Hi
I have question regarding wifi.when i use my phone at home wifi it doesnt drain my battery when i dont use my phone.but when i connect with my college wifi it constantly drains my battery.my college wifi has different security as of my home wifi.anyone knows whats the problem and differnce between both wifi.and is there any solution or setting to get rid of battery drain.
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Hi Guys,
I just wnated to know how much more battery will will consumed if i leave my phone connected to the internet for push mail. How much difference in consumption is there when connected to a network and conencted to the internet on the network.
Cheers
JP
Comedy_Jay said:
Hi Guys,
I just wnated to know how much more battery will will consumed if i leave my phone connected to the internet for push mail. How much difference in consumption is there when connected to a network and conencted to the internet on the network.
Cheers
JP
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Not a huge difference, but you'll notice your bar drained a bit at the end of the day. I just use internet on my dual. I dont know about your second question Sorry
i got a brand new T-mobile Compact V from T-mobile UK and tried setting up the WIFI. I connected to the router stated up Opera which came with the phone and got a Error! could not locate server. Iv'e messed with every connection setting there is on WM 6.1. Iv'e been looking on the internet for hours on how to resolve the problem and iv'e tried hard reseting the device and trying to set the device up again.
I just cant get it to work.
The router detects my phone for a second in its attached devices screen but then will disappear.
Iv'e made sure the router gives it a static IP address and let it set one by itself.
Help would be appreciated as im ripping my hair out
thanks
note to add when i turned of the WEP protection on my router it now has connected to the internet. So its just a matter of settings i presume which is still not god because i cant seem to get those settings right. My router is a Netgear DG834GT.
Help please
Problem solved
Prolem Solved
The WIFI had 3 power options, best performance, middle performance and battery life or best battery life. For some reasons on the 2 battery aiding options if was sending the WIFI connection to sleep, most probably software problems with those choices however on the best performance option no such problem I stay constantly connected. it's not ideal having your battery drain quicker but i just turn wifi off when not using it, not too big a problem.
would be nice if the other two options worked as they should though
hope this might help someone wih the same problem
Hello,
I'm using SGS mobile access point from time to time with some difficultly.
Are there anyone who can tell me how to keep the connection running when the phones screen goes blank ?
When it does that I loose the connection and I have to reconnect the mobile access point.
If a tap the screen from time to time I can keep the connection live but even when I do that the wi-fi connection drops after a while !?!?
So, what should I do to get the mobile access point to stay alive ???
Cheers,
//arcspin
If you talking about wifi then change the wifi sleep policy in settings on the cost of battery life.
Wi-Fi Lock from market.
Ok, thanks mates,
I will try to dl wi-fi lock and see if that does the trick.
is there anyway to keep the 3G connection on all the time
because im using the im+ massenger and its disconneted from time to time ???
help me guys
I would like to know the differences in battery life 3g vs Wifi. I also would like to know if the focus automatically cuts out 3g to use wifi; as i understand wifi is more efficient and usually faster bandwith rate. How do people have there settings configured wifi and data on, wifi no data, or data and no wifi?
wi-fi uses less battery and faster in general than 3G when actively transmitting data. Wi-fi uses more battery than 3G when your phone is standby and not transmitting much data.
Wi-fi will automatically cut off 3G when it is activated. However, if your phone is not plugged in, wi-fi will automatically be turned off when phone screen turns off.
I have data toggled off, and wifi on, I am revceiving text messages when the screen is turned off. Would that mean wifi hibernates and wakes up when someone is trying to contact the phone or that the wifi is on even when the screen is off?
Text message does not use wi-fi or Cell data. It is the same as voice calls.
You can tell that your wi-fi is off while sleep when you turn the phone on and look at the wi-fi icon.
There is really no reason the manually turn off the cell data unless you don't want to use it at all. Just remember to keep the phone plugged in when you have wi-fi access.
For me its pretty much the opposite. Having wifi on drains my battery very fast, even if I hardly use the phone. My battery is totally dead with very light usage by the end of the day. Turn off wifi and I'm still at 50% by the end of the day with the same usage. It's bad enough that I just don't use it anymore.
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For me its pretty much the opposite. Having wifi on drains my battery very fast, even if I hardly use the phone.
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That's exactly what I have posted above. Nothing is opposite about what you have experienced. If you don't use data much, wi-fi ends up use more battery than 3G. If you use a lot of data, e.g. browsing internet for hours, 3G uses more battery than wi-fi.
You guys might want to read this... http://www.istartedsomething.com/20...mance-discrepancy-battery-and-agents-tidbits/
Michael.
Michael, awesome article so officially wifi uses less than 3g. furthermore, if you use wifi and your screen goes off the wifi rests until your screen is back on using even less battery.
Power (mW) 3G (700) vs. Wifi (650)
After some time with my G2 I've resolved all my wakelocks and I've been getting about 3 days battery life with moderate usage. Which is great.
However, I've got one issue that's been unresolved. During deep sleep, I lose about 13% per night when connected to Wifi. If I am connected with 3G I lose 2-3%. Can anyone else confirm this?
Wifi should be a lot more power efficient, no?
I think this pretty much depends on the WIFI reception - if the mobile has to search for the WIFI signal frequently and the connection is unstable then it's logical that the turned on WIFI will drain the battery.
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I think this pretty much depends on the WIFI reception - if the mobile has to search for the WIFI signal frequently and the connection is unstable then it's logical that the turned on WIFI will drain the battery.
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The signal is strong, router in the same room as the phone. No more than 5m distance.
hmmm that's strange then...
have you checked these two settings in the extended WIFI settings:
- turn WIFI off when signal is weak > make sure tu turn this off
- turn WIFI off ehen no internet connection
just guessing, but maybe these settings let your Mobile search for a (stronger) signal more often, even though it wouldn't be necessary....
stetre76 said:
hmmm that's strange then...
have you checked these two settings in the extended WIFI settings:
- turn WIFI off when signal is weak > make sure tu turn this off
- turn WIFI off ehen no internet connection
just guessing, but maybe these settings let your Mobile search for a (stronger) signal more often, even though it wouldn't be necessary....
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It is strange. I don't get it.
I've already tried those extended wifi settings but to no avail.