Help 4g doesn't come on when wifi turned off...

[orangesunshine]

Hello! Hi! Bom dia!


I only have this problem at work, and it started after the last Samsung upgrade, as I used to be able to use 4g at work. My tablet automatically switches to wifi at work, and I can turn wifi off, but once I do, my 4G doesn't automatically come on so I have no internet connection. In fact, I can't figure out how to get my 4G to work at all while at work. I turn off wifi, I check the airplane mode, I go into Mobile Networks and click off and on to all 3 options, and still no 4G. When checking the status, it says, Mobile network state: Disconnected.


To get it back into 4g after I leave work, I HAVE to restart it. The exception to this is if I connect with a different wifi network, where I can then turn off wifi, and my 4g reappears (as it should when I'm at work).

Since my work has a filter on their wifi, there are times I'd like to access something not available through wifi and need access to 4g.


Wondering what everyone thinks of their tablets? I haven't been too happy with my tablets (I also have the first Ipad). For one thing, both have been really slow accessing the internet (Verizon 4G...come on! My Verizon HTC phone is much quicker), and just generally processing. I get impatient, touch the screen to do something else about the time the processing ends, thus end up touching something which takes me somewhere, like an advertisement, I had no desire to go to. This happens a LOT. I'm also annoyed that I can't play anything with Flash anymore...that's the reason I went out and bought an Android tablet, and gave the Ipad to my teenage son. (Besides I am not a big fan of Apple (the IPAD was my first and only Apple purchase) and their proprietary waaah waah waah ...cry me a freakin river you gzillionaires.)

Thanks for any advice! (I'm not always such a complainer...I'm just not that thrilled with my tablet experiences.)

 

[orangesunshine]

Interestingly, while I was researching getting around wifi filters (as an alternative to actually making my 4g turn on), I was advised to use Opera as my browser on my tablet instead of Google, and it worked...at work! :cheers: Tchim Tchim

 

[drt0804]

Please post back here if this continues to work for you. I am having the same problem. Sometimes when I leave my home or office, where I am on wifi, I am not able to get a 4G/mobile data connection. It only happens sometimes. But when it does, I can't get on a web browser or get email. I don't even have the mobile data button on the quick access pop-up.

I think this has only been a problem since upgrading to ICS.

Any update would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[MatthewCordaro]

I was reading that since the phone can only use one service at a time, in order to conserve battery, it will shutoff xG services when it connects to Wi-Fi. I found that the way to get around this issue is to turn off Wi-Fi, put it in airplane mode, and then take it out of airplane mode. If someone can find a more permanent solution I would love to get my hands on it too!