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Wifi and 3g icons at the same time?

I noticed that my captivate will often show both the wifi icon and 3g icon in my screen at the same time. I am using wifi to post this but 3g still shows up. This never happened in my nexus one or milestone. This also happens on multiple wifi networks for me. Any ideas?
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Mine is just showing wifi and the signal bars
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Some apps use your 3G connection to get a rough fix on your location (Beautiful widgets "Beautiful home" or weather bug) there's a lot more. You can usually turn that off and just put in your zipcode. I could be wrong, just a shot in the dark.

I get this too
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caelestis2 said:
I get this too
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This doesn't seem right to me. I don't get why it would have both, there is no reason for it. If I reboot my phone, it will just show one or the other but over time it creeps back to showing both. I think its a software problem.

I am also wondering about the wifi. How do you know it's using wifi instead of 3g? Does it automatically switch over to wifi whenever it connects to one?

daleaf said:
I am also wondering about the wifi. How do you know it's using wifi instead of 3g? Does it automatically switch over to wifi whenever it connects to one?
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Thats the thing, I have seen it say I am on wifi but it still shows the 3G indicator and will show 3G activity (the activity arrows on the 3G icon light up).

uberamd said:
Thats the thing, I have seen it say I am on wifi but it still shows the 3G indicator and will show 3G activity (the activity arrows on the 3G icon light up).
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See post #3.

Clienterror said:
See post #3.
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I saw that, but my Nexus and Milestone don't do that so I'm confused by that.

uberamd said:
I saw that, but my Nexus and Milestone don't do that so I'm confused by that.
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It might be because you have no apps trying to find your location all the time. That's why some people have 3g on sometimes with their wifi on and some don't.

Clienterror said:
It might be because you have no apps trying to find your location all the time. That's why some people have 3g on sometimes with their wifi on and some don't.
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Well I wish I knew what that was then, because I do have Beautiful Widgets but I also have always had geolocation disabled and have my zip code set in it.

My husband's captivate will show both wifi and 3G when he opens google maps and the only way to get ride of the 3G is to restart the phone.

I'm having the same issue and using "my settings" to disable 3G use while using wifi. Being that I'm on the very limited data plan, I'd rather not have 3G being used when it doesn't have to be. So, if there are some programs that are forcing access to 3G when I'm on wireless, I'd like to know if there's an app or somesuch that will track which programs are accessing this so I don't have to worry about changing settings all of the time?

Hello everyyone. Ive only been using this phone and android since yesterday afternoon. I played with the phone very extensively yesterday and never saw the 3g while i was on wifi and then last night i applied the gps "fix" do you think that could of caused it to show. did all who is having this problem apply the gps fix ?

I believe using a push syncing service like exchange will cause this. on my windows mobile phones exchange wouldn't work over wifi.

Hmm is the default mail app an exchange like server ? So I should pull my info from that one and soley use the gmail app?

joshua2327 said:
Hello everyyone. Ive only been using this phone and android since yesterday afternoon. I played with the phone very extensively yesterday and never saw the 3g while i was on wifi and then last night i applied the gps "fix" do you think that could of caused it to show. did all who is having this problem apply the gps fix ?
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My problem showed up after this as well, but I can't imagine that would be the cause of it...

I'm seeing both Wifi and 3G on as well. Oddly enough, only Wifi seems to be on after it sits for a night (both charging and just unplugged). As soon as I disabled Wifi, 3G came back on, but after reenabling Wifi, the 3G stayed on.
As far as I can tell with 3G Watchdog, it's not using 3G when they're both on, but I'm worried that battery life is impacted by having them both on. I'm assuming this isn't normal behavior then.
FYI, I also applied the GPS fix, but I think I was seeing them both on even before I did that.

I get this as well, even when not using maps. I noticed it before I did the gps fix.
I do use gmail app which uses push, but still WIFI should always take over once connected. I noticed though that on the 3G icon the upload/download arrows are grey, not white or red (the transmit/receive colors).
I was concerned at first but I installed the AT&T app and I don't have a lot of data usage. I think its a bug.

I had both icons as well for a couple of days while in a wifi area. Messed with the gps settings again today and I'm back to wifi only icon. Didn't even reboot.
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Wifi GPS issue

When I'm home and my phone is connected to my wifi. The GPS locks very fast to accurate to 20 meters. That's where the problem is.
It shows the little triangle and the blue circle on Google maps. But I'm not in that blue circle!! I'm like 10 meters away from the edge of the blue circle. Anyone know how to fix this??
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You can use wireless networks, gps satellites, or assisted gps for location. Each im sure has a different amount of accuracy. It might not hurt to calibrate your compass either. I think the wireless setting is for showing your location in maps and at street level. If you go to settings>location and security, you can try switching to one of the other settings but you need a sky view for the satellite setting. Only check one.
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Well that's not the problem... I'm not even in the blue circle that it indicates..
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bluemoon1221 said:
Well that's not the problem... I'm not even in the blue circle that it indicates..
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Have you tried turning off the GPS option to use wireless networks?

opcow said:
Have you tried turning off the GPS option to use wireless networks?
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Yes.………
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Why the 3g/4g radio still on when I connected to wifi

Hi I have had several smartphones and I've had all the 4g Verizon phone and when I connect ti wifi automatically mobile data turn off or at least icon disappear from status bar but with the revolution and with this bionic that's no happen somebody can tell me why thanks
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Do you get the color change as described in this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261253

Mine does this
My bionic also stays connected to the mobile network when wifi is on and sometimes it will pull from the network instead of switching to wifi. the radio is all messed up on my bionic.

Well is not a mess I mean when I am connected to wifi my phone use wifi internet instead the mobile data but I guess with wifi n mobile data use more battery I guess I don't know the revolution is like bionic the same happens
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I see this on mine as well. I know some people have indicated that it is not really connected to 3G, here is what I'm seeing:
When Wifi is turned on, the 3G (or 4G if lte is enabeld) sometimes stays on. Sometimes it changes to white (indicating that it may still be connected, but not syncing to google through that connection), sometimes it stays blue, and once in while it actually goes away, but not often.
Some other threads seem to indicate that this is just a display bug. However, if I analyze my battery stats, I think the connection is actually staying on. Here is what happens:
* With just a plain 3g/4G connection and no wi-fi, if I look at the battery stats for Cell Standby, the "time on" increases as expected. If there was a period when the cell signal was dropped, I will also see the percentage ot time without a signal.
* When I turn on Wifi and the 3G icon stays on, if I look at the battery stats, the Cell Standby's time on continues to increase, but not the "percentage of time without a signal" also increases. This seems to indicate that the cell signal is staying on, but it knows it is not connected and is searching for a signal. I'm not sure if this is actually eating up more battery like when you really don't have a signal and it is searching, but it is being reporting that way at least.
* If I install a widget to disable 3G/4G while on wifi, the icons go away, but I still see the same thing happening in the battery stats. This could indicate that it is still connected, or it could invalidate what I'm seeing altogether, not sure.
In any event, I'm not sure what the real story is here, I never had the icons stay on with previous devices (Droid X and X2), so I never investigated the battery stats. However, I see alot of people talking about their Cell Standby taking up a lot of battery, I wonder if this plays in to it.
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yeah I don't think it's really on either. I verify this by using speed test. I know my speed at home and lte is faster. lol

When I use juice defender I disable mobile data when connected to a wifi SI icon disappear this happen with the revolution and bionic I don't see on tbolt nor charge
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My 4g icon stays on while connected to wifi and stays blue. But according to speedtest the speeds reflect connection to wifi.

kookahdoo said:
My 4g icon stays on while connected to wifi and stays blue. But according to speedtest the speeds reflect connection to wifi.
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Mine is doing the same, but its still draining the battery like CRAZY when browsing on supposed wifi... Definitely a bug.

Mine is the same way but I can't use anything on my network like google tv remote or printershare it says it can't see anything on the network. Tried other phones and they work
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It should prefer wifi over 3G/4G. I keep this page bookmarked on my Droid that shows IP and ISP name to test it.
http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed?whoami=1&w=

I have been on wifi all night. 3g lights on. However, my data useage for the month have not changed. I am confident that 3g is not being called upon
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Dbeayon said:
I have been on wifi all night. 3g lights on. However, my data useage for the month have not changed. I am confident that 3g is not being called upon
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My experience is similar.

Why do services only work when they're blue?

I'm a sprint user bu my fiancé has the bionic and had the lg revolution before that. Both phones wouldn't work is the signal bars and data indicators were white. They had to be blue to function. There have been many times they would stay white on both phones and had to switch to airplane mode today fixes the issue. With sprint, this isn't an issue. It just works. Both networks, sprint and Verizon, are cdma, so what's the problem?
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It depends on what you're trying to do with the phone at the moment. You should still be able to get to websites. However, things like email, Play Store, and other Google things may not work. From what I've come to understand, when the signal indicator turning a color (blue, green, red, etc depending on OEM customizations) is an indicator that the phone is connected to Google services. When it's grey it's merely indicating the presence of a data network and you may or may not be able to connect to the internet.
This behavior can also be observed if you activate an Android device without entering an email address. The signal indicator will never be anything other than grey because it doesn't have any reason or ability to connect to Google services.

Thanks, then what's keeping it from connecting? It happens way too often and keeps her frustrated. She can't do anything at this point when it's like this.
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Settings?
gk1984 said:
Thanks, then what's keeping it from connecting? It happens way too often and keeps her frustrated. She can't do anything at this point when it's like this.
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If the phone is totally stock then it might just be a settings issue. My bionic takes a minuet to connect to the internet even though it's connected to the network. Check to see if are any settings that turn off or restrict that data usage

When it turns white, the data connection went dead. When its blue, its active. It happens to me occasionally, similar to a hiccup. It could be due to a mathematical glitch in the radio.
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Colored settings icons?

Has anyone else seen this on their phones? Sometimes my WiFi and Data come up colored orange instead of the normal white.

Seen it for the first time today...

Yea my WiFi and data show up orange all the time. I'm not sure what it is but I think it has to do with the network changing and the small gap of down time if WiFi needs to reconnect. It never stays orange for more than a few seconds or so for me.
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Gray = Not connected
Orange = Connected - No Activity
Blue = Connected - Activity
When I connect to my work's Wi-Fi, it remains orange until I log on.

It means you're not connected to Google services.
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Thanks. Coming from an S4, things are different enough that I'm not sure what's "normal" behavior on basically stock Android. I've never seen the Blue, just the White or Orange.

elir41 said:
It means you're not connected to Google services.
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^This.