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How to disconnect GPRS?

How do I disconnect a GPRS session if I want the phone to use a wifi signal instead? Is there any way of telling the phone to always use wifi in preference to GPRS if possible?
The shiny new phone has just arrived, so lots of questions!
TIA

Hmm well I'm not sure if this works on Rhodium, but on many HTCs keeping the 'hangup' button pressed for a few seconds will disconnect cellular data connection.
If not, go to "Comm Manager", this should also have a button to disconnect it.
If that doesn't work, there's always datadisconnect.exe in \Windows (though that would be a silly thing to do every time )
Anyways, if you have a Wi-Fi connection, all connections made after that point should go through Wi-Fi automatically. Existing connections will keep using cellular data, until they are de/re-connected, unless the program asking for the connection specifically requests to use the cellular connection.

No luck holding down the Hangup button - I tried holding it for 10 seconds and the GPRS session stayed open.
I'm concerned about the situations where I think I'm connected to wifi but there's been a DHCP problem or something, and the phone quietly goes and uses GPRS instead (so the wifi icon is shown at the top, but there's actually no network connectivity via wifi).
Does anyone have a good solution to this?

There is an app available called "NoData" that lets you switch GPRS/3G/HSPA off. But you have to switch it back on to use it again...

I just found an option to configure the Hangup button so that it turns off GPRS, so problem solved! (by default it locks the handset)

itm said:
I just found an option to configure the Hangup button so that it turns off GPRS, so problem solved! (by default it locks the handset)
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You need to do some "RegEdits" to obtain this.. go here...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ConnMgr\Planner\Settings\
add a DWORD called "CacheTime" with value of "60"
then add "SuspendResume" as a string with "GPRS_bye_if_device_off"
obviously minus the ""'s

beware that tweak breaks simultaneous voice and data

Chainfire said:
beware that tweak breaks simultaneous voice and data
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I've never had any problems with it, when I have a 3g connection active I can make/receive phonecalls and keep the data connection live. I reguarly download files while on calls and they have finished by the time I hang up...?

nicelad_uk said:
You need to do some "RegEdits" to obtain this.. go here...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ConnMgr\Planner\Settings\
add a DWORD called "CacheTime" with value of "60"
then add "SuspendResume" as a string with "GPRS_bye_if_device_off"
obviously minus the ""'s
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What exactly does this tweak do?
I actually managed to configure the Hangup button to close the GPRS connection using the standard Button Settings menu, but I'm curious to know what your registry settings will do.

This will automatically disconnect the GPRS after xxx seconds (60 in the above) if GPRS is not used.

How to Disable Data - stays after a reset

So I've been struggling with this with my TP2 (Telus's network), I can't afford the Data at the moment and I'm sure someone else must have had this issue.
So go to Settings>All Settings>Connections
"Manage my existing connections" from there click on your provider's network and go to Edit and follow the procedure as per usual but where it says use automatic IP, select manual and enter 0.0.0.0.0 (the default) click servers and do the same again for the dns etc. This setting stays after a reset. The other settings (if you create a new connection or have a data block from telus) go away on a soft reset or network refresh on their side.
I hope it helps.

I would imagine a program like they have for the Touch HD called HD Tweak is available. For the HD you can disable the data connection in the settings.

Just create a new profile with no modem or apn. select your profile if you want to disable data.

have you tried the little app called NoData?
i installed on all my devices, you can toggle to Enable or Disable Data connection .it works very well
http://www.modaco.com/content/apptodate/267096/download-apptodate-supported-applications/

Program to disable 2G/3G data

I have a plan with 350 MB, but I overstepped it this month. So, is there a program with which I can totally disable 2G/3G data for certain period of time (until 22nd ) and to continue to use voice and WiFi?

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I have a plan with 350 MB, but I overstepped it this month. So, is there a program with which I can totally disable 2G/3G data for certain period of time (until 22nd ) and to continue to use voice and WiFi?
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Do try APNDroid. Its free and able to do exactly what you ask!
Basically it will disable your 3G by changing the APN values and backing it up. Once you need to use 3G again, it restore the original values to your APN settings.
No reboot required! 3 to 5 secs is all it takes to disable/enable 3G

Great, just tried it. Thanks a lot. I only hope data connection won't start somehow by itself

Be aware that sometimes, when you uninstall APNDroid it can mess your APN values and you will have to re-enter them manually

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Be aware that sometimes, when you uninstall APNDroid it can mess your APN values and you will have to re-enter them manually
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Can't say I encounter this.
You encounter this before? Perhaps you might want to let the author know so can fix it?

APN droid is perfect dont worry.
If you uninstall it with your connection off, you can fiz this by going to your apn settings from Settings>Wireless...>Mobile Networks...>Access Point names>the current apn>Rename it and remove the apndroid from the name.
Thats it.

I would recommend 3G Watchdog. It automatically switches to 2G when you reach previously defined data limit.

APNDroid didn't help, data connection was still turning on after WiFi wents off
But this helped
1. Type *#*#4636#*#* on your dial pad
2. Select "Phone Information"
3. Press "Menu" soft key
4. Select "More"
5. Select "Disable Data on Boot"
6. Reboot

I can also recommend to use '3g Watchdog' combined with 'APNDroid' (both free)
3g watchdog will let you set your monthly data allowance (350MB) so that it resets its counters at a specific date you set (i.e. the 1st of each month) You can then set 3g watchdog to turn off your data connection (via APNDroid) when you've used a percentage amount of data of your choice (i.e. 99%/100% of your allowance for that month).

I'm using APNdroid and 3GWatchdog together and they work great so far.
One thing you have to be careful of is if you are using a task killer. If it kills 3GWatchdog and then you use your data connection, the data you send or receive won't be added to the amount of data in 3GWatchdog.
So be careful with it, especialy if you set your task killer to autokill applications

I recommend data-on-demand. It's free and shuts off your 2g/3g automatically + post reboot without having to mess with the settings. When you want to start it back up again, just go into the settings and set it as turned on.

The best program to enable/disable 3G i recommend Smoda Widget.
You can find it free in the market

Battery Defender works greats for me.

Quick Settings.
It's on the market, one click to disable APn and wifi along with other things, ringer, brightness, bluetooth etc.

[Q] Locate Phone Apps - turn on data connx

Hi,
I've been looking at a few of these 'locate' apps, including Seek Droid, and also the HTC Sense app (with the new HD Rom).
It seems each of these needs the phone to have an active data connection to be able to locate the phone, and do the other features, such as lock / send message / ring.
I have a limited data account so have a toggle for on/off data connection, which I leave off by default.
As such, if I loose my phone, it will 99% likely have the data connection toggle 'off'. And therefore these locate apps won't work.
Does anyone know of
a) a locate app which will turn on data connection?
b) a locate app which doesn't need data connection and can just work with network reception
c) a method of remotely turning ON the data connection (ie turning the toggle from Off to On) -- on this note, i've seen app 'Tasker' which looks like it can do this, but it is extremely expensive...)
Thanks in advance
Rob

No and to be honest it is hard to locate your device and do things like you said without a data connection. Just use something like Where's My Droid which uses text and gps to locate your phone. It isn't exactly what your looking for but it is a nice compromise. Just use the security for your phone to be safe. How much data have you got for your phone?

Use packet data message on startup

Every time I turn on my phone, it asks for enabling packet data which is very annoying.
I've disabled everything but couldn't fix it. Any solution?

Try flash again or hard reset

Thank you very much, hard reset did the job then I tried to find it.
If I set default connection in Application profiles, I'll get that problem.
Not sure which one from the list. I have to recreate the connection and don't set in there to fix it

Go to settings, network and activate packet data.

I don't wanna activate it

check social networks connection

It happens if I set for "Samsung Apps" =/

It happens if I set any Connection in Application profiles.
It would be great if I could disable that annoying notification without removing the Connections