Delay in getting 3g connection after turning off wifi - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

Does this happen to anyone else? If I am on wifi and turn it off it takes a couple minutes for 3g to kick in. Very strange...

Idk about taking a couple minutes, but yes it does take longer than I think it should. Maybe a minute tops, I've never really timed it. Hth
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My takes fairly fast by man when I had the Photon it was lightning fast like instantaneously switching.
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I'm also seeing this happen. Last couple of days maybe. After wifi is off, 3g takes a while. Also when booting.
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Same here. It takes a couple of minutes. You'll get it faster by turning off/on mobile networks then you will waiting for it to connect on its own. The Photon was instant, but the S3 definitely has a lag there
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is losing 1% battery per every 2 minutes 20 seconds bad battery on GB?

This is,with screen on. This seems really excessive, or am I wrong?
2 minutes 20 seconds is 2.33 minutes, so 2.33 x 100=233 minutes or a little under 4 hours, which isn't too bad of screen on time, but you can get better depending on your setup.
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Well you should probably one click back to el29 rooted and go from there since you gave us no info on your setup
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Biggest help with screen on time is to turn the brightness down as low as possible...
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ive never actually had anything help my battery life significantly like this free app i found today. try it out, im still amazed that I'm still at 80%. it seems that screen display had always been my issue. check it out though pretty cool.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor
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Also if your in a few areas with bad 3g or 1x you may wanna torn data off, itll help alot.
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krisION is correct, that can help alot also. ive actually as of lately been turning off my data and or wifi with my screen turning off. still get my calls and text while saving a buttload of battery.
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Gps won't turn on!

Hi everyone, I noticed some times gps doesn't turn on after deep sleep unless I restart the phone.
I wouldn't like this to be another vibrant! Has anyone noticed this issue?
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I hadn't noticed this.... used it today and gps locked in about 3 seconds... so far I'm glad I sold my gs3 for the note 2... If you are having issues use the return policy to get a replacement.
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that's odd, my gps is actually pretty dang fast. never takes more than 3 seconds to pin down on my location. usually instant.
Thanks guys for your replies.My gps locks very fast too, but it stopped working after almost 30 mins of driving then I had to restart the phone. So far it happened 2 times.
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I would return it then... unless you are in a bad signal area. .. THIS is a-gps or assisted gps... It has to have data to work
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Wifi off VS. Wifi on

okay so when I go to work I usually turn off my Wifi to save battery while I'm working since I keep my phone on. I don't touch it at all and I always leave the house with a full charge. The other night I accidentally left the Wifi on and when I left work I looked at my phone to realize my battery was a lot higher then when I turn it off. I don't connect to my works crappy Wifi either so I think it would be searching the whole time wasting battery... so what's better or is something wrong with my phone?
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Wifi off when not in use is better for battery.
E4GTUser94 said:
okay so when I go to work I usually turn off my Wifi to save battery while I'm working since I keep my phone on. I don't touch it at all and I always leave the house with a full charge. The other night I accidentally left the Wifi on and when I left work I looked at my phone to realize my battery was a lot higher then when I turn it off. I don't connect to my works crappy Wifi either so I think it would be searching the whole time wasting battery... so what's better or is something wrong with my phone?
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So wait you are saying that you saved battery by keeping wifi on but wifi never connected to any network all day?
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BluesRulez said:
So wait you are saying that you saved battery by keeping wifi on but wifi never connected to any network all day?
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Yes that's exactly what I'm saying! Which is why I'm so confused! I tried it multiple times too and every time my battery was a lot higher leaving it on not connected to any network...
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E4GTUser94 said:
Yes that's exactly what I'm saying! Which is why I'm so confused! I tried it multiple times too and every time my battery was a lot higher leaving it on not connected to any network...
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lol
Glitch in the matrix.
Enjoy your good fortune.
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How to always keep h+???

I'm on slim atm and my phone keeps jumping to 3g right after a milliseconds after I stop using data of any kind and its quite annoying that it won't stay on h+ all the time, especially with tethering or using tumblr. Anything I can do? ><
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I forgot to mention that as soon as it goes to 3g it cuts data off, reason why its annoying.
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that how the rom work, even with TMobile rom, its always show 4G but not true.
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Sell your house and buy a house near a cell tower
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Well I'm not just talking about the icon my whole data gets cut off when it goes to 3g than after a sec or two goes back to h+ ONLY if I'm actually loading something
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ayeitschris said:
Sell your house and buy a house near a cell tower
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That has nothing to do with anything they are talking about.....
mac208x said:
Well I'm not just talking about the icon my whole data gets cut off when it goes to 3g than after a sec or two goes back to h+ ONLY if I'm actually loading something
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It's called "fast dormancy" it's a feature which puts your data connection into different states to avoid excessive battery drain.. it's actually very helpful in maintaining battery life. Do a Google search for "fast dormancy" there a a bunch of XDA threads explaining everything.
I do admit it's sometimes quite annoying. While I am tethering, I simply open a command window and ping Google endlessly. It keeps the connection always on. Annoying but it helps. Sometimes I don't even notice a difference.
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I really don't think you want it on h+ constantly you would get the quickest battery drain
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mac208x said:
I'm on slim atm and my phone keeps jumping to 3g right after a milliseconds after I stop using data of any kind and its quite annoying that it won't stay on h+ all the time, especially with tethering or using tumblr. Anything I can do? ><
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Have you tried changing your screen timeout settings? I know on certain devices that the data wont slow until the screen is off.
mac208x said:
I'm on slim atm and my phone keeps jumping to 3g right after a milliseconds after I stop using data of any kind and its quite annoying that it won't stay on h+ all the time, especially with tethering or using tumblr. Anything I can do? ><
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Dude, data cutting off aside, that's supposed to happen as others have mentioned. Think about what you're asking, you want to constantly keep 4G connection even when you're not needing - that makes no sense. Does a bullet train go 200mph when it has no passengers? That's what you're saying.
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Yes I understand there would be a significant battery drain but what if I could toggle it for an hour while tethering so it would stay on h+ constantly than toggle back go regular way. And the ping someone here mention doesn't work on iPad lol that's pretty much what I want to tether.
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mac208x said:
Yes I understand there would be a significant battery drain but what if I could toggle it for an hour while tethering so it would stay on h+ constantly than toggle back go regular way. And the ping someone here mention doesn't work on iPad lol that's pretty much what I want to tether.
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short answer .. yes.
I've been working on this for awhile. I personally want it because I get slivers of 4g where I live but the majority is h.(3g) so I'm trying to figure a way to force only 4g(h+) but it's proving quite difficult. It's looking to be only possible via a radio edit. Meaning editing the radio to tell the phone it's only capable of 4g(h+) data connectivity.
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Xda app

Anybody else have problems using the premium version? Even with 4g it won't use my data to access anything. It won't even connect... is it going to be updated or should I just lie down and cry that I paid for something no longer receiving updates and use tapatalk?
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+1
Think a few nights in a row they were working on improvements that is why I could not connect. This was a few days ago. Could not connect on a computer either. I'm sure we will see changes..only time will tell.
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