Weak WiFi Versus Strong 3G?
Hi All,
Does anyone know if BBs will default to an available wifi signal even if the wifi is weaker/slower than the available 3G signal would be? I find that my 9850 (and 9650 did this too) stays clinging to our home wifi even when I'm in part of the house where the signal is very, very weak and slow, and 3G is actually faster.
I'm assuming the BB has no way to compare the different signals and determine which one will be faster and better to use, but figured I'd ask.
Thanks ahead for any clarification.
Re: Weak WiFi Versus Strong 3G?
Originally Posted by
BBMINI Hi All,
Does anyone know if BBs will default to an available wifi signal even if the wifi is weaker/slower than the available 3G signal would be? I find that my 9850 (and 9650 did this too) stays clinging to our home wifi even when I'm in part of the house where the signal is very, very weak and slow, and 3G is actually faster.
I'm assuming the BB has no way to compare the different signals and determine which one will be faster and better to use, but figured I'd ask.
Thanks ahead for any clarification.
If you turn on WiFi on any device it will always try to connect to WiFi even if there is only one bar.
Weak WiFi Versus Strong 3G?
Yep. In my experience BlackBerrys will always try to route through any available WiFi before using the 3G. You'll have to toggle off the WiFi when it is weak.
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Re: Weak WiFi Versus Strong 3G?
I'm not aware of a device that doesn't behave like that. Half the point of using wifi is to avoid using cellular data.
Re: Weak WiFi Versus Strong 3G?
Originally Posted by
itmccb I'm not aware of a device that doesn't behave like that. Half the point of using wifi is to avoid using cellular data.
yes it is. but ideally the device could check and compare the data throughput of the wifi and cellular. and if wifi is a lot slower than cellular pop a notification that says "hey your wifi is sucking hard right now, would you care to switch to cellular only?" that would be great.
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