G'day
I have been using my XDA2s for 6 months now and the worst thing I have found is switching between different network connections.
When i am on the road I use GPRS, in our offices WiFi, and at home USB, but i have not yet found an easy way to swap from one to another. After I go into Wireless Manager (which i have set to the ie button), i select the method, but still need to go into Network Settings -> Advanced -> Select Networks, and change the connection that the Internet uses.
Am I missing something here, or is this what everyone goes through. I should add that i mainly use the network for ActivSync'ing to our Exchange 2003 Server.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Paul
Doesn't sound normal; if wifi is on all the time the manager should intelligently select between wifi if it's available or GPRS if it isn't. USB I don't think is managed intelligently, but I might be wrong there; I don't use it.
Do you have it automatically connecting to unprotected wifi networks? Is the wifi at work encrypted or no? What happens when you walk into the hotspot, does the wireless manager change from GRPS to wifi? Stupid question: Do you keep wifi on all the time?
Chris
Hi
No, dont have it accessing any network in range. This is what i do, let me know if its wrong:
On the road when i want to ActivSync, i go into Wireless Manager, and press the GPRS button, then go into Network Management -> Advanced, drop down the "Internet should connect using" and select the Vodafone-GPRS Settings option. Then open up ActiveSync and Sync. I have noticed, if later on the if i just go into ActiveSync and Sync it connects to the internet without having to go into the Wireless Manager. But if i have in the meantime connected to a Wifi network then it doesnt.
When I go into our offices, i go into Wireless Manager, and press the WLAN button, then go into Network Management -> Advanced, drop down the "Internet should connect using" and select the "My Work Network. Then open up ActiveSync and Sync
In My Work Network, i have nothing setup/ticked except for "This Network Connects to the Internet".
In Vodafone-GPRS Settings I have a GPRS modem (Vodafone) setup, and the "This Network Connects to the Internet" ticked.
Paul
The wireless manager should be switching between wifi and GPRS automatically. I don't use Activesync (I'm on a Mac), so I don't know anything about the syncing.
Try keeping the wifi connection on all the time. When you want to use GPRS, just leave the wifi on (which will have no connection if you aren't jumping between hotspots). Don't go into the manager. The wireless manager should realise there is no active wifi connection and then drop down to using GPRS instead.
Try that, tell me how it goes.
Chris
G'day
I preformed a full backup, then cold reset the unit. After that I just let it auto-configure to Vodafone, an presto it works. Docked, WiFi, and GPRS without having to go into the advance setttings every time. Although I will turn of WiFi after 5mins not being used - cant afford by battery to die (normally use it as a phone for over 3hrs a day).
Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.
Paul
Some programs don't initiate a connection to 3G automatically. So I have to start IE or something else to intiate it. Then go back to that program. Is there a util to do it manually?
In comm manager there is a 3G button, but it turns off 3G. Also there is an internet sharing button, but it goes to the internet sharing app. Ideally, it would be great to have the 3G button intiate a connection or drop the connection.
Is this possible?
HTC Custom is what you need m8.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=307215
The screen shot there shoes that allows you to either have an always on connection or a disconnect option.
Hope it helps.
i'm trying to connect to my home network. It see's it and connects to it... but then straight after it connects to it it totally disconnects and the wifi is turned off... what could be the probelm?
Did the problem persist after soft-reset? If yes, did u install any profiles manager (like phoneAlarm etc. which u can switch wifi on specific time) or did u changed any wifi settings using advanced config/hdtweak/similar apps?
I have an issue with wifi where when i use my works wifi it connects and then should i check IP it clearly shows the works network, however...
when at home and connect to my home wifi it still says connected however when i check my network IP the browser is clearly using the t-mobile 3G internet.
It's baffling to say the least. I've tried closing browser, changing order i open connections etc but to no avail.
Any thoughts?
Since Lollipop, I've noticed that if I start Skype via a Wifi connection and later switch to a mobile data connection (either by moving out of WiFi range or by turning WiFi off), Skype disconnects and never reconnects via mobile data (although it does automatically reconnect if my WiFi connection resumes).
Once Skype thus disconnects, the only way I can reconnect it without WiFi is to force-stop it and then start it again, at which point it connects properly. (Reinstalling Skype doesn't solve the problem.)
I have some issues with my Wifi
I installed Honami Sytle Rom and selected Wifi Fix in Aroma.
So when i am connected to a wifi 'A' and i want to switch to wifi 'B', my phone says that it could not connect, then it searches for wifis and connects to wifi 'B'.
When I install apps wich switch to the wifi with the best signal, the wifi doesn't connect to any wifi. It says that it will connect to wifi 'B' (for example the wifi with the best signal), then i get a message that it couldn't connect and then it doesn*t connect to any wifi.
Maybe it's because of the wifi fix? Is there a chance to undo/uninstall this "addon"?