Just installed stock android 7 a week ago and the last few days wifi, Bluetooth (sometimes) and tethering (wired, wifi,bluetooth) will turn off if the screen turns off. And when tethering of working it is extremely slow. Like takes a few mins to load Google slow. Is anyone else noticing that this year and I've looked around and apparently the tethering being slow happens on Android 6 but that's after phone is been up for a couple of days I rebooted the phone and it was fast for 30 seconds. I'm getting speed test 40 megabits down from my server on my phone so that's not the problem
For wifi, you can try going into the wifi settings, clicking on the settings icon and change "keep wifi on during sleep" to always.
You can also try uninstalling and reinstaling the Google Connectivity Services app.
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I've bought Desire 4 days ago.
I've been running in some battery problems a lot. I've heard that battery should have 4-5 full draining and charging before having its max capacity, but I have a life span of about 16-20 hours of battery with Wi-Fi on.
How i found out that: Yesterday I went to the country and messed around with my gps and navigation (never used one, so felt like a little child with a brand new shiny toy). So the battery went dead and i charged it almost full. When i got home i turned the wifi on. Didn't manage to connect to my home network, due to Android still not supporting Ad-Hoc networks (sharing through my notebook) so i didn't bother more and used my data plan, but forgot to turn off the wifi.
In about 2 hours, the battery was nearly 60% from 90. When i went to see what's draining the battery I saw it was the Wifi. I turned it off and since last night, up to now (about 14 hours) the battery is 50% (only 10 percent for 14 hours).
Is there any way to make the phone not scan so agressively for Wifi when it's on ? I'm comming from iphone and it didn't matter too much if i had my wifi on or off there.
First of all, what you're experiencing is normal.
In fact, dropping only 30% with 2 straight hrs of heavy use is actually quite impressive.
If you don't want your device to scan for wifi, turn it off. Simple as that. Keep the WiFi setting widget on one of your homescreens for easy access.
It wasn't heavy use I killed all apps and left it there. 30% are just from WiFi scanning.
I know I must turn off wifi, i have the widgy button, but sometimes i just forget i have to shut it down. (Though that's a bit killing, since i didn't have to do this on my iPhone. Actually this is the only shortcoming i can think of now, great phone. Seems i have to get used to killing extra stuff )
Sadly i couldn't find an option to tell it to scan on rarer occasion, just to help absent-minded people like me.
Try downloading "Y5 - Battery Saver" from the Market.
It automatically switches WiFi on and off depending on your location (as determined by cell location, not GPS).
It allows you to leave WiFi in locations where you know you have WiFi, and automatically switches it off when you leave those locations.
I've installed it, but not exhaustively tested as yet as I've not really been out of WiFi coverage since I installed it.
Regards,
Dave
Try getting the WiFi On/Off widget from the market.
It lets you turn off the WiFi with one touch. Will save you a lot of battery when not using it.
@Gana1991 - i've already noted that i have the widget (no need to download from market)
@foxmeister - thanks, i will try that. (I have been secretly thinking about some app with this function )
indeed, there is a WIFI widget builtin.
If you really want another widget, check the WiFi Toggle by "JQ Soft", nice design.
The Y5-Battery Saver is nice....it seems to work properly.
But i am affraid it was causing some problems here, so i uninstalled.
I will reinstall and do some more tests.
WI-FI usage is actually much better than using the network which drains the battery more.
But deffo only have on when using, not all the time.
Or you'd use the standard HTC energy widged or the android wifi switch wich can be found @ widged -> settings -> wifi
Put the HTC battery widget on the screen, not only does it show what % you have left but selecting the widget pops up a small menu where you can adjust display, turn on /off WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth, vey handy indeed
I leave my WiFi on all the time at home because of the data constantly changing between G/3G it drains the battery amazingly fast. leaving WiFi on helps me save battery and keep a data connection. I took my phone off charge at 9 this morning, WiFi has been enabled all day and I have 80% battery.
once the battery has had a week or 2 of charging it will run loads better. also charging with the phone switched off gets you a bit more juice because of a firmware problem.
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Put the HTC battery widget on the screen, not only does it show what % you have left but selecting the widget pops up a small menu where you can adjust display, turn on /off WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth, vey handy indeed
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Where is this battery widget? I cant find it anywhere.
Oops, didnt know i had to look for it on the market. Found it.
Go settings, wifi, menu button and this brings up advanced settings. From there you can disable wifi after 15 mins of inactivity. When the phone wakes wifi kicks in. I have data turned off, wifi turned off, but if I forget to turn wifi off after using it, it's not too bad as it will be deactivated.
What's that widget called? All I can find is the power widget.
Ok found it
Only seems to be a meter though, no adjustments?
Go settings, wifi, then WiFi settings, then press the menu button,. From their you can select advanced WiFi settings.
When i got home i turned the wifi on. Didn't manage to connect to my home network, due to Android still not supporting Ad-Hoc networks (sharing through my notebook) so i didn't bother more and used my data plan, but forgot to turn off the wifi.
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If you were using your data plan then your wifi wouldn't be on as the phone turns it off when your connected via 3G, it only uses one or the other not both at the same time.
That's the way it is on my Desire.
I've not used WiFi at all today yet apparently its consumed 25% of my battery. I've got it switched off via widget and its also set to disable after 15 minutes of inactivity.
Any thoughts?
thanks for any help
It's just occurred to me that perhaps the percentages run and run and are not reset after a charge?
Anyone know how it works?
I am recently rooted and my wifi tether keeps disconnecting after just a few minutes. I am running stock rom with netarchy kernel. I tried different versions of the Wireless Tether app and I am currently running pre 7 which seems to stay connected the longest. But still disconnects. Any suggestions from the Masters would be great.
Thanks.
Seems to be a common problem with all versions of the app...
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/issues/list
Happens when the screen shuts off. I just set my screen for a 20 minute timeout and it doesnt happen to me.
they need to add the "prevent sleep" feature and then it wouldnt be a problem. Not sure why they havent done this yet. this problem has been around for quite some time.
I had the same problem of it disconnecting on me after a few minutes. Turned out the problem on my system was a program called tasker that would turn the wifi on every few minutes to verify my location. When it did the check, it knocked tether off. Make sure you don't have a program running that would turn the wifi off.
I turned off the Screen Timeout and I got the same thing. It stayed connected for 7 minutes and then disconnected. This is driving me nuts.
I'm running Pre 9 and I haven't had a single disconnect for like the last 3 hours. Give it a try.
I was having the same issue. Disabled the wake lock...the screen dims, but never shuts off. I left it on all night the other night while downloading "things"...never timed out.
As soon as I turn WiFi on, my phone will reboot. Last night I was able to be on WiFi for about 30 mins until the issue started occurring, then after that it wouldn't last more than a few seconds before rebooting.
I am running Cyanogen 7.0.3. Any suggestions would be great.
Edit: Might this have something to do w/ WiFi Calling? Turned it off within the app and am not having issues at the moment.
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As soon as I turn WiFi on, my phone will reboot. Last night I was able to be on WiFi for about 30 mins until the issue started occurring, then after that it wouldn't last more than a few seconds before rebooting.
I am running Cyanogen 7.0.3. Any suggestions would be great.
Edit: Might this have something to do w/ WiFi Calling? Turned it off within the app and am not having issues at the moment.
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I have the same question basically. I keep wifi on all the time at home. About 2 weeks ago my phone started rebooting randomly/intermittently. Would be OK for 5 hours, then reset. 1 hour later, reset again. Good for 8 hours, then reboot 3 times in 30 minutes.
- I am not overclocked
- Tried brand new SD
- Reflashed latest radio
- no new apps
If I turn wifi off at home, it seems to be ok.
some devices do have wifi issues regarding cm. there is supposedly a fix available in the development section. ive never had issues with wifi on cm, so i dont know much about the fix
I have a Verizon G4 that is not getting the great battery life many speak of. I've tried a lot of things...only syncing the bare minimum of stuff (gmail, calendar, contacts), running Lux for auto brightness, used Access lock to turn off most all permissions in most all my apps, disabled/turned off most LG and Verizon bloat, and still I end up getting only 6 to 8 hours before the 15% battery warning, with 30 to 40 minutes screen time (I've been scared to use it more). GSam shows nothing eating up my battery except for Android System, which is typically using 35% to 60%, with all other apps showing minimal usage. My cell signal is strong everywhere I am, as is my WiFi signal.
So, today, on a whim, I decided to turn off WiFi when I got up and unplugged. Now after 8 hours on with 1 hour screen time, I've got 70% battery left and Android System has only used 17%. I consider this GREAT! Ultimately though, I need to get WiFi back on due to data restrictions.
Why would using WiFi be killing my battery? I did notice the day before that, even though I have "Allow WiFi scanning" un-checked, my WiFi screen was showing "searching" every 10 seconds...forever. That seems very battery hog-atious, but I've been told that it's normal (even though it doesn't seem normal to me).
Does anyone know why WiFi is killing my battery or if there is any troubleshooting/testing I can do?
Wifi can be a hog as it is constantly searching for available and open wifi signals. Depending on settings, even while the screen is off it is pinging around looking for open signals. That can kill a battery. In the past, we have had mods to reduce the time between checks from say every 10 second to every minute.
As a rule of thumb I NEVER run wifi unless I am using it. Same with Location or BT for that matter. Hogs always looking for signals.
Disable Wifi Scanning in advanced wifi settings.... I would also turn off google now and limit syncing of google stuff.. I actually have auto-sync off...
A LOT of it can also have to do with the particular Wi-Fi source. At my work, signal is strong, but there's something about it that drains my battery about fifteen percent per hour, even when not in use. And this is across my current g4 as well as my galaxy s4 and s5. Once I get home and connect to my home Wi-Fi, I regularly lose as little as between 0 to 1% over 6 to 7 hours overnight while I sleep. I've started using my laptop (which also uses the work Wi-Fi, but remains plugged in) as an ad hoc Wi-Fi source to which I connect my phone, and that drops my battery drain to about 3% an hour.
Edit* I also leave absolutely everything syncing all the time. Regardless, I lose extraordinarily little (~1% overnight) on home Wi-Fi.
Usually I can resolve my own issues, but this time I need some help.
My 360 disconnects from my phone often (about 20 times a day). Sometimes it will reconnect immediately, sometimes I have to toggle bluetooth, sometimes I have to reboot both phone and watch.
On one occasion, my phone forgot the watch all by itself, like it wasn't even there. I had to factory reset the watch in order to reconnect.
I've tested thoroughly and can confirm this is only happening while my phone is connected to my home wifi. While on data or other wifi networks (both 2.4 and 5 ghz bands), the issue is non-existent.
My phone (Moto X 2014) is running 5.1 stock and rooted. I greenify Facebook only. I use Tasker but do not have any wifi-specific profiles set.
The watch is running 5.1.1 and I'm using the latest Android Wear. I tried rolling back a few versions but no change.
My router is running the latest firmware (Verizon router provided with Fios), and I've tried broadcasting in different channels.
Kind of at my wits end, here. I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!
Well, it happened again last night - out of nowhere I received a pairing request from my watch. The phone had just forgotten it, and I wasn't able to re-pair without performing a reset of the watch.
Steps taken since then:
1. Set wifi to channel 1
2. Set wifi to 802.11/n
3. Uninstalled Wear Mini Launcher (provides notification when phone and watch disconnect... I suspect it might be causing issues)
I've been at work and connected to wifi for 2 hours, no problems. At home, I'd have disconnected twice by now.
Argh!
Hi
Did you sort this issue?
I've noticed it on my Moto 360/ Moto X 2014 as well.
When I connect both wifi and bluetooth and then disable Bluetooth my phone complains that Android Wear has disconnected and to tap the alert to reconnect, which I do but I'm not sure if it does anything.
Then I've noticed my watch will drop wifi connection every now and then but after a bit of messing around in the settings I found an option under Wifi settings/ Advanced called Power Save which I've adjusted to the longest time possible (180 minutes), it was previously set to 30 minutes and I'm guessing the watch was disconnecting from my Wifi network when it hit this.
I've only just done this though so I don't know if it'll solve the frequent disconnect issues, however i'll still have to reconnect the Watch after 180 minutes.