Hi all,
I have 4.0.4 stock gnex.
My wifi settings are this:
Settings->Wifi->(Menu Button)->Advanced. It's listed as "Keep WiFi on during sleep"
When the phone go to sleep the wifi seems to stop, I am downloading an app
from the market, when the phone go to sleep, the download sleep.
Not to doubt you on this but does it also say "Always" beneath the "Keep Wifi on during sleep"? If so, perhaps you have an app that overrides that and disables it.
I have no app that can do it.
Hi, I just tested and had no problems downloading a 50 meg game with screen off.
From honeycomb on google changed how wifi was handled when screen is off. This gives similar problems with older applications but should not be a problem for apps made by Google like Play and Music.
You still did not answer the previous posters question. You reference the advanced wifi setting but not what it is set to.
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atkhobby said:
Hi, I just tested and had no problems downloading a 50 meg game with screen off.
From honeycomb on google changed how wifi was handled when screen is off. This gives similar problems with older applications but should not be a problem for apps made by Google like Play and Music.
You still did not answer the previous posters question. You reference the advanced wifi setting but not what it is set to.
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It's obviously set to always
People have had issues with the setting you choose in that menu not sticking. Try toggling it back and forth and doing some reboots. I don't have the issue on 4.0.4.
From what I understand, when the screen turns off wifi goes into a low power state, draining less battery when on standby. So it greatly reduces the speed (sometime pauses) of all connections to save juice.
KiNG OMaR said:
From what I understand, when the screen turns off wifi goes into a low power state, draining less battery when on standby. So it greatly reduces the speed (sometime pauses) of all connections to save juice.
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I understand if it slowed down, but it shouldn't ever pause though.
This low power state is what I referred to in my previous post. An app must now explicitly request that high power wifi mode is retained when screen is off. All apps from google should be doing this already.
Unprofessional app developers that have not been reading up on the latest changes in android api (like Audible!!! shame on you) will have major slowdowns downloading over wifi when the screen is off.
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I have the exact same problem as posted here And I may have found the solution at this other link here.
What seems to be working for me is the change the "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" to "Never (increases data usage)". That totally does not make any sense to me. If you 'never" keep wifi on during sleep it should *not* increase data usage. Anyway, I have noticed two things:
1) If I set it to "Never," the files continue to transfer when the screen goes to sleep
2) Wifi transfer rate seems to be *much* faster on my home network. I'm using ES File Explorer, so it could be app related.
Just discovered that according to Google, "Never (increases data usage)" means that it will not stay connected to WiFi while asleep which will increase your 3G/4G data usage. Never the less, it seems my Wifi is better when set to "never"
I wrote an article about wifi usage on my blog here: http://zapek.com/?p=262
You shouldn't worry about PS-Poll mode. It's fine for downloads usually as they don't require a fast interactive response.
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KiNG OMaR said:
From what I understand, when the screen turns off wifi goes into a low power state, draining less battery when on standby. So it greatly reduces the speed (sometime pauses) of all connections to save juice.
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this could be a possible reason, in my office wifi is not really powerful,
a low power state can disconnect the wifi.
I'm checking better the problem, it seems that the wifi goes into some sort of
energy saving mode when the screen is off that drop my wifi speed.
Is there a way to solve this problem?
it seems that I'm not the only one with this problem-
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobile/DJTwAutjsIQ
so no solution to this problem yet ?
sblantipodi said:
it seems that I'm not the only one with this problem-
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobile/DJTwAutjsIQ
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This is not the same problem that you have. The thread you link to is about general download problem with screen off. Your problem was about downloading from the market while screen is off.
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atkhobby said:
This is not the same problem that you have. The thread you link to is about general download problem with screen off. Your problem was about downloading from the market while screen is off.
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In your original post your wrote that you had problems downloading from the market with the screen off.
The android market is a google app and should not have the problem discussed in the thread you linked to.
The problems in the thread relates to applications that have not yet been updated to support power saving features in resent android versions.
So your problem is not the same.
I did write this in my previous posts from may 25. but maybe it was unclear.
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atkhobby said:
In your original post your wrote that you had problems downloading from the market with the screen off.
The android market is a google app and should not have the problem discussed in the thread you linked to.
The problems in the thread relates to applications that have not yet been updated to support power saving features in resent android versions.
So your problem is not the same.
I did write this in my previous posts from may 25. but maybe it was unclear.
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the problem is present in all apps, google one and non google one so you don't understood the problem
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the problem is present in all apps, google one and non google one so you don't understood the problem
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Hey its no problem. It's only that this is the first time you state that you have problems with all apps.
I still don't understand why you have problems downloading apps though. I have tested and do not have this problem BUT I do have the problems with most other 3rd party apps.
Anyway there is a fix that probably will help you. Download "WIFI High performance' widget from the market. Add the widget and enable it. Good luck.
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I am looking to buy the Nitro HD for WiFi only use and maybe occasional prepaid use. I will flash to some deodexed ROM or maybe CM9 so I am not so concerned about software issues in the stock ROM.
What I am more concerned about is - how are the cameras for Skype/Google Video etc?
Any way to turn off all radios except WiFi by default everytime the phone starts up?
Thanks.
^^bump^^
I'll chime in here, I use mine as a wifi only device. As far as Skype/google video goes, video calls are great. I don't have a Sim card in mine and the mobile settings are greyed out which I'm assuming the cellular is off.
I'm currently running the latest cm9 nightlies and the device keeps getting better and better.
Battery life is definitely better than gingerbread. Battery life is within reason for a device this powerful while on wifi. The only battery drain I've found is being out of range of a wifi area. It seems the device goes on over drive looking for wifi and within an hour, majority of your battery is dead. This might be a CM9 issue, I'm not sure on that. Just remember to turn off your wifi when out and about.
Thanks for the response. I got myself a used one for $200 today off Craigslist. Will put leaked ICS ROM on it
Looks much sweeter than my iPhone 4S!!
UP！UP!
The super screen is eye candy. Using wifi it will last for 5-7 hours, while using 3g only for 2-3 hours.
For these two reasons, i often use it only as WIFI.
Will somebody introduce a super airplane mode without shutdown of WIFI？
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Get dx battery saver, put it into sleep mode, then activate wifi.
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You don't need any special app. Just enable airplane mode, then enable wifi.
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You don't need any special app. Just enable airplane mode, then enable wifi.
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oh,no, it is a two-click thing with a wifi interruption.
We want a one-click button.
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sandhuxda said:
Any way to turn off all radios except WiFi by default everytime the phone starts up?
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I got it！
If there is /system/etc/settings.xml, modify it about what is airplane mode （this is, remove “wifi” in the lines of "airplane-mode" ）.
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oh,no, it is a two-click thing with a wifi interruption.
We want a one-click button.
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Don't forget reboots
Anyways, sold off my Nitro and moved on. Thanks for all the responses.
My Wifi Calling always turns off randomly it seems or when my phone screen is turned off. Then it won't start back up without me having to turn wifi off then back on and sometimes not even then and I have to restart my phone. Does anyone know a fix or what I can do so that it doesn't do this? my wifi connection is always almost full or entirely full.
Please help!
Thanks,
JewlZ
Have you checked your wifi sleep policy? If wifi shuts off when the screen does (which seems to be a default) wifi calling will also bail.
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how do I change the sleep policy?
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tronmech said:
Have you checked your wifi sleep policy? If wifi shuts off when the screen does (which seems to be a default) wifi calling will also bail.
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nm i figured it out but it is set to always on, but it still turns off sometimes. and when it does i have to restart my phone majority of the time to get wifi calling to come back on.
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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Has anyone else noticed that sometimes smart connect stays on after disconnecting the charger and drains the battery quite quickly.
I first noticed it on my old Xperia U when it was running 4.4 and thought it was just due to some of the rom's I'd installed as I never had this problem with gb or ics.
I've had my Z1 compact for a few weeks now. Updated it to 4.4 straight out of the box.
(No other mods made)
Sometimes my battery will drop from 100% in the morning to below 20% before getting home from work.
When I check in battery usage after this happens, Smart Connect would be at the top of the list and would have used a huge percentage of the battery compared to any other app.
Other times the battery life is good and Smart Connect doesn't even appear in battery usage stats.
I've stopped using Smart Connect and disabled it in settings, but I miss having my phone go into silent mode overnight when charging automatically.
Use Tasker instead. It has a lot more possibilities to automatisize your phone. It's not free, though. But either way worth the money. Battery life is in my phone no problem unless you use many locale contexts.
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I never noticed that kind of syruation in my z1c. Smart connect works perfect all time. Try factory reset or wipe app cache maybe that helps
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If you ever think your battery has gone down too quickly, check and see if smart connect shows up in power management
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