Since I got my Defy+ more than a year ago, I could never get my current location on apps like Google Maps, CityMaps2Go, MapsWithMe etc, with mobile network signal only (i.e. wifi OFF, GPS OFF, mobile data OFF). It has been the same with stock rom, CM7 or CM10 by Quarx
Is it supposed to work with purely mobile network signal?
I travel a lot & I don't use mobile data when overseas. I need the location function when I am on the road.
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Hey Everyone,
I am not certain how specific this issues is to my exact situation, so I am describing every related aspect that I can.
Details
Phone: HTC MT3G (3.5mm Jack version), rooted, running CM 6.1.0 RC1
Network: Wind Mobile (in Canada)
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Issue
Wind mobile offers an unlimited plan that includes data, provided you stay within what they call their "Home Zone (ie the metropolitan area known as GTA, in my case). When travelling outside of the Home Zone, you enter an Away Zone. This is essentially roaming on Rogers network, using 2G (Edge) for data. This costs a lot and so naturally I don't want to roam.
Before the phone was rooted and upgraded, I had checked the box to in settings to disable data while roaming. I travelled in and out of the Home Zone and it worked as expected - that is, turning off the data connection as soon as the network switched from Home to Away. As expected, it re-enabled data upon re-entering the Home Zone.
Since rooting/updating, this functionality seems to have disappeared. I have the box checked, but as soon as I step into an Away Zone, it switches to 2G and starts using data whilest roaming. At first, I thought this might be because I performed the upgrade process in an away zone and as such, the phone would associate that with being "Home". However it keeps data across Home and Away (which negates that theory as "Home" should now be "Away" and data disabled.
I wiped and started again in a Home Zone, with no success.
So:
1) Is there something I am doing wrong, or a known way to remedy this issue?
If not,
2) Is there any way to disable 2G (similar to the way you can disable 3G for battery savings?) This would be an indirect way to solve the issue, as the only time 2G is used is when the phone is in an Away Zone.
Thanks for any advice and help you can provide!
Bump - any ideas?
Hello everyone.
I've just update to CM10 from CM7.2, and I really like it. Kudos to Epsilon and Quark for their work.
In CM7.x, there was the possibility to link 3G and Data usage, meaning that when I activated 3G, data would be automatically activated, and when I switched back to 2G, data would be desactivated. It was really convenient for me, allowing for longer battery cycles, and stricter data usage.
I can't find this feature on CM10. Do you know if there is a way to achieve it? Maybe via an app?
thanks for your answers.
Use Llama. It can control both 2G/3( and mobile data on/off. Just set up one event to switch to 3G and turn on data, then another to switch to 2G and switch off data.
I've got my Llama doing allot of data management stuff. The beauty of it is that it has location based triggers that don't use any battery up looking for location services. It uses the cell ID of the tower you are connected to (and/or available wifi/Bluetooth if you want) to determine where you are.
Sent from my Jelly Bean powered Motorola Defy
I was just wondering whether you guys have experienced this or not.
When I connect to Wifi networks (generally only when I am in a basement or area with poor 3G/LTE connection), I always disable mobile data as well. Coming from the Note 2, this would also disable the 3G CDMA/LTE radio and just leave the 1X connection because it needs no more than that for calls and messages. Now it keeps the 3G/LTE radios on searching or trying to hold a very poor signal, completely killing my battery (8-10% an hour).
Are there any ways to turn off the data radio? I already tried Phone Info (used on Note 2 to force 3G) but I don't think it can force 1x only.
I understand the GPS of my Nexus 4 should work abroad, on airplane mode or with the data off, but it is not working. It doesn't matter how long I leave it trying to get a fix, it doesn't.
It didn't work on 4.4 and it still doesn't work on 5.0.1.
It used to work in England where I had a data plan, but during the last year traveling around it only fix sometimes when I am conected to some WIFI.
Any ideas?
I'm traveling in Europe with my Sprint Galaxy S5 Sport running Android 5.0 on Sprint's global roaming plan, which is awesomely providing me with free 2G data in Germany, Spain, and England. However, every 30 seconds, if I'm connected to the international carrier's data network, my phone's Wi-Fi turns itself on to search for Wi-Fi networks nearby. Being on 2G and constantly searching for Wi-Fi networks is causing my battery to die twice as fast, which is the last thing I need while traveling abroad.
I've been through ALL the settings to be sure location is not using Wi-Fi (and even that location is turned off), that Google is not scanning Wi-Fi for random crap, not always scanning for networks, unchecked and killed Connections Optimizer, disabled Wi-Fi power saving mode via *#0011#, booted the phone in safe mode, killed every running app... Still, once I connect to an international carrier's data network (in this case Movistar in Spain), my Wi-Fi turns on after about 30 seconds. I turn it off, the cycle repeats.
If I turn off mobile data or unregister from the network or go into airplane mode, Wi-Fi does not turn itself on automatically. When I am on my home network, Wi-Fi does not turn itself on automatically. Only when actively connected to data on an international network.
I have talked to a few people at Sprint and they simply advise to disable Wi-FI notifications - which obviously does not solve my battery-drain problem - or factory reset the phone. However, the behavior feels too calculated to be that simple. It seems like a "feature" Sprint would try to sneak in to minimize use of international data roaming when possible, perhaps even for the customer's benefit.
Has anyone heard of this? Is it a bug? "Enhancement?" Something new they're doing for the global roaming plans? Or just a crazy software glitch as SprintCares suggests?
Thanks!
EDIT: Another data point from Reddit: this also seems to happen for people roaming domestically, not limited to international.