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Hey,
I've noticed my wifi keeps getting set to "off" seemingly at random. It works fine when it's on, however a few times a day, I'd find that the wifi switched itself off (even while in range of a working wifi signal, say even if left at home on a table all day) and I'd have to reenable it via the communications settings screen.
It's somewhat annoying and chews up my mobile internet when I don't noticed wifi's off.
Anyone else have a fix/noticed this?
Thanks !
It usually goes off when the device enters standby. Have a look into this thread for how to keep it on in standby mode. Beware that this might eat your battery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=524490
Kork said:
It usually goes off when the device enters standby. Have a look into this thread for how to keep it on in standby mode. Beware that this might eat your battery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=524490
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Ah I read that but I think you misunderstand what I meant, I know it goes off during standby, however when it comes out of standby, WiFi should automatically renable itself, which it does - sometimes.
I believe I figured out what the problem is, whenever I plug the TP2 into my PC, it uses my PC's net connection(?) and disables WiFi. When I remove the phone form the PC, it doesnt restart Wifi.
Any fix on that?
Hey guys,
need some help with my htc desire. Just bhought it couple of days back. Everything worked good, until today, as wifi turned itself off after 10-15 min on standby and automatically connects to 3G instead. Even if i turn on the wifi, it will say that the wifi is on, but its not actually connected I have to restart the phone for it to connect with wifi again. And the same thing goes over and over again. Has this happened to anyone?
Please help! :S
I have the orignal firmware, not rooted.
Sort of happening to me too, but after the phone is asleep for long periods, like overnight.
For the past few days, I leave it with WiFi on when I go to sleep, I wake up and WiFi was off. I switch it back on and the phone doesn't seem to use wifi, or it does but just hangs.
Only started happening after the last hard reset, was working fine before that.
I do have the sleep after 15mins setting on, but obviously that shouldnt switch off the wifi, just let it sleeps and should reconnect after waking up.
Waiting for a exchange for another phone due to another issue, but will keep an eye on this, might be the Setting Profile app I've installed that's causing the issue.
My wifi switched off by itself after going standby for sometime.
After I wake up the phone, it will reconnect to the wifi. Not sure if there's app to prevent the wifi from going into standby though.
myth1001 said:
My wifi switched off by itself after going standby for sometime.
After I wake up the phone, it will reconnect to the wifi. Not sure if there's app to prevent the wifi from going into standby though.
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I have been using the phone for 6 days now, before this my phone could be on wifi all night, and when turned on in the morning the wifi will still be connected. Its strange this should happen now. I installed juicedefender yesterday and than uninstalled it again after trying it..might this has affected my wifi settings.
That's weird. I did installed Juice Defender and uninstalled it as well. Not sure if that's the cause. will do some search and see what I can find out.
FOUND!
We can actually control the Wifi Sleep policy by going to Settings> Wireless & Networks> Wifi Settings> Menu >Advanced> Wifi sleep policy!
Change it to never and it should work as before.
myth1001 said:
FOUND!
We can actually control the Wifi Sleep policy by going to Settings> Wireless & Networks> Wifi Settings> Menu >Advanced> Wifi sleep policy!
Change it to never and it should work as before.
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Yes, I know about that setting, but once you wake up the phone, it should wake the wifi and it should reconnect. This is not happening, and in some cases it does switch back on and connects, but doesn't get onto the internet. Seems the phone is still trying to use the cellular network.
Leave it on all the time eats up battery, so rather have it on sleep after 15mins
myth1001 said:
FOUND!
We can actually control the Wifi Sleep policy by going to Settings> Wireless & Networks> Wifi Settings> Menu >Advanced> Wifi sleep policy!
Change it to never and it should work as before.
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wow..ur fast..thanks! will try out this..and see until tomorrow if my phone is still shifting from 3g and wifi all the time
edit: yup..this was the reason. So now my wifi is connected 24/7 very happy for this as when it switched off before it started to use my 3G..i dont have unlimited plan so why pay for addional when u can use wifi at home
I have set the Wifi policy to "Always on".
Many times (but not every time) when my One X goes into sleep mode, all data connections don't work. I notice it because I feel so strange there is no notification from Whatsapp and Line as usual. So, I press the power button and see no data connection at all. After a few second, 3G data connection appears but no wifi. Wifi then replaces 3G a few second later.
It usually happens and I feel so annoyed as I lost communication with my colleagues when One X is sleeping.
Is there somewhere in "Setting" that can override the "Always on" in Wifi policy? If I miss it, please let me know.
I feel very disappionted with my One X as it contains a lot of bugs.
jackie_jerk said:
I have set the Wifi policy to "Always on".
Many times (but not every time) when my One X goes into sleep mode, all data connections don't work. I notice it because I feel so strange there is no notification from Whatsapp and Line as usual. So, I press the power button and see no data connection at all. After a few second, 3G data connection appears but no wifi. Wifi then replaces 3G a few second later.
It usually happens and I feel so annoyed as I lost communication with my colleagues when One X is sleeping.
Is there somewhere in "Setting" that can override the "Always on" in Wifi policy? If I miss it, please let me know.
I feel very disappionted with my One X as it contains a lot of bugs.
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It's happening to me too, it's very frustrating because when turned on it show as connected while it's false.. and i'm unable to browse/etc without re enabling wifi manually.
Same issue on the One S. This is most likely a driver related problem or something. I think the next firmware update should fix this, but if anyone of you can provide a hotfix or something I wouldn't be sad
Getting the exact same problem.
I have not noticed this so far.
same problem with wifi....and in the nights my Data also gets switched off after sometime of inactivity...couldnt find any setting related to that....do any of you know any hidden setting for it?
Yeah it happening to me as well. It could be kernel related.
Same Here
Mine is opposite, I want it to sleep on screen off but it keeps reverting to always on. Quite frustrating as it is the major cause of my battery loss
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Mine uses less battery with wifi on then normal 3g/4g
vallandil said:
Mine uses less battery with wifi on then normal 3g/4g
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yeah same here, i've tested both over night and less battery used on wi-fi than 3g
I cant connect to my home wifi, it show connected then disconnect immediate
it no usaable now in my house
I just noticed this, too. Really annoying when you suddenly stop getting any notifications for E-Mails etc.
This is also not fixed in 1.28 :/.
I seem to only have this during the night hours, though. Like there is some sort of "Quiet Hours"-function but they forgot to put it in the settings >_<
I think this is the special Sleep Mode kicking in, and the WiFi Always-On is overridden by it.
When I turn the screen off, I can still ping my One X over the network. However, after some time (maybe 5-10 mins) it no longer responds and has dropped its WiFi connection.
The Always-On WiFi option has only ever applied to when the screen is off. The sleep mode thing is new and not related to android itself - an HTC hardware thing by the look of it.
Maybe it's fixable in the driver software, but I believe the "WiFi always on" function is behaving correctly - it's the new sleep state that is breaking it.
I could be wrong, but that's what it looks like.
If someone has the time, try setting up a PC to continuously ping the One X and see if it keeps it from going in to sleep mode.
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I think this is the special Sleep Mode kicking in, and the WiFi Always-On is overridden by it.
When I turn the screen off, I can still ping my One X over the network. However, after some time (maybe 5-10 mins) it no longer responds and has dropped its WiFi connection.
The Always-On WiFi option has only ever applied to when the screen is off. The sleep mode thing is new and not related to android itself - an HTC hardware thing by the look of it.
Maybe it's fixable in the driver software, but I believe the "WiFi always on" function is behaving correctly - it's the new sleep state that is breaking it.
I could be wrong, but that's what it looks like.
If someone has the time, try setting up a PC to continuously ping the One X and see if it keeps it from going in to sleep mode.
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Hello Dave,
Your analysis is quite impressive,
I also started dealing with this from "Special Sleep Mode" perspective.
I have got the FOTA, find data in my signature, and still suffering from the same issue.
To summarize my findings let me brief it:
When I first got the update, the problem seemed to be solved
I kept connected to my home WiFi router for several hours and got notifications from Whatsapp and Twitter
I thought the problem was solved and the bug was fixed, as I kept seeing my OneX on the WiFi Client on my router's managing interface on my PC
I shut down my phone, WiFi was on, and turn it back on
WiFi kicked in and connected with no problems,
An hour after, I sensed something wasn't good, notifications were silenced
I unlocked my phone and checked the status bar to find there were no DATA connections at all, nothing, no WIFi no Mobile Data, the usual bug
Now I started to think,
I Have got this problem after a full shut down, and at a battery below 15%
One thing to add,
I turned my phone off with WiFi enabled and when turned it on WiFi kicked in.
Now I am monitoring on the following basis.
I clicked all WiFi hot spots previously saved on my OneX and chose to "FORGET"
Connected to my preferred hotspot
Monitoring the WIFI, with battery over 15%, seems to be very healthy, more than an hour on sleep mode, and WiFi is on, uninterrupted and VERY CONNECTED
I will keep monitoring the behaviour till battery fall under 15% and will report back
I'll make sure to turn off WiFi before shutting down my phone if I have to, this is to eleminate the other variable and keep concentarting on one variable "Battery percentage"
A point to add:
On my previous Gingerbread SensationXE, there was an option on Settings> Battery to control phone's behavior and stop background sync and other activities when battery fall below a pre-defined percentage.
Default was 15%
I can't find this option on my One X, IceCream Sandwich
That's why I started to analyse the problem from the perspective of "Special Sleep Mode - Below 15%" bahaviour.
I will report back as soon as I have results.
Thank you
Update:
Started to experience same issue when battery falls below 50%.
All DATA gone down, no WiFI and no Mobile Data.
Charged my phone to 73%, "Forget" all WiFi network.
WiFi off
Monitoring Mobile Data only.
Mobile data gone down after 30 minutes sleep mode, 73% battery
Connecting to WiFi, and started monitoring WiFi
WiFi + Mobile Data gone down after 30 minutes.
Power down phone, and then on, 73% Battery, WiFi off
Monitoring Mobile Data only.
Failed, and disconnected
Failure
I've done a Factory Reset !!!
Update:
No problems on WiFi, nor Mobile data whatsoever for the whole day until battery falls below 10% !!!
WiFi disconnected after exactly 15 minutes, Mobile data kicks in, then disconnected as well !!!
I turn on the screen after 20 minutes to find NO DATA CONNECTION of any kind.
Mobile data kicks in, WiFi replaces mobile data, and start receiving all data dependent notifications!!!
I have the same problem, wifi is turned off sometimes when screen is locked.
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I have the same problem, wifi is turned off sometimes when screen is locked.
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Hello Pabson,
Thanks for sharing.
Would you provide more information about your phone's software number, your location (Region, not specific).
Thanks again.
Same here, tried several roms and the same happens with every ROM out there. What is more, I cannot connect to WIFI at work (WPA PSK) but I can connect perfectly to my home WIFI network.
Hopefully this is not a hardware fault and will be fixed.
Monrad said:
Same here, tried several roms and the same happens with every ROM out there. What is more, I cannot connect to WIFI at work (WPA PSK) but I can connect perfectly to my home WIFI network.
Hopefully this is not a hardware fault and will be fixed.
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If it happens on every single rom you you installed, then apparently this is a hardware fault.
What "Base" do the Roms, you installed, created on?!
I mean based on what version of RUU?
same problem here.
I mis the "power saving mode" options like in android 2.3
It might idd have something to do with power savings mode kicking in.
Hi, I saw many posts related to this topic Wi-Fi turns off when phone in deep sleep but not able to find a single working solution.
My phone runs on 4.2.1 with wi-fi sleep policy set to NEVER ( that means always on ideally ) , and tried turning on / off wifi optimization, avoid poor connections is not ticked.
Even after doing everything the wifi is turned off after sometime and when i turn on Screen it turns it back! How to do I solve this?? I am using STOCK rom, with just root.. No other battery saver etc. app installed.
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Hi, I saw many posts related to this topic Wi-Fi turns off when phone in deep sleep but not able to find a single working solution.
My phone runs on 4.2.1 with wi-fi sleep policy set to NEVER ( that means always on ideally ) , and tried turning on / off wifi optimization, avoid poor connections is not ticked.
Even after doing everything the wifi is turned off after sometime and when i turn on Screen it turns it back! How to do I solve this?? I am using STOCK rom, with just root.. No other battery saver etc. app installed.
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Set it to Never instead of Always. Its ass backwards.
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Set it to Never instead of Always. Its ass backwards.
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OP stated its already set to never
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well i have this problem too on every jelly bean rom. the only rom without this problem in cm10 stable. now i'm with cm10.1 hoping they'll fix it like in cm10.
when that problem comes out just toggle on and off airplane mode and it should disappear until next wifi toggle off and on.
I hope google will solve it in key lime pie
CM 10.1 has only just started doing this in the last week or so, it was fine before. Was wondering if it was just me with this issue or not...
emptyragnarok said:
Hi, I saw many posts related to this topic Wi-Fi turns off when phone in deep sleep but not able to find a single working solution.
My phone runs on 4.2.1 with wi-fi sleep policy set to NEVER ( that means always on ideally ) , and tried turning on / off wifi optimization, avoid poor connections is not ticked.
Even after doing everything the wifi is turned off after sometime and when i turn on Screen it turns it back! How to do I solve this?? I am using STOCK rom, with just root.. No other battery saver etc. app installed.
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Am i correct in understanding that you don't want it to disconnect? The option in the settings is "Keep wifi on during sleep". If you have it at Never, then it will disconnect when the phone goes into sleep. It should be placed on Always because you want it to be on even during sleep
Flowed and Tapped from my Nexus
fixed the wifi problem
Heya! My first post!!!
So, i had the same problem on my Allview P5 Quad.
The guys from Allview released an update for my phone based on 4.2.1 and i thought the problem was from them. I had WiFi turned on and after a few minutes from entering sleep mode, the WiFi got disconnected, both WiFi and data. I have installed the last update again and again, rooted, unrooted, tried every option from WiFi and i still had the same problem.
So i timed the time when the WiFi disconnects and it was exactly 6 minutes. So i thought that it must be an option that does this. So i unchecked the Quick Power Saving icon from Switches and ... SURPRISE! My WiFi stays on continuously. So, the problem is from the system power saving settings. I hope this helps all of you.
P.S. Love this forum! Thanks for all your help!
I believe I found the problem, some how it is not the phone but my wifi router (and all routers) is the problem. Go into your router settings and look for the "Beacon Interval" and set that number to 50. I'm not going to explain what the beacon interval is, go google it and you will see. I switched mine and now the wifi on my phone does not switch off when in deep sleep.
What is the point of this? My watch has 56% battery, so why does it disable wifi? That's the whole point, so I get notifications whole I am away from my phone. If I swipe the notification, it say tap to re-enable, but it doesn't re-enable it. If I go to wifi Settings, it connects momentarily, but immediately shuts back off. WTF?
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What is the point of this? My watch has 56% battery, so why does it disable wifi? That's the whole point, so I get notifications whole I am away from my phone. If I swipe the notification, it say tap to re-enable, but it doesn't re-enable it. If I go to wifi Settings, it connects momentarily, but immediately shuts back off. WTF?
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It's by design. It only momentarily enables WiFi when out of Bluetooth range to obtain notifications, then disables to save power.
https://motorola-global-portal.cust...sion/L3RpbWUvMTQzNDY5NzM1OC9zaWQvY3hpQV9mcG0=
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It's by design. It only momentarily enables WiFi when out of Bluetooth range to obtain notifications, then disables to save power.
https://motorola-global-portal.cust...sion/L3RpbWUvMTQzNDY5NzM1OC9zaWQvY3hpQV9mcG0=
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I actually think this is a good way to handle the wifi connectivity on such a small battery. I've been VERY happy with this update.
Does anyone know how long it stays disabled before turning it on to check for notifications? If it is off for 15 minutes before it turns on, that is too long.
The link above says 'every few minutes'
So I did a test. I disabled bluetooth on the phone, sent my self a text message. I assumed the Wifi would turn on every couple minutes, but it never does. I waited twenty minutes and never got notified of the text message. Kind of defeats the purpose of having a wifi connection if it never gets you the notifications you need.
I think once you get the "wifi disabled" message, it will never turn back on again, unless you do it manually.
I don't think it will work with SMS as there is no system in place for the phone to send the message to a server and then the watch to retrieve it. It should however work with hangouts messaging using your gmail account.
Update: my above assumption might be wrong as I just read if both phone and watch are on the same network then they may communicate together using the internal IPs.
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So I did a test. I disabled bluetooth on the phone, sent my self a text message. I assumed the Wifi would turn on every couple minutes, but it never does. I waited twenty minutes and never got notified of the text message. Kind of defeats the purpose of having a wifi connection if it never gets you the notifications you need.
I think once you get the "wifi disabled" message, it will never turn back on again, unless you do it manually.
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I wonder what uses less battery, the 360 with Bluetooth connected or with WiFi connected..
Edit: I am an Xfinity customer. I will be using my watch WIFI ONLY to connect to my notifications through Wear's Cloud Sync. With access to over 10 million hotspots, let's see what we can figure B)
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kgeissler said:
What is the point of this? My watch has 56% battery, so why does it disable wifi? That's the whole point, so I get notifications whole I am away from my phone. If I swipe the notification, it say tap to re-enable, but it doesn't re-enable it. If I go to wifi Settings, it connects momentarily, but immediately shuts back off. WTF?
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Hi,
Like you, the intempestive cut of the WiFi signal when I got over 60 or sometimes 70% of battery make me fell sucks against the watch.
But I try this, and it seems working :
Go inside developers options
At the bottom of the settings you should find "activate /disactived wifi automatically", by one tap you turn it off. No more ****ty battery save
WUmeHDI said:
Hi,
Like you, the intempestive cut of the WiFi signal when I got over 60 or sometimes 70% of battery make me fell sucks against the watch.
But I try this, and it seems working :
Go inside developers options
At the bottom of the settings you should find "activate /disactived wifi automatically", by one tap you turn it off. No more ****ty battery save
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Great find! I prefer for it to stay off but have been keeping it on all day with Bluetooth off, and there's a definite difference in battery life. I'll post results and screenshots
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I don't think it will work with SMS as there is no system in place for the phone to send the message to a server and then the watch to retrieve it. It should however work with hangouts messaging using your gmail account.
Update: my above assumption might be wrong as I just read if both phone and watch are on the same network then they may communicate together using the internal IPs.
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Thats a good point on internal IPs, thanks. I thought as long as they are on wifi (I have phone on 5g and watch on 2.4 as they all decided 5g takes too much batt) so I was wondering why I was losing conn. so often I was getting so frustrated by that.
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kgeissler said:
What is the point of this? My watch has 56% battery, so why does it disable wifi? That's the whole point, so I get notifications whole I am away from my phone. If I swipe the notification, it say tap to re-enable, but it doesn't re-enable it. If I go to wifi Settings, it connects momentarily, but immediately shuts back off. WTF?
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I was also getting real mad with this, until I accidentally saw that a left swipe gives a re-enable option.
Now I think it is a good option - they just need to make things more intuitive with hints on these screens on what actions we can take.
Like vibe watch or phone when devices lose connection.
Update - I dont see that option anymore and my SW3 now keeps disconnecting like a mo4 even when on same SID
Where do I find this in developer options? I went through all the settings on S4 and cannot find. I want to run only on wifi so I can roam anywhere without my phone being within bluetooth range.