[android-developers] Re: Problem with Wi-Fi connectivity with Android 1.6
Another difference that I have noticed with Android 1.6 is that when it shows the Wi-Fi connectivity icon in the bar at the top of the screen, it still continues to show the EDGE connection icon next to it. With Android 1.5 when the device connects to a Wi-Fi network the Wi-Fi icon would appear in the top bar and the EDGE connection icon would go away. An am concerned about the network connectivity because my application has to do large downloads, often in the range of 400MB to 800MB, and I would like to do these downloads over the Wi-Fi network instead of the phone data network. Does anyone know why the active network connection on Android 1.6 continues to be the Mobile connection even when it also has Wi-Fi connectivity? Is there a way to work around this? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Problem with Wi-Fi connectivity with Android 1.6
skyhigh wrote: > Another difference that I have noticed with Android 1.6 is that when > it shows the Wi-Fi connectivity icon in the bar at the top of the > screen, it still continues to show the EDGE connection icon next to > it. With Android 1.5 when the device connects to a Wi-Fi network the > Wi-Fi icon would appear in the top bar and the EDGE connection icon > would go away. Android 1.6 on my stock G1 behaves as 1.5 does -- you either have the WiFi status bar icon or the EDGE status bar icon. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 1.2 Available! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Problem with Wi-Fi connectivity with Android 1.6
I also have a stock G1. Perhaps the issue is a result of something wrong after the upgrade to 1.6 on certain phones. There is another topic on this forum at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/2a221443d0298d50/e29c74cb934027ba?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=wifi+mobile+connection#e29c74cb934027ba titled " I get the "unable to start wifi" " where people are discussing being unable to use Wi-Fi after upgrading to 1.6 until they hard reset their device to the factory defaults. I don't think this is exactly the same issue I am seeing because I am not seeing the "unable to start wifi" message they discuss. When I go to the Wi-Fi settings it says I am connected through Wi-Fi, and the Wi- Fi icon is shown at the top of the screen. In the Wi-Fi settings when I disable Wi-Fi, the Wi-Fi icon at the top of the screen goes away. When I re-enable Wi-Fi in the settings, it says that it connects and I see the Wi-Fi icon come back at the top of the screen. Watching during this process I can see that the EDGE icon did go away when the Wi-Fi icon showed up, but about 2 seconds later the EDGE icon came back on at the top of the screen. Both the Wi-Fi and EDGE icons stay on after that. I don't know if the phone is actually using the Wi-Fi network or the EDGE network, only that it is reporting the active network is the Mobile network. I have had some customers contacting me about issues with the application downloading over Wi-Fi, so I think that others must also be seeing the Wi-Fi not working correctly on their phones. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Problem with Wi-Fi connectivity with Android 1.6
> I also have a stock G1. Perhaps the issue is a result of something > wrong after the upgrade to 1.6 on certain phones. I'm assuming you've tried a garden-variety power-off-and-reboot to see if that clears things up. > I don't know if the phone is actually using the Wi-Fi network or the > EDGE network, only that it is reporting the active network is the > Mobile network. What API are you using to determine this? -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: Problem with Wi-Fi connectivity with Android 1.6
Thanks Mark, that fixed the problem. When I powered the phone off and then back on it started working properly. The API that I am calling to check the active network is ConnectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo(). Please see the code sample I posted earlier on this thread for how I am using this API. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
