I'm not quite sure if it's the right term for the title but are there any ways of keeping a window in a browser (i'm using opera mobile not mini) 'active' when I'm streaming videos?
I mean, i tried to stream this 24-min video, so I waited until it completes buffering by turning the phone screen off, then doing other daily routines, leaving my phone on the table. When I turned it on again (after about 30mins of waiting), it only buffered 2mins/24mins of the video. My wifi sleep policy are always on 'never' so I guess it's not the problem. I also tried it on other videos/websites and also it's not a problem on my wifi router. Any solutions to this aside from upping the screen timeout to '30mins'?
If you've rooted your android, then try using Spare parts plus and blade buddy.. It has options to change the wi-fi sleep policy to 'never'..
Hope this helps..
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I would like my gtablet to remain able to establish ssh connections
after the display turns off.
It appears even if I set the wifi preference to never go to sleep, once
the display turns off I cannot either ping or ssh into my gtablet?
So, I wonder if there is a way to do this.
(By the way, I assume that the wifi has power saving implemented
so just sitting around will actually not use much battery.)
I've noticed that when the screen goes off, adb even loses the tablet until you turn the screen back on. But I am having the same issues with Wifi, and setting it to never sleep in addition to installing a keep alive app doesn't seem to do much good. When the screen goes off for a couple of minutes, all connections seem to be lost.
It would be nice if there was some sort of solution to this.
yes, I can't get wifi to stay on. Basically, I want the tablet to stay
on but the screen to blank.
This is more important now that I have rsync installed and could
do automated data transfers or backups at scheduled times.
I am running Vegan 5.1.1 and am wondering this too, is it a vegan problem or gtab? Is there a dev that can make a kernal to stop this?
I am on a TnT ROM using Clemsyn's kernel, and I get the same problem, so it might be a device issue.
I'm trying out an app called Wifi Fixer -- free from the Marketplace (though I'll get the .99 cent donate version if this works). I left the tab display off and untouched for about 10 minutes just now, and wifi was still connected when I turned it back on. I'll let it sit for about 1/2 hour and see if it still works. If so, we might have a winner
In TNT (Lite), try Settings -- wireless -- Wi-Fi Settings -- Advanced Settings -- Wi-Fi Sleep Policy
wifi sleep policy is set so -- supposedly -- wifi never sleeps, but that did
not work for me (wifi was shut down when tablet goes to sleep - I wonder
what controls that - I would want display and system to have separate
sleep control ...)
But I found an app in market, wifi keepalive that seems to be working.
My tablet just turned off the display and I can still ssh, ping and rsync
successfully.
Maybe that is the solution.
I wonder how much power this will draw?
(I have a nokia n810 "mini-tablet" and even with wifi on (power saving
mode enabled) battery consumption is pretty minimal if wifi is not
actually in use. Does android use power saving mode in wifi?)
Well, I already had it set to never sleep. The Wifi Fixer seems to work though -- I let it sit for about 1/2 hour, and when I flipped it back on, the wifi was still connected.
Edit: Nevermind, that didn't work either. Sucks, I love this tablet, but if it's a dead fish when the screen is off for a few minutes, it's lost a good deal of usefulness to me.
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But I found an app in market, wifi keepalive that seems to be working.
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That was the one I was using initially, but while it wouldn't drop the wifi connection upon turning off the screen, it would eventually drop it -- when I woke the tab back up, I'd have the wifi lost icon for a few seconds.
it would eventually drop it
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yep, it looks like that happened here too ... maybe some other
app is resetting this; it lost my connection after a radiotime
app was playing for about half an hour with screen off
I hear that ubuntu might run on this - it would be great to
have a **real** operating system to fiddle with
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
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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.
Hi all,
I have a very slow DSL connection at home (40 Kb /sec) so I have to preload anything that has to do with video or audio.
Youtube on PC or laptop is a PITA with such a slow connection, but it works by letting the browser pre-load.
Now on my Andoid mobile devices (mainly Nexus 7 with stock 4.2.2, but also galaxy S2 phone) thos doesn´t work at all.
First of all, the youtube app is NOT able to keep my screen alive, so when I try to preload a video the screen switches off after the system set time (30 sec in my case). UNFORTUNATELY when I turn the screen back on the preloading has stopped and I have to start ALL over again.
So my only chance is to tap the screen every 30 seconds so the sceen does not run off
It seems even thugn the app has the right to prevent standby mode it is not possible to keep that network connection alive an preload in the background - is that a system fault (because Android resets all network conenctions when screen is turned off) or is that App just poorly programmed?
Man, it sucks the big hairy meat ball...
F.
Kusie said:
Hi all,
I have a very slow DSL connection at home (40 Kb /sec) so I have to preload anything that has to do with video or audio.
Youtube on PC or laptop is a PITA with such a slow connection, but it works by letting the browser pre-load.
Now on my Andoid mobile devices (mainly Nexus 7 with stock 4.2.2, but also galaxy S2 phone) thos doesn´t work at all.
First of all, the youtube app is NOT able to keep my screen alive, so when I try to preload a video the screen switches off after the system set time (30 sec in my case). UNFORTUNATELY when I turn the screen back on the preloading has stopped and I have to start ALL over again.
So my only chance is to tap the screen every 30 seconds so the sceen does not run off
It seems even thugn the app has the right to prevent standby mode it is not possible to keep that network connection alive an preload in the background - is that a system fault (because Android resets all network conenctions when screen is turned off) or is that App just poorly programmed?
Man, it sucks the big hairy meat ball...
F.
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I think it may be a little of both; Android and YouTube's fault. The YouTube app should be able to keep screen alive. It also goes to sleep on my phone (Motorola Defy XT). The app is full of bugs and whatnot. Also, when the phone sleeps, because the app allows it, Android resets connections so you lose your pre-loaded data. I think YouTube should work on app compatibility more. You could also try the YouTube website in your browser instead of app. You can also change how long it takes for your device to sleep. :fingers-crossed:
I leave my phone near me and not charging while I'm asleep. In the morning after sitting all night I pick it up and try to poke some buttons on a web page that controls the lights in my room. This never seems to work until I've been trying for a while, as though the network isn't talking any longer and it has to wake up, but I found the advanced wifi settings, and they say leave wifi active even when phone is asleep. I've tried doing a refresh to make sure it is talking to the web server and have seen it give an error that the web page isn't accessible, then immediately redraw the screen with the proper contents (like, "oops! it is accessible after all, forget I mentioned that").
Never saw this with my old nexus 5, or even the cheap amazon tablet I sometimes use. Only the new technologically advanced s9+ has this problem .
Is there some other sleep mode setting I need to find besides the one under wifi advanced settings?