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How to stop getting internet through the prepaid card and use only my home wifi?
I bought a 3G prepaid card that offers internet, but I want to stop getting Internet through the card and use WiFi to connect to his home router or certain WiFi networks of choice.
I know how to ...
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Custom ROM especially suitable for hotspot/MiFi use on HTC Desire?
I have an old HTC Desire. It's rooted, it has S-OFF, and it's carrier unlocked. I'm looking for a very simplistic custom firmware that can purely connect to 3G and re-broadcast it as WiFi, and ideally ...
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3G/Wi-Fi Vs Wi-Fi Only Enabled Android Tablets: Pros & Cons to the Consumer?
Having never owned an Android Tablet I am thinking of purchasing one at some point during 2013. From what I gather in terms of connectivity, they either come as:
Wi-Fi Only
3G & Wi-Fi
Is it ...
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Auto sync only when connected to a specific wifi network
I am getting rather low battery life when using auto-sync on 3G. I have wifi in college and at home, so I'm looking for a way to enable auto sync only when connected to those 2 specific wifi networks.
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Why does my app crash when I download it through 3G?
I have developed an application and published it on the Play Store.
My problem is that when I download it from the Play Sore via 3G, the application crashes. However, when I download it via wifi it ...
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How do I connect to a wifi ap and 3g network simultaneously?
When I turn wifi on my 3g connection shuts down, which is fine in most cases however I need to connect to a LAN at work that is not connected to the internet and I'd prefer not to lose my data ...
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Wi-Fi and 3G connections auto enable after upgrade to ICS 4.0.3
Since I've upgraded to 4.0.3 my rooted Samsung Galaxy S2, Wi-Fi and/or 3G connections auto enable/disable.
I've found a similar question asked here: Wi-fi is auto-enabling
I'd be grateful if someone ...
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Enabling Wi-Fi disables 3G service (ZTE Warp running Shinjitsu 1.5b)
I just started using this ZTE Warp (on Boost Mobile) yesterday. I rooted and ROM'd it with Clockwork Mod and Shinjitsu 1.5b (1.5.1c and 1.5.1c-beta2 did not work, for some reason).
Everything is ...
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Phone stops using 3G when Wifi hotspot nearby
I have a HTC Desire with the latest legit firmware. I have Wifi and 3G enabled, and it's usually fine; at home it connects to my (WPA2 protected) router, and when I go outside it switches to 3G. But ...
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disable sync when in mobile (3g) network
How can I enable auto-sync only when wifi is available? I have a small data plan and I don't want to waste it on sync.
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Only automatically connect to certain Wi-Fi networks
I have an HTC Desire with Android 2.2.
My problem is that there may be open Wi-Fi networks nearby that require a password once connected, e.g. hotspots at coffee shops. My phone connects to these, ...
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Google Talk not working over Corporate Wifi. What can I do?
Whenever I'm connected to our corporate wifi, google chat goes offline (i.e. the contact list fades to grey).
I think this is due to a port setting. As far as I know only 80 (http), 443 (ssl) and ...
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Email client that restricts certain accounts to particular connection types, e.g. company WiFi at work, 3G/GPRS for personal
Is there such an email account whereby in the account settings, one can choose which connection types that the account can use?
Would like this feature so that checking personal email goes through ...
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How does power usage for data over WiFi compare to data over 3G? (Ignore LTE for now)
If you have unlimited data over 3G so that cost is no option, which is more power efficient?
Using the WiFi or 3G connection for data usage?
Extending battery life being the goal
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How can I prevent my phone from using any kind of internet?
I have a weird plan and my phone went over its bandwidth usage this month... mostly just syncing up with Gmail, Twitter etc. So right now, every 5 minutes or so, my phone is telling me that it has ...
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Load images only on wi-fi?
Can I somehow tell my phone to load images in (for example) browsers, gmail, twitter, etc. only when connected through a wi-fi connection? Mobile internet is pretty expensive in my country so I don't ...
