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Set WiFi as priority then gprs.

Hiya,
Noob here - please be gentle
Have been borwsing the site for a few days and still haven't found a definitive answer to this:
I have uninstalled the o2 bloat, but still want to be able to access o2's wap stuff (for train times, etc)
When I am at home and connected to wifi I want to use that, but when I'm out on the road I want to use GPRS. I have read somewhere that you can set up wifi to be the first port of call, and if that's not available then use GPRS. Any ideas? C'mon - you're clever!
Thanks

anyone?
this is a question i heared a lot, but never found an answer.

herbie65 said:
anyone?
this is a question i heared a lot, but never found an answer.
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Have you tried the program called NoData? You can toggle it on and off

Thank You

I have been lurking around the forum for a while, after purchasing an o2 mini-s and being sorely disappointed with it.
It was slow and clunky and some bits of the interface seemed counter-intuitive. It got that bad that I retired it and reverted back to my old Nokia 6310i. At least the Nokia made phone calls properly...
However, with my employer implementing Exchange/Outlook properly, I decided to give it another go. With the help of this forum, I now have a properly working HTC Wizard (I don't think there's anything o2 left on it, apart from the front cover branding).
Specifically, this forum taught me to:
1. Jump-start a dead Wizard (cutting up a usb cable to flash the battery).
2. Get rid of all of the o2 ActiveUI rubbish
3. Implement Omapclock (to 240 Mhz)
4. Get a new dialer skin so my fingers could actually press the numbers
5. Sort out wifi (only use TKIP on your router)
6. Get a registry editor (TRE)
7. Get the shift/dot notifications
8. Get a good backup system (SBP)
9. Get BT audio
10. Use the all-in-one .cab to improve speed of lots of things
I now have a Wizard which:
A. Has good basic functionality (phone, blutooth, wifi, calendar) which turn on and off when I want
B. Syncs to exchange at work via USB and syncs to my home laptop via bluetooth
C. Picks up my home wifi with no problems
D. Implements GPRS for Internet Explorer / Messaging when wifi not available
I've probably forgotten a lot of things that I have done, but i wanted to say THANK YOU to all one this forum. Without you lot, the Wizard would still be gathering dust in a cupboard.
Sorry for the long-ish first post, but i wanted to encourage all newbies with problems. This forum will get things sorted if you search properly and persevere.

whats this.. a post from a newbie that isnt asking the same questions over and over... didnt know those newbs existed...
ha ha ha, i couldnt resist

I am glad that you got all the above from the forums..... I wish more people would read like you.
Hope you are happier with your phone now

A Couple of Questions...?

I have
A couple of questions I would like to put forth to the more tech savvy phone people out there somewhere in internet land, if you will indulge me...?
1) Does anyone know of a program that will stop the GSM radio light from blinking and yet keep the radio on? I really don't mind the flashing most of the time, but it IS a bit of a distraction when using eReader... Some kind of toggle program would be most helpful. Someone somewhere must have written one at some point...
2) I am having a problem with the internet. I have looked it up on the web and found that others have had a similar problem, yet no one seems to know what is causing it.
What is happening is I can connect to MediaNET when I push the explorer button, but once I disconnect, I need to soft reset the device before I can connect again, because I get a message that the "answering modem has disconnected." If I soft reset, or turn flight mode on and then back off, I can reconnect.
What I have read on the web is that Cingular is having problems with the net, while other people seem to think this is Cingular's way of telling me to get the PDA plan instead of the MediaNet plan. I have read tons and tons of messages regarding MediaNet vs. PDA connect, and there really seems to be no clear opinion on what is what and who is allowed what.
Ask 10 people about it, get 10 different answers.
SO...Has anyone found the cause of this problem yet? I am not the first to have it, and I am guessing I won't be the last.
Any light that can be shed on either of these would be most helpful. I do have a WiFi access here at the house, but I prefer GPRS if I can have it, because (of course) then I can access anywhere.
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ThomasMcKean said:
I have
A couple of questions I would like to put forth to the more tech savvy phone people out there somewhere in internet land, if you will indulge me...?
1) Does anyone know of a program that will stop the GSM radio light from blinking and yet keep the radio on? I really don't mind the flashing most of the time, but it IS a bit of a distraction when using eReader... Some kind of toggle program would be most helpful. Someone somewhere must have written one at some point...
Can't help you here, sorry!
2) I am having a problem with the internet. I have looked it up on the web and found that others have had a similar problem, yet no one seems to know what is causing it.
What is happening is I can connect to MediaNET when I push the explorer button, but once I disconnect, I need to soft reset the device before I can connect again, because I get a message that the "answering modem has disconnected." If I soft reset, or turn flight mode on and then back off, I can reconnect.
What I have read on the web is that Cingular is having problems with the net, while other people seem to think this is Cingular's way of telling me to get the PDA plan instead of the MediaNet plan. I have read tons and tons of messages regarding MediaNet vs. PDA connect, and there really seems to be no clear opinion on what is what and who is allowed what.
Ask 10 people about it, get 10 different answers.
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The answering modem has disconnected is a common problem with WM5. There are two things you can do to solve them. Look in the WIKI for the reg tweak that leaves GPRS always on. This way it will never be disconnected, and if you turn on wifi, the wizard knows to use wifi over gprs, so you will not be charged. It doesn't cost you anything to leave gprs on, as long as you aren't surfing the internet.
The other thing you can do is do not disconnect from gprs. After using IE, close the browser, but don't disconnect your gprs, leave it on. I have found that after sometime it will disconnect on its own, and then I do not get the answer modem has disconnected, when I try to reconnect. And as I stated before, it does not cost you if gprs is on, as long as it is not being used.
Hope this helps.
Thanks

zakhir_n said:
The answering modem has disconnected is a common problem with WM5. There are two things you can do to solve them. Look in the WIKI for the reg tweak that leaves GPRS always on. This way it will never be disconnected, and if you turn on wifi, the wizard knows to use wifi over gprs, so you will not be charged. It doesn't cost you anything to leave gprs on, as long as you aren't surfing the internet.
The other thing you can do is do not disconnect from gprs. After using IE, close the browser, but don't disconnect your gprs, leave it on. I have found that after sometime it will disconnect on its own, and then I do not get the answer modem has disconnected, when I try to reconnect. And as I stated before, it does not cost you if gprs is on, as long as it is not being used.
Hope this helps.
Thanks
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Thank you for your reply. It would all of it make sense except that this "common problem" was not a problem at all until about a week ago. I have had this gadget for almost a year now and only now is this beginning to happen. If this was a WM5 bug, wouldn't it have been this way from the beginning? Then again, I am more of a writer than a programmer, so I am sure I wouldn't know. Still, I do know my way around computers somewhat...
I have the xda reg wizard and I have the PHM editor. I am aware (of course) of the always on tweak and I have already thought about maybe doing that. I was just hoping there was another solution.
On the plus side, I am not too worried about the cost because I have unlimited net. I figure what with a toy like this, you really need it to use the phone to its full potential.
I am curious why this problem would pop up out of nowhere? I was reading elsewhere in the forums that wisbar caused the same thing, but I am not using wisbar. During the short time I did, I didn't have that problem. I am wondering if maybe another app is getting in the way? Is it possible this is not a WM5 bug but a software conflict? I would have to hard reset and reload one at a time to find it.
But then maybe I can report back here and save others the same trouble, which I'd be happy to do.
That's interesting about how it will reconnect when it disconnects on its own. That just convinced me to edit the reg. I'll try it.
Thanks.
Meanwhile, if anyone else has an idea why this should suddenly stop working, I am still curious...?
Thomas <><
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Colonel, HOKC
Author, Soon Will Come The Light: A View From Inside The Autism Puzzle
Author, Light On The Horizon: A Deeper View From Inside The Autism Puzzle

I Found It!!!
Wahoo!!!
Took me forever, but I found the problem!
It is Photo Contacts Pro version 5.06 that is causing the problems with the internet.
If anyone else has this new version installed, please get back to me if you are having similar issues. I'd be interested in knowing.
Back to 5.02 for me, even though it has a bug in it.
I will report this to Photo Contacts Pro immediately.
Thomas <><
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Colonel, HOKC
Author, Soon Will Come the Light: A View From Inside the Autism Puzzle
Author, Light On the Horizon: A Deeper View From Inside the Autism Puzzle

Connection priority

Sorry if this post is a question that has been answered, but I searched the forum and could not find.
I am new to the HTC/Windows Mobile world so I am still getting my sea legs. From this forum I found how to setup my gprs connection and got it to work.
But what I want to do is make my phone use wifi when available and then go to gprs when no wifi is available. Is there a way to prioritize my connections like this.
Thanx for any help u can give.

I'd like to know this as well as I haven't found an answer either.

[Solved]Wlan problem - loosing connection alot

Anyone else experiencing problems with the Wlan? Everyday I have to shut down Wifi, and start Wifi again to reconnect to my router. This mostly happens after the phone has been unused for a few minutes.
When I start using the phone again, it still says i´m connected, I still have the IP, and the signalbar. But when trying to use the internet there is no connection.
My X10, asus lamborghini, hp laptop and desktop pc works flawlessly, so there cant be anything wrong with the router.
Would like to confirm that this is a general problem, and not just my phone...

I didn't have this problem until I played with the WiFi sleep policy. I switched it from 'Never' to 'Sleep when screen is off' and I then got the problem you described. I have since switched my phone back to 'Never' and the problem has gone away.

Andrew Phillips said:
I didn't have this problem until I played with the WiFi sleep policy. I switched it from 'Never' to 'Sleep when screen is off' and I then got the problem you described. I have since switched my phone back to 'Never' and the problem has gone away.
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Yeah, I have mine set to never also. Still have the same problem.

Just added a videon on youtube to show how it keeps disconnecting itself, and how I restore connection.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL-1aAQWPu0

I've got the same problem with my phone, its really annoying

There are three threads and one poll dedicated to Wi-Fi. There was no definitive answer in those threads so I doubt there will be one in this thread. Do a search.

Same problem here, not sure if it's down to running a customer rom, anyone having this problem on stock rom?

Yes I've had this problem and tried to send my phone back over it.
It appears to be a problem with WPA1 - the wifi driver hangs and the phone kills it (from adb logcat).
It happened on my home wifi - I switched it to WPA2 and it went away; however, my employer uses 802.1X and I have to use HSPDA at work as wifi keeps crashing.

Please god, not another ten pages of the same questions, theories, and debates. Here's the original Wi-Fi thread, continue your musings here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1067473

Finally solved the WLAN problem! It seems the Belkin N+ router is not fully compatible with the Galaxy S2. Bought the Asus RT-N56U router a few days ago, and the Wlan - Wifi connection to the phone has worked flawlessly since then!
So now you know!

BarryH_GEG said:
Please god, not another ten pages of the same questions, theories, and debates. Here's the original Wi-Fi thread, continue your musings here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1067473
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Yup noobs shouldn't be able to make threads...only replies on posts for a at least a year. Saves a lot of junk. Plus we get a variety of useful threads page after page.
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corb06 said:
Finally solved the WLAN problem! It seems the Belkin N+ router is not fully compatible with the Galaxy S2. Bought the Asus RT-N56U router a few days ago, and the Wlan - Wifi connection to the phone has worked flawlessly since then!
So now you know!
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Already discussed. Next time make use of the search button before making new topic please.
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Get off your high horses. I found a solution in this 'noob' thread that I did not find in the pages of waffle on the main thread.
It may have cost me £100 but it is a solution which is what some of us pragmatic types want. The rest of the high and mighty around here can cast around for an understanding of the underlying issue but some just want to get things to work and get on with our lives. Both attitudes are valid and one camp should not set themselves as more 'worthy' than the other.
A sense of superiority is seldom founded on anything useful.
"Up here for thinking, down there for dancing."

C2k6 said:
Get off your high horses. I found a solution in this 'noob' thread that I did not find in the pages of waffle on the main thread.
It may have cost me £100 but it is a solution which is what some of us pragmatic types want. The rest of the high and mighty around here can cast around for an understanding of the underlying issue but some just want to get things to work and get on with our lives. Both attitudes are valid and one camp should not set themselves as more 'worthy' than the other.
A sense of superiority is seldom founded on anything useful.
"Up here for thinking, down there for dancing."
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At least give us thread link then close this thread . I am not finding the particular NOOB thread