Anybody else getting battery drain from wifi calling being enabled?
My wifi calling is on but when i go into power saving settings the WFC Setting is not there to show if it is draining battery.
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Anybody else getting battery drain from wifi calling being enabled?
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It should be draining your battery. You are constantly broadcasting a wifi signal looking for other wifi signals. I turn off wifi period unless I am at a location I want it to be used at. The Wifi is the strongest RF generator on your phone and the one that creates the most drain next to the display.
It should definitely NOT drain your battery like that. Not even close. I use it all the time. You need to clear out the cache and clear data if possible. Force stop the app and reboot. Should be good to go.
I turn on the wifi calling at work, lowest I have seen my phone go to is about 50% at a 9 hour work day. Have no issues with battery life on wifi calling.
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Q1: How often do you reboot your phone? If you enable 4g and disable it do you reboot because of the bug where it still trys to connect?
Q2: If I'm home with good wifi is it better on the battery to have wifi enabled or disabled on the phone?
I have found it that if you are in a bad reception area wifi seems to save my battery life by about 35% rather than running 3g.
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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.
More ZF2 battery usage weirdness... Wi-Fi is among biggest consumer, even when I've had Wi-Fi turned OFF the whole time! Also at the top are usually Android OS and Android System. Hopefully the Wi-Fi use is just being miscalculated. Or can really be eating the battery? Can other ZF2 users confirm/deny this weird usage?
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thats totally opposite from mine...mine highest is o.s drain...even my wifi always on 24 /7.. yea yours weird
Mine too
My wifi drained my battery pretty quick yesterday too, I only turned it on to download some apps, but it still kept killing the battery long after it was off. Who knows maybe it's only a problem for those who toggle wifi as the other guy said he leaves his on 24/7
I think this is the old 5.0 wifi bug we saw on the nexus 5, back when it lollipop was released.
I have unlimited data so I just turned off wifi and rebooted the phone, battery life seems much better since I did that.
Unfortunately I know that's not possible for everyone, you could also try turning off background wifi scanning in advanced wifi settings.
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Unfortunately I know that's not possible for everyone, you could also try turning off background wifi scanning in advanced wifi settings.
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Thanks, I'll try turning off Wi-Fi scanning. The most recent release also seems to have improved battery life.
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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.