Why does my Moto G do this from time to time? Only way to make it disappear is toggling WiFI on and off. My WiFi connection is working perfectly and to my knowledge I'm not receiving any kind of MMS message.
I'm guessing you have data on when it does this. I don't think there's a setting in Stock for having wifi not hide data. The G generally means you have a 2G data connection, so if you don't have data enabled, then something is turning it on.
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I'm in the UK, and using a Touch Diamond.....on Vodafone 3G. When I'm connected to WIFI, I obviously want to use that for data, rather than use up my precious data allowance.
When I'm connected to a WIFI connection, how do I know Opera/IE/Email are using WIFI - and not my 3G connection? There are times when I'm in my house, and I know it's using my phone data connection, as it's just so slow (very limited reception 3G in my house)....whereas the WIFI should be pretty fast.
i COULD be wrong here.... but the way i know is if the WIFI icon at the top shows connected. If you rphone cant find the WIFI, it'll always divert to a data connection. Play with your phone around the house, see where you get connectivity and how strong to your wifi.
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i COULD be wrong here.... but the way i know is if the WIFI icon at the top shows connected. If you rphone cant find the WIFI, it'll always divert to a data connection. Play with your phone around the house, see where you get connectivity and how strong to your wifi.
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Yes I know when I'm connected to WIFI and how strong it is....what I want to know is how I know whether my phone is using 3G/GPRS - when I am connected to WIFI and want it to use WIFI and not my phone network. There seems to be no indication to show you are actually 'using' the WIFI network over the phone network....
Settings > Communication Settings.
Turn data connection off, turn wifi on.
Do that before you use internet and your sorted.
On both my Diamond and Touch Pro, the Wi-Fi icon appears on the task bar when Wi-Fi is available. Same goes for 3G.
Also note that some programs call for a certain connection method automatically. For example, you will note that some programs initiate 3G instead of using your Wi-Fi connection. Hopefully, there is a configuration option for such apps.
Cheers.
i don't know if you notice it, but if you are connecting through E or H or G or 3G.. the reception bar instead of the antenna you will get the corresponding letter if you are currently connected to one of them
As long as your WiFi is on and none of those letters are showing up.. you will be fine
After reboot, the cellular data doesn't work (no status icon, no traffic), until Wifi has been switched on. Wifi can be switched off immediately, even before it connects, and then data will work fine until reboot.
Is this a bad combination of data settings sowhere on my Cyanogen 6.0.0-N1 device?
Or is it a bug?
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Can be connected to wifi, but for some reason the phone thinks the wifi connection is bad/poor, and then it will use cellular data (there will be an ! in the wifi)
This is VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY bad for me because I use a LIMITED CELLULAR DATA plan - and this phone decides on its own to not use what is really usable wifi. I have only had the phone 2 days and it is doing it repeatedly - did it at a hotel (which required username/password) but then every single time I leave the hotel and return, it connects to the wifi, but uses cellular data. If I turn off cellular data [I use Power Toggles app to make it easy], the wifi suddenly becomes acceptable to lollipop and the exclamation mark disappears from the wifi icon and I have internet access (no sign in required as the network remembers my mac id/authorized me for at least 24 hours) - and then I can toggle cellular data back on and it will stay on wifi - UNTIL I leave and return again when it starts all over again.
Similarly, at my home where I have strong wifi - sometimes it just decides not to use it. So, when I look at my phone and see the wifi with ! I have to do the same thing - disable cell data to get it to use the wifi.
This is ridiculous!
This switchover to cell data should at minimum be a user-configurable option. I do not want it doing this!
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Can be connected to wifi, but for some reason the phone thinks the wifi connection is bad/poor, and then it will use cellular data (there will be an ! in the wifi)
This is VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY bad for me because I use a LIMITED CELLULAR DATA plan - and this phone decides on its own to not use what is really usable wifi. I have only had the phone 2 days and it is doing it repeatedly - did it at a hotel (which required username/password) but then every single time I leave the hotel and return, it connects to the wifi, but uses cellular data. If I turn off cellular data [I use Power Toggles app to make it easy], the wifi suddenly becomes acceptable to lollipop and the exclamation mark disappears from the wifi icon and I have internet access (no sign in required as the network remembers my mac id/authorized me for at least 24 hours) - and then I can toggle cellular data back on and it will stay on wifi - UNTIL I leave and return again when it starts all over again.
Similarly, at my home where I have strong wifi - sometimes it just decides not to use it. So, when I look at my phone and see the wifi with ! I have to do the same thing - disable cell data to get it to use the wifi.
This is ridiculous!
This switchover to cell data should at minimum be a user-configurable option. I do not want it doing this!
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go into the main phone settings, wifi, three dots at the top right, advanced, now disable scanning always available
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go into the main phone settings, wifi, three dots at the top right, advanced, now disable scanning always available
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Already was disabled. (That was the option I chose when I set the phone up).
I'm on Fi. With airplane mode on + wifi on (cell data is off, but connected to wifi), when I try to make a call, I get an error 'no cellular network'.
This is the whole point of wifi calling, it should work if I only have wifi. I'm running PureNexus with Google dialer. If I turn cell data on, then the call is made and often goes over wifi since reception in my apt is very bad.
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I'm on Fi. With airplane mode on + wifi on (cell data is off, but connected to wifi), when I try to make a call, I get an error 'no cellular network'.
This is the whole point of wifi calling, it should work if I only have wifi. I'm running PureNexus with Google dialer. If I turn cell data on, then the call is made and often goes over wifi since reception in my apt is very bad.
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This is because airplane mode does just what its supposed to and that is kill the cellar broadcast. Air plane mode was made to disable all of this and there is no real point in using it if you are using wifi calling
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I'm on Fi. With airplane mode on + wifi on (cell data is off, but connected to wifi), when I try to make a call, I get an error 'no cellular network'.
This is the whole point of wifi calling, it should work if I only have wifi. I'm running PureNexus with Google dialer. If I turn cell data on, then the call is made and often goes over wifi since reception in my apt is very bad.
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As zelendel said, Airplane mode disables ALL radios. This includes cell, wifi, gps, etc.
If you want to turn off cellular and leave wifi on, you need to turn off just cellular... although I have no idea why you would want to do that.
Cell data is off.
WiFi is ON - I made this clear. Cell network should not be needed for wifi calling.
You must be signed into hangouts with your project fi associated email account.
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I'm on Fi. With airplane mode on + wifi on (cell data is off, but connected to wifi), when I try to make a call, I get an error 'no cellular network'.
This is the whole point of wifi calling, it should work if I only have wifi. I'm running PureNexus with Google dialer. If I turn cell data on, then the call is made and often goes over wifi since reception in my apt is very bad.
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Who is your carrier? With T-Mo, I can enable Airport Mode, turn WiFi on, and make calls (using T-Mo WiFi Calling). I can also log into hangouts using my GV account, and make calls from there using WiFi only.
I have this strange issue that has been with me almost since the beginning. I haven't been able to trace when it happens, but it now seems almost 100% of the time.
I only have WiFi in the house (wifi6, if it matters). If I go out, I only have 4G (I left only 4G and disabled 5G). I have no data until I put the phone into airplane mode and back, or I disable and re-enable mobile data.
Same thing when I go back in the house: no data until I disable and re-enable WiFi.
I've disabled the option for 'always-on mobile data' or similar, it's quite a battery drain if there's no cell signal.
Seems like a very strange bug, I don't have this with any of my other phones.
So you have both WiFi and 4G enabled and they don't switch seamlessly?
Exactly. I always have to restart each one of them, usually by toggling airplane mode. Was wondering if anyone else ran into this issue.
Ok this really is strange. There are 2(!) different toggles to enable data switching between WiFi and 4G, but for me it works flawlessly without them! As soon as I get out of my home WiFi range, 4G kicks in, and when I get in range again, the phone connects to my WiFi...
Hi, i have this problem too but it's not always.
I have a wifi 6 router too.
I also have problems switching from wifi to 4g. Need to toggle airplane mode on/off. 5g deactivated. No wifi 6 here.
I always assumed my vpn is causing problems during the switch to 4g. But hearing others have the same problem i would assume its zenfone problem.
I never had any issues in this area with my ZF8. With the option to have cellular always on I could walk out of my WiFi zone during a video call and no drop or short pause would appear.
With this off the network need a few second to work, and some apps need to be refreshed/restarted to gain connection. Never needed to toggle connection for this to work.
Maybe a reset would be enough or check for updates.
Ah, exactly! It does not necesarily need a network restart, but some apps just lose connection for a while, which can be from a few seconds to >1h. Which is even more weird as the icons are showing full connectivity. I would go out of the house, do stuff, come back later and I would only get the notifications when I'm back inside the house.
Rarely I had the connection drop completely (no signal) when switching, but I haven't noticed this happening since the last update.