[Cialug] Luddite SysAdmin

[jrnosee]

What version of android are you running?  My Galaxy S3 also auto-activates
WiFi to check for access points (Sprint Connect) but it doesn't actually
connect to an AP unless I tell it to, thus remaining on 3G.  Even at that
it has an option in the settings to check for an internet connection after
connecting to an AP to insure it's actually getting out to the internet.


On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 5:04 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu
> wrote:

> I think there's a free app that will do that automatically--should be
> able to find it in the Google Play store. You tell it what locations you
> want wifi to be on, and it'll turn it on when you are in those places
> and turn it off when you leave. My phone doesn't have the issues with
> wifi that are described in this thread, but i investigated that app so i
> could have the wifi turned off when i'm not at home or work, saving
> power. But the app itself used more power than the wifi antenna, so it
> wasn't useful for my purposes.
>
> On 2012-11-13 at 19:48:34, Don Ellis wrote:
> >When I'm near a semi-open WiFI, such as Starbucks (at least, here in
> >St Louis MO), my Android is not able to get a data connection until I
> >actually log on to the network (early in my plan history, it was part
> >of the plan, and was fully automatic. T-Mobile gave up that
> >concession). This means that when I want to get GPS information, I
> >get a solid satellite connection, but no data connection until I log
> >on, so GPS doesn't work. My solution is to pull down the slider and
> >turn off the WiFi as soon as I realize I'm having a problem. Then I
> >only need to remember to turn it back on when I want to use WiFi
> >again.
> >
> >--Don Ellis
> >
> >On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Dave Hala Jr <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
> >> > 4. You dont have to pay for a data plan that gets a lot bytes
> >> > eaten up by apps that send information without your knowledge or
> >> > consent.
> >>
> >> 5. You can make 911 calls.
> >>
> >> It's never actually happened that I couldn't make a 911 call, but...
> >> My phone locks up and gets very difficult to use for a good minute's
> >> worth of time whenever it smells wifi.  It's like trying to pull a
> >> dog away from a fire hydrant or tree that it smells something on.
> >> Very hard.
> >>
> >> So the other day I wanted to make a phone call.  I pushed the
> >> screen-on button, opened the phone app and tapped on one of my
> >> contacts.  But right about then the sniffing began.  So for a minute
> >> I couldn't work the phone, but I was frustrated so I kept pushing
> >> the name and then it jerked open and then I pushed the "mobile"
> >> listing I had for this person and it wouldn't go so I hit the back
> >> button but it wouldn't go and ARGH!  Eventually the phone app
> >> crashed and restarted itself.  Then I got a call from the person
> >> saying her phone had rang but there was no one on the line.
> >>
> >> What if I had been trying to call 911???  The house would've burned
> >> down by that point.  And all because this "phone" (I use scare
> >> quotes here) can't handle connecting to wifi and doing anything
> >> else at the same time.  Samsung Epic 4G (a Galaxy S type).  Not
> >> smart, phone, not smart.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Todd
> >
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