Hi all,
First of all (pertinent): I have the following options set on my phone:
Wi-Fi Sleep Policy: Never
Battery Mode: Performance
Data Delivery: Background data on, Data enabled
Now... I've got an issue where music streaming services seem to stop buffering when I'm on Wi-Fi and the screen is off. Happens with both Pandora and Rdio. I've definitely done my due diligence on this issue and nothing seems to help. It is like the settings I've specified above have no effect. Interestingly, if I'm on cellular data, there doesn't seem to be a problem.
I do not stream at home, so at first I thought it was my work Wi-Fi only, but it DOES stream when the screen is on and the song will finish. It is only when the song ends and it tries to buffer a new song that it just hangs until I wake the screen.
I had this issue with stock 1.83, and in every other ROM/radio combo I've tried (now on Ken's Beta #4).
Any suggestions? Maybe something in a database?
Have an option to increase your buffer in your player?
Sent from the coolest phone ever.
No, unfortunately there is no way in the Pandora or Rdio players to increase the buffer (that I have seen). Alas, that would only be a workaround. I also don't think that would help. It seems to be that data completely stops flowing for these programs when the screen is off.
may sound dumb but try changing timeout on screen off and reinstalling your apps. also ask somebody more knowledgeable if there are any tweaks in the root folder that might have something to do with this. but that is another problem. finding somebody who may know.
Thanks for the reply. The screen timeout does not do anything except prolong the inevitable. I have tried to reinstall both apps -- no success.
Has anyone else had this happen to them?
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Getting a bit tired of this now so I'm tempted to try doing something about it, but I'm not sure what.
Non of the auto updates on my phone appear to work correctly and every time I want new data I have to manually tell each program to refresh/update etc. The manual procedures work no problem.
It's really annoying and wastes time having to do that when you should be able to open an app and have everything up to date.
Examples of what I mean are RSS feeds, Weather programs etc. . It puts me off using certain apps.
Is there any common reason for things that might cause this? I'm using an "Energy rom WWE" and am wondering if this might be rom related, although I have a vague recollection that this was also the case on the standard rom as I can remember having to manually update TF3 weather every time I used it, despite setting it to auto.
The phone always has a good GPRS/EDGE connection (my provider has no 3G ), although what I noticed a while ago was that my data connection would sometimes not work so I now have a scheduled automatic reboot every night.
I don't think the problem is related and I've not had connection problems since then, but regardless of this the auto updates never seem to work.
I'd LOVE all this stuff to be updating automatically as it is all set to do, but no idea why it doesn't do this.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Jim
Jim...1)does your data connection stay active in standby? Also 2) Check this registry setting HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCMSgEnhancement\Overlay Transition and see if the dword is 0 or 1. If 0 change to 1. It's a long shot that may not make much sense, but worth a try.
Thanks for the suggestion Sean - will check it out.
What exactly is that registry setting for?
And silly question maybe - but how can I tell if it's keeping the connection active if it's in standby?
Hmmm, been in the registry and I'm uncertain about this.
I don't actually seem to have this registry path:
HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCMSgEnhancement\Overlay Transition
Instead it has:
HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCMSgEnhance\
And none of the folders inside it seem to correspond with the overlay transition setting.
On the other hand there is a folder for:
HKLM\Software\HTC\Overlay Transition
This has three REG_DWORD settings (Interval/TotalFrame/WaitTime), and a default that has not been set to anything.
Hope that makes sense?
The registry setting is actually what controls how email fades in and out when you're swiping left or right between emails. Some chefs turn the overlay off which turns the fade transition off and makes swiping between emails almost instant. I use to turn it off, but each time I messed with that reg setting, my data connection would freeze up after or during an auto update. The only way to fix it was a softreset. When I would turn the transition back on, the problem would go away. Why? Not sure. That's why I said checking that reg may make zero sense, but it might be a factor.
To check if your data stays on in standby: establish a data connection and put your phone in standby (screenoff). After a bit, turn the screen back on and see if you still have a small "E" over the signal bars. You can also check the notification manager by pressing the top bar. See if a timer is going and how many hours, minutes and seconds it's been going. Or, and this may be better for testing purposes, go into sounds and notifications, set a sound for data connection established and a sound for data disconnected. Then start a data connection and you should hear the connected sound. Then put the phone in standby you will either hear the data disonnect sound or nothing at all. If you hear nothing at all, then your data is staying alive in stanby.
Edit: oops I didn't see your post above this one. See my response below.
Which Energy Rom version are you using? The second reg settting is what controls the speed of the fade in and out email transition. If you don't have the other setting then my second suggestion is not the problem. So see if your data stays active in stanby. If it disconnects then that would certainly be one good explanation for your apps not updating.
Thanks for such an informative reply - very helpful.
Yes, checked the data connection and it still shows edge there (ove 8 hours worth) so I guess that's not the issue.
The odd thing was that after posting this thread my RSS feeds actually did auto update today! BUT, my weather apps haven't, so it's a fluke I think.
Rom name is Energy ROM WWE 29/07/2009, Protocol 52.64.25.34U, Radio 1.14.25.24
Hi, I have S7 Edge, I'm trying to stream music with internet radio app but it's stop streaming after 2-5 minutes when screen is locked.
I tried many internet radio apps but it happens with all kind of apps, so I think it's a phone issue.
P.S: I tired to play with power saving options in phone settings but it doesn't help.
So I asking if someone have the same issue, or maybe someone knows how to fix it?
Thanks!
Are you connected through mobile data or wifi?
And the same happens on both connections?
On both connections happens the same.
I stream music through soundcloud and it works fine on both. Did you enable restricted background data ?
Yes it's enabled, but it happens on Wifi also, so I don't think it's related to restricted background data.
I can try to disable/turn it off if you think it can help.
slavush said:
On both connections happens the same.
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Go to settings, battery, app power saving and select energy saving disabled for your radio app (menu items translated from Italian, may be different in English).
As I wrote already did it, it doesn't helps, still it stops streaming
On Wifi, started my Xiialive Pro radio app, selected a station, turned screen off and waited more than 5 minutes: no stop in audio streaming.
Anyway, I use only screen off on S7E, no screen lock enabled, general battery saving plan disabled, Exynos model.
Ok, I think that I found what causes this problem, I have Greenify app, i disabled the auto sleep mode in app settings and now it's working I think.
The point is that radio apps wasn't in greenify hibernation list, but still they was affected by Greenify auto sleep mode. Interesting.
App manager, permissions, more and allow app to not lock the screen
Try to stream via SoundCloud. It should work fine
Hey guys, I have an issue , of course, with the S8.
I am playing movies to my Samsung smart TV (casting them from my phone I mean) and from time to time this message appears on my TV screen: " Please check your network connection". And then it gets interrupted. And I have to cast it again. Never happened with my S7 on the same wifi network and same TV.
Detail: when I look at the phone screen, the wifi icon is gone and in a few seconds it says: "Connected to wifi network".
What do you guys think? Any idea?
Thanks!
I have a similar issue with streaming to my Audi MMI system music over WiFi, which is basically same as what you do to your TV. I believe that Battery optimization is killing the background process, and thats why you loose connection. Go to Settings​, Apps, click on top right corner and chose : special services, than battery optimization. From the drop menu chose All apps, and make sure that anything, related to streaming, casting is switched off (exluded from optimization). Also make sure that you have under connections, WiFi, top right corner: advanced​,make sure you have a tick on Keep WiFi on durring sleep.
Thanks man, I have the WiFi during sleep on...but from all those apps...I admit I am not sure which ones are to be switched off for optimization. Does your issue happen at certain exact times? Or just whenever it pleases?
Did it for Samsung Connect. Now I just hope it wont eat up my battery )
It was happening while playback, in the middle of the songs. I found about the battery optimization today, so hasn't manage to try if its resolved already.
Hi all,
I have a new S5e and I'm happy to report there are no problems with the WiFi when holding it in landscape mode.
The tablet does lose the WiFi connection when in idle mode.
I use Youtube Minimizer from the Google Play store and I was noticing how the songs don't keep playing after each other.
Now when I turn the screen back on I see there's no WiFi connection and that it automatically comes back up after a second or two, allowing the app to play music again.
Edit: Mods, I just realized I should've posted this in Questions and Answers, my apologies, feel free to shift the thread
I've went through all menus/settings I could think of, including allowing the app to use the battery in the background. I haven't found the setting to keep the WiFi connection on even in sleep mode though.
Any suggestions on what I could do to fix this?
Any way to download the WiFi logs and see what causes it to lose the connection?
Thanks and cheers
Thewildwind
i have the same issue.. and was going to post it here, but you already did.... after X amount of hours i not longer hear the sound for incoming messages until i turn the screen on, or other things.. then once the WiFi reconnects bam a ton of noise as it tries to play multiple missed messages
After I stream video for a moderate amount of time (~60-90 minutes) I get an exclamation mark next to the icon in the status bar and the only thing that fixes it is resetting my router.
Disabling and reenabling Wifi via settings doesn't fix it. Rebooting the phone doesn't fix it. Only restarting my router resolves the issue.
Obviously, this is very inconvenient and impractical if I'm away from home or other devices are using the connection.
Has anyone else experienced this and if so have you found a fix?
Also, I should note that basic internet use doesn't trigger this error as I can go days without the problem if I don't stream a long enough video. It seems to be specific to streaming video for certain periods of time.
Bump.