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wifi activation via hard/softkey

hey hey,
i'm using a sense 2.1 rom (gen.y d2 r5.3 - thanks man, nice work ) and i wonder wether there is a way to map a soft/hardkey to activate/deactivate wi-fi without taking all the way through the comm manager or the wi-fi settings.
would be magnificent since i frequently switch wi-fi on and off and it's kinda annoying the regular way
thanks a lot

Trying to do the same thing, I found this:
Touch X reset and wifi.cab -adds shortcuts for quick reset and WiFi on/off, nice to have on new program tab..
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I'm not sure if it will work on sense 2.1, but on sense 2.5, it adds a toggle, with work similary to a application shortcut, appart from that it doesn't launch anything, it just toogles the wifi on and off.
Smabergs list of [Sense 2.5 tweaks & mods] [CABS] contains a lot useful stuff for sense 2.5 (though not all of it works on the diamond), I suspect that some if it might work on the 2.1 too

thanks. I was looking for something similar!
I'd like to ask another thing. Is there a way to make the diamond search for a wifi connection before connecting to the gprs internet? In other words, when a connection is needed it should switch on the wifi radio (if it is off) instead of searching a gprs connection.
Do you think it's possible?

sorry for me taking so long.
well, yeah, thanks man! that was exactly what i was looking for.

To use Hardware buttons for switching wifi on/off I use AEButton plus (use forum search). A very nice pieco of software
I have Wifi on/off on long press volume down and bluetooth on/off on long press volume up.

Switch between 2g and 3g (widget)

Does anyone know of a way to switch between 2g and 3g preferably with a program like tasker in order to save battery. I know I could manually go under settings/wireless and network/mobile networks and check or uncheck the use 2g only was looking at least for an easier way like a widget or in a perfect works a way to do this via application. Aka run gps or browser and go to 3g and go back to edge when not in the speed critical apps.
I have also posted in the tasker forum in hopes this can be implemented.

That's a really good idea. I hope someone finds a solution.

The power widget on cm6 offers this. I imagine it would be easy to push.

unfortunatley there is no widget or program that can do that for you because of the way Android works. I use a widget called 2g-3g OnOff which is a shortcut that gets you to the 2g-3g screen. It skips a couple of steps but thats the best out right now.

Switch Widget for Mobile Data Network.

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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benman27 said:
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.

Lennyuk said:
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?

[Q] What else does the toolbar widget do?

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.

krrrk said:
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

Help with Power Widget

I'm trying to get a power widget that will allow me to turn on 3g/2g data. I thought that the stock HTC one let you do this but I can't find a way to do it...
(Please note I know there are apps I can buy that have this but they just take you to the menu settings for networking..i don't want this.. I want to just turn it off and on from my home screen)

Stock sense has one. Add widget - Settings - Mobile Network.

liltbrockie said:
I'm trying to get a power widget that will allow me to turn on 3g/2g data. I thought that the stock HTC one let you do this but I can't find a way to do it...
(Please note I know there are apps I can buy that have this but they just take you to the menu settings for networking..i don't want this.. I want to just turn it off and on from my home screen)
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You've added a shortcut, you need to add a widget as nutunited says.

If that doesn't work for you, I use SwitchPro. Does exactly what you want and customisable