I did a bit of searching but I couldn't find a answer.
Is it possible to get the wifi to turn off when I press the power button and put the device to sleep?
I have noticed that the archos sometimes won't go to sleep when I have wifi turned on.. Applications that use the wifi seem to keep the device turned on. (Email, ebay, tapatalk etc)
For now, I have been turning wifi off manually before I put the device to sleep, but I would prefer to have it automatic.
You have seen the switch in settings/DeviceInfo/Energy/deep sleep?
fzelle said:
You have seen the switch in settings/DeviceInfo/Energy/deep sleep?
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Hmm might have a look at that, however Deep Sleep is not what I'm looking for, I want the alarm clock to work but I do not want the wifi to suck my battery dry.
I would be surprised if there were no app that does that given how easy it would be to write one.
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I would be surprised if there were no app that does that given how easy it would be to write one.
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Yep thats what I'm thinking, however I haven't been able to find it
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Can you draw an icon for the app?
I use CPU TUNER. This app let you set up the profile like you want. It doesn' t turn off wifi but disable it.
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I can draw if you can code
I'll try to add an option for it to the next beta of DoublePower.
Just WiFi, or WiFi+Bluetooth? Or does Bluetooth turn off automatically?
I think BT does turn off.
PM me your email address and I'll send you a test version that does the WiFi toggle on power off.
Yep BT turns off if it's idle. It does not turn off if you are connected to anything, which is a good thing
anyways, I just sent you my email address
Download batterybooster. It will turn off WiFi, BT, GPS if you hit the standby button or if device goes to standby. And the app is free of charge.
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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
I have a profile that will turn off wifi after one minute if
display off context is true (Wif-Off).
I also have another profile that turns on the wifi if the following
contexts are met (Wifi-On):
1. Location is near home
2. Day is Fri, Sat, Sun
3. Time is 7am - 11:30pm
I created a task (Wifi Turn On).
When I first run the Wifi-On profile I see it as active my
notification bar and wifi is turned on. Once my phone screen is turned off I
assume the Wifi-Off profile becomes active and turns off wifi.
However, when I turn on the phone again, wifi does not turn back on?
Why? Does it not turn back on because the context has not changed
thereby not causing the profile to go through the Wifi Turn On task? I tried adding a display on context to the Wifi-On profile hoping it would make the profile run the Wifi Turn On task but adding this context prevents the profile from ever becoming active for whatever reason.
Is there I can make these two profiles co-exist? I would like to keep wifi turned off whenever not is use to save battery.
Did you add an exit task to the Wifi Off profile? So that when the screen comes on, wifi is enabled...
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Did you add an exit task to the Wifi Off profile? So that when the screen comes on, wifi is enabled...
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Thank you for the reply. The problem with adding an exit task to Wifi Off profile is that I dont want wifi to turn on all the time, which is why I created the Wifi On profile. I only want wifi on during certain times and days and while I near my home. For example, I dont want wifi to turn on while I am at work.
How about Keeping your wifi on profile, and setting your wifi sleep policy under advanced wifi settings, to turn off when screen is off. Then just set up an exit task to turn wifi off when your "on" criteria is not met.
Honestly though I think it saves battery to just keep wifi on, even when screen turns off, so your phone is not constantly checking for cell signal.
Using the "cell near" context won't use much extra battery I don't think? I use it for my location based profiles.
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Using the "cell near" context won't use much extra battery I don't think? I use it for my location based profiles.
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Yes you are right about that. However I am referring to when he is actually connected to wifi, I've read it actually saves battery to just let it stay connected rather than turn off and on again depending on screen state.
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Yes you are right about that. However I am referring to when he is actually connected to wifi, I've read it actually saves battery to just let it stay connected rather than turn off and on again depending on screen state.
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Ahhh I see
Lagar said:
Yes you are right about that. However I am referring to when he is actually connected to wifi, I've read it actually saves battery to just let it stay connected rather than turn off and on again depending on screen state.
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Hmmm...gotta test to see if this is true.
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Hmmm...gotta test to see if this is true.
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http://m.androidcentral.com/android-101-save-battery-keeping-wifi-alive
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http://m.androidcentral.com/android-101-save-battery-keeping-wifi-alive
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Nice article..however I think in my case it makes more sense to turn off wifi when the screen turns off. Even at home, my phone spends much more time off than it does on. I also have my phone to not sync emails, data, etc only on demand. So I think for me, it save battery to turn off wifi when the screen turns off. However, that is still good information.
In that case the wifi sleep policy should work for what you want.
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In that case the wifi sleep policy should work for what you want.
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So whats the difference between turning off wifi and having wifi go to sleep?
EDIT: forget it...did a little google search...so wifi sleep and off are the same thing.
Hi,
In my Sony S I set WiFi to turn off when: "Never, when charging" and turn off (unchecked) GSM data transfer but still when screen is off I am receiving emails.
Why it is? If WiFi is not working when screen off, data transfer is turn off why I receiving emails?
It's really icky.
Whenever my screen is off, it DC's, then I hear getting an e-mail, and 10 mins after that, when I turn on the screen it says disconnected. Also, the settings aren't that clear.
A minor bug if you'd ask me
me too
This also happens to me. I recieve email even thogh I have checked wifi off when screen off.
Now I put into flight mode then turn screen off. This seems to work.
So, it looking like we found another firmware bug
I just got my SGPT111 this thursday. Been playing with it ever since. Updating to latest firmware and installing apps and trying different things tearing my hair over the lcd-protection for the display and such IO'm happier than an tornado in a trailerpark over this tablet. Only drawback I have found so far is just the WiFi.
I don't want it to turn of or go offline when screen goes black. I want it active 100% of the time, but no matter what I do or what I try, it still goes off when screen goes black ?!?
Is there something I have missed?
I've tried "when screen goes off"
"never when plugged in" and also
"never (uses more battery power) but still no dice.
Any ideas or suggestions that might help ?
I guess its the system turning wifi on to push email notifications.
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something it is. Will try and test another AP if possible and see if that helps.
I want it on, not off
oh ell, I guess I can live with it beeing off when screen is off, but I rather not.
I didn't try it too much time, but with the app "Advanced WiFi Lock Free" it seems that the wifi still works when the screen is off.
However i tried it only a couple of minutes.
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I didn't try it too much time, but with the app "Advanced WiFi Lock Free" it seems that the wifi still works when the screen is off.
However i tried it only a couple of minutes.
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I confirm.. it works!
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I confirm.. it works!
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a little sad you need to use a 3rd part app for it, but I guess that'll have to do until Sony fix it
Thanx for testing it.
No problem, but its true.. a pitty that has to be an app, fixing this maybe with ics will be corrected... I was trying in the other modes now, like wifi on, only when connected, but it seems. That with this app, the wifi is always on, and not only when the tab is plugged..
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Hey,
I'm looking for exactly the opposite. I want wifi off when i turn my display off. Is there an app for that? Because it seems to me that wifi starts sometimes again when i turn the display off even when I've adjusted my settings otherwise.
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I thought there was a feature on these phone that you can set it to turn it off when you leave your house and then turn back on when you get back home. I just can't find how to do it.
fredox19 said:
I thought there was a feature on these phone that you can set it to turn it off when you leave your house and then turn back on when you get back home. I just can't find how to do it.
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I think your thinking of the NFC ability.
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Try Tasker from the market/play store.
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Llama can do this as well and its free.
You could go the cool guy route and use NFC tags. That's what I'll be doing.
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There is an app in the Market called Auto Wifi Toggle. I use that, works great. There is also an app called Power Saver Settings (ICS) by Derek Reynolds (aka myn on xda) that shows some hidden settings in ICS. There is an option that is turned off by default that will turn off wifi when it isn't connected, so it works the same way but I'm not sure how well that works. I've been using AWT for years now. Only one issue that I find is that when restoring from TB, it doesn't work until you reconfigure it. No big deal
use power setting from derek (myn) in google play, option to turn wifi off when no connected
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use power setting from derek (myn) in google play, option to turn wifi off when no connected
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Didn't seem to work. It didn't do anything.
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Didn't seem to work. It didn't do anything.
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It might only catch the disconnect event, meaning, you may need to enable that option, connect to a wifi network, exit the range of that wifi network and it should trigger wifi off. There may also be a small waiting period before it does it, not sure. But that would only make sense to wait 30sec - 1 min before shutting off wifi.
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It might only catch the disconnect event, meaning, you may need to enable that option, connect to a wifi network, exit the range of that wifi network and it should trigger wifi off. There may also be a small waiting period before it does it, not sure. But that would only make sense to wait 30sec - 1 min before shutting off wifi.
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I waited for about 4-5 minutes. Perhaps these ics hidden power saving features simply weren't implemented.
I personally use Y5 Battery Saver from the store. Simple, free, and turns WiFi off when you are out of range.
now this may be a dumb question since i don't consider myself new to android, i've changed three android tablets so far, rooted my phone, installed and tweaked dozen of roms on it, so i know some relativelly average things about android, but this one puzzles me:
on both my tablet and phone i have facebook and gmail applications. they are basically the same .apks since i have a backup of them on a sd card and if i format one device, i often use restire the apps from the sd card.
and you know how you get an instant notification on your phone if you receive a fb message or an e-mail? that doesn't happen on my tablet. it seems that a couple of minutes after i turn off the display on my tablet, it drops the wifi connection (a power save thing i suppose).
is there any way to ensure a constant wifi connection on my tablet so that i receive email/fb notifications in real time and just not after i turn the display on?
this may be only an unchecked box in my network settings, but i really haven't noticed it
thanks for your help on advance
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Go to Settings > Wireless & network settings > Press Menu > Advanced, and change Wi-Fi sleep policy to Never (or Never when plugged in, to avoid drain your battery)
thank you! i'll try to keep it turned on constantly, and see what the battery drain will be
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noup... i gave up after a few days... the battery drain is too big... even when it's pluged in, the charging process takes a lot since i'm almost constantly using it, in such a case, it almost doesn't charge
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Have u tried using tasker?
U can use that app to like turn on Wi-Fi every half hour for a minute or so to check for notifications, and then turn off.
All automated
no, but that's an excellent idea! thank you for the suggestion! will install it and give it a try
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hey... i need help with tasker... i seem to have programmed it to connect to wifi every 30 minutes, to check facebook, gmail and tapatalk, and the profile is on, according to on/off switch in tasker itself. but when i check notification icon, it says "no active" profiles.
also, i would like to write you how my profile looks like, but i don't know how i realize that tasker is a powerful app, with a lot of options, but they seem so complicated when trying to adjust them. :/
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Hmm...first try installing tasker as a system app and see if that fixes it. Also check accessibility settings as it may be listed there.
If the above doesn't work then it may be a problem with your profile.
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Hmm...first try installing tasker as a system app and see if that fixes it. Also check accessibility settings as it may be listed there.
If the above doesn't work then it may be a problem with your profile.
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well the problem with your first solution is that my tablet isn't roited so i can't install tasker in system/app, the other is that it might be a problem with my profile, but i realy don't know how to set it up... i mean, i tried, and i think it's good, but it doesn't have to be good. that's why i needed help in the first place
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