I'm having an issue where wifi is always on in the battery use screen.
I have disabled location, network notification in the wifi settings, and keep wifi on during sleep. But it still shows as being active on the battery screen.
I did not have this problem after a fresh reinstall, so I'm not sure what's causing it.
I've already uninstalled the major battery draining offender apps and am working to have a more efficient phone. This is sort of the last thing I'm looking to do. Is it possible for a rude app to cause this viber for example seems to list wifi in the battery screen?
What are my options?
Turn of Wi-Fi scanning under settings -> location -> menu dots -> scanning
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I'm having this problem as well... I didnt before... I have very limited apps... I will try this change in settings but I've never had to do this before
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This didn't solve the issue
Lord Yurij said:
Turn of Wi-Fi scanning under settings -> location -> menu dots -> scanning
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Already off
zerocover said:
Already off
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Do you mind looking at your Quick Settings and telling me if the WiFi icon has a line slashed through it indicating it is turned off? I just noticed my wifi was running on my Battery stats over the last 4 hours, even though I turned it off when I left my house. I then noticed my wifi Quick Settings tile was only greyed out and was missing the slash through it. Had to toggle wifi a couple times to get the greyed wifi toggle with a slash. Hadn't happened before but maybe something to keep notice of as it happened to me.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Do you mind looking at your Quick Settings and telling me if the WiFi icon has a line slashed through it indicating it is turned off? I just noticed my wifi was running on my Battery stats over the last 4 hours, even though I turned it off when I left my house. I then noticed my wifi Quick Settings tile was only greyed out and was missing the slash through it. Had to toggle wifi a couple times to get the greyed wifi toggle with a slash. Hadn't happened before but maybe something to keep notice of as it happened to me.
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It's got the slash for sure.
This problem comes and goes for me. Don't think WiFi is actually on when it shows it is in battery stats, while it is turned off and always scan for location is also of.
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Visual glitch with the battery graph left over from Lollipop. The wifi isn't actually on during that time though. It displays properly when disabling WiFi while still connected to a network.
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Guys the battery on my s6 edge has been draining just by sitting here. Anyone else having this issue?
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Yeah I've been seeing some serious battery drain. Way more than I'd expect with the battery size. Not sure what's going on.
Turning on your Wifi will kill your battery. I've had to restart my phone to make it stop sometimes. Makes me wonder if this is why the nexus skipped 5.0.2.
That may very well be the reason why nexus skipped it. Juding by the previous samsung record, it will be a while till we get 5.1
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arcanexvi said:
Turning on your Wifi will kill your battery. I've had to restart my phone to make it stop sometimes. Makes me wonder if this is why the nexus skipped 5.0.2.
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I had WiFi off all this time
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flameinthefire said:
I had WiFi off all this time
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Did you have Wifi on at any point since your last restart? I've had to reboot the device to fix it.
Try turning off volte. That seems to help.
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jamboxboy said:
Try turning off volte. That seems to help.
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This is what i hate so much... you pay ridiculous amount of money to buy a "Smartphone" but then you have to turn all these features of to make it work efficiently.
I'm sure it's just a software bug on T-Mobile, but I was able to fix my issue by turning off WiFi, completely charging the phone, and restarting. WiFi is what causes it, not sure why though.
Where do I find Votle toggle option?
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Where do I find Votle toggle option?
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Go to settings and search for "Phone" from there you can get into call settings.
google services for me is using the most battery, which doesn't make sense.
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Go to settings and search for "Phone" from there you can get into call settings.
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Thanks will try and report back
ChristianBale said:
I'm sure it's just a software bug on T-Mobile, but I was able to fix my issue by turning off WiFi, completely charging the phone, and restarting. WiFi is what causes it, not sure why though.
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Did you also disable the "wifi during sleep" that is used even if wifi is off? Can't remember where it is. Maybe advanced Wifi or in Location settings. Just curious. Thanks!
whittikins said:
Did you also disable the "wifi during sleep" that is used even if wifi is off? Can't remember where it is. Maybe advanced Wifi or in Location settings. Just curious. Thanks!
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All you have to do is click the WiFi toggle. No other setting changes.
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All you have to do is click the WiFi toggle. No other setting changes.
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Gotcha. I was curious but also sort of pointing out that even with Wifi turned off, the phone will still use Wifi for location unless you specifically disable that option. It may or may not make any difference at all, but since there's a bug then it's possible that ANY use of wifi is draining more than it should (even if it's just intermittently every few minutes for location checking).
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Gotcha. I was curious but also sort of pointing out that even with Wifi turned off, the phone will still use Wifi for location unless you specifically disable that option. It may or may not make any difference at all, but since there's a bug then it's possible that ANY use of wifi is draining more than it should (even if it's just intermittently every few minutes for location checking).
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If the WiFi being used during sleep is causing any issues, the issue is small enough that it is not showing up on my battery usage page.
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If the WiFi being used during sleep is causing any issues, the issue is small enough that it is not showing up on my battery usage page.
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Well for example. I have had Wifi turned off since before unplugging my phone this morning (8 hours ago). Despite that, it has been used for 29 minutes because I didn't have that option (use wifi for location even when it's off) disabled.
Because of this, I'm disabling that location feature as well for now. I bet that's about 30 minutes my phone has been held "awake" due to this stupid bug!
whittikins said:
Well for example. I have had Wifi turned off since before unplugging my phone this morning (8 hours ago). Despite that, it has been used for 29 minutes because I didn't have that option (use wifi for location even when it's off) disabled.
Because of this, I'm disabling that location feature as well for now. I bet that's about 30 minutes my phone has been held "awake" due to this stupid bug!
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If it's causing issues for you then turn it off. For me it wasn't enough of an issue to disable WiFi during sleep.
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Where do I find Votle toggle option?
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if you go to call options in the settings menu or you can go to the oem dialer and click on more in the upper right hand corner of the screen the option for it should be under setting in that drop down menu
Hi,
My phone is 'awake' always and the WiFi (in battery graph) shows as active even thoug WiFi is switched off.
http://imgur.com/ovnpKno
Any suggestions please
mtechie said:
Hi,
My phone is 'awake' always and the WiFi (in battery graph) shows as active even thoug WiFi is switched off.
http://imgur.com/ovnpKno
Any suggestions please
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Assuming you are on 5.0.1 Lollipop, did you factory reset after the update? Many people have experienced problems after the update but have seen factory resets correct problems.
While on the wifi settings page (the screen where you find the list of wifi networks available), touch the three dots in the upper right corner and select Advanced.
Uncheck (turn off) the option to "Always allow scanning"
You can also turn off the first option of Network notification to stop it from trying to find open networks in range.
hope this helps.
jack man said:
Assuming you are on 5.0.1 Lollipop, did you factory reset after the update? Many people have experienced problems after the update but have seen factory resets correct problems.
While on the wifi settings page (the screen where you find the list of wifi networks available), touch the three dots in the upper right corner and select Advanced.
Uncheck (turn off) the option to "Always allow scanning"
You can also turn off the first option of Network notification to stop it from trying to find open networks in range.
hope this helps.
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Thanks for the response,
I am on 5.0.1, I did factory reset twice, Cleaned cache multiple times
"Always allow scanning" is already turned off
Network notification is also turned off (unchecked)
Funny thing is , I put the phone in Airplane mode (wifi off too) for a while and battery graph still shows WiFi on and phone awake
mtechie said:
Thanks for the response,
I am on 5.0.1, I did factory reset twice, Cleaned cache multiple times
"Always allow scanning" is already turned off
Network notification is also turned off (unchecked)
Funny thing is , I put the phone in Airplane mode (wifi off too) for a while and battery graph still shows WiFi on and phone awake
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The Wifi thing is a lollipop bug.
It'll always show as on even when it's off.
spexwood said:
The Wifi thing is a lollipop bug.
It'll always show as on even when it's off.
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That bug must not hit every lollipop phone because my wifi doesn't show as on all the time. When it's off, it's off.
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jack man said:
That bug must not hit every lollipop phone because my wifi doesn't show as on all the time. When it's off, it's off.
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Weird... mine does.
Are you running any special apps (like battery savers)? What Wifi settings are you using? Is Power Saving Mode on or off?
I'm curious now. But yeah, several Note 4 users on the non-ATT Note 4 thread are reporting this issue as well and so were many Nexus users.
spexwood said:
Weird... mine does.
Are you running any special apps (like battery savers)? What Wifi settings are you using? Is Power Saving Mode on or off?
I'm curious now. But yeah, several Note 4 users on the non-ATT Note 4 thread are reporting this issue as well and so were many Nexus users.
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No battery savers or apps designed to conserve battery; power saving modes off. All I did to wifi settings was turn off scanning and notification. I have a long list of apps that I disabled since I knew for sure I wasn't going to use them. I screenshot them below if you're interested.
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No battery savers or apps designed to conserve battery; power saving modes off. All I did to wifi settings was turn off scanning and notification. I have a long list of apps that I disabled since I knew for sure I wasn't going to use them. I screenshot them below if you're interested.
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Ok I was wrong. My phone doesn't show wifi always on. I kept wifi off all day and it showed correctly. BUT I think it did show as always awake on the previous Lollipop update. (I'm on COC4 now).
And btw, I have all the same apps turned off as you except Samsung Push Service because it seems to not sync S Note with my Samsung account (I have a Note tablet too) and Amazon because I use it.
Update
I did some further digging , based on the amount of battery used.
1. Cerberus App was using a lot of battery, so uninstalled and re-installed it... the Constant AWAKE problem is gone
waiting a few days to make sure that problem was really gone
2. Uninstalled "LLAMA" app and now WiFi does NOT show as always on
Having the exact same issue on my galaxy s6. Just turned on clash after picking up the phone and the resolution looks like as compared to my joke Moto X (2013). It's worst when zoomed way out and fine when zoomed way in. Maggie everywhere. What the **** supercell.
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?
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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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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user8525 said:
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.
Does anybody know why wifi activity still shows as being on in battery status even though it is turned off?
I've noticed after a reboot it fixes the problem but if I then turn on WiFi and then off again the wifi activity bar in battery status will persist.
Thanks.
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cjoedaniel said:
Does anybody know why wifi activity still shows as being on in battery status even though it is turned off?
I've noticed after a reboot it fixes the problem but if I then turn on WiFi and then off again the wifi activity bar in battery status will persist.
Thanks.
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Go to advanced config wifi and put the wifi mode in 2.4Ghz
I turned off wifi scanning and that seems to have done it. However no I get a notification for enabling wifi for better location haha
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Hi,
When I go to sleep, I turn off all connectivity (meaning WIFI, BT, LTE) but for some reason, the battery screen shows that WIFI was always on during the night, even though it's not showing on the list (the list where you have screen, Android OS, voice calls, etc.).
Images attached. The segment indicated between the red lines shows the night time, when the WIFI was off. You'll see that WIFI is turned on, but that's because I turned it on in the morning.
Initially I thought that it had something to do with location scanning as the same would happen on my Nexus 4 when WIFI scanning for location was on (in the advanced settings). So I found the option on my Nexus 5X (in the location screen now), and it was actually turned off. I toggled it (on and off) just in case and checked again, and of course that didn't help.
Anyone here knows what to do?
Thanks.
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Have you off wifi scanning under the location settings?
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Lord Yurij said:
Have you off wifi scanning under the location settings?
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Like I said, yes. That's why it's so weird.
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Like I said, yes. That's why it's so weird.
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Oh, i missed that.
There was a similar thread a while ago and someone mentioned that is a gui bug
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