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Help 3G Radio ON/OFF widget?

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Bearly

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The standard power control widget is great but does not seem to have a switch for Mobile Internet (3G). Am I right?

If so, is there a power-control-looking widget that has a switch for Mobile Internet?

And yes, I tried searching the forums but did not find an answer. It could be buried in the layout thread or must have apps thread.

EDIT:

I was looking on App Brain and saw a few toggle widgets, but:

A lot don't seem to work on the Incredible. Several are especially incompatible with Launcher Pro, which I am running, or incompatible with CDMA phones.
 
Just hold down the power buttong and an option to turn the mobile network off comes up on the bottom of the menu.

I too was searching for a widget to use with launcherpro but have given up and this is pretty much jsut as easy
 
I used to toggle 3G on and off like it was going out of style...trying to save battery and it did albeit minimal in my experience. I just leave mine on now all the time I get a day and a half off a charge on the 1750 SEIDIO so it's all good. There is not (that I know of) a 3G toggle that directly toggles it on and off without going into the 3G settings for home replacements. This is why many stick to Sense.
 
plim said:
Doesn't turning off Mobile Internet also turn off 1x Data?
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Yes, most people here seem to refer to mobile internet = 3g. Technically, that's incorrect.

Turning off mobile internet complete turns off "the internet". You can still make calls/send texts though.

On previous phones I had, I was able to turn off 3G and keep 1x. Huge battery savings (at the expense of a huge drop in speed/usability on the internet), especially in marginal signal areas.
 
I use cvolume light its in the market-

4 separate controls for bluetooth, GPS, WI-FI and mobile internet-

one touch=off. one touch on(seperatly). and its free.
 
freddyttt said:
I use cvolume light its in the market-

4 separate controls for bluetooth, GPS, WI-FI and mobile internet-

one touch=off. one touch on(seperatly). and its free.
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I just looked at these apps which one are you talking about specifically there are several and they all seem to only control volume?
 
ChiTownJim said:
Just hold down the power buttong and an option to turn the mobile network off comes up on the bottom of the menu.

I too was searching for a widget to use with launcherpro but have given up and this is pretty much jsut as easy
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This is also my preferred method. No extra icon on screen and just as easy.
 
jaybeth421 said:
This is also my preferred method. No extra icon on screen and just as easy.
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Whats funny is , I dislike Sense so much and enjoy LP so much that I actually put a home switcher icon on my screen and would switch to sense while I was at work where I only had one thing on the Network Widget and would do it that way until someone on this site pulled my head out of my arse and made me relize I was ******ed and there is a option on the power menu .. .DUHHHHH
 
jbdan said:
I just looked at these apps which one are you talking about specifically there are several and they all seem to only control volume?
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My bad. the cvolume app lets me easily lower any one of my notifications.

I cant find how and where i got the other app. i checked my downloads at the market, no good. alls i know is its 4 seperate touchy apps that turn off wifi,gps,blue and mobile internet.


ill keep looking-
 
jbdan said:
There is not (that I know of) a 3G toggle that directly toggles it on and off without going into the 3G settings for home replacements. This is why many stick to Sense.
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Actually EasySwitch will do it in a single step under 2.1 or 2.2. Works fine with LauncherPro too.
 
EasySwitch for the win. Looks pretty too.

I use it cuz my 3G radio keeps randomly shutting off and on. Now I can fight the symptom til I find the cause.

SGS2 andy2.5
 
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