[MCPE-8338] Wi-Fi is Needed to Play on Multiplayer Created: 25/Apr/15 Updated: 19/Jul/22 Resolved: 10/Jun/16 |
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| Status: | Resolved |
| Project: | Minecraft (Bedrock codebase) |
| Component/s: | None |
| Affects Version/s: | 0.11.0 Beta 4, 0.11.0 Beta 5, 0.11.0 Beta 8, 0.14.0 |
| Fix Version/s: | None |
| Type: | Bug | ||
| Reporter: | Mark Tan | ||
| Resolution: | Works As Intended | Votes: | 1 |
| Labels: | hotspot, lan, mobile, multiplayer, wifi | ||
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| Confirmation Status: | Unconfirmed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform: | Phone - Android - Samsung Galaxy Ace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
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You need Wi-Fi to play on Multiplayer, unlike 0.10.x where you can use Mobile Data to connect and play Multiplayer. |
| Comments |
| Comment by inxomnyaa [ 27/Jun/16 ] |
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Resolved. They added a switch in the settings in version 0.15.1.2 |
| Comment by Laura Scarisbrick [ 20/Jun/16 ] |
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This new policy is bad. We would always play in the car with my kids by creating a mobile hotspot with mobile data disabled – so just a portable local wifi network. It still works for the ones connecting to it, because they are "connected to wifi", but not for the one hosting the wifi network because android disables wifi to create hotspot. Makes no sense. So we have one fewer device to play on with this update and essentially need a dedicated device just to host the network. If you want to protect people, maybe add a setting to override this "protection" with some disclaimer about possible expensive data usage if you stay connected to mobile data. |
| Comment by Nicole Bielby [ 14/Jun/16 ] |
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I'm still using data. Just as a hotspot for two devices. Alot of people have unlimited data plans. I'm not trying to play multiplayer in Realms. I'm just trying to connect two devices in the same room. What is the difference between mobile hotspot as a wifi connection and using normal data. I barely use data for MCPE. Unless you plan to make regular gameplay suck alot of data. I feel you will lose a lot of people playing on MCPE. It's a nice game to play while traveling. But useless if you don't have wifi in your car. |
| Comment by inxomnyaa [ 11/Jun/16 ] |
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Why even that? As example, iPhone has options in the settings to disable celluar internet for set Apps. Instead of making MCPE blocking it, please enable it again and let the user decide. |
| Comment by gatharian [ 10/Jun/16 ] |
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This issue works as intended Multiplayer is now restricted to wifi only to prevent huge bills on metered networks. For more information see the change log for build 2 |
| Comment by Katten [ 03/Apr/16 ] |
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It's only been reported on Android devices heretofore, yes, with a possible exception being a rather ambiguous report pertaining to the Fire OS. |
| Comment by kaleb418 [ 03/Apr/16 ] |
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but this bug seems to be limited to non-iOS devices. |
| Comment by kaleb418 [ 03/Apr/16 ] |
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@Katten MCPE 0.14.0, iPhone 5s, iOS 9.3 |
| Comment by Katten [ 03/Apr/16 ] |
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@kaleb418 which operating system is your device running? |
| Comment by kaleb418 [ 03/Apr/16 ] |
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I can also confirm that cellular data works. |
| Comment by Katten [ 03/Apr/16 ] |
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I can confirm that cellular data is sufficient for external multiplayer on iOS. |
| Comment by inxomnyaa [ 19/Feb/16 ] |
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@Davide Garberi i can only do this with jailbreak and 3G Unrestrictor. @AMAN4700 but actually.. why would you disallow celluar data connections in this app? I ran it in 3G and EDGE since 03.12.2015: If so.. the fact that alot more players would play MCPE if they could play it via cellular data should be enough to change it! |
| Comment by Davide Garberi [ 07/Feb/16 ] |
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on ios you can go to the server without wifi |
| Comment by AMAN4700 [ 22/Jun/15 ] |
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You were never able to use a data connection. You are required to be connected to wifi. |