I searched and was not able to find anything related.
Has anyone thought about this?
I enjoy having a WiFi sleep policy when its idle. Maybe something like this exist for Mobile Networks?
I'm pretty sure something like this already exists. Check Settings>wireless&networks>mobile networks>enable always on mobile data. My experience is that if you disable this your phone will go go idle on mobile data about 10 minutes after you turn off the screen. The problem is that this will delay your email and data synced items by about 30min to an hour depending on your settings.
I experimented with it and didn't really notice a huge benefit to the battery life. But I also constantly pull my phone out to play with it (which re-activates on the network, i think).
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Hi,
I'm wondering some things to optimize my battery life, but couldn't find any answers so far:
1) When Wifi and APN both are ON, Wifi will get priority. But the APN-setting is actually still on. Will it drain the battery, or should I always turn APN off when Wifi has been connected?
2) I have set Ultimate Juice (or Juice Defender) to turn on APN every 10 minutes during 1 minute to check for updates. But when I turn off APN, Juice Defender can't turn APN on himself to check for updates. That means that I have to remain APN ON. Doesn't that drain the battery, or is Juice Defender turning APN off on his own way?
3) I noticed that when the screen is off in standby, Android will turn off Wifi and APN. People are saying you should turn off APN and Wifi when not in use, but since Android turns both off while screen is off/standby mode, what's the use of turning both off manually? I think you could even turn them on all the time since they will get turned off when the screen goes black.
4) e.g. You're in a situation without any internet access. Apps like the Friends Stream, or Mail want to check for updates every 5 minutes. the consequence is they can't update because there's no internet connection. Does that action always drain the battery some more?
wtf no one??
under the wi fi advanced settings.. you can set wifi to never sleep... this should mean that your not using the apn connection...
I think apps try to update and if they do not succeed, it will be cancelled. I doubt the apps will continously check for updates until they get a fix. Same with Weatherbug. I sometimes see Weatherbug last updated hours ago, even when I have had internet access for the past hour (I have set it to update every hour). That was when I had unchecked 'enable always on mobile data'.
There are options available for wifi under advanced menu to set it to always stay on, or shutdown after 15 mins of sleep.
There is also an option available to always have data connection on. This will keep data connection alive even if phone is set to sleep.
Do you mean "mobile data connection" everytime you call it "APN"?
There's WiFi and that; two ways to access the net which pull power. WiFi can be disabled quickly and easily through the widget. So can the mobile data network: http://yfrog.com/0ymobilewidgetp
Leaving it to 2G when you don't need 3G or when 3G reception is bad saves much power. I'll need to do more experimentation before I can answer your other qs with assurance.
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This issue has happend 2 times. It used my 3G data over 90MB for APP downloading!
As you know, the phone won't allow you to download a big APP without wifi or pc connection by design.
Yesterday I downloaded the trial version of Need for Speed(about 127MB) from marketplace and turned on WIFI before that. I just checked the detailed list of my 3G usage yesterday. In that time it downloaded 90MB+ from 3G network in 20 minutes.
I guess the phone turned off the wifi in sleep mode and continue downloading the APP through 3G.
It should be a bug!
Yes, it is a known issue that WP7 turns off wi-fi when phone goes into sleep. To work around this issue, you need to keep the phone plugged in.
Modern wi-fi chips in phones drain less battery juice when you leave it on all the time than constantly off-on-off. Also, it does not necessary use more battery downloading via wi-fi than 3G. I guess MS didn't get that notice when implementing WP7
We can only hope this is addressed in upcoming NoDo update.
Pretty sure this feature isn't designed like this to save battery while connected to a wifi network, I'm sure it's implemented with this design to save battery while you AREN'T in range of one of your networks, rather than having the wireless chip constantly poll for networks...
As someone else said, just plug your phone into the power outlet and wifi will always stay on.
Wow, I do really hate my Wi-Fi controls on my sprint phone and am hoping someone knows of a simple setting I have not found yet.
When I leave my house I turn off Wi-fi yet sometimes when I am out and I look at my phone, it comes back on. I think it does this when a wi-fi network is nearby??? The phone asks me to setup a wi-fi hotspot even though I don't pay for the service (although I have rooted my phone and tried to get it working through an app). But what aggravates me the most about it is that the wi-fi will turn on and if it isn't connected to a network, it will cause issues with things like Google Play. With wi-fi on and no network to connect to, Google Play won't be able to search and reports a connection problem. Most times I don't pay attention to it being on or off because I know I've turned it off.
I am not sure if this behavior is normal, this didn't happen with my HTC EVO I had. On that phone, wi-fi stayed off until I turned it back on.
I've looked and can't find any settings that might help me figure out how to eliminate this behavior. Anyone?
First questions go in Q&A
Second, turn off the Sprint Optimizer in settings>more>mobile networks>automatic connections.
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It is the Sprint Connections Optimizer that is doing that. It will turn WiFi on even after you have turned it off. You can disable the Connections Optimizer in Settings > More Settings > Mobile Networks. Some have reported that this feature will also re-enable itself. I have seen that happen. I used Titanium Backup to freeze the Sprint Connections Optimizer app and I no longer have to fight to keep WiFi off when I want it off.
aside from this small annoyance, Can anyone say if this is a battery drainer or not?
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aside from this small annoyance, Can anyone say if this is a battery drainer or not?
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I don't think it makes much difference on the battery. It's just annoying, like you said. I turned it off (unchecked the box) from the Mobile Networks and it went away. You really don't need that option cuz it will change whenever there the data coverage changes anyways.
This is a repost of a post made in the wrong forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41965120#post41965120
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A search of the forums revealed 5 potential threads similar to this but not quite (not same symptom, phone, modem ...)
Keep loosing mobile data connection...
I have installed X-note 3 and found that my mobile internet is intermittent particularly in Youtube where I frequently have to click "No connection , Retry" or "Connection to Server lost, Retry" and in Play Store and Gmail where the problem tends to occur on a screen unlock after it has been unused for a few minutes - about 3 to 5 mins.
I dont believe this is a ROM issue because I d/l various ROMS such as Revolution, Alliance, PacMan, Paranoid and still I get the problem.
I tried installing all 9 of these radios here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2044937 to no avail.
Also notice that if I set Network Mode to "GSM only" then this makes no difference to the problem (the default is "GSM/WCDMA Auto" which is what I've set it back to)
WiFi works fine.
Any ideas?
same issue here.
a lot of time trying to know why this happen. and i think it is due to fast dormancy.
the phone usually stays in standby in 3g... when you request some data it will automatically turn h or h+. Here is when you will notice the internet moving.
But unfortunately if you have some.coverage issues you can have this problem and then the programs instantly report no conection. If you insist you will see you can obtain connection. 5 seconds later 3g will appear again
It does not mind you will see the bars of coverage at maximum... if there is no quality signal you will have this problem.
I just have this problem at work. Not in other places.
But if you want a constant connection I recommend to keep for example online music while navigating...this will avoid the issue...unfortunately you will increase your data plan..
Yes!! This is exactly what happens.
So it can't be my specific phone but perhaps a hardware design or software issue. I don't recall this I happening before I rooted
Weird
Fixed it - so far at least
Fast Dormancy is the problem. It was enabled by default and I have turned this off. The connection is now fine and seems to be "always on". For me this is okay because I do not have any data limits or pay per MB for data. I do notice that new connections take a little longer to start (for example, time taken to access internet when opening up an app that is not currently running) . This is not noticeable for apps already running (in the background)
This explains ....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952005
Hi,
I have been encountering slow app loading when using 4G connection. Even if I have strong signal (4G or sometimes 4G+), I cannot load an app like when searching google app, it keeps on loading. When I try to connect to wifi or turn on/off the airplane mode and connect back to mobile data, I am able to load or browse any apps.
not sure if it just my network provider or is there anything I can do with the phone like clear something or activate some settings.
Please help!
I am having a similar issue in that after about 3-4 days of usage, the network slows to a crawl. I have run up a network monitoring app and does not show any major levels of network activity. This has only just started to happen since the Android 10 update. A reboot will fix it and the network will be back to normal again.
At a guess, seems very similar to the network stack having a buffer overrun or something and usually associated with a bad driver. Got a feeling this is the same here.
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I am having a similar issue in that after about 3-4 days of usage, the network slows to a crawl. I have run up a network monitoring app and does not show any major levels of network activity. This has only just started to happen since the Android 10 update. A reboot will fix it and the network will be back to normal again.
At a guess, seems very similar to the network stack having a buffer overrun or something and usually associated with a bad driver. Got a feeling this is the same here.
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still happening on my Note10+ after android 10 update. I feel like there is some apps hogging the mobile data network since restarting or turning airplane mode on/off will refresh the mobile data. Try also using the device care to optimize your phone. it helps sometimes instead of restarting.