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Android: Connection Checker checks for crappy connections
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:18 am
by HappyIdiot
I saw this over at
Lifehacker.
Connection Checker will check your connection every few minutes to see if you have internet. If not, it will automatically turn that connection off. If you're on Wi-Fi, that means it'll switch you back over to a likely more reliable 3G or 4G connection, and turn Wi-Fi back on later to see if it's gotten any better.
I installed the pro version from XDA. We have a poor 3G connection at the house. So, I'll be curious to see what it does when I get in range of our router.
XDA thread
Re: Android: Connection Checker checks for crappy connection
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:33 am
by Sabre
Very interesting! Wifi is much better on battery presumably, but cutting it off while it cannot be used should help a lot.
Re: Android: Connection Checker checks for crappy connection
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 3:07 pm
by complacent
i bet that app is really popular with folks running cm7 on older hardware.
i remember seeing scripts that would reset the network devices after phone calls for that very reason.
crazy stuff.
Re: Android: Connection Checker checks for crappy connection
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 8:40 am
by HappyIdiot
complacent wrote:i bet that app is really popular with folks running cm7 on older hardware.
I have the sneaky suspicion that comment it directed at me.
Re: Android: Connection Checker checks for crappy connection
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 10:13 am
by complacent
HappyIdiot wrote:complacent wrote:i bet that app is really popular with folks running cm7 on older hardware.
I have the sneaky suspicion that comment it directed at me.
nope. i was thinking myself and teh mrs actually. on the 1st generation droid, cm7 has (or
sort-of-had) major radio issues.