Hi guys,
Ever since I've moved to a new place, my wifi disconnects every 10 minutes of use and connects again right away. Not only that my 4G and Internet constantly disconnects and connects because of the bad service in my neighborhood. Would this contribute a huge portion of my battery drain or is it minuscule?
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Is the strength of the wifi rom-dependent? When I am 10 feet away my wifi is rarely above one bar and sometime switches back to 3g... any ideas on what I can do to make it better?
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Ever since I've had my Atrix, the wifi randomly switches off. My question is: should I exchange my Atrix, or is there a way to fix this?
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I am on the ATT network with no modifications done to my Atrix.
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Have you got any power saving stuff enabled?
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Unless it was enabled by default; no.
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I think the Atrix's WiFi radio is just weak. My mom's iPhone gets 3 bars of WiFi across the house from my router, but my Atrix drops to two bars if I just go into the next room. My Atrix struggles to hold one bar across the house. It sucks, but then again, I am using the crappy router that comes with U-Verse.
I exchanged some PMs with a moto dev about this a few weeks ago. I have a weak wifi signal at work and it will drop if I start using marketplace or facebook extensively. Part of his/her PM:
The "bars" shown by the UI have pretty big margin of error but RSSI reading less then -80 pretty much puts link at the lowest end of the budget. Also that does not account for interference really because Wifi is simple technology. So if you are at -80 at a workplace that has tons of 2.4 RF you will have disconnects and many retransmissions. This is why using of the market place probably triggers something in IC because you have lots of data and error counters go up a lot.
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If you're talking about a weak signal, there is nothing to do for that unless you increase your router's transmit power. If it drops, then go to wifi settings > menu capacitive button > wifi sleep policy > never.
I changed the wifi sleep policy and it still switches off randomly. The wifi will still switch off randomly even if I'm sitting right next to my wifi source.
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Bump?
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What battery settings are you using? Is it power saver? Set it to performance, if so.
Yeah the wifi still dies
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For the sake of testing, try disabling all security to see if the wifi connection is ok or not while sitting next to your wireless router. Also, could you let us know what kind of wireless router you are using (make and model#), and the type of securtiy you aare using, e.g. WEP/WPA/WPA2&TKIP, etc?
I have tried on 3 different modems, the current one I'm using is a wireless router WGR614 V9 with wpa security, I tried switching it off and I still had the same problem. The other 2 where in encrypted and still disconnected me. I also have the problem at ATT hotspots.
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that's not good. If you're up for it, reflash with stock and try wifi with nothing installed. If you still get the disconnects then get a replacement.
What does reflashing to stock entail? Is it as easy as ODIN?
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download from moto here. I haven't done it, but it looks more safe/less painful than an SBF flash.
I'm already at the latest version, through all the updates I've always had the same problem. I'm not seeing a stock firmware download.
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Hello i just bought the galaxy s3 the last week.. i noticed that it gets connecting and disconnecting very often! Every 5-10 seconds does thatat.And the signal is weak compared to the iphone 4 same location ..i mean the router is 5-6 meters far away and im getting 2-3 signal bars but on iphone i have full signal!
Are there any ways to fix the disconnecting/connecting issues?
THANKS.
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Mine is the opposite the minute i switch the phone on it locks onto the WI-Fi straight away.
Try a factory reset and perhaps that could do the trick
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Any solution to weak WiFi signal gain ??
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Is there any reason my phone says it has a strong wifi signal but it keeps dropping wifi and starts using verizon network instead?
background:
new JB basband rooted and unloxk with jailbreak method
that's it........
Thought there may be a JB vs L4 modem and rom issue (New at this...)
Thanks
Or it may be changing settings when one first gets the phone and doesn't read (not that there is a manual) about each setting first.
Is it dropping while the screen is on? There's a setting to turn off wifi when the screen is off
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Is it dropping while the screen is on? There's a setting to turn off wifi when the screen is off
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That's what I thought the problem was but I was wrong............
Turns out the phone jack in the kitchen died so the wife moved the phone into the office. Cut my wifi signal by half, so in those areas where it was iffy to begin with, it was switching to Verizon.
I think it is all solved........(but I thought that last time.
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Is it dropping while the screen is on? There's a setting to turn off wifi when the screen is off
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Well NOT fixed...and it is dropping when the screen is on. The always on is selected.
HELP ! ! ! !
And it's not a signal strength issue?
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And it's not a signal strength issue?
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Well.....my laptop is at 9.8 mps and the phone is getting 5 mps so there is some problem but signal strength says very strong.
When is the last time you rebooted your router?
As a pre-emptive strike, I am not interested in other devices work fine and there is no reason to because of that. They aren't using the same wifi card and they all behave differently with their own little quirks. Point in case, I have had my PC lose wifi, but my phone is fine and a router reboot clears it up.
Is it while MMS messaging? I've noticed my phone switches to 3g/4g while sending MMS, even if wifi is on.
Compared the wifes s3 side by side with my note and they dropped together so did a factory reset of the router and all is well.
Thanks for the efforts.....
I know this has been asked plenty of times, but I have not seen a clear answer. Which is better - WiFi or a solid 3G connection? (I have heard LTE kills the battery when used extensively, and where I use most of my data, I only get 3G.) Would staying connected to WiFi if browsing the web for awhile be better? Is it best to leave WiFi off when not browsing, even if you have a solid connection? Would jumping from access point to access point when moving around the office drain the battery much?
Opinions and/or expertise would be greatly appreciated!
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It really depends what type of data plan you have, if you have a unlimited one use 3g all the way
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Unless you have **** internet provider wifi will always be faster surfing the web, etc. I only use 4g when I'm not able to connect to Wi-Fi
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Oh crap sorry guys, forgot to mention I'm looking for which would maximize battery life lol....my apologies. I've read that the WiFi radio in general will eat more battery when surfing than the 3G radio. Is that true to some extent? I also have 2GB/mo, which hasn't been a problem just yet (never even reached a gig ever since I started using a smartphone a couple of years ago).
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Oh crap sorry guys, forgot to mention I'm looking for which would maximize battery life lol....my apologies. I've read that the WiFi radio in general will eat more battery when surfing than the 3G radio. Is that true to some extent? I also have 2GB/mo, which hasn't been a problem just yet (never even reached a gig ever since I started using a smartphone a couple of years ago).
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3g radio will eat more battery than WiFi that's why in everything related to battery saving they say to use WiFi.
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I think using wifi whenever possible when actually using data makes sense, regarding battery life. The wifi radio only needs to broadcast the signal 30-50 feet, the 3g radio nerds to communicate with a tower.5-2 or more miles away, thus taking much more power than the wifi radio. When the phone is in standby, or the radio is inactive, there might be other considerations, but for actual use, wifi should be better for the battery. Leaving wifi on when not near a hotspot would be detrimental to battery life, however
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Thanks for the input guys. I have my phone set up to stay connected to WiFi only when awake on battery, so I should be saving some battery.
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supertoast92 said:
Thanks for the input guys. I have my phone set up to stay connected to WiFi only when awake on battery, so I should be saving some battery.
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Thing about that is, you'll have to wait until the radio starts, connects, and establishes an IP address.