3G vs WiFi - which does the VZW TP2 use when both are available?

[DLCPhoto]

Well, at least it's not me.

This morning I turned off Data Connection, with WiFi available at my home. I happened to check later on, and Data Connection had turned itself back on. I supposed if I went upstairs, where my WiFi signal is weaker, that might have triggered this, but I'm not certain.

And does anybody know what exactly is changed when you slide the WiFi along the Performance and Battery spectrum? The User Manual mentions this slider, but there's nothing there that tells me what exactly is changing.

[freeza]

There may be a program that is set to use "Sprint" as a data connection, and that would override WiFi being on. MMS MIGHT do this, however i'm not 100% sure.

[shong6]

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[JKoltner]

Originally Posted by DLCPhoto

And does anybody know what exactly is changed when you slide the WiFi along the Performance and Battery spectrum? The User Manual mentions this slider, but there's nothing there that tells me what exactly is changing.

I'm not at all 100% certain of this, but my recollection is that the slider is just controlling how often the WiFi chipset "sleeps" for inbetween transferring data (and when scanning for access points). Hence, when it's optimized for battery performance, first recognizing an access point will take longer, and then when you're browsing the web you'll have longer latencies between clicking on something and getting the entire result.

I have a suspicion that the latencies while browsing are small, though, e.g., it taking, say, 11 seconds to load a page rather than 10.

---Joel