I have tried searching for an application for windows or android that will allow the reception of my sgs2 to be shown on my laptop or tablet.
Now this might sound silly but if I use my phone as a hotspot and leave it in my pocket then it would be great to see the reception or even speed of connection on the device that is grabbing the internet. At the moment I am blind whether there is a data connection unless I turn the the sgs2 screen on.
I'm guessing there is not an existing application for this but its probably possible, but is not likely to be in the near future huh?
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Is there a method or an app that can automatically handle wifi switching between access points based on signal stregth.. like how an iOS device natively jumps to another AP if the signal strength is pretty low on the currently connected one.
EarlZ said:
Is there a method or an app that can automatically handle wifi switching between access points based on signal stregth.. like how an iOS device natively jumps to another AP if the signal strength is pretty low on the currently connected one.
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I would love this to happen, I have 2 APs in my house & both my Galaxy S2 & EeePad refuse to pick up the best AP when I move about often resulting in my losing the signal.
Surely this is pretty straight forward & would benefit most Android users ?
Anyway, if anyone has an answer or can develop a simple solution I would be interested.
I'm having the same issue. I have 3 floors at my house, with cement between each floor so the wifi signal degrades quite a bit between floors. I have now setup 3 APs at my house (one for each floor) and I have to turn my wifi off and then back on the Galaxy S2 to get it to connect to the strongest AP - really annoying that Android doesn't do wireless AP switching...
Anyone have a solution for this yet?
Hello to all, I'm wondering if other is anyway to connect my phone to my home router then broadcast that signal to my prime. So instead of using my data from my 3g I would just be rebroadcasting my home wifi signal. I think this would be a type of band aid until the prime gets some kind of fix for wifi farther than 20ft. I thought of this when I went outside and my prime had no signal but my phone did. I thought it would be nice to piggy back that wifi signal my phone is picking up on. I have a tethering plan on my phone that works fine but when I'm right outside my house I hate to use data when my wifi is simi-free.
Thanks to all for any response.
I've been reading about mifi cards as alternative but then thought " is their anyway to buy a unlocked (I'm assuming their locked to carriers) mifi card and instead of it picking up 3g or 4g date can it be modded to pick up the closest or strongest wifi signal and then use its hotspot ability to transmit it." I'm not sure but I would assume that it would have a pretty good receiver in it, at least better than the prime in its current state.
If these are crazy ideas... I can take it I'm a big boy
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Hello to all, I'm wondering if other is anyway to connect my phone to my home router then broadcast that signal to my prime. So instead of using my data from my 3g I would just be rebroadcasting my home wifi signal. I think this would be a type of band aid until the prime gets some kind of fix for wifi farther than 20ft. I thought of this when I went outside and my prime had no signal but my phone did. I thought it would be nice to piggy back that wifi signal my phone is picking up on. I have a tethering plan on my phone that works fine but when I'm right outside my house I hate to use data when my wifi is simi-free.
Thanks to all for any response.
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What about a bog standard wireless access point or repeater, as that way you do not have to worry about connecting to yer phone?
Not sure if this I correct but is a bog standard router just a better router? Also I think a repeater would probably work I just can't seem to be able to find a battery operated small one (pocket sized). The problem I'm running into is that as a firefighter most of our firehouses are brick and concrete with steel mixed in, not the bet setup for wifi. My phone is able to pick up the wifi from pretty far away even though the signal is poor to fair but my prime is not. So I need something that I can slip into my pocket that will pick up the weak signal and boost or simply give the prime a closer access point. We rove to different stations almost everyday so it needs to be something portable. Hopefully this clears up my situation.
Thank you for your reply.
I think you cant connect and broadcast the wifi signal at the same time with your phone. You either use the antenna and hardware to receive a signal or you use it to broadcast but not both at the same time.
Correct me if i'm wrong though
Well that might kill my cell phone idea.... their has to be something that can be done. Besides just fixing the prime.
I have done what you have said but it does depend on what cellphone you currently own. I have a Samsung Galaxy Captivate with an ICS rom and so my phone is able to transfers a Wifi connection right to my prime using Bluetooth.
Also, seems that when my phone loses WiFi connection and switches to 3g my prime auto disconnects so I don't use up my 3g bandwidth.
That sounds about what I need. You don't know if its only that phone? I have a inspire 4g running ICS from the dhd board. Is it app your using or built into your phone or ICS?
I am using the method that is built into the OS.
On your Phone:
Settings -> More... (under Wireless and Networks) -> Tethering and Portable Hotspot ->Bluetooth tethering.
Connect your prime and phone using Bluetooth.
On your Prime:
Settings -> Bluetooth -> Settings button beside your phone's name -> Internet Access
Then if it works the text "Use for internet Access" will switch to "Connected to devices for Internet"
Bluetooth tethering is super slow, there are some apps were you can tether your wifi connection while connected to another wifi network.
Can't think of the name of the top of my head, maybe someone else knows..
Bluetooth tethering worked with my phone so thank you. It does seem to be a lot slower but this was a bandaid for my prime so at least it works. Slow speed is better than nothing. Cost cutter It would be nice if I could find that app your talking about. Was it on the market?
Is it possible to have multiple bluetooth connections without fracturing thoroughput? I.e. run Tablet Talk at the same time.
You might also try a USB wifi stick if you have the dock or adapter.
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So after the 3.16 update, I noticed my phone was not picking up 4G. After pulling my hair out to figure out why, I traced the problem to the Sprint Connection Optimizer being disabled. Turn it on, 4G toggles on with it, turn it off, 4G toggles off with it. The previous version of the Sprint Connection Optimizer did not do this. To confirm my suspicions I reset the phone to stock and observed the same behavior.
This is quite the pain in the ass as I don't want my phone connecting to WiFi networks that I marked "remember". In addition, I don't need my phone connecting to WiFi at work (which I use for work purposes under special circumstance).
My short term solution is to forget WiFi networks but this is rather tedious. With the Sprint Connection Optimizer toggled off, I am essentially locked out of 4G. I pay for Sprint's service and I insistent on using as much of their/my bandwidth as I chose.
Can anybody else confirm what is happening. My area has relatively strong 4G coverage, to the point where seeing 3G would be a rare occurrence. I need to make sure this isn't a problem on just my device before I roam my way out of my contract.
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So after the 3.16 update, I noticed my phone was not picking up 4G. After pulling my hair out to figure out why, I traced the problem to the Sprint Connection Optimizer being disabled. Turn it on, 4G toggles on with it, turn it off, 4G toggles off with it. The previous version of the Sprint Connection Optimizer did not do this. To confirm my suspicions I reset the phone to stock and observed the same behavior.
This is quite the pain in the ass as I don't want my phone connecting to WiFi networks that I marked "remember". In addition, I don't need my phone connecting to WiFi at work (which I use for work purposes under special circumstance).
My short term solution is to forget WiFi networks but this is rather tedious. With the Sprint Connection Optimizer toggled off, I am essentially locked out of 4G. I pay for Sprint's service and I insistent on using as much of their/my bandwidth as I chose.
Can anybody else confirm what is happening. My area has relatively strong 4G coverage, to the point where seeing 3G would be a rare occurrence. I need to make sure this isn't a problem on just my device before I roam my way out of my contract.
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Why would you not want to connect to WiFi networks that you mark remember?....jw
If you have the option of your local WiFi versus 4G most times I'd expect someone to want to go with the WiFi... Only time you'd want to not is in places where 4G was better connection, which in those cases I wouldn't want to mark said WiFi networks as remember...
Ill try to mess with it here see how it effects my stuff as were rolling 4G a lot now...
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In most cases work wifi won't let you watch porn at work man. Total pain in the a$$. We should be able to toggle our own connections. I will say wifi is better on battery and generally faster. However there's potential risk on wifi that someone could access your device. Extremely unlikely but a possibility none the less.
In my area we don't have lte yet and the other day after installing MeanBean I saw 4G pop up in signal bar then went away then came back. Haven't seen it since. I was so excited but I shouldn't get my hopes up. Sprints been saying 4G for a long time and still nothing. Only reason I stay is unlimited data and I live the HTC evo line.
You have a better chance of winning the lottery 5 times than someone accessing/ hacking your phone over wifi without you knowing about it.
Also there are great wifi apps that tells you who is on the network your on at all times.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always=LTE
I have found that Comcast seems to throttle youtube traffic at certain times of the day, and I have a specific spot in my house where my wifi signal just completely drops (but still claims to be "connected.") I'm obviously going to want my phone to remember my home wifi connection, but I don't necessarily want to always be using it at home.
My situation may not be incredibly common, but it's a valid scenario where you may not necessarily want connection optimizer to run the show.
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I have found that Comcast seems to throttle youtube traffic at certain times of the day, and I have a specific spot in my house where my wifi signal just completely drops (but still claims to be "connected.") I'm obviously going to want my phone to remember my home wifi connection, but I don't necessarily want to always be using it at home.
My situation may not be incredibly common, but it's a valid scenario where you may not necessarily want connection optimizer to run the show.
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The optimizer isn't your issue there though, as the mere fact of having the network remembered in the phone will cause it to connect to it whenever within range.... Its the fact you have a remembered WiFi network saved and you want to override that in a specific location when still in range of the WiFi... In that case the only solution is to toggle it off when you don't want to use it at that specific location in your house...
Optimizers doesn't just force you to connect to your local network that's remembered as the WiFi being on will do that itself already...
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You can try disabling Sprint Connection Optimizer and try purchasing Juice Defender Ultimate. If you use its location service, it will only turn on wifi in places that you turn on the wifi antenna and remember them. And if it turns it on, you just manually turn it off until its trained.
Hi everyone
This may sound like an odd question but we need to block our daughter from accessing the Internet and playing games when she should be doing her schoolwork. We’ve tried blocking UPNP to stop her gaming but it hasn’t worked, and as she does need occasional Internet access totally blocking her (which I can easily do from our BT Homehub 2) isn’t really an option and doesn’t always work.
The problem with completely blocking her is that there’s an open unsecured wifi network nearby which she’s apparently hooking up to if we disconnect her from ours.
So, without taking her laptop off her (which she does actually need) is there any way we can block her from accessing the other network? If I knew who’s it was I’d advise them that it’s unsecured and ask them to fix it, but I don’t.
A colleague in work suggested setting up a wifi hotspot on an Android phone and giving it the same name as the other network (or even as ours), and as the signal from the phone would be stronger, her laptop would probably logon to the Android hotspot instead. As mobile data’s generally slower than wifi it may also be too slow for her gaming. I can’t try this as I don’t have an Android phone, but if it was likely to work I’d buy one - Carphone Warehouse have an Alcatel Android phone for about £30 which can be used as a hotspot.
Does anyone know if there’s any way of setting up a hotspot without actually having a connection to the Internet, via Android or otherwise?
It’s becoming a game of minds now between us and our daughter, and we sort of need to let her know we’re the parents, but without coming down too hard or her just yet.
Thanks.
Sam
Hello,
I just got my HTC One X+AT&T two weeks ago. It is now unlocked and rooted (CMW).
From the start the HOX has a very poor wifi at my home, at my laptop I have 4 bars but my HOX shows only 1 most of the time and 2 bars at most, and disconnects often. I get my wifi Internet from my landlord, so I cannot adjust the router. Though the phone has a good signal at work (where the signal is super strong and my cubicle is like 1 meter away from the router). My signal at home is not as strong as in my job, but at home I can watch Youtube videos just fine, so the sign is not that awful.
I read about the HOX wifi hardware issue, but I rather not try to open the HOX up and fix it myself. I bought the phone at Ebay, so I cant return it.
I tried the Reverse Tether app, I enabled USB tethering on my phone, and the app starts to connect but at the end it shows an error: Failed make sure you have internet on your pc and that is properly shared.
I tried to create a computers/device network on my Mac, but as soon as I created it, it kicked me out of my wifi. I took off the Firewall, and still does not work. I also tried to make an ad hoc network but it did not work either.
I tried to use Internet Sharing on my Mac to get wifi on the HOX but it does not work since I get my Internet from wifi, and not from an ethernet cable.
I tried the Internet Pass Through featured on the HOX but that did not work, even though I installed the most recent HTC Sync on my Mac, as soon as I tried to enable it, it would kick the HOX offline, and the connection is never made.
I installed Wifi analyzer and I always get between -90 and -80 dBm at most. It kinda helped to stabilize it a bit, but still it gets disconnected often.
I would really appreciate if you guys would kindly help this poor and frustrated soul to enhance HOX wifi reception.
Thanks a lot.