There is a LOT of power consumption with WIFI on - even when the phone has the screen off. It's much worse than with LTE data on - even in this area of poor reception.. This is no matter if WIFI calling is on or off. (I want to use WIFI calling, due to poor LTE reception here.)
Is it just the nature of the beast, or can something be done about this?
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I ain't the only one! My phone has been draining like crazy and I've been on wifi the whole time. Years ago, I remember something about changing to a static IP to remedy it, but that doesn't seem to be the case now. I don't have any weird wlan wakelocks or anything out of the norm, so it's kinda a mystery at the moment.
I even tried in Safe mode, to no avail. This is while connected to home WiFi.
I've searched through all the setting in the phone and in my router. There is nothing that seems out of the ordinary. Only thing I could find was other people who had severe drain on the other Pixels after the 9.0 update.
I contacted support through Fi and they offered to replace my device, so there could be a hardware fluke somewhere (as we know with people reporting random reboots/shutdowns)
EDIT: So I think my issue was because of the static ip bug in Pie. Once I changed it to DHCP, the drain seems to be a lot lower.
I actually pretty much found the same thing earlier this morning. I normally use manually configured IPs and DNS servers. I decided to try DHCP and the issue went away.
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When I move into my room, my laptop gets 90%-100% signal strength from my Wifi, my phone however randomly looses signal completely and especially when I take up the phone to use it. It's very frustrating. Plus when I'm on 3G, it constantly switches from 3G to H too.
The 3g H switching is normal if you are on tmo us and running the eu roms and has been discussed quite a bit
not sure what you mean by losing signal, but i get diff bars diff places in my house. never lose the whole connection as in not being able to dl or browse web
did you run speed tests at these diff locations in house
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The 3g H switching is normal if you are on tmo us and running the eu roms and has been discussed quite a bit
not sure what you mean by losing signal, but i get diff bars diff places in my house. never lose the whole connection as in not being able to dl or browse web
did you run speed tests at these diff locations in house
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I think you misunderstood his post. His primary problem is that the wifi on his phone doesn't come close to the signal strength his laptop has when in the same room.
The secondary problem was the 3g/4g switching.
OP -- I have no idea what to tell you.
no, i understood. just saying my phone wifi bars fluctuate even if my laptop has good signal. may just be the way they both display strength readings
i think op should run speed tests btw the two at same time. however both devices are splitting signal so may not be as good as only one running at a time
his speeds may be fine even though bars don't show it
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no, i understood. just saying my phone wifi bars fluctuate even if my laptop has good signal. may just be the way they both display strength readings
i think op should run speed tests btw the two at same time. however both devices are splitting signal so may not be as good as only one running at a time
his speeds may be fine even though bars don't show it
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I'm in Jamaica, no T-mobile. I'm not sure if I'm running an EU rom. My problem is that I loose connectivity to Wifi totally randomly in my room with even little motion. I mentioned my laptop for reference... it's like there's poor signal in my room. The phone'll just bit sitting on my bed, I hear an alert and pick up the phone to realize I've lost Wifi.
Speed is not the problem, I've been able to run a speed test to confirm I get the speed I'm supposed to get. Other times though, the speed test could not complete because I moved a little and lost connectivity.
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Make sure that your SIM access cover is snapped in place.
It happened to me with the WiFi signal - The phone was losing signal, and had low signal 1 foot away from the router.
I 'pinched' the top-right corner of the access cover (thumb on the glass, index finger on the back cover) - I heard a 'click' and suddenly my WiFi was at full strength. I believe that the WiFi antenna is not connected unless it snaps together.
ok, not sure what to suggest. you could try turning airplane mode on and of and see if that helps
maybe router settings with the phone if you always had the issue
under settings/wifi/ tap on wifi then the 3 dot menu--Advanced. See if Keep Wi-Fi on during Sleep is Always. If not tap on it and change to Always
Also at bottom of Advanced menu is a DLNA setting, you could toggle that
barring that or someone else's ideas--maybe hardware and needs replaced
Try turning on Best Wifi Performance in Wifi, advanced settings.
Sent from my HTC VLE_U
Turning on best WiFi performance totally killed my battery life, but that may just be me.
If you're losing signal on one device but not another, I'd recommend changing the channel on your router. Interference on certain channels can cause weird issues with some devices. There are apps on the market that will show you which channels are congested in your area.
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Turning on best WiFi performance totally killed my battery life, but that may just be me.
If you're losing signal on one device but not another, I'd recommend changing the channel on your router. Interference on certain channels can cause weird issues with some devices. There are apps on the market that will show you which channels are congested in your area.
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Hmmm... I'll try that. So far turning on DLNA and Best Performance hasn't made any difference. I'll try changing the channel when I get home later and post the results. I REALLY hope h/w is not the problem.. it's gonna be a hassle sending this back.
It might be worth gently cleaning the contacts exposed when you remove the SIM access panel. As District noted, good contact is necessary for wifi (and probably other features). Dust or a fingerprint may be problematic.
Anything to bear in mind when trying to clean it or adjust it? I'm really paranoid I'll mess it up.
make sure you use electrical cleaner
radio shack sells it, comes in spray can
if you haven't had sim card out or phone long, probably not issue. but, worth try
if you have another router, you can always try that
Nothing seems to work... I'm using channel 11 @ home which doesn't seem to be crowded. I have the same issue @ work with our router. I've been having this problem from I got the phone last week. This is after I initially removed the back cover to first insert my SIM.
I'm going to try and see if I can secure a cleaner... I tried blowing on it mean time. Also turned on DLNA and best wifi performance and all.
DLNA auto-IP setting worked for me.
Hi OP,
I had the exact same wifi issues on my One S. I tried the router at work, the router at home and my mates router with the same results.
Mine seems to work now, with no disconnections or manually connections. What seems to have worked for me -- Wifi - Advanced menu -- DLNA auto-IP setting - toggle on. Then restart, making sure the setting is still set after reboot. Seems to have fixed my wifi issues.
HTH.
Darren.
I have a OPO, Nexus 5, iPad and Galaxy S5 on the same WiFi network and when my OPO goes on idle, it will stay on the WiFi network but lose internet connection after some time whereas my other devices wont. It's not a matter of the settings because I have left WiFi to be awake at all times and even turned off WiFi battery optimization. I'm having a tough time figuring out why this happens. I have to turn wifi on and off to regain internet.
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I have a OPO, Nexus 5, iPad and Galaxy S5 on the same WiFi network and when my OPO goes on idle, it will stay on the WiFi network but lose internet connection after some time whereas my other devices wont. It's not a matter of the settings because I have left WiFi to be awake at all times and even turned off WiFi battery optimization. I'm having a tough time figuring out why this happens. I have to turn wifi on and off to regain internet.
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I think I had the same issue, it only worked after I used a different router... I tested it in several places (even in two countries) and the damned thing only stopped working in my home network.
I have no idea why it happened but it only went away with a different router...
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I think I had the same issue, it only worked after I used a different router... I tested it in several places (even in two countries) and the damned thing only stopped working in my home network.
I have no idea why it happened but it only went away with a different router...
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My only theory is because maybe my IP is not static and CM on OPO is not made to handle it? I don't get why my other devices work fine though. It only happens at home for myself as well
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My only theory is because maybe my IP is not static and CM on OPO is not made to handle it? I don't get why my other devices work fine though. It only happens at home for myself as well
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Could be software, does it happen in CM11 nightlies?
Or maybe is the config for the wlan HW, I think OPO has a Qualcomm solution for WiFi, I haven't experienced this in my Nexus 5 (Broadcom WLAN) or 7 2013 (Qualcomm older WLAN I think).
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I seem to be having the same issue. it's weird. I've been trying to do initial upload from Titanium Backup to my Box account and it sucks...
network is a netgear adsl router with the wifi turned off, wired to a netgear router running dd-wrt, and I also have a repeater that's a d-link dir-615 running dd-wrt... yeah not the simplest setup I know
Would be useful to know if those experiencing the issue have altered screen timeout settings.
I was managing to upload ~30mb at a time, but now it seems to be much less - 1mb or less. I'm not sure if that's because I turned the screen timeout down to lowest (15s) to see what happened, but I've now turned it back up to 30 mb but the amount I can upload hasn't increased with it :/ Well - except for once where I did manage to upload 30mb again - which was directly after I turned off adaptive backlight. but then after that it was down to less than 1mb again.
Really scratching my head here.
There appears to be a similar thread over on the OPO forums - https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/wifi-slows-to-a-crawl.75850/ - I'm posting this in and watching both
What is the best place to report this information?
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I seem to be having the same issue. it's weird. I've been trying to do initial upload from Titanium Backup to my Box account and it sucks...
network is a netgear adsl router with the wifi turned off, wired to a netgear router running dd-wrt, and I also have a repeater that's a d-link dir-615 running dd-wrt... yeah not the simplest setup I know
Would be useful to know if those experiencing the issue have altered screen timeout settings.
I was managing to upload ~30mb at a time, but now it seems to be much less - 1mb or less. I'm not sure if that's because I turned the screen timeout down to lowest (15s) to see what happened, but I've now turned it back up to 30 mb but the amount I can upload hasn't increased with it :/ Well - except for once where I did manage to upload 30mb again - which was directly after I turned off adaptive backlight. but then after that it was down to less than 1mb again.
Really scratching my head here.
There appears to be a similar thread over on the OPO forums - https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/wifi-slows-to-a-crawl.75850/ - I'm posting this in and watching both
What is the best place to report this information?
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https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa
I've just realised that I may be getting inconsistent results as my girlfriend is apparently playing games on xbox live. there's definitely a problem though.
Please check if is related with this bug go to https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/BACON-182 , add your vote and add a description of your problem. Thanks!
Its funny I posted this on reddit and I had these 3 morons laugh at me and act as if I didn't know how to use a phone. I'm glad I'm not the only one with eyes lol
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Its funny I posted this on reddit and I had these 3 morons laugh at me and act as if I didn't know how to use a phone. I'm glad I'm not the only one with eyes lol
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People on other social networks tend to be less technical than XDA.
First off, I’d like to start by saying I believe, overall, battery life on the N5 with 5.1 is better than 5.0. However, after upgrading, whenever I was home I noticed extremely poor battery life—and the built-in near useless battery monitor didn’t reflect anything interesting. Thinking it might be related to the poor cell signal I have at home, or my Wi-Fi connection—because I didn’t have the issue when I was not on Wi-Fi at home—I upgraded the firmware in my wireless access point at home and the problem just went away. Instantly battery life was back to normal.
Hope this helps someone else!
Cheers.
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First off, I’d like to start by saying I believe, overall, battery life on the N5 with 5.1 is better than 5.0. However, after upgrading, whenever I was home I noticed extremely poor battery life—and the built-in near useless battery monitor didn’t reflect anything interesting. Thinking it might be related to the poor cell signal I have at home, or my Wi-Fi connection—because I didn’t have the issue when I was not on Wi-Fi at home—I upgraded the firmware in my wireless access point at home and the problem just went away. Instantly battery life was back to normal.
Hope this helps someone else!
Cheers.
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I'm curious what kind of router you have? Router reboot probably would have resolved it for a while. Doesn't matter though, battery life still sucks since 5.x.
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I'm curious what kind of router you have? Router reboot probably would have resolved it for a while. Doesn't matter though, battery life still sucks since 5.x.
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Technically my router doesn’t apply here, but most people have a router that also does Wi-Fi. I use an enterprise-class wireless access point at home from Ruckus Wireless and, while possible, rebooting enterprise-class devices tends not to change much.
Had you searched a bit you would've found some older threads from 4.4.2-4.4.4 where people discussed certain network traffic causing weird wakelocks on their phones. Given that 5.x is still new we're not seeing a lot of talk about this yet and it can't be certain whether it's the same issue.
This could also be a factor of settings you have. Wifi optimization, scan while sleeping, avoid poor connections, etc. These are variables that need to be accounted for.
That said, the best test for you right now is to run some controlled tests.
Before you go to bed, reboot your phone, note the battery level, and leave wifi enabled. Note battery level when you wake up and about how much was lost per hour of sleep.
Next night, do the same. Reboot phone, but turn wifi off this time. Note amount lost per hour in the morning.
This determines if wifi is the culprit. If it is, turn on AP isolation on the router (wireless devices can't see/talk to each other), reboot phone, enable wifi, note amount lost per hour. If AP isolation fixes the issue, then it's the weird traffic wifi wakelocks we saw in the past.
I'm still on 4.4.4 because **** lollipop and it's issues, and because my phone works fine without any weird crazy battery loss. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. So I can't really test for you.
But you need to start testing, controlling for variables, and recording results if you want to narrow down the problem.
Everything is smooth and perfect except Wifi.
I can found close wifi networks (Mobile hotspots created by other phones) but if I try to connect it just saves them, cannot connect to any wifi networks.
And the strength is too low. It is unable to find my room's wifi ...!!
So I am just totally unable to use wifi in my Pixel :/
Also I turn on Hotspot on my Pixel, it turns on but I cannot find it from other devices.
Also upgraded from 8.1.0 to 9.0 but still same issue.
Without Wifi its so miserable experience Any Solution?????
Yeah, same issue. It's a hardware thing. If you've dropped your phone either the cable came loose or the PCB board is off. I threw mine before (long story) but can't use wifi nor Bluetooth without being close to what I'm connected to.
I just don't feel like fixing it considering the pixel can break by repair. Plus, my 6p is my DD anyway
Dang, I gave my sister this phone and this problem just appeared. Time to look for a new phone for her.
Ok, being real for a second, this worked and I know it is a VERY BAD workaround but can help in a pinch.
I bought a refurb pixel on woot. Took a while to get it because it was sent to a friend's PO box and then brought to mexico, ergo no warranty.
Unboxed it and had this exact same issue; little to no signal on very few wifi hotspots and just "saving"
Seeing as this might be hardware related as @creep138 mentioned, I tried the following:
PRESS considerably hard on the point that the antenna connector should be.
After a couple of seconds of force and massaging, wifi came on and connected.
I KNOW this is a bad idea, I KNOW this might cause several issues on the long run, but if you have it sitting in a drawer doing nothing because of this issue, give it a try.
For reference this was done on a Verizon Black Pixel. The small one. and the point to apply pressure to is about half an inch below the camera and flash module.
Hope this helps
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Everything is smooth and perfect except Wifi.
I can found close wifi networks (Mobile hotspots created by other phones) but if I try to connect it just saves them, cannot connect to any wifi networks.
And the strength is too low. It is unable to find my room's wifi ...!!
So I am just totally unable to use wifi in my Pixel :/
Also I turn on Hotspot on my Pixel, it turns on but I cannot find it from other devices.
Also upgraded from 8.1.0 to 9.0 but still same issue.
Without Wifi its so miserable experience Any Solution?????
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Status update:
After doing what I have already described, that helped to connect to the wifi at my workplace. Nonetheless I didn't have suck luck with my home wifi.
After reading here and there, some users reported the device connecting to 5Ghz wifi no problem. My work is indeed 5Ghz and my home is 2.4
After unpacking and installing a 5Ghz capable router, the pixel connected no problem to it (after applying the aforementioned pressure)
Hope this helps
This is something I've noticed over time now, honestly not entirely sure if it's just this phone because I never really paid attention to it on others.
Does anyone else notice that it takes a bit of time for wifi to actually disconnect from a network when you get far enough from it to have poor signal?
I mostly notice this when I walk my dogs. I'm able to walk almost an entire block away before Wi-Fi disconnects, as per the status showing.
I already removed antennas from the router as I do not need extended distance but it honestly seems like a phantom connection.
When I go back to the same spot that the wifi eventually drops and use Wi-Fi analyzer I don't even see the network.
Anyone else notice?