Hello Guys,
I made my jump into the world of Android with the SGS2. I love it to the core with the few days I have played with it. I am on the lookout for some good 3G/2G/EDGE turn off apps that let me turn off my data usage since I am on a data limit plan. I know that I can disable data from going into wireless & networks > Mobile Networks> uncheck use packet data. But I am looking for some sort of a widget app on the home screen that turn off/on the data with one click.
I would appreciate if you guys could point me to some good apps that are known to work on SGS2.
Thanks
I'm haven't looked into any Apps that do that, but if you flash to a custom ROM like UnNamed, there is a data toggle button on the drop down menu.
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sammyguy said:
Hello Guys,
I made my jump into the world of Android with the SGS2. I love it to the core with the few days I have played with it. I am on the lookout for some good 3G/2G/EDGE turn off apps that let me turn off my data usage since I am on a data limit plan. I know that I can disable data from going into wireless & networks > Mobile Networks> uncheck use packet data. But I am looking for some sort of a widget app on the home screen that turn off/on the data with one click.
I would appreciate if you guys could point me to some good apps that are known to work on SGS2.
Thanks
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There is a lot of apps that u can download in android market, but it will be useless if right now u'r running default Original ROM.
Apps that you already download from android market will be useless, i recommended that u flash default ROM and use Custom ROM.
Right now i'm running SG2 with Cyanogen and it had option to choose 2G or 3G data.
i hope this information can help you
Thanks.
Thank you guys!!! You guys are just awesome..I will look into flashing some custom ROM's..The more I delve into Android the more I am in love with it.
HTC Chris said:
I'm haven't looked into any Apps that do that, but if you flash to a custom ROM like UnNamed, there is a data toggle button on the drop down menu.
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Please correct me if I am wrong but I do not believe UnNamed has this toggle...
I too would love to be able to easily switch to 2g/3g.
tboooe said:
Please correct me if I am wrong but I do not believe UnNamed has this toggle...
I too would love to be able to easily switch to 2g/3g.
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i wish, i do not see that toggle just the standard data
tboooe said:
Please correct me if I am wrong but I do not believe UnNamed has this toggle...
I too would love to be able to easily switch to 2g/3g.
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it has a toggle to switch the data on/off, not 2g to 3g.
Switching from 3g to 2g will save battery correct? I wonder why there isn't a default way to do that like on the iphone.
Firepac said:
Switching from 3g to 2g will save battery correct? I wonder why there isn't a default way to do that like on the iphone.
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It did at least on my iphone.
tboooe said:
Please correct me if I am wrong but I do not believe UnNamed has this toggle...
I too would love to be able to easily switch to 2g/3g.
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My mistake, it is just for the data itself.
So far I have tried all unamed, perception, cognition, serendipity and c7... out of which all stock based rom do not allow 3g/2g switch only c7 does... but with c7 you loose some functionality like motion sensing, slide to call in contacts etc..
sammyguy said:
Hello Guys,
I made my jump into the world of Android with the SGS2. I love it to the core with the few days I have played with it. I am on the lookout for some good 3G/2G/EDGE turn off apps that let me turn off my data usage since I am on a data limit plan. I know that I can disable data from going into wireless & networks > Mobile Networks> uncheck use packet data. But I am looking for some sort of a widget app on the home screen that turn off/on the data with one click.
I would appreciate if you guys could point me to some good apps that are known to work on SGS2.
Thanks
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Beautiful widgets has a toggle for data and has always worked reasonably well for me.
Nice work!
Man gr8 job keep good work! Thnx
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Does anyone know if there is a widget comparable to the sense "mobile" widget, that will turn mobile data on/off, and works with the Eris? I've tried toggle data widget and switchpro and neither of them work. Thanks!
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I used to be looking out for one, but I found out I always had one!
I assume your on a vanilla rom and dont have sense? use the control panel. there's a button with a circle and 2 arrows on it.
now this doesn't actually turn off 3g, it turns off active syncing. active syncing is what drains your battery when you aren't touching your phone. so if you turn it of, it will be exactly like if you turned 3G off all together. but! doing it this way, you can open up the browser, and it will still automatically load.
like, if you turn it off, your phone wont be using 3g to constantly check on your new emails, but if you went to the mail application and hit refresh it will bring in the new emails for you.
Thanks, actually I'm trying to convince myself I could use a non-sense ROM. There are many things that I love about sense and the mobile widget is one of them.
I'm on pageplus and only have 50mb of data, so I like to keep the mobile connection off unless I need it for some reason. One time I was listening to pandora over wifi and all the sudden my data usage was maxed out. I believe the wifi radio was turned off after 15 minutes because of one of the phones settings (I've since changed that setting and haven't seen this problem). Needless to say, since then, I've been paranoid.
The suggestion to disable syncing will help but I would prefer to cut the connection completely. That way, any app that might happen to be running in the background (That I no longer need) won't be able to suck away at my limited data. Or, if wifi get's turned off automatically for some reason
Are there any other suggestions?
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Thanks, actually I'm trying to convince myself I could use a non-sense ROM. There are many things that I love about sense and the mobile widget is one of them.
I'm on pageplus and only have 50mb of data, so I like to keep the mobile connection off unless I need it for some reason. One time I was listening to pandora over wifi and all the sudden my data usage was maxed out. I believe the wifi radio was turned off after 15 minutes because of one of the phones settings (I've since changed that setting and haven't seen this problem). Needless to say, since then, I've been paranoid.
The suggestion to disable syncing will help but I would prefer to cut the connection completely. That way, any app that might happen to be running in the background (That I no longer need) won't be able to suck away at my limited data. Or, if wifi get's turned off automatically for some reason
Are there any other suggestions?
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http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-camurphy-toggledata-jCE.aspx
would that work ?
Thanks rv, I've actually tried that one and it doesn't appear to work on the Eris. Other people have reported the same in the reviews.
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I would love to find something like this to out side if the sense widget. haven't found it yet.
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I am on page plus also, and i faced the exact same dilemma trying a non-sense rom. I couldn't find anything reliable. I know its not as convenient but what about just pushing the power button for 2 secs and then selecting turn on/off mobile network from that list. I have to do this in sense sometimes because the mobile widget doesn't work occasionally.
For those that are using roms that still have HTC Framework, then a shortcut is to long press the end call button and select the last option. Which is Mobile Network ON/OFF
Atleast that's a workaround but not a complete widget replacement, sorry
Check out beautiful widgets, it's 1.99 but it might have what you need.
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Thanks rv, I've actually tried that one and it doesn't appear to work on the Eris. Other people have reported the same in the reviews.
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u should try droidwall. am on pageplus too and use this one to control the data usage. u can block some or all apps from using 3G and restrict them to just wifi. its free. try it out
mooneyb said:
I am on page plus also, and i faced the exact same dilemma trying a non-sense rom. I couldn't find anything reliable. I know its not as convenient but what about just pushing the power button for 2 secs and then selecting turn on/off mobile network from that list. I have to do this in sense sometimes because the mobile widget doesn't work occasionally.
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Yeah that will work fine, I never noticed that was there... but do the AOSP/Cyanogen builds have this option?
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Check out beautiful widgets, it's 1.99 but it might have what you need.
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I actually have beautiful widgets, but there isn't one to turn off data.
Just to post an update for anyone interested:
SwitchPro widget works great at least on White Widow. I'm assuming it works on any AOSP ROM. I tried it with a stock sense rom previously and it didn't work for me, so I'm assuming that it doesn't work with sense.
Before I posted this question I could not find any answers
Anyway my question is. is there a way to make everything auto like when you are not using internet automatically turn off 3g or 4g and when u use it automatically turns on 3g or 4g and my talk and text insted of going in to setting and menually turn on
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ampinc said:
Before I posted this question I could not find any answers
Anyway my question is. is there a way to make everything auto like when you are not using internet automatically turn off 3g or 4g and when u use it automatically turns on 3g or 4g and my talk and text insted of going in to setting and menually turn on
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Easily accomplished with an app in the Market called Tasker. It's over $6 but worth it to me. There's also Locale, SettingProfiles, etc but Tasker seems more feature-rich and more actively dev'ed.
When I was not rooted I was getting great battery life using Juice Defender, spend the little bit of money to get the Pro version. It will come on at a time you select to search for gmail or MMS as soon as 15m or every hour, it also has a night sch where it never lets the internet connect. You can also block apps from reaching the internet which I did often on App that wanted full internet access (yea right), it will also turn off WiFi after screen off if you select that as well. It has a ton of options and like I said was getting great battery life while lettting it manage my phone. It will also reconnect to the internet as soon as you screen on. So there you go Auto everything.
ampinc said:
Before I posted this question I could not find any answers
Anyway my question is. is there a way to make everything auto like when you are not using internet automatically turn off 3g or 4g and when u use it automatically turns on 3g or 4g and my talk and text insted of going in to setting and menually turn on
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Grnlantern79 said:
...it will also turn off WiFi after screen off if you select that as well. .
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Your phone can do that by default if you go to wireless settings → press menu button → advanced settings → disable wifi on sleep.
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Your phone can do that by default if you go to wireless settings → press menu button → advanced settings → disable wifi on sleep.
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If your connected to WiFi it will use less power than 3g or 4g, its when your not connected and its searching for a connection that it eats up battery. I toggle WiFi on as soon as I'm home or around WiFi and off as soon as I leave.
Thanks guys fir the info I will try that
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not really sure if this is possible. I notice with whatsapp with normal messages that the little 3g icon doesn't kick up to H or H+ unless I'm sending/receiving media files or anything other than just normal messages.
I think this is a good feature (if it is designed to be one) and would like some other apps to only stay on 3g and not kick up to HSPA+. Some of these apps are facebook messenger and twitter where there is no need for full HSPA+.
Is this possible or is it up to the app developer to implement such a feature?
p.s I have fast dormancy disabled and I'm on Telstra network.
2.3.6 based rom and KL1 modem.
tk142 said:
Hi
not really sure if this is possible. I notice with whatsapp with normal messages that the little 3g icon doesn't kick up to H or H+ unless I'm sending/receiving media files or anything other than just normal messages.
I think this is a good feature (if it is designed to be one) and would like some other apps to only stay on 3g and not kick up to HSPA+. Some of these apps are facebook messenger and twitter where there is no need for full HSPA+.
Is this possible or is it up to the app developer to implement such a feature?
p.s I have fast dormancy disabled and I'm on Telstra network.
2.3.6 based rom and KL1 modem.
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No you can't select which apps will use 2G/3G/H+..!
Also its not the app developer who decides that!
KJS
kjshah said:
No you can't select which apps will use 2G/3G/H+..!
Also its not the app developer who decides that!
KJS
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Oh oops. I thought it was a special feature of whatsapp to stay on 3g to save battery.
Never mind !
Thanks for confirming dude.
tk142 said:
Oh oops. I thought it was a special feature of whatsapp to stay on 3g to save battery.
Never mind !
Thanks for confirming dude.
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But you can toggle data connection to use 2g/3g all the time according to your will..
If you want to do that just search for it on xda or google and you will fint it!
Hit the thanks button
KJS
kjshah said:
But you can toggle data connection to use 2g/3g all the time according to your will..
If you want to do that just search for it on xda or google and you will fint it!
Hit the thanks button
KJS
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Nah don't want 2g especially when I have a 3 gb data allowance
I've done a lot of searching and have come up a bit fruitless on this. I was using JuiceDefender for a little before it just decided to not work anymore(?), but I really liked having my 4G disabled when the phone was in stand by with the lock screen and turning back on upon unlock. Just wanted to see if anyone knew an app that did this specifically. I'm using Apn4Apps right now, but it's just not quite the same.
I'm developer of Apn4Apps.
There is no sense to enable 4G if you open your screen to use your notepad.
Apn4Apps enables the mobile data for your selected applications.
Why would you need to enable 4G when the screen is on?
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I've done a lot of searching and have come up a bit fruitless on this. I was using JuiceDefender for a little before it just decided to not work anymore(?), but I really liked having my 4G disabled when the phone was in stand by with the lock screen and turning back on upon unlock. Just wanted to see if anyone knew an app that did this specifically. I'm using Apn4Apps right now, but it's just not quite the same.
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Try 'green power' from the market ...exactly what you need
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Apn4Apps settings
cyberjava said:
I'm developer of Apn4Apps.
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I installed this app and it it is exactly for my requirement. But for some reason the data connection goes off almost immediately as it turns on after a selected app is open. I'm on ICS.
Also, what is the timeout?
Thanks
AJaxEmpire said:
I installed this app and it it is exactly for my requirement. But for some reason the data connection goes off almost immediately as it turns on after a selected app is open. I'm on ICS.
Also, what is the timeout?
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I have some queries to understand the issue.
What's your phone brand and model?
What's your exact ICS version?
Is the rom stock version or not ?
The timeout value defines the timeout value for disabling the mobile data (3G/4G) when the screen goes off.
As an example if your screen has a value of 1 minute timeout value and APN4Apps has a timeout value of 10 sec then your mobile data will go off after 1 minute + 10 secs if you dont touch your phone.
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this looks like a great idea, but it's not working 100% on my phone, so here's some feedback:
Galaxy S2 on the latest CM9 nightly. It only turns on data for your own app and the google play store, no other programs work, and it never turns off data on its own. Some apps, like Rainy Days, make your app crash.
cyberjava said:
I'm developer of Apn4Apps.
There is no sense to enable 4G if you open your screen to use your notepad.
Apn4Apps enables the mobile data for your selected applications.
Why would you need to enable 4G when the screen is on?
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wowee_zowee said:
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this looks like a great idea, but it's not working 100% on my phone, so here's some feedback:
Galaxy S2 on the latest CM9 nightly. It only turns on data for your own app and the google play store, no other programs work, and it never turns off data on its own. Some apps, like Rainy Days, make your app crash.
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I've updated Apn4Apps. It includes ICS fix.
Please check it out on https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tr.caglar.android.apn4apps and send me your comments for CM9
I've updated Apn4Apps to 1.0.6 with deep sleep fix.
I'm waiting for your valuable feedbacks
My Samsung galaxy trend mobile data turns on/of automatically.
Hey everybody!
I have a question: In android 4.0 and above there is the option in the data usage settings, to turn mobile data on and off.
What difference does it exactly make? As fas as I tested, I still can take a look at my mobile data usage, even though it is tuned off in the data usage settings.
According to this source of Google
http://support.google.com/android/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1638168
turning it off means:
If it's off, you won't be able to use mobile data at all and many features of your phone and apps won't work correctly.
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Anybody knows what they mean by "...use mobile data at all..." (since I still have 3G) and what features there could be?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Michael
Sometimes it takes a while for the data to toggle off. I personally just use airplane mode on my phone and it cuts off my data fairly quickly.
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Sky93 said:
Sometimes it takes a while for the data to toggle off. I personally just use airplane mode on my phone and it cuts off my data fairly quickly.
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OK, thank you. Somehow the on/off status is now consistent. Thanks