Has anybody tried WiFi Hero on the Storm2? It is an app that automatically shuts off/turns on your wifi based on location. I see that it has only two stars out of 18 ratings, but no actual review.
Seems to be doing exactly what it says it will do, WIFI turned off when I left the hotspot and came back on when i entered range again..Might have to buy this app!
Seems to be doing exactly what it says it will do, WIFI turned off when I left the hotspot and came back on when i entered range again..Might have to buy this app!
Don't know why it only got 2 stars but this app is a great utility! Now you don't have to manually turn off and on your wifi. This app remembers your hotspots and turns on/off your wifi automatically. Works great! High recommend this to those with WiFi on their Blackberry. =)
Would love to have an application that does what WiFI Hero does. I was a little leary after the poor ratings so I decided to do a Trial. Downloaded the app but could not find the icon anywhere on my S2. It shows up in the Applications List. Deleted and tried again. Same problem. I can't find the app. Now I am scared to actually pay for this.
Don't know why it only got 2 stars but this app is a great utility! Now you don't have to manually turn off and on your wifi. This app remembers your hotspots and turns on/off your wifi automatically. Works great! High recommend this to those with WiFi on their Blackberry. =)
Probably has 2 stars because it was just released about 2 hours ago.
I have been using it and it works as described...
GREAT.
I will buy and not wait to see if I can win this its that good.
Would love to have an application that does what WiFI Hero does. I was a little leary after the poor ratings so I decided to do a Trial. Downloaded the app but could not find the icon anywhere on my S2. It shows up in the Applications List. Deleted and tried again. Same problem. I can't find the app. Now I am scared to actually pay for this.
-Steven
Battery pull after installing.
Well worth the pennies for what it "DOES"
Would love to have an application that does what WiFI Hero does. I was a little leary after the poor ratings so I decided to do a Trial. Downloaded the app but could not find the icon anywhere on my S2. It shows up in the Applications List. Deleted and tried again. Same problem. I can't find the app. Now I am scared to actually pay for this.
Would love to have an application that does what WiFI Hero does. I was a little leary after the poor ratings so I decided to do a Trial. Downloaded the app but could not find the icon anywhere on my S2. It shows up in the Applications List. Deleted and tried again. Same problem. I can't find the app. Now I am scared to actually pay for this.
I have an 8900 running 5.0.0.348 and this app was really messing with my WiFi... big time. It would turn off and on randomly, even when I was sitting next to my router. On another forum several others reported the same issue with other BB models.. .so it was not just my specific 8900. It also locked up the 8900 at one point. I had to do a battery pull. When it was turning off and on I couldn't receive any push email nor could I send any email. Again, several others reported the same issue. When I uninstalled it, no problems, back to normal. So again, it had nothing to do with my specific devise.
While I think the idea is great, my personal feeling is that this app is not ready for prime time. It needs more battle testing and some additional controls to make it a real winner. It shouldn't be turning WiFi off and on while you are in the same location.. and that was with the Location Based option chosen. Oh... it was a real hassle when I was on the optoin that turned off WiFi when the screen turned off. It took several minutes for WiFi to turn on... but again, it would go off and on at will.
I didn't rate the app, but if I did I would have given it 1 - 2 stars.
I have it installed (and found). It seems to work, sort of...
I go to the location based, and it ALWAYS is unchecked for enable... I enable, save the settings, exit options and go back and its disabled again.
It looked to have turned on the wifi once, but did not turn it off when leaving...
I just got an email there is an update for this app already. It appears at least in my Storm it was shutting itself off. Hopefully this update will fix that.
I just got an email there is an update for this app already. It appears at least in my Storm it was shutting itself off. Hopefully this update will fix that.
The 2 stars rating thing kinda scares me too thou, HOWEVER if it works as described could be VERY useful.
