[Feature-request] Locking to 3/4 G-connection when audio is on.

asked 2014-08-26 20:23:10 +0300

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updated 2014-08-26 23:00:14 +0300

eric gravatar image

When listening music through internet (internet radio/grooveshark/spotify etc.) and you are going to pass some place where you have wifi access, music stops because the phone is connecting to the wifi. Music stops again when leaving the wifi area and phone is connecting to 3g again.

Idea is that when you have head phones connected or just audio playing, the phone wouldn't try to connect to wifi networks. So the music wouldn't stop.

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In my opinion the application should make sure that it re-establishes the connection when the connection is changed between mobile data and wlan. Spotify (android) seems to be able to this and for instance from native apps IRC-client is doing it just fine.

What I've seen with other platforms the internet radio-apps do buffer enough to be able to survive the connection switch to another tech.

tigeli ( 2014-08-26 20:59:18 +0300 )edit

Not connecting to wifi at all is probably not a solution many people would want. (That would mean music would eat my data plan only because I switched on streaming 5min before I came home. I have Wifi for a reason...) You can still switch off Wifi manually if you don't want the device to stay on the mobile network. I'd prefer a way (if possible) to switch qickly enough so there's no more gaps.

ossi1967 ( 2014-08-27 10:19:27 +0300 )edit
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I'd rather like more options for the phone connection in general. Like selecting only 3G or 3G/4G without the phone falling back to 2G at all.

Venty ( 2014-08-27 13:19:49 +0300 )edit

in my case I have to lock to 2G because with 3G or 4G i cannot listen to the radio while commuting to work. The Internet connection breaks as there are radio holes in 3G/4G coverage.

ortylp ( 2014-08-28 23:14:55 +0300 )edit