I did a quick search, but I've not had any luck. Can anyone recommend an app to turn the wifi, gps, and cellular radios on and off by location or time?
I use the automatic profile to adjust the ringer, but I'd like to get a bit more specific for this one. Either setup specific schedules for each, or even better, based on the appt name or category on my calendar.
try phone alarm
www.pocketmax.net
The full version has profile changes by schedule, appointments and locations and will switch basically everything to do with network connections - ie wifi, bluetooth, GSM to 3G etc. There is a beta version in the forum which is due for release in June.
I'm a big fan of Phone Weaver from SBSH. You can schedule wifi, phone, bluetooth and settings by time or from events on your calendar.
There is also CellProfileSwitcher which should be able to do this, http://maniac.fschreiner.de/content/view/9/18/
I have used Phone Alarm in the past untill now. It's a huge application. It takes forever to redraw the Today screen and takes an eternity after a soft reset.
Now I use SPB Phone Suite, even though it does not have profile switches by location... But it's lighter and snappy.
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I have found Pocket Zen Phone very handy. Great value for money. Give it a try for 30 days for free and then it is cheap if you find it does what you need. This is the best app I have on my device to date!
http://www.pocketzenphone.net
google for rk-sleep - slick and easy
Results below (kinda...)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rk-sleep&btnG=Google+Search
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Hi,
Don't know if anyone else is experiancing this but i have activesync push email active and set to "as items arrive" and my peak times set up. When the end of day peak time comes round the mail stops syncing which is by design and cool but the 3G/GPRS data conection stays active (small icon on the signal bars). I have searched around but found nothing, basically i want to schedule the data connection to disconnect at the end of the day, and actually kill the open 3G connection...
Any ideas...?
I've looked at a few bits of software but currently it seems that all thats on offer is disconnect after x mins of inactivity or just disconnect after x mins, this is not really what im after and also these settings kills the similtanious voice and data connection which i don't want either....
If not i may look at writing this myself....
Try commgr pro @ www.commmgrpro.com. It's a fantastic program.
RK
thanks for the suggestion, had another look around and this one is far the best and does exactly what i want it to do: (active sync been running allday/as items arrive via push email) stopping as per schedule in AS at 18:30 then at 18:35 kill/disconnect the gprs connection using this software via the device - #disconnect command, sweet
http://s-k-tools.com/index.html?skschema/m_skschema.html
Hi _DrG_,
I totally agree with you about skschema . Its a great software that do just what i want, that is save my battery for example the night by deactivate the GSM (3G for Pushmail too).
Just a question: how do you deactivate only DataConnection but not GSM? Do you succeed in doing that? OR do you deactivate GSM so pushamil doesn't work ?
Thanks for your answer.
I'd use the reg file in this post I created earlier
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355742
Some of the more popular Profile Switchers ... like Phone Weaver (and probably PhoneAlarm) can do this.
For example I have a Night profile that turns on at 11:30pm that mutes the alert volume, lowers the phone ringer, dims the screen, and shuts off Push Mail.
At 5:30am the Day profile kicks in and turns everything back on.
From a communications standpoint PhoneWeaver can control Wifi, Bluetooth, Phone Radio, Push email, Default Internet Connection, and the cellular data connection.
check it out.
I also use PhoneWeaver to do this - great little app which also puts my phone onto vibrate during meetings etc.
Media Net Disconnect Program
Hello, I found these two programs to manually connect and disconnect from your network. I love the DataConnector program because it only requires you to launch the program and it takes care of the rest. The DataDisconnect, on the other hand, requires you to launch the program, select the network you want to disconnect, then press disconnect. I am using WisbarAdvanceDesktop2 and would like to be able to write a script that will launch dataconnector, update the weather (or whatever else), and then launch datadisconnect. I am hoping that someone here knows of a hands-off program that only requires the single tap of the execution file to disconnect from the network, or who could hack the datadisconnect program and make it hands-off.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
khoury4
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khoury4 said:
Hello, I found these two programs to manually connect and disconnect from your network. I love the DataConnector program because it only requires you to launch the program and it takes care of the rest. The DataDisconnect, on the other hand, requires you to launch the program, select the network you want to disconnect, then press disconnect. I am using WisbarAdvanceDesktop2 and would like to be able to write a script that will launch dataconnector, update the weather (or whatever else), and then launch datadisconnect. I am hoping that someone here knows of a hands-off program that only requires the single tap of the execution file to disconnect from the network, or who could hack the datadisconnect program and make it hands-off.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
khoury4
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Hi,
maby an app i use it's exactly what you are looking for. With this app you can schedule everything about your connection: it allows you at what time your mobile data/wifi/flight mode must be turned on/off.
The name of the app is connection commander
Hope this help
Hi there,
Since last week I also have a TD2. It's a Vodafone-branded TD2 from NL. I've read a lot here about the dataconnections, but I think that I still don't know how I have to configure it for my purposes. What I would like:
1. When there is a known wifi (i.e. @home of @work), I'd like to have the TD2 connected to that wifi, instead of the payed (and slower) connection. How can I configure this?
2. I would like to have my email checked every 5 minutes. What I understood from reading here, it should be possible that the dataconnection closes after the check, and reconnects when the mail should be checked again (I hope I understood it right). This should improve batterylife. Is it true and how do I configure this?
3. I would like to have a notification (sound) when a new mail arrives, but not when I'm sleeping. Is there a simple tool that gives automatically a silent notification (so no sound and no vibration) from i.e. 22.00h until 7.00h? The phone/sms should NOT be silent then (since it could be an emergency-call). Of course all could be silent in a simple way when I want to, just like now.
I hope that any of you can help me configure this since I've read too much I think; I don't get it anymore....Thanx in advance!
Regarding point 2, why do you want to close the data channel every time? If it's not being used it shouldn't affect battery life. It might even make battery life worse if every five minutes you request another ip address and internet connectivity. Not to mention giving your network a hard time!
I understood that a non-closed data connection uses battery power. But if it isn't, it makes it a lot easier.
Are there any applications to turn data connections off on a schedule?
I'd like to be able to turn my data off overnight, but knowing me I will just forget!
Thoughts?
It looks like WiSync Plus will work, although perhaps not on Hero.
http://www.gearsoft.mobi/products/product/3
I use Toggle Settings on my mT3G to turn off some data syncing overnight. It is not as thorough as WiSync Plus though.
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-cooolmagic-android-toggle5-qzw.aspx
I'm currently in the process of making this type of program, it will do data, wifi, bluetooth, gps, all things you don't need while sleeping! but on a timer.
You just need to moderate the background updates for Peep, People, HTC Mail etc.
Mine sleeps with GPS on, always on data, WiFi off (I turn this on when I need it). Only looses one block overnight (as seen in Phone Status).
I also have 2G data only as I don't live in a 3G area. This saves a lit of battery.
Handy widget I use allows me to turn 3G back on with 2 touches of the screen.
nicelad_uk said:
I'm currently in the process of making this type of program, it will do data, wifi, bluetooth, gps, all things you don't need while sleeping! but on a timer.
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Cool let me know if you need someone to test it. I was thinking of writing one myself if nobody else was.
My phone goes down to 70% overnight. I'd rather turn all services all off so that I don't have to fiddle with the update frequency stuff for in the day.
I think Locale will do this.
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I think Locale will do this.
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I installed locale last night and realised it can make changes based on time, although you cant turn data off you can get a plugin which will turn google auto-sync off. They just need to add an option to turn data off all together!
perhaps I should have checked before posting.. sorry
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perhaps I should have checked before posting.. sorry
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Well its good that you did because it will make others aware that you can use locale with time based conditions - I originally thought it was just location based!
Well its good that you did because it will make others aware that you can use locale with time based conditions - I originally thought it was just location based!
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WiSync is also a Locale plugin. And it provides more features than the Sync plugin for Locale. Plus you can effectively toggle your auto sync configuration by simply connection/disconnecting from a WIFI access point.
WiSync Info
I would like an app that changes the sync schedule according to time of day.
Hey all, I did not have much luck using the search. Tried to find other people who have had this problem. **Plus nobody responded in the General forum so here I am again. **
We have 4 ATT Tilt 2 phones in my department. All with the same rom, radio, settings, etc. The difference in the phones is that 2 of them were purchased about a year earlier than the other 2.
*PROBLEM* TWO of the phones (the newer purchased Tilt 2's) we are getting alerts for high data usage from ATT. Looked at the ATT data logs, sure enough they have high data usage, large amounts at odd times. like 20mb - 100+mb transfers in the late night early morning, during the day. Not good, it is all adding up quick with no suspect in sight. The 2 users with this problem, use the phone data less than I do for day to day tasks and I am way under the alert limit, its not something they are causing---some of these data periods are while the user is ASLEEP (and no, we do NOT use MS myphone sync). Its got to be a phone software or software compatibility with the newer Tilt 2 hardware or something. I tried a couple different ROMS, same problem. Right now we are all on Energy.RHODIUM.21684.Sense2.5.Cookie.sencity.Nov.0 8
Radio: 4.49.25.77 (best signal in our area) Michigan
Please help. Thanks to anybody who can provide some guidance.
sounds like it is connecting for something and not disconnecting. I have this problem sometimes when it connects to download my email and weather, it will stay connected all night and kill my battery by the time i wake up.
TRY THIS, CREDITS TO THE GUY THAT HAD THE TIME TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, NOT ME
Enable Auto Data Disconnect for Auto Email Downloads and Other Downloads with a Cab File
When you have auto email downloads enabled, data is not disoconnected after mail retrieval and thus your battery is drained much faster. Modify the following reg edit to have data disconnect after 60 seconds. You can test this by tapping on the notfification bar while downloading emails and watch the data connection close after idle for 60 seconds. Please note. Data connection will NOT auto disconnect if you have any HTC Sense auto download enabled such as Weather, Twitter, Stocks, Facebook or Time Sync. Please set these apps to manual download only. Please note that this setting has the possible effect of disabling simultaneous voice and data on some devices, even if you are on a capable network and signal. See Tip 70 for an app that works with even HTC data downloads.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ConnMgr\Planner\Settings
CacheTime = 60
SuspendResume = should be blank. Delete "GPRS_bye_if_device_off" text.
VPNCacheTime = 60
Finally An Auto Data Disconnection That Works - Save Battery Life!
Download the following cab file http://www.commmgrpro.com/CommMgrPro...witch.V2.8.cab
You can set it to disconnect data after 60 seconds or more or less thus saving you battery. Read the thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ght=bandswitch
Tried and tested for over a 2 weeks on my HD2 and works perfectly. Use INSTEAD of Tip 33.
The only problem i have with this is that it kind of defeats the purpose of a smart/connected phone. Its just so strange that only 2 of the 4 phones have this high data use problem, and they were all setup by the same person.
But on the other hand, it would be a good test method for data usage before and after. THANK YA!
latinohot said:
TRY THIS, CREDITS TO THE GUY THAT HAD THE TIME TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, NOT ME
Enable Auto Data Disconnect for Auto Email Downloads and Other Downloads with a Cab File
When you have auto email downloads enabled, data is not disoconnected after mail retrieval and thus your battery is drained much faster. Modify the following reg edit to have data disconnect after 60 seconds. You can test this by tapping on the notfification bar while downloading emails and watch the data connection close after idle for 60 seconds. Please note. Data connection will NOT auto disconnect if you have any HTC Sense auto download enabled such as Weather, Twitter, Stocks, Facebook or Time Sync. Please set these apps to manual download only. Please note that this setting has the possible effect of disabling simultaneous voice and data on some devices, even if you are on a capable network and signal. See Tip 70 for an app that works with even HTC data downloads.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ConnMgr\Planner\Settings
CacheTime = 60
SuspendResume = should be blank. Delete "GPRS_bye_if_device_off" text.
VPNCacheTime = 60
Finally An Auto Data Disconnection That Works - Save Battery Life!
Download the following cab file http://www.commmgrpro.com/CommMgrPro...witch.V2.8.cab
You can set it to disconnect data after 60 seconds or more or less thus saving you battery. Read the thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ght=bandswitch
Tried and tested for over a 2 weeks on my HD2 and works perfectly. Use INSTEAD of Tip 33.
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make sure your weather isnt set to download on its own because it will not auto disconnect.
other things like email and stuff like that will usually not auto disconnect either.
Ok we will try that and see what happens. Will report back
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make sure your weather isnt set to download on its own because it will not auto disconnect.
other things like email and stuff like that will usually not auto disconnect either.
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Have this exact same problem using the latest Simplicity rom. Nothing, not even the weather is set to auto update, and by and large I no longer even use the phone save for 2 or 3 phone calls a month. Yet, like clockwork, get data warnings.
I wonder if this has anything to do with it (SEEING THAT BOTH OF OUR USERS WITH THE PROBLEM WERE LINKED TO YAHOO MAIL ACCOUNTS! And not the rest of us)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20030159-75.html?tag=cnetRiver
And yes i realize this ref's phone 7 OS, but still...fishy
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I wonder if this has anything to do with it (SEEING THAT BOTH OF OUR USERS WITH THE PROBLEM WERE LINKED
And yes i realize this ref's phone 7 OS, but still...fishy
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That problem is not just on wp7 is happening on iphones too. so u better unlink those yahoo mail accoounts or put your setting for manual downlad.
I unlinked my Yahoo account and disabled auto update of Sense Weather, my data usage did go down, not that I care about it as I have unlimited, but was surprised at how much better battery life I now have.
After configuring everything to work I have noticed that the battery seems draining at least twice as fast as on WM6.5. My wife's exactly the same phone has retained 3/4 of a battery by this morning from yesterday's night charge, while my Android is almost fully drained.
What could be the problem? What configurations would help to save battery? I remember in WM there is a trick to set idle data connection cutoff time which helps a lot. I can't find anything similar in Android.
I'm running a 36 kernel with "not so free super froyo" ROM on a Bell's HTC Touch CDMA, I have Google account confifured to sync calendar and contacts, and Google Apps email configured through IMAP access in Android's Mail client, set to sync every 15 min.
Is there any way to adjust how often to sync Google contacts and calendar? Any other tips?
Thanks.
Also, is there an easy way to replace battery icon to one with percent indication, or a specific widget to place on the desktop?
I'm running Superfroyo (which has a percent indicator) on a Sprint Touch, and my battery life isn't too hot either although the FAQ here indicates the reads are just estimates based on the heat of the battery. I am keeping an extra charger at work and another in the car, there are cheap OEM ones on ebay.
Two things--
1) if you go to settings->about phone->battery use you can see what is pulling juice since the last recharge.
2) my house has great cell coverage, my work does not. I noticed that that my battery barely budged yesterday at the house after the phone was on but not being used. For the 14 hours it was unplugged but only picked up once or twice, it went down maybe 10% tops. So I am guessing strength of signal is huge, because it drains much faster than that at my work.
OK, I have solved this issue.
Problem: All HTC Touch CDMA (vogue) users know that battery is not its strongest point and active data connection suck the juice quickest. But what I have found (I'm sure I'm not the first here, but I could not find this in the forum) is that Android is different from WM in syncing calendar, contacts and email. In WM6.5 you can set sync and email to check at specific time intervals, after each request the data connection is automatically closed (and this idle time can also be adjusted in registry). In Android we can't set this time interval, because Google sync in Android uses "push" technology by design, so your web email, calendar and contacts sync instantly when changed. That means that the data connection is constantly open and when Google server "ticks" the phone, it gets the email. That's the main reason for the much faster drain.
Solution:
1. I'm now using regular Android Mail client (not Gmail) to retrieve email from Google Apps/Gmail by standard IMAP interface, where you can set how often it checks for email.
2. I have turned off "background data" and "auto sync" check boxes in "accounts and sync settings".
3. I have created a shortcut on the desktop for "sync" settings that allows me in a few clicks to manually sync contacts and calendar. I don't need it synced often. I would prefer an option to sync it automatically every few hours or once a day, but I could not find any means to do so.
That way I still get my email checked every 15 or 30 min (or whatever I prefer) and calendar/contacts are synced manually on demand. Battery drain looks normal now, which means it should be at least enough for a full day of use (like WM).
Another issue:
I did have a couple of spontaneous reboots for no reason. Anybody knows why it can happen? I'm using latest builds of 36 kernel with "not so free super froyo" ROM on a Bell's HTC Touch CDMA.
romandesign said:
OK, I have solved this issue.
Problem: All HTC Touch CDMA (vogue) users know that battery is not its strongest point and active data connection suck the juice quickest. But what I have found (I'm sure I'm not the first here, but I could not find this in the forum) is that Android is different from WM in syncing calendar, contacts and email. In WM6.5 you can set sync and email to check at specific time intervals, after each request the data connection is automatically closed (and this idle time can also be adjusted in registry). In Android we can't set this time interval, because Google sync in Android uses "push" technology by design, so your web email, calendar and contacts sync instantly when changed. That means that the data connection is constantly open and when Google server "ticks" the phone, it gets the email. That's the main reason for the much faster drain.
Solution:
1. I'm now using regular Android Mail client (not Gmail) to retrieve email from Google Apps/Gmail by standard IMAP interface, where you can set how often it checks for email.
2. I have turned off "background data" and "auto sync" check boxes in "accounts and sync settings".
3. I have created a shortcut on the desktop for "sync" settings that allows me in a few clicks to manually sync contacts and calendar. I don't need it synced often. I would prefer an option to sync it automatically every few hours or once a day, but I could not find any means to do so.
That way I still get my email checked every 15 or 30 min (or whatever I prefer) and calendar/contacts are synced manually on demand. Battery drain looks normal now, which means it should be at least enough for a full day of use (like WM).
Another issue:
I did have a couple of spontaneous reboots for no reason. Anybody knows why it can happen? I'm using latest builds of 36 kernel with "not so free super froyo" ROM on a Bell's HTC Touch CDMA.
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Wow very good explanation what configurare in my Vogue if I notice that the battery lasts longer I comment..
The sporadic restarts remember that Android is not 100% stable, everything is a matter of testing between several ROMs and see which is the most stable and best meets your needs. I tried about 10 ROMs android before to decide for which currently I use what is Fresh Froyo which is not perfect but it is pretty stable and fast.
Greetings and again thanks for the information.