i seem to have an issue with wifi as of late, i do often use at home to save battery, but after being turned off, it has a habit of coming back on by itself randomly...i am currently on universe rom 2.3 which does have the better wifi lock, but i do disable this when at work where i can only recieve a weak 3g signal at best. when i check to see whats quickly discharging the battery, its due to wifi scanning for signal & my 3g on at same time.....
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Was wondering for android devices if having wifi on is best for the power.. as phones use power trying to find better signals. I have a wifi, and a good signal at my house, what should i use?
And also for battery life, when i hold the off button, there is an option to turn Data network on/off, if i turn it off, do i save power? Thanks!
Also.. is it bad for my phone if i swap between 2 batteries that have different levels of power on the at the time? like 40% and 90%? Thanks!
If you're at home with WiFi then turn it on and kill mobile data. WiFi can save more juice even if you don't necessarily have poor reception at your house. Your voice is still active. It's not like airplane which kills all the radios. But you can do that as well and still connect to WiFi.
As for the battery switching, I don't see why that would be an issue.
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When out of range of Wifi, turn Wifi off, When in range turn it on for best battery life
There's an app called WiFi Status that I use. When you go out of a wifi range, it notifies you to remind you to turn off wifi. Saves a lot of battery, as wifi isn't constantly scanning.
I think it's justified to make it stay on for smartphones. And my Atrix's battery life sucks. Irony is - it seems to be the best smartphone battery (for an Android device, yet).
And honestly, smartphones' battery benchmark tests should only be done with Wi-Fi turned on..
I use an app called Y5 https://market.android.com/details?id=pl.polidea.y5&feature=search_result. The app can record your wifi zone, and will disable wifi when out of range, and re-enable when in range. It saves me time and energy when I get home from work.
use wifi at home.
Yes turn on wifi only when needed.
sorry to be repeating this post but I tried it with another rom, cleaned everything and did a "clean" installation and continue with the same problem: if I have WiFi turned on everything works fine but if I turn off and the phone and starts working on 3G battery drain very fast, as you can see in the screenshot so I turn on WIFI again, back to stabilize ... not need to be connected to any network, just the fact that is on (WIFI) everything back to work normally ...
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from what i know, 3g consumes more power than wifi.
i have the same problem when 3g is on.
Mesho Arc said:
from what i know, 3g consumes more power than wifi.
i have the same problem when 3g is on.
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yes but the problem is not only that, if the WIFI is on, but no network in range, starts working on 3G, without excessive consumption of battery ... I do not understand what is happening ...
I have just got a note 2 LTE from Vodafone and the wifi seems to be constantly connected all the time if i'm in range of a network. I have checked all the standard settings wifi never on with screen off, *#0011# wifi deep sleep on etc and still my battery info was a solid blue line under wifi.
Does anyone else have this problem? or any suggestions?
I am starting to think it's the Vodafone Bloatware thats installed that maybe keeping the wifi one?
You mean to say that the wifi is always on even if you are not in a range of network?
That's normal behaviour.
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This is normal for both wifi and bluetooth if you have them activated. Doesn't suck much battery though as I'm at 1% when in deep sleep with both running.
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For those who use WiFi calling, do you leave it enabled even if you leave a WiFi area? Does it drain battery more then?
It's a pain to remember to turn it on and off everytime I enter and leave a wifi area, so I'm wondering if it is even necessary if there is not much drain on battery life when not in a wifi area.
At home using wifi. When at work or on the road, LG G4 uses LTE but wifi setting remains on. Question, does this reduce battery life? In other words, does the phone keep looking for wifi networks and drain the battery in the process? If so, should I find an app that turns wifi off automatically whenever leaving home?
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At home using wifi. When at work or on the road, LG G4 uses LTE but wifi setting remains on. Question, does this reduce battery life? In other words, does the phone keep looking for wifi networks and drain the battery in the process? If so, should I find an app that turns wifi off automatically whenever leaving home?
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I would asume yes it uses power always trying to find a open hotspot even if data is on. If u leave wifi on its on all the time. Prob in a lower power state just searching for open spot or known wifi . instead of downloading or streaming which bring it to full power.
I am going to try an app called wi-fi matic for the next few weeks. It allows turning off wifi radio when away from home. Let's see if it makes any difference with battery life.