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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?
frankspin said:
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.
A friend of mine, who also has the 3d, noticed that there was a setting in the wifi settings that enables you to set your phone to connect to the strongest wifi signal. Just go to wireless and connections, go to wifi settings, press the menu button, go to advanced, and select best wifi performance. I never noticed this and thought it was awesome since we have a ton of wifi networks at work that are better in certain spots.
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A friend of mine, who also has the 3d, noticed that there was a setting in the wifi settings that enables you to set your phone to connect to the strongest wifi signal. Just go to wireless and connections, go to wifi settings, press the menu button, go to advanced, and select best wifi performance. I never noticed this and thought it was awesome since we have a ton of wifi networks at work that are better in certain spots.
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I had been wondering if there was a description somewhere that tells exactly what that setting does. I always thought it ran the WiFi radio at a higher current in order to keep a better signal. Are you sure it has anything to do with always picking the strongest signal?
Mike
lyon21 said:
A friend of mine, who also has the 3d, noticed that there was a setting in the wifi settings that enables you to set your phone to connect to the strongest wifi signal. Just go to wireless and connections, go to wifi settings, press the menu button, go to advanced, and select best wifi performance. I never noticed this and thought it was awesome since we have a ton of wifi networks at work that are better in certain spots.
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Interesting find, will need to watch this.
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ITT: OP hates good battery life
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ITT: OP hates good battery life
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I take my charger to work and underclock most of the time, so it's not a huge deal.
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also when my screen is off it disconnects it self from wifi!! has anyone notice that?? it's cool since it is saving battery
You can change wifi sleep settings in that same menu also. I run the performance mode and still get great battery life also
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Nice because I have two wireless routers one in the front house and one in the back. Sometimes it stays connected to the weaker one when I'm further away from it. Thanks for the tip.
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Wow never noticed that, thanks! Definitely gonna use this now.
EDIT: Guess its an Evo 3D thing only thought I might have it still...
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lyon21 said:
A friend of mine, who also has the 3d, noticed that there was a setting in the wifi settings that enables you to set your phone to connect to the strongest wifi signal. Just go to wireless and connections, go to wifi settings, press the menu button, go to advanced, and select best wifi performance. I never noticed this and thought it was awesome since we have a ton of wifi networks at work that are better in certain spots.
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nice find bro,gonna give it a try...
danaff37 said:
You can change wifi sleep settings in that same menu also. I run the performance mode and still get great battery life also
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i use an app called green power,its free,it turns off all radios(wi-fi,3g,4g in the paid app)when ur creen turns off and automatically turns them on instantly when u unlock ur screen,does wonders for my batt.life.
It's better to keep wifi connected when the screen is off as it uses less energy than the 3g radio
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It's better to keep wifi connected when the screen is off as it uses less energy than the 3g radio
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That's what I heard as well.
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I'd still like to know your source for the info saying that this setting evaluates the signal from all wifi sources and picks the one with the best signal. This setting is not outlined anywhere other than to mention that it uses more battery. Is it just something you turned on and you noticed it did that... or did you read it somewhere?
Mike
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It's better to keep wifi connected when the screen is off as it uses less energy than the 3g radio
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I do the same thing unless I'm somewhere that has no wifi. I also disable the always on mobile data which saves battery life without losing functions of your phone.
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housry23 said:
I do the same thing unless I'm somewhere that has no wifi. I also disable the always on mobile data which saves battery life without losing functions of your phone.
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Disabling "always on mobile data" will prevent you from getting push email from apps like K9 mail. Won't it? I mean, if I'm waiting for an email and I want to hear a chime when it comes in (I have K9 set up that way), it'll never come through if there's no wifi and I uncheck "always on mobile data". Correct?
Mike
Push email still works. Or At least gmail does..
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I'd still like to know your source for the info saying that this setting evaluates the signal from all wifi sources and picks the one with the best signal. This setting is not outlined anywhere other than to mention that it uses more battery. Is it just something you turned on and you noticed it did that... or did you read it somewhere?
Mike
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If you have a spot where this would help, check it out. Mine does it at work. We have a customer wifi and a service wifi that get better strengths in certain spots and it will switch back and forth.
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Someone should do a couple runs of Speedtest with this on and off to see if there is a real difference in throughput.
Also, turning off "always on data" does not stop Gmail from syncing, and it does wonders for battery life in my experience.
mikeyxda said:
Disabling "always on mobile data" will prevent you from getting push email from apps like K9 mail. Won't it? I mean, if I'm waiting for an email and I want to hear a chime when it comes in (I have K9 set up that way), it'll never come through if there's no wifi and I uncheck "always on mobile data". Correct?
Mike
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Correct. Whenever you turn your phone screen on though, data will reconnect and stay connected for a couple of minutes, any e-mails that were waiting to be pushed to your device will then get sent. You won't get any notifications if you never check your phone all day, but I'm usually getting a text every once in a while which I turn the phone on to reply to.
You'll get immense battery savings with always on mobile data turned off as well.
Hello,
i just bought the Razr and coming from teh original Milestone/Droid, the wifi signal is extremely weak! Almost not finding networks when the previous phone had 1 bar at that point.
Any suggestions for settings? What is peer-to-peer exactly? Shall i select specific channels for this?
Also the power widget in the notification bar is not a default thing in Motorola?
Is there a way to include it there?
Thanks!
Fekish said:
Hello,
i just bought the Razr and coming from teh original Milestone/Droid, the wifi signal is extremely weak! Almost not finding networks when the previous phone had 1 bar at that point.
Any suggestions for settings? What is peer-to-peer exactly? Shall i select specific channels for this?
Also the power widget in the notification bar is not a default thing in Motorola?
Is there a way to include it there?
Thanks!
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Might be an issue hardware-wise. The range on my laptop wifi card is worse than my razr which is surprising. You said that your previous device had 1 bar of signal, I've found that if the razr doesn't have a good enough signal it will drop the connection. Mostly because a 1 bar signal is going to go slow as hell. You may want to try upgrading the router you're using.
Peer to peer I'm assuming is an adhoc network which is computer --> computer instead of router --> computer, amazing for sharing files but no connection to the internet.
Channels on the phone or the router? If you run a program called inSSIDer on your laptop you're able to see the wireless networks around you and how much interference they area creating. Run inSSIDer and see which channel has the least amount of interference and try setting your router to to that channel, your range should increase significantly.
As far as the power widget goes, my phone it was not default. Although that could be different on different carriers
Basically in the advance settings there is an option for peer to peer which had options for different channels that is why I was asking.
For sure the wifi is worst than my milestone..
The previous post has got you covered.
As for the power controls in the notification bar, you've got two option afaik:
1-Flash a mod, easily found in the development forum in a thread that combines all ROMs,MODs, and Hacks for the RAZR/MAX.
2-Install an app, the one I used is termed Notification Toggle and made by the dev J4vellin.
you can search for the app in gplay or XDA forums. Goodluck.
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For sure the wifi is worst than my milestone..
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same here. it was much better on my old milestone.
Yes the RAZR is known to have some serious wifi issues
Thanks guys for confirming it... unforfunately this was a point that i didnt read before purchasing it.
I dont want to start new topics, so can i ask somethings here?
- can the battery icon be shown with a percentage?
- can we edit number of pages on default launcher?
- can we disable the network name on the top of notification bar?
Fekish said:
Thanks guys for confirming it... unforfunately this was a point that i didnt read before purchasing it.
I dont want to start new topics, so can i ask somethings here?
- can the battery icon be shown with a percentage?
- can we edit number of pages on default launcher?
- can we disable the network name on the top of notification bar?
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All of those can be done with applications which one will be up to you. The best I'd say for free would be GO Power (for the percentage), and GO launcher (for more home screens). As for the carrier name, check out the development sub-section to this forum, there was an app called "carrier name" that allowed you to change it however I haven't had any success with it. I'm hoping the ICS update won't have the carrier name slapped all over it but who knows
Cool thanks
I just dont want to root yet, wantto feel it as it is a bit
Hi. Please excuse the thread hijack. I am also suffering terrible wifi performance. Does anyone expect it to improve with the impending update or should we be looking into warranty repair?
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Arghhhhh! Why why why i didnt read anywhere for this wifi problem before the purchase!
bogaggas said:
The previous post has got you covered.
As for the power controls in the notification bar, you've got two option afaik:
1-Flash a mod, easily found in the development forum in a thread that combines all ROMs,MODs, and Hacks for the RAZR/MAX.
2-Install an app, the one I used is termed Notification Toggle and made by the dev J4vellin.
you can search for the app in gplay or XDA forums. Goodluck.
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Are you using the phone? Cause after a search I did the wifi is a huge issue for razr...
I get incredible WIFI performance. I can jump on my neighbors from inside my house.
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So this might be only an issue with specific RAZR phones?
my was from unlocked-mobiles.com ,UK. bought it @ dec 2011
i'll send an email to Motorola to ask them!
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All of those can be done with applications which one will be up to you. The best I'd say for free would be GO Power (for the percentage), and GO launcher (for more home screens). As for the carrier name, check out the development sub-section to this forum, there was an app called "carrier name" that allowed you to change it however I haven't had any success with it. I'm hoping the ICS update won't have the carrier name slapped all over it but who knows
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I searched for their carrier name but I couldn't find it, any ideas where is this topic?
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Ok found it! But is not working on my phone. Probably is only for rooted users...
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Fekish said:
Ok found it! But is not working on my phone. Probably is only for rooted users...
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Sorry sir, I should have mentioned you need to be rooted for that app. As far as I know there isn't a way to change the carrier name without being rooted
Have those problems too. I don't think there will be a fix, I bet the antenna is just rubbish.
To get the best wifi performance (not only with the razr, but the impact on the razr and the wifi speed is much more significant than on other devices), try using your router with just one wifi standard (e.g. only n, g or b and not a compatible mode that enables all of those 3).
Don't use the auto channel configuration in your router. To get to know which channel will work the best for you, get Wifi Analyzer on the play store (can't post link because I'm <10 posts. Remember: The reception of the razr is bad, so better use another Android device to do this or look for a computer application. iirc there's a software called inSSIDer that can do this too) and find out 1. which channels are used less by your neighbours and 2. which channel Wifi Analyzer suggests to you (Menu -> View -> Channel rating). In germany for example, nearly nobody uses channel 13, except for me. There are about 25 access points available in my apartment, but not a single one uses channel 13 lol.
This increased the throughput on my wifi from about 10MBit/s to rock solid 30MBit/s and led to less delay when loading webpages.
Have a unlocked Rezound that I'd like to use as a media device.
Why? Because the device continues to work well. I have a spare battery and chargers, holster and case. It can do wireless (802.11). Plus memory space as well as SD card capabilities.
I think if it was possible to disable the cell modem within the phone, battery life would be increased. Would love to find a ROM that minimizes the bloatware, allows you to disable the cell portion of the phone but maintain the device's other functionality.
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Have a unlocked Rezound that I'd like to use as a media device.
Why? Because the device continues to work well. I have a spare battery and chargers, holster and case. It can do wireless (802.11). Plus memory space as well as SD card capabilities.
I think if it was possible to disable the cell modem within the phone, battery life would be increased. Would love to find a ROM that minimizes the bloatware, allows you to disable the cell portion of the phone but maintain the device's other functionality.
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I haven't seen a rom that lets you kill the cell radio all together and still keep wifi on. You can kill mobile data or put it in airplane mode when you don't need wifi either.
Install LTE on/off and turn off radio, WiFi can still be used, done.
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Put it in airplane mode, turn on WiFi. Done
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Install LTE on/off and turn off radio, WiFi can still be used, done.
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That doesn't turn off the cell radio, just LTE...
Are you serious??? Ok then I have no idea what I am talking about. Wait on second thought no it's you that has no idea what your talking about. Oh and try things before you speak.....Good luck and don't listing to that guy I've used that program since the Thunderbolt
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@rjh20136 I'm partial to Sense ROMs and recommend Ineffable Deus for Sense 3.6, EclipticRez v9 (MHL fix included) for Sense 4. I use EclipticRez with either Sense 4 Car Mode display or XBMC app as a media device. I also use Poweramp and Google Music with ViPER4Android sound mod for car audio. Snuzzo's Funky kernel 3.7 version can underclock to 96 MHz to save battery more, try it out.
mjones73 said:
I haven't seen a rom that lets you kill the cell radio all together and still keep wifi on. You can kill mobile data or put it in airplane mode when you don't need wifi either.
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As Pmania said, toggle Airplane Mode first and then toggle WiFi back on by itself. I do this myself.
You can also access the Phone Info hidden settings on some ROMs by punching in "*#*#4636#*#*" on the stock dialer.
This panel controls global radio settings and can toggle the cell radio on or off independent of Airplane Mode. Do be careful not to select anything you're unsure of like changing regional frequencies.
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Install LTE on/off and turn off radio, WiFi can still be used, done.
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Grnlantern79 said:
Are you serious??? Ok then I have no idea what I am talking about. Wait on second thought no it's you that has no idea what your talking about. Oh and try things before you speak.....Good luck and don't listing to that guy I've used that program since the Thunderbolt
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To be fair, the grammar and lack of uppercase letters in the first post did not make it 100% clear you meant a specific app title rather than a generic toggle just for the LTE band. Mjones and likely others misunderstand at a glance.
I'm guessing the app is "LTE OnOFF - HTC Thunderbolt" by Cunning Logic. This app accesses that same hidden Phone Info panel accessed by the code I previously mentioned. Would recommend for the OP if the Airplane Mode trick is not preferable and the dialer code doesn't work on their particular ROM.
Other useful apps like Battery Monitor Widget can access the hidden settings too (BMW does it under the main menu > Tests button > Phone Information)
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That doesn't turn off the cell radio, just LTE...
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Actually it does.
I'll be trying this. Will back phone up just in case I ever have to press back into service but I see an S4 in my near future...
I second the *#*#4636#*#* method. There is a button in there to do exactly what you want.
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Now I have 4g now in my neighborhood and now my battery is draining faster. I shut it down lte in settings, but is there a widget I can use so I don't that to go through a bunch of menu steps to turn it on and off?
You can use "Power Toggles" from the Play Store. :good:
The power toggle that's built into every ROM for the EVO LTE. Its in the widgets section and just press the data icon.
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lreyes said:
The power toggle that's built into every ROM for the EVO LTE. Its in the widgets section and just press the data icon.
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That one shuts down all data and not just 4g but 3g also. It's not a big deal I can shut down lte and just use 4g when I need to stream or download a big file. I just need to shut down 4g, but thank you.
jeffrimerman said:
That one shuts down all data and not just 4g but 3g also. It's not a big deal I can shut down lte and just use 4g when I need to stream or download a big file. I just need to shut down 4g, but thank you.
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I think the best way is to simply go to settings > mobile data > and change the network mode from LTE/CDMA to CDMA only...or turn on ur WiFi and that will help battery life too, cuz I think it like puts the data antenna in like a standy mode to conserve battery.
I haven't noticed any more significant battery drain while on 4g, I believe our phone uses the same antenna for both 3g and 4g. But I could see it possibly draining battery if it is constantly acquiring an LTE signal then losing it shortly there after, repeatidly over and over...
Someone correct if I'm wrong about anything...
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drumwizard said:
I think the best way is to simply go to settings > mobile data > and change the network mode from LTE/CDMA to CDMA only...or turn on ur WiFi and that will help battery life too, cuz I think it like puts the data antenna in like a standy mode to conserve battery.
I haven't noticed any more significant battery drain while on 4g, I believe our phone uses the same antenna for both 3g and 4g. But I could see it possibly draining battery if it is constantly acquiring an LTE signal then losing it shortly there after, repeatidly over and over...
Someone correct if I'm wrong about anything...
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I think you're right. I don't need 4g 99% of the time. I think even when on 4g it uses more than 3g, but maybe it's like you're saying. I did fully charge my phone then went to sleep. The next day phone lost 40% charge only difference was 4g on. I'm going to try 3g tonight, then wifi, then 4g again and see and let everyone know.
Edit: so far most posts accept 4g uses more power. Maybe needed to run lte versus just cdma uses more power so it's not the 4g of it, but more needing to run an extra system. 3g works fine with just cdma on so that's probably why.
jeffrimerman said:
I think you're right. I don't need 4g 99% of the time. I think even when on 4g it uses more than 3g, but maybe it's like you're saying. I did fully charge my phone then went to sleep. The next day phone lost 40% charge only difference was 4g on. I'm going to try 3g tonight, then wifi, then 4g again and see and let everyone know.
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Sounds like a good experiment, also when testing WiFi remember some roms allow the phone to disable WiFi after a time of inactivity, should disable that when you test it...try to even the playing field. Even though Ive read WiFi uses less battery that using data...
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jeffrimerman said:
Now I have 4g now in my neighborhood and now my battery is draining faster. I shut it down lte in settings, but is there a widget I can use so I don't that to go through a bunch of menu steps to turn it on and off?
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If a better solution doesn't show up in this thread, you could definitely pull this off with Tasker.
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If a better solution doesn't show up in this thread, you could definitely pull this off with Tasker.
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Do you mean the task manager. I didn't any apps running that I can stop that would affect anything but I guess apps use data too. I want to do what was mentioned earlier and keep it as level and the same as possible. I'm not so much concerned with the wifi as comparing 3g and 4g.
jeffrimerman said:
Do you mean the task manager. I didn't any apps running that I can stop that would affect anything but I guess apps use data too. I want to do what was mentioned earlier and keep it as level and the same as possible. I'm not so much concerned with the wifi as comparing 3g and 4g.
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Tasker. It's an app available in the Play store.
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FinZ28 said:
Tasker. It's an app available in the Play store.
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I don't think Tasker can do this with 4g LTE.
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I don't think Tasker can do this with 4g LTE.
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It most certainly can. It's not the perfect solution, but it can definitely do it.
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It most certainly can. It's not the perfect solution, but it can definitely do it.
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How would you set up that task? You can set up tasks that affect 2g/3g and wimax, but I haven't seen anything for LTE. In fact, I'm almost positive he addressed this on his site, saying it wasn't possible (yet). Did I miss an update?
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How would you set up that task? You can set up tasks that affect 2g/3g and wimax, but I haven't seen anything for LTE. In fact, I'm almost positive he addressed this on his site, saying it wasn't possible (yet). Did I miss an update?
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For Sense ROMs, set up a widget on your homescreen and point it to a task like below (the steps may need a tweak or two to work correctly as I'm not reading the steps directly from a task)
Also create a variable named Data4g (or whatever you want) and set it to ON
If %Data4g is ON
Mobile Data Settings
DPad down (4 times)
DPad press
Dpad down
Dpad press
Variable set %Data4g OFF
Button back
else
Mobile Data Settings
DPad down (4 times)
DPad press
Dpad up
Dpad press
Variable set %Data4g ON
Button back
For AOSP/CM ROMS I think there's an option in the Secure Settings add-on that can toggle 4G, but I've never used an AOSP or CM ROM yet.
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For Sense ROMs, set up a widget on your homescreen and point it to a task like below (the steps may need a tweak or two to work correctly as I'm not reading the steps directly from a task)
Also create a variable named Data4g (or whatever you want) and set it to ON
If %Data4g is ON
Mobile Data Settings
DPad down (4 times)
DPad press
Dpad down
Dpad press
Variable set %Data4g OFF
Button back
else
Mobile Data Settings
DPad down (4 times)
DPad press
Dpad up
Dpad press
Variable set %Data4g ON
Button back
For AOSP/CM ROMS I think there's an option in the Secure Settings add-on that can toggle 4G, but I've never used an AOSP or CM ROM yet.
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Dpad settings - mind blown. Never saw those before. I was looking for a much simpler setting, like the one that's there for wimax. That does seem like a roundabout way of doing it but it'll work all right.
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fachadick said:
Dpad settings - mind blown. Never saw those before. I was looking for a much simpler setting, like the one that's there for wimax. That does seem like a roundabout way of doing it but it'll work all right.
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Edit - you can access that setting easily through quick settings on the notification bar in Viper rom, btw.
Yeah, the dpad stuff is pretty cool. There's an LTE toggle in Secure Settings too (separate from wimax) so you could trigger it with a Tasker action through the plugin. Can't test it though because I don't have LTE at my house.
EDIT: sorry just noticed louched already posted this.
Sent from my EVO LTE
I know you can make a settings widget directly through sense and probably any aosp rom. Just direct it to the settings page you want it to open, I used to have one that opened the bluetooth settings to quickly change my audio devices. I just wish there was a better way to force entry into 4G. I'm tired of restarting my damn phone cause the airplane mode bs almost never works for me.
just an idea
jeffrimerman said:
Now I have 4g now in my neighborhood and now my battery is draining faster. I shut it down lte in settings, but is there a widget I can use so I don't that to go through a bunch of menu steps to turn it on and off?
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Idea. Buy my phone. Lte all around here now but our two evoltes? never pick it up. they should have named this phone the evo lol not evo lte.
trsix said:
Idea. Buy my phone. Lte all around here now but our two evoltes? never pick it up. they should have named this phone the evo lol not evo lte.
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Same here. My girls s3 picks it up everywhere. Mine only does in certain areas. My girl gets it at our house and has full signal and i can barely make a phone call let alone get any data. Thats the only reason im considering the note 3 is its radios.