New user here, please tolerate my long post with many questions. I've had my Touch Pro 2 for a few months now, but haven't gotten into customizing it at all yet. What I'm wondering is if there is a program that can prevent my phone from accessing the internet or using any data unless I am connected to Wi-fi. I'm a University student and spend most of my time on campus, which has free Wi-fi. Occasionally while tinkering with my phone I get an error message from one program or another, and the browser instantly kicks up and leads me to a page for troubleshooting. Eventually costing me data fees.
Is there any way to prevent my phone from accessing the internet entirely unless it is connected via Wi-Fi? I found a few programs that looked like they might solve my problem, but they only seem to work when roaming. Also if anyone happens to know, is the battery drain much higher if I leave Wi-fi on all the time? I'm currently in the habit of turning it off and on when I need to use it, but if the drain is low enough I might stop bothering with the constant on/off switching.
Thanks in advance for any help you folks can offer!
PS: Are there any "must have" programs or tweaks that I should know about? Other than a few games, my phone is still entirely stock. I've looked over the "software worth installing" thread, but being new to Windows Mobile it's hard to know what is a slight tweak, and what is something that everyone should probably have.
Search for the "NoData" cab. I think it's from Modaco.
I noticed that one previously, but was under the impression that it only blocked data transfers when roaming? If that's not true, or it can be configured otherwise, then that should be exactly what I'm looking for.
I used this program for my wife's phone. It blocks your phone from accessing your carrier's data network. It turns the hardware off, I believe. Worked for me!
first you should turn error reporting off since you'll never get a message back for a fix as MS won't do anything about it half the time. And second you should be able to turn off the 3g in connection settings under communication in the settings menu. When you do that it shouldn't auto on. You don't need any software to do what you need for this. I've had mine since it came out and the settings have held up through the Tilt and the Fuze as well. Hope this helps.
There you are
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.
Firstly I want to put aside all warning about if it is legal or so, focus on technical issue.
I am not new if it comes to networking, that's why I want to expand my knowledge.
Just got new Samsung Galaxy S3 mini, and wanted to try tethering with my sim card.
Got message on web browser in PC and mobile as well:
"Are you using your phone as a modem or personal hotspot?
Reference SIM002
Using your phone as a modem and connecting it to other devices through WiFi or USB to get onto the internet (also called 'tethering'), is not what the plan you're on was designed for. If you would like to speak to someone about tethering options available to you, please call 333 free from your Three phone.
In the meantime if you want to get your phone back to browsing the internet you'll need to turn it off, allow it to reset itself for a few moments, and then turn it on again.
If you're looking for a Mobile Broadband connection, you'll get a better, cheaper and faster experience on one of our Mobile Broadband tariffs or devices. Just go to your nearest 3Store."
I found some threads here on our forum, but no answer how does it work.
As in my phone (Samsung Galaxy S4 Relay) which is rooted it working fine.
Some people say network operator is doing Deep Packet Inspection - maybe, but it looks like rooted device appear for them as not hotspot and not rooted as hotpost.
Am I right? Is rooted phone doing it somehow smarted (e.g. making itself proper router with his DNS point and gate ?)
Hi All,
I was wondering if someone can help me. I am having a bizarre problem on my Galaxy S5, which so far has stumped Verizon, Samsung and Time Warner Cable Tech Supports.
For some reason, when I'm connected to my home Wifi network, certain apps run very slow. Basically, if you open an app like Facebook, Instagram, or the Google Play Store, a lot of the icons, pictures and thumbnails all show up gray, and either don't come up at all, or take forever to load. As soon as I turn Wifi off and switch over to 4G, they all pop up almost immediately. I've also noticed this problem on Google Now. You tap the microphone, say a command and it gets stuck on "Recognizing..." for a long time, and quite often comes up with "Can't reach Google at the moment." Again, it's only certain apps. Other apps like my web browser app don't seem to be affected.
This doesn't make sense to me, because I also have a laptop and my girlfriend's Galaxy S III connected to my Wifi network and they don't have this problem. I've even busted out my old LG Spectrum 2 and sure enough, these apps load up lightning quick on it. I've done an internet speed test on my S5. On my Wifi I get a 19ms ping, download speeds of 18 MB/s and uploads pushing 2 MB/s. When I'm on 4G, the ping is 40ms, and the speeds are only 6MB/s and 0.7MB/s respectively, so the Wifi theoretically should be way faster.
I spent over an hour on the phone with Verizon and Samsung Tech Support, and after trying a ton of different things, including a Factory Reset, they determined it was probably the device. Since I'm under warranty, they sent me another one. I got it yesterday and tried it...yep, same problem.
Just out of curiosity, I tried it on the Wifi at my workplace. Wouldn't you know it, the problem isn't there. But, I don't understand what could be wrong with my home Wifi. I've got Road Runner Turbo internet from Time Warner w/download speeds up to 20MB/s. I've also got a really good modem/router that cost several hundred dollars. And, like I said the problem doesn't seem to happen on other devices.
I've searched the internet and have found almost nothing on this. Does anyone know of something I can try? Here's everything I've tried so far:
"Forgetting" my Wifi Network and Reconnecting
Resetting the Modem/Router
Clearing Data and Cache on Affected Apps
Phone Factory Reset
Trying with another Galaxy S5
Switching from DHCP to Static Connection on Phone
Switching DNS to Google's Addresses on Phone (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4)
Tinkering with the Modem/Router Security Settings and even Disabling Security
Changing the Router Bandwidth Settings
Changing my Router's Broadcast Channel - Have Tried Several Different Ones
Calling my ISP and Upgrading to a Higher Bandwidth/Speed
Here's my hardware details:
Phone - Verizon Galaxy S5, Unrooted, Running Stock Kitkat 4.4.4
ISP - Time Warner Cable, Road Runner Turbo
Modem/Router - Motorola/Arris SBG6782-AC
Thanks so much in advance!
Watching with interest.
Have a similar situation with my s5 900f international running latest NeatRom.
Some days better than others even when using home sky fibre optic and no drop in speed from router.
Had to get a new router
Ok, so I finally fixed the problem...in a manner that I wish I didn't have to resort to, but it seemed like the only option.
Let me start by thanking Rukbat from Android Central. I posted this topic there too, and his response was very helpful. Here's a repost of it:
Talk to Verizon (the tech people in the back, not the sales associates) or the Time Warner people (same thing - tech people) and see if anyone has an old Linksys or D-Link wifi router you can borrow for a day. (I'm using a Linksys WRT54G at the moment, and in router years it's as old as George Washington's corpse.)
From years of experience, writing communications code, playing with my phone, routers - and looking at my calendar - I'm guessing a bug in KitKat that shows up only with some apps. My almost new Linksys EA4500 started showing this problem almost as soon as the phones updated to 4.4.2, but the apps all work fine on old routers.
If an old router solves the problem, you can get a refurb WRT54 (G or GS) for the $25 range on Amazon (or maybe TW has an old one they'll let you use with one of their modems).
The Facebook app works just fine on mobile data, AT&T hotspots, TMobile hotspots - but not on new Linksys (supposedly the best) routers, and I've heard reports of the same problem on the newer D-Link routers, also supposed to be top-of-the-line. (I actually left the app running for 12 hours once, just to see how long it would take to update. It's more than 12 hours, because it still hadn't done anything. But standing in the parking lot at a Sam's Club, with a barely usable AT&T hotsopt signal, it updates in a couple of seconds.) AT&T connected me to their in-store wifi (which is secured, so of course they deleted the connection after we checked it out) and Facebook updated immediately. Speedtest.com shows over 14mbps download and pings running from 15-50ms with my new router that doesn't work with facebook, so it's not the connection, it's not the wifi signal itself, it's either a problem with certain apps or a problem with the 4.4 wifi firmware. Play store downloads are slower on the new routers too, but not too bad. just noticeably slower. (If I set up a guest account on the router it works fine, though, so it's not a bad router. It's just a pain to have to sign into the guest account every so often.)
This is the reason systems analysts turn grey at a young age and have bald spots. Problems that don't seem to make sense, and people in a position to debug them who can't or won't. I can reproduce the problem at will (which is the difficult part of fixing a problem), but there's no one interested in fixing it.
I ended up just getting a different router, as he suggested. From what he's describing, it sounds like some routers just don't play nice with some newer phones, for no apparent reason at all, which is both discouraging and frustrating at the same time. And I've come to the conclusion that my router is one of them. After spending hours on the phone with technical support from Verizon, Time Warner, Arris and Samsung, no one could find a solution for me.
I will say that I did find some hints from other places online that tweaking certain router settings will fix this problem, but I think I kind of nipped myself in the **** by not doing my homework when I bought my Arris modem/router. This router is locked down pretty tight from changing certain settings. You can't disable IPv6, which some people say fixed the problem. Someone else suggested enabling IP tunneling, but I don't see this setting on my router. Somewhere else, I read that this is the same thing as Port Forwarding, but I really don't know what port you would have to forward to a phone. You can't even update the firmware on my router, as Arris only provides it to cable ISPs...and they won't push it to customer owned devices. I don't even know why they sell this model to the public if that's the case.
So anyway, I just bought a much cheaper Netgear router from Best Buy, and wouldn't you know it, it works great! I think that it even outperforms my Arris. I guess the moral of the story is be careful about what you buy.
Update - problem solved!!!
I cannot believe this. I managed to get my phone working yesterday with my old Arris modem/router. I didn't even have to tweak it, or try to disable IPv6 or anything.
It turned out that the problem was my phone's SIM card. When I first bought the phone, I ordered it online and I remembered that it came in the mail with a SIM card. But, when I placed the card in the phone, it wouldn't activate. I probably should have called Verizon at that point to ask what I should do, but I ended up just taking the SIM card out of my old LG phone, and putting it in the S5. It looked the same to me, so I didn't think it would matter.
Then, not too long ago, I noticed that certain apps were saying that I needed an "Enhanced SIM Card" to use them, so it got me thinking, maybe I should have used the card that came with the phone. I called Verizon, and sure enough, they said that the card that came with the phone used much more updated technology, which is a better fit for the phone. So, they got it activated for me, and now not only do all of my apps work, but the slow Wifi problem is gone too! I didn't even know that the SIM card can affect Wifi. But anyway, this is great! I can take my new modem back, now.
I would ask anybody who has this same problem if they are not using a SIM card that came with the phone. If you are, it could be that you need a new one or more updated one. I believe most carriers will give you a new one for free. You can also check to see if your card is outdated in a couple different ways. Try opening an app like Softcard, and if it says that you need an Enhanced card, then your card is outdated. Also, check the numbers on your SIM. According to Verizon, in the US, the card should have a handful of numbers, followed by FIVE zeroes. If there are any more than five, it is an older card. It might be different for different countries or carriers.
Hope that helps!
Grrrr....spoke too soon. It worked fine for about a week, but now it's doing the same thing again, even with the new SIM card. Switched back to the newer router. Guess it's something with the Arris router after all.
So I have in my hands the ubiquitous HSDPA USB modem, and an AT&T Sim Card. I plugged in the modem to the USB port of my Windows7 laptop,and it installed the device drivers and brought up the connection screen. When I click connect, it tries for a while, and then shows "Disconnected". Any ideas what is going on? The intent is to use it with a new Android HU that I will be installing in my car, and was testing it out.
I have the same unit (white) and exactly the same experience.. I really hope somebody has a solution.
First question, where did you get the SIM card?
Second question, do you know if it's bound to a valid ESN/IMSI/MSISDN?
You might need to take the SIM back to an AT&T store and have it reflashed.
I feared having the same problem and as such I opted to go with an AT&T Velocity WiFi hotspot instead. I have one in my Jeep and it works pretty flawlessly. Cost me a buck with a 2 year agreement which was not a big deal at all.