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iPhone switching to WiFi

queshy

queshy

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Apr 2, 2005
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My iPhone cleverly switches to WiFi without me even knowing. But why can't the 3G radio turn off at this point to save battery? Is there a way to do this automatically besides having to manually shut it off? Thanks!

I think it's really great that it does this - not only is the speed better, but if 3G is switched off in the process, battery won't drain as much.
 
Darn, why did I post this? I could have made millions off this idea!! haha

I'd buy such an app if it were $1.99. I'm always going in and out of WiFi.
 
How can you tell when your phone has switched from 3G to wifi. does a pop up window appear? does it connect to any wifi network or only open/free ones? i'm assuming that it the wifi network has a password, and you type it in once, the iphone will remember it the next time you are in range.

I ask because I've never used an iPhone before and have always been curious about that.
 
jakeacc said:
How can you tell when your phone has switched from 3G to wifi. does a pop up window appear? does it connect to any wifi network or only open/free ones? i'm assuming that it the wifi network has a password, and you type it in once, the iphone will remember it the next time you are in range.

I ask because I've never used an iPhone before and have always been curious about that.
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the 3G box beside your carrier changes to a wi-fi symbol the -))) like symbol
 
Ah, cool.

I might just keep my iPhone set 3G off on my phone and only turn it on when I'm not in range of free Wifi or I'm using Safari for something more bandwidth intensive. (like browsing Flickr albums)
 
EDGE is pretty fast. To be honest, 3G doesn't feel "that" much faster.
 
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