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Setting Data Connection on by default - any way to do it?

I have Windows Live Mobile installed so after a soft reset, the program automatically attempts to make a data connection. However, the data connection tab in the comm manager is set to off by default, so a connection can't be established.
Is there any way on the AT&T Fuze to set the data connection on by default?
Thanks....and yes I searched "data connection default" but didn't see anything related to this problem.

Advanced_Configuration_Tool_v3.3 or Diamond Tweak 0.5.3 have an option to have data always ON. However, this will kill your battery in no time

thanks for your help. i have those programs, but i'll look them over again.
EDIT: i looked at both and don't see an option to always have a data connection enabled. under data, you can obviously enable various connections and i already have those set. but i don't see the option to always have the connection on.

DiamondTweak > 6 Data > 6.2 Always On: MEdia Net

MrSlacker said:
DiamondTweak > 6 Data > 6.2 Always On: MEdia Net
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thanks. i'm an idiot. i didn't have diamond tweak. i had diamond tf3d config....duh.

diar said:
I have Windows Live Mobile installed so after a soft reset, the program automatically attempts to make a data connection. However, the data connection tab in the comm manager is set to off by default, so a connection can't be established.
Is there any way on the AT&T Fuze to set the data connection on by default?
Thanks....and yes I searched "data connection default" but didn't see anything related to this problem.
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Funny how I'm trying to do the opposite. For some reason my data turns on by itself. I turn it off and a few minutes later it turns itself on again. It's really a battery drainer.
If anybody knows how to change it so it will default to off, please post. Thanx.

RallyPunx said:
Funny how I'm trying to do the opposite. For some reason my data turns on by itself. I turn it off and a few minutes later it turns itself on again. It's really a battery drainer.
If anybody knows how to change it so it will default to off, please post. Thanx.
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Certain apps/functions will need data access depending on their polling settings. Email and weather, for example. I disabled the auto updates for those and am hoping to see the data connection stay OFF when I set it.
Hope this does the trick.
I had to configure a bogus network so the device wouldn't get anywhere even if it tried... because it would seemingly reactivate at will.

Wi-Fi Popups and Notifications Won't Stop

Hi,
I've got both a Fuze and a Diamond on AT&T, and both have the same problem. If WiFi is enabled, I get a constant stream of annoying popups and audible alerts as I drive down the street, letting me know about every Wi-Fi AP on my route, as if I cared. This is very annoying and I've struggled to make it stop.
I have gone into Settings, Sounds and Notifications, and disabled Wireless Network Notification MANY times. That works...until I reset. And the setting changes back on me!!! I reset every couple of days to keep the OS working smoothly, and so this @#[email protected] notification setting gets activated every time.
Please let me know if anyone else is having this problem, OR if you are NOT having this problem even with Wi-Fi on and moving around an urban area.
Please, tell me if there is a solution or registry hack. But please don't tell me to turn off Wi-Fi. Disabling a huge feature of the device isn't a solution. That's like a doctor cutting off my leg because of a sprained ankle.
FYI, the Diamond is stock HTC with tweaks from DiamonTweak, Advanced Config, and Diamond TF3D Config. The Fuze is running NATFs ROM with the same tweak tools.
Thanks.

3GJockey said:
Hi,
I've got both a Fuze and a Diamond on AT&T, and both have the same problem. If WiFi is enabled, I get a constant stream of annoying popups and audible alerts as I drive down the street, letting me know about every Wi-Fi AP on my route, as if I cared. This is very annoying and I've struggled to make it stop.
I have gone into Settings, Sounds and Notifications, and disabled Wireless Network Notification MANY times. That works...until I reset. And the setting changes back on me!!! I reset every couple of days to keep the OS working smoothly, and so this @#[email protected] notification setting gets activated every time.
Please let me know if anyone else is having this problem, OR if you are NOT having this problem even with Wi-Fi on and moving around an urban area.
Please, tell me if there is a solution or registry hack. But please don't tell me to turn off Wi-Fi. Disabling a huge feature of the device isn't a solution. That's like a doctor cutting off my leg because of a sprained ankle.
FYI, the Diamond is stock HTC with tweaks from DiamonTweak, Advanced Config, and Diamond TF3D Config. The Fuze is running NATFs ROM with the same tweak tools.
Thanks.
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I've had a similar problem. Have you tried going to: Settings > Connections (tab) > WiFi > Click on Menu > Advanced > Untick "Turn on available network notification" > Save ??

I had the same problem where the setting wouldn't stick on reset. I just wrote a one line MortScript that disables the wifi notification registry setting that runs when phone boots.

Please Share
Please share the how to.
I'm not familiar with MortScript, but have you got a file or a method you can share here?

mark72501 said:
I've had a similar problem. Have you tried going to: Settings > Connections (tab) > WiFi > Click on Menu > Advanced > Untick "Turn on available network notification" > Save ??
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I had not tried that. But the box was checked. I have now unchecked it and performed a reset, and as before, the wifi notifications returned. Good idea, but no fix.

3GJockey said:
Please share the how to.
I'm not familiar with MortScript, but have you got a file or a method you can share here?
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Go to http://www.sto-helit.de/index.php?module=page&entry=ms_overview&action=view&menu=29
Download and install MortScript 4.1.
Using notepad or similar text editor, create a file containing the following line:
RegWriteDWord( "HKCU", "ControlPanel\Notifications\{DDBD3B44-80B0-4b24-9DC4-839FEA6E559E}", "Options", 0);
Save the file with an extension of .mscr (e.x. "DisableWiFiNotification.mscr").
Copy the file to your phone.
Finally create a shortcut to the file into the \\Windows\StartUp folder of your phone.

thanks
Great, thanks for the help ICWinner.

Similar to the problem above, I keep bluetooth on all the time and for some reason, the phone constantly has a notification which just says "Bluetooth is on". Does anyone know what the registry key is to disable this one? Or if there is a setting somewhere I am missing?

This May Be A Fix
Hi, I'm the OP, and it looks like I found a fix in another thread.
Check out what Chetstriker has posted at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2950391#post2950391
I will try it sometime this week, but some users have already confirmed it worked for them, so this may be it.

Is there a way to make wifi not auto-connect?

I am tired of driving by a McDonalds and Starbucks and my phone thinks it's an open connection and it auto connects. Then I lose data connection for a few because obviously it isn't an open connection and it takes a while to disconnect from the wifi and find the data connection again.
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If you'd like to connect to predefined access points only, there is this way to go: Tasker

Under wifi settings advanced i have notify me when open network available
and auto login unchecked
my wifi never connects automatically except to my home network

rugmankc said:
Under wifi settings advanced i have notify me when open network available
and auto login unchecked
my wifi never connects automatically except to my home network
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I have those same settings, and because I've connected to a Starbucks before it thinks I can connect to every one. Maybe I'll just go in there and have it forget the Starbucks that I usually go to.
Tasker looks like an interesting option but man that's a bunch of complicated settings!
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think your first choice is best--keep apps to minimum--less issues

I wish there was a way to go through network by network and select autoconnect statuses. All desktop/laptop systems have this option.
Also I do not like the idea of my phone blaring out "I am looking to connect to these networks!" whenever I am not connected to a preferred wifi access point. It is kind of ridiculous.
Surely there is a solution to this, an app, or a setting in an alternate ROM.

Jason Syn said:
I have those same settings, and because I've connected to a Starbucks before it thinks I can connect to every one. Maybe I'll just go in there and have it forget the Starbucks that I usually go to.
Tasker looks like an interesting option but man that's a bunch of complicated settings!
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Here's another potentially complicated option. Install and setup Llama or another location based profiles app. Set it to only turn on WiFi when at home, work, or at "your" Starbucks.

Wifi always on

Hello fellow Z3 owners,
I have had my Z3 for 3 days, and today I found something alarming: the Wifi seems to always be on, even when I manually turn it off from the System Settings.
It appears turned off from the settings, but using an app such as WIfi Analyser, I can see the networks around me, and I don't have any error message saying I have to turn WIfi on.
While using WIfi Analyser, I can go back to the settings page, and see that the wifi really appears to be off.
Does anyone have an explanation? Could anyone try to reproduce this?
Cheers,
JPascal.

jpascal said:
Hello fellow Z3 owners,
I have had my Z3 for 3 days, and today I found something alarming: the Wifi seems to always be on, even when I manually turn it off from the System Settings.
It appears turned off from the settings, but using an app such as WIfi Analyser, I can see the networks around me, and I don't have any error message saying I have to turn WIfi on.
While using WIfi Analyser, I can go back to the settings page, and see that the wifi really appears to be off.
Does anyone have an explanation? Could anyone try to reproduce this?
Cheers,
JPascal.
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in android JB or Kitkat(IDR which) google added the feature for the wifi to "always scan" even when its off. i recreated your problem on my z3 and the exact same thing happened. go into your wifi menu, hit the soft key for options.. click advanced and then uncheck "wifi scanning always on" or whatever it says. this should also save you some battery.

Thanks for the solution! I found that as well, I still think there is a privacy issue. IMO this should be disabled by default.
Thanks for sharing, cheers,
JPascal.

During the setup process, the user is asked if they want this service to run in background and I always say no.

jpascal said:
Thanks for the solution! I found that as well, I still think there is a privacy issue. IMO this should be disabled by default.
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Uh...what privacy issue?

poldie said:
Uh...what privacy issue?
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That's actually a very good question. I am not a Wifi specialist, and when I saw that Wifi Analyser could see WIfi networks while my phone was saying the wifi is off, I assumed the WIfi was actually on all the time.
If I understand correctly, it's only turned on to scan surrounding Wifi networks. If it means your phone only listens, and does not speak with surrounding networks, then it should remain undetected, and we do not have any privacy issue. But if scanning means talking with surrounding networks, then it means these networks could potentially know you're around, right? Please understand that this is a question, not a conclusion.
Cheers,
JPascal.

jpascal said:
That's actually a very good question. I am not a Wifi specialist, and when I saw that Wifi Analyser could see WIfi networks while my phone was saying the wifi is off, I assumed the WIfi was actually on all the time.
If I understand correctly, it's only turned on to scan surrounding Wifi networks. If it means your phone only listens, and does not speak with surrounding networks, then it should remain undetected, and we do not have any privacy issue. But if scanning means talking with surrounding networks, then it means these networks could potentially know you're around, right? Please understand that this is a question, not a conclusion.
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Sure, it's always good to consider security. Without going through the code it's not possible to know, but I'd imagine it's passively listening, if all it's doing is seeing which base stations are in the area. Were it to be actively probing then it should only be giving your MAC address away, which is not normally considered a threat. I turn it off to save battery, because otherwise wifi is on all the time!

poldie said:
Sure, it's always good to consider security. Without going through the code it's not possible to know, but I'd imagine it's passively listening, if all it's doing is seeing which base stations are in the area. Were it to be actively probing then it should only be giving your MAC address away, which is not normally considered a threat. I turn it off to save battery, because otherwise wifi is on all the time!
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I did turn it off as well

How to delete saved wifi connection?

On my S5, all saved wifi connections were visible in the wifi settings page. On the S7, it seems that only the connections within range are visible. If you go into the data usage / restrict networks, every saved wifi connection is displayed, but there is no way to delete them from there. It seems that there is no way to delete a saved wifi connection once it goes out of range. Anyone know how to do this?

bimmerdriver said:
...On the S7, it seems that only the connections within range are visible. I...
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Exactly the same issue here. Anyone got any workarounds (non-root)? Third party apps don't seem to work. Pretty ridiculous that you can't forget a saved network and causes a serious issue for me: I have to change my password at work and can't forget the WiFi AP before getting to the office so I'm locked out of my work account...

It is a bit annoying but I can't see how it's a problem?
How are you locked out of your work account?
You can change password when you are in range.
What's the other issue?

jarayn said:
It is a bit annoying but I can't see how it's a problem?
How are you locked out of your work account?
You can change password when you are in range.
What's the other issue?
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The problematic are Hotel / Airport / etc. Hotspots...
When i received my S7 i "load" an backup from my old android phone... I few days earlier i returned from a long holiday trip and so the "restore-backup" created a lot of hotspots an my S7 i never never need and i'm not able to delete ....
(OK - i can start for a second trip, visit all places and delete hotspot when connected... ) <-- ironic

jarayn said:
It is a bit annoying but I can't see how it's a problem?
How are you locked out of your work account?...
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We use exchange authentication for WiFi at work. The phone automatically tries to connect using the old password as soon as i'm near the office. Does this three times and locks my ability to use the WiFi. This is before i have chance to see it and forget it in the WiFi settings. Such a simple omission in the UX makes this even an more annoying issue.

Yeah OK the work thing sounds a bit troublesome. I would turn off wifi before I go then turn it on when I'm ready and forget the network before it connects.
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The holiday wifi hotspot thing i don't get still.
Why is that a problem? You can't see the networks anyway. Is it just an ocd thing?

well you have a drastic option, if nothing else works
go settings>backup and reset>reset network settings
this will erase all your wifi, as well as all bluetooth and data connections saved
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wegiwegi said:
well you have a drastic option, if nothing else works
go settings>backup and reset>reset network settings
this will erase all your wifi, as well as all bluetooth and data connections saved
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just done that myself, all my connections disappeared, it works fine, you should try that
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The problem with the holiday Hotspots is at least not a real problem... But I don't like this.
I would prefer a function to delete Hotspots even when I'm not connected to them...
(maybe it is small security issue, because a common SSID can be used to connect with my phone...)

Wifi Manager - choose Known network, then remove.

I reported this to Samsung support. That's the only way to get them to fix it. The more people report it, the more likely they are to fix it sooner.
As for whether it's a "problem", I suppose it's not immediately a show stopper. However, after only a couple of weeks, I accumulated a lot of hotspots that clutter up the restrict networks page. Who knows, if too many build up it could cause an problem. There is no reason for Samsung to have implemented it in this way. I've never seen a device (mobile or pc) that did this.

lost_ said:
Wifi Manager - choose Known network, then remove.
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Thanks, but Android 6 only allows you to forget those networks that you've connected to using the same app. So you can only forget those that you connected to with WiFi Manager, not the in-built settings.

do7slash said:
Thanks, but Android 6 only allows you to forget those networks that you've connected to using the same app. So you can only forget those that you connected to with WiFi Manager, not the in-built settings.
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Edit: you're correct. I think root and find where file or db that stores the SSID would be the next option.
Edit 2: Get a root editor, backup /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf, then edit it to either remove the entire SSID entry, or set autojoin to 0. There may be root apps that does this.
The plain text passwords are also stored in that supplicant file.
I don't think there is any non-root solution until Samsung changes the Wifi settings to show out-of-range SSIDs. I agree that it is silly for it to not do have this feature at all.

2 solutions so far (?)
Hi,
if you have a non rooted S7 there is no build in possibility to delete the saved wifi connections if you are out of range. Samsung has to fix this in my opinion.
With Marshmallow you can only delete wifi networks with the same app you created them, so third party apps like wifi manager do not work. So far there might be two solutions which work, both are far away from being perfect.
- First solution is to delete ALL network connections...and start from the beginning (1. Go to settings -> 2. Bakup and reset -> 3. Reset network settings -> 4. Follow on screen instructions)...including bluetooth etc.
- Second solution is not fine either. Take a third party app like wifi manager from Kostya on play store and list all known networks. Then set up a (fake) wifi access point with the SSID you want to delete. Once they are in range, you can delete the saved wifi connection. You have to repeat this for every SSID you want to delete.
Best regards,
Alexander

jarayn said:
Yeah OK the work thing sounds a bit troublesome. I would turn off wifi before I go then turn it on when I'm ready and forget the network before it connects.
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The holiday wifi hotspot thing i don't get still.
Why is that a problem? You can't see the networks anyway. Is it just an ocd thing?
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Ummm..... maybe cuz stored WiFi networks spew out a wealth of valuable information!!
isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/WiFi+Still+Remains+a+Good+Attack+Vector/21583

lost_ said:
Wifi Manager - choose Known network, then remove.
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can not remove!

I updated my S7 today (with Sprint) to Android 7, and they fixed this. Out-of-range WiFi networks are listed under the "Manage Networks" options and can be removed from there.