I guess I never really thought about his before, but pertaining to the dynamics of tethering and the connection speed; The other day, I tested the tethering on my phone, just for the hell of it. Disconnected my LAN connection on my computer, enabled the WiFi card, and started tethering, and it was great. Fast!!
Of course, I have a WiFi router and my phone is connected via WiFi, with Data turned off, so I'm used to fast data speeds on my phone.
Today, my DSL line went down, so I fired up tethering, and with no WiFi, I was only getting a 3G signal, and my internet connection to my computer was slow as hell.
The question is, and I never thought about it before, but the incoming signal determines the tethering speed, correct?
BTW, USB Tethering was even slower......
So is your question about what the "tethering source" is? Or is the question, why is it so slow?
To answer it, there are a number of factors that come in to play. Are you rooted? What rom/kernel combo are you using? What are you using to tether? For example, some roms have it built in, others use a seperate APK.
I use Ultimate Droid 3.1.1 rom, and use the built in tethering. From the PC, when doing a speed test, I usually get about 1.5-3MB download speeds, and usually about .5-1mb upload speeds. I had similar results when using the wireless tether APK available in the market.
I you have a 3G connection with a speed of 700kbps, how do you think it would magically go faster than that while you're tethering?? The data can go between the phone and the computer at 54,000kbps but it can only go 700kbps from the phone to sprint so obviously its not going to go any faster. It can only go as fast as the slowest link.
Also, I don't think you can't have the phone connected to WiFi and use WiFi tethering at the same time. So your first test was probably not tethered at all. You're computer connected to your WiFi router, not the phone. In order to tether using WiFi, you have to have WiFi turned off and the tether app uses the WiFi radio to do it, bridging the connection to 3G or 4G data from sprint.
Oh yeah, I should have said in the OP that I know WiFi drops when tethered and @Bradley, see my signature?? lol
I pretty much assumed that was why it was so slow, on 3G, but it has to be using my WiFi router for it to have been so fast when MY DSL isn't down thanks to the stupid storms beating the crap out of the Midwest..... right?
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Oh yeah, I should have said in the OP that I know WiFi drops when tethered.
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Well, that doesn't jive. You said you had you phone connected by WiFi to the DSL and you were tethered to the computer by WiFi. This is not possible. You can not use WiFi for both things at once. WiFi Tether will not work if you have normal WiFi turned on. Your computer was not tethered to the phone in that test. Your computer was connected to the DSL by the same WiFi your phone was.
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Well, that doesn't jive. You said you had you phone connected by WiFi to the DSL and you were tethered to the computer by WiFi. This is not possible. You can not use WiFi for both things at once. WiFi Tether will not work if you have normal WiFi turned on. Your computer was not tethered to the phone in that test. Your computer was connected to the DSL by the same WiFi your phone was.
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LoL.... after I read reply I reread the OP's post. Your right!!!! LMAO!!!!!
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Ok, let me explain. The other day, I had my phone's WiFi on, as I always do, since I have a Wireless Router with AT&T DSL. And it's much faster and uses less battery to connect to a wireless router than to just leave it in data mode via 3G, follow me?
I decided to test the tethering app, so I turned on Tethering, and connected my desktop computer to the Evo via that tethering thingy-ma-jingy. It was defintely connected to the Evo and NO to the Wireless router, which, btw, I don't even use the WAN side for my computer, I use the LAN connection, dig?
It was blazing fast. Faster than my normal DSL connection. Websites were snapping open, like cable modem fast.
Today, because of the storms, my DSL was down, so to get online on the computer-box thing on my big ol' desk here, I turned on Tethering.
BUT, I had to also turn Data on, so I would have a 3G connection.
My computer-thing was slow as hell now.
SO, if tethering turns off the phones WiFi connection, meaning it's no longer getting a signal from my DSL Wireless router, then why the MAJOR difference in speed as compared to today, when I only had 3G?
Wanna answer that for me, cowboy?
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Ok, let me explain. The other day, I had my phone's WiFi on, as I always do, since I have a Wireless Router with AT&T DSL. And it's much faster and uses less battery to connect to a wireless router than to just leave it in data mode via 3G, follow me?
I decided to test the tethering app, so I turned on Tethering, and connected my desktop computer to the Evo via that tethering thingy-ma-jingy. It was defintely connected to the Evo and NO to the Wireless router, which, btw, I don't even use the WAN side for my computer, I use the LAN connection, dig?
It was blazing fast. Faster than my normal DSL connection. Websites were snapping open, like cable modem fast.
Today, because of the storms, my DSL was down, so to get online on the computer-box thing on my big ol' desk here, I turned on Tethering.
BUT, I had to also turn Data on, so I would have a 3G connection.
My computer-thing was slow as hell now.
SO, if tethering turns off the phones WiFi connection, meaning it's no longer getting a signal from my DSL Wireless router, then why the MAJOR difference in speed as compared to today, when I only had 3G?
Wanna answer that for me, cowboy?
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Gremlins . . .
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You're repeating yourself, and just using more words.
I don't care how many ways you attempt to re-describe the same thing. You can not have your phone connected to WiFi and utilize WiFi Tether at the same time. It is physically impossible. You are obviously confused about what you did.
Furthermore, even if it was not in complete defiance of reality, simply using your phone as a bridge between the computer and your WiFi router would not magically increase the speed of your network connection. Every single thing you have described in this thread is completely wrong. You're confused and mistaken about what you did.
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Yes. You're wrong. There's your answer, again, for the third time.
OMFG!! I didn't say I was connected via WiFi WHILE I was tethering, I said my phone is always on WiFi when I'm at home because of my wireless router.
OBVIOUSLY the incoming WiFi signal to the phone drops when you start tethering. Everyone knows this, or they should.
The QUESTION is why was my tethering speed blazing fast until I didn't have a DSL signal coming to my house, meaning that UNTIL I STARTED tethering yesterday, I could only use 3G for a data signal to my phone. Then the tethering speed was slow as hell.
You said my computer wasn't connected to my phone in the first test, yet it was.
Network and sharing showed it was only connected to the EVO in both tests.
Now if you say it's because I no longer had a wireless router for the phone to receive a signal from, then it would seem to me that WiFi can't be dropping when I start tethering
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OMFG!! I didn't say I was connected via WiFi WHILE I was tethering, I said my phone is always on WiFi when I'm at home because of my wireless router.
OBVIOUSLY the incoming WiFi signal to the phone drops when you start tethering. Everyone knows this, or they should.
The QUESTION is why was my tethering speed blazing fast until I didn't have a DSL signal coming to my house, meaning that UNTIL I STARTED tethering yesterday, I could only use 3G for a data signal to my phone. Then the tethering speed was slow as hell.
You said my computer wasn't connected to my phone in the first test, yet it was.
Network and sharing showed it was only connected to the EVO in both tests.
Now if you say it's because I no longer had a wireless router for the phone to receive a signal from, then it would seem to me that WiFi can't be dropping when I start tethering
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If I follow your logic correctly, then it seems to me that your DSL speed is faster than the 3g signal you are getting on your phone at home. I say this because . .
1. When you tethered your computer to the phone to DSL via your Wifi router, you said it was fast.
2. When you lost your DSL and tethered the computer to phone using the 3g for internet access, it was slower.
3. So, based on that, than, for you, YES, 3g was a slower connection than your DSL.
I think that is what you were pointing out . . .
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If I follow your logic correctly, then it seems to me that your DSL speed is faster than the 3g signal you are getting on your phone at home. I say this because . .
1. When you tethered your computer to the phone to DSL via your Wifi router, you said it was fast.
2. When you lost your DSL and tethered the computer to phone using the 3g for internet access, it was slower.
3. So, based on that, than, for you, YES, 3g was a slower connection than your DSL.
I think that is what you were pointing out . . .
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#1 is invalid, that didn't happen.
#2 is what happened both times presumably.
#3 is variable depending on location, signal strength, network load, etc. and we don't know what his DSL speed is either. 3G can be faster than DSL.
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OMFG!! I didn't say I was connected via WiFi WHILE I was tethering, I said my phone is always on WiFi when I'm at home because of my wireless router.
OBVIOUSLY the incoming WiFi signal to the phone drops when you start tethering. Everyone knows this, or they should.
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No, that's not what you said. You said the opposite. Twice. I assume you mis-spoke and that isn't what you were trying to say.
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The other day, I tested the tethering on my phone, just for the hell of it. Disconnected my LAN connection on my computer, enabled the WiFi card, and started tethering, and it was great. Fast!!
Of course, I have a WiFi router and my phone is connected via WiFi, with Data turned off, so I'm used to fast data speeds on my phone.
Today, my DSL line went down, so I fired up tethering, and with no WiFi, I was only getting a 3G signal, and my internet connection to my computer was slow as hell.
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Look. You are making this way more complicated than it needs to be. So I'll lay this out real simple like.
1) You do not, did not, will not, and never have had you phone connected to your WiFi/DSL and simultaneously used WiFi Tether. It is not possible, never was possible, and never will be possible. So just stop trying to think like it happened or may have happened. Anything that may have appeared as such was nothing more than that... appearing as such. Not actual. Just seemed like.
2) Data transmission rate to/from the internet, regardless of what medium you used to connect (DSL, 3G, 4G, shotgun DS3's, whatever) will never be faster than that internet connection. Most home networking components are capable of a gigabit per second on the internal LAN and 54gbps on WiFi. But if you're talking to the internet, that data can only flow as fast as the 768k internet connection allows (for example). That means your internet data will go from your computer to the routers/switches, and out the modem at that rate (768k).
3) If you were indeed tethered on your first test that went "fast", then your 3G network connection was obviously quite nice. On the second try, your 3G network connection was obviously slower. That's what happens with 3G. Your DSL and WiFi has absolutely no bearing on this, at all, whatsoever, period.
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My wifi if being finicky, like not wanting to connect, or even see my home router, is anyone else having any trouble with wifi?
it must be your router.
Rennat said:
it must be your router.
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that's what i figured, i just thought i'd ask around
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it must be your router.
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no problems here...
I was running it with the following:
SSID broadcast off
WPA2 Personal
Mac filtering
I turned SSID broadcast back on and it works fine now, someone else want to replicate those settings and see if they have problems?
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My wifi if being finicky, like not wanting to connect, or even see my home router, is anyone else having any trouble with wifi?
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I am having problems connecting to my wireless router, my Evo is saying I have a "poor signal" at my computer desk but my computer is showing me at 100% signal. I think its a Evo software thing but thats my 2 cents. I don't use my wifi often with my phone any way so no biggie for now.
I also have ssid broadcast off and I cant get it working.
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Hi everybody, So far I love the EVO even without 4g. Anyway after I turned on my ssid I connected okay. I can see the market and find what I want to download. It says downloading but never does. I have downloaded apps with the 3g but I don't have a signal at my home. I always used winmo before and had no problems downloading on my home network. I wondered if anyone had any suggestions as to what I might be missing. I got root okay and have been having a blast but I sure would like to download some more apps while I am at home. Thanks, Rick
SSID broadcast off and no issues for me thus far.
Yes, me too. Sort of.
My Evo shows 1 bar of wifi signal strength at a distance of 8 feet from the router where my iphone shows full bars. I do get decent download speeds using xspeedlabs free but the upload speed seems to cap at 750kbs where the iphone goes over 1mbs with the same test. There is definitely something weird going on.
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My Evo shows 1 bar of wifi signal strength at a distance of 8 feet from the router where my iphone shows full bars. I do get decent download speeds using xspeedlabs free but the upload speed seems to cap at 750kbs where the iphone goes over 1mbs with the same test. There is definitely something weird going on.
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I am having similar results as far as signal strength. Sitting 2 feet away from my router I am only showing one bar of signal strength and getting very slow speeds. All of my other wifi devices (including those that are on the opposite side of the house and downstairs) are getting signals ranging from "good" to "excellent". Something definitely seems to be up with the wifi.....
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My wifi if being finicky, like not wanting to connect, or even see my home router, is anyone else having any trouble with wifi?
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I was having wifi issues too. I'm running dd-wrt on my router. Turns out just power cycling the router fixed it. I think I'm going to setup my router to reset weekly.
I get the same issue of having 1 bar of signal strength, regardless of how close I am... even tried on 2 different wireless routers, Linksys-dual band N, and Net gear A/B/G.
I get strong signal from both routers on all other devices, iPhone, iTouch, Touch Pro, Laptops, etc...
I've played with all the settings on the EVO, turning off the mobile data and only having wifi on, changing the encryption settings on the routers... nothing seems to work.
I love the phone, but kinda bummed about this issue.
I have ssid broadcasting turned off and I'm using WPA 2 with no problems.
There is a long, angry thread about this over at HTC's own EVO forum: http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/94/t/2929.aspx
I'm also getting less Wi-Fi performance on the EVO than on other devices in the house.
Using Fresh 1.0.1 rom and also the new Cyanogen rom, with the SSID off, I cannot connect with WiFi, with SSID on, it works fine. Using Cisco/Linksys e2000 router.
Tested with my iPhone with SSID off, it connects no problem. So the problem is not my router.
Is this limitation of EVO?
Hey guys,
Is there a bug since the last OTA update with the wifi not letting the 3G connection access data when wifi is on? Seems like I have to turn off wifi for the 3G to pull data.
Its not an issue when I have a strong wifi signal, but when its weak, or non-existent, the phone does not seem to switch over to the stronger 3G signal.
It was definitely not like this before the OTA.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
I am pretty sure when you are connected to wifi, it kills the 3g because the wifi can replace any 3g data connection
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Hey guys,
Is there a bug since the last OTA update with the wifi not letting the 3G connection access data when wifi is on? Seems like I have to turn off wifi for the 3G to pull data.
Its not an issue when I have a strong wifi signal, but when its weak, or non-existent, the phone does not seem to switch over to the stronger 3G signal.
It was definitely not like this before the OTA.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
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It has always been like this, wifi will always overwrite 3g
tkrechel said:
It has always been like this, wifi will always overwrite 3g
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I understand that wifi is a faster connection than 3G, but when there isn't a wifi connection, or there is a super spotty wifi signal, the phone doesn't switch over to 3G anymore.
hmmm. I am pretty sure mine turns off when when I am out of range. But if I am still close to the router it kinda poops out and sticks on wifi. I will check when I am out later.
The only suggestion I have is to put a wifi power widget on one of your screens to easily switch off if you are on a spotty network
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hmmm. I am pretty sure mine turns off when when I am out of range. But if I am still close to the router it kinda poops out and sticks on wifi. I will check when I am out later.
The only suggestion I have is to put a wifi power widget on one of your screens to easily switch off if you are on a spotty network
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yep, that's what I've resorted to doing for now. I'm 99% certain that it wasn't like this before that last OTA update. The only reason I ever had to turn wifi off before was when I was using my bluetooth headset.
Here is a little test you could try. IMO it should check to see if you dont fall back to 3G when you lose wifi signal.
Have wifi turned on and connected. Go to setting-wireless & networks-wifi settings. Where it says wifi network press the network you are connected to and press forget. This will disconnect you from that network and it should fall back to evdo. If it does then it is working properly.
I will be spending a few weeks up in Canada for cold weather testing. According to Sprint, there is no available service where I will be, even if I sign up for the $4.99 Canada roaming plan.
However, I will have wifi available. Will my Evo make a data connection using wifi, without cell coverage?
As long as you turn of 3g and ONLY use wifi, no that only uses wifi data, not sprint data.
I really want to be sarcastic, but I realize everyone doesn't have the same level of networking knowledge that I do.
Your Evo will work fine on wifi. If you're worried about perhaps incurring any roaming charges, just turn on airplane mode and then re-enable wifi.
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Guys, thanks for clarifying. I never use wifi so I didn't know when it might/might not work. Plus I was starting to get nervous about the possibility of a few weeks with no data service. Thanks for your patience!
What about getting an airwave unit or whatever its called, that will allow you to use your phone like normal with the airwave connected the internet.
dont expect sms/mms to work over wifi, they need the mobile data connection to transfer
with an airrave? unit the phone would believe its connected to a sprint tower and work normally, if you can do it that would be best, airrave? would need an ethernet connection to the internet
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dont expect sms/mms to work over wifi, they need the mobile data connection to transfer
with an airrave? unit the phone would believe its connected to a sprint tower and work normally, if you can do it that would be best, airrave? would need an ethernet connection to the internet
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AIRAVE has a GPS receiver in it, and it won't work outside the US.
I am completely ignorant of the WiFi configuration and purpose on this phone. Can anyone help?
1) I have an unlimited data plan. Should I care about using WiFi at all?
2) If I have a 4G/3G signal loss, will WiFi automatically kick in to sustain a signal?
3) I currently have no WiFi networks attached, and a scan returns nothing.
Should I be attaching WiFi networks manually. If so, how?
4) Should I just allow my battery optimizer app to disable WiFi?
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I am completely ignorant of the WiFi configuration and purpose on this phone. Can anyone help?
1) I have an unlimited data plan. Should I care about using WiFi at all?
2) If I have a 4G/3G signal loss, will WiFi automatically kick in to sustain a signal?
3) I currently have no WiFi networks attached, and a scan returns nothing.
Should I be attaching WiFi networks manually. If so, how?
4) Should I just allow my battery optimizer app to disable WiFi?
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1) That's upto you. If your speeds suck, or are in a terrible reception area (switching between 4G and 3G a lot, or stuck in 3G), then Wifi can be faster.
2) If you lose 3G/4G data, it may not connect to wifi unless your configured network is nearby. Normally, wifi will be always connected unless you're out of range of that particular signal.
3) Make sure Wifi is switched on. (switch will be blue in the on position). If you don't see any networks, then there are none. You may have to add networks manually, but thats because its not broadcasting its SSID (ie making itself visible), but thats usually in like a corporate environment.
4) I have noticed that being on Wifi saves me some battery than being on 4G, but your results may vary.
I can only offer advice on the first one. I also have unlimited data but I use wifi whenever possible. Wifi doubles my battery life. Using 4g all the time kills it way too quickly.
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I am completely ignorant of the WiFi configuration and purpose on this phone. Can anyone help?
1) I have an unlimited data plan. Should I care about using WiFi at all?
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if you're happy with your speeds then no. WiFi does save battery though.
2) If I have a 4G/3G signal loss, will WiFi automatically kick in to sustain a signal?
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No, because WiFi isn't always on (or shouldn't be), and won't automatically turn on. You'll have to turn it on manually if 3G/4G isn't available.
3) I currently have no WiFi networks attached, and a scan returns nothing. Should I be attaching WiFi networks manually. If so, how?
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If there's no WiFi around you, then there's no WiFi around you... The only reason you'd have to manually enter a network is if you're at home and aren't broadcasting your SSID, so you won't pick it up on a scan. You should elaborate more on this.
These comments make me think you don't understand how WiFi works....
4) Should I just allow my battery optimizer app to disable WiFi?
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Battery optimizer apps don't always know what's best. Usually how they work is they'll turn off WiFi when you get out of range of your house or other specific location (via GPS). Then enable when they "know" you're at home (again, by GPS). Usually its easier to just have a toggle widget for WiFi and turn it on when you're at home if you want it.
I think this additional info may be useful:
Wifi is not a feature of your phone service through your provider. It is a completely different technology that replaces, not amplifies, your 3g/4g connection when it is on and connected. When you are using your phone's data connection, you are connected to the internet through your phone provider, which is also functioning as your Internet Service Provider (in your case, Verizon).
A wifi signal only exists when a wireless device is broadcasting it locally. Most often this is a wireless router in someone's home, office, or a store that offers wifi for its customers. In this case, your internet connection goes through the router, then to a hard-wired internet connection off to whatever ISP the service is paid for through.
It is a much shorter-range technology than your cell service. As such, while your phone will eat through your battery boosting its signal if it can't connect to a cell tower, your phone will use much less energy looking for wifi signals.
If you are absolutely sure that you will not be connecting to wifi networks in your daily travels, you should turn wifi off and not worry about it. If you have an existing wifi connection at home/work, then leaving wifi on and letting it connect will save you battery when you are within range. The idle drain of wifi when it is looking for networks is fairly low, so if you are going to be spending large amounts of time in wifi zones, you might as well just always leave it on.
If your phone shows no wifi available by a scan, chances are very slim that there is a non-broadcast network that you would be able to connect to manually; someone is keeping it hidden and it is most likely password-protected as well. Most private networks will be visible to a scan, but are probably password protected. You will need to connect to these manually; your phone will not alert you to their presence. Your phone will automatically let you know if there is an unprotected network in range. By default, if wifi is enabled, it will automatically connect to any network that comes into range that you have already connected to.
Wow, you guys are good! Thanks!
So my phone's data connection does stuff which I can only describe as retarded.
There are comcast wifi hotspots all over the place here. They can come in handy when the LTE signal is weak or nonexistent. But my phone, through the connection optimizer i assume, will connect to any comcast wifi hotspot no matter how weak the signal is even when there's a full strength LTE signal.
So very often I have a great data connection of LTE and my phone suddenly switches to a hotspot with barely one bar of signal. It even does this when i at home with my own wifi. There's a comcast hotspot near my house, but far enough away that the signal is pretty poor. If my phone happens to see the comcast hotspot as I'm driving home and it connects to that, it'll stay connected to that even though my own home wifi signal is at full strength.
Basically, this 'optimizer' is nothing of the sort. It's a pretty dumb application since all it seems to do is connect to any available wifi regardless of the signal strength of the hotspot or over the cell network - and it never bothers to check if there's a better connection once it's connected to something.
Is there any way to make this app even half way intelligent? Or an app i can replace it with?
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So my phone's data connection does stuff which I can only describe as retarded.
There are comcast wifi hotspots all over the place here. They can come in handy when the LTE signal is weak or nonexistent. But my phone, through the connection optimizer i assume, will connect to any comcast wifi hotspot no matter how weak the signal is even when there's a full strength LTE signal.
So very often I have a great data connection of LTE and my phone suddenly switches to a hotspot with barely one bar of signal. It even does this when i at home with my own wifi. There's a comcast hotspot near my house, but far enough away that the signal is pretty poor. If my phone happens to see the comcast hotspot as I'm driving home and it connects to that, it'll stay connected to that even though my own home wifi signal is at full strength.
Basically, this 'optimizer' is nothing of the sort. It's a pretty dumb application since all it seems to do is connect to any available wifi regardless of the signal strength of the hotspot or over the cell network - and it never bothers to check if there's a better connection once it's connected to something.
Is there any way to make this app even half way intelligent? Or an app i can replace it with?
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You're right; it's retarded. Hint: only use it enabled when you want to connect to that Wi-Fi or the type of Wi-Fi that requires the agreement to terms each time you connect. The Optimizer has shown some convenience where a user may roam between that type of Wi-Fi hotspot and data connection.
Android seems smart enough to remember Wi-Fi with typical login. I was on a tire shop today and auto connected to Wi-Fi without looking into remembered Wi-Fi connections (I left Wi-Fi enabled when I left home; often enough, doesn't interfere with cell data when I need it). I freeze the Connections Optimizer and only thaw it when it seems logical.
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So my phone's data connection does stuff which I can only describe as retarded.
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lol ?
You may want to disable Smart Network Switch in advanced wi-fi settings also.
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You may want to disable Smart Network Switch in advanced wi-fi settings also.
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what does that feature do?
And does anyone know of an connection optimizer that is actually half way intelligent?
thanks
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what does that feature do?
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What it's supposed to do and the user experience seem to be 2 different stories.
Every discussion I've read on it recommends killing it.
http://www.conanhughes.com/2014/01/how-to-disable-auto-network-switch-on.html
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What it's supposed to do and the user experience seem to be 2 different stories.
Every discussion I've read on it recommends killing it.
http://www.conanhughes.com/2014/01/how-to-disable-auto-network-switch-on.html
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from the article there, it sounds like i am having the opposite problem - my phone isn't jumping from wifi to lte, it's jumping from lte to wifi even if the wifi signal is crap.