I recently got my new htc one. I found a weird problem. In my case, the Sleep mode under Power settings seems no use to WiFi at all, if WiFi policy set to "always" on. That is, my Wi-Fi is never turned off during long sleep. (I found sleep mode worked with mobile data though)
However, I checked two of my friends' phones; theirs were not the case. With Sleep mode on + WiFi always on, WiFi was turned off after long periods of inactivity on their phones.
The weird part is, some online users and even HTC tech support told me Sleep mode affects mobile data only, but I felt they might just be brushing me off.
Can more people confirm how this really works on new htc one?
If it's my phone's problem, what keeps my wifi on? I have auto sync on, location service on, etc., but my friends too. I can't think of any difference. Power saver doesn't affect wifi either (but works with mobile data).
Any help is much appreciated.
shawnlan said:
I recently got my new htc one. I found a weird problem. In my case, the Sleep mode under Power settings seems no use to WiFi at all, if WiFi policy set to "always" on. That is, my Wi-Fi is never turned off during long sleep. (I found sleep mode worked with mobile data though)
However, I checked two of my friends' phones; theirs were not the case. With Sleep mode on + WiFi always on, WiFi was turned off after long periods of inactivity on their phones.
The weird part is, some online users and even HTC tech support told me Sleep mode affects mobile data only, but I felt they might just be brushing me off.
Can more people confirm how this really works on new htc one?
If it's my phone's problem, what keeps my wifi on? I have auto sync on, location service on, etc., but my friends too. I can't think of any difference. Power saver doesn't affect wifi either (but works with mobile data).
Any help is much appreciated.
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Bump.
Just woke up the phone manually after about 30 min of inactivity and saw that no data / no wifi was active, LTE came back on first then about a second or two later wifi came back on.
So me thinking wifi definitely dies with the LTE (or 3G) in sleep mode.
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Just woke up the phone manually after about 30 min of inactivity and saw that no data / no wifi was active, LTE came back on first then about a second or two later wifi came back on.
So me thinking wifi definitely dies with the LTE (or 3G) in sleep mode.
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So any idea what might cause my phone to act differently?
you guys are all running the same rom and build? its gotta be a fully apples to apples comparison, because different builds can have different attributes and wifi drivers.
Since Sense 3.6 / 4.0 there's a thing called SmartSync. It will turn off your data connection after 15 minutes of inactivity. There's a catch: it only works in the dawn (between 00:00 h and IDK, perhaps 05:00, 06 or 07).
Maybe it works in the same way in Sense 5 but now renamed to "Sleep Mode" and configurable? In what time of the day were you testing the phones?
I guess an app may be keeping your phone awake too...?
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Hi all,
I seem to be having a problem with the Enable Always On Mobile Data setting. From my understanding (and certainly what happened in my previous ROM) is that if this is unchecked when the screen was off/phone not in use the G/3G/H connection was disconnected and you could see this when you turned the phone back on and it took a few seconds for the connection to be made.
Since installing VillainRom 10.3 and the latest Modaco rom this is not happening. Whenever the phone is switched on from standby the connection is still on. I have checked the awake time incase something is stopping the phone from sleeping but it seems fine. I have also been through all my apps and checked sync settings to make sure nothing is keeping the connection active but it shouldnt be.
As I have got this on two different roms I am pretty sure its not an isolated case and others must have experienced the same. Has anyone had this problem and is there a fix?
Thanks,
Michael
cyberkid2002 said:
Hi all,
I seem to be having a problem with the Enable Always On Mobile Data setting. From my understanding (and certainly what happened in my previous ROM) is that if this is unchecked when the screen was off/phone not in use the G/3G/H connection was disconnected and you could see this when you turned the phone back on and it took a few seconds for the connection to be made.
Since installing VillainRom 10.3 and the latest Modaco rom this is not happening. Whenever the phone is switched on from standby the connection is still on. I have checked the awake time incase something is stopping the phone from sleeping but it seems fine. I have also been through all my apps and checked sync settings to make sure nothing is keeping the connection active but it shouldnt be.
As I have got this on two different roms I am pretty sure its not an isolated case and others must have experienced the same. Has anyone had this problem and is there a fix?
Thanks,
Michael
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In my expiriences with Wifi it turns it off when the phone is asleep but the icon still remains for me at least so my guess would be it's the same for 3G etc. And it isn't like it's a huge battery drainer unless you have a weak signal
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Yeah, I think its 15 mins for WiFi but have tried leaving it for 3G and its still connected. Difference in Battery is quite substantial to be honest (weak signal area). ~3 days compared to 1 day
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Yeah, I think its 15 mins for WiFi but have tried leaving it for 3G and its still connected. Difference in Battery is quite substantial to be honest (weak signal area). ~3 days compared to 1 day
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Hmm that sucks then... Will tell you if I find a solution There's probably an app for it
cheers, Juicedefender does a similar thing but will be another app running, using battery itself. Bit of a pain, especially when I know android cando this by itself. Anyone else having this issue?
The only problem I have with the new EVO is it will disconnect from WIFI every few hours forcing me to turn WIFI on and then off again. Anyone else have this problem or is it just me?
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So far, mine has been rock solid on two routers. Hopefully you didn't get a bum unit.
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i personally haven't had this problem, but you are not alone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671744
everyone is complaining about disconnect/reconnect there.
Yes.
Sometimes it's fine sometimes it's not.
I left in the car came back and it didn't reconnect to WIFI on it's own.
Even if I did a WIFI scan it would not reconnect.
Toggled WIFI and it reconnected fine.
FYI, I am rooted.
I have that problem...have had to reconnect 3 times today. No way to tell if you're disconnected either (besides not being able to hit websites, email, play store, etc).
I've had this happen to me a few times. Even with 3g actually. Anyone else experiencing 3g disconnects/reconnects?
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so, finally this is happening to me this morning, after 2 days of rock solid wifi. this morning I noticed when I turn screen on, wifi was off but connected itself real quick as I was unlocking it. I know it was disconnected because then I got 2 emails and gtalk messages that SHOULD HAVE come trough and notified me half hour prior.
I've been messing with the wifi sleep and power settings ever since, sending myself chat requests to test. it seems 20 minutes is the cutoff time before wifi drops to one bar or disconnects. this is a problem as chat messages should be pushed instantly, not when it gets around to reconnecting itself.
I've tried all different "yes no"options under keep wifi awake, power, etc etc and it seems 20 minutes either disconnects wifi or goes into some low-power wifi that is too weak to get push notifications. it seems to me it checks once every half hour for notifications if "never keep wifi from sleeping" is checked. again, this is a HUGE problem for things like chat programs, fring, anything that uses internet to communicate and not the 3g network.
again,I wasn't having thus problem for the last 2 days till I woke up this morning. This phone isn't getting secret background updates is it?? it still would need to tell me it downloaded and ask if I want to install, right??
me thinks this has to do with network scanning, for lte, as there is no connect or stay connected options for lte,I assume its gonna auto connect and disconnect to save battery like the thunderbolt did. I think its auto low-powering the wireless chip too except 3g in the same manner, unless never disconnect wifi during sleep is checked, and then it just turns it on and off. well,I have one of those weak internal-antenna routers so when it goes low-power, it can't stay connected of or moves or someone walks between me and the router. its a big problem to get chat notifications and Skype calls half hour later than they were sent because my phone is in done kind of auto-power-saving mode. I've spent the last 4 hours messing with this issue.
someone help!!
This morning my WiFi was connected without having to turn WiFi off/on again. I checked the other thread mentioned and my 'Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep' option is already set to 'Always'. I haven't rooted my phone yet so everything is stock.
For me it will show WiFi at the top as if it is connected but I try to do anything online and it won't work till I turn it off/on again. At that point I will receive any old notifications too.
I know for sure it's not my router because my Galaxy Tab continues to work just fine. I also have 3 computers connected to the WiFi with no issues.
Going to try a few more things and fiddle with the 'Best Wi-Fi Performance' option as well even though my signal shows full.
HTC!!!!! its always two steps forward, one step back!! something happened to my phone overnight because now connectivity is just jacked after the phone goes into sleep mode. no new apps installed
its true! the one X forums have way more relevant info than the evo forums have. they have a fix for this, but you have to be rooted. i also found this, which works for our evo:
http://blog.onthegosolutions.com/index.php/2012/05/01/hidden-power-saver-menu-htc-one-x/
How to access the hidden power save menu
Mine seems to not be staying connected when I let the phone sleep for a while. No problems while I am using it or signal dumping just when it's sleeping. I have my settings set to never. Annoying, hopefully fixed with a software update.
After setting the best wifi performance option on it seems that my notifications and wifi work better. Not sure how much this drains the battery though since I am at my desk with it charging most the time.
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I've had this happen to me a few times. Even with 3g actually. Anyone else experiencing 3g disconnects/reconnects?
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This started happening to me yesterday, as well as the phone rebooting when it attempts to connect to Veriz -- err, roaming data. I've also had the issue where I had to toggle WiFi to get it to connect to an AP again; these issues used to happen to my OG EVO way back when, so this has to be some sloppy software change management on HTC's part. My EVO's going back to Sprint; I don't pay to beta test.
I already posted in the other thread, but will say this.
Please call sprint and voice your issue. If/when they have enough complaints, someone at htc will look into it and it will hopefully be part of the next update.
Btw, I think one of the triggers is no wifi activity. If you're getting push email every 45-60 min, then wifi remains on. If not, then it shuts off after about an hour.
The hidden power settings applies only to when the battery is low (25 or 15% remaining). Either way, it doesn't fix the problem.
Notch another one with this issue.
I had the issue even when I turned on my phone for the first time. I connected to the wifi during setup and couldn't activate my dropbox because of lack of connection.
Once I got through setup, I turned off wifi, turned it on and it worked again.
But there has been a few other times, especially when I first enter a wifi spot, I need to turn off and turn on.
It is quite annoying. And like somebody else said, there is no way of knowing this until you try something.
this seriously is a huge problem. google voice calls don't come through, emails don't come, anything internet connection. once you on off it,I had 8 missed calls, ten work emails, etc etc. plus if it thinks its connected, shows the wifi bar, but not actually connected, it fubars your 3g data connection for a few minutes trying to connect to something. I am furious about this as I didn't have this problem my first two days with this beautiful phone. now I'm seeing the ugly side, and I don't like it. and I'm not rooted yet so I can't fix it!!!!
the google voice phone calls do NOT come through, and this is a major major problem. wtf was htc thinking??
I wonder if a suitable work around might be to use some wifi keep alive widget running that pings the router every 30-60 minutes...?
I'm not sure, someone more knowledgeable will have to let us know. I imagine it won't without being a huge battery drain. shouldn't auto sync do that anyway? I'll look and try later tonight if don't hear from any experts
I'm not sure what autosync is? I use k9 mail setup with imap/push.
So yesterday I upgraded to ICS. I am running stock phone with no mods done to it.
I am attaching some pictures for you guys to see what the problem is. The battery level starts from when Unplugged the phone to download ICS.
Now I am connected to wifi all day and night because I get no signal in this place. Its a basement appartment. As you can see, I went to bed, and for some reason mobile network signal popped on the entire time while I was sleeping. This has NEVER happened before. Then I got up and took my phone and put it on the charger and as you can see it automatically went right back onto wifi Fine.
My question is what is going on with that? My only conclusion is the cell standby which was on for 5 hours and 4 mins as you can see in the picture.
It also says switch to airplane mode to save power in area with no coverage. Is that what it is doing ?? and how do I take that off??. I cant go the whole night without having service and not getting anything.
Why would my wifi go off?
And incase you ask, no I do not have any juicedefender on my phone
Thanks guys
The phone shuts off the WiFi when data comes on... That part is normal.
However, I have not the slightest clue why your mobile network would just turn on by itself when not being used. The color of your data readings is a different color than I've seen also. Very strange
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I guess I will see what happens tonight. Something is turning off Wifi when the phone goes on standby or when I dont use it for a while I am assuming. Just no idea how that can happen. There are not any settings I can set for it either to stop it. Hope some people on the board have an idea
EDIT: Wait I think I found a solution. What do you guys think?
Maybe this needs to be on always.
ITALIANNYC said:
I guess I will see what happens tonight. Something is turning off Wifi when the phone goes on standby or when I dont use it for a while I am assuming. Just no idea how that can happen. There are not any settings I can set for it either to stop it. Hope some people on the board have an idea
EDIT: Wait I think I found a solution. What do you guys think?
Maybe this needs to be on always.
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Yup, you should have the first one selected if you want wifi to stay on while your screen is off.
I had the older Sony Tablet S and it had that issue where the wifi would disconnect no matter what setting I selected (had to use an app to get it to stay on all the time). I was hoping that this would be fixed in the new Xperia Tablet, but it seems like the issue is still here. Anyone else have the same issue where the wifi is disconnecting after going to sleep? Another issue that I have is that it takes a long time for wifi to reconnect after going to sleep for long periods of time (at least 2 hrs). This wasn't an issue with the original Tablet S. One thing I noticed was that the wifi is having a hard time trying to turn itself on... If you look at wifi in the settings section, you'll notice it stays on "Off" and it'll try to switch to "On" for a split second. Not sure if mines defective or not...
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I had the older Sony Tablet S and it had that issue where the wifi would disconnect no matter what setting I selected (had to use an app to get it to stay on all the time). I was hoping that this would be fixed in the new Xperia Tablet, but it seems like the issue is still here. Anyone else have the same issue where the wifi is disconnecting after going to sleep? Another issue that I have is that it takes a long time for wifi to reconnect after going to sleep for long periods of time (at least 2 hrs). This wasn't an issue with the original Tablet S. One thing I noticed was that the wifi is having a hard time trying to turn itself on... If you look at wifi in the settings section, you'll notice it stays on "Off" and it'll try to switch to "On" for a split second. Not sure if mines defective or not...
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Your tabletis defective just like the rest of us :crying:
Rebooting is the quickest way to restore than waiting for it reconnect or turn on itself.
The tablet sure had a hard time turning itself on :laugh:
Anyway, all jokes aside, It's sad to hear that the wifi issue is still there. I wonder if it is an ICS issue or just poor hardware configuration by Sony. hmm, will JB fix this? Does other ICS tablets have this similar problem? For the mean time, it seems like i wont be upgrading, not yet. Not sure if i had the patience waiting for my tablet to turn itself on
The wifi problem on the new Xperia tablet is actually worse than the original tablet S. Most people suggested using the free advanced wifi lock to fix the disconnect issue, which does fix it. However, let's say you don't need wifi because you're going out. If you turn off the app/wifi for longer than 1 hour (not sure of the actual time but I guess if it goes to sleep for a long period of time), then there's a good chance you will not be able to turn on wifi at all. Only a reboot will fix it. Someone did suggest toggling airplane mode but that didn't work for me. Sometimes the wifi will turn itself back on after 5+ minutes...
I think I'll just keep it since it is manageable and reboots are pretty quick. Another minor issue is that the power button is sometimes delayed... Maybe 10% of the unlocks take an extra 3-5 secs for the tablet to turn on. Other than that, I love everything else so far!
Same problem here. I have to reset the tablet to get wifi on again after it goes asleep for sometime.
Other than that I like the tablet very much.
My wifi is fine on my Tablet
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This is all because of Sony customizations to the Wifi disconnection policy when the tab sleeps or the screen turns off. With all other manufactures there is no option for Wifi to turn off when the tab goes to sleep. It's either Wifi turns off with the screen or stays on when screens turns off. It's all software and it's easily fixable if Sony decided to do so.
jumper62 said:
My wifi is fine on my Tablet
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Which wifi setting do you have your tablet set to? I've tried all settings and it still disconnects no matter what I do...
guys, I I bought this tablet last week and had the update but I did not update it yet but worked like a charm no wifi disconnects!
finally I decided to update it today I get disconnects every single time I put the tablet to sleep! This leads me to believe that it's a software issue not hardware, but I'm returning the tablet for now maybe buy it back when they iron everything out.
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I had the older Sony Tablet S and it had that issue where the wifi would disconnect no matter what setting I selected (had to use an app to get it to stay on all the time). I was hoping that this would be fixed in the new Xperia Tablet, but it seems like the issue is still here. Anyone else have the same issue where the wifi is disconnecting after going to sleep? Another issue that I have is that it takes a long time for wifi to reconnect after going to sleep for long periods of time (at least 2 hrs). This wasn't an issue with the original Tablet S. One thing I noticed was that the wifi is having a hard time trying to turn itself on... If you look at wifi in the settings section, you'll notice it stays on "Off" and it'll try to switch to "On" for a split second. Not sure if mines defective or not...
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Is your tablet rooted? You can replace in build.prop ro.sony.wifisleep=0 with ro.sony.wifisleep=1 and restart. It will not disconnect anymore when the screen is off.
You don't need to reboot the tablet, all you have to do is quickly activate then deactivate airplane mode.
Nope, I'm 100% stock (too scared to root...). I think that updating the tablet was what broke it. When I first got it, I remember telling my gf that the Sony had fixed the wifi issue (comparing it to my older Tablet S). I also remember updating as soon as I saw the update notification and then the next morning, I told my gf told my gf that I was wrong about the wifi being fixed. I tried toggling airplane mode but it wouldn't work...
Got mine yesterday. Updated as soon as the update notification appeared. I dont have the wifi issue not turning on after a long sleep. Left it overnight and this morning It reconnected without hesitation. Very happy with my new purchase.
Rshaokh said:
I had the older Sony Tablet S and it had that issue where the wifi would disconnect no matter what setting I selected (had to use an app to get it to stay on all the time). I was hoping that this would be fixed in the new Xperia Tablet, but it seems like the issue is still here. Anyone else have the same issue where the wifi is disconnecting after going to sleep? Another issue that I have is that it takes a long time for wifi to reconnect after going to sleep for long periods of time (at least 2 hrs). This wasn't an issue with the original Tablet S. One thing I noticed was that the wifi is having a hard time trying to turn itself on... If you look at wifi in the settings section, you'll notice it stays on "Off" and it'll try to switch to "On" for a split second. Not sure if mines defective or not...
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I have the same issue~ so I installed a software to prevent Wifi disconnected...
please search the keyword "Advanced Wifi Lock" in Google Play
I think this could solve your problem~
deep_dream said:
I have the same issue~ so I installed a software to prevent Wifi disconnected...
please search the keyword "Advanced Wifi Lock" in Google Play
I think this could solve your problem~
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Only issue with that app is that if you want to turn wifi off to save battery, you have to shut off the device entirely so that the wifi doesn't get stuck(you could always risk it and hope it doesn't get stuck on you). I've found out that toggling airplane mode does work sometimes (at least 1 out of 5 times for me).
deep_dream said:
I have the same issue~ so I installed a software to prevent Wifi disconnected...
please search the keyword "Advanced Wifi Lock" in Google Play
I think this could solve your problem~
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This!!
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zorbakun said:
This is all because of Sony customizations to the Wifi disconnection policy when the tab sleeps or the screen turns off. With all other manufactures there is no option for Wifi to turn off when the tab goes to sleep. It's either Wifi turns off with the screen or stays on when screens turns off. It's all software and it's easily fixable if Sony decided to do so.
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That's not correct, my samsung 7.7 has the option to turn off wifi when it goes to sleep and once I awake it from sleep the wifi reconnects automatically.
Woohoo! Just received an update notification. Notes say it improves the wifi connection (doesn't specifically mention the word disconnect). Will have to see if it fixes it.
Rshaokh said:
Woohoo! Just received an update notification. Notes say it improves the wifi connection (doesn't specifically mention the word disconnect). Will have to see if it fixes it.
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Has anyone else received this update, reportingly called "release 5"?
@ Rshaokh does the update mention anything about the wakeup delay?
MikeBuck said:
Has anyone else received this update, reportingly called "release 5"?
@ Rshaokh does the update mention anything about the wakeup delay?
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I've received and updated my tablet. I haven't had the wifi not reconnecting problem since. We'll see.
I recently purchased a USED S4 Active, and I am having an unusual problem with it.
I will leave my house in the morning. ALl during my drive to work, my data does't work. It's on, it just doesn't have "4g" at the top, and I can't use the internet, etc. Toggling the data does not help, neither does resetting the phone. About the time I get to work (after about a 15 minute drive), my data pops back on.
Today, at work, my phone connected to a stray wifi connection (One that I have used before, so my phone remembered it) just for a minute or two. Once it disconnected from the wi-fi, my mobile data was gone. Just like when I leave my house: It was gone for about 15 minutes, just like before, and then just popped back on like everything was OK.
I don't THINK this is an issue with my particular phone, but if it is I need to know so I can return it. I've searched high and low, but no one else seems to have had this problem. So I figured I would turn to the best!
Model: Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
Android version: 4.2.2
AT&T phone, but unlocked and working under the T-Mobile network.
Bump, i guess.
I have a bit of an update over the weekend. Apparently this isn't JUST from wi-fi. I had it turned off over the weekend, and I still would get dropped data for about 15-30 minutes at a time, about 2 or 3 times a day. I would have full bars, have good phone service, but just no data connectivity. The "Mobile Data" option is on the entire time, it never shuts off.
I'm going to the T-Mobile store hopefully today or tomorrow, but my hopes aren't high. I'd much rather get help from people who know what they're doing.