Ok, this was working fine on the original AT&T ROM, but since I flashed to dutty's ROM, I cant get it to work. How do I force the phone to use wifi for net access when wifi is turned on, as opposed to medianet? Currently, I have to keep manually switching from medianet to "my work connection" in connection settings.
You can use Kaiser Tweak to set it to disconnect the GPRS connection after a set amount of minutes of inactivity. Then, when you enable WiFi, it should connect ONLY to WiFi.
I think the OP needs to sort out his "work" and his "internet" instead of just trying to turn off radio data.
I have medianet set to internet and my wifi set to work...not really clear what "work" is....just want to automatically use wifi when wifi is connected, and cant find the option to do that.
Anybody???
I did set both connections to "work".
Additionally I added my tmobile gprs connection to the work profile.
All seems to work great.
I can acces my network shares over wifi and connect to the internet. When no wifi is available it connects via gprs.
I keep getting confused on this same issue. i installed the same rom we are talking about. it shows up for me when setting up email accounts. with my wifi turned on, it still tries to go out the 3g connection. I want it to use wifi if that is what is turned on and i think that was working on the death star rom. For the drop down that says "The Internet" I basically want that to point to wifi if on then fall back to 3g. How do we do that?
It should not be named "work".
So whats the solution here?
Under Connections....Select which networks are automatically used:
Programs that connect to the internet should connect using ???
I can either choose Medianet or my work network, I'd like for it to use wifi when available, how is this done?
Programs that connect to a private network should connect using ???
I have this set to my work network.
Easy Solution to 'Auto Wifi"
Buy an Iphone, works seemlessly, and you get a browser too which works, something these HTC phones havn't had in 3 years.
The easiest way to force wifi (since gprs can be acting as a ***** ), is to keep wlan enabled and to install the NOGPRS.cab (aka the modaco nodata plugin) which allows you to disable (but keep) the gprs settings and which you can toggle on (and back off) when needed.
Great little app, saves much annoyance!
Is there an easy way to toggle wi-fi on/off, that can be assigned to an icon or button? At the moment I have to open Comm Manager each time and do it from there.
Rob F
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Hello,
I have an problem. When i'm connected to Wifi and launch Opera, weather update or anything else which uses internet. The diamond makes connection with the 3G/GPRS network. The wifi is being ignored or something.
I thougt that i had seen this problem before on this forum, but i searched and can't find it anymore.
Does anybody know an solution or knows where i can find one?
Grtz
You can set network priority up somewhere, i'd be of more help but i don't remember where this is in settings
I have also been looking for a solution to set network priority as wlan first but cant find where to..
ident
I've been reading this site a fair old bit recently! First time i've been influenced to post though. I'd also love a solution to this. Does anyone know how to change priority settings? I swear i'd turned GPRS off, but whenever I check the weather or internet, it connects, sometimes even when I have a wi-fi connection active.
I wish to only use my Diamond with the wi-fi, don't want to get raped on the data charges. Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks.
Hesky87 said:
I've been reading this site a fair old bit recently! First time i've been influenced to post though. I'd also love a solution to this. Does anyone know how to change priority settings? I swear i'd turned GPRS off, but whenever I check the weather or internet, it connects, sometimes even when I have a wi-fi connection active.
I wish to only use my Diamond with the wi-fi, don't want to get raped on the data charges. Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks.
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That's the exact issue i have! Its bloody anoying!
how about using NoData or from Advance configuration utilities in comm manager actually disabling all other connections ? i've been confronted with the same problem many times and rather use the available Wi-Fi over the mobile internet connections, so that helped me
That's not good enough for me. I have a databundle so when i'm not at home i wanna use that internet. But when i'm at home i want wifi!
I think i found the problem. When you make a connection with a wifi network you can choose between "internet" and "work". When you choose internet there's nothing wrong. When you choose work it doesn't make some kind of internet connection so programs fall back to the gprs.
I'm having the same problems. I'm having a data subscription so don't want to disable it in total. What I tried was go to wifi settings --> network adapters. Selected internet from the drop down box on top (work was default for me). But Opera still connects through 3G or G. What settings did you change exactly Rik_X?
The settings that i changed is when you make a new wifi connection it asks if you want to connect as 'internet' or 'work'. You have to choose work.
With wifi networks allready configured you have to do the following:
Go to comm manager --> turn on WLAN and let it connect to the network --> then push settings --> Wireless LAN. Then go to Networkcards (in dutch its netwerkkaarten) (its under the SSID)
Then click on the connected network and change work into internet. Accept the setting and with a reconnect its works (for me)
Good luck
Rik_X said:
The settings that i changed is when you make a new wifi connection it asks if you want to connect as 'internet' or 'work'. You have to choose work.
With wifi networks allready configured you have to do the following:
Go to comm manager --> turn on WLAN and let it connect to the network --> then push settings --> Wireless LAN. Then go to Networkcards (in dutch its netwerkkaarten) (its under the SSID)
Then click on the connected network and change work into internet. Accept the setting and with a reconnect its works (for me)
Good luck
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Dank je! This worked for me.
Moderators are working with the same
Hi,
Is it possible to make my HTC diamond attempt to connect to the internet through my Home WiFi connection before it connects via 3G.
Basically I want WiFi to be default and only to use 3G whilst i'm roaming about.
Cheers
John
If you turn your wifi on and set it up for your home network. then as long as the wifi is still on, it defaults to using that first. If your not at home just shut the wifi off
It's not perfect, but I haven't seen any other methods out there.
MoDaCo's NoData is what you need:
http://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-software/246171/new-free-utility-nodata/
I have question about WiFi. Every time I turn off display (or turn off itself automaticaly), it disconnect from network but when I´m on ICQ then I cant recieve any message. Is possible to be connected permanently?
I am an amatuer with xda, as well as my pocket pc (I have the htc fuze{touch pro for att}), however I enjoy both and am learning more and more all the time about both. However I have not been able to find this, and was wondering if such a thing existed: a program to toggle between wi-fi and internet for other programs. You see, I don't have a data package, and don't like to pay for the internet. So I was just wondering if anyone knew of a toggle for something like that.
I'm in the same boat. I use this, and have it mapped to the PTT button. Works great.
I cliked the icon and it turned on my wifi. Is that all it does?
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I cliked the icon and it turned on my wifi. Is that all it does?
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Isn't that all you wanted?
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Isn't that all you wanted?
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Not really, don't get me wrong, I will use that app on my ptt button too because it is very useful, but I was looking for an app to change other programs kind of. It seems like other functions on the phone, such as downloading a MMS, or updating your email inbox require the internet. I didin't know if stuff like tat could be changed to wi-fi instead of the data connection
Well the best solution I know of would be to use Modaco's NoData (attached) which will disable any kind of data connection. Another thing I personally do is to go into the "Phone" settings and then "Bands" and select "GSM" for the top box and "Auto" for the bottom box. Basically that turns off 3G.
If you are connected via Wifi the Wifi connection will take priority over any other connection. So whenever I want to check my email for instance, I push the PTT button to turn on Wifi and then send/recieve and no data is used.
Hope that helps!
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Well the best solution I know of would be to use Modaco's NoData (attached) which will disable any kind of data connection. Another thing I personally do is to go into the "Phone" settings and then "Bands" and select "GSM" for the top box and "Auto" for the bottom box. Basically that turns off 3G.
If you are connected via Wifi the Wifi connection will take priority over any other connection. So whenever I want to check my email for instance, I push the PTT button to turn on Wifi and then send/recieve and no data is used.
Hope that helps!
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Yeah, that does, thanks a lot!
My experience with nodata have not been all that good. Since the wifi reciver is pretty weak I find that if I fall out of wifi cover the phone will connect with 3g even if I'm running nodata.
If anyone know about a program that both activates wifi AND deactivate all other means of internett connections that would be great. I'd rather surf for free on a wifi connection that have a low signal than to pay for surfing with 3g.
I'am also searching for such a solution. I use Exchange server sync for my contacts and appointments. This sync should not go over the Mobile Internet connection, i need it only in our intranet by using WLAN/WiFi
Regardless if WIfi is enabled or not: The Touch Pro tries to connect by Mobile Internet to the Intranet-Server(!), this fails, of course. When i disable the Mobile data connection on the connections settings tab, anything is fine.
In the advanced settings of the exchange server config, i found a drop down box for the connection. But all it shows is "Internet" meaning the mobile connection. The office/business connection (=intranet config) is not available there...
Hey,
For some reason every time I try to download new messages or send a new e-mail, the device uses the 3G connection (data connection - even if it's turned off in the communications screen, it just turns it on automatically).
Problem is, I rather use my WiFi instead. Is there a way to use Mail with my WiFi connection, rather than my date connection by my cel company?
Thanks
Is you Wi-Fi actually turned on? If not then it will always try to use the Cellular connection. Mine happily gets mail over Wi-Fi if it is enabled and connected to network
Yeah... even if my WiFi is on it goes through 3G to get the mail or send it.
What kind of an account have you set up? POP3/IMAP/...?
how i am doing it
what i did is create a false connection under the conection icon in all settings.
so i have 2 of them: my 3g conection and the other one where i have left all the fields blank access point, login, password etc.
when i don't want to use 3g i select my fake conection and i am able to use wifi etc... and it assures me that the phone won't dial without me knowing it; and when i want to use my 3g i just select it from the manage conection under conection icon in all setting.
that's the way i do it, it is not something i am proud of but it works great and does the job
cheers
Morning all,
I just got a touch diamond2, this is my first fone with wifi. a couple of questions!
when i'm at home or whereever and connect through wifi this has no impact on download limits within my fone contract?
Does the fone automatically no to use wifi for the internet connection when one is connected?
my fone doesn't stay connected to my home network, it finds it and connects ok but then a min or so later it says 'not connected, networks available'?
any help appreciated
Cheers
Gazza
Hi,
Using WiFi connections at home will not contribute to your mobile data plan. Wi-Fi data does not go over the cellular networks, and therefore is not part of your contract plan. This also means that you can use VoIP, streaming video, and other services over Wi-Fi, whereas you may not be able to over your mobile data plan.
The phone will not switch automatically between Mobile Data and Wi-Fi. You would need to close the Mobile Data connection, and re-start with Wi-Fi every time you wanted to switch.
Your mobile phone WiFi connection may be entering a power-saving mode when idle; To disable this, download the Advanced Config Tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=418151 and install it. Open the Advanced Config Tool and look for the Network settings. The bottom two options should be "Turn off Wi-Fi if no activity" and "Wi-Fi Auto off timeout" Change these as appropriate.
Hope this helps!
Hi, here are my answers based on my experience:
1) When connected to a WiFi network (eg. home, work,school etc) your phone operator is not in the position to charge you anything.You'll be charged only if using your operator GPRS,3g etc services. If you want to avoid Operator connections use Nodata.cab or make the right settings in Advanced config or HD Tweak.
2) Once Wifi connection established, it should have the priority on other data connections.
3) Wifi connection stability depends on radio and ROM you're using, my solution is to to set "Maximum Performance" in the Power Management tab under Wifi Settings. Not doing this leads to instable or even "fake" connections: windows says you're connected but no data traffic occur This is the only workaround I know, any other suggestion is super-welcome!
Cheers