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[Q] Data useage and selecting wifi

Hey all,
Dumb question here but first android phone so need your help.
I only have 500mb of data allowance with vodafone UK and just recently got a text from them saying im near my limit for the month.
Being at home with the phone I use an app called quick settings to disable mobile data and then enable wifi.
But just used network monitor app and it says that I've not used any wifi.
Can anyone help with what Im doing wrong as dont want to go over the allowance. Coming from a BB never had this issue as they ZERO apps worth downloading
Cheers

I use Network Counter.
If you want to know how much different programs waste, you can look at TrafficStats.
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stelo81 said:
I use Network Counter.
If you want to know how much different programs waste, you can look at TrafficStats.
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Thanks will give both a go. My worrying thing is android market doesnt seem to use the wifi when downloading even with mobile data disabled.

Maybe your wifi sleep policy is wrong, go to settings - network & wireless and go to wifi/wireless settings and tap lower left touch button at bottom of phone and select advanced once in that menu you should see wifi sleep policy select that and set it to never, it means the wifi is always on even when phone is locked. Hope this helps.
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@stelo81
Thanks for the 2 programs suggested. Seems network monitor didn't show anything correctly.
With wifi on and data disabled your 2 suggestions show wifi kicking in.
Just gotta remember to switch on before downloading!!!
Thanks again

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I would just like to see if some people have same issue at times.
*screen can be over sensitive at times
*when wifi is connected icon in notification bar floating with empty 4G icon
*new texts do not show up north finding them in stock message app marked read when they were not.
*(fix) wifi would be off but would prompt meningitis notification found open kwidow connection.
I disabled the att smart wifi app in settings, rebooted and that seemed to fix the problem for me
Post any more findings
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Well only thing that bugs me is that when ever it connects with att hotspot and then i try to connect back to my home wifi it doesnt work that good coz for some reason it prefers att hotspot more that my home wifi!! I had to disable the att hotspot feature since i cant delete it!!
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Just noticed there's no apps to SD option either... Downloaded Spiderman & Dark Knight Rises, and now I'm outta space... Can't wait for root...
I chose the red pill... Now I'm in the mAtrix and I know Kung Fu...
http://android-gz.com

IP IHI II IL said:
Just noticed there's no apps to SD option either... Downloaded Spiderman & Dark Knight Rises, and now I'm outta space... Can't wait for root...
I chose the red pill... Now I'm in the mAtrix and I know Kung Fu...
http://android-gz.com
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This was a feature taken out in ICS sadly

My wifi randomly turns off when i try connecting to a new network (goes from obtaining IP address to wifi turning off)

mqguitar said:
*when wifi is connected icon in notification bar floating with empty 4G icon
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i dont like this either because every other phone ive had that hides 3g 4g the wifi goes in the place of it but thats the only thing so far ive found that i dont like

2 from me,
1. Battery life is tough. I must have this phone charging whenever I am at my desk or It will be dead by 8pm. I would consider myself to be a power user. I'm coming from an Atrix 2 and would make it through the day with only charging in the car dock.
2. No true gps toggle. I use the toggle switchs all the time, all others work but GPS.
Otherwise I love the phone it's very quick and I'm loving ICS

ML417 said:
My wifi randomly turns off when i try connecting to a new network (goes from obtaining IP address to wifi turning off)
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Disable att smart wifi thing, your problem will go away.
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The only problem I've had was with the screen sensitivity. It's no longer a problem. I fixed it with a Moshi Screen protector.
It's thick enough to balance out the touch screen and it covers up all the Logos on the phone.
Juice Defender can also cause wacky wifi performance issues. You can adjust the custom settings in Juice Defender to leave wifi alone.
Smart Actions hasn't caused any problems with waking up any of the radios or wifi.
Wifi works best if you disable anything that has to do with automatically connecting.
When you connect to your wireless point, just click "remember" when it asks you to save settings. That way it should connect/reconnect faster when you are within range because it's not scanning. It'll just connect.
Anyways, from a security stand point you do not want it to automatically connect to any open network. Wireless SSID can be spoofed with a name change, and connecting to open networks is asking for someone to record your activity, or even launch SSL strip to fish out information on the secure sites you visit. Packet sniffing at a Starbucks free WiFi is easier than using 'One-Click-Root.'
So just avoid open networks and disable anything to do with auto connecting. It'll speed up waking up WiFi and it'll make you much more secure.
If you still have wifi issues just toggle airplane mode on and off.

Kedakari said:
The only problem I've had was with the screen sensitivity. It's no longer a problem. I fixed it with a Moshi Screen protector.
It's thick enough to balance out the touch screen and it covers up all the Logos on the phone.
Juice Defender can also cause wacky wifi performance issues. You can adjust the custom settings in Juice Defender to leave wifi alone.
Smart Actions hasn't caused any problems with waking up any of the radios or wifi.
Wifi works best if you disable anything that has to do with automatically connecting.
When you connect to your wireless point, just click "remember" when it asks you to save settings. That way it should connect/reconnect faster when you are within range because it's not scanning. It'll just connect.
Anyways, from a security stand point you do not want it to automatically connect to any open network. Wireless SSID can be spoofed with a name change, and connecting to open networks is asking for someone to record your activity, or even launch SSL strip to fish out information on the secure sites you visit. Packet sniffing at a Starbucks free WiFi is easier than using 'One-Click-Root.'
So just avoid open networks and disable anything to do with auto connecting. It'll speed up waking up WiFi and it'll make you much more secure.
If you still have wifi issues just toggle airplane mode on and off.
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I'm occasionally bugged with Smart Actions when it forgets to turn something on/off after leaving that profile.
Another problem i'm having the that the bedside dock app keeps crashing when i connect my MAHD to my desk dock, only fix i found so far was restart phone...

bump. has no one else had their bed dock crash and not start up again? I want to know if i should start looking for an app gone astray or something otherwise x.x

No...
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Im having trouble connecting to wi-fi on my Atrix HD, looked up different fixes that require you to change static IP settings but havnt had any luck getting to that point. Any ideas?

B1FFY said:
Im having trouble connecting to wi-fi on my Atrix HD, looked up different fixes that require you to change static IP settings but havnt had any luck getting to that point. Any ideas?
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My wifi is a little strange also. If im not really close to my router it wont connect. It turns on and drops off over and over. Very annoying.
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mikeyinid said:
My wifi is a little strange also. If im not really close to my router it wont connect. It turns on and drops off over and over. Very annoying.
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Try disabling the att smart wifi app, it messes with wifi.
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Lags
The AHD lags and says low volume space in the status bar

DISTRAUGHTKLOWNZ said:
Try disabling the att smart wifi app, it messes with wifi.
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That's the first thing I did. Still can't stay connected. Also spotify doesn't work. Plays a song and then fc's.
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IP IHI II IL said:
Just noticed there's no apps to SD option either... Downloaded Spiderman & Dark Knight Rises, and now I'm outta space... Can't wait for root...
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There's 8GB of space; how did 2 apps fill that? Go into setting>Storage and see what's really eating up your internal storage. I found that the camera by default saves pics/vids to the SDCard and I would bet that's what's killing your space. If so you can change the setting in the camera app and use the "Manage Internal Storage" to move over pics/vids that are currently on internal storage.

I've not had any wifi issues.
Having had this only 2 days, the only problem I've noticed is that there is noise when listening to music. Specifically using the standard Apple earphones and listening to Pandora. I also tried some other cheapo earphones and the same thing. I tried both earphones on my old 3g ipod and it was crystal clear. But this is really a nit-picky thing and I can only hear it on the lowest volume setting.

I get this notification asking for what keyboard input I want to use sometimes when I have the keyboard opened. I click it and it asks me what keyboard input I want to use. I have never installed any other keyboards and this has been happening ever since I got my phone a few days aho
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[Q] WiFi dropping out

Sorry mods please move to Q&A
I received my One on 4/17. I've been noticing that while I'm home say browsing on play store, the WiFi will drop out for a few seconds and then reconnect. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this as well.
I've tried rebooting my router but that didn't seem to help. I will try to maybe assign the mac address a fixed ip on the router to see if maybe there is an ip conflict within the house.
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born_fisherman said:
Sorry mods please move to Q&A
I received my One on 4/17. I've been noticing that while I'm home say browsing on play store, the WiFi will drop out for a few seconds and then reconnect. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this as well.
I've tried rebooting my router but that didn't seem to help. I will try to maybe assign the mac address a fixed ip on the router to see if maybe there is an ip conflict within the house.
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I'm noticing this on my One as well. Just got it today and wifi is very patchy to say the least. Cannot hold a music stream, websites slow to load if at all some times, games / play store getting "no connection" errors... Wifi indicator shows 5 bars, but connection certainly isn't 5 bars worth...

Go into WiFi settings > advanced and select 'best WiFi performance'.

Some other things to try in your router (from reading about this somewhere else);
Try switching to 2.4GHz if you are on 5.0GHz. My One X did not play nice with 5.0GHz networks.
Try changing the channel selection from Auto to a fixed channel. Avoid choosing channel 13 too.
Give this a bash: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wahtod.wififixer&hl=en

nobnut said:
Go into WiFi settings > advanced and select 'best WiFi performance'.
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That seems to have done the trick. Thanks

imugli said:
That seems to have done the trick. Thanks
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Great. Big thanks. For me to!:good:

[Q] WiFi issue.

Alright, here's the problem. I can connect to my WiFi at work. I get full bars. But it won't pull any data. Nothing loads in any app or browser. It's only here that it happens and I'm the only one with any problems. I've read everything I can find and tried many things (WiFi "fixer" apps (both root and non-root), switching IPs, forgetting the network and setting it up from scratch) to no avail. I've spoken with our network administrator to ask him if he'd blocked any IPs or anything and he assured me that he had not (he doesn't even have the administrative passwords and can't reset the router as it is stuck to the ceiling 50 feet in the air).
So wtf? Anybody have any suggestions outside of a factory reset? I'm all ears. Thanks in advance (I'll also spank your Thanks Button )
Edit: Also, I've been on this network for years. This happened out of nowhere last week and I'm getting frustrated.
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Boraltis said:
Alright, here's the problem. I can connect to my WiFi at work. I get full bars. But it won't pull any data. Nothing loads in any app or browser. It's only here that it happens and I'm the only one with any problems. I've read everything I can find and tried many things (WiFi "fixer" apps (both root and non-root), switching IPs, forgetting the network and setting it up from scratch) to no avail. I've spoken with our network administrator to ask him if he'd blocked any IPs or anything and he assured me that he had not (he doesn't even have the administrative passwords and can't reset the router as it is stuck to the ceiling 50 feet in the air).
So wtf? Anybody have any suggestions outside of a factory reset? I'm all ears. Thanks in advance (I'll also spank your Thanks Button )
Edit: Also, I've been on this network for years. This happened out of nowhere last week and I'm getting frustrated.
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AT&T Smart Wi-Fi connection manager is a free app that finds and auto-connects to available hotspots, maximizes battery life by only turning Wi-Fi on & off when needed, logs missed hotspot opportunities for your review and action for subsequent use, and displays your real-time cellular and Wi-Fi data usage.

Paulita1 said:
AT&T Smart Wi-Fi connection manager is a free app that finds and auto-connects to available hotspots, maximizes battery life by only turning Wi-Fi on & off when needed, logs missed hotspot opportunities for your review and action for subsequent use, and displays your real-time cellular and Wi-Fi data usage.
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...You work for AT&T Mobility??? That isn't helpful at all.
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Lmao

Boraltis said:
Alright, here's the problem. I can connect to my WiFi at work. I get full bars. But it won't pull any data. Nothing loads in any app or browser. It's only here that it happens and I'm the only one with any problems. I've read everything I can find and tried many things (WiFi "fixer" apps (both root and non-root), switching IPs, forgetting the network and setting it up from scratch) to no avail. I've spoken with our network administrator to ask him if he'd blocked any IPs or anything and he assured me that he had not (he doesn't even have the administrative passwords and can't reset the router as it is stuck to the ceiling 50 feet in the air).
So wtf? Anybody have any suggestions outside of a factory reset? I'm all ears. Thanks in advance (I'll also spank your Thanks Button )
Edit: Also, I've been on this network for years. This happened out of nowhere last week and I'm getting frustrated.
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I can't find the thread where this tip came from at the moment but this is what I remembered. It shouldn't be hard to search thru the forums. It may or may not fix your issue but give it a try anymore. It won't break anything. GL
1. at your dial pad enter *#0011#, this will take you to the SERVICE MODE
2. press the "menu" - the soft key on the left side of home button
3. select "WiFi"
3. toggle the ON/OFF switch to turn off the wifi power save mode.
4. press home button to exit

I've seen android devices fail to resolve domain names on corporate networks. Check if you can ping outside IP addresses and such - if so, there's probably a way to force it to use google public DNS, though of course this won't resolve intranet names...
(Also, before you exert too much effort on this, make sure your corporate wifi is worth connecting to. Some wifi networks in offices are crap...).
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AT&T Smart Wi-Fi connection manager is a free app that finds and auto-connects to available hotspots, maximizes battery life by only turning Wi-Fi on & off when needed, logs missed hotspot opportunities for your review and action for subsequent use, and displays your real-time cellular and Wi-Fi data usage.
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Maybe I'm just spoiled by living in a place with excellent 4G LTE coverage, but I don't see any appeal in connecting to random hotspots - I've never connected to a hotspot that performed better than the 4G, and I don't come close to the data limits of my plan (This month I'll hit 1GB for the first time, I think, because our connection at home was out yesterday, and I had to tether for me and roommate who work from home). Plus good deal of the hotspots I tried (before I realized this was silly) didn't even have internet behind them. The majority of the attwifi ones around here (in red cambridge, ma) don't work - on default settings, I'd just be walking along, and bam - no connectivity, what happened? Oh, it autoconnected to an attwifi hotspot that didn't have any internet connectivity.

I turned the WiFi power saving mode off. I'll report back once I get back to work and check the results.
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No go. Still no data.
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Try to manually configure it by using 4636v2. Download from the play store.
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Prioritize network connection

Maybe a silly question for some but is there a way to only connect to a WiFi upon selecting it and disable automatic connection of known WiFi networks?
My dash cam is WiFi and broadcasts an SSID. My phone thinks it's a good internet connection and automatically jumps to WiFi. Essentially i have no connection whenever i drive. Obviously i could turn it off every time i get near my car and back on when i get out buuuut I'm lazy lol and I've forgotten to many times already. Anyways PCs have a priority (use other connections first) sort of thing. Is this a feature or does anyone have an app? I'll research but though I'd ask. Thanks

Genesis730 said:
Maybe a silly question for some but is there a way to only connect to a WiFi upon selecting it and disable automatic connection of known WiFi networks?
My dash cam is WiFi and broadcasts an SSID. My phone thinks it's a good internet connection and automatically jumps to WiFi. Essentially i have no connection whenever i drive. Obviously i could turn it off every time i get near my car and back on when i get out buuuut I'm lazy lol and I've forgotten to many times already. Anyways PCs have a priority (use other connections first) sort of thing. Is this a feature or does anyone have an app? I'll research but though I'd ask. Thanks
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If you select that WiFi connection, you can disable the autoreconnect option...

Try this.
Settings > Connection > Wi-Fi > Advanced > Manage Networks > 'your car'. Un-tick Auto reconnect.
Also, under Advanced > Adaptive Wi-Fi > Network Exceptions, you could try removing your car Wi-Fi from staying connected.
Hope this helps. ☺

neither option described exists on my phone from what i can see
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If you select that WiFi connection, you can disable the autoreconnect option...
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I don't see a way to manage exceptions
kxdaorbit said:
Try this.
Settings > Connection > Wi-Fi > Advanced > Manage Networks > 'your car'. Un-tick Auto reconnect.
Also, under Advanced > Adaptive Wi-Fi > Network Exceptions, you could try removing your car Wi-Fi from staying connected.
Hope this helps.
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No way to turn off auto-reconnect

I'm using a UK Exynos model. Maybe that's the difference.
These are my settings.

Why can't you select the dash cam in your phone's wifi settings and then "forget?" Especially when you're not within range of the camera?

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douger1957 said:
Why can't you select the dash cam in your phone's wifi settings and then "forget?" Especially when you're not within range of the camera?
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I really don't want to put the passcode in each time. Do you every time you connect to WiFi?

I have US unlocked and I can't find that option either. Kinda strange. It should be there ,so I would call Samsung , it might be a bug.
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That looks to be the solution... Damn missing auto-reconnect

Genesis730 said:
Maybe a silly question for some but is there a way to only connect to a WiFi upon selecting it and disable automatic connection of known WiFi networks?
My dash cam is WiFi and broadcasts an SSID. My phone thinks it's a good internet connection and automatically jumps to WiFi. Essentially i have no connection whenever i drive. Obviously i could turn it off every time i get near my car and back on when i get out buuuut I'm lazy lol and I've forgotten to many times already. Anyways PCs have a priority (use other connections first) sort of thing. Is this a feature or does anyone have an app? I'll research but though I'd ask. Thanks
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One idea is to use Trigger to control it.

bpleat said:
One idea is to use Trigger to control it.
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I'll look into that. Thanks!

Genesis730 said:
I'll look into that. Thanks!
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I think it is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jwsoft.nfcactionlauncher

nuclearrage said:
I have US unlocked and I can't find that option either. Kinda strange. It should be there ,so I would call Samsung , it might be a bug.
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Wow, the unlocked version is missing features that Verizon is allowing us to use? Inconceivable!

Have you tried turning off 'Adaptive Wi-Fi' completely, turning it back on when needed?

My dashcam app attempts to manage the connection itself, you have to initially connect it through the app to enable this.
When you launch the app and go to view or download the video, it connects to the cam and does it's thing. If you come straight out of the app, it stays connected but if you exit viewing the cam within the app, it conveniently disconnects the wifi for you.
Obviously your dashcam might not be capable of this but I thought I'd post it anyway because it's an easy setting to miss on the badly translated app. I've got a DDPai cam BTW. Also, if your dashcam has an app that doesn't do this then it might be worth asking the developer to implement it.

I wonder if this will be a problem with GoPros too. They use the WiFi to connect.
I'll have to check it out when I get home.
FWIW
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