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A friend of mine, who also has the 3d, noticed that there was a setting in the wifi settings that enables you to set your phone to connect to the strongest wifi signal. Just go to wireless and connections, go to wifi settings, press the menu button, go to advanced, and select best wifi performance. I never noticed this and thought it was awesome since we have a ton of wifi networks at work that are better in certain spots.
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A friend of mine, who also has the 3d, noticed that there was a setting in the wifi settings that enables you to set your phone to connect to the strongest wifi signal. Just go to wireless and connections, go to wifi settings, press the menu button, go to advanced, and select best wifi performance. I never noticed this and thought it was awesome since we have a ton of wifi networks at work that are better in certain spots.
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I had been wondering if there was a description somewhere that tells exactly what that setting does. I always thought it ran the WiFi radio at a higher current in order to keep a better signal. Are you sure it has anything to do with always picking the strongest signal?
Mike
lyon21 said:
A friend of mine, who also has the 3d, noticed that there was a setting in the wifi settings that enables you to set your phone to connect to the strongest wifi signal. Just go to wireless and connections, go to wifi settings, press the menu button, go to advanced, and select best wifi performance. I never noticed this and thought it was awesome since we have a ton of wifi networks at work that are better in certain spots.
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Interesting find, will need to watch this.
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ITT: OP hates good battery life
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ITT: OP hates good battery life
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I take my charger to work and underclock most of the time, so it's not a huge deal.
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also when my screen is off it disconnects it self from wifi!! has anyone notice that?? it's cool since it is saving battery
You can change wifi sleep settings in that same menu also. I run the performance mode and still get great battery life also
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Nice because I have two wireless routers one in the front house and one in the back. Sometimes it stays connected to the weaker one when I'm further away from it. Thanks for the tip.
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Wow never noticed that, thanks! Definitely gonna use this now.
EDIT: Guess its an Evo 3D thing only thought I might have it still...
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lyon21 said:
A friend of mine, who also has the 3d, noticed that there was a setting in the wifi settings that enables you to set your phone to connect to the strongest wifi signal. Just go to wireless and connections, go to wifi settings, press the menu button, go to advanced, and select best wifi performance. I never noticed this and thought it was awesome since we have a ton of wifi networks at work that are better in certain spots.
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nice find bro,gonna give it a try...
danaff37 said:
You can change wifi sleep settings in that same menu also. I run the performance mode and still get great battery life also
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i use an app called green power,its free,it turns off all radios(wi-fi,3g,4g in the paid app)when ur creen turns off and automatically turns them on instantly when u unlock ur screen,does wonders for my batt.life.
It's better to keep wifi connected when the screen is off as it uses less energy than the 3g radio
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It's better to keep wifi connected when the screen is off as it uses less energy than the 3g radio
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That's what I heard as well.
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I'd still like to know your source for the info saying that this setting evaluates the signal from all wifi sources and picks the one with the best signal. This setting is not outlined anywhere other than to mention that it uses more battery. Is it just something you turned on and you noticed it did that... or did you read it somewhere?
Mike
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It's better to keep wifi connected when the screen is off as it uses less energy than the 3g radio
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I do the same thing unless I'm somewhere that has no wifi. I also disable the always on mobile data which saves battery life without losing functions of your phone.
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housry23 said:
I do the same thing unless I'm somewhere that has no wifi. I also disable the always on mobile data which saves battery life without losing functions of your phone.
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Disabling "always on mobile data" will prevent you from getting push email from apps like K9 mail. Won't it? I mean, if I'm waiting for an email and I want to hear a chime when it comes in (I have K9 set up that way), it'll never come through if there's no wifi and I uncheck "always on mobile data". Correct?
Mike
Push email still works. Or At least gmail does..
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mikeyxda said:
I'd still like to know your source for the info saying that this setting evaluates the signal from all wifi sources and picks the one with the best signal. This setting is not outlined anywhere other than to mention that it uses more battery. Is it just something you turned on and you noticed it did that... or did you read it somewhere?
Mike
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If you have a spot where this would help, check it out. Mine does it at work. We have a customer wifi and a service wifi that get better strengths in certain spots and it will switch back and forth.
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Someone should do a couple runs of Speedtest with this on and off to see if there is a real difference in throughput.
Also, turning off "always on data" does not stop Gmail from syncing, and it does wonders for battery life in my experience.
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Disabling "always on mobile data" will prevent you from getting push email from apps like K9 mail. Won't it? I mean, if I'm waiting for an email and I want to hear a chime when it comes in (I have K9 set up that way), it'll never come through if there's no wifi and I uncheck "always on mobile data". Correct?
Mike
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Correct. Whenever you turn your phone screen on though, data will reconnect and stay connected for a couple of minutes, any e-mails that were waiting to be pushed to your device will then get sent. You won't get any notifications if you never check your phone all day, but I'm usually getting a text every once in a while which I turn the phone on to reply to.
You'll get immense battery savings with always on mobile data turned off as well.
cant post in the dev forum yet.
im having a hard time connecting to wifi on eclipse v1.0 i can get it to see different connections but it wont stay connected. any ideas?
yes... i cleared all three before installing. thanks Quinn
so it connects to a network then disconnects shortly after?
yes
it sees the network,connects the disconnects right away.
tried three networks.
after it connects it says disabled,secured with wpa
backup your apps with titanium backup. then reflash the rom. see if that fixes it. other than that idk.
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backup your apps with titanium backup. then reflash the rom. see if that fixes it. other than that idk.
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redownloaded v1.0 and reflashed.
still no luck. Quinn
Try this for giggles:
Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Wi-Fi settings -> Advanced (press menu button to access) -> Wi-Fi sleep policy
Set it to "Never". This will keep Wi-Fi on at all times. I've had disconnects when it was set to anything else. Now it always stays connected without issue.
RyanThaDude said:
Try this for giggles:
Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Wi-Fi settings -> Advanced (press menu button to access) -> Wi-Fi sleep policy
Set it to "Never". This will keep Wi-Fi on at all times. I've had disconnects when it was set to anything else. Now it always stays connected without issue.
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*crickets*
tried.. no luck. in the wifi settings screen. up top it shows scanning and disconnecting really rapidly like every second. then it gives up and disconnects. are there modems for the x2? maybe something got corrupted.
oh i switched back to 2.3.3 and it still happens.
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tried.. no luck. in the wifi settings screen. up top it shows scanning and disconnecting really rapidly like every second. then it gives up and disconnects. are there modems for the x2? maybe something got corrupted.
oh i switched back to 2.3.3 and it still happens.
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You have other devices connected to your wifi w/out issues?
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Password? Lol
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GREMLINS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reboot your wireless router.
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wifi
yes using my laptop on same wifi. also the g/f's droid charge works fine Quinn
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GREMLINS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ha! thinking you are right!
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yes using my laptop on same wifi. also the g/f's droid charge works fine Quinn
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Did you reboot the router? If not humor me. Its not going to blow up but it will probably fix the issue.
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Did you reboot the router? If not humor me. Its not going to blow up but it will probably fix the issue.
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ok i humored you. reset the router. still no wifi on phone.
the phone sees the networks,tries to connect.
then it says disabled next to the network.
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ok i humored you. reset the router. still no wifi on phone.
the phone sees the networks,tries to connect.
then it says disabled next to the network.
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That is exactly what mine does, if its a router with a internal battery you gave to pull it too. I think the router stores something and when you flash a rom it gets confused. Make sure you leave it off for up to 30 seconds.
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i left my router unplugged for 5 min. does apple airport extreme have a battery?
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i left my router unplugged for 5 min. does apple airport extreme have a battery?
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That I can't answer, I can say however that rebooting the router has always worked for this issue for me, your description is spot on, and its worked for alot of other people, your post is the first post about it in a couple months
You can try power cycling the modem too, I've never had to but that might work
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just got off the phone with VZW they said its the wifi hardware. sending me a new one! thanks for trying everyone!
Why does my wifi turb off when my screen does?? I need it for WiFi calling where i live! Please help.
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Do you have the wifi sleep policy set to never?
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Do you have the wifi sleep policy set to never?
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To change THIS policy, go to settings > Wireless & Networks > WiFi Settings
Go into advanced, and there's the WiFi Policy.
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To change THIS policy, go to settings > Wireless & Networks > WiFi Settings
Go into advanced, and there's the WiFi Policy.
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I have the same issue,but I do not see advanced in WiFi settings. Any idea why?
dinodan said:
I have the same issue,but I do not see advanced in WiFi settings. Any idea why?
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When you are at the page looking at all the available WiFi hotspots, press menu key and the 2 options will show up. The one on the right is to go to advanced menu
Oops, I almost forgot I posted this. But thank you so much, that fixed it!!
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When you are at the page looking at all the available WiFi hotspots, press menu key and the 2 options will show up. The one on the right is to go to advanced menu
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Super big thanks, I have never pressed the menu key when looking at the settings.
similar problem
I am having a similar problem, wifi shuts off when the phone ISNT plugged in, and the screen turns off. Tried the fix suggested here, didnt change anything.
What I have noticed is that my old router didnt have this issue, got a newer (and better?) one, and this started.
had this problem with my G2, and now mytouch 4g slide.
any help would be awesome, thanks.
Rubberbands said:
I am having a similar problem, wifi shuts off when the phone ISNT plugged in, and the screen turns off. Tried the fix suggested here, didnt change anything.
What I have noticed is that my old router didnt have this issue, got a newer (and better?) one, and this started.
had this problem with my G2, and now mytouch 4g slide.
any help would be awesome, thanks.
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The answer is quite simple. Go to .... Settings, find Wifi, click on the WiFi Settings NOT the On/Off Switch...when you're in that screen click on your phones Menu , Advance , and adjust your WiFi Sleep Policy.
Sorry...its called Keep WiFi on during sleep...
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Double0EK said:
The answer is quite simple. Go to .... Settings, find Wifi, click on the WiFi Settings NOT the On/Off Switch...when you're in that screen click on your phones Menu , Advance , and adjust your WiFi Sleep Policy.
Sorry...its called Keep WiFi on during sleep...
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that is already enabled, was that way when I got the phone. its something else.
Even the wi-fi sleep policy set to NEVER...it is turning off when screen is off
solution plz
plz don't tell to install Advance wi-fi lock, etc. apps..
I actually did testing on this issue, and I posted it on another thread. I hope this helps. The post can be found HERE.
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When you are at the page looking at all the available WiFi hotspots, press menu key and the 2 options will show up. The one on the right is to go to advanced menu
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I've never looked on advanced menu in wifi settings and didn't know about this menu until now.. :laugh: thanks!
Is anyone else having this issue? Every time I wake the phone from sleep I see the wifi with no bars, then a second later it is full again. I found a thread where One X users were reporting the same issue. I have it set to always on and even have checked the increase wifi performance check box as well.
Also, sometimes using the bookmark widget the phone won't load a webpage despite showing a strong wifi connection, I have to turn wifi on and off to correct this
Must be an ICS thing because my Touchpad does the same thing.
On a side note, my iPhone does the same thing too.
in your wifi settings hit menu and click advanced. there is a setting to set the wifi not to turn off during sleep.
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in your wifi settings hit menu and click advanced. there is a setting to set the wifi not to turn off during sleep.
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I said in my original post I had that set already to always... the mneu says "Keep wifi on during sleep" I have it set to always
Seems to be a known issue if the phone goes to sleep for an extended period of time wifi will disconnect regardless of the wifi setings. We will have to wait for htc or rom dev's to fix the issue.
If you get the Power Saver Settings app (free) from the market, you can access hidden power options in ICS. Two of which are "Manage my connection when screen is off" (which may or may not apply only to network data) and "Turn off Wi-Fi if not connected." Perhaps try those settings.
My WIFI was shutting off and it is sometimes a bit bumpy reactivating it every time I wake it.
So I tried setting that setting to Keep WIFI on always while asleep.
WIFI is MUCH more stable now when waking the phone.
However, it seems to be using up battery much more quickly too.
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If you get the Power Saver Settings app (free) from the market, you can access hidden power options in ICS. Two of which are "Manage my connection when screen is off" (which may or may not apply only to network data) and "Turn off Wi-Fi if not connected." Perhaps try those settings.
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i'm having the same wifi issue with my evo lte. I even changed these settings you mentioned and the same thing has been happening for a couple days. guess we'll have to wait on htc or devs for a fix.
i changed the ghz or whatever on my fone and it seems to not die out anymore after an hour of sleep
i have the same problem which prevents me from getting email and some other notifications on time. hope htc can fix this.
Same thing happened on ICS leak for 3D. Mikey finally fixed the issue in MeanRom.
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i have the same problem which prevents me from getting email and some other notifications on time. hope htc can fix this.
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i was going to create a new thread... but found a 9 month old thread I previously started... I'm having the same wifi issues still.... since the recent update it has gotten worse. Often times at home I'llw ake the phone from sleep only to see the wifi is not connected.... so I am missing notifications/emails while it is sleeping.
I don't notice this problem occurring at work, so I'm guessing it may just be an issue this phone has with my router (Linksys WRT54GL)... but I'm not even sure what router settings I should change.
iamkoza said:
i was going to create a new thread... but found a 9 month old thread I previously started... I'm having the same wifi issues still.... since the recent update it has gotten worse. Often times at home I'llw ake the phone from sleep only to see the wifi is not connected.... so I am missing notifications/emails while it is sleeping.
I don't notice this problem occurring at work, so I'm guessing it may just be an issue this phone has with my router (Linksys WRT54GL)... but I'm not even sure what router settings I should change.
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I noticed before the update that mine would do this after midnight, then after the update I stayed connected. However it's back to disconnecting after midnight again. I cannot figure out why.
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Sounds like 1) ur power saver is on or 2) smart sync - occurs midnight to 6? I forget but it happens during night time.
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Sounds like 1) ur power saver is on or 2) smart sync - occurs midnight to 6? I forget but it happens during night time.
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my power saver is off.. the application monitor is on... but I cant see that impacting wifi connectivity?
iamkoza said:
my power saver is off.. the application monitor is on... but I cant see that impacting wifi connectivity?
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Disable smart snyc via custom rom or freeze or remove the app. Here's a quick read
http://www.androidpolice.com/tags/fix-smartsync/
If you do a google search you'll find much more on the software/app
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always=LTE
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Sounds like 1) ur power saver is on or 2) smart sync - occurs midnight to 6? I forget but it happens during night time.
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Powersaver is always off. Smart sync is turned off in my mail settings -is that the only smart sync to turn off?
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Sprint connections optimizer is your culprit... Make sure that is turned off I don't remember where exactly it's at...
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Sprint connections optimizer is your culprit... Make sure that is turned off I don't remember where exactly it's at...
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That has been off too. Made sure that it still is.
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The app listed above, smart sync disabler, is no longer available.
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Cyrene said:
That has been off too. Made sure that it still is.
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The app listed above, smart sync disabler, is no longer available.
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If you want the app pm me.
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Has anyone noticed when you turn on your screen after a long period of inactivity... It seems like the Wi-Fi reconnects. Is the a Wi-Fi sleep policy or maybe a bug... Or it's just me?
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Has anyone noticed when you turn on your screen after a long period of inactivity... It seems like the Wi-Fi reconnects. Is the a Wi-Fi sleep policy or maybe a bug... Or it's just me?
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HTC phones have had WiFi issues like you describe in the past where WiFi turns off when screen is off even when you set the policy to always on. I hope the One doesn't have that bug.
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cloudedhopes said:
Has anyone noticed when you turn on your screen after a long period of inactivity... It seems like the Wi-Fi reconnects. Is the a Wi-Fi sleep policy or maybe a bug... Or it's just me?
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If you have Power Saver on, the WiFi will go to sleep after a long period of inactivity...
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phositadc said:
HTC phones have had WiFi issues like you describe in the past where WiFi turns off when screen is off even when you set the policy to always on. I hope the One doesn't have that bug.
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Yeah I read that too and hope it isn't true... But I've noticed this a couple of times.
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If you have Power Saver on, the WiFi will go to sleep after a long period of inactivity...
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My power saver is off
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FYI there are two power saver modes the normal one on your status bar you can check off and on. And there is another for network connections under the battery options in settings.
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cloudedhopes said:
Has anyone noticed when you turn on your screen after a long period of inactivity... It seems like the Wi-Fi reconnects. Is the a Wi-Fi sleep policy or maybe a bug... Or it's just me?
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I have a similar issue with my HTC One and I posted it on the General HTC One Q&A forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41259406
I contacted HTC Support a couple times, and these are their suggestions:
1. I understand perfectly how annoying this can be. I ask you to please follow this troubleshooting. Let me assist you. First of all please go to All apps > Settings > Battery or Power, and disable Fast boot. Then, please go to All apps > Settings > Developer options, and enable USB debugging. After doing this, please perform a Cache reset. This process will delete unwanted and temporary files from your phone. It will not mess up your personal files. Just follow the instructions on the attached file. Please keep us up to date with this problem. (Tried, no difference)
2. To start, we can try to boot the phone into safe mode to see if there is any difference. To start, press and hold the power button until the power menu comes up. Then press and hold on the Power off option and a popup will appear with the option to reboot into safe mode. From there, test the Wi-Fi for a day or so to see if the issue continues. You can exit safe mode by rebooting the phone normally. (I didn't try this, but instead I did a factory reset, no difference)
3. Go to Wifi Frequency Band and select 2.4GHz (I am trying this now)
Alaris, I hope this second setting you mentioned is the one I am looking for to prevent this. Will test it out tonight.