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Wifi Keeps Turning Itself On

Ok about a couple hours ago I noticed my wifi would turn itself on multiple times, and I turn it off and it keeps coming on, I think it does it when I put my phone to sleep, im not sure. I think it started happening since I installed the Blue Star 5 theme. Any ideas?

Stupid question... but you don't have Locale installed do you?
Figured I would ask. I have mine set up so that it would automatically fire up my wifi because although I get 3G outside I can't get it through my mighty wooden walls where I live. Go figure. Every so often I guess Locale looses my position and it puts me on and off the network. Pretty annoying. So I disabled that and installed some apps to keep my wifi on even while my phone sleeps. There's a few out there, Wifi Insomnia, Wi-Fi Lock, KeepWiFi are a few that I have experiment with. Although since I have all three installed now... I'm honestly not sure which one I'm using.

Binary100100 said:
Stupid question... but you don't have Locale installed do you?
Figured I would ask. I have mine set up so that it would automatically fire up my wifi because although I get 3G outside I can't get it through my mighty wooden walls where I live. Go figure. Every so often I guess Locale looses my position and it puts me on and off the network. Pretty annoying. So I disabled that and installed some apps to keep my wifi on even while my phone sleeps. There's a few out there, Wifi Insomnia, Wi-Fi Lock, KeepWiFi are a few that I have experiment with. Although since I have all three installed now... I'm honestly not sure which one I'm using.
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Nope no Locale, I never even turned it on manually in the 1st place, idn whats wrong with it, I might uninstall the theme to see if it stops

AsaSpades said:
Nope no Locale, I never even turned it on manually in the 1st place, idn whats wrong with it, I might uninstall the theme to see if it stops
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Hmmm. Well... maybe try seeing if it does it in safe mode if that doesn't work. If it does it in safe mode too then I dunno. If it doesn't then it's probably an app messing with it.

I heard it could be ShopSavvy that is causing that.

If you have an app like keepwifi that basically keeps your wifi signal on, that might be whats causing it. If not, you might want to try other apps that require things such as internet access or access to settings.

We need an list of apps you have installed. Power Manager will do this also.

I too am having this problem!
Sometime the wifi doesn't stay on and I only knew it was turning on thanks to wifi toggle's symbol at the top.
I am running JF's 1.43 RC9 with root etc etc.
The apps I have installed are:
ASTRO
Download crutch lite
DroidFtp
Droidsans tweak tools
fBook
GPS status
JF updater
Meebo
PapiJump
Picasa
Pkt auctions ebay
Ringdroid
Scrambled net
Shazam
Shopsavvy (my suspisions are on this one!)
Skype
Sms awake
Toggle wifi
Thanks
Phil

Okay,figured out what it is. Its the theme u downloaded. Couple hours ago my g1 started turning on the wifi whenever it felt like it.I figured it was something I downloaded recently but I downloaded apps to check them out& then uninstalled them.apps have no effect after u uninstall them.then u mentioned the theme u just downloaded. Well go figure,I just downloaded the same theme wit a few others today.then my wifi started acting up.concidence? I think not.
Lol let me know how u do.

Hmmm, im not sure if its the theme, someone mentioned the setting on ShopSavvy, after I took it off it hasnt been turning on. I still have the theme on btw, but I modified it, so it may have been ShopSavvy

wifi not turning on
My problem is different my wifi wont turn on? if i start my wifi it will show a message that wifi failed to turn on... Can anyone help me on this

Weird, i had shopsavvy from day one, never encountered such a problem. still have it, and deleted the theme. Now the wifi is back to normal. problem with the G1 is, everyone can have the same problems or issues but different solutions with each device lol. the beauty of the G1.
Btw, does anyone know if the "shake awake" app really kills the battery?

KNK said:
I heard it could be ShopSavvy that is causing that.
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ShopSavvy is a definite cause of this problem. I've been in touch with the developers over it, and they have admitted that there's a problem with the WiFi coming on randomly
they've assured me that the next update will fix it. i hope so, because ShopSavvy was useful until it started doing this

here you go guys............i posted this in the Tethering thread as well. this will fix the issue. it is indeed Shop Savvy, but heres the fix, just copy and pasted from my other post:
Originally Posted by The Great NY
hey whats up guys,
i was having the problem as well with the disconnects. but for those of you who love having shop Savvy and still want the Tether without disconnects. here is how you fix the problem.
1. On your G1, open the Shop Savvy APP
2. once Shop savvy's screen shows up, SELECT settings
3. select PRIVACY
****you will see a phase that says "find my location" with a button to the right that will say "ON"****
4. press the button, now it should say "OFF"
5. Exit out of Shop Savvy
Voila.........no more disconnects. I have been tethering for 2 hours non-stop. happy tethering.

my wifi keeps today also itself on
I never installed Shopsavvy. So that cant be the problem.
I didnt changed anything today on my phone

The Great NY said:
here you go guys............i posted this in the Tethering thread as well. this will fix the issue. it is indeed Shop Savvy, but heres the fix, just copy and pasted from my other post:
Originally Posted by The Great NY
hey whats up guys,
i was having the problem as well with the disconnects. but for those of you who love having shop Savvy and still want the Tether without disconnects. here is how you fix the problem.
1. On your G1, open the Shop Savvy APP
2. once Shop savvy's screen shows up, SELECT settings
3. select PRIVACY
****you will see a phase that says "find my location" with a button to the right that will say "ON"****
4. press the button, now it should say "OFF"
5. Exit out of Shop Savvy
Voila.........no more disconnects. I have been tethering for 2 hours non-stop. happy tethering.
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yes, this fixes the issue of ShopSavvy randomly switching on the WiFi and disconnecting ongoing sessions, but it completely renders the most useful thing about ShopSavvy useless.
I've been beta testing the latest version of ShopSavvy, and it doesn't seem to be doing this random WiFi anymore. It is also a version of ShopSavvy that is compatible with Cupcake 1.5.

Wifi on Windows Phone 8

Wifi used to turn off under standby on Windows Phone 7, which was the most stupidest feature in the whole OS I don't care what anyone says. Can anyone confirm if this is still present in WP8?

Since nobody got their hands on a device that's not even out yet, we can't answer that.

How can anyone confirm such a statement when the os isn't even out yet? (and some features may be still on the work, since the sdk isn't the final version yet?)

ammarmalik said:
Wifi used to turn off under standby on Windows Phone 7, which was the most stupidest feature in the whole OS I don't care what anyone says. Can anyone confirm if this is still present in WP8?
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There is/are an app(s) for that!
Even if it is still present in WP8, you can always have an app to help you add this feature (like other OS always does!)

Hi,
It would be really great if you could let me know the name of any of the apps which helps in keeping the wifi on all the time.
I am not having a rooted handset so I cannot change the registry entries and would only be able to get an app which is already in the marketplace

shamreez said:
Hi,
It would be really great if you could let me know the name of any of the apps which helps in keeping the wifi on all the time.
I am not having a rooted handset so I cannot change the registry entries and would only be able to get an app which is already in the marketplace
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Its called keep alive
it has a logo of a heart
look it up in the market place

FWIW, even though the Wifi is switched off when the screen is off, I believe the OS does switch on & off the wifi as and when it needs to (checking emails, receiving push notifications etc) without fully waking the phone (ie the display stays off)
I run an app that polls a local server every few hours to check for new items. The local IP 192.168.1.65, as it appears on the local network, is the IP it checks. Every morning when I check my phone, the live tile has been updated overnight. It can't have made contact with the server unless it was connecting via Wifi, so therefore the Wifi is indeed being used even when the screen is off.
Therefore, I have no use for Keepalive or any of these apps. I'm not sure why people need it?

There were some recent news which mentioned that Live apps (Don't ask) will most likely remain active, even with the screen locked.
Also, seems that enabling your app as a GPS app will most likely let your app. However, these are discussions and rumors.

Wifi does not get completely shut down when you lock the screen. It simply enters a power-saving mode, cause you won't actively need your connection while phone is locked.
You can check this in easy steps. Get an app that updates itself over internet everytime you run it (say a whether app) and lock the screen at the exact moment when the app goes past the loading screen. You if you press the power button, you will see wifi is active in the status bar.
If you lock it the usual way, while nobody needs wifi, you will see wifi gets turned off almost instantly.

What if you are downloading bunch of podcasts ? Will the podcast app keep the wi-fi on until it finishes ? Also.. skype (or any other chat program) needs to check for updates as well.
I am sure they've made it seamless..

[Q] Can I "reset" the WiFi in the NC

Been using NC with CM7 for over a year plus. Never any problems - until today. I haven't messed with any base settings for at least three months. The Nuance Swype and Dragon Trial app ran out today - the only thing that I messed with.
Was using it this afternoon on Google+ just cruising around. I put the NC down for about 20 minutes for an errand. Came back and I can't wake it up through the usual press of the "N". Long Press the N - no luck. Tap the Power button - no help. The only thing I could think to do was press and hold the Power button - nothing happened. Long press Power for about 15 seconds and I saw the screen flicker and the Cyanogen Mod green icon appear - like a normal start up. So the desktop arrives and I note that the Wi-Fi is turned off. Usually I have it set to autoconnect to my house router which it has faithfully done since forever. But Wi-Fi is turned off. I clicked it on and after a brief moment I see "Connecting..." up at the top of Wi-Fi Settings but every Access Point including the house router is "Not in Range". Eventually "Connecting..." turns into "Disconnected". Turn Wi-Fi off and then back on. No difference. I think that whatever caused the blowout earlier this afternoon has left the NC wi-fi system in some sort of in-between state.
Later on as I was working with this, I got up to answer the phone, came back and it's shut off again. I was able to re-engage it twice more after pressing this n' that trying to wake the Wi-Fi up. Once engaged it's fine. But as soon as you power down (or it blows up like earlier), Wi-Fi is disonnected, turned off and very hard to re-establish. Incidentally, all other Android devices, tablet, phones in the house off that router work just fine so I don't think it's a matter of a router issue.
Question: Is there a way to "reset" the Wi-Fi functions in the NC? I'm thinking some sort of hard reset is needed but I'm not sure.
Question: What would be my next step to figure out what is causing the unwanted shut down?
Thanks folks. If you need more info, I'm going to be around and will stay on top of this thread.
Hoibb

First that 'unwanted shutdown' is called SOD, Screen of Death. Very common with some devices and combination of apps. Do a little searching on that and you will get overwhelmed with info. Since you were not having it before, it must have something to do with that app or apps that you had to adjust recently. It is tied in with deep sleep and wifi.
Have you tried just forgetting the routers in your wifi list?
Edit: I just reread your post. How long have you had Google + installed? Did you recently just update that?
Edit2: Fortunately, for CM7 there is a patch that fixes SOD. If you want it, I can post a link.
Edit3: Here. Flash this with CWM. It will replace your wifi driver with a patched one that resists SOD.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on Hybrid SD

Thank you and...
Lots of good information here. Google+ has been installed for at leat 6-9 months that I can recall. I could uninstall and reinstall, I guess. But...
It's seemed to have righted itself two days ago, so I haven't had a problem - until...
Last evening. I was doing some eMail using K-9 plus floating through Google+. And I put it down to go do something. Came back and it's still working (pulled up the desktop by clicking the "N") but the Wi-Fi is shut off again. Went to Wireless and Network Settings and what I see is "Wi-Fi" sitting on the words "Turning off...". Everything beneath it is greyed out. Decided to just leave it and see. Half hour or so later, it's still in a state of "Turning off...". I backed all the way out and did a restart. On restart, Wi-Fi is turned off so I hit the box to turn it on, it obeyed and went directly to my home router, signed in and I'm back on again.
As the evening progressed, what I got in the habit of doing is short-pressing the Power button to turn off the screen. I found I could reliably come back, wake it up and the Wi-Fi would start back up again on its own without intervention.
So until I get a chance to sort out all the stuff you gave me to do/patch, I'll try to just manually "sleep" the system. I have to study up more on what you said because the terminology and procedures, while probably very clear to most, are not exactly clear to me.
Thanks again for the info.
Hoib
leapinlar said:
First that 'unwanted shutdown' is called SOD, Screen of Death. Very common with some devices and combination of apps. Do a little searching on that and you will get overwhelmed with info. Since you were not having it before, it must have something to do with that app or apps that you had to adjust recently. It is tied in with deep sleep and wifi.
Have you tried just forgetting the routers in your wifi list?
Edit: I just reread your post. How long have you had Google + installed? Did you recently just update that?
Edit2: Fortunately, for CM7 there is a patch that fixes SOD. If you want it, I can post a link.
Edit3: Here. Flash this with CWM. It will replace your wifi driver with a patched one that resists SOD.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on Hybrid SD
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@leapin. I should have come back to post add info. My apologies. I believe I was able to resolve this a bit later. I looked at Juice Defender (free) and what it does. I uninstalled it. As soon as I did that, I suffered no more of these SOD problems. Been running great since June.
So was this the real SOD? Or was it Juice Defender setting the power profile in such a way that the Wi-Fi never got the signal to reawaken? What do you think?
Hoibb

Hoibb said:
@leapin. I should have come back to post add info. My apologies. I believe I was able to resolve this a bit later. I looked at Juice Defender (free) and what it does. I uninstalled it. As soon as I did that, I suffered no more of these SOD problems. Been running great since June.
So was this the real SOD? Or was it Juice Defender setting the power profile in such a way that the Wi-Fi never got the signal to reawaken? What do you think?
Hoibb
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It could have been the real SOD being triggered by Juice Defender. Usually it is some app that triggers it (trying to use wifi while the device is in deep sleep), but the underlying problem is SOD. Some folks never experience an SOD.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

verizon s7 rooted - won't connect to youtube or play store

hello. The title pretty much speaks for itself. I used Odin to root. non - 'google-fied' apps seem to have no problem connecting. Google apps give message not connected, try again. Everything else 'seems' to be working fine.
Also, do you think if i do the unroot thing, apply the verizon update that i just got today, then root again MIGHT fix this?
Ah, after talking to my son - he put this app on my phone - freedom. He says you can do in-app purchases for free in some apps. I uninstalled the program in case it might have some kind of interference running in the background. Still nada. I have rebooted and run a cleaner several times.
Can I get some advice please?
thank you
Mike

I have a hunch.
Check if your Date and Time and correct.
In Date and Time, uncheck automatic, and then recheck it.
Make sure the time on your upper notification bar is the same as the time when you pulldown the quick tiles.
Reboot
Profit

Random apps will think I have no network connection, when I obviously do... help!

Hey guys,
This problem has been going on for a week or two now. Phone worked great when I first got it, but something must have changed (newest Verizon update, perhaps?)
Let me preface this by saying I've seen this happen both on Wi-fi and 4G. When on Wi-fi, and it happens, I've tried turning Wi-fi off and still get the same errors.
The apps affected seem to be random. A couple days ago it was Google Maps, I was getting the "offline navigation" prompt. Today it was Chase (couldn't screenshot it), TeamViewer, IMDb and so on.
Here are some screenshots. Note the time in the pictures.
- First encountered the problem when opening TeamViewer.
- Did a Speedtest to confirm that yes, I'm really on 4G as the phone shows, and it's quite a stable and fast connection too.
- Let's try some more apps. Here's Target's Cartwheel
- Delta app? Same problem.
- TeamViewer Host app. Same problem as the client.
- IMDb. One more random one not working.
- Lastly, I went back to Pokémon Go to confirm I DO still have network connectivity (not sure why the screenshot got ghosted like that, but you can see I just redeemed items from a Pokéstop I was near with no errors)
So as you can see, the phone itself, as well as certain apps, work fine. But others don't. I tried turning airplane mode on and back off, disabling/enabling mobile networks, nothing works. The only thing I can do is reboot the phone.
Any ideas? This gets incredibly annoying as I can't seem to go a whole day without *some* app whining that it has no network access. Some apps work flawlessly every time (like the aforementioned Pokémon Go) but others don't.
By the way, that little screenshot button in the bottom left is from this neat app called Custom Navigation Bar. I'm pretty sure that has nothing to do with this problem, though, all it does is add buttons.

drfsupercenter said:
Hey guys,
This problem has been going on for a week or two now. Phone worked great when I first got it, but something must have changed (newest Verizon update, perhaps?)
Let me preface this by saying I've seen this happen both on Wi-fi and 4G. When on Wi-fi, and it happens, I've tried turning Wi-fi off and still get the same errors.
The apps affected seem to be random. A couple days ago it was Google Maps, I was getting the "offline navigation" prompt. Today it was Chase (couldn't screenshot it), TeamViewer, IMDb and so on.
Here are some screenshots. Note the time in the pictures.
- First encountered the problem when opening TeamViewer.
- Did a Speedtest to confirm that yes, I'm really on 4G as the phone shows, and it's quite a stable and fast connection too.
- Let's try some more apps. Here's Target's Cartwheel
- Delta app? Same problem.
- TeamViewer Host app. Same problem as the client.
- IMDb. One more random one not working.
- Lastly, I went back to Pokémon Go to confirm I DO still have network connectivity (not sure why the screenshot got ghosted like that, but you can see I just redeemed items from a Pokéstop I was near with no errors)
So as you can see, the phone itself, as well as certain apps, work fine. But others don't. I tried turning airplane mode on and back off, disabling/enabling mobile networks, nothing works. The only thing I can do is reboot the phone.
Any ideas? This gets incredibly annoying as I can't seem to go a whole day without *some* app whining that it has no network access. Some apps work flawlessly every time (like the aforementioned Pokémon Go) but others don't.
By the way, that little screenshot button in the bottom left is from this neat app called Custom Navigation Bar. I'm pretty sure that has nothing to do with this problem, though, all it does is add buttons.
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Do you have powersave mode on? I've had some problems with it enabled..

No I don't have power save mode on. Should I turn off the power monitoring of apps as well? Didn't think that mattered as long as power save mode was off.

drfsupercenter said:
No I don't have power save mode on. Should I turn off the power monitoring of apps as well? Didn't think that mattered as long as power save mode was off.
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You could try. I dont know, what i Said about powersave profile in battery settings Was My bet.
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I turned all the power saving stuff off and still have this happening. As in, I set it to not even monitor how much power each app is using.