Wi-Fi not turning off on sleep! - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys, I have a slightly related issue.
My device just won't turn its Wi-Fi off when it goes to sleep! I've tried both the advanced settings of, while plugged in and never, and both are not working add evidenced by the battery graphs.
Any fix or solutions?
- As of now I've taken my device out of its flip case/stand, assuming that the magnet in it has something to do with the Wi-Fi remaining on.
Update - ^ did not work.
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OK simple answer if u dont manually turn it off it is not suppose to turn off on its own (if it did it would be wrong).
You are selecting
1.While plugged in
2.Never
Both suggest are telling your tablet not to turn off the wifi (only make it go sleep when screen is off and dont go to sleep when the tab is charging).
I am guessing now you are talking about wifi sleep not turning it off. If i am correct then trust me wifi is sleeping dont pay attention to the battery stats.
and if you want to make wifi turn off then use some 3rd party app that turn off wifi auto or just manually turn off the wifi when not using.
P.S: Only ask questions in Q&A section.
Good Luck.

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Wifi wont turn off in sleep mode

Hi Guys,
I got my HD2 today and i have to say i am impressed!
I only have one problem which i am not able to resolve.
When i turn on WiFi, it wont turn off during sleep mode (when i turn off the screen). i need to manually turn it on or off. this is how it came out of the box.
I wonder if other HD2 users are having the same problem / found a solution?
I tried advanced config tool, and i unchecked the "wifi during sleepmode" setting, but after each reboot the settings just come back.
Any help would be appreciated.
Hi mate, you should look this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=582108
I thought that guy just want to keep WIFI on but you did.
thanks man but it does not help me with my problem. I cant seem to be able to get WiFi to auto turn off when in standby. the reg tweak will work until you reboot the device. after reboot the WiFi again won't turn off when in sleep mode unless I manually turn it off.
Bump.
Can any other HD2 owner please confirm if this is happening on his device too?
Same problem.
HDtweak and AdvanConfig does not work. After soft reset, wifi-on-standby is back ON (checked).
Been trying to find a Auto-Disconnect for GPRS(HSDPA) but the above 2 apps does not work too.
have you tried to change wifi power settings to high? I think it does work then. I guess the medium setting is something special...it keeps the wifi connection alive in standby, but also doesn't consume much power. I have an exchange connection active, so i always need an internet connection. The moment i turn on wifi at home, it stays on, even in standby, and my data connection over 3G disconnects. My exchange still works perfectly...and no huge power drain! My wifi power setting is on the medium setting...
Yes, I can confirm I'm encountering this issue too - on my HD2.
Strange, 'cos I wasn't at first, I'm sure - I remember the wi-fi notification icon flashing when resuming from sleep.
glenner05, can you confirm that you can get wi-fi to sleep please?
Hmm.. thought it might be connected to the htckeepwifionwhenunattended registry value but mine's set already to 0.
There're others trying to do the opposite!
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=524490)
Anyone else found a solution?
I think HTC made this by design. If you turn GPRS data off and leave Wifi on while in standby you will be surprised how low the power utilization is.
I tested and with GPRS data off and Wifi ON, in standby you lose about 2% battery per hour...that's nothing.
It seems that on the HD2 the Wifi power consumption is really optimized so no real need to turn
I think HTC made this by design. If you turn GPRS data off and leave Wifi on while in standby you will be surprised how low the power utilization is.
I tested and with GPRS data off and Wifi ON, in standby you lose about 2% battery per hour...that's nothing.
It seems that on the HD2 the Wifi power consumption is really optimized so no real need to turn
Mine is on default Wi-Fi settings and when it goes into standby, wi-fi goes off.
Paul
Yeah goes of in sleep mode, if you get wifi toggle, you can choose to keep it on or turn it off when you like .
Shame the grps is still a problem....
pgamble and jrvenge: you really mean wifi switches off on the device when it goes to sleep? Ie. you see it disconnect from your router or something?
jrvenge: what did you mean by, "if you get wifi toggle"?
clubtech: when I read your post I agreed with you, maybe. I can't now be certain I remembered correctly that I'd seen wifi reconnect. And yes, the power consumption does seem low
There is a cab floating about here that enables you to force the wifi on always or turn it off.
If you forc on it stays on, if you turn of it goes off.
Return to normal and the hd2 does its power saving thing, so im all sorted there, just need a timeout on the gprs now.
If you cant find it let me know. It works a treat.
can youplease post the cab ? I have been looking for something like this .
Sure pm me your mail and i will send it
GPRS Disconnecting software here fella's, tested and working on my HD2 100%
May also turn off wifi but i've not loked yet, just about to leave for work so will check later!! lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=587018
Ok just tried and it does not do what we want with WiFi
Yes ... if device goes to standby, when it comes out .. you see wi-fi searching to connect again ... so it definitely disconnects and the reconnects when it comes on again.
Paul.
Yup your right!
If it's in balanced or best battery mode then it turns off in standby and reconnects/searches again when you press a button to bring up the lock screen.

Wifi disconnect policy

I've noticed my Transformer's battery being drained when closed (and docked), and every time I change the wifi disconnect policy to "When screen turns off", as soon as I exit the settings it goes back to never. Does anybody know how to keep it at "When screen turns off", or why it changes back (maybe an app)? If it is an app, I would love to see an update from Asus that established a hierarchy where user settings overruled apps.
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benb70 said:
... or why it changes back (maybe an app)?
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It seems to be a bug. I have a similar problem. Though set to "never switch off WiFi" the connection is lost, when the screen is off for several minutes. Switching airplane mode on and off reconnects WiFi afterwards.
BTW, I use the TF without dock.
might not be the best sollution as it costs money, but I use the app "tasker"
I have set a rule, that 5min after the screen has turned off it turns WLAN and synchronisation off.
As soon as I have unlocked it it turns these back on.
Maybe the App JuiceDefender can do the same?
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I can attest to juice defender working. Before I was getting a day idling, now I'm getting 2.5 days.

Wifi Sleep

Here is a question about Wifi sleep that seems pretty obvious to me, but in case I am wrong I will ask here.
You enable Wifi, which shuts off 3G (but keeps 1X active). Now Wifi goes to sleep (when the phone is in your pocket), and while Wifi is sleeping, someone sends you a GMail. I assume that you will NOT get any push notifications while Wifi is snoozing away???
You should have WiFi set to not sleep.
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To expand on Beezer80's comment, you will have better battery life if you set your wifi sleep policy to never sleep. Your power is drained faster with repeated search and connect actions by your phone, so you'd be better off keeping the pipeline open all the time.

[Q] Bluetooth GPS Disconnecting when screens off

Running a Nook Color with CM7.1 stable. Kind of an odd issue here, I have two different Bluetooth GPS devices, and when they are paired to the Nook and I turn my screen off and then back on, it loses the connection. The only way to reconnect the devices is to restart the Nook, as it fails to connect after the screen is brought back up. I have found that if I have the Nook plugged in for power, this issue does not happen. I have tried multiple GPS apps, reflashed CM7.1 multiple times, but still have no success unless I have the Nook plugged in, or I just ensure the screen doesnt go to sleep.
I really need this to work, as I'm using this as a pilot, and I can't have the screen on the entire flight as it will drain the battery quickly. I swore it used to work before, but I know I had issues with it, and maybe now realize what was causing those issues. On a side note, my friend has also tested everything I have done, but his works consistently and reliably regardless if he leaves the screen off, or turns it on and off repetitively. Hopefully someone may have an idea!!
Thanks in advance.
So noone has any thoughts or ideas at all?
Well seeing as it doesn't happen when your plugged in that would make me think that it has something to do with the fact that WiFi turns off when the screen is turned off. The Bluetooth and WiFi are on the same module i do believe. The default setting for WiFi is to stay on all the time while plugged in and turn off when the screen is turned off while on battery.
My suggestion would be to turn the WiFi to stay on all the time and see if that changes anything. Go to WiFi settings --> menu --> advanced --> WiFi sleep policy -->never. That would be my suggestion, hope that works for ya!
jgore43 said:
Well seeing as it doesn't happen when your plugged in that would make me think that it has something to do with the fact that WiFi turns off when the screen is turned off. The Bluetooth and WiFi are on the same module i do believe. The default setting for WiFi is to stay on all the time while plugged in and turn off when the screen is turned off while on battery.
My suggestion would be to turn the WiFi to stay on all the time and see if that changes anything. Go to WiFi settings --> menu --> advanced --> WiFi sleep policy -->never. That would be my suggestion, hope that works for ya!
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That's what I was thinking too. It seems that when NC goes into deep sleep Bluetooth will lose connection. By removing deep sleep you should be able to stay connected, although your battery will drain faster than with deep sleep on, it should have a better life with screen off than on.
Well I appreciate both of your responses. However, I should have mentioned that I do already have Wi-Fi set to always stay on/never sleep. Any other suggestions?

[Q] Wifi doesn't want to be turned off

Hi
I recently noticed that my battery life has been better then recent days
I opened up the battery screen and found out that it shows as if the wifi is always turned on (picture attached)
Doubled checked that the wifi symbol is grey + checked the wifi section on the phones' settings
Have any idea what can cause the problem?
Thank you
Open wifi settings/ menu /advanced settings/ and check the wifi sleep state. I have mine always on as I spend most of my time in a wifi environment.
If you set it to sleep when screen off you will see it in the battery state screen you've referred to.
I personally don't find any battery benefits from sleep when screen off but try it for yourself. Your situation might be different.
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Prof Peach said:
Open wifi settings/ menu /advanced settings/ and check the wifi sleep state. I have mine always on as I spend most of my time in a wifi environment.
If you set it to sleep when screen off you will see it in the battery state screen you've referred to.
I personally don't find any battery benefits from sleep when screen off but try it for yourself. Your situation might be different.
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This will turn off the wifi while sleep if the wifi is on generally. What I'm referring is that my wifi stays on (with no connection, just drains part of my battery) even after I turn it off
There are several settings menu settings that pertain to wifi. Disable the settings that allow Google to check wifi status even when wifi is off, automatically search for new access points and never sleep.
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