I have free unlimited data for a few months, but when it is over I would like my phone to never connect to the internet through the carrier unless I specifically tell it to (Prefer to use the WiFi feature). Is there a setting, registry hack or other way that I can do this. I appologize if this is not a mogul specific question, I just figured it would be hardware specific.
yeah, there are a few free programs i've found on on xda that allow you to disable the gprs, etc... then all you have to do flick on your wifi switch and you're good to go.
I've attached a copy of the program that i personally use. I found it on this site but i don't have a clue what thread it was....
what i've done is after installing the program i set the "voice dail" button on my phone to activate the NoData program instead. Then i can easily toggle off the services i wish to use.... keeping them turned off also increases your battery life tremendously
Thanks for the reply. I tried that app, the connection that came up was CDMA1X so I disbled it, and then went to internet explorer it still browsed the web without a wifi connection, so I assume this didn't work.
Do you have sprint? If so, I'm not sure why you're phone would have a different setup than mine. When using that program i have two listings come up: 1. Phone as Modem, 2. Sprint PCS.
If i disable both i get only wifi.
thanks
I have Telus in Canada.
jjlwork said:
I have Telus in Canada.
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ok i just played around with my phone a little more and have one other idea.
begin by tapping: start>settings>connections tab>connections>manage existing connections
select one of the options in the list and then tap the "proxy settings" tab.
uncheck the box "This network connects to the internet".
Repeat for each connection.
Hopefully this will solve your problem
I tried that too, unfortunately when I close the connections settings and go back in the check mark is back.
Hi, I'm not sure if you have solved this problem already but, somehow I did. I went to manage existing connections and assign a username and password . So now whenever, it tries to connect on the dial up (cdma1x), it prompts for a password, just press "cancel". I also have some programs for different home screens and contacts manager if you're interested.
YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! This program has allowed me to kill all apps from using the data connection which lets USB Modem actually WORK on my Mogul! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
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Hi, i have a very strange and unpleasant problem with my Hermes.. At home I am using my wifi connection to receive mails etc. My Hermes connects to the wifi network normally, but when I want to use internet connection (IE, Outlook..) it will start GPRS. I have to turn wifi of and back on to be able to use it. It is pretty annoying as you can imagine. Now I am using latest Tytn WWE rom, but i have had same problems with T-mobile rom.
My old Wizard is connecting normally and has never done something stupid like this Do anyone have some clue what may cause this strange behaviour?
Have you confirmed that the home WiFi connection is configured as 'Connects to: The Internet'? In comm manager turn off the WiFI then go into settings/connections/Network Cards and you will be presented with all the networks used or previously found by your TyTn wireless card.
Select you named home wireless connection and you will be presented with the screen "Configure Wireless Network". Make sure that the entry against "Connects to:" i sset to The Internet - then press OK (top right), then dismiss the settings windows.
Try the connection again - it worked for me a while back. If already set at "connects to the Internet" then try deleting the settings and creating the entry again: press and hold on the connection (your home WiFi) then select "Remove Settings". Then turn on networked and set it up again remembering to select "connects to the Internet" when asked during the configuration of the WiFi connection. Of course you will again be prompted for a network key if you have a secure wireless router.
- if you all this then sorry but you didn't say. Hope it helps
I have already set it to connect to the internet few days ago. But i will try to remove those settings and do it again.. Hope it will solve the problem.
Thanks for your help. I'll report later..
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I have already set it to connect to the internet few days ago. But i will try to remove those settings and do it again.. Hope it will solve the problem.
Thank's for your help. I'll report later..
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Mine does the same thing and I am set the same way, even though it connects to GPRS etc it still uses the WiFi (ran speed test on IE to confirm)
Hi
I hear good things about Danielherrero's bandswitch app. This is a long thread and I think there are revisions along the way so best read through a sample of the pages:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=286844&highlight=danielherrero
Whether it will solve your particular issue I don't know - but worth a look?
Mike
mikechannon said:
Hi
I hear good things about Danielherrero's bandswitch app. This is a long thread and I think there are revisions along the way so best read through a sample of the pages:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=286844&highlight=danielherrero
Whether it will solve your particular issue I don't know - but worth a look?
Mike
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Hmm.. I am already using that band switcher. Really a great program but unfortunatelly it cannot solve this issue.
But.. I can see a light at the end of the tunnel I've deleted my network settings and than set it again. And now it seems to be working! Hmm.. cannot be quite sure if it isn't just lucky day, but I've tested it more than 10 times and it seems to be OK.
Anyway... thanks for your help
Hopefully it will continue to work.
PS Is "cancer man" still alive or have the ciggies killed him off?
Mike
Glad to hear it worked OK. I too found it was teh only way to get mine initially working - since deleting and recreating the link it has worked OK (3 mths plus)
Aaah.. I heard that cancer man is still alive. But.. trust no one Hope he will not follow the Marlboro Man..
And by the way.. After few hours it still seems to be working. Thanks guys!!
Out of a month of use it has happened to me only once. I just turned off wifi then turned it back on. I believe the tytn is not recognising that it has a valid Internet connection.
last year my daughter's fiance wanted a wizard so i gave her one to give to him.
she broke up before she gave it to the guy.
now my daughter has a new almost fiance and this guy got the wizard.
he is complaining that sometimes the wizard connects to cingular data and not to wifi.
of course he doesn't want to pay the cingular data charges so how do i disable that and limit his connectibility to wifi.
do i just make sure the data connection is turned off in connection manager or is there a better way.
thanks
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he is complaining that sometimes the wizard connects to cingular data and not to wifi.
of course he doesn't want to pay the cingular data charges so how do i disable that and limit his connectibility to wifi.
do i just make sure the data connection is turned off in connection manager or is there a better way.
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Look for a cab called Modaco NoData. It allows you to turn off data access to whichever methods you don't want. I can post the cab later today. Its also found built into my xda mobile 6 rom.
thanks for the response.
i tried to download it from modaco but got an error message even though i was logged in.
finally found it on a european site and grabbed it.
thanks again.
i tried to install the cab on my g4 8125 with wm6.
NoData does not run properly.
i get a NullReferenceException
with a couple of more lines that start with System.Windows.Forms.Form etc.
any ideas how to fix this program in wm6 or turn off the edge a different way.
thanks
an old solution to this use to be to go to settings --> connections --> connections --> advanced. then from there click on select rules and change it so that both settings are set as "My Work Network". setting it to my network only connected via wifi or when wired...since i think the my isp setting might have the wireless service information.
not a 100% guarantee, since i don't use the internet either, but i've always set it this way and haven't had any connections to the internet. even when i open up ie, it doesn't try to connect to anything.
I recently went through my wizard and modified the internet settings to allow me to connect through GPRS on T-Mobile's $5.99/mo plan...
Well, good news is that the GPRS works flawlessly (havn't tried my imap mail yet but I can really care less if it works.)
The bad news being that ever since I modified those settings, the WiFi connection refuses to load anything through IE. Any ideas?
Edit:
Ok, so the gist of things is that everything is working as it should be. I figured I'd link to the resources needed to set up your internet with t-mobile using the 5.99/mo plan first. One step I don't think this lists is this though: Head on over you t-mobile.com and login to my-tmobile. Change your phone from your MDA to something like a RAZR etc etc. This will allow you to select the 5.99/mo internet package (t-zones). Then follow the steps in this thread to set up your MDA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=315401
THEN to automaticly disable the proxy while using WiFi (a must if you plan on using both on a regular basis), download the current version of battery status ATTACHED to the first post of the thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=270751 Enjoy
Unfortunately, the wizard is a bit weird. I have a Dash, and I never had an issue, but, with the Wizard, or TMO MDA, you have to disable the proxy in order for the WIFI to connect to your home network, or any other network for that matter. I was frustrated too, until i found out that was the issue.
Hope it helps.
yep, solved the problem. Now is there any way around this? or do I just need to keep changing the proxy when I want to use GPRS?
If you have batterystatus installed go in to options and then the tools tab and it has a disable proxy over wifi tool. I'm not sure if it works though, I've never tried it out.
I DO have battery status...I'll have to check it out and give it a good test over the next 24hrs and I'll report back
update: just ran in my room and pulled my wiz of the charger. the battery status doesn't seem tl have an option under any of the tabs. I'll have to make sure I have an updated version come morning and I'll go from there
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I noticed that when I turn off the proxy server, it seems to forget all the information I put in...so when I want to use gprs again, I can't without imputing all the proxy information again. Is there a stand alone program that makes the wizard ignore the proxy when WiFi is active?
That's an easy one to fix. Just set up a second t-mobile modem connection and have the first one use the proxy and have the second one not use a proxy and just change the modem connetion under connections to whichever one you need to use. By the way, I tested the batterystatus no proxy when connected to wifi and it does work. If yours doesn't have that option under the tools tab then you just need to download a newer version. Here's the link to the BS thread that alweays has the newest build - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=270751.
Turns out that instead of clicking the link the original poster posted on the BS thread, I needed to DL the beta version that was attached! I now see the option you were talking about for disabling the proxy. Tx.
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If you have batterystatus installed go in to options and then the tools tab and it has a disable proxy over wifi tool. I'm not sure if it works though, I've never tried it out.
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Thanks for the info. For the longest time I kept removing the proxy settings so the wifi would connect but then I would have to re-enter once I was going to use GPRS. This certainly saves time and headaches.
Hi,
There's a lot of people asking how can I disable my data connection, but keep MMS capabilities, and the short answer has generally been "you can't"
They're wrong.
YOU CAN....!
This works for me...
1. Keep all your data connections to their maufacturer default - whatever they happen to be.
2. Go to Settings \ Connections \ Advanced TAB
3. Select Networks
4. Change "programs that automatically connect to the internet should connect using" to My Home Network (this is your WiFi connection)
5. Hit Edit, then go to the Proxy Settings TAB
6. This is the most important part - Tick: "This network connects to the internet"
7. Hit ok and you're done...
Trust me, this works. I had my set up like this for a while and never had any problem - I could send and recieve MMS and would only connect to WiFi for data (or via ActiveSync)
The other day, I re-flashed my device, and found that today I was somehow connected to a data download (had been for 90 long and expensive minutes)
I finally narrowed it down to step 6 and now the problem is gone...!
Try it for yourself - follow my settings, then try to connect to the internet - it won't work... now try to send an MMS to yourself - not only will it send, but you will also receive it back...
I hope this helps you as much as it has helped me...
Let me know if you do or don't have any success this way...
Cheers
BTW - if you find it's not working, repeat steps 4 to 5 with all your data connections, but make sure step 6 is un-ticked...
or use nodata
head over to modaco.com and search for nodate
Thanks so much! Seems to work perfectly so far. I was looking for this the other day and gave up. Just randomly decided to look in the General discussion area, lucky me
This will not work on the default VZW rom.
Verizon has an app that will go and change the data settings EVERY time you go and reset your phone. This really ticks me off because I have to have my data totally disabled.
If there was an app that changed the default connection every time the phone started up, there may be hope for us pissed off Verizon suckers....
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This will not work on the default VZW rom.
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Flash a new ROM...
Sounds to me line Verizon have a vested interest in you downloading data...
Have you tried Advanced Configuration Tool 3.3 (or NoData - as mentioned above) for permenantly switching these off... Might be what you need
SBSH PhoneWeaver (which isn't free) can be used to set profiles, including the defualt data connection, which will do this after a soft reset. Download a trial and see if it works...
I'm not interested in flashing a new rom. (I've already done a more thorough version of your hack to a cooked rom.) I'm on a Sprint Touch Pro and love the fast Verizon Manila (I've searched forever and there is no cab or theme ).
However I might end up calling up Visual Studio and coding something to fix this pain in the neck problem! I know it happens in a few custom roms too.
Thanks, I was looking for this option for a while now but I couldn't find it myself.
thx a lot, just caught mine data connected this morning for 15 mn again, right after I was to far from my wifi !
crazy phone !! but we still love it
Is there anyway to make the phone connect to the internet using wifi before it will use alltel?
I know how to set my wifi adapter to access the internet.. But alltel data is always active and I cannot even utilize the wifi feature.
The only way i have been able to get it to use Wifi for internet is if I delete the alltel data settings. But i need them inthere incase I am not bear an open access point.
Ive searched the forum and found no relavent information. If I have missed it, please direct me to it... Thanks!
Just delete the connection. If you have a stock rom the connection will come back on its own after a restart. If on custom rom then just install an alltel carrier cab if you want it back.
So there isnt any way to keep the data and make it secondary? I go in and out of wifi coverage all day and it would be nice to have it connect to data if needed. thanks for the reply.
not that i know of
nodata utility. Lets you disable your data and just use wifi. Then when you want it back you just toggle it to enable. Worked good for me
http://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-software/246171/new-free-utility-nodata/
i love how people are so quick to say "no, no & no"
then they get schooled from the autumnal equinox of 2006
nice application
i knew i had seen it before
but didn't have the linkopottamus
i love how people are so quick to say "no, no & no"
then they get schooled from the autumnal equinox of 2006
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Lol, thanks for the info, i havent been here in a couple days, but I will try it out...
I had my internet setup to use wifi before i flashed my phone the last time, but when I deleted the data connection this time, it did not work..
I obviously did something else and I cant remember what it was. I found where I could "delete settings" for alltel even after I deleted the main connection. I think that did it..
Now after that I could connect to facebook app via wifi, but IE would not work.. For that I had to go in and change the way apps that need to connect to a private network to My ISP as well.
It just seems to me that there is an easy way to do this... Would also be nice to be able to tell and change whether a program is connecting automatically to the internet or private network. I wonder if that is a registry setting that can be changed..
I also just have removed the password from the data connection. Rarely, I mean rare, when I use data as I enabled WiFi first. If I really want to use data, I punch in the password.
There was also a real cool app I saw that I forgot to tag the thread. But it would do things based on the cell tower you were using. I thought it might have had controls for WiFi as well, it definitely did for ring setting.