My Question is when I'm at work my reception is terrible So I use tasker to turn off wifi, data and location access but my battery still drains fast. Is it possible that apps are searching for away to find data access constantly and that's why I'm still experiencing power drain
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Could be download greenify and add all your data using apps and see if it helps
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If you normally have no bars in that area, your phone may be constantly searching for a signal. You might want to consider switching to airplane mode to stop that... Just be aware that you won't have call/text while in this mode. This will also keep mobile data off although WiFi can be turned on and used in airplane mode.
Another thing you can try is get the 'betterbatterystats' app from these forums and check for unwanted 'wakelocks' after it's been installed for a few hours or more.
Sidenote: Having location (gps) ticked on all the time shouldn't drain your battery, but turning off the internet (mobile data/Wifi) when not using it is a good idea as you've been doing.
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Hixman said:
If you normally have no bars in that area, your phone may be constantly searching for a signal. You might want to consider switching to airplane mode to stop that... Just be aware that you won't have call/text while in this mode. This will also keep mobile data off although WiFi can be turned on and used in airplane mode.
Another thing you can try is get the 'betterbatterystats' app from these forums and check for unwanted 'wakelocks' after it's been installed for a few hours or more.
Sidenote: Having location (gps) ticked on all the time shouldn't drain your battery, but turning off the internet (mobile data/Wifi) when not using it is a good idea as you've been doing.
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thanks for the suggestions I will try
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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
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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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Interesting find, will need to watch this.
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ITT: OP hates good battery life
daneurysm said:
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...
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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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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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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.
sorry for double post, but i think it rather belongs in here, plz delete thread if not so...
I installed Toggle 2g on cm7 rom, and it worked pretty well, switching to 2g mode after 5/10/30..mins of standby. Great app in my opinion that prolongs the batterylife very good. It uses Injection. Now i got back to stock rom and wanted to ask, if someone could make a version working on stock. There is some instructions on the thread, but i didnt have success, because i dont have a zip of the 0.62 stock rom for CWM, only the ftf file for Flashtool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739530
Thanks a lot!!!
Nobody else interested in this?
I'm intersted. I think 2g only mode is disabled ion the Three network in the UK so I would like to know how it works and if at all on this network
As far as i know, 2g (for second generation) is just the old standard internet connection, supported everywhere in the world and sucking less energy out of the battery. In a gsm phone 2g is gsm and 3g is umts/hsdpa, donno how it is on a cdma cellphone...
This would save me a ton of battery at work
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I tried resigning our phone apks to make the programm work without success.
Anyways im now using superpower again.
Old xda programm, but it works, though its not as smooth as toggle2g because it shuts down connection and afterwards switches to 2g /3g.
I'm using Data on demand which sounds like it does something similar to what you're looking for. Its free on the market and can be set to turn off data with screen off or turn data off as per a set schedule. I've been using it for a few months now
Tom
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I'm using Data on demand which sounds like it does something similar to what you're looking for. Its free on the market and can be set to turn off data with screen off or turn data off as per a set schedule. I've been using it for a few months now
Tom
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no, data on demand totally switches off data connection, so that you cannot receive emails or chat messages as long as the display is off. toggle 2g just switches the band to a lower signal, so that the speed is lower and the power consumption goes down as well, but the speed is still high enough to receive mails, facebook stuff, twitter, weather... and when you switch your screen back on, you get back the full power of 3g
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no, data on demand totally switches off data connection, so that you cannot receive emails or chat messages as long as the display is off. toggle 2g just switches the band to a lower signal, so that the speed is lower and the power consumption goes down as well, but the speed is still high enough to receive mails, facebook stuff, twitter, weather... and when you switch your screen back on, you get back the full power of 3g
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In that case it sounds like what you've found would be better for me too as as you say, data on demand doesnt allow even mms when screen off
Tom
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From my experiences wifi keeps my phone awake and data transfers like crazy. I set wifi to never stay on when my phone sleeps but this hardly ever works. Most times it stays on!
What's up with this? It works sometimes but what do I have to do to make it shut wifi off when I turn the screen off?
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Install DataEasyPro if nothing else works.
AFAIK WiFi only turns off if the connection has been idle for a certain amount of time. If your phone keeps transferring data, WiFi won't shut off. Check your running programs and your sync settings for anything, that could be using your network connection.
The stock ELKC WiFi policy works fine. CM and ROMs based on it do not
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Dmwitz said:
Install DataEasyPro if nothing else works.
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This might be my only option... thanks.
My cellular Internet randomly stops responding in the browser throughout the day even it says I'm connected to LTE. I have to turn airplane mode on/off to get it working again. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this or is it just me.
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akafaze said:
My cellular Internet randomly stops responding in the browser throughout the day even it says I'm connected to LTE. I have to turn airplane mode on/off to get it working again. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this or is it just me.
Same thing happens to me 2.
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Same, shows I have service but nothing happens.
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Mine too.
Same here. I toggle airplane mode to get it working again also.
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My cellular Internet randomly stops responding in the browser throughout the day even it says I'm connected to LTE. I have to turn airplane mode on/off to get it working again. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this or is it just me.
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Me too, it will sometimes say, "Phone is not registered." I came over to T-Mo to save some dollars, so I was unable to determine if the issue is T-Mo's network or the S5. Especially true since I've always had HTC phones. My issue does only seem to happen in stores and where I work, so I assumed it to be T-Mo...
I also have a problem with the Wifi not remembering my password. Strangely this only seems to happen when I check the "Smart Network Switch", which is SUPPOSED to make it smoother...
It happens once in a while. Toggling Airplane Mode on and off fixes it.
Happens to me too. I don't think it's the phone, as I was having the same issue with the S4. Had to toggle airplane mode.
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Same here, it happened very very occasionally with the S4, but it seems like it's at least once a day if not more with the S5. I had a separate microphone issue on my first phone so this is my second device that's had this problem. The airplane mode toggle works, and also turning wifi on and off works for me. The problem is when I don't realize it's happened and I miss a call which is problematic for obvious reasons. I've missed several calls in the last few days which I find unacceptable, if this doesn't get sorted out I'm going to have to switch to another phone soon...
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My cellular Internet randomly stops responding in the browser throughout the day even it says I'm connected to LTE. I have to turn airplane mode on/off to get it working again. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this or is it just me.
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same happened to me had to return the phone through buyers remorse program seems it's an hardware issue a simple restart or reset of Internet via airplane mode will fix it but annoying
I'm also having the issue. Not a major issue as it doesn't happen too often.
I notice I get it when I am connected to wifi. Doesn't seem to happen as often when wifi toggled off.
Same here I had the s4 it just recently like a month ago I though it was my s4 but when I got the s5 same thing so its nost likely a t mobile
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Anyone else have an issue switching from Wi-Fi to mobile data? When I leave the house and turn off Wi-Fi, the mobile data will light up the indicator and have a good signal, but actual internet use acts like there's no connection. I have to disable mobile data, then enable it again to get anything to work.
This is using the Verizon version, and I also recall this happening on my V20. I had hoped this would've been resolved at some point.
I am having the opposite issue. When I don't have WiFi on and try to turn it on, the blue indicator lights up and then abruptly turns off.
The only way I have found to get around this is to tap on Wi-Fi and while it's lit, restart the phone all together. Then when it powers up, it will connect.
I'm having this problem I have to restart the phone for the internet to work again. I'm on the T-Mobile version
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shook187 said:
I'm having this problem I have to restart the phone for the internet to work again. I'm on the T-Mobile version
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I was restarting as well, but found simply turning mobile data off and on would get it working again. Not a fix, but saves a little time.
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I was restarting as well, but found simply turning mobile data off and on would get it working again. Not a fix, but saves a little time.
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Yeah I just started doing that thanks for the tip
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