Help Basic questions about 3g/4g/wifi, toggle...

[LLGEG]

I know these answers are here somewhere, but can I ask in just simple terms about 3g, 4g, wifi, hotspot, etc? So many of the questions I have seem basic, but having never had a smartphone the basics aren't easy to learn/understand.

I am in a 4g area. How do I turn it off/on? I know 4g sucks major battery power. I know from reading here it's better to use wifi when possible, right, to conserve the battery? So at home, how do I turn off 3g/4g to just use wifi, OR when I turn on wifi does it automatically turn off 3g/4g?

I have been also seeing posts/references to toggling the above on and off. How do I do that?

Hotspot is just to use my phone to hook up to for internet for a pc/laptop etc when it's needed/not available, yes?

The Mobile Network setting under wireless/networks. When do I want to check that? Is that the 3g/4g setting?

Thanks for any help!!

 

[fuzio1963]

I know these answers are here somewhere, but can I ask in just simple terms about 3g, 4g, wifi, hotspot, etc? So many of the questions I have seem basic, but having never had a smartphone the basics aren't easy to learn/understand.

I am in a 4g area. How do I turn it off/on? I know 4g sucks major battery power. I know from reading here it's better to use wifi when possible, right, to conserve the battery? So at home, how do I turn off 3g/4g to just use wifi, OR when I turn on wifi does it automatically turn off 3g/4g?

I have been also seeing posts/references to toggling the above on and off. How do I do that?

Hotspot is just to use my phone to hook up to for internet for a pc/laptop etc when it's needed/not available, yes?

The Mobile Network setting under wireless/networks. When do I want to check that? Is that the 3g/4g setting?

Thanks for any help!!

Get the app "phone info" from market (by SC@Taiwan), then >phone information> (scroll down) and set preferred network type to CDMA auto.

 

[eurotrash323]

When you turn wifi on, it will override 4g.
If you're using Sense, you can use the Settings widget and use the button for Data Connection to turn 4g/3g on or off.
If you're using something other than Sense you can use something like "SwitchPro Widget" from the market and select the "data connection" button to turn 3g/4g on and off, wifi on/off, etc.

 

[LLGEG]

When you turn wifi on, it will override 4g.
If you're using Sense, you can use the Settings widget and use the button for Data Connection to turn 4g/3g on or off.
If you're using something other than Sense you can use something like "SwitchPro Widget" from the market and select the "data connection" button to turn 3g/4g on and off, wifi on/off, etc.

Ok, good to know wifi overrides 4g. Sense..? I have no clue what that means, how do I know if I have it?

 

[flanntastic]

When you turn wifi on, it will override 4g.
If you're using Sense, you can use the Settings widget and use the button for Data Connection to turn 4g/3g on or off.
If you're using something other than Sense you can use something like "SwitchPro Widget" from the market and select the "data connection" button to turn 3g/4g on and off, wifi on/off, etc.

my switchpro doesnt have a 4g toggle, just a 2g/3g

 

[QuietFire]

So for those of you who have turned on the hot spot feature, does it show up as an access point or an ad hoc network. I haven't gotten my droid tablet to recognize ad hocs yet and it has no g3/g4 of it's own.