Using App Without Internet Connection - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I was wondering if there is a way to prevent certain apps from forcing me out when my internet connection lags.
I’m using a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 but work with very unstable WiFi networks during my day (my data plan isn’t much better either) and there’s this one app (Fifa 20 Companion) that I almost can’t use at all because of this. It constantly sends me back to the home screen saying “No Internet Connection! Connect to a network in order to use the app”
So is there some workaround that keeps me active in that session?
Thanks a lot in advance.

No workaround.

It is a behavior of that app by design. An internet connection should be necessary for that app.

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Searching for WiFi Manager App

Hi,
i don't know if this is the correct board but I am searching for something like a WiFi Manager.
My Problem: Usually, I am using only my home network via Wifi and if I am on the road, i am using my mobile data plan. At my university there are some rooms, where i cant receive any mobile data connection. The only possibility to connect to the internet is via WPA2 WiFi but if I enter the settings for this network it also connects to this network any time I am in range of it (so when i am traveling through the city, it allways switches on an off and I dont get a stable connection.
Entering and deleting the university wifi anytime is a bit ugly so I am searching for a possibility, how I could enter my university-WLAN-Information but enable this network only, when I need it.
Thanks in advance,
Cmoe
try market from your phone or market.android.com and search for wifi manager ... it is app I use, but there is lot more apps ...

Local WiFi and LTE simultaneously.

Hi everyone, I have a question that i can't quite seem to find an answer to any where i look.
I am a recent android convert, i had ios on my iphone and ipads for many years. I use a wireless hard drive that has its own wifi signal, which i connect my devices to. The problem with doing this is that the device thinks then that it should get all of its internet from that wifi connection, which of course, being a hard drive, it does not have.
To get around this what i have done is go in my IOS configuration and remove the "default gateway" or "router" or whatever you want to call it (depending on your networking background), and then iOS knows to go ahead and not use wifi and continue to send any non local traffic over LTE.
My Samsung Note 5 doesn't seem to want to do this. First thing, when i try to remove the router/gateway from the ip address configuration in wifi, the "save" button is grayed, meaning i cannot save a blank gateway. I located an app on the app store called "wifi settings" which was suggested to use to set the router to nothing, but still this did not work, really what it did was save a 1 in the router/gateway field and caused nothing to work, not even local traffic.
The Note 5 has a "smart network switch" option which is apparently to detect a poor wifi signal and switch to LTE, if i enable this, the phone does realize that the wifi connection to the wifi hdd doesn't have an internet connection, but terminates the wifi connection, thus killing my connection to my hard drive.
My question, does anyone know how to configure the wifi on android to access local resources via wifi while still using the 3g/4g connection for internet traffic?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks much.

Mobile Hotspot issue

Hi
I'm experiencing some difficulties with mobile hotspot.
I connect to P30 Pro's wifi hotspot with my laptop and try to download something. the process of downloading is laggy. downloading stops every few seconds and then continues on.
it happens in playing online games too. I get disconnected every few seconds.
Is anyone having this issue with their device?
mohsen_mzh said:
Hi
I'm experiencing some difficulties with mobile hotspot.
I connect to P30 Pro's wifi hotspot with my laptop and try to download something. the process of downloading is laggy. downloading stops every few seconds and then continues on.
it happens in playing online games too. I get disconnected every few seconds.
Is anyone having this issue with their device?
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This could be your carrier rather than the phone.
Carriers can restrict or disable the use of the hotspot. Just check that your contract allows for personal hotspot connections.
Other than that, make sure your phone is connecting using 4G (for the mobile network) and not 3G. If it connects using 3G you need to find another location.
Go to settings\wireless & networks\personal hotspot\more\AP band
Change it to 2.5 Ghz or 5Ghz
This should do it.
Fine here, I use it regularly.

Tethering not working – a fix

I had a very disappointing experience with my Tab S6 (LTE version) today. What happened is that we lost the internet connection, apparently the cable company had a neighborhood-wide outage. So, I figured, no big deal. I turned on the hotspot on my Tab S6 and on my laptop connected to the hotspot (instead of my home WiFi).
Well, no luck. Windows kept saying, “no internet”. I spent an hour trying to figure out why. Finally, I found the problem: my laptop was connecting to my Tab S6 and from there to my home WiFi… which had no internet. When I turned WiFi off, it then connected to mobile data and I had internet on my laptop. It's funny because on the Tab S6 I could browse the web just fine, it was clearly using mobile data. But the hotspot was connecting to WiFi. BTW, by the time I had it figured out, the internet outage was over. ?
I noticed that on my old ZTE Axon 7, when I turn on the hotspot, it automatically turns off WiFi. It’s very disappointing that the Tab S6 doesn’t do that, it would have saved me an hour of intense frustration.
It’s really silly, when you think about it. Why would I need my hotspot to connect to my WiFi? On my laptop, I can connect directly to my WiFi, I don’t need the Tab S6’s hotspot feature for that. Hotspot should by default connect to mobile data.
Azra4 said:
I noticed that on my old ZTE Axon 7, when I turn on the hotspot, it automatically turns off WiFi. It’s very disappointing that the Tab S6 doesn’t do that, it would have saved me an hour of intense frustration.
It’s really silly, when you think about it. Why would I need my hotspot to connect to my WiFi? On my laptop, I can connect directly to my WiFi, I don’t need the Tab S6’s hotspot feature for that. Hotspot should by default connect to mobile data.
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First - Turning WIFI off would have been the thing that saved you an hour of intense frustration. :laugh:
But in all seriousness, WIFI could be useful to share a connection with something like a VPN active, surely? For example, I remember sharing a VPN connection through my OG Tab S with my Xbox so I could shop on the Turkish Xbox store, would prefer to do that via WIFI than Data, obviously, especially since I didn't have an LTE OG Tab S. I do remember having to have multiple apps to achieve sharing WIFI then.
So ultimately, I'd personally prefer they didn't disable WIFI whilst using Hotspot, better to have more options than less for when the occasion calls.
bartleby999 said:
First - Turning WIFI off would have been the thing that saved you an hour of intense frustration. :laugh:
But in all seriousness, WIFI could be useful to share a connection with something like a VPN active, surely? For example, I remember sharing a VPN connection through my OG Tab S with my Xbox so I could shop on the Turkish Xbox store, would prefer to do that via WIFI than Data, obviously, especially since I didn't have an LTE OG Tab S. I do remember having to have multiple apps to achieve sharing WIFI then.
So ultimately, I'd personally prefer they didn't disable WIFI whilst using Hotspot, better to have more options than less for when the occasion calls.
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Ahem, I said the system should turn off WiFi automatically because in the vast majority of cases, people would want the mobile hotspot to connect to mobile data. I didn't say "disable". I too like to have options.
Oh, and BTW, your scenario wouldn't work on the Tab S6 - it would connect you to WiFi bypassing the VPN. Duh!
Azra4 said:
Ahem, I said the system should turn off WiFi automatically because in the vast majority of cases, people would want the mobile hotspot to connect to mobile data. I didn't say "disable". I too like to have options.
Oh, and BTW, your scenario wouldn't work on the Tab S6 - it would connect you to WiFi bypassing the VPN. Duh!
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Meh. Disable, turn off - Same principle.
You're right, though - I remember now, that's why I mentioned needing multiple apps. Android natively won't share a VPN as far as I recall (it's been a while). You need another app that enables sharing VPN.

Question WhatsApp issues with Wi-Fi Connection

I have tried different Wi-Fi connections but it sill once in a while tells me that specific app can't work on Wi-Fi, only with mobile data. The issue with that is that I don't have good signal reception at home. Would appreciate any suggestions to solve the issue. I have tried several solutions found online such as: uninstalling and installing back again with a backup, deleting cache and data, resetting Network settings. I have never had an issue like this before with anyother phone.
You can keep the Wi-fi connection at the center of the house which will cover eventually every place, or keep it closer to your room so it won't get disconnected! As for the apps, you can go to the app settings and change the network usage from mobile data to wi-fi. Which apps are not connecting to Wi-fi?
Edward Joseph said:
You can keep the Wi-fi connection at the center of the house which will cover eventually every place, or keep it closer to your room so it won't get disconnected! As for the apps, you can go to the app settings and change the network usage from mobile data to wi-fi. Which apps are not connecting to Wi-fi?
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It only happens with the WhatsApp app. I think I found a workaround. This problem may happen if you have multiple access points in your house. Even though is not a proper solution (the issue never happened with my old phone), you just have to turn off and on Wi-Fi and dismiss the notification. WhatsApp will probably work fine after that.

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