Help DX Wifi and 3G question - help!

[Droid_Badger]

I have read that wifi actually uses less battery than 3G. So when I am on wifi, do I need to manually shut off the cell service option? Or when it's on wifi, does it automatically stop receiving 3G signals.

Essentially: do I need to manually shut down 3G if I am on wifi with the purpose of saving battery life.

 

[thirteen113]

3g turns off automatically on my DROIDX.

 

[Droid_Badger]

anyone else? does enabling wifi shut off the 3G? Obviously I do not want them both running at the same time if the goal is to conserve battery/data usage.

 

[sx4dude2013]

anyone else? does enabling wifi shut off the 3G? Obviously I do not want them both running at the same time if the goal is to conserve battery/data usage.

Im sure it shuts off. Wifi helps A TON as I posted in a thread eairler.
I guess to MAKE SURE you could turn on airplane mode, that secures all 3G activity...

 

[Droid_Badger]

bump - anyone else?

 

[DenverCZBob]

My 3g turns off or at least as soon as the wifi connects, my 3g icon goes away.

-bob

 

[Droid_Badger]

Mine "3G" or "1x" icon goes away but I still see the cell tower strength symbols. Does this means it has shut off?

 

[jpetersen5]

I'm confused by how many opinions you need of the same feature...

Wifi is on, 3g goes away. You will still see cell tower strength because SMS/Phone calls are not handled via 3g. Wifi simply replaces your 3g as the connection for data activities...

This is pretty standard behavior across phones/providers. No reason to have 3g sucking bandwidth when wifi is in use, espcially because wifi will be faster in most every instance.

 

[Droid_Badger]

Thanks, I am good now. Just needed someone to explain the basics to me.

Didn't know the 3G wasn't for phone calls/text but just data. I assumed 3G was for BOTH.