" is higher to "max deactivation time" then set "deactivation time=max deactivation time" then goto 4
Thanks for creating this great app and for the bonus xda gift.
One request: could you add the option to set the timers by entering numbers or using up/down buttons? The sliders are difficult to be precise with.
Cheers.
Thanks @bartito though will check the app later
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Location via GPS uses a lot of battery.
I'm planning to add TELEPHONY location (location via phone cells, that don't uses additional battery) in a near future.
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This option will be great addition, as I only use the Wifi at home and I would love to disable it completely when I am not home in order to save battery
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Full ack.
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Yeah, enable/disable based on the location via mobile cell would be really nice. That's what i'm searching for.
So if you're in the mobile cell(s) where you was connected to a known wlan before, the app enable wlan and if you lost the wlan connection and you're not in the known mobile cells anymore it disable wlan after the deactivation time.
Just try it and check if it could save battery or not.
This thread is the continuation of this other: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2734122, that I've closed due the app has totally renewed and the working algorithm has been totally updated.
INTRODUCTION
The Wifi consumes a lot of battery, this is a really, and the main consumption occurs while the system is looking for a network to connect (which happens when we are not connected to a wifi network).
This app attempts to minimize the battery consumption, and does so in a very simple way: turning off the wifi, which translates into a real battery saver.
So, when it detects that the device has been disconnected from a wireless network, and after waiting a reasonable time (configurable), the hardware wifi going to off.
In order to set wifi state the app monitorizes the cell tower in which your device is connected and classifies it statistically the possibility of establishing a wifi connection, enabling or disabling the wifi attending to this possibility.
The app classifies the cell towers in four colors: green, yellow, red and black.
A green cell tower is a tower in which range exists a wifi network at which you have connected recently.
A yellow cell tower is a tower in which range do not exists a wifi network in which you have connected recently, but you have entered in their range rarely.
A red cell tower is a yellow tower visited some times or a green cell at which you have connected some times without establish a wifi connection.
A black cell tower is a red tower visited often.
The app updates the cell tower color at runtime when you enter/exit from a cell tower.
The application also allows you to add notifications in the status bar, view the history of connections (PRO version), auto disable while airplane mode active, etc.
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Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryosoftware.wirelessmanager
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People from XDA can use the app PRO features without pay via a PROMO code (this PROMO code allows to access all PRO features but shows Ads).
In order to redeem it do this:
1) Enter app
2) Open app settings
3) Go the page down and click (7 times) in the last preference (the preference that shows the app version) [the key only works for version 1.2.16 and higher]
4) In the dialog enter the key above (none of your accounts are shared or sent to our servers)
5) Press "accept" button
Code:
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If you use the key provided above, please consider to click in the Ads sometimes or buy the PRO version (via In App purchase) in order to access to some future functionalities (and remove annoying Ads).
GENERAL INFO
INTRODUCTION
Wifi hardware is responsible for much of the battery consumed by modern smartphones.
When wifi is on and there are no active connections, system periodically scans the spectrum looking for a network to connect, which increases consumption.
With this application you can stop worrying about whether you have activated wifi when get home or office or if you have deactivated it when leave off, as the application itself will do it for you.
Some applications allows you to enable or disable wifi depending on your GPS location, it consumes more resources than the wifi itself.
This app, however, uses telephone network to establish its position, which becomes a real and perceptible consumption savings.
CELL TYPES
When your device connects to a phone cell, it search in the app databases for previous connections to the same cell, and assigns a color depending on it.
A cell can pass (dinamically) by the following colors:
NEW
The first time that you connect to a cell.
When you enter in a new cell the app enables the wifi hardware (you can set the time until the activation) and disables after a while (you can also set this time) if no connection established.
GREEN
A wifi connection has been established in the past while your device was connected to the cell.
When you enter in a new cell the app enables the wifi hardware (you can set the time until the activation) and disables after a while (you can also set this time) if no connection established.
YELLOW
A wifi connection has not been established in the past while your device was connected to the cell.
When you enter in a new cell the app enables the wifi hardware (you can set the time until the activation) and disables after a while (you can also set this time) if no connection established.
RED
When is not possible to connect to a wifi network repeatedly (configurable number of times) in a green or yellow cell, it becomes red.
When you enter in a new cell the app disables the wifi hardware (you can configure the time until the deactivation).
BLACK
A black cell is a red cell visited often (you can set the number of visits that are needed to convert a red cell into a black cell).
When you enter in a new cell the app disables the wifi hardware (you can configure the time until the deactivation).
HOW IT WORKS
Depending of the current cell type, app enables or disables the wifi hardware, in order to accept connections or save battery.
You can configure the wifi hardware activation time (after which wifi is disabled) and also the wifi reactivation time (if it is a long time in a cell the app restarts the wifi activation cycle).
TRANSITIONS
A new cell becomes yellow or green depending if is abandoned before a wifi connection was established or not.
A green or yellow cells that is visited often without establish a wifi connection becomes red.
A red cell that is visited several times without establish a wifi connection becomes black.
If wifi connection is established in a red or black cell, it turns green.
ADDITIONAL INFO
If device stablish a connection with a cell and wifi is not enabled for a minimum time (configurable) before leave it, the cell will not be considered.
FORCE WIFI ON / OFF
You can configure app to automatically pause background service when you disable manually the wifi, by example by enter in wifi settings then setting off the correspondent switch.
In this case, the background service doesn't really stops and continues to scanning for cells (and converts not green cells into green cells if a wifi connection is established), but the app doesn't manages the wifi state.
In addition, you can configure app to automatically restart background service scheduler when you manually set wifi on.
OTHER SETTINGS
You can configure several items related to cell or wifi events.
Also you can add a notification to the status bar and view the connections history.
FAQ
Is the app using GPS hardware?
No and yes...
Stock app is not using GPS hardware at all (in fact GPS access permision is not required).
Geolocalization module, not installed by default, allows users to geolocalize cells and uses GPS in order to show your position.
Is the app sharing the identifiers of the cells or wifi networks at which I connect?
No and yes...
Stock app is not sharing your position or the cells in which you are connected at all.
Geolocalization module, not installed by default, uses the API provided by OpenCellID.
OpenCellID is the world's largest collaborative community project that collects GPS positions of cell tower.
When we read the OpenCellID database we need to send (anonymously) the identifier of the current cell and your GPS position, in order to contribute with the project.
If you install the geolocalization module you will receive a confirmation dialog before share your data the first time.
What does the red number next to some cells in the main view?
There are the number of times that you have connected with this cell and cannot connect with a wifi network.
When the number reaches the maximum number of connection errors (that is configurable for PRO version), the cell will become red.
What does the blue bar that appears sometimes at left to a cell in the main view?
The blue bar located at the left of a cell in the main view identifies the cell at which you are connected, and is only show when you are connected to a wifi network.
I have configured a new wifi network in my device, but app says that the near cells are red or black and will not turn on the wifi.
If the app marks a cell as red (or black) is because it has not been possible to establish a wifi connection there.
You can force the connection activating the wifi manually.
App will detect the connection and automatically turn on the wifi on these occasions.
Wifi is automatically set to on when I enter in a green cell, even if phone is in airplane mode.
You can configure app to do not manage wifi settings if airplane mode is active.
My phone is not rooted. I can use this app?
Yes
Why are root permissions used?
If provided, root permissions are used to set the <I>supplicant scan interval</I>, that is a system parameter and cannot be modified by normal users.
When wifi is on, system searches for networks from time to time, and that time is specified by the <I>supplicant scan interval</I> parameter.
The app need many permissions. Why?
The permissions we use are needed for:
Get accounts: To validate the PRO key.
Internet: To show Ads (only in free version).
Get and set network and wifi states: To set wifi and mobile data state (is the main goal of the app).
Read and write sdcard: To backup and restore backups.
Receive boot completed: To start the app in boot time, if configured.
Superuser: To update supplicant scan interval if configured.
ADDITIONAL MODULES
GEOLOCALIZATION (optional)
It allows to geolocalize cells.
Geolocalization is based in the OpenCellID Project, that provides geolocalization for cell towers.
In some cases the geolocalization is not accurate, due that it depends from the measures provided by the users.
Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryosoftware.wirelessmanager.geolocalization
RANKING (optional)
It allows to use the app like a game.
The goal of the app is to discover cell towers (achievements) and to visit know cell towers (leaderboard).
Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryosoftware.wirelessmanager.game
Hi.
Should I uninstall previous version before installing this one (totally rewritten)?
Thanks
joaonuno said:
Hi.
Should I uninstall previous version before installing this one (totally rewritten)?
Thanks
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No if you are in the previous market version.
If you are in a 2.0 beta version you probably need to remove app data after install new version (or uninstall)
very nice app, good design and very user friendly.:good:
One problem, if you see the list of wifi related events. The time durations are shown in minutes, but when you click each setting it changes to seconds.
Not sure if what I'm saying makes sense, but have a look.
The idea and the app are really nice but the color system is a pain to remember an idea would be, while keeping colors on squares:
Green > Known wifi zone
Yellow > Possible wifi zone
Red > Wifi connection issue
Black > No wifi zone
Personally I would like to be able to configure it so I have only 2 zones ON (Green) OFF (Any other zone)
It says that the code is not valid
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Thank you! Great app. Tried the promo code but doesn't seem to be working
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How to use the promo code ? Where to click ?
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Ditchmond said:
Thank you! Great app. Tried the promo code but doesn't seem to be working
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People from XDA can use the app PRO features without pay via a PROMO code (this PROMO code allows to access all PRO features but shows Ads).
In order to redeem it do this:
1) Enter app
2) Open app settings
3) Go the page down and click (7 times) in the last preference (the preference that shows the app version) [the key only works for version 1.2.16 and higher]
4) In the dialog enter the key above (none of your accounts are shared or sent to our servers)
5) Press "accept" button
Code:
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worked for me
Nice app. Price is very reasonable. There are some grammar issues in the intro. Other than that I hope it will bring some more juice to my phone.
Hello,
I am using an android device (HTC Desire X) without sim-card, so I have no phone network. With the previous versions of your app I could manage the wifi of this device just fine. With the new version, it seems that the app no longer manages the wifi since there is no cell tower to connect to.
Is there any way to get this working?
thanks in advance
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No if you are in the previous market version.
If you are in a 2.0 beta version you probably need to remove app data after install new version (or uninstall)
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i just installed this on my galaxy note 3 and it locked my phone i had to remove the battery and restart my phone.
I doubt it's the fault of the app
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i just installed this on my galaxy note 3 and it locked my phone i had to remove the battery and restart my phone.
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Sorry for the grammar issues. I'm not English.
The app needs to learn about you for some days. After that, I think you can save some battery
New version requires phone capabilities.
I post previous version here, for those that are using in a no phone device.
narjo said:
Hello,
I am using an android device (HTC Desire X) without sim-card, so I have no phone network. With the previous versions of your app I could manage the wifi of this device just fine. With the new version, it seems that the app no longer manages the wifi since there is no cell tower to connect to.
Is there any way to get this working?
thanks in advance
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VnnAmed said:
Nice app. Price is very reasonable. There are some grammar issues in the intro. Other than that I hope it will bring some more juice to my phone.
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shaggydiamond said:
very nice app, good design and very user friendly.:good:
One problem, if you see the list of wifi related events. The time durations are shown in minutes, but when you click each setting it changes to seconds.
Not sure if what I'm saying makes sense, but have a look.
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Just updated in the Play Store.
Really not a work bug, only a typo when printing value duration
Thanks for the report!
bartito said:
New version requires phone capabilities.
I will post previous version here tomorrow, for those that are using in a no phone device.
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OK, thanks for the answer
bartito said:
I doubt it's the fault of the app
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so my phone was working perfectly well before i installed this app then my phone locked and i could
not do anything with it so i had to remove the battery and restart my phone.It is not rocket science
to work out that it must be your app as i never had the problem before i installed it.
carols said:
so my phone was working perfectly well before i installed this app then my phone locked and i could
not do anything with it so i had to remove the battery and restart my phone.It is not rocket science
to work out that it must be your app as i never had the problem before i installed it.
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the most probable is a casual issue.
if not, we have probably discovered a bug of android that allows to lock phones without get security permissions or anything relevant and i need to write google in order to receive my 10.000 USD gift
How do I set the phone to NOT connect to a network unless I need to?
Now it connects to that network automatically.
I [edit] do not want to "forget" the network. I do not want not switch off the network. I must leave ON the phone's network radio.
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I installed a video dashcam recorder in my car and it broadcasts a network (cannot be switched off) that SOMETIMES I need to access to setup, configure, view recorded videos, etc.. This network does not access the internet.
When I drive I need my phone's DATA connection to access the internet (WhatsApp, etc.) and I need my phone's network radio to be on to help google maps and other apps locate my position.
If I leave my phone's radio on, my phone connects to my dashcam network and cannot access internet blocking WhatsApp and other apps.
Can anyone help me, pls? I thank in advance your time/expertise.
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ascanio1 said:
How do I set the phone to NOT connect to a network unless I need to?
Now it connects to that network automatically.
I cannot "forget" the network. I cannot switch off the network. I must leave ON the phone's network radio.
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I installed a video dashcam recorder in my car and it broadcasts a network (cannot be switched off) that SOMETIMES I need to access to setup, configure, view recorded videos, etc.. This network does not access the internet.
When I drive I need my phone's DATA connection to access the internet (WhatsApp, etc.) and I need my phone's network radio to be on to help google maps and other apps locate my position.
If I leave my phone's radio on, my phone connects to my dashcam network and cannot access internet blocking WhatsApp and other apps.
Can anyone help me, pls? I thank in advance your time/expertise.
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Would resetting the Network Settings help?
Settings-> System-> Reset-> Network Reset
So it ends up clearing all saved Wifi networks. Sounds like your Saved List might be corrupt. You should always be able to "forget" a network
cash2387 said:
Would resetting the Network Settings help?
Settings-> System-> Reset-> Network Reset
So it ends up clearing all saved Wifi networks. Sounds like your Saved List might be corrupt. You should always be able to "forget" a network
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I apologize. I did not explain clearly and I will edit my post.
I do not WANT to forget the network because I want to use it sometimes to accesses a device (but this device does not access internet).
When I don't need to access the device I prefer to connect to the internet and, therefore, I need to use the phone carrier data plan. But to improve google maps I also need to keep the WiFi radio on.
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ascanio1 said:
I apologize. I did not explain clearly and I will edit my post.
I do not WANT to forget the network because I want to use it sometimes to accesses a device (but this device does not access internet).
When I don't need to access the device I prefer to connect to the internet and, therefore, I need to use the phone carrier data plan. But to improve google maps I also need to keep the WiFi radio on.
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For that, you don't actually need WiFi on - Location services has access to the wifi radio for scanning assuming you haven't disabled that in location settings.
irony_delerium said:
For that, you don't actually need WiFi on - Location services has access to the wifi radio for scanning assuming you haven't disabled that in location settings.
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Yes, exactly. That is why I don't want to turn off or disable the WiFi radio.
So, if I don't disable the WiFi radio, how do I set the phone to only connect to that network when I need and not automatically? How do I set it up in such s way that when I step into the car it does not connect automatically to that network (that has no intent access)?
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ascanio1 said:
Yes, exactly. That is why I don't want to turn off or disable the WiFi radio.
So, if I don't disable the WiFi radio, how do I set the phone to only connect to that network when I need and not automatically? How do I set it up in such s way that when I step into the car it does not connect automatically to that network (that has no intent access)?
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Turn off wifi in settings or with the quick toggle. Make sure scanning is enabled under settings / security & location (or the equivalent in EMUI, I don't remember where it is as I've only run EMUI momentarily over the past several months).
The radio itself will not be completely powered down - it'll still be available for location services to use for scanning.
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Turn off wifi in settings or with the quick toggle. Make sure scanning is enabled under settings / security & location (or the equivalent in EMUI, I don't remember where it is as I've only run EMUI momentarily over the past several months).
The radio itself will not be completely powered down - it'll still be available for location services to use for scanning.
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I was not aware that google maps will not be affected by toggling off WiFi. Thank you for taking your time to help me.
While it's good news that I can google off Wi-Fi for google maps, I keep forgetting my Wi-Fi on (I have the habit to keep it on at all times) so I keep loosing all WhatsApp/Viber messages and calls.
So is there absolutely no way to NOT connect automatically to a network if the radio is ON?
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I was not aware that google maps will not be affected by toggling off WiFi. Thank you for taking your time to help me.
While it's good news that I can google off Wi-Fi for google maps, I keep forgetting my Wi-Fi on (I have the habit to keep it on at all times) so I keep loosing all WhatsApp/Viber messages and calls.
So is there absolutely no way to NOT connect automatically to a network if the radio is ON?
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I'm not sure there's a way to say that... Most of the time, personally, I end up turning wifi off, as it's a real pain when you're moving through access points (and the device insists on holding the connection), so unless I know I'm going to have a stable connection and I'm staying in the same place for a while, I almost universally leave it off...
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I'm not sure there's a way to say that... Most of the time, personally, I end up turning wifi off, as it's a real pain when you're moving through access points (and the device insists on holding the connection), so unless I know I'm going to have a stable connection and I'm staying in the same place for a while, I almost universally leave it off...
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I appreciate that your circumstances are different but I always have Wi-Fi (work/home) and I don't move a lot so it's always on.
Is there absolutely no way to avoid automatic network connection when WiFi is on?
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Can anyone help me understand how to stop automatic network connection?
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Can anyone help me understand how to stop automatic network connection?
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use wifi plus
Try a WiFi prioritising software... And give lowest priority to the one you don't want to use. Had one of those with kitkat and worked flawlessly
Borlas said:
Try a WiFi prioritising software... And give lowest priority to the one you don't want to use. Had one of those with kitkat and worked flawlessly
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This is a good idea! [emoji362]
I will try and revert
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luck2ang said:
use wifi plus
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I will try this app and revert. Thank you!
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luck2ang said:
use wifi plus
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This app will not install on android 8.0 because it's an unknown source.
I then googled now to install unknown sources but my Huawei Mate 9 has different menu options from all googled step by step explanations how to install apps from unknown sources. Huawei Mate 9 android 8.0 lacks the bottom box "special access"
I attach 2 images of the 2 stumbling blocks.
Can you suggest a different Apk or how to install apps from unknown sources?
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Borlas said:
Try a WiFi prioritising software... And give lowest priority to the one you don't want to use. Had one of those with kitkat and worked flawlessly
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First of all thank you for the advice add time.
I installed 3 different prioritizing apps but none had the option to prioritize data connection over WiFi or the option to exclude a specific network when the phone WiFi radio is ON.
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ascanio1 said:
First of all thank you for the advice add time.
I installed 3 different prioritizing apps but none had the option to prioritize data connection over WiFi or the option to exclude a specific network when the phone WiFi radio is ON.
try this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softmediacts.wifiswitch
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Borlas said:
ascanio1 said:
First of all thank you for the advice add time.
I installed 3 different prioritizing apps but none had the option to prioritize data connection over WiFi or the option to exclude a specific network when the phone WiFi radio is ON.
try this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softmediacts.wifiswitch
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Thank you! Looks like this app has the option that I need!
It's been scanning for networks for 10 minutes already (preferred WiFi Networks is still scanning) but I guess that the first time it takes a bit longer. As soon as it's ready I will test it!
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Borlas said:
ascanio1 said:
First of all thank you for the advice add time.
I installed 3 different prioritizing apps but none had the option to prioritize data connection over WiFi or the option to exclude a specific network when the phone WiFi radio is ON.
try this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softmediacts.wifiswitch
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The app keeps scanning for preferred WiFi Networks endlessly. I wrote to tech support and they will compile a specific code for my Huawei Mate 9 running Android 8.0. Apparently WiFi Switcher does not run on my device!
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