Hi all..
I have a HTC Kaiser as my personal phone... I am able to get a good deal on a like new Titan for $50 (US Cellular Branded)... I am buying it for my 14y/o son so he can have a phone that is also a touch screen MP3 player, along with other great functions that work on the Titan (GPS, etc).. Anyways... We are not goign to be activating the phone on US Cellular.. but I will buy him a year of service on Skype... I can buy an entire year of service with a private phone # for onyl $65..... I know the phone will not work everywhere.. and will only work where Wifi is available.. I live in Milwaukee which has free public WiFi just about everywhere.. so that should work well for me... My question is.. Will the WiFi still work if Iturn off the phones "phone" radio? What sort of battery life should I expect usign the phone in this manner? Lastly... Can someone reccomend a rom for me to flash that would suite my son well? Again, no carrier needed, just skype, MP3's, video... Probalyl some games (I can supply thegames).. Thanks in advance for your help!
Maybe last 8 hours with wifi turned on. Yes wifi will work with the radio off. But the phone to me is pretty useless. He will rarely ever receive calls unless he is not moving. You will also have to change the phone so that the wifi stays on while in standby mode. Because normally it turns off.
Thanks... Maybe there is a reg edit for this? Maybe both have the phone radio off by default, but wifi on?
you can turn the phone off and let the wifi be on. put the phone in "Flight Mode" then turn on the wifi mode. this way, the phone will be off and the wifi will stay on. on another note, even if the phone is on and its not activatred, you wont be able to make calls or received it. so it dosent really matters if its turned on or off. its just a matters of Battery Life. it will stay alot longer if its turned off.
So I just picked up a couple of WM phones HTC743 and an AT&T Tilt 2.
I've been using one of the early windows smartphones for a number of years just for the the contact manager because it uses activesynch nicely with Outlook. Too damn small for any network access though.
I'm not terribly interested in a big data plan for a lot of internet access. I might pickup my email and surf a bit while I'm traveling though. I had wanted to use the wifi for that.
Th HTC s743 gave AT&T a bit of a startle because the didn't know what it was.
It's functioning but even though I have Data Conn. turned off it still manages to automatically turn on once in a while. I see daily very low volume charges even though everything says I'm accessing via WIFI.
I just plugged the simm into the Tilt 2 and though I haven't called AT&T as yet about this phone it did allow calls in and out but I can't seem to get the internet connection working even though wifi shows as being connected. It takes a long time for it to connect compared with the S743.
So ... is there a way to use either of these phones via wifi only?
Just turning off the Data Conn. on the s743 doesn't seem to completely work. The pre loaded GPS app appears to automatically turn Data Conn. back on. I know it does this if wifi & Data Conn. are both turned off.
A neat little AT&T billing trick?
From what I have read on here I think I maybe screwed on the TILT 2.
It also appears that until I register the Tilt 2 with AT&T my WIFI internet surfing just isn't going to work or do I have something else wrong?
I just have Data off, and no Data plan, but I'm using a android phone. I'm using the HTC Aria.
I was able to fix the S743 by just deleting the "APN"? in the configuration menu. I can always reload it quickly from AT&T if need be. But that phone also let's me pick between AT&T or Tmobile so I think it's more flexible to begin with. It's WM6.1 whereas the AT&T Tilt 2 is WM6.5 and there's no such configuration page where you can download the network configuration from AT&T. I've looked but maybe I missed something?
I also can't get this phone to work on WIFI either yet.
If you can, just change a character in the apn. This will stop it connecting, and it will let you easily switch it back on by changing it back if need be
Hi All,
Long time follower, first time poster..
I have a very annoying issue with my Nexus 4(4.2.1 and rooted on Tmob).
I use wi-fi connection at home and work and in-between I switch to HSPA or should I say, I was able to..
Lately I have been seeing that If I leave the Wi-Fi area, the phone doesn't switch to cellular data and the connection gets lost.
Switching to airplane mode and back brings it back most of the time but it's really annoying having to do so..
I did find an issue #40514 on the google android code page( code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40514)
Tried the suggested work arounds like "Auto Network" setting and it didn't seem to help..also have tmob in the APN settings. Still the only thing that works for me is toggling the airplane mode.
This happened to me once on my previous Gnex but with N4, it started to happen all the time.
Does anyone have a better solution to this issue?
Thanks
Oz
even I face the same issue with this new Paranoid 4.1.2 ROM for Atrix 2. I've noticed only one ROM gave me consistent data 24/7, it was from same dev altered his NUMA B2.
But other than that, this has been a repeating problem in all ROMS. Data stays on for hours without issue but suddenly drops and never comes up, other than air plane toggle. Somebody mentioned it is with the network and trust me it is not..
but I'm also eagerly waiting for a solution
krisxda said:
even I face the same issue with this new Paranoid 4.1.2 ROM for Atrix 2. I've noticed only one ROM gave me consistent data 24/7, it was from same dev altered his NUMA B2.
But other than that, this has been a repeating problem in all ROMS. Data stays on for hours without issue but suddenly drops and never comes up, other than air plane toggle. Somebody mentioned it is with the network and trust me it is not..
but I'm also eagerly waiting for a solution
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Yea, at first I thought it has something to do with rooting but apparently it is happening with non-rooted phones as well..Google needs to address this issue..
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Yea, at first I thought it has something to do with rooting but apparently it is happening with non-rooted phones as well..Google needs to address this issue..
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Are google aware of this wireless connectivity issue? I've posted and started another thread which details a 3G data issue... :/
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Are google aware of this wireless connectivity issue? I've posted and started another thread which details a 3G data issue... :/
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Just throwing in my two cents; I starred the threads that I *think* are related on the google tracker. My experience is like this:
I start up Sirius on my phone before leaving home (On wifi)
Driving to the end of my development and then lose WIFI which in turn turns my 3g/4g gray for about a half mile
Picks 3g/4g back up eventually
As I'm driving to work if I end up picking up any open WIFI spots that have a login, once that happens I lose 3g/4g again then have to either wait till that access point is out of range or just turn off my WIFI before data will pick up again
It's pretty annoying; probably going to have to create a tasker profile to turn off wifi when leaving the house and back on when I get home.
Same problem on an LG F6 Optimus
I just got a brand new LG Optimus F6 and I'm noticing this same issue. The phone is stock and runs 4.1.2
Anyone found a solution?
the issue continue in n4 with 4.4?
Hi
I introduce myself as a brand new G2 owner coming from mega-rooting my S2 E4GT.
In playing with the phone, I came across the ATT Smart wifi app, which perhaps sounds fancier than it really is.
Since we are on a limited data plan, we all know to connect to our wifi network as soon as we get home. The limited description of this app, makes it sound like it will connect me to my home network as soon as it detects it. Fine. But does that mean that it will keep scanning for wifi all day until it finds my network? Or do I have a way to limit that somehow?
Thanks for the help
Hello,
I've had this issue across more than 1 device and more than 1 carrier.
Here's what happens:
I enable WiFi, and for a while everything works as expected. I can send and receive MMS messages. I can disable WiFi and go back to my 4G connection.
The problem is, after an unknown amount of time, the phone drops the 4G connection in the background. I only know when I can't receive/send MMS messages anymore. At that point, if I disable WiFI there's no 4G data connection, and I have to turn Airplane mode off and turn it back on.
This is really annoying. It happened to me using Sprint and a Galaxy S4 (both stock and custom ROMs) and it's happening to me with a Galaxy S5 from MetroPCS. (I've used the stock Metro ROMs, Stock T-mobile ROMs, and Custom T-mobile ROMs).
Right now I'm using a Stock T-mobile ROM with the latest firmware, carrier is MetroPCS.
What can I do so this doesn't happen? It's really frustrating.
Thank you for your time.
Disabled "Smart Network Switch" in WiFi Settings?
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Disabled "Smart Network Switch" in WiFi Settings?
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Hello.
That's already disabled.
Should I enable it?
I tried with "smart network switch" enabled and disabled and problem still happened.
My S5 G900F Android 5.00 (Smart Network Switch disabled, Power Save disabled) on EE UK has had this problem for 9 months after phone upgraded itself to Lollipop (EE win the accolade to being the SLOWEST ON THE PLANET to provide Android updates.....). Since Jan 3, my wife's G901, a couple of weeks after it upgraded from 5.0 to 5.02, has developed the same problem. Neither phone has ever been rooted or other.
I have fruitlessly searched everywhere for a solution without success. EE Customer Services Tier 2 & Samsung's own service centre have failed to fix it. EE & Samsung blame each other for 5.1 or 5.1.1 not being available for download. Neither is prepared to resolve the issue despite hours on the phone. Have tried Safe Mode, Factory Reset, clearing everything, reloading APNs & Samsung even reloaded Android. All a waste of time: Many many days of it!
After approx half an hour connected to Wi-Fi, only way to get the mobile data to connect, is either reboot, enter & exit Air-plane mode or flip the 4G > 3G > 4G connection under More Networks. Have tested the fault in different cell areas countries and continents; fault is same everywhere.
It seems there are quite a few sufferers of this problem.
Samsung S5 keeps losing data connection
I have the same problem. My new Samsung phone loses the data connection (even though data is turned on) and I can only re-connect by restarting the phone. The first EE shop I took it to couldn't help at all. The second gave me a new SIM - that didn't work. Then I tried online support and after 3.5 hours of my life, in which I was passed on from one person to another, they completed a factory re-set - which didn't work (and additionally lost all the personalisation of my screen and some of my contacts). So I now have a not-very-smart phone which I have to re-start every time I want to use data. This is a business contract and the phone is less than two months old, but I'm not getting any effective support from EE. Android version is 5.0.2
me too, since last update. and app 'phono' shows "mobile data off" not got a time on it, but when i leave wifi coverage, it wont reconnect to cell data 2g/3g/4g. flightmode toggle to restore.
Abandon hope if you have this intermittent mobile data problem!
...at least until there is a software update, though I have no idea if that will help.
I have now tried a new sim card, a factory reset, and a replacement phone - which was provided only because I'm a business customer and I found a sympathetic member of staff. *By the way, I was told that if you are personal customer they won't consider replacing your phone if it is more than a month old - even if you started complaining about the phone as soon as you got it, the chances are a month will have elapsed by the time they put you through the hoops of a new sim, reset etc - and then it is too late to insist on a replacement phone.
In any case the replacement phone didn't resolve the issue so I have reached* a dead end. My phone fails to connect to data after having been connected to wifi - you have to do it manually each time you move away from a wifi connnection. At first I was doing it by restarting the phone, but am now following the advice of someone else who has the same problem and am going into flight mode and out again. *
This is not satisfactory, and it seems from reading forums that EE are to blame for the problem rather than Samsung, but I'm not 100% sure about that.*
Possible solution that works, for me, at the moment!
Having suffered this issue of my S5 (SM-G901F) not connecting to mobile data after being on Wi-Fi for a while unless switching airplane mode on/off for a few weeks; although it has probably been happening since the update I received late December; I have tried all of the turn this switch off, factory resets (x2), etc, etc, etc. and Googled the issue without success.
I have found this thread interesting, and I even tried calling EE support only to be told "you have tried everything that we would tell you to do" and "it wouldn't be a sim card, or handset issue, sounds like software". The reply was basically that like-it or lump it until the 5.1 update is released "by Samsung not EE because EE do not release Android updates". [Perhaps EE don't release the updates, but the stock rom is tested by them and their bloatware added before they eventually release it!!!]
Following my last reset I tried selectively re-installing the apps I used incase that was causing the issue. No Luck!
One last thing I tried was to look at every system 'thing' that I could find which used/switched any part of the mobile/mobile data/wifi - in addition to the settings I had already tried (all of which were mentioned in this thread previously). One thing I could not find not mentioned here, or anywhere, was the VoWi-Fi call on/off which I had always set to on as I do not live in a great reception area. Calling over Wi-Fi is great when you don't have a strong mobile signal.
Having 'played' with this setting for the last 24 hours I have found that the VoWi-Fi on/off appears to be a possible cure - for me anyway.:fingers-crossed:
When VoWi-Fi was set to off and leaving the phone connected to Wi-Fi overnight, the S5 immediately switched to mobile data this morning when I turned the Wi-Fi off . It continued to switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data all morning whilst out and about in and out of Wi-Fi connections - Woop Woop!!!
I then tried switching VoWi-Fi on (with Wi-Fi on and at home), leaving the phone for a number of hours, only to find that when I turned Wi-Fi off the phone refused to connect to mobile data even with a 'decent' mobile signal. The only way to get it to connect was to go back to switching Airplane mode on/off.
Switched VoWi-Fi off again, left Wi-Fi connected, left the phone for a couple of hours, etc. and hey-presto immediately switched to mobile data when I turned the Wi-Fi off. [Dances around the room because he's got the S5 automatically switching to mobile data again. Even though I'm at home with a great fibre internet and strong Wi-Fi connection!!!]
I do not know if this could be a solution for the others who are suffering from this issue, but it appears to be a solution for me at the moment. I thought I would share as your previous posts have helped me and you all seem to be pulling your hair out; like I have been; trying to find a solution.
Try it, it may work, but don't shoot me if it doesn't!
It's encouraging to know that I'm not crazy. I've had this issue across two devices and carries.
John,
Thank for your suggestion about WiFi calling. Unfortunately, I always have it off! I never used it, so maybe I should try turning it on? We'll see lol.
At this point, I think this is going to be my last Galaxy line phone.
Is it wi-fi calling that's causing the problem?
I have wondered if there is a link with wi-fi calling, but haven't tested it properly. I signed up with ee and bought the Galaxy phone specifically so that I could use wifi calling, as the town where I live (in the Scottish Borders) doesn't get a mobile signal strong to work reliably indoors from any of the networks. I'll try turning off wi-fi calling to see if that sorts the data thing (though I see that for one person above it did not). That would mean I wouldn't get calls or texts when I'm at home so it would not be a permanent solution for me. But in fact the wi-fi calling is not reliable anyway....
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It's encouraging to know that I'm not crazy. I've had this issue across two devices and carries.
John,
Thank for your suggestion about WiFi calling. Unfortunately, I always have it off! I never used it, so maybe I should try turning it on? We'll see lol.
At this point, I think this is going to be my last Galaxy line phone.
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Brian,
You never know the way things are going with this issue; given that nobody seems to be able to pinpoint the fault; turning it on may just sort it!!!
still no change and its a pita.....