Hello, I seem to be having serious battery drain with WIFI. I know this because when it is off I don't lose nearly as much battery. I think the reason is WIFI is staying on, even in sleep mode overnight or during the day. I changed the setting "Keep wifi on during sleep" to "Never" and yet that does nothing and my wifi remains on.
Any tips on how to fix this? Is this a known issue in Jelly Bean?
Is your sprint connection optimizoeron... you can check by going to settings. More settings. wireless networks. Mobile networks and finally sprint conniction optimozor. If box is checked you have to turn it off.
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I'm going to go on a limb and say he has it off. My wifi never sleep no matter what setting I have it on under advanced settings. The wifi sleep policy is hit or miss on Samsung's. Some people can't get their wifi to sleep no matter what setting they choose while some have the issue where it sleeps and never comes back on till you toggle off and on. Then you have those whose wifi works perfectly fine with either option. It's the same behavior as my E4GT.
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stealth25k said:
Is your sprint connection optimizoeron... you can check by going to settings. More settings. wireless networks. Mobile networks and finally sprint conniction optimozor. If box is checked you have to turn it off.
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I actually don't even have that setting. I am on Verizon running stock not rooted.
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So when i am home i have my WiFi on, which means my 4g is off. Now when the WiFi is on, i can not receive or send pictures. Also cant use the web or do anything like that but just send and receive text/calls.. and reason to this? maybe i have certain settings on that i don't know about? If i remember right, my wifi worked properly a few days ago.. but i cant remember exaclty. Help please? Thanks
no one knows?
Power cycle your router?
I've been having a different wifi issue. at home I have only edge coverage but I have petty good cable internet so obviously I want to use my wifi but for some reason the phone connects to wifi yet still uses the mobile network unless I turn off mobile data. My wifi sleep policy is set to never btw. Any ideas?
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Also if I turn off mobile data while connected to wifi then turn it on while still connected it stays on wifi fine. Its like the mobile radio is preventing the wifi connection from fully initializing or something
Same issue!
kenvan19 said:
I've been having a different wifi issue. at home I have only edge coverage but I have petty good cable internet so obviously I want to use my wifi but for some reason the phone connects to wifi yet still uses the mobile network unless I turn off mobile data. My wifi sleep policy is set to never btw. Any ideas?
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Also if I turn off mobile data while connected to wifi then turn it on while still connected it stays on wifi fine. Its like the mobile radio is preventing the wifi connection from fully initializing or something
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I am having the same issue. I have to go into airplane mode, then turn on wifi to actually be able to use it... otherwise seems to default to mobile radio...
I have the same issue..this is what i do to work around it though:
1. Go to Settings>Wireless and Networks>Mobile Networks
2. Uncheck packet data, and then check it again.
Once i do this, my wifi works again, let me know if it works for you.
jmr533 said:
I have the same issue..this is what i do to work around it though:
1. Go to Settings>Wireless and Networks>Mobile Networks
2. Uncheck packet data, and then check it again.
Once i do this, my wifi works again, let me know if it works for you.
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That does work but its a frustrating step lol
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jmr533 said:
I have the same issue..this is what i do to work around it though:
1. Go to Settings>Wireless and Networks>Mobile Networks
2. Uncheck packet data, and then check it again.
Once i do this, my wifi works again, let me know if it works for you.
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yes, does seem to work, but agree it's frustrating.... Hope they fix this soon.
Got this from the battery thread. This actually fixes the wifi issue on my SG2
The program is called Llama and can be downloaded from the market. I deleted all the default events and just added these 2. Hope this helps for all of you with this issue.
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Here are a couple of things that really helped my battery life:
- Install Llama and launch it
- Add an event called WiFi
-- Add condition: WiFi Connected (any network)
-- Add action: WiFi Sleep Policy (never sleep)
-- Add action: Toggle Mobile Data (off)
- Add another event called WiFi Disconnected
-- Add condition: WiFi Disconnected (any network)
-- Add action: WiFi Sleep Policy (sleeps when screen turns off)
-- Add action: Toggle Mobile Data (on)
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Try freezing "my account". It toggles data even with WiFi is on. Try it and let me know.
Brotha Noompsey said:
Got this from the battery thread. This actually fixes the wifi issue on my SG2
The program is called Llama and can be downloaded from the market. I deleted all the default events and just added these 2. Hope this helps for all of you with this issue.
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Actually saw this tread and had Llama installed with these 2 profiles added and was till getting this issue... Going to try Freezing My Account to see if that helps... I know it helped with my wifi issues on my G2x.
Update: Nothing seems to work now. Can't have Wifi and cell radio on at the same time... can get calls but nothing else...
I've seen it occasionally as well. I haven't needed to reboot though. It usually recovers after I toggle WiFi on and off and mess with some other things.
Splaktar said:
I've seen it occasionally as well. I haven't needed to reboot though. It usually recovers after I toggle WiFi on and off and mess with some other things.
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I notice the same issue and I also toggle wifi on and off to get it to work back again.
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Same here. I have to toggle wifi on/off and sometimes reconnect through wifi settings to get it back.
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Same here. It's really annoying
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Medikay said:
Recently I have noticed that the wifi on my phone stops working randomly...even though it says it's connected. Usually I can solve this problem by rebooting; should I return the device?
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Yes, either return or warranty exchange for a new one, I have not noticed this issue with my device at all.
I've been having the same issue and it definitely causes excessive battery drain. Sometimes toggling wifi off then on works. Other times it requires toggling mobile data off then on.
I had it happen just now and tried freezing 'my account' in titanium backup as suggested and my 4g indicator immediately turned off. Sweet! It seems that 'my account' is the culprit!
Edit: I really wish this topic wasn't merged...I think there were a couple 'wifi problem' threads talking about different issues. To clarify, my problem was that while on wifi my 4G indicator would sometimes turn on and consume more battery and (sometimes) force all data to use 4G instead of wifi. Really annoying!
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[Q] WiFi not working properly? 3G/4G stays on
My mobile data doesn't always turn off when wifi is on. Any ideas?
same here ,dont know what that is
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Is there a setting I'm missing somewhere? When I manually turn WiFi off when I get to work I'll look down some time later and the phone will have turned WiFi back on by itself. I'm not sure how long this takes, but so far I'm having no luck finding a setting that would affect this. I didn't have this problem on my EVO 4G, so does anyone have any idea why this is happening. I've got a Sprint S3, btw.
Sprint Connection Optimizer I think is causing your problem...not sure where the setting is since my 32Gb is lost in Sprint/Samsung Limbo, but look under network settings I think.
Settings> more settings>mobile networks>automatic connections> uncheck sprint automatic connections
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Actually, I'll try that, but I think it may have actually been the "Network Notification" under the Wifi advanced settings. You can't change that setting when Wifi is off, but it remains checked if Wifi is manually turned off, so I wonder if there's a bug where Wifi will turn back on to to fulfill the network notification function.
So far, since turning that option off I haven't had the issue, but I'll keep an eye out. Either way, thanks for pointing out the Sprint Automatic Connections location, I couldn't find it to save my life. I'll leave it enabled for now, to see if the network notification setting actually fixes the issue.
Sprint Connections Optimizer
Here's a screenshot of how Sprint describes their Sprint Connections Optimizer. I wonder how much this monitors our use of WiFi Tether on rooted devices and reports it back to Sprint. Probably safer to leave unchecked until we know more from the developers on what it actually records and submits.
I'd love to see a thread on all the Sprint bloatware and which ones can be safely removed with Titanium Backup without disabling any major functionality like visual voice mail.
yea, i see this "solution" all over. it does not work, my optimizer is off, i go into menu with *#0011# and shut off wifi power mode. neither work, it just keeps coming on "while im driving" and kicks me off of my internet radio. any other suggestion im willing to try. i dont want to root this phone just to keep wifi off.
If you have any remembered wifi connections forget them so your phone can't auto connect and if the sprint optimizer connections has been disabled then it's weird that wifi keeps triggering. Because wifi shouldn't auto connect to found hotspots automatically.
ranmachan said:
yea, i see this "solution" all over. it does not work, my optimizer is off, i go into menu with *#0011# and shut off wifi power mode. neither work, it just keeps coming on "while im driving" and kicks me off of my internet radio. any other suggestion im willing to try. i dont want to root this phone just to keep wifi off.
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Are you rooted? If so, use Titanium Backup to freeze the connection optimizer.
So my Nexus 7 2013 and my wife's Nexus 7 2013 have this issue where after a prolonged (hours) sleep, when I wake them up, the wifi bars are grey, not blue. That means no Internet.
This happens on the 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz network, connected to my 2013 Apple Time Capsule.
I've found a way to get by it, by turning off "Wi-Fi Optimization" in the advanced Wi-Fi settings. But I'm not sure the effect this has on battery life.
I tried setting static IPs to each Nexus 7, but that made no difference.
So, is there a reason why, out of the box, these devices won't reconnect to wifi? Thanks, guys!
May be wrong but I thought blue means you are connected to the Google servers. Pretty sure internet should work even if grey.
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are u sure you don't have the setting for "turn off wifi when in deep sleep" checked in wifi advanced settings?
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May be wrong but I thought blue means you are connected to the Google servers. Pretty sure internet should work even if grey.
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I read that somewhere. Not true in my case. Internet doesn't work.
thevuman said:
are u sure you don't have the setting for "turn off wifi when in deep sleep" checked in wifi advanced settings?
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"Keep WiFi on when asleep" was set to "Always." I've now turned that to "Never" to see if it makes a difference.
So right now I've got "WiFi Optimization" set to "OFF", and "Keep WiFi on when asleep" set to "Never." We'll see if that works. In theory it should since it will be forced to make a new connection when I wake it up, but I'll give it a bit and see what happens...
So using the above settings have not only increased my standby battery life hugely, but also solved the grey wifi bar issue. Yay!
If I'm home, chillan out, connected to my home WiFi, sometimes my wifi will just randomly turn itself off.. And then when I'm out (let's say I'm driving around) my WiFi will just randomly turn itself on. I don't get why the hell it does bc it never used to! I have connections optimizer deleted (using Titanium Backup) and I have "always allow scanning" OFF and "keep WiFi on during sleep" ON. What gives....?!
Lol you might have to flash to stock rom to fix this
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waoasis said:
Lol you might have to flash to stock rom to fix this
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I'm on the stock OE2 ROM... just rooted.
in my opinion the S6's software optimization is really really bad having a lot of bugs and glitches. I won't be surprised if there are weird phenomena happening in the phone if rooted
Disable the ironically named "Connections Optimizer" to prevent random dcs from wifi.
I am also experiencing these issues. It usually happens when the screen is off, and I can tell because when I turn the screen on it says at the bottom "Connected to WiFi Network <name>." I am finding this quite frustrating. I found a thread saying that you need to switch the wireless security on the router from "WPA2/WPA Mixed" to "WPA2 Personal" but it did not help my situation after doing this. I am still searching for a solution.
Saafir said:
set a static ip for your phone
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Hello, thanks for your input! How exactly do I set a static IP for my phone? I actually don't think my phone's IP is changing, but it's worth a shot. Thanks!
Mine will turn on Wifi on it's own. When im out and about as well. Connections optimizer is off. Always scanning is off. It's annoying because ill be using my hotspot and then itll turn wifi on by itself and turn off hotspot.
Saafir said:
Do you have the WiFi Roaming enabled in Developer options?
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Don't even have developer options activated
adrianr514 said:
Mine will turn on Wifi on it's own. When im out and about as well. Connections optimizer is off. Always scanning is off. It's annoying because ill be using my hotspot and then itll turn wifi on by itself and turn off hotspot.
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EXACTLY what happens to me bro. It's very freakn annoying.
Same issue here
I have enabled the hotspot hack using GTools and when I wake up screen to log in I get the message warning me that if I enable Wifi the hotspot will be turned off. I have already frozen connections optimizer so I know it's not that. Something keeps trying to turn on Wifi while I have the hotspot enabled. Have tried looking for the app or process but can't seem to get rid of it.
Me Too
Just chiming in to say that I've been having that same problem too, ever since I got the phone (which I rooted and used GTools the day I got it...LOL). Hope someone figures this out. I've tried everything I can think of and that I've read online.
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I got the same message last night using my hotspot. I guess the common denominator here is we've all used GTools?
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I have the same exact issue of the message warning me turning on wifi will disable hot spot but I did not use GTools to enable hot spot. I used that other method using my MDL, I believe.
are you using the DUN hotspot method?
Mine does the same thing and has been ever since i got it. I don't know if using DUN APN type is the cause or not but i suspect it is.
arrrsv said:
are you using the DUN hotspot method?
Mine does the same thing and has been ever since i got it. I don't know if using DUN APN type is the cause or not but i suspect it is.
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No.
I have a question. I have "keep WIFI on during sleep" option set to "Never".
When I wake up my phone from sleep after 30 minutes or more of not using it, the wifi does not reactivate itself (it's off, no icon in statusbar), but when I go to settings, it says that Wifi is enabled. Just like in the picture below...
I want to know if this is normal or what? Happens to me on both stock and custom rom.
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I fixed this by putting my Wi-Fi frequency band from 2.4 GHz to "Automatic" in advanced wifi settings. Htc and google really need to fix their ****!
I also disabled ipv6 in my router settings, not sure if that helped
Sadly for you, it works as expected for me. I let my phone sit for about 40 mins hoping I wouldn't get a text. Picked it up and the Wi-Fi turned on and connected right away.
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Sadly for you, it works as expected for me. I let my phone sit for about 40 mins hoping I wouldn't get a text. Picked it up and the Wi-Fi turned on and connected right away.
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This is just plain weird for me. Not a real problem, but strange, maybe has something to do with my wifi connection (router).
Thanks for the reply!
Just confirmed that one other guy that just got the phone has the same issue.
I fixed this by putting my Wi-Fi frequency band from 2.4 GHz to "Automatic" in advanced wifi settings. HTC and google really need to fix their ****!
I also disabled ipv6 in my router settings, not sure if that helped
CroCop18 said:
I fixed this by putting my Wi-Fi frequency band from 2.4 GHz to "Automatic" in advanced wifi settings. HTC and google really need to fix their ****!
I also disabled ipv6 in my router settings, not sure if that helped
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I have had the WiFi Frequency Band set to Automatic since I got the HTC 10. I came looking for this topic because of what mine does. When I wake up the screen, there is often a message on the screen "wifi has disconnected", and it will show connected to mobile data in the notification bar. It usually will reconnect to WiFi within a few seconds. But it is annoying, so I am looking for a fix, if there is one. I turned on the setting to keep it on WiFi during sleep a couple days ago, but it didn't change this behavior.
From what I am reading here, this sounds like it is common to the HTC 10 regardless of that setting. I am therefore thinking perhaps the "wifi has disconnected" message is actually left over and still on the display from when I turned the display off? But what I don't understand is that I get notifications such as incoming email and hangouts messages while the display is still sleeping. Unless those are coming via the mobile data connection. Perhaps I should try turning off mobile data and leaving wifi on to test if it still does that, but obviously leaving the mobile radio connection off is not desireable, even if that did help. Does the HTC 10 silently always switch to a mobile connection and turn off wifi whenever the screen is off, meaning that keep wifi on setting is flawed?
Zoandroid said:
I have had the WiFi Frequency Band set to Automatic since I got the HTC 10. I came looking for this topic because of what mine does. When I wake up the screen, there is often a message on the screen "wifi has disconnected", and it will show connected to mobile data in the notification bar. It usually will reconnect to WiFi within a few seconds. But it is annoying, so I am looking for a fix, if there is one. I turned on the setting to keep it on WiFi during sleep a couple days ago, but it didn't change this behavior.
From what I am reading here, this sounds like it is common to the HTC 10 regardless of that setting. I am therefore thinking perhaps the "wifi has disconnected" message is actually left over and still on the display from when I turned the display off? But what I don't understand is that I get notifications such as incoming email and hangouts messages while the display is still sleeping. Unless those are coming via the mobile data connection. Perhaps I should try turning off mobile data and leaving wifi on to test if it still does that, but obviously leaving the mobile radio connection off is not desireable, even if that did help. Does the HTC 10 silently always switch to a mobile connection and turn off wifi whenever the screen is off, meaning that keep wifi on setting is flawed?
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No. You probably have "Auto-switch to mobile network" enabled in advanced wifi settings.
CroCop18 said:
No. You probably have "Auto-switch to mobile network" enabled in advanced wifi settings.
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Thank you for replying. The only 3 boxes I have checked in WiFi > Advanced are as follows:
WiFi Notification
Show Wi-Fi pop-up
Hotspot sign-in
All the other check boxes are blank.
So I have similar problem. When I leave the house it switches to mobile network just fine. When I come back home it doesn't auto connect until I turn on the screen. My advanced wifi settings are below with basically nothing checked.
I agree this is a serious problem and for me I have no mobile network at home and depend on wifi and hangouts for voice calls.
Just curious what firmware is everyone on? Mine is 1.91.617.1.
This thread discusses it quite a bit, mentioning different settings changes to try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/help/wifi-issues-htc-10-weak-signal-fail-t3368165
I tried some of these changes, and things seemed better today for awhile, until I found out my phone actually wasn't getting the internet over the solid WiFi connection to my network. :/ I had to undo all the changes so I could get back online with it.
CroCop18 said:
I fixed this by putting my Wi-Fi frequency band from 2.4 GHz to "Automatic" in advanced wifi settings. HTC and google really need to fix their ****!
I also disabled ipv6 in my router settings, not sure if that helped
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Interesting. Mine was already on Automatic. I never touched it.