Hi,
Does anyone know anything about these apps and widgets that are supposed to control mobile data? I mean apps like APNdroid, Switchpro etc.
Most of them it seems are unreliable, the ones Ive looked at anyway, but the common theme for them is to change the APN. For example if I use extended controls widget to control mobile data, it changes the APN to orangeinternet[extendedcontrols] when the widget is off by default. However, when I long press on the power button, it seems mobile data is on...
I was really wondering about the impact to battery as I assume my phone is searching for a non-existant APN, if you see what I mean?
I am hoping for some expert knowledge on this, as I am using Launcherpro Plus and so cant use the sense widget, and before anyone says to long press on power button, I thik its clumsy and one click too many!
Thanks in advance!
Have you tried switch pro? It's like the power control widget but you can select what options you want,... give it a go.
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ddotpatel said:
Have you tried switch pro? It's like the power control widget but you can select what options you want,... give it a go.
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Yeah Ive tried it thanks, but again, it wasn't reliable enough for me and it changed the APN, iirc. I'm currently trying Data on Demand from the market, which you can set to turn off data when the phone sleeps, or schedule your own profile for data use.
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Hi, would like to share with you a software which is very good at controlling the usage of data. It just take one click to block data connection and another click to back to use. Search it by "Data Controller" in the market.
Or APNdroid.
Or any widget that offers data on/off (SwitchPro, Extended Controls).
Plenty to choose from.
The stock HTC mobile data connection one-click toggle widget is better than everything I've yet seen, which includes the third party apps you've both mentioned.
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The stock HTC mobile data connection one-click toggle widget is better than everything I've yet seen, which includes the third party apps you've both mentioned.
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if you are using another launcher you cant use HTC widgets thats why i use apndroid.
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if you are using another launcher you cant use HTC widgets thats why i use apndroid.
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Hold down the power button and choose turn off data connection?
3G Watchdog is my app of choice to monitor my usage
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Hold down the power button and choose turn off data connection?
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Not really comfortable, otherwise why is there a Widget of HTC doing this Function? Because it is more comfortable than holding down the stupid Power Button.
if you are using another launcher you cant use HTC widgets thats why i use apndroid.
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Yeah, that's true. If doing it the power button way is not good enough for someone, then there's no quick-screen access toggle widget with the function of the stock HTC one. I mean this one: http://yfrog.com/0ymobilewidgetp
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I've been trying to get a juicy theme going on but I'm having real trouble finding a switch to allow direct access to allow me to switch mobile data on and off.
SwitchPro doesn't allow me to do it, both "Data Connection" and "2g 3g" only switch it off for a few seconds and then it pops back up. If I then go into settings, Wireless, Mobile network shows as being ticked, yet says "Connection failed" - It is of course connected and functional.
Extended Controls 2g/3g and Data Network do exactly the same.
There is, of course, the native Sense UI widget...so how hard can it be if you don't want to use Sense?
Is there a widget out there that will allow me to directly switch Mobile Network (data) on and off from the homescreen?
Currently on latest Mocado R8 custom bake.
i had that problem before as well..what i did is remove the defualt apn and add them back manually..and the problem solve..u can try on this method..
Try APNDroid:
http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.google.code.apndroid
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Try APNDroid:
http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.google.code.apndroid
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you can change switch pro's settings to make it do the same thing as APNDroid too.
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you can change switch pro's settings to make it do the same thing as APNDroid too.
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Could you give me a quick step-by-step?
Will try apnDroid too, thanks guys.
EDIT - apndroid simply disables it for a few seconds, it then reconnects.
widget didnt do anything.
I need one because you have to press and hold the power button and it seems a bit rough on it and we all know that these little buttons always go bad so a widget would be great for relieving the burdon on the power button.
any other suggestions, for a rooted evo?
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.
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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.
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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
Hi,
since 2.3.+ android doesn't allow other applications to start gps with one click. Instead of starting gps you are lead to the gps settings and there you have to start it manually. Another solution is to switch it on and never shut it down so that apps can use it without asking.
That made me crazy and so I tried to find a workaround and it worked. Some time ago I bought "SwitchPro Widget". After installing it I moved it from data/app to system/app and change the owner from system to root (two times). After a reboot I can use the widget to switch it on/of with on click.
Maybe this will work with some other widgets, but I haven't tried that.
Hope this will help others with the same problem.
scorpie
WiFi OnOff 2.2.0 simple and fast 1x1 widget free in market and the possibilities are endless including SwitchPro Widget also works on my phone without menu pop up u know what i mean.
Or yet could just use the button on the drop down notification thing that's been in all Samsung Roms.
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That's news to me. I have a few different widgets and they can still toggle gps with one click. What source says Gingerbread breaks/blocks that?
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what's the point of turning GPS off anyway?
To stop some app turning it on whilst you're not looking?
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what's the point of turning GPS off anyway?
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To save battery duh!
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@hellcry30
I tried WiFi OnOff and guess what, it did nothing. Just turning green for on and red for off and nothing changed. Not working for me like the most widgets that I have tried.
@rustyshack3
which widgets r u using
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@hellcry30
I tried WiFi OnOff and guess what, it did nothing. Just turning green for on and red for off and nothing changed. Not working for me like the most widgets that I have tried.
@rustyshack3
which widgets r u using
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"Power Control" and "GPS Toggle" on my D2G.
I played around with a handful of widgets for radio controls and I dont remember which was the preloaded app.
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Pretty sure the one click on/off was a froyo thing. Apparently an operating system hole or w/e was used to be able to do this, but was patched in gingerbread that's why all apps now take you to the settings page to turn gps on/off.
Working like a charm!
Thx scorpie67!
I'm using Tasker with "Secure Settings" application.It allows me to turn GPS on and off automatically, eg.when launching Navigation
@yani2000
You are welcome
In s7 edge t mobile version there is no data toggle in notification panel.
We have to go all the way back to settings to turn it on.
Since the root is achieved is there any way to bring back the toggle???
Thanks
Should be able to decompile the system ui and activate it.
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Install Good Lock from the galaxy store. No root required.
Tmo bastards removed it.. I've asked @jds3118 to put this feature in his Echoe rom(btw check it out it's great). I'm an optimist that we will have this feature soon enough!
Just curious
What is the reason you would like a data toggle? Do you roam around in the mountains? I just turn the phone off when I'm in the remote places of the world. But mostly, I just use wifi at home which shuts down data, and when I leave house turn off wifi, which enables data and allows me to use my android radio and maps and stream. So what is the reason for a switch, I have a widget set that includes that switch, I'll check for you to find which one it is but I think it is called Beautiful widgets, or it may be in Fancy widgets. I use to use that switch all the time back many years ago but find no reason to use it anymore.
Is there any way for non rooted phone.????
I do use good lock but i dnt like stock android look i prefer touchwiz ui..
I always switch btwn data and wifi whole day...so i need that toggle in notification panel
Check out what I did here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjwbs8qwd2o this is the closest I have got with out root. it works pretty well.
ok guys i have a trick not original but it does give faster access to data toggler not on the notification bar but on home screen i came up with this after reading this tread=
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-s7-edge/help/built-caller-id-hidden-t3357996[/url] for the incoming caller ID hack. well with that app i did a data search look for phone com.android phone then you click on it to branch it then tap on mobile data then create short cut and bingo no more clicks after clicks then i found a image of a setting with the data toggler image took a picture of it edit it to smaller size and swap it with the phone image like i said not perfect but it will do for me. hope this help others her is image of it maybe somebody can make a nicer data icon image been this thread was all ready started i didn't want to start a new one
Or use good lock and enable quick settings tab.
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i thought this would be help full to some
Power Toggles gives you this option as well as a bunch of other useful Toggles. Accessible right from the notification swipe down as well as widgets. No root required
Dbeayon said:
Power Toggles gives you this option as well as a bunch of other useful Toggles. Accessible right from the notification swipe down as well as widgets. No root required
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GOOD LOCK is not just a lock screen like I thought.
IT GIVE YOU MOBILE DATA QUICK TOGGLE
the default them looks CRAPPY AS all can be, see my screen shots after I changed it.
I'm a happy camper
Mobile data toggle is absent in nougat too for tmo...i wrote suggestion to add the toggle.. and also good lock is not present in nougat...
Isn't there any other method like to edit some Xml files in order to see the toggle? This is a carrier 'feature' and I think is not that hard to enable it, if you know where to look...
Anybody?
Toggle Cellular Data On/Off Using the Nougat Notification Shade
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Mobile data toggle is absent in nougat too for tmo...i wrote suggestion to add the toggle.. and also good lock is not present in nougat...
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I have Nougat on my Moto Z. The notification shade has 2 positions, 1) partly down, and 2) all the way down. I placed the Cellular Data icon in the first row. When I pull the notification shade down once (i.e. part way down) and double click on the Cellular Data icon, it toggles Cellular Data on and off.
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Isn't there any other method like to edit some Xml files in order to see the toggle? This is a carrier 'feature' and I think is not that hard to enable it, if you know where to look...
Anybody?
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You will need root otherwise cant do this. You need to edit the others.xml file in System/CSC on your device. When you open the others.xml you will see the csc code. Edit the line that says ConfigDefQuickSettingItem and add MobileData on the end. After editing make sure to set permissions if they changed to 644. I used root explorer to do all this. After editing the CSC go into settings, general then reset settings on your device. When it reboots go to edit the quick setting icons and the Mobile Data Icon will be there.
<CscFeature_SystemUI_ConfigDefQuickSettingItem>W if i,Location,SilentMode,RotationLock,Bluetooth,WifiC alling,PowerSaving,AirplaneMode,Performance,Flashl ight,Nfc,Sync,BlueLightFilter,Aod,AllShareCast,Per sonalMode,DeviceVisibility,DormantMode,UltraPowerS aving,MobileData</CscFeature_SystemUI_ConfigDefQuickSettingItem>
Thanks Naruto. But do you know, is it possible to root Android Nougat?
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What is the reason for needing a mobile data toggle? At idle, phones do not consume alot of data. An unlimited plan can be had on this device for $65 with Cricket. Even without unlimited, I do not understand the need for the toggle? In what instance would you like the mobile data turned off?
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Thanks Naruto. But do you know, is it possible to root Android Nougat?
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It will never happen unless they do like they did for the S5. Flash back to MM, install flashfire, then flash a N rom. I doubt there will ever be a N root. Plus its new, even if there was, it would be months from now until it would happen.
I want to turn off data when I do not need it. I do the same with the WiFi. It is not related to my data plan but to the battery life I have which is very poor.
Disabled most of the bloatware and still get 2-3 h of SOT maximum.
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Ouch, sorry to hear that. Do you use snapchat and facebook? I hear those destroy your battery. Can you post a screenshot of your battery usage by app? Im sure the people here will know exactly what it is. I can leave my data on and only lose 4 percent overnight in 7.5 hours just idle with data on.