I have the Note 8 GT-N5100 which is the 3G version that can make calls. It was the only available version in the market here and I do not use it for its phone functions. I see it eats up 3-4% of the battery power, even without a SIM card in place. How would I turn that off, but still will be able to turn it back on when I need it for calls? Putting it to plane mode shouldn't be the solution as I like it to connect to wifi immediately.
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Put it in flight mode and then turn just Wi-Fi on.
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I also have the same situation.
I just put the device into flight mode and enable the other connectivity options when required like wifi or bluetooth.
It works very well
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Fortunately, flight mode and "wifi on" at the same time is possible with the Note 8....
I use my Note 8 3G without GSM enabled all the time.
Wifi is still on and syncing / exchange push mail works like a charm.
Using the pull down menu to enable and disable connectivity options is convenient enough for me.
Otherwise use something like Tasker to automate 3G availability.
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Yoko
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Hello,
During 12AM and 7AM I noticed that the mobile network goes off. I need to open the screen and it does automatically reconnect. Is there a setting that I need to enable for the network to stay on 24 hours ? I'm using stock ROM.
Thank you.
r u using any battery saving apps like Juice Defender?
This is a built-in feature given by HTC to save power. It switches off wi-fi & data when the device is in sleep mode. You cannot change this setting in a stock ROM. you would be able to change it on a custom ROM though.
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I just want to save battery. Can my phone switch to 2g if I turn on Wifi?
Any mod or app?
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that question hurts my head.
wifi is wifi...it will connect to a wifi network if an open one is around. this does save battery over 3g.
however, this will have no effect on cellular data.
you may be able to go into settings>more>mobile networks>network mode and toggle through some of those options...one of them will probably witch to 2g mode.
FYI, those instructions are for the CDMA/LTE Gnexus....so your results may differ. but that is where i can toggle from LTE to 3g mode....assuming you would be able to toggle from 3g to 2g mode.
Your mobile network gets disconnected when you connect to Wi-Fi anyways. So who cares?
Thanks!
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The app tasker can do all kinds of things like this.
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Edit: also my phone gets better signal for phone calls while on 2g only inside of my house.
droidmakespwn said:
The app tasker can do all kinds of things like this.
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Edit: also my phone gets better signal for phone calls while on 2g only inside of my house.
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Thanks!
But tasker is damn expensive What about battery life? Does it consume much? I bet it does because app must monitor everything what is happening in th phone.
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Is there a way to have wifi toggle on, on it's own just by entering a designated zone. lets say like home or work? basically stop using data and start using wifi as soon as you get home.
Just turn wifi on and then as soon as you get in range of the wifi it will connect automatically
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hgaston said:
Is there a way to have wifi toggle on, on it's own just by entering a designated zone. lets say like home or work? basically stop using data and start using wifi as soon as you get home.
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Go to the market and d/l Y5 battery saver.
It remembers wifi you used and turns wifi on when you're near enough to make the connection, and off when you get out of range.
It's a FREE app. Works very well for me. I have used the app for over 5 years.
Good Luck!
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Wi-Fi turns on automatically and will only leave hspa connection active for a few minutes at a time. This has been going on for about 2 months and keeps getting worse.
I have tried all 3 sleep policies under advanced settings. I have tried switching Wi-Fi connection managers and utilities and have deleted them altogether as well. I have tried disabling location over Wi-Fi and mobile networks. I have reset Wi-Fi networks and disabled autoconnect when reconnecting.
There are a few other things I've also tried but basically I've tried everything I know short of clean installing-which I intend on doing when 10.1 goes stable.
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It turns out that the issue was with Internet commander. The solution was disabling the option to start internet in standby under screen off settings. Unfortunately that entirely disables internet until about 5 seconds after I turn the screen back on but the alternative is to need 4 battery charges per day instead of 1 or 2.
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Hi all, Have N7 FHD with LTE.
I do have a sim card in it, but it is a prepaid LTE sim, as such, Mon - Fri, at the office and at home, I will use WiFi.
Is there a way for me to turn off the Cellular radio, but keep wifi working? I've already turned mobile data off, but it still keeps the radio on to keep connected to the cell network, despite using WiFi as the connection. I just want to maximize my batt life on standby, without having to resort to Airplane mode.
THanks!
Put in airplane mode then turn WiFi on
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Hi all, Have N7 FHD with LTE.
I do have a sim card in it, but it is a prepaid LTE sim, as such, Mon - Fri, at the office and at home, I will use WiFi.
Is there a way for me to turn off the Cellular radio, but keep wifi working? I've already turned mobile data off, but it still keeps the radio on to keep connected to the cell network, despite using WiFi as the connection. I just want to maximize my batt life on standby, without having to resort to Airplane mode.
THanks!
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Airplane mode is the best choice. Else unplug the SIM.
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Put in airplane mode then turn WiFi on
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Worked perfectly. Thanks.