I turn my data connection off through the phone settings but it seems to keep turning itself back on? Has anyone experienced this and/or knows how to sort it out?
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Yes there are many threads about this, check you have no auto connections enabled, like weather, facebook, mail ect, but to be honest, if the data connection is idle, it uses no more power than if it were off, i let mine run all day and i only loose 10% battery, and thats checking email every 2 hours and weather updating every 3.
Leo really is an always on device.
There are reg tweeks and cabs, and progs to help, but i found them all pretty buggy and useless, just leave it on and dont worry.
Now if you can stop the damn wireless disconnecting on sleep im a happy man .
I'll take that advice my good man ;p
Nice one bruvver ;p
jrvenge said:
Now if you can stop the damn wireless disconnecting on sleep im a happy man .
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You don't want that.. trust me. It brings a whole new meaning to 'battery hog'!
you can also configure another data connection with fake data to prevent it from connecting.
Werid that cus my nokia 5800 stays connected to wireless for 3 days on one charge?
It is strange, but data connection almost constantly on didn't affect my HD2's battery life too badly..in fact it made almost no difference.
maybe because battery life wasn't very good in the first place
Well it should not unless its being used, good advice is drop to GSM only if you dont neet a fast connection, i have my device on GSM always, and use Morits com manager to switch to 3G+ if i need the speed, i have done this with all my phones.
3G is a bit of a power monster, and rather pointless drain unless your using it.
I,m using Nodata program to disable data connections. The draw back is you have to enable them back if you want to use internet. The program is definetly good for roaming if you want to be on a safe side.
http://htcdriver.com/index.php?page=nodata
Hey thats a handy app thanks
nodata switched my data connection back on while abroad. I just hope not to get a horrific bill now!!!
Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone has tried either of the two plug-ins that claim to detect your location more accurately (and save the battery) in Locale? Each plug-in is called "cell" and "location". The locale app has a location condition in it, but you need the GPS turned on, or it uses a crap signal from the phone and/or wifi, which supposedly these apps improve.
I love Locale, I have it set to turn off key lock at home, bring up weather in the morning, silence my phone at work and load last.fm and connect to the wifi when I go to the gym - it's just brilliant! However, I don't claim to understand phones at all, so when it says "Cell" uses whichever GSM cells you are in, while "Location" uses CDMA and GSM (is that right?) cells, and also the option to use the wifi (which I thought the original locale app used too?), I have little idea what it means. I just want to know if anyones tried them, and whether they have an opinion on which is better, in terms of accuracy and battery saving, and what the relevance of the different cell signals are?
Many thanks!
I was wondering if there was an option on the phone or an app to auto disable the network if wifi was enabled??? This would GREATLY safe on battery life as the HSPA uses wayyyy more battery power than wifi!
One of the biggest drainers for me is having it go between EDGE and HSPA and NONE due to my house and where I live. Just walking around the house kills it.
And when I leave home it stays on, when i get to work, same issue.
So would be nice to have such an app!
edit:
Well kinda answered my own question, i posted this as installing my first ROM MC7.... looks like the power control widget has this ability
Or someone, you can disable the UTMS and HSPA and only use EDGE/GMS, which is good enough for me!
Looks like i will be keeping this ROM, only ONE dislike, the USB teather option is not in the normal pull down spot :{ Have to go to settings...
I'm sure you can create a shortcut to it in ADW settings.
This is something I've wanted to be able to do for a long time and now thanks to X posed and GravityBox it's now possible.
Massive thank you to @C3C076 for GravityBox and for guidance on how to do this.
Requirements:
Root
Tasker
Xposed
GravityBox (check your ROM's compatibility)
Setup:
Open tasker
Create a new task - misc - send intent
Paste the following into the action box: "gravitybox.intent.action.CHANGE_NETWORK_TYPE"
Paste the following into the extra box:
"networkType:2"
The above will switch to 3g. Change the 2 as per below as required.
0 - 2G/3G auto (3G preferred)
1 - 2G
2 - 3G
9 (or 10) - LTE
Screenshot:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a6il63lw5e4m7vi/2013-12-11 07.51.52.png
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i dont understand whats the aim of this. can explain ?
Magpir said:
i dont understand whats the aim of this. can explain ?
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Setting network mode automatically. For example....
Switch to 2g when on WiFi or screen off.
Then switch to 3g when off WiFi and screen on.
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Doesn't the HTC power saver do the same thing
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You are referring to Sense. Not everyone stays stock plus I'm not sure battery saving mode switches network? If it does does it switch back to 3g when you need it?
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Since I got this running using llama, and you seem to be more skilled with tasker, let me ask you this question.
Many use tasker to implement this function where it scans cell towers and activate/deactivate wifi based on location. However, I have found that tasker will deactivate wifi when the phone latches on to a new cell tower while the wifi is still connected (which makes the automation redundant), whereas llama has this option where it will not switch off wifi (regardless of detected cell towers) unless the wifi connection is gone.
Any way to replicate this same behaviour in tasker?
I don't activate WiFi based on location. I use tasker to switch WiFi as follows:
WiFi disconnected - WiFi off Bluetooth on
Bluetooth disconnected - WiFi on Bluetooth off.
WiFi & Bluetooth disconnected - 5 min delay then both off.
This covers most situations for me as I'm usually in my car between home, work or family.
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Since I got this running using llama,
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Worth adding your llama setup here too?
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Worth adding your llama setup here too?
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As in this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48365305&postcount=649
Don't have the pictures anymore hehe.
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mitchst2 said:
I don't activate WiFi based on location. I use tasker to switch WiFi as follows:
WiFi disconnected - WiFi off Bluetooth on
Bluetooth disconnected - WiFi on Bluetooth off.
WiFi & Bluetooth disconnected - 5 min delay then both off.
This covers most situations for me as I'm usually in my car between home, work or family.
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Ah....so the search continues.
Just a question, why would we want to change to 2G when WIFI is connected?
If I am on wifi, I dont use data so I dont care If it is in 3g or 2g. Only for calls. So 3g is not used so I dont care If it is 3g or 2g. Perhaps it save battery? I am not sure, thank you
Javi22 said:
Just a question, why would we want to change to 2G when WIFI is connected?
If I am on wifi, I dont use data so I dont care If it is in 3g or 2g. Only for calls. So 3g is not used so I dont care If it is 3g or 2g. Perhaps it save battery? I am not sure, thank you
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I get a really crap signal on 3g at home so switch to 2g. Only use 3g for browsing off WiFi. Additional benefit is battery saving. This is all now automated
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Javi22 said:
Just a question, why would we want to change to 2G when WIFI is connected?
If I am on wifi, I dont use data so I dont care If it is in 3g or 2g. Only for calls. So 3g is not used so I dont care If it is 3g or 2g. Perhaps it save battery? I am not sure, thank you
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Just as an example, LTE reception in my area is dreadful, 3G is decent, 2G is excellent. If I'm already connected to wifi, but my phone is also on LTE for calls/reception, battery is still dreadful due to the poor reception as phone tries to stay on LTE network (it won't switch to 3G/2G because it can still see LTE), at least on my Nexus 5 (mobile network signal in battery stats is yellow/grey mostly).
Being able to automate the switch to 3G or 2G when connected to wifi solves this part of the battery drain. But if you have excellent mobile reception then this shouldn't be a concern.
Understood. So, although I am wifi connected, the phone still searching for 3g signal, right? yep, In my house there is poor 3g signal too. So I have to try this tutorial, maybe will reduce battery eating I already use tasker for other purposes and it is awesome
Thank you!
There's an app on Google play that shows you the cell towers you connect to. On 3g at home my phone was continually hunting all over the place just to maintain a 3g signal.
This one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.technolatry.antennas
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mitchst2 said:
There's an app on Google play that shows you the cell towers you connect to. On 3g at home my phone was continually hunting all over the place just to maintain a 3g signal.
This one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.technolatry.antennas
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Thanks, I will take a look
Btw I searched for "GravityBox" so I can do this trick, but I have found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316070
Where it says it is not compatible with htc sense.
On the other hand, have you tried tasker + secure settings? I remember it used to has some 2g/3g toggle, but I cant find it now. I suppose it is no longer avaible, but dont know
mitchst2 appears to be on some kind of AOSP/CM custom rom, so if you're on stock Sense it might not work. Might need to make it clear.
Secure settings' 2G/3G/LTE toggle only works for specific custom roms (CM or AOKP iirc).
I'm on a Google edition. Secure settings network toggle not available on GPE.
GravityBox is being revised so it doesn't apply quick settings toggles by default. Not sure if this will help it's compatibility with sense or not.
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mitchst2 appears to be on some kind of AOSP/CM custom rom, so if you're on stock Sense it might not work. Might need to make it clear.
Secure settings' 2G/3G/LTE toggle only works for specific custom roms (CM or AOKP iirc).
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Okey, thanks
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I'm on a Google edition. Secure settings network toggle not available on GPE.
GravityBox is being revised so it doesn't apply quick settings toggles by default. Not sure if this will help it's compatibility with sense or not.
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Understood. So not sure if it works on sense. Let's see if someone can confirm this, I will not take a risk for the time being
I hope it works.. This seems to be a very useful task
There are sense toolbox's on xposed. May be worth asking their developers if network mode intents are or can be made available.
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So, who is the people I have to contact? You mean, xposed developers? Sorry mate, It seems that I am a bit lost here...
App that can switch "Wi-Fi" off and "Location + Bluetooth" on at the same time
Hi there,
I have a use case. On daily basis, when I leave home for work, I will need to turn WiFi off, and turn Location (GPS) and Bluetooth ON. Normally when I'm home, I tend to turn off these two (Location and Bluetooth) OFF because I don't really need them to be on. Is there an Android App that works with stock Note3 that could do this with one simple click/swipe? Thanks!
xda_2017 said:
Hi there,
I have a use case. On daily basis, when I leave home for work, I will need to turn WiFi off, and turn Location (GPS) and Bluetooth ON. Normally when I'm home, I tend to turn off these two (Location and Bluetooth) OFF because I don't really need them to be on. Is there an Android App that works with stock Note3 that could do this with one simple click/swipe? Thanks!
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Not that I know off. But I would recommend NFC tags, I think you can program them to do those functions from what I read. Never tried them myself, since I have a custom ROM and it messes up my NFC.
ShaDisNX255 said:
Not that I know off. But I would recommend NFC tags, I think you can program them to do those functions from what I read. Never tried them myself, since I have a custom ROM and it messes up my NFC.
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Thanks! This is a great idea! However, I just bought some NFC tags. They don't work with my samsung galaxy note 3 with my case (Spigen) on. Any other idea that can automate this simple task? Thanks!
I also tried geo-location-base apps, such as "Llama - Locatoin Profiles". It didn't work out very well either. Any other ideas would be highly appreciate. Thanks!
Tried Tasker, Automate???
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