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How to create a shortcut to activate wifi

Hi there,
I would know if someone know how to create a shortcut for toggle wifi (activate and desactivate)
Thanks

I've read several threads/posts in these forums and it seems no-one has been able to come up with a way to do it. At the moment, ONLY the comm manager can turn wifi on/off.

pocketAlarm, has a today plugin which toggles wifi from a press of a single button on the Today screen, with some of its newest skins.
However, the feature does not work on all devices, but the list is expanding, so you might want to check it out.
Cheers.

Whats wrong with just clicking on the gprs icon and then turn on wifi ?

knowsleyroader said:
Whats wrong with just clicking on the gprs icon and then turn on wifi ?
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That still translate to four taps, not just one.
1. Click GPRS
2. Click Comm Manager
3. Click on WIFI toggle
4. Close Comm Manager (optional)

Rayan said:
knowsleyroader said:
Whats wrong with just clicking on the gprs icon and then turn on wifi ?
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That still translate to four taps, not just one.
1. Click GPRS
2. Click Comm Manager
3. Click on WIFI toggle
4. Close Comm Manager (optional)
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2 Clicks on mine.
Click GPRS icon on top menu bar.
Click on Turn on wifi.
Thats it !

In my T-Mobile 2.24 Extended Rom there are 2 executables, one to turn Wifi on and one turn Wifi off.
I will look them up for you tomorrow, I will post them in this thread.

Well molski can you upload the two executables please !!!
I will look if is work on my wizard

Here you go Kheops.
I tried both files and they both work perfect on my Wizard.

Thanks a lot mister Molski

have you a toggler?

Damn, those apps do nothing on mine (8125 w/Molski 2.26 ROM).
Sigh.
//Adam F

but there is still a problem that you must turn WIFI on for the first time after reboot, or no link will work, right? that was a problem on 2.3 i know, but the new os maybe got that fixed...
P.

check out vijay's app
Vijay555 has an app called VJVolubilis.exe which does pretty much what your looking for, as well as toggling bluetooth, etc. It has a wifi toggle feature, but unfortunatly doesn't seem to work on Wizards. However, the "wifi on" and "wifi off" work fine. Some people have reported not being able to use the "wifi on" feature after a soft reset until they manually turned on their wifi at least once. This can be fixed with a registry tweak that I'm too lazy to look up right now, however I found it previously on this forum with a search. If I have time I'll look it up and post in the morning (almost bedtime here in the U.S. Eastern Time Zone). The trick to this app is to create a shortcut with command line parameters to either turn on or turn off. I use claunch on my today screen where I have a wifi on, wifi off, blutooth toggle, and "make bluetooth discoverable" icons. These are on my "wireless" tab in claunch. Totally rocks.

Easy with SKSchema
SKSchema comes with a wifitoggle program. Of course it only works if you have skschema installed.

I couldn;t find one that worked the way I wanted, so I ended up using PhoneAlarm.

WiFi on/off on HTC home plugin?

Hi all..
I was wondering if there was a way to add a shortcut to the Kaiser HTC Home Plgin installed on my trinity to turn the WiFi directly on & off without the need of running the comm manager.
Thanks

Hi,you can use aebuttonsplus and attribuate to hardware key,bluetooth and wifi connections.

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Hi,you can use aebuttonsplus and attribuate to hardware key,bluetooth and wifi connections.
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Well, that's obviously not what I wanted, but thanks.. I already use the hardware buttons.

I tried a couple of different plugins, but found that SPB Phone Suite was the only one that worked for me. It's not a direct button like PhoneAlarm was supposed to be, but a two-step process - you have to tap the communication button on screen and then tap 'turn on wifi'. It's faster than the comm manager tho.

I see.
It's very strange, i never thought a simple action like this could be so complicated

try to use phone weaver! Nice today plugin with small icons....and with one click you can turn wi-fi on/off.

This is what you're after go to http://www.vijay555.com/?Releases:VJVolubilis for info.

wifi activation via hard/softkey

hey hey,
i'm using a sense 2.1 rom (gen.y d2 r5.3 - thanks man, nice work ) and i wonder wether there is a way to map a soft/hardkey to activate/deactivate wi-fi without taking all the way through the comm manager or the wi-fi settings.
would be magnificent since i frequently switch wi-fi on and off and it's kinda annoying the regular way
thanks a lot

Trying to do the same thing, I found this:
Touch X reset and wifi.cab -adds shortcuts for quick reset and WiFi on/off, nice to have on new program tab..
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I'm not sure if it will work on sense 2.1, but on sense 2.5, it adds a toggle, with work similary to a application shortcut, appart from that it doesn't launch anything, it just toogles the wifi on and off.
Smabergs list of [Sense 2.5 tweaks & mods] [CABS] contains a lot useful stuff for sense 2.5 (though not all of it works on the diamond), I suspect that some if it might work on the 2.1 too

thanks. I was looking for something similar!
I'd like to ask another thing. Is there a way to make the diamond search for a wifi connection before connecting to the gprs internet? In other words, when a connection is needed it should switch on the wifi radio (if it is off) instead of searching a gprs connection.
Do you think it's possible?

sorry for me taking so long.
well, yeah, thanks man! that was exactly what i was looking for.

To use Hardware buttons for switching wifi on/off I use AEButton plus (use forum search). A very nice pieco of software
I have Wifi on/off on long press volume down and bluetooth on/off on long press volume up.

[Q] What else does the toolbar widget do?

sorry for the noob question i did try a search & read the wiki trouble is my question is "what is this" so rather hard to search, when the question is what is it!!!
on the start home screen there's a 5 item widget/toolbar that has
- wifi
- blueTh
- ?
- ?
- screen brightness
What are the 2 items that i only have question marks for, i've pressed them but what do they do (other than nothing obvious)?
Thanks in advance....

I'm pretty sure one is to enable data on mobile networks, the 2nd is to enable apps (eg gmail, maps etc) to sync using data on mobile networks or wifi.
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

cheers,
not sure though....
the 3rd & 4th buttons really dont seem to do anything even when plugged into the pc, what happens when you press them on yours?
thanks again

wifi, bluetooth, gps, sync, brightness

is there any way to edit those functions? or add/take away our own?
i'd love to swap a data connection on/off for that sync button.

krrrk said:
is there any way to edit those functions? or add/take away our own?
i'd love to swap a data connection on/off for that sync button.
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Noooooo not on a Stock rom mate

yeah, I looked around a little today. Looks like the OS doesn't allow access to turning data on/off from anywhere but the settings menu. I found an app that just created a shortcut to the data menu. Works for me.

+1
I found 2g/3g in the market that links directly to the data menu & placed it on my homescreen
elegant? no - does the job? yes

[Q] 3g deactivate internet and not the phone

hi,
On my samsung p1000 I could simply use the side button and push deactivate internet connection. A really useful function to spare battery. On 7.7 i cannot see this function. What is please the best way app or eventually widget to switch off internet easy? Thanks

beautiful widget pack has a toggle for it. It just switches your apn when u click it.