I'm connected to wifi but whenever I look at the wifi tab in settings it every two seconds keeps searching for nearby wifi. It seems like that would drain battery. Is that normal and is there a way to stop it?
it's constantly searching under the wifi direct tab as well.
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Android has done that from the beginning. It will not affect your battery life.
It only does that when you're on the WiFi screen. Once you select a network, and leave that screen it stops scanning continuously.
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3 out of 4 times my phone fails to disconnect the mobile data network when I connect to WiFi. This is draining my battery unnecessarily.
What could be causing this unless I can fix it so it is automatic I will have to stop using wifi so it doesn't waste power keeping both connections going.
I am running a 2.3.6 rom.
Do you toggle the connections or just enable/disable WiFi? When you enable WiFi and connects, does the 3G icon (the two arrows) appear next to the WiFi icon?
my phone does both I have a program that shuts it completely off when I go to work then back on when i get home based on time.the rest of the time it is on even if I go away which then it just disconnects but wifi is still on.
I have not paid enough attention to when it happens but when it does I have both the wifi icon and the data arrows at the same time.
shadowofdarkness said:
I have a program that ...
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I think you just answered your own question
What program are you using? Might a suggest a change for Juice Defender for example? or many others that do the same thing...
Has anyone tried both on the Note? Which one would you prefer?
I have one question about what both of these apps do: It says it manages networks when the phone sleeps. If it turns off the network when the phone is asleep then how do you receive calls and texts?
network meaning Internet
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I have used juice defender and it works pretty well. Basically what it means by network is that it turns off data and wife internet until you need it. This helps save battery power. Be careful though because the settings do different things u usually keep it on the lowest setting so i can get access whenever i press the internet browser
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SkizzMcNizz said:
Has anyone tried both on the Note? Which one would you prefer?
I have one question about what both of these apps do: It says it manages networks when the phone sleeps. If it turns off the network when the phone is asleep then how do you receive calls and texts?
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I'm using Juice defender, it's ok i think. save some battery when screen off.
Network is not cell phone signals. You still receive Text and phone calls normally if the network is off.
I used juice defender for a while, but I got in the habit of using the quick menu to turn the wifi off or on when I needed it, so didn't see any real results or need for it. That being said, I only use the wifi at home and work. Not alot of hotspots near where I live
I have tried both, Green Power Premium and Juice Defender Ultimate. I couldn't figure out why, but sometimes GP doesn't turn wifi back on when using the location feature. also I sometimes had to manually toggle data every once in a while to re-enable connectivity. Never had these problems with JD. JD has more options too
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I have tried both, Green Power Premium and Juice Defender Ultimate. I couldn't figure out why, but sometimes GP doesn't turn wifi back on when using the location feature. also I sometimes had to manually toggle data every once in a while to re-enable connectivity. Never had these problems with JD. JD has more options too
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I have the opposite results. JD hardly ever turns wifi back on for me but GP does it with no issues.
I have used both...and had issues with both...
Juice Defender Ultimate gave me better results, but I had issues getting my wifi and cellular data connections back.
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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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.
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Wifi is always running in betterbatterystats and media server in battery settings is always keeping it awake from sleep
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Change it in the Wi-Fi settings and media is probably for ringers/notifications and should be running. Correct me if I'm wrong anybody .
When you set your phone up you must've chose the option to allow Wi-Fi scanning for location even when Wi-Fi is off. Turn that off in Wi-Fi settings and you should be all set. Mediaserver can be many things and sometimes won't go away till a reboot.
Im just surfing on wifi, and than a couple of hours later it says authentication failed for the same source (in my house).
If i turn the wifi off and on it fixes this.
Running on the newest fw.
Yeah I've found that the wifi is a bit hit and miss. It's like it drops out but the icon remains. It's annoying when streaming music as the connection times out and the music stops. There's nothing wrong with my internet connection as all other devices stay connected 100% of the time.
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