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   Message 54,965 of 55,960   
   Robin Goodfellow to nospam   
   Re: How do you easily tell which network   
   07 Oct 21 04:02:05   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: Ancient-of-Days@Heaven.Net   
      
   nospam  asked   
   >> How can I tell, instantaneously, when the radio is using the cellular   
   >> (either 4G or 5G) versus when it's instantaneously using the Wi-Fi instead?   
   >   
   > you don't, because different apps can use either or both.   
      
   Thanks for that advice nospam, that we can't tell, instantaneously whether   
   the "phone" is using cellular data or Wi-Fi data at any given instant.   
      
   That may be the correct answer, which is that at any given instantaneous   
   time, one app can be using the Wi-Fi while the other can be using cellular   
   data (unless I block one or the other (or both) using the NetGuard utility).   
       
      
   I notice in my blown-up screenshots up/down arrows next to the Wi-Fi status   
       
      
   Am I correct to presume those puny up/down arrows below the Wi-Fi symbol in   
   the status bar are trying to indicate that Wi-Fi data is being used at that   
   instant?   
      
   But for my tired eyes, those two arrows are too small to see on the phone.   
       
      
   Just as I added a huge lightning bolt widget to better see instantaneously   
   when the phone is charging (or not charging), I need a huge icon that tells   
   me instantaneously when data is being used on either cellular or Wi-Fi.   
      
   Much like that lightning bolt widget, I'm hoping there is a widget which   
   shows, instantaneously, how much data is going through the WiFi or cellular.   
      
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