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airplane mode with wifi

On my old HTC dash I was able to turn off all services independently in a way that i could insure that my phone was off yet I could still use my WiFi. This worked well for vacations so that i did not receive any roaming charges for people who may call my phone while gone. The only thing I think that may work is an app called apndroid? Any other suggestions?

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dbldown768 said:
On my old HTC dash I was able to turn off all services independently in a way that i could insure that my phone was off yet I could still use my WiFi. This worked well for vacations so that i did not receive any roaming charges for people who may call my phone while gone. The only thing I think that may work is an app called apndroid? Any other suggestions?
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you can have wifi on in airplane mode...in sense there is also a setting to disable the mobile network. it even has a convenient little widget. or in mobile network setting u can set it to home only. out of home network evdo wont work with that. u can also change it to only sync data and background services with wifi. if that helps at all

dbldown768 said:
On my old HTC dash I was able to turn off all services independently in a way that i could insure that my phone was off yet I could still use my WiFi. This worked well for vacations so that i did not receive any roaming charges for people who may call my phone while gone. The only thing I think that may work is an app called apndroid? Any other suggestions?
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Are you on Sprint? As I understand it, most of the unlimited data plans have no roaming these days...

When you go to wireless and networks and enable airplane mode, you are still able to turn your wifi on..
Nothing should have to be changed to allow this...

When I turn off Mobile Network, I am still able to place calls... I just lose EvDO.

Because after you turn off mobile network, when you press call, it automatically turns it on for the duration of the call.
Turn airplane mode on, and see if you can hit wifi...

azyouthinkeyeiz said:
Because after you turn off mobile network, when you press call, it automatically turns it on for the duration of the call.
Turn airplane mode on, and see if you can hit wifi...
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Mobile Network != phone radio.
If you turn off Mobile Network, it's turning off data only. The only way to turn off the phone radio without turning on Airplane Mode is to go into *#*#4636#*#* turn it off in Phone Info.
However, wireless should work just fine in Airplane Mode. Just use the Wi-Fi on/off widget from HTC or the Power Control android widget.

While i have an unlimited plan I will be outside the US where there may or may not be sprint coverage. I have turned on airplane mode from both holding down the power as well as from the settings menu. Both options do not allow you to turn on wifi after airplane mode is on. I am still running stock 1.5 sense android. Not sure what others are running.

Noob question about data setting

Hi guys,
Got my HD yesterday...love it x100000. My first android so im still getting to grips with it all but what a fantastic phone.
Anyway my question is just about the data connection set up. I was just looking through the settings making sure everything is how I like it and I stumbled across this:
Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile Networks and at the bottom there is an option which says 'Enable always-on mobile data'.
What is this and what does it mean? It says it uses more power on some mobile networks so do I turn it on or turn it off?
I have a wifi and mobile network widget on my home screen cause I like to be able to turn them on and off quickly.
If someone could just explain to me exactly what this setting is and whether I need it on or off.
Thanks a lot

This is your 3g connection. You should switch it off when you're not using it as it's a battery drainer. The always on option is good if you're waiting for a lstge ota update ir something similar and you have an unlimited data cobtract.
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pwraggcan said:
This is your 3g connection. You should switch it off when you're not using it as it's a battery drainer. The always on option is good if you're waiting for a lstge ota update ir something similar and you have an unlimited data cobtract.
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I see, but the thing is if I have Enable always-on data yet I have a mobile network widget on my home screen and I turn it off what is actually on?
I have sort of interpreted this always-on setting as:
If you have you mobile (3g) network turned on and have the always-on setting on, then when your phone goes into sleep mode the 3g connection is maintained and apps can still sync whilst your phone is locked/sleeping.
If you have your mobile network (3g) turned on but have the always-on setting turned off then whenever you lock your phone and it goes into sleep mode it is no longer connected to the 3g network and apps and stuff cannot sync (unless you're on wifi obviously). And as soon as you unlock the phone it will reconnect to the 3g network.
And turning the mobile network off from the widget or in settings overrides the always on setting.
Like I said this is only my interpretation of this setting...I've searched google and found almost nothing concrete about it just some opinions and I have searched through the full user manual for the desire HD and this setting has no mention.
So what do you think? Anyone else have any knowledge of this setting?

im not sure about this but i think it means that it doesnt connect, disconnect, connect again whenever you open or close the internet. its always connected, but not always active, so its faster to start up. its like leaving your wifi on all the time. theres always a connection but its not always passing data.
i leave mine always on because it doesnt eat much battery and it makes connecting over 3g much faster.

How to set Sprint Samsung Galaxy Tab to W-Fi only.

Here is the way to set Sprint Galaxy Tab to wi-fi only. This works with both rooted and unrooted tabs but rooted is way better because of titanium backup. Batch backup everything with titanium backup. Then go to SETTINGS/PRIVACY and erase all data. Follow all prompts and reset device. When device resets and comes to first screen about keyboard, skip this step and when you get to Sprint and Wi-Fi : Wi-Fi only set to Wi-Fi only!!! (Very Important Step). Continue through setup of phone if desired. If you use titanium backup, (Important Step) restore missing apps and data but NOT ANY SYSTEM DATA!!! Reconfigure apps and good to go. Remember, Pick Wi-Fi only and NOT Wi-Fi and 3g.. Also remember if using titanium backup to NOT RESTORE ANY SYSTEM DATA, only missing apps and data. Tested and works great.I use Mobile Hotspot from Evo to power Galaxy Tab and $30 dollars for Hotspot unlimited on 4G AND 3G makes capped 3G on Tab useless. I hope this helps...

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Why not just set it to Airplane mode first, then go to menu, settings, wireless and networks and just turn on only WiFI???

LordLugard said:
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Why not just set it to Airplane mode first, then go to menu, settings, wireless and networks and just turn on only WiFI???
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I set to airplane mode, then went to menu, settings, wireless and networks and checked wi-fi. Problem was, when you left the range of your router, it would automatically switch to 3g so that you can have continous connection and that was the function that I wanted to disable. This was something I noticed and it all started with the initial device setup which gave you the option of totally disabling 3g on the device. That way, it either runs on my router at home or from my Evo as a hotspot and not the 2gb capped Sprint service included.

LordLugard said:
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Why not just set it to Airplane mode first, then go to menu, settings, wireless and networks and just turn on only WiFI???
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I found the setting to turn on or off 3g. Settings/Wireless and networks/mobile networks/ and uncheck use packet data. Thanks for the information. Really helpful.

Long press the power button and deactivate data. Then turn on airplane mode. Then turn on wifi. Voila - no extra costs and better battery!

a ton of apps out there to do this too. apn on-off looks like a nice widget to give you one touch quick control.

this is not the same thing - editing the apn does not turn off the radio, only stops it from finding any network to connect to
airplane mode will literally switch the radio off, saving you battery and removing the cell signal notifier from the taskbar

Data connection turns itself off when phone is on WiFi

When I am on WiFi connection for some time, data connection will turn itself off automatically and won't turn back on when I am out of WiFi range. So if I forget to turn data on manually, my email etc won't update and I have missed important business emails that way. Anyone else have this issue and what to do? Let me add that I don't have battery saving mode turned on.

This is not a issue it's a feature, turn on switching in wifi settings so when are not in wifi range it will switch automatically to data.its called smart network switch.
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jdomadia said:
This is not a issue it's a feature, turn on switching in wifi settings so when are not in wifi range it will switch automatically to data.its called smart network switch.
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I switched the suggested setting on but the problem persists.

I am pretty sure this has been going on since the latest OTA update.

Definately OTA update caused it. Fa tory reset fixed it.

WiFi and 4G simultaneously

I keep noticing that while I'm on my home WiFi that my 4G data keeps popping on and off, what can I use to figure out what the cause/app is?
It seems to be affecting my battery as well as I'm getting some pretty serious battery drain.

For lollipop. You probably have "data network preferred" set. Also, under settings/WiFi/advanced there is a check box for switching to network if WiFi signal is weak. Want to unchecked that.
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jthumanist said:
For lollipop. You probably have "data network preferred" set. Also, under settings/WiFi/advanced there is a check box for switching to network if WiFi signal is weak. Want to unchecked that.
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I don't have that option checked though. Also I can't find where I would select data network preferred.

Have you checked the "Smart network switch" which would automatically switch between WLAN and mobile network when some network is poor?
The option is at Settings - WLAN - Smart network switch.
Maybe you can limit or disable mobile data when you are using wifi at home:
Settings - Data usage - Set mobile data limit
Settings - Data usage - Menu button - Restrict background data

James_Watson said:
Have you checked the "Smart network switch" which would automatically switch between WLAN and mobile network when some network is poor?
The option is at Settings - WLAN - Smart network switch.
Maybe you can limit or disable mobile data when you are using wifi at home:
Settings - Data usage - Set mobile data limit
Settings - Data usage - Menu button - Restrict background data
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I do have that set to off. I think it's some rogue app on my phone.