I just got my D2G set up, and want to run it this way for a while before rooting.
I have installed Slacker and Doggcatcher and prefer that they update overnight while I charge the phone.
Wifi seems to connect properly, but apparently times out sometime during the night. I get error messages from both Slacker and Doggcatcher in the morning, saying that the Programs failed to connect. (The D2G stays plugged in all night.)
I tried a setting in DLNA that promised to lock wifi on, but that didn't work.
I installed Tasker, but the selection for wifi sleep is not available for D2G. Instead I made a Context to turn on wifi while attached to AC power. This still didn't work.
Each new thing I try takes a night to test, so I'd appreciate any suggestion!
I'm even thinking about buying a Clock Dock, if that would work.
Any ideas?
Are you trying to change wifi sleep policy? If so you can do so under settings wifi (where available APs are listed), menu advanced. You can set wifi on while screen on, or wifi always on (never sleep) or when charging.
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I didn't know you could open a menu inside a settings selection!
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Hi everyone,
I have been searching all day! No results.
What i am looking for is for my wifi connection to switch off automatically after xxx time if idle. sometimes i update stuff and forget my wifi on which drains my battery. i know that normally it switches off when device goes to sleep, but i set it to stay on in standby. useful when on msn.
Can somebody please point me to a solution for this.
Thanks
Yeah buy G-Profile its just 5 euro. And u can put on wifi or of by cell towers time, day, calender evement, or if an program starts running or if your computer is connected on activesynce, external power source, under a call.
You can do the same for the volume, blutooth, etc..
Great program
Connective Tools CT Scheduler
See here http://www.connectivetools.com/ctscheduler.html
Switch Wi-Fi Mode. This new action allows switching Wi-Fi mode on and off. As well as Bluetooth and FlightMode, this action could be used at night, for example, for extending the battery life.
Try this - it may help.
Go to the settings tab, menu, all settings, connections, wi-fi and click "wireless networks". Go to menu, advanced and then you can set "Turn off wi-fi if not connected in:". It's set to never by default, but if you set it to a time then wifi will automatically turn off if it's not connected, after that period of time.
Hope this helps
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Try this - it may help.
Go to the settings tab, menu, all settings, connections, wi-fi and click "wireless networks". Go to menu, advanced and then you can set "Turn off wi-fi if not connected in:". It's set to never by default, but if you set it to a time then wifi will automatically turn off if it's not connected, after that period of time.
Hope this helps
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It only applies when there are no available hotspots.
djet said:
It only applies when there are no available hotspots.
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Yeah - I just reread the OP and see that he's talking about idle time. I use this so I can switch wifi on when I get home and forget about it. It turns off when I leave the house, which is ideal for me.
Use wireless time : http://www.pdainfo.org/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=52f3bfde5b6bad62fb558bed9f80c503&topic=222.0
i appreciate all the suggestions. these are not what i am looking for.
let me try to explain this again. i switched on WiFi, useful it for mail, browsing etc.
left my phone aside and forgot to turn WiFi off. since the connection is not used for xxx of time , then WiFi should switch off automatically.
do you think this is possible?
same here, i want the same options, my older touch phones had it, but not this one, and i dont fell like installing another program just to schedule the wifi, when thats the only option i need.so now what i do is, Just try to remember to turn my wifi off, at night, and when not using. so your only safe option, other than installing external software is remember it. and it helps improve memory, so you'll remeber to take your pills when you get old
Guys, I have a problem with the Transformer and it's Wifi that is driving me mad!
Regardless if I have wifi running in the background or put in Plane Mode when I turn on the screen after a short interval I notice the wifi has dropped and there is no longer an internet connection.
Not only that I can not get it to start again unless I switch off the TF and reboot.
On investigation on the settings, when I click on Wireless & Networks I notice the right hand pane of Wifi & Wifi settings to be flashing as if it is trying to connect but gets locked out over and over. As such you can not access any of the wireless settings.
I would appreciate any assistance you can shed on this problem.
Many thanks in advance.
Beards
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I believe I have now found what was causing the problem and have explained in detail in Post 10 below.
Basically I found it was after updating to v3.2.1 ~ the WiFi Settings/WiFi Disconnection Policy 'When screen is tuned off' & 'Never when plugged in' was interfering with the state of WiFi, causing it to poll and repeatedly try and switch itself back on, thus a constant flash and inability to activate WiFi..
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Fire n mage said:
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Sorry... what does that mean?
Searched the internet, and discovered two things, I did both.
1) Removed the maps update.
2) Changed the the channel on my router to 6
Works fine now.
I'm having this same problem for the past few weeks. Whenever the WIFI goes to sleep, I cannot turn it on unless I reboot my Transformer. It's sort of annoying.
It's got to be software orientated that is interfering with the TF.
I can not think of anything other than software causing it to continually 'flash' as it tries over and over again to connect.
I need to look into date captured software updates to see if I can narrow down the culprit.
Looks like I have a long job ahead of me..... sigh!
I got the same issue, after maps update, but apparently It's got to do with use wifi for determining your location, if i switch this off , tablet connects fine after returning from sleep.
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kef
kefje27 said:
I got the same issue, after maps update, but apparently It's got to do with use wifi for determining your location, if i switch this off , tablet connects fine after returning from sleep.
regards
kef
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Mine has nothing to do with Maps and it's doing this continuous polling even when woken from Plane Mode and then trying to switch wifi back on.
I have a theory and am looking at it.... Will report back later.
Any news yet?
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Any news yet?
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Yes, I've worked out what the problem for me was and was just coming back to report when I read your post....
Basically for me it is to do with Settings/Wireless & Networks/Wifi Settings/Wifi Disconnection Policy.
After I updated to 3.2.1 I changed the policy from 'Never (uses more battery power)' to 'When screen is tuned off'.
Thinking about it the problem has only been since I changed the policy.
So, I changed it back to 'Never' and the wifi remained on and the problem I was getting disappeared.
I then changed it back to 'When screen is tuned off' and the problem came back.
I then altered it to 'Never when plugged in' with the TF not plugged in and the problem was still there.
Plugging the TF in and the problem disappeared.
Only by changing it back to 'Never' when not plugged in does my wifi remain on ~ which if you think about it is exactly what it is meant to do.
Therefore, for me it would appear changing the policy to turn off the wifi is causing this issue of when you wake the phone up from sleep you can not reactivate the wifi and when looking at the wireless settings the whole of the right hand page of wireless settings are continuously flashing thus not allowing you to access and alter them.
At that point the only way you can reactivate wifi is by doing a power down and reboot.
So guys...... Has anyone else noticed the wifi disconnection policy effecting your wifi from sleep?
Mine stopped reconnecting again last night, the tablet would continuously reboot.
The only solution was to reboot the router.
I will try the keep on and I have turnoff wifi location.
Lets see
FSB said:
Mine stopped reconnecting again last night, the tablet would continuously reboot.
The only solution was to reboot the router.
I will try the keep on and I have turnoff wifi location.
Lets see
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How did you get on with changing the wifi disconnection policy?
Changing the disconnection policy never worked, note sure if this is the best solution, as I recon it will drain the battery.
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Changing the disconnection policy never worked, note sure if this is the best solution, as I recon it will drain the battery.
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Interesting.... as it is the only way I can get a stable WiFi that will turn back on from Screen Off.
Even though it says the battery may use more power it doesn't seem all that much different if anything at all... Prior to the latest update I had the policy set to 'When screen is tuned off'.
After the update it defaulted back to 'Never (uses more battery power)' and again after changing it back to 'When screen is tuned off' this is when my problem started.
I am thinking this is something to do with my TF as no one else has reported a problem with WiFi and the 'When screen is tuned off' policy.
I just re-read my post.
It should read
Changing the disconnection policy to "never". Worked.
Note sure if this is the best solution, as I recon it will drain the battery.
Sorry.
What you describe is exactly what happened to mine.
FSB said:
I just re-read my post.
It should read
Changing the disconnection policy to "never". Worked.
Note sure if this is the best solution, as I recon it will drain the battery.
Sorry.
What you describe is exactly what happened to mine.
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Thanks.... This now makes a lot of sense in that it points to a possible bug with the WiFi policies.
This is driving me crazy. I have tried everythinig mentioned, but my TF still goes through the wifi connection loop. Gotta be software related...
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This is driving me crazy. I have tried everythinig mentioned, but my TF still goes through the wifi connection loop. Gotta be software related...
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Did you try changing the Wifi disconnection policy to 'Never (uses more battery power)'?
That sorted it out for me.
It's since Honeycomb 3.2.1 came in I now find I can not use any other disconnection policy.
This happens to me if I select anything other than "Never (uses more battery power)"
I have found though that if I uninstall the google maps update, and deselect Wifi Localization, that I can have the TF set to "Never when plugged in" or "When screen is turned off".
( see: google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=4778cb9a3f187b75&hl=en ) (sorry for broken link - I am new and cannot post these)
So it seems like either a problem with Google maps (that may be specific to the TF), or a problem with the TF firmware?
Hi,
Just wonder if anybody is experiencing the same wifi fallback issue on the SGH-i727?
Basically, the phone doesn't automatically fall back to the previously added wifi network from LTE/4G when the screen is off. To get around that, I'll need to hit the power button once every time I enter the wifi range. When the screen is turned on by hitting the power button, I will see the 4G/LTE being replaced by the wifi icon very quickly. After that, it will then stay connected to the wifi network regardless whether the screen is on or off.
I was able to confirm this issue by monitoring the app traffic before and after I turned on the screen.
Without turning on the screen in the wifi range, the phone will stay on the 4g/LTE network forever even though the previously added wifi network is available.
I have already tried out different routers and it's still the same. SSID broadcast is on. I am thinking if there's a bug with the phone. Note that on my phone, my "Wi-Fi sleep policy" under the advanced menu of the "Wi-Fi settings" is always set to "never". Also, it's a stock ROM, nothing is modified at all.
This issue has never happened on other phones. What you think? Am I missing anything here?
After playing with it more, I noticed that the phone will never do the wifi handshake when the screen is off.
I tried turning off and on the wifi in the Wi-Fi settings. If I turn off the screen quickly before the phone gets connected to the wifi network again, it *will* remain unconnected until the screen is turned on again. =(
Did you go into the advanced wifi settings and change the wifi sleep policy?
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No, I didn't. I've never touched that setting. The "Wi-Fi sleep policy" is always set to "never".
My phone can still be connected to wifi when the screen is off, so it doesn't seem related to the "Wi-Fi sleep policy". The problem is only that it won't do any wifi connection handshake during screen-off.
Am I the only one having this issue? I guess that's more of a software issue rather than a hardware issue?
Have you tried the AT&T wifi app? It automatically turns off and on wifi as needed
No, that doesn't help.
Yes, I do realize I'm bringing back a thread from the dead, but...
I just got a Samsung Stratosphere (SCH-i405 -- a CDMA-1X/EVDO/LTE Galaxy S phone) and it does EXACTLY the same thing. It's ironic, on the Stratosphere they added a bit of fun that CONSTANTLY lets you know there's networks (which I had to disable), but it doesn't connect to the wifi networks I do have in there until I turn on the screen I guess that's just how it is; at least it doesn't kill the wifi once it IS connected.
If anyone knows a programmatic way to bypass this, I'd be interested, and I could write up a wifi app to implement the solution. I'm guesisng it's a behavior of the drivers though and would take some custom ROM or something to fix.
You could always try to use tasker for automatically connecting to the wifi using radio antenna or maybe can't remember if possible by identifying certain wifi spot.
I have an Atrix 2. It has been replaced twice by AT&T due to this problem. I have factory reset each phone and tried every battery mode, data saver, sleep policy and wifi channel.
The problem:
The wifi turns off by itself! not sleep, off! As in the checked box is unchecked. The phone does it during use and when not being used. The timing between instances is random. The wifi sometimes stays on for hours. Other times it wont last five minutes. I have 4 other wifi devices connected by wifi to my secured router.
Note: I travel across the country for work and the problem occurs at airports, hotels, mcdonalds, ect.
I have called Motorola and their only option is to send it to the with no replacement. I could use some help. I have been searching online and others with this problem dont persist, they simply state that unsecuring their router fixed the problem. That is not an option for me as the routers are not mine.
Any input will be greatly appreciated.
Hi, I recently noticed this problem started after I installed the ATT Smart Wi-FI app. Mine will connect then turn off, wait a second turn back on then I get the WIFI networks avail message and I check it and it's not connecting to the network til I tell it too then it will stay connected all day.
I"ve had my atrix 2 for about a little over a month. It's doing the same thing. Wifi will randomly shut off. I have to go into the settings to turn it back on. It will work fine for a little while then just shuts off again. Does anyone know if this seems to be hardware or software related. I've tried different apps and WiFi sleep settings to no avail. I really like the atrix but this is kind of annoying.
I have the same issue also, except I have top reboot my phone for wifi to work again.
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i have the same problem, it's not my wifi connection, but the actual wifi setting turns off whenever i turn off my screen and yes, i've set the wifi sleep policy to "never", so that's not the problem. i've also tried "never when plugged in" and "when screen turns off" and i still get the same problem. i was thinking about going to at&t and asking them about it but decided to come here first.
(a white iphone 4 is looking better and better ) can anyone help?
I had this problem but after I disabled the power saver option under battery and data (set it back to performance) it went away and Wi-Fi works perfect.
Tried different battery saver settings as well, nothing changed.
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I tried to resolve this problem for quite a while without success . I connect to a WiFi without problems by pressing radio button or through settings. Also I can disconnect without problems. But there is this thing: I am connected at my home lets say on WiFi and I go without turning off my WIFI to another place lets say work, and my phone won't connect to that WIFI automatically (radio button for WiFi is turned on). So I need to turn the button off and turn it on again and then it will connect, or I just go to settings for WiFi and it will start scanning and connect to WiFi immediately.
More about this behavior: if I am connected to WiFi and go out of range and then in a range of another spot lets say in 10-20 minutes my phone will connect automatically. If its longer period maybe 20 minutes or more it wont connect automatically when I get into range. Also I dont think that has something to do with phone getting to deep sleep, because this morning I was walking to my home and listening music all the time and when I got home my phone didnt connect automatically. Nothing. It just seems it stops scanning, also when this happens I am not notified about open networks when I get in range.
My WiFi setting is always set on always connected and this happens even when I flash new stock ROM. While ago when I flashed version 2.3.4 this wasnt a problem, now even when I flash that one I have this same problem. I also tried few different stock ROMS without success.
I know this is not a big deal but it is irritating and I would like to fix this, so please help
Check your wifi sleep policy.
Press menu in wifi settings and set it to 'never'
Check your wifi sleep policy.
Press menu in wifi settings and set it to 'never'
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Wifi sleep policy is set that way already