Looking for an app that kills mobile internet based on certain criteria.

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Kiwi1971

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#69331 6-Oct-2010 13:53

I am looking for an app for my HTC Desire that will toggle automatically between mobile internet and Wifi when I get home. Preferably one that turns off mobile internet completely when I am within range of my home Wifi network rather than just relying on the phone making my Wifi preferential as I have noticed from my data usage that mobile data is still being used on occasion even when wireless is available. Does wifi on the android go into standby at all?

Anyone using anything reliable?

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#388746 6-Oct-2010 13:55

Kiwi1971: I am looking for an app for my HTC Desire that will toggle automatically between mobile internet and Wifi when I get home. Preferably one that turns off mobile internet completely when I am within range of my home Wifi network rather than just relying on the phone making my Wifi preferential as I have noticed from my data usage that mobile data is still being used on occasion even when wireless is available. Does wifi on the android go into standby at all?

Anyone using anything reliable?

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Locale has done it for ages.......but you need GPS on. You can tell it what you want done and where.

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#388749 6-Oct-2010 14:01

Have a look at Tasker or Locale.

I use Tasker to disable wireless based on the time of the day and day of week (off at approx time I leave home, on again when I get back). If I wasn't so worried about battery life I could probably do it using GPS proximity settings.

There's lots of criteria you can base the actions on and I've only looked at a few so far. I think there was a trial version you could download.

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#388752 6-Oct-2010 14:07

Spinynorman: Have a look at Tasker or Locale.

I use Tasker to disable wireless based on the time of the day and day of week (off at approx time I leave home, on again when I get back). If I wasn't so worried about battery life I could probably do it using GPS proximity settings.

There's lots of criteria you can base the actions on and I've only looked at a few so far. I think there was a trial version you could download.

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Brilliant, thanks to both of you for the suggestions. Iw ill look at both of them

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#388757 6-Oct-2010 14:14

I've been using Locale for this (As mentioned above)

But one thing I haven't figured out is a setup that puts my phone on silent when my calendar matches a certain text string AND is within range of a particular wifi network. Locale seems to be setup to us OR operators for the conditions. As such, it will go into silent when i'm in range of the wifi network regardless of the calendar condition and vica versa when the calendar matches but i'm not near the wifi network my phone will be silent.

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#388771 6-Oct-2010 15:00

I've heard good things about this app, you might want to check it out. It's not free though, but apparently well worth the cost -

Tasker (appbrain) http://www.appbrain.com/app/tasker/net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

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#388772 6-Oct-2010 15:05

sonmica: I've heard good things about this app, you might want to check it out. It's not free though, but apparently well worth the cost -

Tasker (appbrain) http://www.appbrain.com/app/tasker/net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

NZ$8.40 odd; Still cheaper than Locale which is about $13+ can anyone who has used both say how they compare?

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#388790 6-Oct-2010 15:53

I tried doing something similar using Tasker on my SGS but found that the GPS was too slow for it work effectively and it chewed up a ton of battery life.

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#388802 6-Oct-2010 16:27

Kiwi1971:
sonmica: I've heard good things about this app, you might want to check it out. It's not free though, but apparently well worth the cost -

Tasker (appbrain) http://www.appbrain.com/app/tasker/net.dinglisch.android.taskerm

NZ$8.40 odd; Still cheaper than Locale which is about $13+ can anyone who has used both say how they compare?

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I use Tasker and have not tried Locale; but my *impression* is that Tasker does a lot of things built in that you need to buy plugins on Locale to do. At least I've seen Locale plugins that replicate built in Tasker functions. Note Tasker can also use Locale plugins, although I have not done this.

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#388803 6-Oct-2010 16:30

There is a free app called wifi lock in the market which locks the wifi on when the phone goes to sleep. That is what I use at home to prevent the phone switching to mobile data while it is asleep.

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#388810 6-Oct-2010 16:45

hairy1: There is a free app called wifi lock in the market which locks the wifi on when the phone goes to sleep. That is what I use at home to prevent the phone switching to mobile data while it is asleep.

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Matt

That partly does what I need. I want to stop the mobile internet kicking in before the wifi wakes up when the phone is resting at home. I will try it anyway as at least it will maintain the Wifi as the priority connection at home.
Ideally I want it to do it automatically when it recognizes my home network or even if it successfully connects to an unsecured network it can use but i guess this will have the same effect in that as long as the Wifi is "on" the mobile data connection will idle.

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#388817 6-Oct-2010 16:52

Yep that is exactly what it does. Whenever it connects to any WiFi hotspot it will hold onto the WiFi until you go out of range even if it goes to sleep.

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#388959 6-Oct-2010 21:38

Kiwi1971:
hairy1: There is a free app called wifi lock in the market which locks the wifi on when the phone goes to sleep. That is what I use at home to prevent the phone switching to mobile data while it is asleep.

Cheers,

Matt

That partly does what I need. I want to stop the mobile internet kicking in before the wifi wakes up when the phone is resting at home. I will try it anyway as at least it will maintain the Wifi as the priority connection at home.
Ideally I want it to do it automatically when it recognizes my home network or even if it successfully connects to an unsecured network it can use but i guess this will have the same effect in that as long as the Wifi is "on" the mobile data connection will idle.

Thanks

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You shouldn't need an app to do that, have a look under Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings > Menu > Advanced > Wi-Fi sleep policy (kinda hidden aye). Set this to 'Never' and it should always use your wireless network even when the screen times out.

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#388964 6-Oct-2010 21:44

Aha good tip! One app removed from my phone.

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#388985 6-Oct-2010 22:29

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You shouldn't need an app to do that, have a look under Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings > Menu > Advanced > Wi-Fi sleep policy (kinda hidden aye). Set this to 'Never' and it should always use your wireless network even when the screen times out.

Mine is set already set to never, so I wonder why I have data charges [albeit small] a the weekend at times when I would have been at home [5am etc] and any usage would be via wifi. Unless the modem fell over and restarted.

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