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Do you guys leave this on or off? I left it on always on my HTC hero but it did drain the battery faster... its found in the wireless networks / mobile networks setting...
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surfnhawaii808 said:
Do you guys leave this on or off? I left it on always on my HTC hero but it did drain the battery faster... its found in the wireless networks / mobile networks setting...
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Yeah i'm a little confused too. Does this have to be checked to get the gmail pushed?
Yeah, I leave mine on unless I'm using wifi calling, in which case I can use wifi for data. You can turn it off if you wanna save battery life tho. It obviously means you can't use anything that uses data, like texts, emails, internet, maybe calls even.
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Uchennadi said:
Yeah, I leave mine on unless I'm using wifi calling, in which case I can use wifi for data. You can turn it off if you wanna save battery life tho. It obviously means you can't use anything that uses data, like texts, emails, internet, maybe calls even.
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why would this affect txts and calls? it isn't airplane mode...
If you uncheck mobile networks, then its pretty much airplane mode. If you'd like to save battery, then you can set the Network Mode to GSM only and uncheck the "always on mobile data" Will save quite a bit
-Cheers
EDIT: Apologies. The always on mobile data keeps a pretty constant connection with the network so downloading can happen faster. Since the connection to the network is already on and active, a download can be plopped in quite fast. It is unnecessary for data connections, but is helpful
FYI I just unchecked it and tested my GMAIL and I still get my e-mails pushed. Lets hope I get better battery life.
You will simply see a larger delay when you request the phone to pull data... also push services MAY function and may not...
You may only get gmail when you pick up your phone and use the data some other way... at which point the phone opens up the data connection and any information can flow over data.
I would doubt that the push server will be able to signal the phone to turn on data, so it may check periodically or only catch the push command if you have your data pipe open already (as described above).
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I don't see an option anywhere to limit 3G usage - such as preventing the Xoom from using the connection when the screen is off, etc. Does anyone see a way to do this?
Also, trying to register for an account on verizonwireless.com (to check data usage) results in the system sending a text message with a temporary password...that's helpful! lol
There is an app for that! Verizon has an offical app that shows data usage.
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There is an app for that! Verizon has an offical app that shows data usage.
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Haha, there is indeed...however when I launch it (My Verizon for Tablets,) even when on 3G, it seems to think I'm connected via Wifi and wants my user ID/password for MyVerizonWireless! (Which I don't have, due to the inability to receive a text message when registering.) Perhaps it needs an update?
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Haha, there is indeed...however when I launch it (My Verizon for Tablets,) even when on 3G, it seems to think I'm connected via Wifi and wants my user ID/password for MyVerizonWireless! (Which I don't have, due to the inability to receive a text message when registering.) Perhaps it needs an update?
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Ooooo... Yeah, mine did the samething but I am on WiFi and I know my user/pass. Sorry but I can't help beyond that!
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Haha, there is indeed...however when I launch it (My Verizon for Tablets,) even when on 3G, it seems to think I'm connected via Wifi and wants my user ID/password for MyVerizonWireless! (Which I don't have, due to the inability to receive a text message when registering.) Perhaps it needs an update?
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you should call customer service and see if you can the text rerouted or see if they can give a password.
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you should call customer service and see if you can the text rerouted or see if they can give a password.
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I had to call them. The will send out a letter via snail mail with your temp password.
Yeah, same here - they're sending a letter, best they could do.
are they at least sending it first class or priority? thats the at least they can do imo
settings, wireless networks, mobile networks, and uncheck data enabled.
Yeah, I was hoping to not have to turn it on and off manually, but that will work for now. I haven't tried any of the existing programs in the market that automate it yet...
Did you try restarting your xoom? I experienced the same thing today. I was on 3g, switched to wifi, and while on wifi, I the tried to check my data usage using the Verizon app. It wanted a username and password. Realizing that i was on wifi, i switched back to 3g and tried again. When I signed in with Verizon credentials, it showed me account information for my phone instead. I restated my xoom and launched the verizon app while in 3g and everything worked fine.
Oh...that 1gb data plan is JOKE! Halfway through it and haven't even spent 24 hours on the Xoom.
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I was able to log in, as I had my Xoom added as a new line on the same account on which I already have a Droid. While I can see my Xoom data usage within the app, the widget will only show me my phone data usage. Has anyone found a way around this?
Yeah I've found a way. Call verizon and ask for a refund on your 1 month fee plus the activation fee since they already came out and
Said you can get a refund. They don't require you to buy the data to buy the xoom anymore.
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So I've really been enjoying my new nexus 4. But I've if the things that's bothered me the most is the poor implementation of beaming. For example when I try to beam a 30 second HD video I recorded on my nexus onto my brother's identical nexus 4, it starts up a Bluetooth connection. Am I missing something? I thought it was supposed to create a Wi-Fi direct connection between the two, which would been much much faster.
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I tried for several hours last night trying to get wifi direct to work between my Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 and nothing seemed to work. I then found this app and it worked like a champ:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.wifidirect&hl=en
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I tried for several hours last night trying to get wifi direct to work between my Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 and nothing seemed to work. I then found this app and it worked like a champ:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.wifidirect&hl=en
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WiFi shoot hasn't worked for me so I'll give this one a shot.
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kgeissler said:
I tried for several hours last night trying to get wifi direct to work between my Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 and nothing seemed to work. I then found this app and it worked like a champ:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.wifidirect&hl=en
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Bumping this.
How exactly do I use that app.. is it a necessity that both phones have to have the same app running? could someone please run me through the process? I need to transfer 100 mb files between my n4 and the gnex.
Took me a while but I finally got it too work. After adding the viewing device to the network I rebooted the source device (nexus 4). I was then able to see the target device from my Nexus 4. Then you send an invite from the nexus 4 to the source device. Accept and once connected you are golden. YouTube app ob nexus 4 actually then asks which device should display the video. I was also able to share media using BubbleUPnP. Hope that helps someone
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Bumping this.
How exactly do I use that app.. is it a necessity that both phones have to have the same app running? could someone please run me through the process? I need to transfer 100 mb files between my n4 and the gnex.
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You need to install Wi-Fi Direct on both devices. Make sure both have NFC on.
You can approach the problem in 2 ways (really only 1):
1) Link both phones to each other by directly accessing the app from the drawer first. Once a connection has been established, use your file explorer to locate the file (I use ES File Explorer) and long press it. You'll get a dialog box. Locate "Share" and then click on "Wi-Fi Direct". You'll notice it's sending when you see the Wi-Fi Direct icon in the notification bar.
2) The process is the reverse of 1; locate the file, long press and then Share > Wi-Fi Direct. It'll prompt you to establish a connection.
Speeds I've seen at most is 39Mbit between my GS3 and N4.
Be aware, certain devices don't like to accept invites. In this case it'll error out or not communicate with the other device. Send the invite from the other device instead. If it reaches this situation, the program may be buggy (both refuse to communicate with each other) until you force close the app using a task manager and disable/re-enable NFC.
An example...my GS3 doesn't like to accept invites from the N4 so I'm forced to send invites from the GS3 to the N4 instead.
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So I've really been enjoying my new nexus 4. But I've if the things that's bothered me the most is the poor implementation of beaming. For example when I try to beam a 30 second HD video I recorded on my nexus onto my brother's identical nexus 4, it starts up a Bluetooth connection. Am I missing something? I thought it was supposed to create a Wi-Fi direct connection between the two, which would been much much faster.
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Android Beaming is typically done using Bluetooth (for small files like pictures), hence why you see the Bluetooth icon pop up. I've sent files between my phones and thought it wasn't sending files. It's just ridiculously slow as is the nature of Bluetooth. Random tidbit here -- Samsung implemented their own Android Beaming protocol (S-Beam) to use Wi-Fi Direct instead of the Bluetooth connection.
Thanks a lot man! Got it working.. although having an app for it is still sort of clumsy. Wonder when google will finish up what is incomplete
Ok, this may seem VERY obvious for many, but thought it was worth a mention.
On the N7105, under Settings > Wireless & Network > More Settings > Mobile Networks,
the "Network Mode" option has LTE/GSM/WCDMA (Auto/4G), GSM only(Edge/2G), WCDMA only (3G/HSPA+) .
When using data in passive mode, like letting emails, notifications, contacts, s/media etc sync in the background, if you leave it on GSM only, I'm guessing it'll take up a lot less battery.
And every now and then when you need to browse or stream etc, you can temporarily set it to LTE/Auto or WCDMA depending on the data load (like WCDMA for audio streaming; LTE/Auto for video streaming).
I'm sure there's widgets that do it from the homescreen too.
And I guess the same applies for the N7100, except for the LTE part.
For anyone on 3 in the UK wanting to try this, 3 doesn't have a 2g/GSM only network.
Thanx for the tip
While this is true, I can't stand it. This is coming from me! I used to keep my Blackberries always on 2G. But the problem is if you do anything OTHER than receive emails or send messages, then it's too slow.
Not to mention anything over data via 2G or 2.5G (Edge) cuts off your phone line as it's using the data connection and you can't handle voice and data over over 2 or 2.5G. Be warned! You're going to miss a lot of phone calls!
If you receive a call it will cut out the data connection. Not the other way round
You won't miss any calls...
By the way everyone, check out opera mini! Set image quality to low and pages load pretty quickly over 2.5g and decently over 2g.
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Cmon guys. . This phone is the mother of all smart phones in regards of battery. ..you need these tricks only if you are stuck on a desolated Island. ..
handwritten from my note 2 (N7100)
I will also have to agree with the previous post. I get almost 2 solid days if not a little more of battery life on this thing. Changing the 4G setting only takes away the full ability of what my "little monster" has to offer.
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SirCanealot said:
If you receive a call it will cut out the data connection. Not the other way round
You won't miss any calls...
By the way everyone, check out opera mini! Set image quality to low and pages load pretty quickly over 2.5g and decently over 2g.
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Actually, yeah!
It happens to my mom and me all the time. At my moms house she doesn't use wifi, and she leaves it on GPRS. if she's chatting on whatsapp, the phone call goes to the answering machine because it's being transmitted over the same radio! So her being online holds up the line. I'd suggest you try it Turn on GPRS and browse the web and while loading a site give yourself a call.
Never ceases 2 amaze me how people use all kind of tricks, from Uv, Uc, to what the op does...etc etc...ending up with nothing more than a dumb phone with a big screen!
I paid the full price n I want to use the full potentiel, n how big of a deal is it to plug to a power outlet? unless ur in the middle of nowhere, in which case u'll have no use 4 the phone anyways!
Peace 2 all.
Well, people only end up "using" the phone for a few hours (in terms of screen time), and for the majority of the day, it's just passively doing it's thing. So if you had some widget set up for a quick 2/3/4G swap, for the great majority of the day, it wouldn't really make a difference in your experience with the phone. It'd just mean you wouldn't have to worry about running low on juice when you actually ARE using it for content/media/social media etc.
But that is, if you can be bothered The battery's great eitherway!
Re: missing calls on 2G when data is on, I guess it might be carrier specific (as to whether they prioritize pushing through phone calls over data); wouldn't really know. But in my case, the phone calls seem to tend to come through...
Anyway, as I do tend to use the phone quite a lot (multi tasking, a/v streaming, photography/editing, media uploading and more, all at a 'decent' brightness) and am out and about till late regularly, I've realized, putting in that little bit of effort when I'm not doing all that makes a noticeable difference by night time.
But if/when all else fails...spare battery
SirCanealot said:
If you receive a call it will cut out the data connection. Not the other way round
You won't miss any calls...
By the way everyone, check out opera mini! Set image quality to low and pages load pretty quickly over 2.5g and decently over 2g.
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This is exactly what I do when I'm not really using the phone too much and its mostly in my pocket. Taking it out for a few minutes every now and then I use Opera Mini and the speed over 2.5g is acceptable enough. This is a huge battery saver if you need the phone to last as long as possible when you know you'll be away from a charging point for a few days.
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if anyone knows of a widget that can directly toggle between 2G and 3G or 4G, i'd love to know about it because samsung implemented network switching differently from AOSP so apps that work on AOSP doesn't work on samsung, at least as far as I can tell. Even having root is useless, I still can't find a widget capable of directly toggling the networks...
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if anyone knows of a widget that can directly toggle between 2G and 3G or 4G, i'd love to know about it because samsung implemented network switching differently from AOSP so apps that work on AOSP doesn't work on samsung, at least as far as I can tell. Even having root is useless, I still can't find a widget capable of directly toggling the networks...
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For the time being, I've to a shortcut widget to "Mobile Networks" (Power Toggles -> 2G/3G) on my homescreen, and I switch it from there. It's one extra click, but I guess I can live with it!
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For the time being, I've to a shortcut widget to "Mobile Networks" (Power Toggles -> 2G/3G) on my homescreen, and I switch it from there. It's one extra click, but I guess I can live with it!
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I've got a widget for the shortcut too, but it's more than 1 extra click right? You have to click the widget, then Network mode, click the mode you want, then click OK, then it will swap modes. That's 4 clicks. On AOSP based roms, it's just 1 click. Guess it's probably a limitation of samsung roms.
So when I posted about switching the original note 1 to edge or gsm only to save battery everyone told me I was crazy and it didn't save any battery but now this is a tip?
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I've got a widget for the shortcut too, but it's more than 1 extra click right? You have to click the widget, then Network mode, click the mode you want, then click OK, then it will swap modes. That's 4 clicks. On AOSP based roms, it's just 1 click. Guess it's probably a limitation of samsung roms.
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Actually, come to think about it you're right! I guess I'd just gotten used to it.
Wonder if there was a way to do it via 'Tasker'?
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So when I posted about sing the original note 1 to edge or gsm only to save battery everyone told me I was crazy and it didn't save any battery but now this is a tip?
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You would have been right! it definitely does. The battery consumption difference between 4G and 2G is fairly significant...
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Actually, come to think about it you're right! I guess I'd just gotten used to it.
Wonder if there was a way to do it via 'Tasker'?
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I tried it on my previous S3 before and Tasker couldn't toggle it either.
Related to the missed calls when on 2G.
That depends of wich model you're using.
CDMA (example: Sprint) will allow you to use data, but data connection will not be available if you place a call. And if you're browsing the web, or downloading something, calls go directly to voicemail
GSM (example: AT&T) will allows you to browse data when you're on 2G, BUT, you can be able to receive calls even if you're downloading something, but the data connection will me cut off until you finish the call.
That's the main difference about how the modems and radio works between each technology.
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You would have been right! it definitely does. The battery consumption difference between 4G and 2G is fairly significant...
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Yup well you can read all the comments telling me what I wanted to do was useless and pointless here when I know for a fact I was right...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1730601
So I recommended my friend to get Nexus 4 a while back and he loves it. One thing that bugs him is the OTA update downloading over mobile data. The thing is, he doesn't have a great data plan and is only connected to wifi for 8 hours a day (sometimes less).
He has gone through 3 updates so far (4.3, 4.4, and 4.4.2) and all of the updates were automatically downloaded over mobile data, which incur significant cost on his monthly bill. Is there any way to turn it off or at least set it to manual or via wifi only?
His phone is not rooted, so autostart, autorun, and FOTAkill is not an option.
I think you can't stop it from auto downloading but you CAN limit your data usage ?
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That would be interesting to know. I never use fully stock Roms so the ota I'd pointless for me anyway..
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So I recommended my friend to get Nexus 4 a while back and he loves it. One thing that bugs him is the OTA update downloading over mobile data. The thing is, he doesn't have a great data plan and is only connected to wifi for 8 hours a day (sometimes less).
He has gone through 3 updates so far (4.3, 4.4, and 4.4.2) and all of the updates were automatically downloaded over mobile data, which incur significant cost on his monthly bill. Is there any way to turn it off or at least set it to manual or via wifi only?
His phone is not rooted, so autostart, autorun, and FOTAkill is not an option.
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Your friend could turn off mobile data altogether. That is one way of holding the OTAs
Ryan W. said:
I think you can't stop it from auto downloading but you CAN limit your data usage ��
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Your friend could turn off mobile data altogether. That is one way of holding the OTAs
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He needs mobile data for instant messaging (Whatsapp, Wechat). So I guess there's really no OFF switch for OTA auto download.
I never noticed it until my friend asked me (I can't get OTAs anyway, so I didn't bother looking at the update page in settings). I used to assume that I can turn it off set it to "download over wifi only", because I remembered having those options in my HTC Sensation.
Weird.
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He needs mobile data for instant messaging (Whatsapp, Wechat). So I guess there's really no OFF switch for OTA auto download.
I never noticed it until my friend asked me (I can't get OTAs anyway, so I didn't bother looking at the update page in settings). I used to assume that I can turn it off set it to "download over wifi only", because I remembered having those options in my HTC Sensation.
Weird.
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Yeah. Seems that way. To be honest, I too never thought of limiting OTAs. Custom rom users