XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , sms   
    wrote:   
      
   > >   
   > > How do you easily tell which network (Wi-Fi versus Cellular) is being used?   
   >   
   > You're making this more complicated than it is.   
      
   actually, he isn't. it's just another one of his pointless ideas.   
      
   > On both Android and iOS   
   > devices, if the device is connected to Wi-Fi, for data, then the LTE or   
   > 5G indicator goes out. When the Wi-Fi signal is unusable, or if you turn   
   > off Wi-Fi, the LTE or 5G symbol turns on (or in rare cases the 3G symbol).   
      
   that means nothing.   
      
   the lack of an lte or 5g indicator doesn't mean there's no cellular   
   service, as you indicate below.   
      
   the wifi icon just means the device has associated with a wifi base   
   station. it does not mean that wifi network has a valid route to the   
   internet. if it doesn't, the device may continue to use cellular in   
   some cases. in other cases, it will use wifi and fail to connect.   
      
   > VoLTE is still active of course, even when LTE data is off, and you can   
   > still receive SMS, but neither of these consume data.   
      
   in other words, the lte icon means nothing.   
      
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