Anyone willing to explain this data connection thing to me?

[boredandtattooed]

Originally Posted by kcrlshell

This is helpful indeed! Yes, when I first wake up the phone, the Wifi arrows are animating...showing that a connection is being made The data icon arrows are not animating - it simply appears to be "on" with the bars fluctuating with signal strength. I have always assumed that when the Wifi arrows finish moving and show solid, the connection to my router is complete. Is this wrong? Am I not reconnected to Wifi? And if I am reconnected...if I use the browser or check email...which connection will the phone use by default?

ok, if your Wifi arrows are solid- they are connected..

if your arrows are Animated(much better word than "glowing" which i used for some reason lol) - then its trying to connect or awaiting being connected to..

If your Wifi is on and not actually connected, when you open the browser - it should fail... like right now, i can simply goto turn on wifi, and if i open my browser, it wont load a page..because the Wifi is just on, its not connected to anything

So i think to answer your question: if your wifi is even on, it Will Not default to Data for processes.. Wifi being on, all-be-it maybe not connected, data still Can Not become active until youve actually turned off Wifi period..... just like th epic mail example - if your Wifi is on, but not connected to anyting, Data will not "auto activate" to download the pic mail still.... until Wifi is off..

are we getting closer to the answers your looking for now?

[kcrlshell]

Originally Posted by boredandtattooed

are we getting closer to the answers your looking for now?

LOL...I know, it seems like I'm really belaboring the point. I don't mean to be a dunderhead. It's just that with data limits looming on some of the other carriers, I wish to be certain about when my phone is using my home wifi and when it's using the Sprint data in case things change at Sprint as well.

I do understand that the phone cannot literally be downloading via data and wifi simultaneously. If I'm reading your post right, you're saying that if the Wifi has finished it's connection animation and appears solid (checking the wifi details in comm manager will show my router named with good signal and a green check mark), my phone will use that connection regardless of whether the next over icon is showing phone only icon or data connection on icon because data cannot work while there is an open active wifi network engaged.

LOL...all I want is for that Data connection to remain Off until I manually go to the comm manager and turn it on. and THAT I cannot seem to figure out, but perhaps that doesn't matter.

Thank you, and thank you again, and I will use the thank you button as well. Knowing the active wifi connection supercedes the data connection solves the question I'm having.