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turn off WiFi?

guys, is there any point turning off WiFi when not in use, or does it do the decent thing and stop using power when not actively in use?
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I'd imagine it still scans for networks so it will still use battery - I just have the toggle on one of my home screens and turn it on when needed

landwomble said:
guys, is there any point turning off WiFi when not in use, or does it do the decent thing and stop using power when not actively in use?
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from Market, get WiFi Status from Andrew Schwimmer, one of the very best android app developers. It doesn't do exactly what you want but it's the smartest detection app out there for letting you know when there is no wifi signal to connect to, thus prompting you to toggle off wifi. It displays in the Notification Bar.
As for turning off wifi, I tried about 10 home screen widgets; they are all the same more or less. To me the far greater tool is Quick Settings, which gives you one-click access from anywhere via the Notification Bar, vs having to navigate to home screen and find the widget. But in addition it has toggles for sound, brightness, data, gps, bluetooth, etc -- all in on fast app.
I think it blows all these single-function widgets away as dumb.

So if my phone is on, screen off, in my pocket, it'll be constantly looking for wifi? If this is the case it's, well, dumb. Ta for tip about quick settings, just installed it and it's very nice.

landwomble said:
So if my phone is on, screen off, in my pocket, it'll be constantly looking for wifi? If this is the case it's, well, dumb. Ta for tip about quick settings, just installed it and it's very nice.
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then try wifinder -- i mused ti use that, but with quick setings i dont bothher any more

Add the widget 'Power Control' for one-touch bluetooth/wifi/gps/sync/brightness control....

landwomble said:
So if my phone is on, screen off, in my pocket, it'll be constantly looking for wifi? If this is the case it's, well, dumb. Ta for tip about quick settings, just installed it and it's very nice.
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Not sure it would be scanning for wifi when the screen is off. That would be daft. Ntework coverage yes, but wouldnt think wifi until you turn on the screen. Anyone confirm?

no, it stays on when the screen is off.
Seems so many people complained about it turning off in standby that google went ahead and changed it.
now it defaults to staying on forever until manually turned off.

Go to Settings> Wireless & Networks > Wi-Fi Settings > [Menu] > Advanced > Wi-Fi sleep policy. I set mine to 'after 15 mins'... if I understood this setting correctly then after 15 minutes of the phone being in Sleep mode it'd turn off the Wi-Fi. I don't use mobile data anyway so that's irrelevant. Wi-Fi will turn on again once I activate the screen.

blimey, that's well hidden.
what a stupid arrangement. WiFi should be on demand, and enabled only when data requests it, like the iPhone.
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I use "Y5 - Battery Saver" for my wireless shenanigans

I am using 'Y5 battery save'r. It turns on wifi if you are on a location where you had a wifi connection and turns it off if you go elsewhere. You can manage the locations in the program. It can use the GPS or radio for the locations. You will find it in the market place.

WLAN off when Screen off?

Hi,
I just discovered something strange: I use FolderSync to sync Music to my GN. I configured it to only sync when WLAN is available. When I sync and switch the screen of, then the Sync stops immediately and resumes when I switch the Screen back on. Is WLAN switched off when the screen is switched off? Did I miss some settings to configure that?
Thanks

May be related with some auto task killer or process killer like juice defender

Yes you missed some wifi settings. You can set there whether you want to turn off wifi with the screen, keep it always on or keep it always on while charging.
You can find it in:
Settings - wifi - ... - advanced

Thanks martan1981, but this is "always on" on my GN. So thats not the reason

Do you have any battery-saving apps like JuiceDefender or GreenPower installed? That could cause your data/wifi to turn off with the screen.
Or there could perhaps be a power-saving function built in to your ROM? I know AOKP has a Power Saver mode that could be enabled to turn data off with the screen.

wifi sleep policy should be set to never. But some people have a bug where this setting does not stick for some reason. You prob have this bug too.

I also have this problem how to fix it ?
No root stock 4.0.2

Battery Tips

Hello all. I just decided to retire my Vibrant yesterday and got an S3. I haven't changed much on it. I'll run it stock for quite a while. I am using a custom launcher, etc.
My battery life is horrible though! It's not even noon and I'm already down to 35%. I've made sure S Voice is not set to wake up when I talk to it. My weather was set to update every 15 minutes by default, but I've changed it to every hour. I charged it in the van on the way to take kiddos to school, and it was at 80ish percent. So that's quite a drop in not a long time. Granted, it's new, so I'm playing with it.
What tips can you give me to get the best battery life I can out of it? Besides custom ROMs. I'm not even rooted. Yet.

Well how long has your screen been on? That will be the determining factor in your battery life. Like you said, it is new and you are playing with it so I am willing to bet that probably has something to do with it.
Otherwise, turn data off when you aren't using it and keep the screen brightness as low as possible.

Here's what I do with a freshly flashed rom. I pretty much drill down through every setting turning off what I dont need.
WiFi - turn off network notification.
More Settings - Everything off
Sound - turn off everything below "System"
Display - Auto brightness off. Timeout 1min. Smart Stay off. Touch key always on or off. Auto Adj Screen Tone off. Battery% on.
Power Saving - Off.
Accounts and Sync - Off
Location Svcs - Off
Language and Input - Voice Cmd off. Voice Recognizer (all off for google and Samsung). Voice Search all off. TTS driving mode off.
Backup and Reset - can't remember what its listed under but below carrier data press to open and uncheck collect data (this is carrier iq, so I removed it asap once rooted)
Accessory - all off
Developer Options - set animation scales to 0.5x.
Hope that helps. I keep a lot off and only turn stuff on when I need it. There's some pretty cool features but for me it doesn't hurt my experiance with the phone to not use a lot of them.
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joshnichols189 said:
Well how long has your screen been on? That will be the determining factor in your battery life. Like you said, it is new and you are playing with it so I am willing to bet that probably has something to do with it.
Otherwise, turn data off when you aren't using it and keep the screen brightness as low as possible.
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Ah. My screen was set to stay on for 10 minutes. That, I would imagine, was a large part of my problem. At least according to my battery stats. Why do they set that as default??
My screen brightness is now set to low. What is this with the data? Doesn't that mean I would not receive email, google talk messages, etc?
DocHoliday77 said:
Here's what I do with a freshly flashed rom. I pretty much drill down through every setting turning off what I dont need.
WiFi - turn off network notification.
More Settings - Everything off
Sound - turn off everything below "System"
Display - Auto brightness off. Timeout 1min. Smart Stay off. Touch key always on or off. Auto Adj Screen Tone off. Battery% on.
Power Saving - Off.
Accounts and Sync - Off
Location Svcs - Off
Language and Input - Voice Cmd off. Voice Recognizer (all off for google and Samsung). Voice Search all off. TTS driving mode off.
Backup and Reset - can't remember what its listed under but below carrier data press to open and uncheck collect data (this is carrier iq, so I removed it asap once rooted)
Accessory - all off
Developer Options - set animation scales to 0.5x.
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I just did almost all of these. With the WiFi detection off, will I need to manually find my home network each time I get back home?
Also, if I turn Voice Command off, I won't be able to push the button and say "Listen to blah blah blah" or "Navigate to ....." correct?

The_MamaBee said:
Ah. My screen was set to stay on for 10 minutes. That, I would imagine, was a large part of my problem. At least according to my battery stats. Why do they set that as default??
My screen brightness is now set to low. What is this with the data? Doesn't that mean I would not receive email, google talk messages, etc?
I just did almost all of these. With the WiFi detection off, will I need to manually find my home network each time I get back home?
Also, if I turn Voice Command off, I won't be able to push the button and say "Listen to blah blah blah" or "Navigate to ....." correct?
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I am on CM10 so I am not sure where it is for stock Touchwiz, but I would assume you could go to settings > display > screen timeout and change it there.
Yes, turning off data would mean no push email or Google Talk messages. You could download an app that turns off your data when you turn the screen off, then on when you turn the screen on and your emails and messages would come through then.

joshnichols189 said:
I am on CM10 so I am not sure where it is for stock Touchwiz, but I would assume you could go to settings > display > screen timeout and change it there.
Yes, turning off data would mean no push email or Google Talk messages. You could download an app that turns off your data when you turn the screen off, then on when you turn the screen on and your emails and messages would come through then.
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Aah. Okay. Thank you! Yes, I fixed the screen timeout.

The_MamaBee said:
I just did almost all of these. With the WiFi detection off, will I need to manually find my home network each time I get back home?
Also, if I turn Voice Command off, I won't be able to push the button and say "Listen to blah blah blah" or "Navigate to ....." correct?
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I should have also mentioned I turn off wifi and data when I don't need it to, which is rare but it happens at times!
By turning off the wifi notification, the only change is it won't give you a notification in status bar that there's an open network nearby that you could connect to. Itll still auto connect to any network you've already got configured.
For voice cmd, it won't let svoice open apps for you. But for example in navigation you can still hit the mic button on keyboard and speak your destination.
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Can you upload a Screenshot of your battery screen... It will make it a lot easier to look at
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On the Wifi issue. What I do with regards to wifi, is if I know that I am not going to be near an open connection, I turn it off. When I am at work, there is no wifi nearby that I can connect to. So I use Mobile Data instead. Why you ask? It is because when you have your wifi on, in the back ground it is always scanning for a signal. Turn that off and no scan, then no drain for something that you are not using at moment.
I know that this is a bit deeper than you wanted to go, but in the Build.Prop you can put a setting [wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=] and you can set that out. The time in there is the time duration on scanning intervals based on seconds. So the setting wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=180 means that it scans for wifi and doesn't find one, then counts off 180seconds and scans again.<--This is what I have mine set too, btw.

Disable the wifi when your not using it.

Suggestions for using NFC Tectiles

I received free tectiles yesterday. So far only used 1 in my car to turn on Bluetooth (connect with car bluetooth for music and handfree phone) and turn off Wifi. Any useful tasks that you guys use or recommend?
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Im using mine at my bedside to put phone in silent mode and set my alarm. I also put one where I come into the house to turn on wifi and in the car to connect bt and toggle music playback
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I have 3 that I use:
One for the car that turns all my volumes up, turns on bluetooth, gps and wifi and also starts Waze.
One for work that sets all volumes quiet/vibrate, turns off bluetooth, gps and wifi.
One for home that turns all my volumes up, bluetooth off, gps off but wifi on.
My alarm clock is a sleep tracker, and it automatically turns all volumes down, so I don't really need one at my bedside.
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Thank you for starting this thread ...I realy was interested in using these but havent got arround to getting any yet
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jmacdonald19 said:
I have 3 that I use:
One for the car that turns all my volumes up, turns on bluetooth, gps and wifi and also starts Waze.
One for work that sets all volumes quiet/vibrate, turns off bluetooth, gps and wifi.
One for home that turns all my volumes up, bluetooth off, gps off but wifi on.
My alarm clock is a sleep tracker, and it automatically turns all volumes down, so I don't really need one at my bedside.
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How to turn on phone options then an app in one tectile? Your #1
Also I dont have GPS on thee list
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I put one next to my door so when I leave my house I turn my Swag on.

Wait a minute, I thought once its on its on. Mine never turnes off
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Some that I use:
I have 2 in the car:
(I use Tasker and Secure Settings which automatically turn on/off GPS for Torque and Navigation.)
1 - Cycle 1 Turns all volumes up to full, Wifi Off, Data On, Buetooth on, uses tasker to load bluetooth automatic connect to connect to obdii bluetooth device, uses tasker to load Torque, and display Cycle start popup. Cycle 2 Turns off bluetooth, and displays Cycle stop stop popup.
2. Wifi Off, Data On, Turns all volume up to full, loads Navigation, Cycle start popup.
At Work:
I stuck a tag in my ID card holder - Cycle 1 turns off all sounds, Cycle start popup. Cycle 2 turns all sounds up full, Cycle stop popup.
At Home:
I have 2 of these tags - one by door and on by couch - Wifi On, Data off, Bluetooth off, Sounds set for the volumes I prefer, Cycle start popup.
I have 3 tags stuck under overhang on nightstand:
1. Turns various volumes off or lower, bluetooth on, tasker loads bluetooth auto connect to bluetooth radio, cycle start popup
2. Same as #1, but sets alarm to 11 am
3. Same as #1, but sets alarm for 315 am.
By where I charge my headset:
Bluetooth On, tasker loads bluetooth autoconnect to headset, cycle start popup.

Is there any way to get the tags to work while the screen is off?

To control Pandora?
I've been wondering if it would be possible to use NFC tags to control Pandora, by programming a different NFC tag to do each of these things
-Thumb up
-Thumb down
-I'm Tired of This Song
Any ideas?

Phlip00ws6 said:
Is there any way to get the tags to work while the screen is off?
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I have been looking for this as well.
The Xposed module did not work.
There is a mod by Dr Ketan in the 7100 forums that worked, but gave constant FC's when using stock apps.

so is the verdict that the tectiles are worth it?

imorhi said:
so is the verdict that the tectiles are worth it?
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thats up to you

sweetboy02125 said:
How to turn on phone options then an app in one tectile? Your #1
Also I dont have GPS on thee list
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Use NFC Launcher. For GPS you'll most likely need to be rooted. I use it for almost exactly the same scenarios as others above posted. Just be aware that there are different limits on how much the tags can store.

funnycreature said:
Use NFC Launcher. For GPS you'll most likely need to be rooted. I use it for almost exactly the same scenarios as others above posted. Just be aware that there are different limits on how much the tags can store.
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Thank you. NfC launcher has ton more feature than Samsung Tectiles app. I love the 2 tasks feature to save more tags
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sweetboy02125 said:
How to turn on phone options then an app in one tectile? Your #1
Also I dont have GPS on thee list
♥★★♥ AT&T Galaxy Note II ♡☆☆♡
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I use "NFC Task Launcher", available for free in the Play Store. Has many more options than the Sammy app.

Phlip00ws6 said:
Is there any way to get the tags to work while the screen is off?
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So far I haven't had any luck, with NFC on screen off, and keeping a stable ROM.
-- Note II, TapaTalk II--

I can't come up with anything.

This idea is not entirely mine; I have seen this suggestion somewhere but I have not yet tried to make it happen:
Use an NFC tag as a digital business card. Store your contact information on it and instead of handing your partner a physical card have them swipe it! I'm sure there's a way to do that. If not, just store a link to your social network site of choice (LinkedIn, Facebook [shiver], Google+ or whatever).

I wish there was a way to record a macro. I have an alarm app, and would like to launch the app, and have a macro press here, then wait, then here, then wait, then here.
That would be SO ideal.

Automatic turn off cellular radio?

The building where I work does not like my cell signal, for some reason. It reads 5 bars, but I get no calls and it says "searching." I have wi-fi calling, which works fine. If I leave the cell radio on, it eats through my battery in half a day even if I never turn on the screen. My workaround so far is to turn on airplane mode when I get to work, then reactivate my wi-fi radio and Bluetooth. It works, but it's clunky and I frequently forget to turn airplane mode back off again when I get in the car to go home if I'm thinking about other things.
Does anyone know if there is a way I could set up a script of some kind that can just deactivate the cell radio when connected to a specific network, and reactivate it when it disconnects? Not just mobile data, but the actual cell radio.
I've downloaded Tasker, Automate, and IFTTT, but so far, I just can't figure them out well enough to get any of them to do what I need them to do. If someone could walk me through how to use them effectively to accomplish this, I'm more than willing to do the work end myself.

Via Tasker app, you can make a profile to do the following actions:
1. Autoinput action to simulate tapping your Airplane Mode setting to ON.
2. Activate WiFi On to connect to your work WiFi.
3. Activate Bluetooth On to connect to any Bluetooth you want.
You can activate all the 3 actions above by pressing a created shortcut widget on your phone home screen when you reached your workplace.
Make another Tasker profile to do the following actions:
1. Automatically turn off WiFi when disconnected for 1 minute. This means when you leave your workplace, your WiFi will be disconnected then after 1 minute your WiFi setting will turn off.
2. Automatically turn off Bluetooth when disconnected for 1 minute (same as above).
3. Autoinput action to simulate tapping your Airplane Mode setting to Off.
The 3 actions above are automatically activated when you leave your workplace.
All the actions above can be activated without rooting your phone