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hey guys ive been really really trying really super hard to figure out why my android os is always at 80-90 percent cuz after 10 hours my battery is almost dead (in the red) so i got os monitor, cpu spy, and betterbatterystats to try to hunt the prob down and i have spent countless days since i got the phone to figure out what it is thats draining my battery so im on stock with codeworks kernal for cwm and rooted with superoneclick i froze a lot of apps and what not but still had the prob so i left my house one day to hit the beach and i said well i dont need wifi or gps so i turned it off for the 1st time and at the end of the day when i get home and pull out my phone from my bag it said it was on for 10 hours and i was only at 80 percent!!!! so i tested it some more and it seems that my android os is not high at all when wifi and gps are off plus i get awsome battery so my guess would be wifi drain i just want other ppl to try it also and see if that fixes there probs too idk just thought i would share my story sorry its so long but plz dont bash me if ive said noob stuff thx
Ya because when I'm right next to my router which is awesome I don't even get full signal so I think its the wifi.signal.
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You should always turn off WiFi and Bluetooth when not connected to something. WiFi has been a thorn in my side too. I don't use it very often, and sometimes when I use it at home I forget to turn it off.
One of the things I miss most from my WinMo phone was the constant LED and notification indication WiFi is on. With Android and iOS if you are not connected you don't have any icon showing its on. There should be a WiFi with an X, like when you have no signal, to indicate: Hey you! Yeah, you ... you left WiFi on, you dope! Or, an option built into the OS that will let you turn it off automatically when disconnected for so long. I know there are apps to do this (juice defender is a popular one), but this such a core common sense thing that should be built in. At least with Bluetooth you see the logo staring at you when you leave it on.
Sorry to rant, that's been bugging me for 3 years.
GPS on the other hand only activates and uses battery when needed. However all sort of apps can call the need. Again, this warns you when its in use, so its not a surprise later.
I get much batter battery life than with my captivate, but I keep on top of WiFi and BT when not using them.
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and this is why people use apps like JuiceDefender and Tasker or Locale
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and this is why people use apps like JuiceDefender and Tasker or Locale
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For wifi you can just set the policy to When screen turns off.
So far, not a single person has been able to actually find a wifi bug.
Every time someone thinks they've found it, things have been working as intended.
If you have an app that causes lots of network traffic, it'll inhibit deep sleep, but since most of the time spent handling the network traffic is in excessive suspending/resuming, Android OS gets the blame and not the responsible app.
Useful references:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290020 - the first 15-20 pages are garbage, but the last 15-20 has some excellent data collection
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308030 - My list of known identified battery drainers
Let me guess - you are running Skype or another IM application that does not use Google C2DM? (As far as I know, only Google Talk and Tango use C2DM)
I'm surprised that turning off wifi didn't make things worse, unless in your case the app responsible behaves differently when on a cellular network, or you have packet data disabled.
BetterBatteryStats is almost useless for hunting Android OS drain, as it does not show kernel wakelocks. The only way to get the truth is to get the contents of /proc/wakelocks
thank you entropy for that info but yes im stuck at the fact that even on mobile network it dont drain like it does with wifi which im not a pro or anything but im just assuming that it cant be an app cuz if it was i would think it would use the same amount of data whether it was wifi or mobile cuz internet is internet but for me i dont know about other ppl everytime i turn off wifi my battery dramatically increases by alot and my android os is never the highest anymore when its off so i dont know if this will do anything but i will do a factory reset and try my testing again like that and see what happens.... plz correct me if i say anything wrong im just trying to help but i only know so much im not a dev lol
p.s. *edit* oh and to answer your question no i am not using any type of im like skype or what not the only thing i have on the phone is the talk thats on it but ive never even clicked it before so it has never been run yet or set up or w/e not sure of that matters but yea... but thank you entropy for that info it really helped me think a little bit more
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You should always turn off WiFi and Bluetooth when not connected to something. WiFi has been a thorn in my side too. I don't use it very often, and sometimes when I use it at home I forget to turn it off.
One of the things I miss most from my WinMo phone was the constant LED and notification indication WiFi is on. With Android and iOS if you are not connected you don't have any icon showing its on. There should be a WiFi with an X, like when you have no signal, to indicate: Hey you! Yeah, you ... you left WiFi on, you dope! Or, an option built into the OS that will let you turn it off automatically when disconnected for so long. I know there are apps to do this (juice defender is a popular one), but this such a core common sense thing that should be built in. At least with Bluetooth you see the logo staring at you when you leave it on.
Sorry to rant, that's been bugging me for 3 years.
GPS on the other hand only activates and uses battery when needed. However all sort of apps can call the need. Again, this warns you when its in use, so its not a surprise later.
I get much batter battery life than with my captivate, but I keep on top of WiFi and BT when not using them.
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I agree on Bluetooth. I disagree on wifi - Even for background data, wifi is FAR more efficient than cellular data in terms of power usage. There is no longer any reason to turn off wifi, unless you have a misbehaving app that consumes lare amounts of data when on wifi.
Unlike previous devices, the standby drain of the BCM4330 chipset in our phones is EXTREMELY low.
If Samsung's power_profile.xml numbers are correct, the wifi standby drain current of the BCM4330 on the Galaxy S2 is less than 1/10 that of the chipset used in the I9000/Captivate.
However, radio data is far less power efficient than it was on the I9000/Captivate - A change in the architecture of our phone's radio interface means that any radio data transfers, even for a single packet, incur a minimum 6 second wakelock penalty. (Compare to an average of 1 second for small wifi packets.) This doesn't even count the power penalties involved in transmitting to the tower vs. transmitting to a wifi access point.
In fact, when taking these two things together (high wakelock penalties for radio data, and wifi standby drain 1/10 that of previous devices), you should actually not only avoid turning off wifi, you should set the sleep policy to "never" so that it prefers wifi to the cell radio.
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thank you entropy for that info but yes im stuck at the fact that even on mobile network it dont drain like it does with wifi which im not a pro or anything but im just assuming that it cant be an app cuz if it was i would think it would use the same amount of data whether it was wifi or mobile cuz internet is internet but for me i dont know about other ppl everytime i turn off wifi my battery dramatically increases by alot and my android os is never the highest anymore when its off so i dont know if this will do anything but i will do a factory reset and try my testing again like that and see what happens.... plz correct me if i say anything wrong im just trying to help but i only know so much im not a dev lol
p.s. *edit* oh and to answer your question no i am not using any type of im like skype or what not the only thing i have on the phone is the talk thats on it but ive never even clicked it before so it has never been run yet or set up or w/e not sure of that matters but yea... but thank you entropy for that info it really helped me think a little bit more
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You are incorrect. Some apps specifically check whether they are on wifi or on cellular data and change their behavior accordingly. "Internet is Internet" is not true - cell data is fundamentally slower and more expensive in nearly all situations, and as a result, many apps behave differently on wifi.
For example, normally Google Talk will not allow video chat on cellular data, only on wifi, unless it has been hacked to change that behavior.
Some apps specifically have "use this feature only when on wifi" checkboxes, such as Amazon MP3.
I am 90% certain you have such an app somewhere driving data transfers.
Turn on wifi, reproduce the drain, and pull /proc/wakelocks as documented in the threads I linked above.
There has, to this day, not been a single documented case of the wifi chipset just randomly "wigging out" and keeping the device out of deep sleep - in EVERY single case, root cause was eventually traced back to network traffic, which could then be traced to an app. (For example, Skype in AndreLux's case.)
You might also want to install something like My Data Manager to see what is generating your network traffic.
When I first got my GS2, I was getting rapid battery drain and high heat. Turns out, I had put a SD card in that used to be in my old phone, and Google+ was uploading all the old pictures and videos that were on the card. My Data Manager showed me that this had used almost 800M of mobile data.
My data manager will show you what your usage is on mobile and on wifi, and which specific apps are using how much.
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Let me guess - you are running Skype or another IM application that does not use Google C2DM? (As far as I know, only Google Talk and Tango use C2DM)
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Trillian does as well.
jetarpon said:
You might also want to install something like My Data Manager to see what is generating your network traffic.
When I first got my GS2, I was getting rapid battery drain and high heat. Turns out, I had put a SD card in that used to be in my old phone, and Google+ was uploading all the old pictures and videos that were on the card. My Data Manager showed me that this had used almost 800M of mobile data.
My data manager will show you what your usage is on mobile and on wifi, and which specific apps are using how much.
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you guys are such a great help thank you but where can i find your data manager?
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I agree on Bluetooth. I disagree on wifi - Even for background data, wifi is FAR more efficient than cellular data in terms of power usage. There is no longer any reason to turn off wifi, unless you have a misbehaving app that consumes lare amounts of data when on wifi.
Unlike previous devices, the standby drain of the BCM4330 chipset in our phones is EXTREMELY low.
If Samsung's power_profile.xml numbers are correct, the wifi standby drain current of the BCM4330 on the Galaxy S2 is less than 1/10 that of the chipset used in the I9000/Captivate.
However, radio data is far less power efficient than it was on the I9000/Captivate - A change in the architecture of our phone's radio interface means that any radio data transfers, even for a single packet, incur a minimum 6 second wakelock penalty. (Compare to an average of 1 second for small wifi packets.) This doesn't even count the power penalties involved in transmitting to the tower vs. transmitting to a wifi access point.
In fact, when taking these two things together (high wakelock penalties for radio data, and wifi standby drain 1/10 that of previous devices), you should actually not only avoid turning off wifi, you should set the sleep policy to "never" so that it prefers wifi to the cell radio.
You are incorrect. Some apps specifically check whether they are on wifi or on cellular data and change their behavior accordingly. "Internet is Internet" is not true - cell data is fundamentally slower and more expensive in nearly all situations, and as a result, many apps behave differently on wifi.
For example, normally Google Talk will not allow video chat on cellular data, only on wifi, unless it has been hacked to change that behavior.
Some apps specifically have "use this feature only when on wifi" checkboxes, such as Amazon MP3.
I am 90% certain you have such an app somewhere driving data transfers.
Turn on wifi, reproduce the drain, and pull /proc/wakelocks as documented in the threads I linked above.
There has, to this day, not been a single documented case of the wifi chipset just randomly "wigging out" and keeping the device out of deep sleep - in EVERY single case, root cause was eventually traced back to network traffic, which could then be traced to an app. (For example, Skype in AndreLux's case.)
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thank you im learning every day because of ppl like you who like to share information like that i would love to reproduce the drain and pull the wakelocks but honestly i have no idea how to and i havent really searched for it either but i think i might just have to learn how to use adb and what not hopefully i can find out what app is draining my battery and causing android os to be super super high thx
I gave the ADB commands necessary for pulling the wakelocks file in one of the threads I linked on the first page.
For getting ADB set up, if you're on Windows you may want to look for Droid Explorer (Google it) - it's a pretty nifty frontend to ADB and I believe it helps you install ADB.
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you guys are such a great help thank you but where can i find your data manager?
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The name of it is "My Data Manager." It's in the market.
It's not mine, I just use it.
Okay..u guys should try out a app called "WIFI STATUS". It gives u a notification when your wifi is on but not connected. Really a awesome app.
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I gave the ADB commands necessary for pulling the wakelocks file in one of the threads I linked on the first page.
For getting ADB set up, if you're on Windows you may want to look for Droid Explorer (Google it) - it's a pretty nifty frontend to ADB and I believe it helps you install ADB.
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thank you i will def look into that im actually installing right now.....
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The name of it is "My Data Manager." It's in the market.
It's not mine, I just use it.
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thx i will try this out
punjabiest said:
Okay..u guys should try out a app called "WIFI STATUS". It gives u a notification when your wifi is on but not connected. Really a awesome app.
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On but not connected shouldn't be a problem for our devices - see my previous posts about the fact that our standby drain is supposedly VERY low.
On but transferring lots of background data when connected will go killtacular on your battery.
I've heard there have been issues with the Razr and data. Ive had mine for 3 days now and today is my first issue with it. I will restart my phone and it still will not kick into 4G/3G. I set up JuiceDefender last night and I hope it is not the source for this issue. By turning the screen off and on it should automatically toggle the data off and on. Anyone have any suggestion on a quick fix or have the same problem with or without JD?
I have the same problem with my razr. I installed JD ultimate and my data wouldnt turn on when the screen was on, so i just uninstalled it. Im looking for a alternative but nothing is better than JD.
Why not use Smart Actions?
They're built in
There really isnt....Did you notice any improvements after uninstalling?
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They're built in
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Just got my Razr so still a noob on this Smart Actions topic. What do you suggest?
smart actions is a nice but JD is better in my opinion and i have no problems now with my data after uninstalling JD
Seems to be another verizon outage; not specific to razr. Not sure if it is 100% usa; or just large chunks. engadget is now reporting outage and there seems to be an outage in my location.
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I've heard there have been issues with the Razr and data. Ive had mine for 3 days now and today is my first issue with it. I will restart my phone and it still will not kick into 4G/3G. I set up JuiceDefender last night and I hope it is not the source for this issue. By turning the screen off and on it should automatically toggle the data off and on. Anyone have any suggestion on a quick fix or have the same problem with or without JD?
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Seems to be another verizon outage; not specific to razr. Not sure if it is 100% usa; or just large chunks. engadget is now reporting outage and there seems to be an outage in my location.
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Well good I won't go about uninstalling JD then. If anyone confirms that data is back up please post so I can compare.
My 3G is back up, still no 4G yet though.
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4G is back up for me as well.
Turned on GPS..
If I stand at the furthest point in my house and do a speed test with GPS disabled I get
34ping 2.30Mb/s down 3.82Mb/s up
I enable GPS and do another speed test..
11ping 17Mb/s down 4.44Mb/s up
Although this has, for me, fixed my Wifi my GPS is non existent, I am yet to get a single satellite with GPS test while in the middle of my garden.
Let me know if enabling the GPS helps with Wifi speeds for any of you
Maybe this is why my WiFi seems OK. I just leave GPS on most of the time. (although I haven't tested my GPS as it is wintry here)
interesting, i will have to give this a try.....thanks for the info sir.
Was really hoping it would work for me since my wifi gets below 5mbps which sucks...
Did multiple test and nothing major changed..
Glad it worked for you..
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You're sure enabling GPS didn't simply make speed test select a more appropriate server?
It would be better if folks tested wifi speeds over their local network, I think.
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Turned on GPS..
If I stand at the furthest point in my house and do a speed test with GPS disabled I get
34ping 2.30Mb/s down 3.82Mb/s up
I enable GPS and do another speed test..
11ping 17Mb/s down 4.44Mb/s up
Although this has, for me, fixed my Wifi my GPS is non existent, I am yet to get a single satellite with GPS test while in the middle of my garden.
Let me know if enabling the GPS helps with Wifi speeds for any of you
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Interesting. Is this with the latest firmware? Play with Wifi Analyzer as well. Check your Wifi -db signal. See what is going on with that.
Odd that just enabling GPS and not enabling would get different results. Maybe something with the latest firmware.
I can't test because my prime is totally modded. External antenna etc.
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Although this has, for me, fixed my Wifi my GPS is non existent, I am yet to get a single satellite with GPS test while in the middle of my garden.
Let me know if enabling the GPS helps with Wifi speeds for any of you
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My GPS works (marginally) . Works better with the GPS fix mentioned in other threads. However, getting a GPS fix from a "cold start" sometimes takes a while. For example, Decided to try it on a short grocery trip. When I finally got the fix (already at the store), it said "2050 sec to first fix"....Once it got that first fix, it worked fine the rest of the way home.....Again with that fix applied....although I marginally see sats without the fix.
Another side note: I happened to notice while it was searching, a little info message appeared that said "Best results are obtained if the unit is horizontal".
But sometimes that first fix can be a bear to get.
Good luck,
Bob
L_Mo said:
You're sure enabling GPS didn't simply make speed test select a more appropriate server?
It would be better if folks tested wifi speeds over their local network, I think.
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Us iPerf to measure speeds.
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I am at starbucks was getting 11Mpbs for the last hour I enabled GPS and sure enough I am at 65Mpbs .......I work out of this starbucks and never connected at 65Mpbs........just saying what I've observed.
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I am at starbucks was getting 11Mpbs for the last hour I enabled GPS and sure enough I am at 65Mpbs .......I work out of this starbucks and never connected at 65Mpbs........just saying what I've observed.
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Lol which Starbucks do u go to? I'm lucky if I get 1mbps at any Starbucks in NY and Philly
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Pretty sure he's talking link speed, not actual throughput.
I live next to a Starbucks that is nearly always dead and with me sitting close to the registers, the speeds can hit 2 Mbps max. ****ty ATT internets.
Sorry for the noob question, but how do you enable GPS so that it stays on in other applications?
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Sorry for the noob question, but how do you enable GPS so that it stays on in other applications?
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Other than the check boxes in LOCATION Services, there is no other control. When you open an app that can use GPS, you'll see a little icon in the notification bar that says "Searching for GPS"
If the GPS system were totally working, you would never lose the signal...The only time you lose it is if it is marginal.
What is the impact of GPS on battery life, if it does not work and it keeps searching without finding anything?
Battery will be drained very very quickly. I am sure.
Think about it
bimbobo said:
What is the impact of GPS on battery life, if it does not work and it keeps searching without finding anything?
Battery will be drained very very quickly. I am sure.
Think about it
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The GPS will only find your location if an app asks it to do so. So if the GPS icon isn't showing next to the clock the GPS is not in use.
Not sure any of you have noticed... Prime doesn't have a gps.conf file on it... I added it last night and got 8 of 13 locked... from inside... by the window. Check out system/etc/gps.......
One other thing I noticed.. in build.prop my wifi.country = is set to GB even though I bought the transformer in Canada... can someone check and see if they have anything different?
I've always wondered if the Wifi issue was a software problem. My wifi is "okay". The most annoying thing is it randomly completely disconnects from my school's wifi network and then it shows that there is no wifi available. The reason why I think its a software problem is because if I disable and re-enable the wifi it starts working again with me being in the exact same location.
Kind of odd...
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I've always wondered if the Wifi issue was a software problem. My wifi is "okay". The most annoying thing is it randomly completely disconnects from my school's wifi network and then it shows that there is no wifi available. The reason why I think its a software problem is because if I disable and re-enable the wifi it starts working again with me being in the exact same location.
Kind of odd...
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I saw this on previous firmwares, but never on the latest one. It also seemed, in my experience, to be related to the chrome beta. If I brought that up it would immediately stop any data being transferred over wifi and would then lead to a disconnect.
I never did uninstall the chrome beta to see if that fixed it entirely, but updating to the latest firmware did seem to stop the issue.
Suppose I'll hop on the bandwagon and give it a go.
It's hard for me to get any real speed degradation without actually dropping below the connection threshold with these rural speeds, but I'll try.
My wifi works pretty good after some build.prop tweaks, i would suggest that before modding the tf201. Basically, i added net.tcp.buffersize.wifi with some values and net.tcp.buffersize.umts with the same values 4096 ,87380, 256960, 4096, 16384, 256960
Of course you need to be rooted
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Mine is still dropping wifi after the update. I had made changes to the routers at my home and work and it had gotten better but it still does it. Saw it happen just after updating and a few times since. Did anyone notice an actual wifi drop fix from this?
Nope! I am still having issues.
Have you tried changing the wifi frequency to 2.4 from auto in wifi settings/advance ?
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\=LTE
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Have you tried changing the wifi frequency to 2.4 from auto in wifi settings/advance ?
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\=LTE
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Yes, I've tried all the tricks I've found. 2.4 only. disable bluetooth. disable nfc. best wifi performance. use wifi manager. At work I think it did get better when I completely separated the channels of our 2 wireless networks (2 and 10 I think, they're the only 2 within range) and set wpa2 AES only. Did the same at home. Went from dropping constantly to once in a while but still happens a lot. Other devices have no problems with wireless at work and home.
Mine still drops and my 3g also drops more and phone lags afther 4 apps are open
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Luckily i havent had the wifi issues but i dont think i have seen anybody yet that has had the issue fixed with the ota.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708492
That thread/app may help you guys out.
roids87 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708492
That thread/app may help you guys out.
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That's a different issue... unless that is constantly being tripped during other times on our phones. Our issue is at any time, doing anything or not, wifi drops, cell data turns on, then wifi reconnects.
Yeah I'm still having the problem. No ROM, mod or update has fixed it.
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That's a different issue... unless that is constantly being tripped during other times on our phones. Our issue is at any time, doing anything or not, wifi drops, cell data turns on, then wifi reconnects.
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That fixed my random WiFi drops. I still have mobile data drops like its going out of style, I just deal with that tho.
What hardware version are you guys on? Didn't they release a statement saying they would try to correct it with future device revisions?
I was finally able to connect to one WiFi that I wasn't able to before today after installing mean 1.4.
I'll update when I get in tomorrow to see if all the bad one go away.
Really happy with 1.4 so far. Almost as good as mikg 3.1 with better hardware.
Not fair really to mean as I have only played with it for about two hours or so.
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roids87 said:
That fixed my random WiFi drops. I still have mobile data drops like its going out of style, I just deal with that tho.
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I will give it a try then.
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What hardware version are you guys on? Didn't they release a statement saying they would try to correct it with future device revisions?
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I have 0003.
Reporting back. While I am able to connect to more wifi spots sadly I cannot at my work. Still has the bouncing issue (I believe that's what it was called).
Let's hope for a fix, 3g just doesn't cut it at my office.
Update didn't fix a thing for me. Still dropping WiFi left and right for me, depending on the router.
My Apple Airport Extreme at home works great with my phone. Stays connected all day. It doesn't like the Linksys router here at work. I can watch the connection drop 15 to 20 times a minute.
Bone stock. Even ran the new RUU.....no dice.
I am running ICS in a Thunderbolt with radios 2.02.00.1117r (CDAM) & 0.02.02.1211r (LTE) and Build number 7.02.605.06 710RD (debloated rooted ICS official ROM). I noticed that the Wifi Tether is working extremely slow (Download:1.5mbps) however when doing a speedtest from the phone it is very fast (Download: 20mbps-26mbps)
I tried several combination of other ROMS and different radios (all of them) and Wifi Tether is behaving the same way.
Anyone having the same problem? If so, how did you solve it?
Wifi Tether is running with the following settings:
Device-Profiel: Generic ICS/JB (wlan0)
Wifi driver reload: Checked
MSS Clamping: Checked
Routing Fix: Checked
Disable Wake-Lock: checked
Any help will be appreciated.
Disable mss clamping and change the device profile to rezound. Those are the settings I use and it never goes that slow. Speed tests also aren't very reliable sources of information. They will give you different results every time.
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Thank you very much for your response. I applied the changes and it still is working very slow. I get 20mbps on my phone and under the same conditions i get et 2mbps on my tablet. BTW tablet is fine.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
kirk9090 said:
Thank you very much for your response. I applied the changes and it still is working very slow. I get 20mbps on my phone and under the same conditions i get et 2mbps on my tablet. BTW tablet is fine.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
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Stop doing a speed test. The results are probably false. Unless you have the WiFi power consumption setup to use less power on your tablet.
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disconnecktie said:
Stop doing a speed test. The results are probably false. Unless you have the WiFi power consumption setup to use less power on your tablet.
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Thanks. However when i do my speedtest in a wifi fios service i get consistent speeds of 88 mbps to the same server on the same tablet under the same conditions.
Stopping speedtest is NOT a valid response.
Any more suggestions from anyone else?
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Thanks. However when i do my speedtest in a wifi fios service i get consistent speeds of 88 mbps to the same server on the same tablet under the same conditions.
Stopping speedtest is NOT a valid response.
Any more suggestions from anyone else?
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So you're saying that when you speed test the tablet using fios powered wifi you get 88mbps and you expect the phone to tether at exactly the same speed. The reason I'm telling you to stop speed testing from your tablet when connected to the phone tether is because the speed test can't tell just how fast the speed between the phone and tether is. You'll never get a consistent result because of that. Also, the tether isn't going to come even close to what you can get at fios and I can see why it seems so slow compared to that. I tether my phone to my tablet everyday and I always get equal download speeds using real tests such as downloading a large file. Not by speed testing the connection.
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disconnecktie said:
So you're saying that when you speed test the tablet using fios powered wifi you get 88mbps and you expect the phone to tether at exactly the same speed. The reason I'm telling you to stop speed testing from your tablet when connected to the phone tether is because the speed test can't tell just how fast the speed between the phone and tether is. You'll never get a consistent result because of that. Also, the tether isn't going to come even close to what you can get at fios and I can see why it seems so slow compared to that. I tether my phone to my tablet everyday and I always get equal download speeds using real tests such as downloading a large file. Not by speed testing the connection.
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I think you did not understand my posting. I test speeds IN THE PHONE and they are about 18mbps, however when tethering and web browsing, the tablet is very slow. Speedtest in the tablet is less than 1mbps. Difficult to watch netflix on my tablet with that connection.
kirk9090 said:
I think you did not understand my posting. I test speeds IN THE PHONE and they are about 18mbps, however when tethering and web browsing, the tablet is very slow. Speedtest in the tablet is less than 1mbps. Difficult to watch netflix on my tablet with that connection.
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I know your speed test ON THE PHONE is up to 20. WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THAT THE SPEED YOUR TABLET TESTS AT AFTER TETHERING TO YOUR PHONE MAY NOT REPORT TO SPEEDTEST CORRECTLY. Did you gather what I'm trying to tell you now?
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Example: When I use WiFi with my ps3 and test the connection I get 12 down and 1.5 up everytime. Once I tether even over 4g it shows 1.5 down and doesn't show anything for up usually. It get on average 30-35 down with 4g in my area and 18up on a good day. I will test this tonight with my tablet and screen shot the results for you so you can see that speedtest isn't accurate on the secondary connection.
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I've seen the same and can confirm the speeds should be equal. Tethering should pass thru whatever speed it's getting regardless of what you're sharing your bandwith with.
Have you tried testing from any other devices?
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