I was just looking through advanced settings under wifi and found a checkbox I'm not sure what it does. It's under wifi settings, advanced wifi settings, and there is a checkbox that says Battery saving for wi-fi and minimize battery usage when wifi is on. What exactly does that do?
No idea but I always have it on
Chilidog said:
No idea but I always have it on
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So do I and that's why I'm wondering if it's shutting some things off that I don't want off.
Krusej23 said:
I was just looking through advanced settings under wifi and found a checkbox I'm not sure what it does. It's under wifi settings, advanced wifi settings, and there is a checkbox that says Battery saving for wi-fi and minimize battery usage when wifi is on. What exactly does that do?
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Saves battery by sacrificing Wifi performance. I always turn it off so my Wifi runs at peak performance. Your Wifi will likely transfer slower with this on.
bpyazel said:
Saves battery by sacrificing Wifi performance. I always turn it off so my Wifi runs at peak performance. Your Wifi will likely transfer slower with this on.
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How does it do that though?
Krusej23 said:
How does it do that though?
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If it works like the other "wifi optimization" settings on other phones, it just doesn't keep an active connection when the screen goes off. It then periodically makes a connection and checks if anything new needs received, causing delays in notifications.
Ive got that same setting on my lg volt and noticed that when it's checked i sometimes have exchange authentication problems with the default lg email app... but only on wifi.
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If you enable WiFi the 3g/H/H+, and so forth, icon disappear, but if you got to settings-wireless and network-mobile network settings ->Use packet data is still enabled. So am wondering does the network data go to sleep while WiFi is on? So i won't gain any battery by disabling data while WiFi is on? Or would i gain some battery by doing this?
Nitrius said:
If you enable WiFi the 3g/H/H+, and so forth, icon disappear, but if you got to settings-wireless and network-mobile network settings ->Use packet data is still enabled. So am wondering does the network data go to sleep while WiFi is on? So i won't gain any battery by disabling data while WiFi is on? Or would i gain some battery by doing this?
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Data is still on even when the icon isn't displayed. You will save battery disabling it manually because it will disable the data radio.
donalgodon said:
Data is still on even when the icon isn't displayed. You will save battery disabling it manually becaise it will disable the data radio.
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What he said:
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Okay, thanks for the fast reply =) Another question, with data disabled and wifi on, is there any feature that will be disabled because data is disabled? Like won't i be able to receive MMS for example?
Nitrius said:
Okay, thanks for the fast reply =) Another question, with data disabled and wifi on, is there any feature that will be disabled because data is disabled? Like won't i be able to receive MMS for example?
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NO SMS is phone not data .
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I have a Tasker profile set to enable wifi whenever my home access point is within range. The problem is that it doesn't enable wifi, even when the profile activates. When I unlock the phone and open the browser it uses the data connection, and doesn't enable wifi. Has anyone else had this problem with Tasker?
I also run Juice Defender (Ultimate). Could this be causing a problem with Tasker's control of wifi?
Could be, I also had this problem when using J.D. Since I stopped using it had no more probs and battery got better!
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kezgez said:
Could be, I also had this problem when using J.E.g. Since I stopped using it had no more probs and battery got better!
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"J.E.g" ???
itm said:
I have a Tasker profile set to enable wifi whenever my home access point is within range. The problem is that it doesn't enable wifi, even when the profile activates. When I unlock the phone and open the browser it uses the data connection, and doesn't enable wifi. Has anyone else had this problem with Tasker?
I also run Juice Defender (Ultimate). Could this be causing a problem with Tasker's control of wifi?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but, if you have Tasker turning off Wifi, as in Disabling itself when out of range, than how will it be able to know you are in the vicinity of a hotspot to Enable itself? As in, its off, it can't detect wifi signals, so how can it know you are in the vicinity? You might be better off using a GPS option to enable Wifi.
sieepiestangel said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but, if you have Tasker turning off Wifi, as in Disabling itself when out of range, than how will it be able to know you are in the vicinity of a hotspot to Enable itself? As in, its off, it can't detect wifi signals, so how can it know you are in the vicinity? You might be better off using a GPS option to enable Wifi.
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Tasker will peroidically toggle wifi on to check if you are back in range of your access point. You can adjust the checking period within tasker.
Best to set the time to, say, 15 mins (set as 900 secs in the app).
Anyone know of a way to turn "Scanning" for wi-fi networks off after you are "Connected" to a wi-fi network thus saving battery? Turning off "Notify me" does not do it.
Larry Fortune said:
Anyone know of a way to turn "Scanning" for wi-fi networks off after you are "Connected" to a wi-fi network thus saving battery? Turning off "Notify me" does not do it.
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I think it stops scanning once ur connected and leave the page..if u reopen the WiFi page it scans then stops,at least in mine it does..
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From what I've read, this seems to be the way it works. Bottom line it will scan every 4 secs or so while you are on the settings page in case you are trying to connect to a new network, then revert to wifi.supplicant_scan_interval from build.prop when not on the settings page. It's not clear that it has much of a battery impact whatever you set it to. I leave wifi on all the time and whether I am on wifi all day or out and about on lte my battery usage for wifi is negligible.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20250907&postcount=31
Will toggling Wi-Fi on and off drain your battery? I'm asking this because I read:
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-101-save-battery-keeping-wifi-alive
Essentially, you want your Wi-Fi sleep policy to be "Never" because when the Wi-Fi sleep policy is "Always," your phone searches for Wi-Fi more often and that drains battery (I think that's what it is saying).
At the moment, I toggle the W-Fi on every time I'm using it and off as soon as I'm done using it in an attempt to save battery. I'm not sure if this actually works or it's actually draining my battery because it would search for Wi-Fi every time I toggle it on.
On my Samsung Galaxy S4, I can't find Wi-Fi sleep policy as mentioned in the article, but I found "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep." Am I supposed to set this setting as "Always" to save battery life?
Thanks.
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I toggle Air View and Smart Gestures on a frequent basis as well--not sure if I should do that too.
keep wifi during sleep-always will drain your battery as even if u don't use your phone wifi will be still on
Yo,
I dont know which settings are best in terms of wifi/LTE.
I ready I shouldnt have turned on in same time LTE and wifi, is it truth?
But I dont see another working options tbh. If I get bixby routines with leaving home and turning on LTE turning off wifi I need to have GPS on all time. Also if Iam changing by myself turning LTE and WIFI I always forget to turn off LTE and turn on wifi when I am back at home.
What settings u advice me to use for best battery lifespan
Xoltro said:
Yo,
I dont know which settings are best in terms of wifi/LTE.
I ready I shouldnt have turned on in same time LTE and wifi, is it truth?
But I dont see another working options tbh. If I get bixby routines with leaving home and turning on LTE turning off wifi I need to have GPS on all time. Also if Iam changing by myself turning LTE and WIFI I always forget to turn off LTE and turn on wifi when I am back at home.
What settings u advice me to use for best battery lifespan
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Actually, data is unused when wifi is enabled and connected. If you want to have data to be turned off, then you can create a routine. The only downside is if you are not connected to wifi, data will be enabled but wifi will still be enabled. For this, you need to manually disable wifi. But, keeping the wifi enabled throughout shouldn't really drain the battery a lot or so I have read!