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It seems like wifi on my phone just won't cooperate with me.
The problem's never the same but the general concept is the same. Either my wifi doesn't turn on, or it'll turn itself off after some time. Sometimes I turn on wifi in comm manager and I'll get the loading thing, but then it doesn't turn on.
Other times, it'll turn on only to be instantly turned off again.
Other times it'll turn on. I'll start surfing the web (or doing nothing for that matter) and it'll be turned off again!
Sometimes it'll turn on, work fine, and then I'd lock my phone and turn off the screen for a while. Afterwards, I turn on my phone again and it's turned off again. It was on before I turned off the screen (and it should stay on.. it did when I first got my phone).
I recently hard reset and flashed to Energy Rom, Mercury. The problem persists. I guess this means it's a hardware issue right? I've checked many settings (including all of the settings in advanced config) and it seems like wifi isn't acting as it should..
Anyone have any ideas?
hard reset, flash new radio/rom
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hard reset, flash new radio/rom
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thats not going to work he said that he just flashed the newest mercury rom and that means he has probably got a good radio too . unless its just the radio .
other than that i don't know what to tell you about wifi other than i don';t use it much .
the rom works fine and the radio doesn't affect wi-fi. there are some settings that disable wi-fi after a period of no use. it could be that. only reason that would occur while you're actually using it tho would be that it was using your data connection and not wi-fi the whole time so wi-fi stayed inactive and decided to shut off. check your wi-fi settings.
I made sure that I disabled data connections (since I don't have a data plan. I cannot connect to the internet if I do not have wifi on).
I'm pretty convinced this is a hardware issue.. Looking at my wifi settings, there's no reason why it should turn off, and the only thing I noticed was that in advanced config, it's set to disconnect wifi after 2 mins of inactivity. I often get disconnected from wifi like 4 seconds after turning it on (and often while I'm trying to load a page in opera too).
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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Sometimes, my wifi will hang When i switch the wifi on, later the wifi state is showing as turning off and keep on the state until i reboot the phone, finally the wifi can finally turned on. I encounter this issue no matter i was on froyo or gb!!! it is anonying that i must restart the phone several time to keep the wifi working.
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I want to know if any of optimus 3d user have encountered this problem, if not too much users have this problem, i will send back to lg for repair. I want to say when i switch on wifi for ten time. I will encounter this problem for three time no matter which rom or which version of android i am using.because i have encounter this problem in many roms
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it's a common issue, not sure if just with GB, the problem with this is that your battery drains too fast when this happens
just check if the phone warms up if so u have an issue then just restart
lg has not told anything about this issue, they thinkg it's an specific issue from one carrier's fw but it looks like it's in general with GB, my old x10 had the same issue but no battery drain
But i have this issue when i using froyo. Now i am using froyo but have this issue two times a days. Its very annoying to me yo know
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No solution yet!?
or it just depend on the firmware i installed!?
Btw, thank you for your reply
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There isn't any real solution. It happens to me as well as to other people (search the O3D threads here and you'll find many reporting the same), no matter if you have Froyo or GB.
However, in my case it doesn't happen two times a day but less often. It never occurs when I wake up my phone and wifi reconnects. It only happens when I turn on/off the airplane mode (but not all the times).
Do you have this issue when the phone is waking up normally (with the wifi always on) or when you turn on/off the airplane mode or turn off/on the wifi manually?
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There isn't any real solution. It happens to me as well as to other people (search the O3D threads here and you'll find many reporting the same), no matter if you have Froyo or GB.
However, in my case it doesn't happen two times a day but less often. It never occurs when I wake up my phone and wifi reconnects. It only happens when I turn on/off the airplane mode (but not all the times).
Do you have this issue when the phone is waking up normally (with the wifi always on) or when you turn on/off the airplane mode or turn off/on the wifi manually?
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if only occur in turning on/off the airplane, it will be fine for me as i seldom use the airplane mode. however, the issue occur when i turn on or off the wifi manually. i have tried to turn off and on the wifi repeated ten times when the phone restart, i have no problem. however, after i close the wifi for about 1 or 2 hour and enable again, it sometime have the problem when i switch on the wifi. i really have no ideas why this problem will occur.
Well when you turn the wifi on/off manually, I guess that it's the same thing (for the wifi connectivity) like turning on/off the airplane mode manually, so it causes the same problem.
Do you have this issue when you just wake up your phone (with wifi on)? If so, you could keep your wifi always on when you outside from home/work. If it's not connected it doesn't consume much battery.
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Well when you turn the wifi on/off manually, I guess that it's the same thing (for the wifi connectivity) like turning on/off the airplane mode manually, so it causes the same problem.
Do you have this issue when you just wake up your phone (with wifi on)? If so, you could keep your wifi always on when you outside from home/work. If it's not connected it doesn't consume much battery.
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when the wifi problem happens, i must reboot the phone manually, then the wifi will switch on automatically after the phone has rebooted. however, i discover that, wifi drain battery very much when compare to just open 2G network alone, therefore, i would like to close wifi when i just put it to standby. i think this is not a real solution and i have this problem two time a day. it is very annoying actually.
thank you for your reply!!!
I posted this already in thread i started labeled not too clearly http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1519436
It's a process called tiwlan_wq which starts using cpu @ 48% constantly and drains battery quickly.
No idea how to solve this i've kept the wifi at standard setting of off when phone is in standby or even on always but this occurs randomly.
I thought new v20g rom would have sorted out some issues but no and i'm dead bent on selling this POS LG phone.
sak500 said:
I posted this already in thread i started labeled not too clearly http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1519436
It's a process called tiwlan_wq which starts using cpu @ 48% constantly and drains battery quickly.
No idea how to solve this i've kept the wifi at standard setting of off when phone is in standby or even on always but this occurs randomly.
I thought new v20g rom would have sorted out some issues but no and i'm dead bent on selling this POS LG phone.
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try to set the wifi policy to "never", however, the problem still have, but battery drain is lessened i think
I'm on a 32gb Google Play purchased white Nexus 5, activated on Sprint. I went through a whole charge cycle yesterday with Wi-Fi off, and under battery usage / Wi-Fi / Use Details / Wi-Fi running, it showed "Wi-Fi running" 17 hours. I never even had Wi-Fi turned on once.
I've been playing with it today, turning Wi-Fi on and off, and no matter what, the Wi-Fi usage time matches my phone on time. It seems according to the battery meter my Wi-Fi is always on. Any one else seeing this? What is the deal?
Go into wifi settings, click the menu button in the lower right corner, go to advanced.
Uncheck "Scanning always available". There you go.
Although TBQH the battery impact seems minimal (especially if it's able to use wifi to get a location lock, as that's much more power efficient than turning on the GPS).
that is because even though you have turned WiFi off, its still available to app to get better location. if you want to turn that off, go to settings, wifi, options, advanced and uncheck "scanning always available"
that will turn off wifi completely. hope that helps.
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I'm on a 32gb Google Play purchased white Nexus 5, activated on Sprint. I went through a whole charge cycle yesterday with Wi-Fi off, and under battery usage / Wi-Fi / Use Details / Wi-Fi running, it showed "Wi-Fi running" 17 hours. I never even had Wi-Fi turned on once.
I've been playing with it today, turning Wi-Fi on and off, and no matter what, the Wi-Fi usage time matches my phone on time. It seems according to the battery meter my Wi-Fi is always on. Any one else seeing this? What is the deal?
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Go into WIFI settings and click the menu (three dots menu) for advanced settings. You will find an option that makes the phone to scan for networks even when disabled.
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Go into WIFI settings and click the menu (three dots menu) for advanced settings. You will find an option that makes the phone to scan for networks even when disabled.
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Thank you all very much! Will see if it helps my battery life at all!
Thanks folks.
Following my update to 4.4.2 I was experiencing wifi using a lot more battery than normal. I tend to turn wifi off at night, and phone had started using more battery than normal. This fix in advanced settings got things back to normal for me. Battery usage much better. Odd that the update seemed to have set this to on for me.
Thanks a lot guys..this was bugging my head as well..
Hi Guys,
I've just updated to Lollipop by sideloading the OTA.
My battery usage stats say that my WiFi is constantly on and the phone is Awake, even with WiFi turned off AND 'Scanning Always Available' also turned OFF.
What could be going on and does anyone have any suggestions to fix?
Thanks
Same thing happening to me Wifi constantly on Android 5.0 Nexus 5
randommonth said:
Hi Guys,
I've just updated to Lollipop by sideloading the OTA.
My battery usage stats say that my WiFi is constantly on and the phone is Awake, even with WiFi turned off AND 'Scanning Always Available' also turned OFF.
What could be going on and does anyone have any suggestions to fix?
Thanks
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Same thing is happening to my device. I upgraded to Android 5.0 yesterday using the OTA upgrade and battery life has been horrendous. When I view battery use it shows WiFI as being constantly on...even when I have it manually turned off. I also have "scanning alwaysa available" turned off. Need more insight on this issue.
randommonth said:
Hi Guys,
I've just updated to Lollipop by sideloading the OTA.
My battery usage stats say that my WiFi is constantly on and the phone is Awake, even with WiFi turned off AND 'Scanning Always Available' also turned OFF.
What could be going on and does anyone have any suggestions to fix?
Thanks
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rebornlol said:
Same thing is happening to my device. I upgraded to Android 5.0 yesterday using the OTA upgrade and battery life has been horrendous. When I view battery use it shows WiFI as being constantly on...even when I have it manually turned off. I also have "scanning alwaysa available" turned off. Need more insight on this issue.
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I had this same issue. I think I fixed it, check out my thread for a solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/fix-lollipop-wifi-off-t2947870
Basically, flash Kitkat factory images, sideload OTA, factory reset, and hopefully that resolves it. Nasty little bug.
Thanks
Thanks for reading my post and suggesting the solution you have written up on your thread. I am going to see if somehow the problem becomes resolved within the next couple of days. Otherwise, I will flash back to clean KitKat image and upgrade to Lollipop as you suggested.
When I upgraded to Lollipop yesterday, it wasn't a clean install. I simply installed over my current KitKat config.
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I had this same issue. I think I fixed it, check out my thread for a solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/fix-lollipop-wifi-off-t2947870
Basically, flash Kitkat factory images, sideload OTA, factory reset, and hopefully that resolves it. Nasty little bug.
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Thanks for the reply, but what you suggest is basically how I have arrived at this situation...
1. I flashed the KitKat factory images a few months ago to resolve an unrelated issue
2. I sideloaded the Lollipop OTA update earlier this week, then discovered the WiFi Awake issue chewing battery.
3. I performed a factory reset (from the O/S, not from recovery) 2 days ago and then re-setup my phone, making sure to untick the option during setup which turns scanning always available on.
4. Today, with Wifi turned off and scanning always available turned off, my phone battery stats indicate my WiFi to be constantly ON.
That said I will give your method another try, but beyond that I was considering flashing the Lollipop factory images, will this help?
Cheers
randommonth said:
Thanks for the reply, but what you suggest is basically how I have arrived at this situation...
1. I flashed the KitKat factory images a few months ago to resolve an unrelated issue
2. I sideloaded the Lollipop OTA update earlier this week, then discovered the WiFi Awake issue chewing battery.
3. I performed a factory reset (from the O/S, not from recovery) 2 days ago and then re-setup my phone, making sure to untick the option during setup which turns scanning always available on.
4. Today, with Wifi turned off and scanning always available turned off, my phone battery stats indicate my WiFi to be constantly ON.
I was considering flashing the Lollipop factory images, will this help?
Cheers
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How I arrived at that situation was by clean flashing the Lollipop factory images Maybe try it again? I'm honestly not sure what the difference in doing the two is (flashing factory Lollipop vs flashing factory Kitkat -> OTA -> wipe), but it seems to have done something for me. Also are you rooted? I did not root after following those steps, as all I really used root for was monitoring battery stats.
randommonth said:
Hi Guys,
I've just updated to Lollipop by sideloading the OTA.
My battery usage stats say that my WiFi is constantly on and the phone is Awake, even with WiFi turned off AND 'Scanning Always Available' also turned OFF.
What could be going on and does anyone have any suggestions to fix?
Thanks
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rebornlol said:
Same thing is happening to my device. I upgraded to Android 5.0 yesterday using the OTA upgrade and battery life has been horrendous. When I view battery use it shows WiFI as being constantly on...even when I have it manually turned off. I also have "scanning alwaysa available" turned off. Need more insight on this issue.
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thattypicalnerd said:
I had this same issue. I think I fixed it, check out my thread for a solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/fix-lollipop-wifi-off-t2947870
Basically, flash Kitkat factory images, sideload OTA, factory reset, and hopefully that resolves it. Nasty little bug.
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randommonth said:
Thanks for the reply, but what you suggest is basically how I have arrived at this situation...
1. I flashed the KitKat factory images a few months ago to resolve an unrelated issue
2. I sideloaded the Lollipop OTA update earlier this week, then discovered the WiFi Awake issue chewing battery.
3. I performed a factory reset (from the O/S, not from recovery) 2 days ago and then re-setup my phone, making sure to untick the option during setup which turns scanning always available on.
4. Today, with Wifi turned off and scanning always available turned off, my phone battery stats indicate my WiFi to be constantly ON.
That said I will give your method another try, but beyond that I was considering flashing the Lollipop factory images, will this help?
Cheers
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thattypicalnerd said:
How I arrived at that situation was by clean flashing the Lollipop factory images Maybe try it again? I'm honestly not sure what the difference in doing the two is (flashing factory Lollipop vs flashing factory Kitkat -> OTA -> wipe), but it seems to have done something for me. Also are you rooted? I did not root after following those steps, as all I really used root for was monitoring battery stats.
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I had the same issue as well and found it was actually caused by viber app. if you have viber app you can got into the app
->settings->general->Wifi-sleep policy and change it to use device's settings.
If that doesn't help try booting into safe mode and check your battery stats, thats how i found out it was actually caused by a 3rd party app.
A question?
My wifi is always on too as a function of Settings>Wifi>Advanced>Keep Wifi on during sleep>Always.
My question is, when I'm at work I have no chance of connecting to any Wifi networks (there aren't any!), is it going to save my battery turning this off?
Regards all,
Paul.
I have a 32 gb nexus 5. My Wifi is always on. Whenever i try to turn it off, it automatically turns right back on. If i restart the phone, wifi will be off for sometime. But as soon as i go to the drop down menu, zap, its on again. Any help on this? And of course this is draining my battery faster.
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tejasbr said:
I have a 32 gb nexus 5. My Wifi is always on. Whenever i try to turn it off, it automatically turns right back on. If i restart the phone, wifi will be off for sometime. But as soon as i go to the drop down menu, zap, its on again. Any help on this? And of course this is draining my battery faster.
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1. Wiping Cache Partition.
2. An app must be interfering with the android system. Uninstall applications like Clean Master, Ram Boosters, Process Killers ,etc.
Your phone doesn't need these optimizers and they are the source of the problem creating problems with the usage, asking for permissions to interfere with the system.
NOTE : Process killers, ram boosters mostly the problem, you don't need to disable WiFi everytime after use, just go to wifi options -> advanced -> Keep wifi on during sleep -> Never and select WiFi freq band as requied.
After this step you need to clear cache again and then you will never see WiFi on top i.e System will function normally.
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I m using htc one e8 Indian version after I get update lollipop 5.0.2, I m facing wifi always on problem.
Battery stats and history shows always on, but in reality I hardly use wifi. But It shows a strong green bar that wifi is on all the time.
Wifi background scanning is also off, but I still not able to fix this.
Please help me to get rid of this.
Before lollipop update I was not facing this kind of problem.
rishabhchawla said:
I m using htc one e8 Indian version after I get update lollipop 5.0.2, I m facing wifi always on problem.
Battery stats and history shows always on, but in reality I hardly use wifi. But It shows a strong green bar that wifi is on all the time.
Wifi background scanning is also off, but I still not able to fix this.
Please help me to get rid of this.
Before lollipop update I was not facing this kind of problem.
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I read on Elevate and xda only today, people owning M8 and M9 have seen a similar issue too last day. But I just saw my phone, and it's not there. I had patches of white too, for times when I wasn't on a wifi network. Try checking using a battery monitor app like GSAM, whether wifi is always on or not.
Battery history shows wifi is alaways on
Gsam app show wifi is not stwiched on at all. But Battery history shows wifi is on all the time. Problems that i m facing after lollipop update phone tends to heat more and battery life has also been degraded. So, where exactly problem is?
rishabhchawla said:
Gsam app show wifi is not stwiched on at all. But Battery history shows wifi is on all the time. Problems that i m facing after lollipop update phone tends to heat more and battery life has also been degraded. So, where exactly problem is?
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Well, after any software update, it's recommended to wipe your phone's cache. Or software reset the phone. Then give the OS a few days to settle. I wiped the cache, and my battery life has been at par with on Kitkat, and even better standby times. And no heating problems. The performance has only improved after Lollipop. Try doing one of these, or check on GSAM what's eating up the battery.
rishabhchawla
do you use any IM apps like Viber etc? please check its wi-fi policy settings, it seems that it set to always on, try to change it and then reboot device
Viber was the culprit
Thanks man!
Just by changing wifi settings in wifi solved the problem like magic.
I am facing the same problem. I do not have viber installed on my phone.
I've set everything to off just as stated by the OP:
Here's how it goes with my E8:
1. Fresh start of the phone, and I don't find the traces of Wi-Fi.
2. Once Wi-Fi is on either for using internet/ShareIt/others, it keeps showing as "On" in Battery history even if it is turned "Off".
3. Only solution is to restart the phone.
Please advise guys!
Thanks,
Vinay
[Solved] Wifi always on problem on Android lollipop 5.0.2 On htc one e8
vinay.habib said:
I am facing the same problem. I do not have viber installed on my phone.
I've set everything to off just as stated by the OP:
Here's how it goes with my E8:
1. Fresh start of the phone, and I don't find the traces of Wi-Fi.
2. Once Wi-Fi is on either for using internet/ShareIt/others, it keeps showing as "On" in Battery history even if it is turned "Off".
3. Only solution is to restart the phone.
Please advise guys!
Thanks,
Vinay
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I've found a way around it.
Turned on Wi-Fi and let the phone connect to a hotspot and turned it off after a few seconds.
The Wi-Fi radio completely turned off.
Guess, after using ShareIt, the app didn't turn it off the Wi-Fi properly.