I decided to save a good amount of my battery by limiting the usage of wifi network connection only to the time I use my phone
so I downloaded and installed 3rd party app which allows me to control when it switches on/off and here's what I did.
connect to wifi when the screen is on
disconnect to wifi when the screen is off
it is this simple. and I expected it to function just as It should be
everything worked just fine.. or not.
I had to wait for like 5 seconds before it started to finish the wifi connection after I screened it on, which is not a good thing.
the purpose of setting all this is because I want to keep my wifi off when I dont actually use it like when surfing the web or watch streaming videos but at the same time I wanna sometimes turn the screen on and right back off only to momentarily turn the wifi on to get my notifications like emails or whatsapp messages which I will miss otherwise
so how can this be done? I want to press power button twice like double clicking mouse to get brief wifi connection so it performs the synchronization each time I do the job. if that turns the wifi off too fast so doesnt provide enough time for the wifi connection. then I can simply set the time wifi disconnected to 10 secs after I turn it off
so the main problem is how to make it turned on when the screen is on. almost simultaneously so I dont need to keep the screen on for a couple of seconds.
I eagerly need this function because I want to put my phone in the pocket and time to time double tap on the power button which Is very convenient to not miss all the notifications.
it doesnt matter when I seriously use the phone as I said ealrier, waiting for a few seconds doesn't hurt in that case.
thank you
p.s) I tested this to several phones and only 1 which I have doesnt let it. any solution?
apps, settings, rooting, custom roms, tasker, anything will do, except for buy new phone
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Can someone please help me on this ,i hardly use the the phone for browsing but when i check my phone i can see that the mobile web is connected even though the phone is locked and not in use (standby mode) ,i keep turning the data connection off but it keeps on turning itself back on .
1) Am i getting charged for this as it's connected to the web,i am on payg ?
2) Is there a way to dissable this until i want to turn it on manualy for browsing ?
Same with me, I would like to permanntly turn off data connection but it will always turn itserlf back on, chances are that if you are on pay as you go then you are being charged for it.
I would like you know if there is a way to actually turn off data connection since I'm going on holiday soon and don't want to come back to a huge phone bill cause my phone kept turning data on
in the UK data plans are generaly pay per byte, not time connected, so unless there is actual traffic you arent paying anything. Of course, teh fact that an app is making a connection means something is using data, though not necessarily constantly; the hd2 seems to have an inability to disconnect itself.
I use Dialup Enabler/Disabler
The auto disconnect can be a little hit and miss, (you have to leave it running for the timeout to work) however the on/off toggles work a treat. Once a data connection is disabled, it stays disabled.
Cheers for the link ,but reading through the posts it is not very usefull and only works sometimes, as you mentioned it is hit or miss ,is there anything else about ,i have done lots of searching but cant find anything else ?
yea the auto timeout is hit and miss, but the toggles work flawlessly, and you say you want to be able to turn it off till you want it back on, , which works fine.
Ive been using it for 5 or 6 months, and never once has it failed. (I dont use the timeout function, only the on/off toggles)
Maybe I just recently noticed, but i cant remember it doing this before:
does everyones tab turn its wifi off when it goes on "standby" ie: the screen turns off? I don't remember it doing this before, i am stock, unrooted.
Everytime i press the power button to see the time or to do something, i notice that at the bottom tray it says no internet connection, but almost as quickly as I slide to unlock my wifi is restored. I have my tab next to me most of the day while I work on my computer, and rely on it to use gtalk, but if it turns wifi off, then I don't get notifications
is there a setting that i have checked or something? I have power saver off.
thank!
Go into your wifi settings, then go into wifi sleep policy, you can change it in there, having the wifi sleep with the screen off will save battery though, so unless you need constant updates or polling for apps I would leave it the way it is
thanks man, didn't see that setting. I am usally plugged in durign the day so setting it to never when pluggin in is exactly what i was looking for.
jaoropez said:
thanks man, didn't see that setting. I am usally plugged in durign the day so setting it to never when pluggin in is exactly what i was looking for.
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Glad to help
when i start to download any file which is big ,after the screen goes black after 1 minute the WiFi also stops working i have to start the machine again and the WiFi starts to work again
it means that i wont be getting any notifications while the screen is off as the WiFi is off .not nice
any way of getting around it
thanks
Download "Advanced Wifi Lock (Free)" from the store and set it so WiFi doesn't go off. It's somewhat of a battery killer but it's better than the alternative.
The wifi is a big flaw in the Tablet S that wasn't fixed in ICS.
boxer29 said:
when i start to download any file which is big ,after the screen goes black after 1 minute the WiFi also stops working i have to start the machine again and the WiFi starts to work again
it means that i wont be getting any notifications while the screen is off as the WiFi is off .not nice
any way of getting around it
thanks
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Try this: before downloading the file, go into advanced Wi-Fi settings and set the Wi-Fi disconnect policy to "Never" or if you have your tablet connected to its charger, "Never when plugged in". After the file has been downloaded, set the disconnect policy back to what you normally have it set to.
This is the WLan Bug. Sony cant get it better with ICS and to change the Wlan Settings does not bring the result.
So take your Screentime to max about 5min. and tap every 2 or 3 minutes the screen. Revert this Settings after download is complete.
greetings Dimes
I've only ever had this problem once, and I could fix it by just going to Settings>WiFi Settings>Advanced>Disconnection Policy and said "Never". That would be my suggestion since (as mentioned) third-party WiFi lock's chew through battery like theres no tomorrow...
Good ideas. I also use an app that does not let the screen sleep when the power cord is plugged in.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/stay-awake-widget/net.leppoc.android.dashboard
I like keeping my wifi on while my screen is asleep so that I can receive chat messages or e-mails without being at my computer. I never had this problem while running ICS on an unrooted TF201, but ever since I installed the upgrade to JB my wifi will always disconnect after the screen has been asleep for a few minutes. I've checked every setting I can think of. In the Wifi Advanced menu, I have it set so Wifi is always on, and in the ASUS customized setting I have Disconnect network during sleep to off. Under Power Saver I have Enable low battery settings off, set Low battery level to 0%, and even set Wifi OFF to off. Despite all of this, it seems like the tablet under JB goes into some sort of deep sleep and disconnects the wifi after about 5 minutes of inactivity.
I have noticed that this problem does not occur when the screen is on. I also have the dock, and set the screen to always on during meetings in the event that I don't need to enter any notes for a few minutes so I don't have to fool with any delays from screen wake .
Is there some setting I'm missing? Is it a hidden setting that I could access by rooting? Or am I dealing with something internal to the build that I can't change at all? This may not seem like a huge deal to most, but it has become one of my main uses for the tablet when I'm at home. I'm very disappointed with JB so far even though the wifi does feel more responsive on the Prime after the update (when it's not sleeping, of course!).
EDIT: I noticed this evening that the wifi turns off even when I'm running something that uses it while the screen is off. I was listening to Pandora, and about 5 minutes after the screen went off, my music stopped. When I turned the screen back on, I saw that the wifi had indeed become disconnected.
hey,
I have exactly the same problem with my tablet. I have checked every option, I did a factory reset several time, I have checked it on 2 different routers but it is still disconnecting the wife when it goes in the sleep modus. Did you or anyone else find a solution?
I have both of these setting turned on, but for some reason the bluetooth discoverability will dissapear every few hours for a few minutes, and the wifi seams to go to sleep after a certain amount of time (hours) after the screen is off. I imagine, particularly with the wifi that this might be done to conserve battery.
The reason I know this is that I use the phones bluetooth discoverability to determine whether or not I am at home or away, and trigger events accordingly through my home automation software. When the bluetooth mac address of my phone is not found to be present, a ping is sent through wifi as a fallback. However both are failing according to the logs. (not to mention all my lights and electonics turning off while watching a movie, or even worse the lights and electronics turning on at two in the morning as if I had just arrived home when actually I was asleep in bed)
I didn't have this problem with my OG EVO 4g, and so I am hoping there is a hidden setting or even maybe an app available that will hold these setting to do what they say, and not just use them as a suggestion. I understand the battery trade-off.
Edit: I am on a CM10 ROM, so I do not have smart sync
Well go to advanced in the WiFi and Bluetooth setting. And you'll see what to do when you get there
milli5410 said:
Well go to advanced in the WiFi and Bluetooth setting. And you'll see what to do when you get there
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I already know what to do there (as is pointed out in the title of the topic), those are both enabled.