I was looking over my battery stats with better battery stats app. I noticed that "WiFi running" was using my battery 100% of the time. At first I thought that was my WiFi connection but my WiFi was off. When I turned it on I then notice "WiFi on" in better battery stats. What exactly is WiFi running?
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Pain-N-Panic said:
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Wifi On: the total time Wifi was on
Wifi Running: the total time Wifi was connected to an SSID
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Ahhhh I see. Thank you for the reply. Would this connection to my SSID be draining battery? Or is it such a small percentage that I shouldn't worry about it?
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Pain-N-Panic said:
Ahhhh I see. Thank you for the reply. Would this connection to my SSID be draining battery? Or is it such a small percentage that I shouldn't worry about it?
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I must have it wrong. What I said makes no sense in light of your screen shot. Sorry to have jumped the gun.
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Wifi running could possibly be referring to the 'Scanning always available' setting in advanced wifi settings. If ticked it allows Google and other apps to scan for networks to locate you.
I'm no expert but just a thought
Thanks for this I just got the nexus 5 and was wondering the same. Didn't know there was an "always scan"...
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Actually, the Better Battery Stats thread definitely has all this kind of information.
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Hi people,
Recently went to the market, and I tried downloading Green Power. It claimed to be able to work with 2.3.3
However, I don't see it toggling 3G automatically.
Has anyone managed to get it working?
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If you are connected to a wireless network the app doesn't use your data connection. Try running the app with your wireless off or turn off your router. You'll see it working then.
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du5t3r said:
If you are connected to a wireless network the app doesn't use your data connection. Try running the app with your wireless off or turn off your router. You'll see it working then.
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Huh I thought the main objective of the app is to turn off the 3G when its not in use?
What's the point of turning off the wifi or router?
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I use an app called "Network Switcher" which seems to work well on my Nexus S
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Great app I think it helps me save battery I'm still
On 2.3.2 still waiting for 2.3.3
Just tried network switcher ... sometimes it doesn't return me 3G connection ..
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I got this yesterday it does switch off the 3g so I think its been working. Although there were a few times when I switch RH screen on and off too quickly that it takes 10 seconds o so before 3g comes back
So far its been good using greenpower can update later
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dplate07 said:
Huh I thought the main objective of the app is to turn off the 3G when its not in use?
What's the point of turning off the wifi or router?
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The reason I said to turn off wifi/router was so he could see if the app was turning on/off his 3g connection properly; that being his question
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Alright its been a few days and I can safely say that green power is working out awesome for me
If I just leave the phone alone it last a lot longer I'd estimate it to using around 10-20% battery judging by the percentage reported by the phone
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Check to see if the "Best Wi-Fi Performance" option is enabled under the Advanced WiFi settings. If it is, disable it.
Try using GSam Battery Stats (used to be badass battery stats I believe). It can give you a breakdown of what apps are chewing through the battery. Might help to give you some direction.
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jspidey said:
Check to see if the "Best Wi-Fi Performance" option is enabled under the Advanced WiFi settings. If it is, disable it.
Try using GSam Battery Stats (used to be badass battery stats I believe). It can give you a breakdown of what apps are chewing through the battery. Might help to give you some direction.
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Hes not using a sense rom so that option isn't available. I also have wakelocks using AOKP and I can't track them down using either BBS or BBM.
I have the same problem too eventhough i put wifi on during sleep only when plugged in under setting.
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Yeah I Mon aokp still can't find a solution
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have you been through your apps and Widgets to see what may be keeping your phone from sleeping?
I also have lots of wake locks on CM9, latest nightly. Lost 11% battery in 8 hours last night while I slept.
After turning off my wifi, the battery stats show that I still have it running, when in reality it shouldn't. It shows that it's off in the settings menu but the wifi bar in the battery stats says it's on. Does anyone know why this is happening?
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Like this for example.
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Yep. Introduced in 4.3 WiFi will stay on to help with location. When it's turned "off" it just means it won't connect.
You can turn this feature off in WiFi > advanced > scanning always available.
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Thanks!
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i keep my wifi off most of the time but it's showing on when i check battery usage. my location also turned off as well as Google now. any one else having this issue
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settings> wifi> 3 dot/menu bottom right> advanced> uncheck "scanning always available"
Thanks, I was confused by this too. Does anyone know, does it make much difference to the battery?
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Thanks, I was confused by this too. Does anyone know, does it make much difference to the battery?
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Yes it makes quite a bit of difference. Keeping that setting unchecked saves battery
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jbdan said:
Yes it makes quite a bit of difference. Keeping that setting unchecked saves battery
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Agreed it makes a hell of a difference on battery life, turned it straight off on my phone
thank you so much. i appreciate it
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Hey guys, I've owned my Nexus 5 for a couple weeks now and I've noticed a battery drain when running on WiFi. No matter what ROM I use, no matter what kernel I use, it still drains. And BBS tells that as well. I have not one but 4 wakelocks on WiFi and I've tried both franco and faux's kernel combined with both Cataclysm/Stock ROM. Attached a BBS screenshot. Anyone has this too/solved it?
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Li'l up? I've searched a while but no one has these three same exact wakelocks like me.
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You have to turn off "Always scanning" in the Wi-Fi advanced settings
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Dajuane22 said:
You have to turn off "Always scanning" in the Wi-Fi advanced settings
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Done. Even undervolted -75mv and underclocked CPU of 200MHz (not actually related to this WiFi thingy but I wanted to save some battery). I feel like WiFi is draining soooooo much even when the screen is on, and I don't use any apps like Facebook which drain battery.
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