Charge only function disappeared? Network mode choice greyed out? Charging slower?

I updated my BIONIC yesterday with the new ICS 4.0.4. Is there anyway to get the "charge only" function back? Every time I plug it into my computer at work to charge it pops up with all these autoplay messages which are very annoying. Also, the network mode is greyed out so you can choose between 3g and 4g. I at times will choose 3g if i know im not using my phone all day but still need it to be charged for a longer period of time. Now I can't make that option at all? I just dont get why in the world you would get rid of that option. I mean its on motorola's webiste for "Tips of saving battery life". If it's a tip that they are giving then they clearly know it is essential to battery life. Lastly, this could just be my imagination but is it taking longer to charge the phone now for anyone else? I had it plugged in for 3 hours and it only charged to 50%. Before 3 hours would get me close to a full charge.

Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks

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tikibar1

XroosterX wrote:
I updated my BIONIC yesterday with the new ICS 4.0.4. Is there anyway to get the "charge only" function back?
no; this was removed in ICS ... your phone will still charge when plugged in via USB but, as you've found out, it also mounts as a drive
Also, the network mode is greyed out so you can choose between 3g and 4g.
that also was removed with ICS; to enable 3g only, you'll need to download/install 'LTE on/off' from the Play Store
Lastly, this could just be my imagination but is it taking longer to charge the phone now for anyone else? I had it plugged in for 3 hours and it only charged to 50%. Before 3 hours would get me close to a full charge.
ICS is a large update that requires up to 72 hours to optimize your phone; during that time the phone may act funky and the battery life may be poor
There are lots of threads about the Bionic and ICS on this forum if you want to do a search.

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tikibar1

XroosterX wrote:
I updated my BIONIC yesterday with the new ICS 4.0.4. Is there anyway to get the "charge only" function back?
no; this was removed in ICS ... your phone will still charge when plugged in via USB but, as you've found out, it also mounts as a drive
Also, the network mode is greyed out so you can choose between 3g and 4g.
that also was removed with ICS; to enable 3g only, you'll need to download/install 'LTE on/off' from the Play Store
Lastly, this could just be my imagination but is it taking longer to charge the phone now for anyone else? I had it plugged in for 3 hours and it only charged to 50%. Before 3 hours would get me close to a full charge.
ICS is a large update that requires up to 72 hours to optimize your phone; during that time the phone may act funky and the battery life may be poor
There are lots of threads about the Bionic and ICS on this forum if you want to do a search.

XroosterX

Is there a way to make the pop ups not pop up when you plug your phone into a computer? Its really annoying when it asks you how you want to open up the drives?

Also, the LTE ON/OFF I could only find for HTC thunderbolt. Is this the one? I tried this a couple of days ago and couldnt get it to work.

Thanks for the help.

tikibar1

XroosterX wrote:
Is there a way to make the pop ups not pop up when you plug your phone into a computer? Its really annoying when it asks you how you want to open up the drives?
you should be able to change it in your computer's control panel (auto play settings)
Also, the LTE ON/OFF I could only find for HTC thunderbolt. Is this the one? I tried this a couple of days ago and couldnt get it to work.
that's it; follow this link and Jakeman1's instructions:
https://community.verizonwireless.com/message/891976#891976

Jakeman1

Right click on the phone icon in the system tray and you will see two options there. Start Backup Assistant and Do Nothing. Click on Do NOthing and it will not pop up any more afterwards

tikibar1

Interesting ... I never have a phone icon in my system tray when my phone's plugged in, so I don't have those two options

XroosterX

I dont see those options when i right click. The only choices are

Autoplay

Browse Files

Eject

Create Shortcut

Trouble shoot

Properties

I searching in properties and couldnt find it