Is there any way to increase the timeout before the connection is dropped on an unused data connection? It seems to me at the moment if you don't use a fast 'H' data connection for more than 30 seconds, it drops to '3G' and becomes unusable, often leading to timeouts as it tries to connect back to 'H' when you try to use it again. It makes for a truly abysmal non-wifi browsing experience that even my old HTC Artemis beats hands down.
I realise this is more than likely about saving battery life but I'd rather take the hit on that and it just connect to the fastest available connection and stay on it until it either loses the signal or is turned off manually. Pretty much like every other phone I have used does.
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Traceroute is failing on my archos at the moment, as soon as I get to the external network it fails.
I can nslookup IPs, ping fails externally and I can't get downloads better then 1kb/s at the moment (correct b)
Web pages are slow obviously too but they do load eventually
Latest FW running on both the stock system and using Urukhai
I am also having wifi issues on my archos 32. I can connect to my router WRT54GS with custom tomato firmware, but can't seem to get a stronger signal connection than poor from the top notification icon, and 99% of the time it is poor in wifi settings, even if right next to the router. I used a wifi scanner to pick the least congested frequency, and have no other conflicts or issues. Tested with other wifi enabled devices OFF, thinking maybe interference, no change. Tested with upping the transmit power from 50mW to 250mW coming out of the router made no difference. I noted slow wifi xfer speeds topping out at ~550 KB/s. Not terrible, but not full wifi speed either, the iTouch cranks at ~1350 KB/s with the same file/test via sftp. I did notice that the wi-fi icon in wi-fi setting does show more "bars" when the transfer is going, but the notification icon up top does change ever. Seems strange.
Also tested with nothing around it, thinking my tight grip on the tiny device might be smothering the antennae, no difference.
Is my wifi driver or the unit itself flaky and under powered?
The good news is that besides the speed, it keeps the connection and doesn't drop. Is this all the speed I am to see out of a b/g access point and this device?
Is it just me or is the hand-off between a wifi connection to the 3G/(HSPA+) a bit slow? It could be an android thing or Atrix specific but I have no idea since this is my first Android phone. My previous phone, iPhone 4, when I would leave/disconnect from wifi, it would immediately connect to cell network within seconds. However in my Atrix, when I leave a wifi area or disconnect, it takes anywhere from 20-30 seconds to have cellular data connection (arrows under H+).
Is there a way in either the settings menu or an app that will prevent the Photon from constantly looking/pinging for a stronger tower? I have determined that once locked onto a tower and it stays locked (or locked onto wifi), my battery life is actually very good. For example, at lunch, I sit in my car for about 45 minutes connected to one of the 4g towers and am using the phone the whole time while listing to music/podcast and using the internet and I start with a full charge and will only lose between 10 to 15 percent of the battery.
However, where I actually live are a bunch of weak coverage areas. While sitting in the school car pickup line for about 30 minutes I will typically lose close to 40 percent of the battery and the temperature goes up to 107 – 110 while I do nothing with my phone. My normal temp is 93 – 95. I used one of the locale apps that tells you what cell tower number you are on and in the 30 minutes I was in the car line it connected to seven different towers switching between them all many times. The cell phone tower pinging also happens when at a football came (Bucs, Raymond James Stadium) because of the amount of people trying to use their phones. There is no possible way of making it through the six hours without the phone dying.
So my question is – without going into airplane mode is there a way to prevent the cell tower hopping? I would rather have a constant weak signal then having the phone constantly looking for a better signal.
I am rooted on stock rom.
I don't think so man. Cell signal plays a huge roll on cdma phones, obviously the better signal you have the better battery life. Ive never heard of a way to prevent cell tower hopping as these phones are programmed to link with the best tower it feels will offer best signal. Sometimes you'll be on a Verizon tower and that may be the best one around or it may be the worst but if its closest to you your phone will possibly connect to it. You don't have to turn on airplane mode; i use the data saver profile that only uses data when the screen is on so when screen is off i save a **** ton of battery because the phone isn't trying connect the radio.
This is the only feature remotely close to what you're asking and it won't prevent "tower hopping". This will just only connect to sprint towers if you choose "Sprint only" resulting in probably even worse battery life.
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Thanks for your input. I was reading some of the other threads hear and found what you show in the picture. Mine was on any cdma and I switched it to auto as it was suggested it might help with 3g.
I am going to see how automatically performs today when I pick up my kid. Tomorrow I will switch to sprint only to see if that makes a difference.
I will report tomorrow evening with findings.
If we can get custom radios for the phone that should make a difference. The radio (afaik) contains the algorithm for determining which tower to connect to based on the PRL, among other things.
What battery setting will restrict data to only when the screen is on?
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What battery setting will restrict data to only when the screen is on?
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Go to settings and battery etc then find battery mode. Works like a charm i.swear.
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By turning off data when screen is off , will data sync automatically when I wake the phone up?
Also, switching to automatic in the settings did not help while in my kid's car line at school. I am going to change to Sprint Only tomorrow and reboot before I leave work. I did not reboot today when I changed to automatically. Not sure if that makes a difference.
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By turning off data when screen is off , will data sync automatically when I wake the phone up?
Also, switching to automatic in the settings did not help while in my kid's car line at school. I am going to change to Sprint Only tomorrow and reboot before I leave work. I did not reboot today when I changed to automatically. Not sure if that makes a difference.
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Yes when u wake up the phone it will sync everything.
Just an update. Today my phone has never been better with battery and cell tower switching. The only other thing I did was reboot after changing to "automatically " . Real test will be this afternoon.
What really stands out is the battery tempature. At idle it is in the low 80s. After heavy use it is in low 90s. Maybe I did get lucky with the change.
So I have a rather strange problem.
You all know those interference noises a phone causes while receiving a SMS or a call.
If I'm home the whole day I have no problem with those noises. I only have them occasionally when i get an sms or something like that.
But when I leave the house for uni for example and return later my speakers are constantly humming and it doesn't really stop. It will only stop after I turn on airplane mode and turn it back off.
Also during that time the battery drains rapidly. It's about 10% per hour.
I've had that problem with the stock rom and then went through all Resurrection Remix Versions since 2.1, but the only difference was the volume and the sound of the interference. But it never went away.
Currently I'm on Resurrection Remix 2.4 with Siyah 3.3.2 and Modem Version I9100DXLP9.
I guess I could try all diferent modem versions and look if it fixes the problem. But since I don't really know what I have to do to start it, it's a little tricky to check if it is really fixed. I only know for certain that the problem occurs after returning from uni.
Here's a screenshot of the battery drain of today.
It contains:
1. night
2. leaving the house and listening to beyond pod on my way to uni (first awake period)
3. while in uni checking the time
4. driving back, listening to beyond pod, playing on gbadroid
5. at least you see the gap in the wifi status, that's where i turned on and off the airplane mode
the prblm is radiowaves tht interfere the electronic devices,well i don kno wat settings or any tweaks u on,,,but a good idea is to check if ur cordless phone,oven,tv all r placed at far distance as per electronic rules,an yes sometimes these things happen.its not neccesary tht it takes place for all..during my studies we had this project on y the tv gets mass disturbance during lunch hrs,see the real prblm was the oven ,behind the wall and the phone,very clearly the oven will on,cause its lunch time an ppl usd to make calls cause it was free time too..so check ur devices an post
If you mean that another device is disturbing the speakers, then I can tell you that that is definitely not the case since the interference stops once I turn the phone off.
Also I don't think that any device is interfering with my phone because the problem vanishes after I reboot.
I wrote before that it suffices to turn on airplane mode and turn it back off, but today that also wasn't enough. The disturbance went away, but the battery drain stayed. So I turned the phone off, removed the battery, waited a few secs, put it back in and turned it on again. After that the battery percentage dropped instantly from 19% to 12% but since then it has stayed at 12%.
I made another Screenshot:
I think I have an idea what could be causing the problem. I think it has to do with GSM/UMTS.
Where I live there is hardly any UMTS connection. So I guess, when I leave the house and come into UMTS region my phone switches to that, but after I get home it has problems switching back to GSM and that's what's causing the noise.
It's only a wild guess, but I try to confirm it during the next days. I just switched to UMTS only. That means I have hardly any connection at home, but I'll see wether that helps my problem...
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I think I have an idea what could be causing the problem. I think it has to do with GSM/UMTS.
Where I live there is hardly any UMTS connection. So I guess, when I leave the house and come into UMTS region my phone switches to that, but after I get home it has problems switching back to GSM and that's what's causing the noise.
It's only a wild guess, but I try to confirm it during the next days. I just switched to UMTS only. That means I have hardly any connection at home, but I'll see wether that helps my problem...
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UMTS ought not provide the same sort of interference. I don't know the technical reason anymore, but my understanding is that only 2G induces that kind of interference in other circuitry.
That's why I think maybe it's stuck switching between UMTS and GSM and everytime it switches to GSM it interferes with my speakers and that constant switching is causing the battery drain.
I guess it could have something to do with the fact that there is no reception in my lecture hall at all.
I will have to try to track down wether that constant disturbance and battery drain only happens after the phone hasn't had any reception for a longer period of time or if it is always after I leave the house.
So today I was again in that mentioned lecture hall and after returning home the speakers again wouldn't shut up.
I noticed a little downward arrow in the connection bar. I don't really know what that's doing there since I have wifi active and no data connection.
After a while disturbing the speakers and not getting really good signal it changes to UMTS. The disturbance is gone but so is my connection.
After a reboot the arrow and the disturbance are gone. So I guess there is some data connection that is stuck or something like that?
On my previous phones, I'm used to connecting to xfinitywifi if I get a strong signal (i.e. coffees hop), but having to disconnect later as it causes so many issues while driving (grabs signal for a second, but doesn't get data, eventually disconnects but meanwhile I'm left without data)
I noticed that on the Nexus 6p, the phone actually 'roams' on xfinitywifi pretty well. I drove 3 miles between a restaurant and my house last night and it managed to continuously grab different xfinitywifi signals and keep me connected. Impressed.
I'm running ingress on my phone which uses data - so I know it's actually working - data disruptions showup right away on this app (it only happened once for a few seconds during my drive..)This is in San Francisco btw. Might keep xfinitywifi as one of my wifi connections on this phone
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Did you have any of the WiFi toggles enabled under developer options to enable aggressive WiFi to cellular handoff, or mobile data always active?
I have the opposite experience with my 6P, I need to turn off wifi because it latches on all the time and often the signals aren't strong enough and i get no data. I can tell it drops constantly as my VPN connects and reconnects all the time and kills my battery.