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I used juice defender a few times, but could not find any other feature besides the enabling/disabling of the wifi and 3g.
I found it not reliable, and I ended up doing this manually.
Does this app do anything else besides that?
Cpu throttling?
any other battery saving "things"?
Thanks
It *can* make a huge difference with just the default settings. However, recent updates seem to have really knackered it for some people.
It stopped working for me and would not work again, even after uninstall - reinstall, until my phone was re-rooted for some reason.
supposedly.
but what does it actually do?
Disable/enable wifi/data based on your criteria to save battery.
Problem is, wifi part is not really working for me.
Sometime JD won't enable wifi because "user disabled wifi" but i didn't disable anything.
I PMed the developer and he never answered.
Did i mention i bought ultimate juice and i shouldn't have because no fix means crap app?
I tried using it for a little while with default settings but after 2 days I found it drained my battery more, and my data would not always re-enable itself when the screen came on. Sometimes it would even put itself in airplane mode.
Hopefully someday it gets updated. A lot of people swear it works great.
yeah after reboot i'm having the same problem.. JD not working and shows error.. boring.. hope they fix it a.s.a.p
di you guys have any issues while wifi or 3g get enabled?
When i used it I had a lot of problems with wifi not connecting or 3G not connecting after I strated the phone.
thats why I decided to do it manually.
It seems to me this app is overrated, and it's name is tricky.
names seems like it does more than it actually does.
Yes, i have problems with WIFI when i use JD.
The app is good if you don't have a data plan as you don't have to keep wifi always on and waste battery.
The wifi policy to turn wifi off when screen is off doesn't help either because you won't get updates.
JD works fine about 70% of the time but when i see i don't get any updates for 30min then something is wrong and i have to turn wifi on manually because JD believes is disabled by user which is not.
As i said, i sent an email to developer and i was ignored.
It said connected in the wifi setting and it shows bars but it just won't load any website in the browser .. anyone got a fix for this?
I have the same issue. Tried different combinations of restarting wifi, turning on/off cell data, on/off wifi calling, etc... all with no result. I've also tried on different networks (both public and private)-- it'd start working for a while and then all of a sudden stop and never work again.
Seems similar to the problem here: forums. t-mobile.c om/t5/T-Mobile-G2x/G2x-WiFi-DNS-issue-not-the-4G-switching-one/m-p/831439 (sorry there's a new user no link restriction)
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
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It said connected in the wifi setting and it shows bars but it just won't load any website in the browser .. anyone got a fix for this?
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is it specific to the browser or can you not move any data?
Idk, whenever I have had problems connecting to the tmo network, which is a separate issue.. it was always that wifi calling was still on even tho wifi was turned off. Every time I had probs w/ data on tmo network, it's been wifi calling.. Your case seems to be diff tho.
Is it specific to just your network or all other networks? Try shutting off wifi, reboot... then turn it on again? Idk.. just tossing out ideas.
Some found the root cause and I am posting his finding as I do have the same issue and can reproduce the error:
I think I have discovered a new WiFi-related bug in the G2x's software. I have witnessed this occurring on my phone, and have also reproduced it on a store demo unit. I believe it is unrelated to the switching-to-4G problem people are having with the My Account app, since it occurs even if I have set up the Google account on first boot after a factory reset.
The details of the problem are:
- Every so often, the phone randomly gets stuck in a state where it is not able to initiate any new connections that are made using a DNS name. Attempting to navigate to a web site, h**p://w*w.google.c*m for example, will result in a generic failure message.
- However, attempting to connect directly to an IP address instead of a DNS name works perfectly. For example, navigating to 74.125.225.16 will work fine and will load the Google home page.
- When the phone is in this state, using a DNS lookup tool such as "DNS Lookup" from the Marketplace *will* work, even when using the default DNS server address that the DHCP server is giving the phone.
- The problem has occurred for me when data is off and WiFi is on. I do not know if data being off is a requirement, since this is the way I usually run the phone, so this may be coincidental.
- Switching WiFi off and back on again will *sometimes* work to solve the problem, but sometimes will not. When this doesn't work, switching WiFi off, then switching data on, then back off again, and then finally switching WiFi back on again will occasionally correct the problem. However, I have seen situations where none of these things worked, and the only way to get DNS working again was to factory reset the phone.
- I haven't figured out the exact pattern yet, but this issue seems to occur when the phone has been inactive for a certain period of time. I have often discovered that the phone is in this state upon waking up in the morning after leaving the phone on the charger overnight.
- I have, however, found a method to reproduce the problem that seems to work fairly consistently:
1. Turn WiFi on, and data off.
2. Power cycle the phone.
3. When the phone starts up, start the browser and attempt to browse to w*w.google.c*m. It should fail.
4. Try to browse to 74.125.225.16. It should work.
Just wanted to get this issue in the forums to see how many others have been noticing the same thing.
I know that once the device has less than 10% battery it automatically turns the WiFi off to save battery power. Were the devices this was happening on have a low battery?
Fully charged. It even happens when pluged in with the charger.
My Wifi wouldn't even work if I froze it with Bloat Freezer. It has to run in the background for wifi to work. I found that Wifi can get really inconsistent with it disabled.
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- I haven't figured out the exact pattern yet, but this issue seems to occur when the phone has been inactive for a certain period of time. I have often discovered that the phone is in this state upon waking up in the morning after leaving the phone on the charger .
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Same problem here. After about 30 minutes of being idle, as soon as I pick up the phone it tries to connect 2g/4g. The log are saying theres no connection, so it appears that wifi its going to sleep and not waking up so android is trying to connect 2g/4g
Really starting to be a pain
I have frozen the bloat, and I think the problem is getting worse.
Toggle airplane mode is a quick workaround to get wifi to wake up
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Same thing happened to me, I did 2 factory resets, and it seems it has been fixed, don't really know what causes it.
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This may or may not be related, but...
It looks like I found a hacky fix for the dns/wifi/4g bug: install "Set DNS" from the market.
Now when I go into market, and display my downloaded apps, it jumps from wifi to 4g then back to wifi as it should, fast.
Whether or not it should even do go to 4g is debatable, all I can say is my 2 Galaxy Tabs had the same behavior.
If everyones connectivity issues are really due to the DNS settings getting wiped out, then this will work around the problem until I/we find the location of the actual bug.
Would you guys having this problem also post it here?
http://www.lgforum.com/forum/boards/general/lg/topics/g2x-wifi-problems
Thanks.
I figure the more people that post there, the more the chances are of LG fixing it quickly.
Work around:
enable airplane mode
reboot
enable wifi
wait a few seconds after the wifi connects, background crap stops
disable airplane mode.
The set dns app looks like a winner. Haven't tried it but that's what's
wrong.
The freezing and other suggestions are all useless crap.
Updates...
I did a factory reset and installed JuiceDefender (I don't know which one worked) but it seems to be all fine now... will update if things become problematic again
I've been having this problem as well. I've always been able to fix it by toggling WiFi off and back on again. I downloaded SetDNS and when it happened again last night I tried that and it worked great.
Glad to see it's a software problem and not a hardware problem.
same problem here. hopefully it won't happen in cyanogen mod
boylan said:
Work around:
enable airplane mode
reboot
enable wifi
wait a few seconds after the wifi connects, background crap stops
disable airplane mode.
The set dns app looks like a winner. Haven't tried it but that's what's
wrong.
The freezing and other suggestions are all useless crap.
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This fixed the problem, at least until the next time I reboot my phone
How do you use SetDNS? This software bug in G2X reboots my router (DGL-4500) sometimes.
Question bout SetDNS app
Does the phone have to be rooted to use the setdns app? I try to use it but it says "Cannot get root. App will not function."
For no apparent reason, my phone won't connect to wifi. Says ERROR on wireless connections. It's a rooted device. Tried different roms. Same error.
Anyone?
have you tried a different router or wifi location?
If you have your phone rooted try flashing a diffrent kernel to see if that fixes the problem
he said he tried different roms....
I am also seeing something similar. Running stock froyo ROM with Overstock kernel. What I've noticed is that this doesn't seem to happen when the phone is first booted. After running for a while, the wifi toggle just stops working; resulting in the "Error" status as mentioned by OP.
The only ways around it is to:
a) Reboot, or
b) Use the 'airplane' mode toggle to switch to airplane mode and back, and the wifi toggle works again.
If there was a simple solution around it, that would be great.
I got excited when I saw your airplane mode idea... But it didn't work! Will try a different colonel
Have a look at this thred
I had much the same problem and followed the advice in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=907772
Mine does this whenever I arrive home. If I come to work the WiFi connects right up. But when I get home, the WiFi doesn't connect and shows "error" in the settings.
Going to/from airplane mode worked on my first Captivate (1007 running Paragon RC6 ROM), but it doesn't work on my new Captivate (1101, rooted, stock Froyo). The only thing that works for me is rebooting the phone.
Wifi Fix
Use FXR Wifi Fix app. Worked for me.
Ya sometimes it's just a hotspot acting funny...
Hi folks, looking for some help.
I am able to connect my tab 2 to my home wifi no problem.
I have also connected it to my Galaxy s2 phone using wifi tethering.
What i have found though is that on several occasions when i am in work and try to tether to my phone, that settings will show that i am connected to my WI FI hotspot but i cannot connect to any internet pages. I recall many moons ago that when i sometimes changed modem connections on my home pc that i had to reboot everything to have the old settings forgotten and the new ones set. Does anyone know if there is something similar when you move from home WIFI as your last connection to WI FI Tethered hotspot as your new one. Is there something i need to do to have the tab or phone release the old settings and take on the new ones. Hope that is a clear enough explanation of my problem. Thanks for any help offered
Is this a one time thing or does it happen often? Are you rooted? rom?
Both phone and tablet are stock, no rooting done to either. It happens regularly, today again in work it happened. Had to forget the connection and reconnect several times until eventually I was able to connect to internet. Really annoying as it shows as wifi connection is strong at all times.
ps some additional info.
I had used the tab tethered to my phone in work to show case how good the tab was. I can get intrrnet connection no problem on my phone, the tablet shows it is tethered to WIFI hotspot, just when i click on an internet link, no page appears. It annoys the bejeezus out of me cos i know it should be simple. I even tried bluetooth tethering and it wouldnt work either, when it did previously. What i am thinking is that i had juice defender on both my phone and tab and recently uninstalled it as i had read there was no real benefit in using this with ICS. I am wondering if it has possibly screwed up some setting or other in the phone or the tab, i.e. maybe set something and then when i have removed the program, it has not reset something, yes that sounds pretty vague i know. Anyway, thanks again and thanks for any further suggestions. p.s. i may try reinstalling juice defender on both devices to see if it makes a difference.
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Both phone and tablet are stock, no rooting done to either. It happens regularly, today again in work it happened. Had to forget the connection and reconnect several times until eventually I was able to connect to internet. Really annoying as it shows as wifi connection is strong at all times.
ps some additional info.
I had used the tab tethered to my phone in work to show case how good the tab was. I can get intrrnet connection no problem on my phone, the tablet shows it is tethered to WIFI hotspot, just when i click on an internet link, no page appears. It annoys the bejeezus out of me cos i know it should be simple. I even tried bluetooth tethering and it wouldnt work either, when it did previously. What i am thinking is that i had juice defender on both my phone and tab and recently uninstalled it as i had read there was no real benefit in using this with ICS. I am wondering if it has possibly screwed up some setting or other in the phone or the tab, i.e. maybe set something and then when i have removed the program, it has not reset something, yes that sounds pretty vague i know. Anyway, thanks again and thanks for any further suggestions. p.s. i may try reinstalling juice defender on both devices to see if it makes a difference.
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I don't know if his will work, but, instead of tapping on the connection and hitting connect button, try pressing and holding down on the connection until a menu shows up. Try connecting from that screen.
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You said both are stock and unrooted?
I would try rooting your phone and freezing tethering manager. If i recall right if tethering is not allocated on account, i beleive that the carrier can disable tethering through that app,i could be wrong but it may be worth a shot.
Or your could try a tethering app from the market, like PDA net or the tethering app from CWM also there is a tethering app on google code website.
let me know if that helps
Try Bluetooth tethering instead.
Edit: re read your post.
Try forgetting, the re-pairing the devices. It took several tries for me, or try fox-fi for your phone, and PDAnet for the tablet.
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I had also removed avast virus protection as well as Juice defender from the tab. It seemed to be shortly after this that the problem arose, it may be a coincidence but i thought it may be some setting or other that had been changed. I hard reset both my phone and the tab but the problem continued.
In the house i could connect to my home WIFI everytime without issue, then if i tried to tether to my phone it would not connect. I would jump between one connection then the other and eventually it would connect to the phone.
Anyway, thats the history, now to what is happening now. The other day i read somewhere about putting tab in flight mode before tethering, so i tried this and it has worked first time every time since, so i am hopeful this is a permanent solution. What does surprise me is that the tab is not a 3g tab so i would not have thought putting it in airplane mode would make any difference but, hey it has so if anyone has similar issues it may be worth giving it a try. Good luck.
As several people have experienced, when upgrading their HTC One S to the 4.0.4 update, FoxFi (wireless hotspot program that doesn't require root) has experienced some issues. It works and works well, but when the screen times out, it stops transferring data to the connected device. Keeping the screen from turning off is NOT a permanent solution, so I am asking for suggestions and/or proven solutions to this issue.
HOWEVER! There are some restrictions for the solutions I want to see:
-Do not want to require rooting the phone or flashing a ROM. I consider that the easy way out.
-Do not want to downgrade to the previous version. The update does have some nice advantages that I like. Also would be an easy way out.
So if you have any settings that I should be looking at, or software that could be working in the background that might cause it, I'm all ears. If T-Mobile/HTC release a patch, I'll download it.
So.... any ideas?
You can't downgrade from 4.0.4, or for that fact any software update, you can't downgrade. It's one of the consequences of being on T-Mobile 4.0.4 update.
I don't think there's a way, apart from connecting your phone to your computer via usb, and selecting "stay awake" mode.
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You can't downgrade from 4.0.4, or for that fact any software update, you can't downgrade. It's one of the consequences of being on T-Mobile 4.0.4 update.
I don't think there's a way, apart from connecting your phone to your computer via usb, and selecting "stay awake" mode.
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Well, the WiFi works fine until the screen turns off. I can keep the screen from turning off so that's not a big deal.
And I included mention of a downgrade just because I wanted to head off anyone trying to suggest that.
I'm not giving up on this. There's either a setting that the phone defaults back to, or a patch that should update this.
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Well, the WiFi works fine until the screen turns off. I can keep the screen from turning off so that's not a big deal.
And I included mention of a downgrade just because I wanted to head off anyone trying to suggest that.
I'm not giving up on this. There's either a setting that the phone defaults back to, or a patch that should update this.
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I agree with you that there has to be away to get it working again. The other 2 recent radios out of Europe exhibited this same behavior on AOSP based roms. However, it behaved correctly on Sense based roms ie. Stock or Viper rom.
I think the easiest way to get the functionally back is to flash on Viper Rom and test if it works there. If it does then T-mobile just screwed up their rom or did it on purpose. If it doesn't work then that opens up a whole other issue.
I'm not about to flash my phone in specific (It's my primary phone and I can't afford to have it out of comission if I make a mistake), but if someone can provide that information it would be useful.
yeah this is a very odd problem with foxfi...I wonder how it shuts off the connection when the screen turns off. also why were you guys using foxfi before if you could just add a new apn and the hotspot worked fine? Now the new apn method does not work after the update though.
cheaplikeafox said:
yeah this is a very odd problem with foxfi...I wonder how it shuts off the connection when the screen turns off. also why were you guys using foxfi before if you could just add a new apn and the hotspot worked fine? Now the new apn method does not work after the update though.
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Yes FoxFi worked correctly on 4.03, there is a hitch to the data shuttng off once the screen cuts off. If you are say watching netflix with a constant data draw from the one s, the screen can tun off and you'll still be tethered, but once the constant data draw stops so does the data until screen comes back on.
You guys doing something special to connect with foxfi? I can connect to my phone when I turn it on, but the computer I'm trying to tether to always says no Internet. I can live with the screen time out, but I can't get it to work at all sense the update.
Edit: I can't connect to Foxfi at all from my computer.
Edit2: I uninstalled And reinstalled foxfi, now it's working!
I have a similar problem, ie. not related specifically to tethering but in general to wifi stopping working with screen off.
I opened up terminal emulator, chose menu>activate wake lock and voilà! Everything's working fine for me now! :good:
Try it out and hit thanks if helped!
nor-ric said:
I have a similar problem, ie. not related specifically to tethering but in general to wifi stopping working with screen off.
I opened up terminal emulator, chose menu>activate wake lock and voilà! Everything's working fine for me now! :good:
Try it out and hit thanks if helped!
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For me data still stops while tethered when screen goes off unless it's a constant data pull.
Go to settings tap WiFi open menu go to advanced select keep WiFi on during sleep and set it to always let me know if this works
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cheaplikeafox said:
yeah this is a very odd problem with foxfi...I wonder how it shuts off the connection when the screen turns off. also why were you guys using foxfi before if you could just add a new apn and the hotspot worked fine? Now the new apn method does not work after the update though.
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FoxFi never required the new APN method to work previously. In 4.0.3, I never even heard of the new APN method, but still got it to work.
beccadevin said:
Go to settings tap WiFi open menu go to advanced select keep WiFi on during sleep and set it to always let me know if this works
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I've tried that as well. To be sure, I tried turning it off and back on again, and it doesn't seem to have an effect on the connection.
nor-ric said:
I have a similar problem, ie. not related specifically to tethering but in general to wifi stopping working with screen off.
I opened up terminal emulator, chose menu>activate wake lock and voilà! Everything's working fine for me now! :good:
Try it out and hit thanks if helped!
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Well, on the HTC One S I could just set the screen to not time out. that seems to accomplish the same goal, would it not?
Yeah you can do that.
Mine works ok too while the screen is on.
But while the screen is on it is taking much more power to a process that already takes alot of power from the phone.
TheArtiszan said:
Yeah you can do that.
Mine works ok too while the screen is on.
But while the screen is on it is taking much more power to a process that already takes alot of power from the phone.
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And not only that but burn in on the screen, saw one at tmobile store with horrible burn in.
nor-ric said:
I have a similar problem, ie. not related specifically to tethering but in general to wifi stopping working with screen off.
I opened up terminal emulator, chose menu>activate wake lock and voilà! Everything's working fine for me now! :good:
Try it out and hit thanks if helped!
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well since foxfi turns on wifi to do the wifi hotspot, then maybe it is related to this problem. do you have to root your phone to open up a terminal emulator or did you just have to download a terminal emulator app to do that?
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FoxFi never required the new APN method to work previously. In 4.0.3, I never even heard of the new APN method, but still got it to work.
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yeah...adding a new APN worked with the built-in hotspot so no extra apps were even needed to use the hotspot. That method worked on the Amaze and then on the One S before the 4.04 update.
cheaplikeafox said:
well since foxfi turns on wifi to do the wifi hotspot, then maybe it is related to this problem. do you have to root your phone to open up a terminal emulator or did you just have to download a terminal emulator app to do that?
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Nope, root is not required. Just download "android terminal emulator" from the play store and choose wake lock from the menu. There is also wifi lock if you wanna try. Wake lock is sufficient for me though.
Yeah I tried using the take wake lock option in terminal emu on t-mo us one s and it won't work still even with that being on.
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Yeah I tried using the take wake lock option in terminal emu on t-mo us one s and it won't work still even with that being on.
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Well, I'm assuming that wakelock would keep the screen on. I don't know if it would do anything else.