[Q] White/Grey WiFi & Signal bars - General Questions and Answers

Hello, I just recently bought a Nexus S (i9020a) and I'm new to Android.
My only issue is that when I have my phone not in use for like 20 minutes, the wifi and cellular
signal bars turn a white/grey and it says I have no internet access. Wat do?

Raiiin said:
Hello, I just recently bought a Nexus S (i9020a) and I'm new to Android.
My only issue is that when I have my phone not in use for like 20 minutes, the wifi and cellular
signal bars turn a white/grey and it says I have no internet access. Wat do?
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You have not set the wifi sleep policy, after the screen timeout the wifi gets disconnect. Go to wifi settings, and check advance settings- and modify the wifi sleep policy to "never". Regarding the grey part- if you are not connected to google services the bars will turn to white- thats the feature of Android

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[Q] LTE + WLAN at same time

Hi,
today I was wondering about that. My N5 still holds a connection to LTE while it uses internet over a WLAN network. Only when I'm getting a call it switches to E/H/3G whatever to build up the phone call. Isn't it wasting battery holding up the LTE connection (LTE needs more power than the rest doesn't it?)?
Do you guys know why its made like this?
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Edit: Pic not showing up in thumbnails so here's a direct link:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52317361/Screenshot_2013-12-07-19-08-53.png
S3cret said:
Hi,
today I was wondering about that. My N5 still holds a connection to LTE while it uses internet over a WLAN network. Only when I'm getting a call it switches to E/H/3G whatever to build up the phone call. Isn't it wasting battery holding up the LTE connection (LTE needs more power than the rest doesn't it?)?
Do you guys know why its made like this?
Thanks,
S3cret
Edit: Pic not showing up in thumbnails so here's a direct link:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52317361/Screenshot_2013-12-07-19-08-53.png
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Phone calls use data? It should say disconnected. Does it persist after a reboot?
Aerowinder said:
Phone calls use data? It should say disconnected. Does it persist after a reboot?
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No it doesn't use mobile data. I'm just wondering that its still saying that the network type is LTE, cause when It's connected to a wlan the network usage would only be for phone calls and LTE does only support mobile data but no calls or sms. Just wondering why the network type isn't changing to GPRS or whatever.
S3cret said:
No it doesn't use mobile data. I'm just wondering that its still saying that the network type is LTE, cause when It's connected to a wlan the network usage would only be for phone calls and LTE does only support mobile data but no calls or sms. Just wondering why the network type isn't changing to GPRS or whatever.
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Your picture looks normal, this screen shows the data network type, not your cell voice/sms connection. The network is LTE, but is disconnected while you are connected on Wifi.
To see what is happening, look on the status bar. It shows the Wifi icon then the cell signal strength but not LTE. When you disconnect the Wifi, the Wifi icon will disappear and LTE will appear next to the cell signal strength icon. If it is doing that, all is working correctly.
alistairs1 said:
Your picture looks normal, this screen shows the data network type, not your cell voice/sms connection. The network is LTE, but is disconnected while you are connected on Wifi.
To see what is happening, look on the status bar. It shows the Wifi icon then the cell signal strength but not LTE. When you disconnect the Wifi, the Wifi icon will disappear and LTE will appear next to the cell signal strength icon. If it is doing that, all is working correctly.
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Yup its doing right that.
Still a little weird for me^^
Nvm, thank you guys.

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