I've noticed high battery usage (Kernel mostly) after fully charging the phone, have you noticed similar behavior?.
I've notice the process "qcom_rx_wakelock" is using a lot of CPU power and the phone has been idle since the last reboot
brosenz said:
I've noticed high battery usage (Kernel mostly) after fully charging the phone, have you noticed similar behavior?.
I've notice the process "qcom_rx_wakelock" is using a lot of CPU power and the phone has been idle since the last reboot
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My friend why u didn't use Stamina mode ?
....until we debloated rom
Any way did you ful wiped after updating your rom with new base ?
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My friend why u didn't use Stamina mode until we debloated garbage apps
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Stamina mode has some problems with certain Wifi networks, it will work fine at home but not with my work network, I had to disable it.
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Stamina mode has some problems with certain Wifi networks, it will work fine at home but not with my work network, I had to disable it.
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Did you full wiped after updating your rom with new base ?
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Did you full wiped after updating your rom with new base ?
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Yes, I did, as a matter of fact, I've done 2 or 3 Factory Resets since then, just to make sure when I test is always with the same baseline
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Yes, I did, as a matter of fact, I've done 2 or 3 Factory Resets since then, just to make sure when I test is always with the same baseline
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I guess our kernel filters set to "CAF defaults". That "qcom_rx_wakelock" (wifi configuration file) absolutely destroys the battery on most networks a specially through wifi network.
Go to WiFi>>>Advanced>>> activate Wi-Fi optimization.
and Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep "always"
And again I recommending you to activate Stamina.
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I guess our kernel filters set to "CAF defaults". That "qcom_rx_wakelock" (wifi configuration file) absolutely destroys the battery on most networks a specially through wifi network.
Go to WiFi>>>Advanced>>> activate Wi-Fi optimization.
and Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep "always"
And again I recommending you to activate Stamina.
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Thanks, both parameters are already set the way you recommended. I am going to activate stamina and reboot, I will monitor if behaves different.
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Hey everybody!
I have a question: In android 4.0 and above there is the option in the data usage settings, to turn mobile data on and off.
What difference does it exactly make? As fas as I tested, I still can take a look at my mobile data usage, even though it is tuned off in the data usage settings.
According to this source of Google
http://support.google.com/android/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1638168
turning it off means:
If it's off, you won't be able to use mobile data at all and many features of your phone and apps won't work correctly.
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Anybody knows what they mean by "...use mobile data at all..." (since I still have 3G) and what features there could be?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Michael
Sometimes it takes a while for the data to toggle off. I personally just use airplane mode on my phone and it cuts off my data fairly quickly.
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Sky93 said:
Sometimes it takes a while for the data to toggle off. I personally just use airplane mode on my phone and it cuts off my data fairly quickly.
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OK, thank you. Somehow the on/off status is now consistent. Thanks
Hi fokls,
I recently updated to 5.1 ( Lollipop). I am on Tmobile and for some reasons, the mobile data setting kept getting disabled frequently.
Anyone knows what to do to fix the issue. I have tried pure stock as well as with root. None of them seems to fix the issue.
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Hi fokls,
I recently updated to 5.1 ( Lollipop). I am on Tmobile and for some reasons, the mobile data setting kept getting disabled frequently.
Anyone knows what to do to fix the issue. I have tried pure stock as well as with root. None of them seems to fix the issue.
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Just want to confirm, I have this problem too. Also on T-Mobile.
Edit: is it really just the setting that gets disabled? I have been rebooting to fix it.
ArkAngel06 said:
Just want to confirm, I have this problem too. Also on T-Mobile.
Edit: is it really just the setting that gets disabled? I have been rebooting to fix it.
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Why don't you enable airplane mode and then disable instead of rebooting. It might work.
medwatt said:
Why don't you enable airplane mode and then disable instead of rebooting. It might work.
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I tried that, it didn't work. I'm waiting on it to happen again to see if I can just re-enable mobile data.
Even if I can, this is still a very annoying problem. You'll miss a lot of emails, and messages. Yet another reason you might not want Lollipop
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Just want to confirm, I have this problem too. Also on T-Mobile.
Edit: is it really just the setting that gets disabled? I have been rebooting to fix it.
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Its strange though. But if you go to the setting, then mobile data, you will see that it is turned off. Turning it back on, will re-enable it. I dont know why it does it though. No need for air plane toggle.
Is there any possibility this problem could be tied to a default power-saving setting that is turning mobile data off to conserve battery?
Just a thought.
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synle said:
Hi fokls,
I recently updated to 5.1 ( Lollipop). I am on Tmobile and for some reasons, the mobile data setting kept getting disabled frequently.
Anyone knows what to do to fix the issue. I have tried pure stock as well as with root. None of them seems to fix the issue.
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D33PTHAWTE said:
Is there any possibility this problem could be tied to a default power-saving setting that is turning mobile data off to conserve battery?
Just a thought.
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I did two things, but I haven't had this happen since I did them.
1. Renamed HwPowerGenieEngine3.apk and HwPowerGenieEngine3.odex to disable them. (just add .bak to the end) They are located in "root/system/app/HwPowerGenieEngine3/" and "/<SAME/ARM/"
2. Enabled the option in Mobile Network settings to "Always-on mobile data"
Like I said, I don't know for sure if either really fixed it, but I haven't been having this problem for the past 2 days.
#1 . do I need root to rename the files?
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I did two things, but I haven't had this happen since I did them.
1. Renamed HwPowerGenieEngine3.apk and HwPowerGenieEngine3.odex to disable them. (just add .bak to the end) They are located in "root/system/app/HwPowerGenieEngine3/" and "/<SAME/ARM/"
2. Enabled the option in Mobile Network settings to "Always-on mobile data"
Like I said, I don't know for sure if either really fixed it, but I haven't been having this problem for the past 2 days.
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yes, that requires root
I have no answer for you but, I am on T-Mobile and that's not happening to me. My WiFi becomes disabled sometimes/rarely. Also USB debugging gets disabled as soon as I back out of the settings for it. This is on B309.
My friend and I both using HAM2 on Wind, still on 4.3. Phone signal (not only Data) frequently turned itself off, then turned back on after a minute or longer.
Could it be the AWS (1700) frequency not reacting well to Huawei power genie?
I tried using "Normal" instead of "Smart" power saving scheme but no joy. Just froze "Power Genie" app via Titanium Backup. I think it turns the power saving feature off completely. Will monitor to see if it helps. I'll trade network stability for shorter battery life.
Apparently this problem is getting worse with Lollipop update.
I'm sure this has been done with Tasker etc, but here is my way of turning off the cell radio when connected to my home wifi. Saw just shy of 6 hours screen on time today for the first time so thought I'd share.
When connected to home/work wifi, it turns off the cell radio, thereby relying on Wifi for Project Fi calls and texts. When leaving home/work wifi range, cell radio is re-enabled.
Download and install Automate: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.llamalab.automate&hl=en
Open it and click on the people icon on the top right corner of the app. Search Project Fi Airplane Mode. This is my "flow", download it then back out to the main screen.
Click "Project Fi Home Wifi=Airplane Mode". Click the pen icon on top, then Flowchart. Here we will change it from my network to yours. Click on the "when wifi connected" box. When you're connected to your home or work wifi network, select pick a network box and select it. Click done Click check mark on top. Install the permissions listed on this screen. Click start. Enjoy some nice battery savings Project Fi users!
I see, this app uses electrical grid to explain your automation, i use tasker but it requires secure settings to enable flight mode etc. Which has been broken since android L i believe, will try this app as it has the fucntions required
republicano said:
I see, this app uses electrical grid to explain your automation, i use tasker but it requires secure settings to enable flight mode etc. Which has been broken since android L i believe, will try this app as it has the fucntions required
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I don't do much with Secure Settings, but it's been working fine for what I do with it, which is mostly GPS toggles. I just couldn't do system less root
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I see, this app uses electrical grid to explain your automation, i use tasker but it requires secure settings to enable flight mode etc. Which has been broken since android L i believe, will try this app as it has the fucntions required
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The Airplane Radios feature is still working perfectly from secure settings. I'm using it right now and it's working nicely! The only issue with it atm has been that, like @inzandity stated, Secure Settings does not cooperate with Systemless root, but that's really no big deal if you dont care much for Android Pay.
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I see, this app uses electrical grid to explain your automation, i use tasker but it requires secure settings to enable flight mode etc. Which has been broken since android L i believe, will try this app as it has the fucntions required
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Yes, it's really a great UI. I found the app this week and have had a lot of fun making tasks with it.
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Yes, it's really a great UI. I found the app this week and have had a lot of fun making tasks with it.
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I want to play around more with this as I like the interface. The only problem I'm having is, currently I'm using phhusson's superuser and it doesn't seem to be getting the su request from Automate. Up until now, I've used Tasker and Secure Settings to do the same and they work fine.
Tasker will do that, GravityBox will do it too, and so will multiple IFTT type apps. Not sure there is much new here.
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Tasker will do that, GravityBox will do it too, and so will multiple IFTT type apps. Not sure there is much new here.
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I'm aware of Tasker + Secure Settings, but where is this in GravityBox? I don't see anything in Smart Radio that shuts off the radio completely when connected to wifi. Also curious which apps in particular do this.
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I'm aware of Tasker + Secure Settings, but where is this in GravityBox? I don't see anything in Smart Radio that shuts off the radio completely when connected to wifi. Also curious which apps in particular do this.
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Yes, Smart Radio will not turn off the radio completely, but you can set it to 2G mode where the power consumption drops drastically relative to LTE. Now that you have pointed this out, why would you want to shut off the radio completely when connected to WiFi? That means that you loose phone functionality, and cannot receive or make phone calls.
As for apps that do this https://ifttt.com/ should work, at least before Marshmallow where Google clamped down on some settings adjustments.
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Yes, Smart Radio will not turn off the radio completely, but you can set it to 2G mode where the power consumption drops drastically relative to LTE. Now that you have pointed this out, why would you want to shut off the radio completely when connected to WiFi? That means that you loose phone functionality, and cannot receive or make phone calls.
As for apps that do this https://ifttt.com/ should work, at least before Marshmallow where Google clamped down on some settings adjustments.
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No phone functionality is lost that I'm aware of, since Project Fi calls and texts will be routed through the wifi connection.
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No phone functionality is lost that I'm aware of, since Project Fi calls and texts will be routed through the wifi connection.
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Got it, I did not read your OP in sufficient detail. For those that have Project Fi this could be value added. In my experience the 2G radio draws negligible power (standby time in 2G of a phone with a 3000mAh battery will be measured in weeks with the screen off) so the difference between fully off, and 2G only (or even 3G only) will be minor with respect to SOT, which will be dominated by the screen and wifi anyway.
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Got it, I did not read your OP in sufficient detail. For those that have Project Fi this could be value added. In my experience the 2G radio draws negligible power (standby time in 2G of a phone with a 3000mAh battery will be measured in weeks with the screen off) so the difference between fully off, and 2G only (or even 3G only) will be minor with respect to SOT, which will be dominated by the screen and wifi anyway.
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I think that's right. 2g uses very little power, unless you are in a building or house that has low signal. I work in GM factory where I can barely pull 2g data.
Is there any way you could update this to include Bluetooth turning on after airplane mode is activated in addition to wifi, that way my smart watch can always stay connected too. Either way thanks for the post, it works great!
DistortStatic said:
Is there any way you could update this to include Bluetooth turning on after airplane mode is activated in addition to wifi, that way my smart watch can always stay connected too. Either way thanks for the post, it works great!
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I just uploaded a version that will keep bluetooth on as well. Find it by searching the community for "project fi bluetooth"
hawkswind1 said:
I just uploaded a version that will keep bluetooth on as well. Find it by searching the community for "project fi bluetooth"
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Thank you so much, this is going to be amazing for my battery life. Toggling airplane mode and wifi and Bluetooth just became too tedious after awhile, but now I can save power effortlessly.
New update dropping today!
Details:
https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/wireless/KM1086930
Sweet, they finally pushed WiFi calling to the S7.
That explains why the security update took longer than usual, AT&T has been knocking them out the first week or so of every month till now.
Thanks, downloading now.
Installed on the regular S7.
So I updated (took about 1 hour to download and update). Immediately I noticed 3 things:
1) A notification with a link to a Display Settings dialog with the option to change DPI between Large and Small. "Settings-> Device->Display->Display scaling" will get you there later. This dialog box is not new; previously you could only reach it by adding .DisplayScalingActivity to Nova Launcher. What used to be called "Standard" is now called "Larger". What used to be called "Condensed" is now called "Smaller".
2) Wi-Fi calling was added to my quick notification settings. It is turned off by default. Toggling it on brought me to a setup wizard asking me to update my physical address for emergency 9-1-1 service. "Settings -> Connections -> Wi-Fi Calling" will get you there later. A very small "+" appears within the standard Wi-Fi status bar icon when Wi-Fi calling is ready. Both my Wi-Fi and cellular signals are strong yet the icon comes and goes. I initiated a Wi-Fi call to voicemail and it asked for my password, which does not happen for cellular calls.
3) Android security patch level: July 1, 2016
Scaling is standard in U firmware and also via a display scaling app in the play store. Just an FYI
joe3681 said:
Scaling is standard in U firmware and also via a display scaling app in the play store. Just an FYI
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Perhaps, but this update added it to the stock AT&T firmware...finally,
Flashed stock then updated to this. Even wiped first. Advanced messaging is useless unless someone else has it. Connected to wifi since setup and it hasn't once shown the icon wifi calling is available.
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New update dropping today!
Details:
https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/wireless/KM1086930
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That article still shows apf2.
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New to reading? The whole article is about new update. Pf2 is listed under where it says PREVIOUS UPDATES
so who is going to try the eng-root method on this update?
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so who is going to try the eng-root method on this update?
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I was considering it just to see if it works. Root isn't what it used to be, battery killer more than anything these days but I curious...
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I was considering it just to see if it works. Root isn't what it used to be, battery killer more than anything these days but I curious...
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I'm highly considering going without root. I do think battery was slightly better stock as well.. also I really miss Samsung pay.. and there isn't much to do with Xposed.. I got the notification bar to display network speed and AdBlock..oh and call record is nice but not necessary... other than that, not much to do with root on this device unless someone can fill me in..i can install trebuchet and Google keyboard without root.. also I miss being able to sign into my chase app with fingerprint..
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New to reading? The whole article is about new update. Pf2 is listed under where it says PREVIOUS UPDATES
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It didn't when I looked at it.
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I tried to test the wifi calling out and turned on airplane mode and then turned wifi back on. It shows the wifi calling symbol on top, but when i try to make a call a notice pops up telling me I have to turn airplane mode back off to make a call. It seems that it should make a wifi call just fine with only wifi active? Has anyone else tried this with success?
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I tried to test the wifi calling out and turned on airplane mode and then turned wifi back on. It shows the wifi calling symbol on top, but when i try to make a call a notice pops up telling me I have to turn airplane mode back off to make a call. It seems that it should make a wifi call just fine with only wifi active? Has anyone else tried this with success?
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A call went through in airplane mode on my S7
farfromuman said:
A call went through in airplane mode on my S7
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Well it's very strange. I did several power cycles (on / off) and cleared the cache in recovery and it now wifi calling seems to be working in airplane mode. It's working for now with both calls and texts. I guess its just buggy. Hopefully clearing the cache did the trick.
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Well it's very strange. I did several power cycles (on / off) and cleared the cache in recovery and it now wifi calling seems to be working in airplane mode. It's working for now with both calls and texts. I guess its just buggy. Hopefully clearing the cache did the trick.
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theres no need to turn airplane mode on to make calls over wifi just toggle data off and they all go on wifi
tlopez1973 said:
theres no need to turn airplane mode on to make calls over wifi just toggle data off and they all go on wifi
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Do you have a quick setting for data? I do not. Or do you mean through the mobile data settings menu and turn "mobile data"
off?
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so who is going to try the eng-root method on this update?
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No one is brave enough yet lol, although it should work fine. Some of the other carriers received updates and were still able to root.
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Greetings. I have a problem with my phone and Wi-Fi connection.
My phone is a Sony Xperia J running stock Android 4.1.2. When I leave it for a while in sleep mode, whether charging or not, it disconnects from my Wi-Fi connection and uses my phone's data, draining my data plan.
I need your help concerning this issue. Here are some of my phone's related settings:
Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep: Always.
Avoid poor connections: Unchecked.
Extended Standby Mode: Unchecked.
Thanks in advance.
UPDATE: Since then I've disabled my data plan so I can check if my phone is properly connecting to my Wi-Fi or not. It seems that yesterday I had no problem, but today I'm experiencing it. I don't know what should I do. :crying:
Maralagidyne said:
Greetings. I have a problem with my phone and Wi-Fi connection.
My phone is a Sony Xperia J running stock Android 4.1.2. When I leave it for a while in sleep mode, whether charging or not, it disconnects from my Wi-Fi connection and uses my phone's data, draining my data plan.
I need your help concerning this issue. Here are some of my phone's related settings:
Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep: Always.
Avoid poor connections: Unchecked.
Extended Standby Mode: Unchecked.
Thanks in advance.
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Did u use SIPdroid?
If yes uninstall it.
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Also make sure that you don't have the battery saver mode on or another app that tries to save battery because they will often interfere and disable that for you as well.
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Did u use SIPdroid?
If yes uninstall it.
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No, I don't have that app installed.
es0tericcha0s said:
Also make sure that you don't have the battery saver mode on or another app that tries to save battery because they will often interfere and disable that for you as well.
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I don't have that mode on either on my phone settings or my app's.
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UPDATE: Since then I've disabled my data plan so I can check if my phone is properly connecting to my Wi-Fi or not. It seems that yesterday I had no problem, but today I'm experiencing it. I don't know what should I do. :crying:
Only other setting I can think of that controls that is in Developer Options. There's one that's aggressive hand off from wifi to cellular data and one for keep data on at all times. If you haven't enabled Developer Options yet then forget I mentioned it as it'll not be on by default.
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Only other setting I can think of that controls that is in Developer Options. There's one that's aggressive hand off from wifi to cellular data and one for keep data on at all times. If you haven't enabled Developer Options yet then forget I mentioned it as it'll not be on by default.
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I have Developer Options enabled and I don't see any of these options there.
Anyway, I think I have found the cause of the problem (a conflicting application, I just did a clean reinstall of it) and so far I'm good, if the problem persists I'll post again.
Thank you everyone who participated in this thread.
Glad to hear that it seems you found the cause. Please let us know what app in case someone else has the same issue and stumbles across your post.
Well, it was WhatsApp. Apparently I had a duplicate APK in my SD card (I use Link2SD) from before the factory reset. I say it was a duplicate because I unlinked WhatsApp from the SD card, but when I uninstalled it it said it was removing it from the SD card.
Thanks again!