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I am a new HD2 user just got the phone three days ago, and was wondering if there was a way to get the data connection to stop or suspend after a certain amount of time, it tears up my battery life and i dont want to keep manually turning off the data connection...any suggestions? thanks in advance
theuseoforce do you have sense enable?
yes i do have sense enabled
Under Weather Tab, check and Press- Menu,Settings then uncheck Download Data Automatically. Hope that works.
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ok, i have disabled all auto downloads i can find, and i installed bandswitch 2.9, it locked up my hd2 and was forced to restart and uninstall the program. now my data connection stays on but it will disconnect itself after a few mins. Not sure if this is a due to some registry entries that were left behind or not, any suggestions...otherwise ill just take it as a good sign and leave it be and be happy
I remember using custom rom on my hd2 which had a widget of mobile data- just turn it off and no automatic data connections, only my own enterinygs to internet when i turn this widget on.
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or you can use modaco's "nodata"?
mreaglejr said:
or you can use modaco's "nodata"?
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I am using DialUpEnabler v 0.6. Very cool and useful app.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Hey Guys,
I have a Lg G2 D802 and I have tried various stock ROMs like Cloudy G3, Optimus G3 and ofcourse the stock ROM. The issue is that my G2 seems to use mobile data even when my data is turned off. Upon further investigation, i found out that it's the Location Service when set to High Accuracy triggers the data irrespective of whether you have mobile data turned on or off.
Thing I have tried till now
1. Mobile data OFF :- Data gets consumed when i have location service set to High Accuracy
2. Mobile Data OFF and Connected to Wifi :- Data gets consumed when i have location service set to High Accuracy
3. Mobile Data OFF and used a Fake APN name :- Data gets consumed when i have location service set to High Accuracy
Due to this issue, i am not able to use offline navigation app like sygic.
A similar issue is Open in the Google Issue Tracker Page which can be found here
Is there any solution yet to get rid of the above bug?
I don't see how this restricts you from using anything. It's not like it's going to ACTIVELY use data, it sounds like it does some sort of very tiny data transfer, maybe even just agps data or such, and I'll bet it does it once a day.
It's not like GPS is "using data".
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I don't see how this restricts you from using anything. It's not like it's going to ACTIVELY use data, it sounds like it does some sort of very tiny data transfer, maybe even just agps data or such, and I'll bet it does it once a day.
It's not like GPS is "using data".
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Yes it uses tiny packets of days, not like once in a day but may be every 10-15 minutes. But the main thing is that data should not get consumed once we have turned off the data.. People who are on roaming can still incur significant data charges. It indeed is a bug which is also on the Google issue tracker. Just wanted to know if anyone had any solution for it.
If it's true, then it's weird.
change location service to battery saving mode. then it wont.
createben said:
change location service to battery saving mode. then it wont.
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I know it doesn't then but then I can't use offline navigation apps like sygic
if you install an application to track your data will you find the consumption of them?
I know there's some option when doing initial setup (like after reflashing ROM or hard reset). There's a checkbox or two, checked by default. Can't recall its name now but it's something like "Allow Google to do something (?) even when data is disabled".
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I know there's some option when doing initial setup (like after reflashing ROM or hard reset). There's a checkbox or two, checked by default. Can't recall its name now but it's something like "Allow Google to do something (?) even when data is disabled".
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"Allow Google to use your location even when location is turned off" or something.
Ahh, yeah. That's correct
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mwedo said:
Ahh, yeah. That's correct
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That's not the issue.. the thing is I want to use location at high accuracy without using data.. I have offline navigation.. but that is not looking possible.
I'm sure this has been done with Tasker etc, but here is my way of turning off the cell radio when connected to my home wifi. Saw just shy of 6 hours screen on time today for the first time so thought I'd share.
When connected to home/work wifi, it turns off the cell radio, thereby relying on Wifi for Project Fi calls and texts. When leaving home/work wifi range, cell radio is re-enabled.
Download and install Automate: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.llamalab.automate&hl=en
Open it and click on the people icon on the top right corner of the app. Search Project Fi Airplane Mode. This is my "flow", download it then back out to the main screen.
Click "Project Fi Home Wifi=Airplane Mode". Click the pen icon on top, then Flowchart. Here we will change it from my network to yours. Click on the "when wifi connected" box. When you're connected to your home or work wifi network, select pick a network box and select it. Click done Click check mark on top. Install the permissions listed on this screen. Click start. Enjoy some nice battery savings Project Fi users!
I see, this app uses electrical grid to explain your automation, i use tasker but it requires secure settings to enable flight mode etc. Which has been broken since android L i believe, will try this app as it has the fucntions required
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I see, this app uses electrical grid to explain your automation, i use tasker but it requires secure settings to enable flight mode etc. Which has been broken since android L i believe, will try this app as it has the fucntions required
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I don't do much with Secure Settings, but it's been working fine for what I do with it, which is mostly GPS toggles. I just couldn't do system less root
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I see, this app uses electrical grid to explain your automation, i use tasker but it requires secure settings to enable flight mode etc. Which has been broken since android L i believe, will try this app as it has the fucntions required
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The Airplane Radios feature is still working perfectly from secure settings. I'm using it right now and it's working nicely! The only issue with it atm has been that, like @inzandity stated, Secure Settings does not cooperate with Systemless root, but that's really no big deal if you dont care much for Android Pay.
republicano said:
I see, this app uses electrical grid to explain your automation, i use tasker but it requires secure settings to enable flight mode etc. Which has been broken since android L i believe, will try this app as it has the fucntions required
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Yes, it's really a great UI. I found the app this week and have had a lot of fun making tasks with it.
hawkswind1 said:
Yes, it's really a great UI. I found the app this week and have had a lot of fun making tasks with it.
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I want to play around more with this as I like the interface. The only problem I'm having is, currently I'm using phhusson's superuser and it doesn't seem to be getting the su request from Automate. Up until now, I've used Tasker and Secure Settings to do the same and they work fine.
Tasker will do that, GravityBox will do it too, and so will multiple IFTT type apps. Not sure there is much new here.
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Tasker will do that, GravityBox will do it too, and so will multiple IFTT type apps. Not sure there is much new here.
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I'm aware of Tasker + Secure Settings, but where is this in GravityBox? I don't see anything in Smart Radio that shuts off the radio completely when connected to wifi. Also curious which apps in particular do this.
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I'm aware of Tasker + Secure Settings, but where is this in GravityBox? I don't see anything in Smart Radio that shuts off the radio completely when connected to wifi. Also curious which apps in particular do this.
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Yes, Smart Radio will not turn off the radio completely, but you can set it to 2G mode where the power consumption drops drastically relative to LTE. Now that you have pointed this out, why would you want to shut off the radio completely when connected to WiFi? That means that you loose phone functionality, and cannot receive or make phone calls.
As for apps that do this https://ifttt.com/ should work, at least before Marshmallow where Google clamped down on some settings adjustments.
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Yes, Smart Radio will not turn off the radio completely, but you can set it to 2G mode where the power consumption drops drastically relative to LTE. Now that you have pointed this out, why would you want to shut off the radio completely when connected to WiFi? That means that you loose phone functionality, and cannot receive or make phone calls.
As for apps that do this https://ifttt.com/ should work, at least before Marshmallow where Google clamped down on some settings adjustments.
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No phone functionality is lost that I'm aware of, since Project Fi calls and texts will be routed through the wifi connection.
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No phone functionality is lost that I'm aware of, since Project Fi calls and texts will be routed through the wifi connection.
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Got it, I did not read your OP in sufficient detail. For those that have Project Fi this could be value added. In my experience the 2G radio draws negligible power (standby time in 2G of a phone with a 3000mAh battery will be measured in weeks with the screen off) so the difference between fully off, and 2G only (or even 3G only) will be minor with respect to SOT, which will be dominated by the screen and wifi anyway.
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Got it, I did not read your OP in sufficient detail. For those that have Project Fi this could be value added. In my experience the 2G radio draws negligible power (standby time in 2G of a phone with a 3000mAh battery will be measured in weeks with the screen off) so the difference between fully off, and 2G only (or even 3G only) will be minor with respect to SOT, which will be dominated by the screen and wifi anyway.
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I think that's right. 2g uses very little power, unless you are in a building or house that has low signal. I work in GM factory where I can barely pull 2g data.
Is there any way you could update this to include Bluetooth turning on after airplane mode is activated in addition to wifi, that way my smart watch can always stay connected too. Either way thanks for the post, it works great!
DistortStatic said:
Is there any way you could update this to include Bluetooth turning on after airplane mode is activated in addition to wifi, that way my smart watch can always stay connected too. Either way thanks for the post, it works great!
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I just uploaded a version that will keep bluetooth on as well. Find it by searching the community for "project fi bluetooth"
hawkswind1 said:
I just uploaded a version that will keep bluetooth on as well. Find it by searching the community for "project fi bluetooth"
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Thank you so much, this is going to be amazing for my battery life. Toggling airplane mode and wifi and Bluetooth just became too tedious after awhile, but now I can save power effortlessly.
Flashed new ROM but didn't put xposed this time and when I turn off data connection phone still stays connected to LTE/3G . Before it always connected to GSM when turning off data.
Could this maybe be cause of greenify features from xposed or is it something else?
the_bulk said:
Flashed new ROM but didn't put xposed this time and when I turn off data connection phone still stays connected to LTE/3G . Before it always connected to GSM when turning off data.
Could this maybe be cause of greenify features from xposed or is it something else?
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This has nothing to do with Greenify.
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This has nothing to do with Greenify.
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OK,thanks. Maybe a suggestion for an app that would force this?
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OK,thanks. Maybe a suggestion for an app that would force this?
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Normally when you switch off data, the mobile connection will remain on whatever it was before data was switched off. That is, if you were on 2G with data, on switching off data, it will remain on 2G. If you were on 3G/LTE with data, it will remain on 3G/LTE as the case may be, when data is switched off.
I have not come across the mobile switching from 3G/LTE to 2G on switching off data. Perhaps it is a feature of the ROM.
If you want to switch, you can use Tasker or similar apps or LeanData from Play Store.
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Normally when you switch off data, the mobile connection will remain on whatever it was before data was switched off. That is, if you were on 2G with data, on switching off data, it will remain on 2G. If you were on 3G/LTE with data, it will remain on 3G/LTE as the case may be, when data is switched off.
I have not come across the mobile switching from 3G/LTE to 2G on switching off data. Perhaps it is a feature of the ROM.
If you want to switch, you can use Tasker or similar apps or LeanData from Play Store.
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Then it was probably older build rom feature. Could this leandroid thing clash with greenify?
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Then it was probably older build rom feature. Could this leandroid thing clash with greenify?
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I am using both without any issues.
OK, great. Thanks.