Hi,
are there any application to control different phone profile.
i would like to have at least three profile
a) in my home phone should ring, wireless connection should be via desired wifi connection (blue tooth and data connection via tmobile should be disable)
b) when i am in the car I need blue tooth enable, wifi disable
c) when i am at work, bluetooth disable, wifi disable, and data connectin via tmobile disable.
etc...
please advice me whether there is a application to do this.
thanks
ooo7
Toggle Settings from the market seems to do most of this, although not sure about turning off the data connection. You can set it to 2G though.
I think Locale would do some too - it can be set to behave in a certain way when at a certain location - I've NEVER used it though, just read about other users using it for this kind of function so check it out
hi,
thanks for your quick responses.
yes local will do some of it, but i mainly needed to change profile as an when i needed, i.e. not based on geographical location.
if you come across any other application please let me know. i am sure this sort of application will be really useful for lot of other people.
regards
ooo7
You can also try "Ear" it does almost everything except the data connection part
the 5 widgets you can get (hold finger on empty space -> htc widget -> settings) will do this... sure, you don't get the benefit of pre-sets (there _will_ be an app that will do this, somewhere) but it's totally flexible
you can certainly do the "wifi on / bluetooth & data off" and vice versa for leaving the house via locale... might be able to get by with manual toggles after that (or also have a location for work)
location works great!
try it!
im using stock orange ROM, and i listen to net radio a fair bit at work.
the other day, i had a scenario where i'd of liked to stream net radio via wifi on my HD.
problem is, when using my HD, i always hit the power button (so screen goes off/device locked), but this disables the the wifi connection, and would obviously drop the free wifi connection, and swap to the chargable GSM network.
i'd prefer the wifi to only be active with that certain program running, so if i do forget to turn it off when i exit media player, it wont reduce battery life needlessly.
so, how does one keep wifi enabled&connected, with a specific program running (media player), and lock the device from accidental presses while in a pocket?
Hi,
i'd like to save some battery on my desire and i think WiFi is draining the battery a lot.
Like many people i use wifi only at home but i forget to turn off wifi often and then the phone is searching for new wifi networks all the time.
Is there an app out there which turns off wifi automatically when a certain wifi network is out of range? Switching on manually is no problem, cause when i use internet at home i realize quick that i am on 3G and not Wifi. I think there is no way for an auto-on/auto-off.
Any ideas?
thanks
There's an app called Sweet Dreams that turn Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/Ringer/ on or off based on some things like current day, hour of the day, location, sound in the room, movement of the handset.
It's more focused on saving battery and turning sound down when you sleep but works perfectly for what you need.
There's also something like Locale
thx, but i think both apps use GPS for the Location which drains the battery again
A Simple:
If wifi XXX is out of range for more than 5 minutes -> turn off wifi
Or you can use "Setting Profiles" which I use and prefer much more over "Locale"
With Setting Profiles you have the option to save a location based on either
Lat/lon or Cells ids or WIFI location.
Also has reverse logic
Info:
***.probeez.com
(replace *** with www as I am not allowed to post external links)
Best program in Market for this if you ask me.
How the hell do you set this up
LOL. I wanted to turn wifi off when away from home
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Might be easier to help you if you also tell us what program your trying to setup
y5 battery saver - used it on my g1 and hero with perfect results
more info: http://y5.polidea.pl/
y5 seems a good little app, will try it out this evening, thanks for the tip stingerpl
setting profiles its the app im trying too setup
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watercool said:
thx, but i think both apps use GPS for the Location which drains the battery again
A Simple:
If wifi XXX is out of range for more than 5 minutes -> turn off wifi
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Well both have the option of using GPS but it can work just fine with cell triangulation. If your GPS is off it can work just fine based only on approximation from GSM towers, similar to what Google Maps does for the "My Location" feature.
Guitarfreak26 said:
setting profiles its the app im trying too setup
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Well if you want it to turn off WIFI when your leaving home and get out of reach of your WIFI you do the following:
1. Press "locations" and press the menu button and press "New location". Choose "Wi-Fi AP Identified" and put a mark where it says the name of you WiFI at home. and name it like "Home"
2. Now press the profiles button and create 2 profiles. First one you can call "At Home" and set it up like you want you telefon with WiFi enabled and so on when your at home.
Next create another profile and call it something like " Away from Home" and set it up with WiFi disabled and so on like you want it.
3. Now press the "Rules" button and press menu again and create a new rule.
Again press "Menu" and then "Add condition" and choose location you just created before.
Now press Menu and choose "add action" and choose "Activate profile" and choose the profile "At Home" that you created before.
4. Now press the "Rules" button and press menu again and create a new rule.
Again press "Menu" and then "Add condition" and choose location you just created before. But this time put a mark in "Inverse condition logic"
Now press Menu and choose "add action" and choose "Activate profile" and choose the profile "Away from Home" that you created before.
Now your telefon is set to turn off Wifi and what else you want off when you leave reach of your network at home and also it is set to turn back WiFi on when you get back home in reach of your network.
Simple once you learn the logic of setting up profiles and so on. And extremely powerfull as you can basicly set and rule and action for anything you want and get it to do anything you want.
Hope that helped a bit.
Ahh i see.. Ive set that up..
Now i need to figure a way to turn bluetooth on when im in the car lol...
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Well if you want it to turn off WIFI when your leaving home and get out of reach of your WIFI you do the following:
1. Press "locations" and press the menu button and press "New location". Choose "Wi-Fi AP Identified" and put a mark where it says the name of you WiFI at home. and name it like "Home"
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That isn't going to work, when coming back from 'Away from Home' the wifi is in an off state therefore it won't detect that it is back in the home wifi range.
You need to set-up lon/lat for the wifi to turn back on again.
Ive set it up with location.. surely tht needs gps on tho?
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Ive set it up with location.. surely tht needs gps on tho?
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No, I think it works out your location using the mobile network masts
I thought the HTC desire switched over to the 3G network when out of range of the wifi anyway.
How do you know for sure that it continues scanning for a wireless network?
And if this is certain, does it do this only when the phone is on and not in stand-by?
I think the best way to approach this is something like Nokia have.
Get the networks (wifi or 3g) in order of preference to connect. Then when sync is need if you have wifi network in a major priority of an 3g, the phone try to connect first to the wifi, if not in range go to 3g.
i downloaded the y5 app form the market and used it for a full day, i say it works amazing like how you want it...
at first i thought it was not working because when i was out of range, the wifi didnt turn off...but i found out why
when you first got your y5 app, open it and it will auto remember your wifi AP(if you are connected to the wifi AP when opening the app)
ok now the tricky part is setting it to turn off, you have to go out of range from the wifi(just go out the house until there is clearly no signal), then manually turn off the wireless.....
ok now go back into the wifi range, voila it will turn itself back on! and go away from it, will turn wifi off!
=D tried and tested....
ps: if you dont manually turn it off when you go out of range for the first time, it somehow wont auto turn wifi off after that......for me at least...
Does it have to be automatic? ToggleWifi shows a not connected icon in the topbar when you have wifi on and not connected. And it is not a widget, so you can customize the icon for wifi (which acts as a wifi toggle)
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I thought the HTC desire switched over to the 3G network when out of range of the wifi anyway.
How do you know for sure that it continues scanning for a wireless network?
And if this is certain, does it do this only when the phone is on and not in stand-by?
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- cause i get a notification when an open wifi is awailable, and in addition, how should the phone know that i am at home without scanning (and do an auto connect)?
- second is true, i set at the wifi-policies that wifi is turned off when in standby
hi, i have a Froyo HTC Desire there's a couple of thing I want to know.
I usually have a lot of correspondence via email (especially multiple gmail accounts) and i use my phone primarily when at home or on the go.
i set autosync and background data enabled all the time and set to update on very little intervals.
next, at work, i'll be relocated to a spot in the office that doesn't get any 3g/2g reception at all. and since i can access my mail through PC, i'm planning to just switch my phone to Flight mode while on my desk.
now my question. i've read a hundred times that Autosync eats a lot of jiuce. IF I put my phone in flight mode, and have no active connections or means to connect to any network, will Autosync still persist on connecting / syncing and drain my battery? or do i also have to manually turn background sync and autosync off?
if yes, is there an app that will disable Autosync persistence if flightmode is on or wifi/APN is off?
thanks in advance
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Hi,
If I understand correctly you want to switch off any data communication of your phone.
I use a combination :
Sync Settings Version 1.0 - Free App
It places on your desktop a widget with 4 options.
wifi - on\off
Blu Tooth - on\off
Gps - on\off
Sync - Enable ..lets apps sync (incl Gmail.) Disable it disallows.
Brightness - quick controll over screen brightness
The second App I use is the DCSwitch - Free App
Creator described it best:
Code:
DCSwitch turns your data channel on/off to save battery power and/or bytes on a limited data plan.
Similar apps mangle the APN list of your phone, potentially leaving it with corrupt entries.
DCSwitch uses android's undocumented services to enable/disable the data connection in a clean, mean and concise manner.
With usig both of this apps ive been able to boost my battery life Alot. Also save some money on traffic.
Hope this helps you.
rgrds!
I must be missing it somewhere, but I cannot seem to find where to turn off just the cellular radio on the N7 3G.
To save battery, I'd like to turn off the cellular radio and only use Wi-Fi when I'm at home. I can go into settings, and under Wireless and Networks I can go into Data usage and turn off mobile data there, but I still get a status bar icon with signal strength for cellular. That leads me to believe the radio is still powered on and scanning for a signal. That has to use some power.
I found I can turn on Airplane mode which turns off everything and then turn Wi-Fi back on. This seems like a really strange way to turn off the cellular radio. Every other device I've had there was a place to turn the cellular radio on and off. So then when away from home I can turn off Airplane mode and turn off Wi-Fi.
If anyone has a better way to do this, let me know.
I'm running a stock 4.2 ROM that has been rooted.
The airplane + WiFi method is the one I've always used on Androids. Are there other Androids with such an option in the standard user facing menus?
Anyway in the Testing menu (easy way to access is with the app "Phone Info") under Tablet information there is a "turn off radio" button. That seems to kill the cell signal while leaving WiFi on. Go back to the same place to turn it back on.
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cmstlist said:
The airplane + WiFi method is the one I've always used on Androids. Are there other Androids with such an option in the standard user facing menus?
Anyway in the Testing menu (easy way to access is with the app "Phone Info") under Tablet information there is a "turn off radio" button. That seems to kill the cell signal while leaving WiFi on. Go back to the same place to turn it back on.
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My HTC One X has an entry for Mobile Networks with an on/off control near the top on my settings screen. HTC also supplies widgets to toggle on and off all the radios of their phones. There is one called Mobile Network that will toggle the cellular radio.
Has anyone seen a set of widgets that I can install to toggle Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, and the Mobile Network that works with the N7 3G? To conserve battery, I prefer to turn off the ones I'm not using.
For instance, with only Wi-Fi enabled, three email accounts syncing, plus Facebook and Twitter, my battery drain is about 0.5% per hour. If I leave the cellular radio and GPS enabled, it jumps to about 1.7% per hour. These numbers are when sitting idle with the screen off. I haven't tried enabling Bluetooth and NFC to see how much they increase the drain.
I only enable the radios I need to conserve battery. I'm just looking for an easier way to do it. Currently I have to go through several steps.