Hi,
I am currently running a B70 version transformer on Honeycomb 3.2.
Firstly, I have experienced some issues with the Wifi connection. When I use WiFi disconnect policies, that is:
"When screen turns off": when I use this, whenever I turn off my screen then leave it for a few hours then unlock my tablet. The tablet keeps trying to connect to my wifi channel but fails. It constantly turns on and off, on and off. But no signal can be reached.
Also when I use this policy, overnight just on standby not being charged, my battery goes very flat. It drains about 90% of my battery doing nothing.
Is there anyway I can fix this issue? And does anyone else have this problem? Is it a bug?
Also what does the policy "Never when plugged in" do? What happens when you unplug it? What does the tablet WiFi connection do?
Secondly, since I am running a B70 version transformer with 'B70KAS...' being greater then KAS18. I am unable to root it correct?
Thank you in advance
Uninstall google maps updates fixed it for me i am running prime with clemsyn, after a few days of it working i updated google maps and all seems well.
Cool thanks it improved the problem. However, mines takes 2-3 attempts turning on/off to connect to the WiFi; is that the same for yours?
Also on this mode, on standby overnight it used about 24% battery. Is that normal?
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Hi, recently i`m experiencing technical problem with my Asus.
I think since I installed PRIME1.7.
each time that I turn off the screen for more than a minute, the WIFI card doesnt stop turning off and on. Then I must reboot the tablet to be able to connect WIFI.
can anyone help on this plz. Now I`m running on PRIME 1.9 no_3g and still have the same issue.
I have the exact same issue. If I were to tap the power botton to sleep and leave it for a while then the Wi-Fi keeps switching from On and Off without staying on.
Only a hard reboot seems to bring the Wi-Fi back on.
I am on the latest Asus Firmware and Wi-Fi version 5.2.58
I had this same problem, it seems to be an issue with the latest google maps update. Go into settings>applications>Manage applications then find maps and uninstall the updates. It worked for me, might work for you guys.
I uninstalled updates for maps and it worked for me.
but to be fully honest, I also uninstalled a couple of applications that use the wifi connection ( freewifi, for access points in France)
Same problem here on a pretty-much daily basis. Sometimes multiple times per day. Just found the following thread on another site, which suggests it to be a DHCP lease problem:
http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/asus-transformer-help/4774-wifi-turning-off.html
it might be a ROM problem. I've tried prime, revolver and arhd and with prime and revolver I would get a lot of disconnects in a mesh 802.1x network, but arhd is much more stable (still disconnects once or twice in a 8hour block while i'm at work, but it disconnects and reconnects by itself pretty quick).
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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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.
regards
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.
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I just re-read my post.
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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?
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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Hi All!
i am on CROMI-X 5.0.2 (and loving it!) but i have an issue. This issue is there since a long time, maybe forever, but it's annoying me.
I have disabled "switch WiFi off when sleep" from the Asus options in settings menu, because i need to have the tablet reachable by network even if it's sleeping. I don't mind battery consumption, it's plugged anyway when it's idle.
Anyway, after some time (a few hours?) WiFi will stop working, even after i turn on the screen again.
What happens is that the WiFi "seems" to be connected but it's not working unless i disconnect and riconnect it manually (for example by disabling and reenabling it) Of course this issue does not happen if i let WiFi turn off when the tablet is idle, because then WiFi will be disconnected and reconnected automatically.
Is this a known issue and are there any workarounds?
(this behaviour breaks any long FTP transfers, for example... which is a pity!)
I am on the same rom with the same wifi setting and do not have that problem. But I seem to remember that disabling WiFi optimazation under the WiFi advanced settings (tab the 3 dots in the upper right) helped other users with this problem.
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I suspect it may be time for a clean wipe. These little issues are sometimes solved by this. Use it as a last resort but often it's hard to debug.
If you can post a logcat from when it happens then I can try to have a look.
Hi everyone,
I am new here, and would like some help with my Nexus 5.
It is running stock rom and everything, Android 5.0.1 LRX22C
I am still setting up, so still using my old phone while I get all the mandatory apps on before i switch my SIM over.
I realised that battery seems to be draining rather quickly even it spends most of its time on just Wifi right beside the router. Cellular connection is not on. So one day I decided to turn it to airplane mode and see what happens.
As you can see from the attachment, WiFi was on all the time even though the phone was on airplane mode. I believe this is the cause of the battery drain. I did not turn WiFi on.
"Scanning always available" was turned off, and the top battery drainer is "Android system", but at only 1%.
(The screenshot was only taken after I reconnected Wifi and downloaded GSam, that explains the notifications.)
Does anyone know the cause of this? I'd prefer if I do not need to factory reset the phone as I am pretty much done setting up everything and I don't want to have to do it all again.
Any help would be really appreciated.
Thanks!
If you go to 'Advanced' there should be an option called 'Keep WIFI on during sleep', click there and then click 'Never' or 'Only when plugged in'. Good luck.
I too had the same problem when i updated to lollipop but after some days of usage i found that in wifi under advance there was a new option scanning always available which was turn on. What this setting do is even if ur wifi is off the app can scan for wifi signals for the location. So if u want to keep ur wifi off just turn off that setting.
I already had it turned off, but the battery settings still reports WiFi as on. Weird thing is GSam says my WiFi is off, so I'm not sure what is the problem now.
It might be the Android System, reporting it uses even more battery than my screen now.
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