Hello!
I've been having a weird issue lately. The thing is, when my phone goes idle (screen off) it turns mobile data off. So let's say I'm using whatsapp and I lock the screen and turn it off, if i turn the screen back on but i don't unlock the lock screen mobile data will be off, but weirdly the icon in the statusbar shows it's still on. Now, if i unlock it, it searchs for it and connects.
It's getting really annoying as i can't get any push messages, and the permanent reconnecting and having to keep the screen on is killing my battery.
I've tried several roms, properly flashed, including Slimbean, CM10.1, Mackay and Xylon so now i'm starting to think it's a hardware issue.
I appreciate any help!
Cheers
edit: i forgot to say that this doesn't happen while using wifi. Also, i'm not using any task-killers or battery saving craps that could possibly turn it off on purpose, just plain installations.
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Since Sprint is going to try and screw me big time if I get a new phone, I've decided to see what new life I could put into my old Touch Diamond (DIA500). I installed XDAndroid FRX05, and it seems to be working really well, with a few exceptions. One of the first things I tried was to enable Bluetooth. What happens is that it enables, but about 4 seconds after being enabled, it says it's shutting down, then it starts back up, and shuts down. It keeps doing this forever, until I turn it off. Now that I tried Wifi, it does the exact same thing. I've rebooted a few times, and took the battery out once, but still nothing. I've since installed a battery-saving program, but this happened on a fresh install.
The next issue is with the backlight. If I try and change the brightness, it changes for a second, then goes back to the brightness it was. It does this whether I turn the brightness up or down. It's not set to auto.
The third issue is the GPS. It works, but seems to take a long time to get a lock. Under WM, I'd have some kind of location within seconds, even inside. I'm guessing it was using the phone network to speed things up. Under android, it takes a few minutes sometimes, and it's worse inside.
I also had a nightmare calibrating the screen. It's still a little off, but it works. Does anyone know a screen calibration program that would work?
Any ideas?
Thanks!
To solve the brightness problem. Boot WinMo and turn off auto brightness there. That will solve that problem.
Thanks for share you knowledge here DA01
I noticed people are using power management apps to "fix" the SOD in CM7.1. I use green power myself, and it works great. Stopped my SOD's completely.
I ran across this thread to fix a wifi off at screen off issue. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774507
It seems the default wifi off at screen off is timed at 15 minutes after the screen turns off. If we could have an option under cyanogen settings, or advaced wifi settings, to change this timer to just a few seconds, I think it could temporarilly fix many of the SOD problems, until the real culprit is found. I know Dalingrin said he would get to the SOD problem after a couple of other projects, but maybe this could be a temporary fix until he really gets into it.
I would have put this under the developers thread, but I read a lot, and post a little.
What do you think?
jameshmiller said:
I noticed people are using power management apps to "fix" the SOD in CM7.1. I use green power myself, and it works great. Stopped my SOD's completely.
I ran across this thread to fix a wifi off at screen off issue. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774507
It seems the default wifi off at screen off is timed at 15 minutes after the screen turns off. If we could have an option under cyanogen settings, or advaced wifi settings, to change this timer to just a few seconds, I think it could temporarilly fix many of the SOD problems, until the real culprit is found. I know Dalingrin said he would get to the SOD problem after a couple of other projects, but maybe this could be a temporary fix until he really gets into it.
I would have put this under the developers thread, but I read a lot, and post a little.
What do you think?
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Just use Setting Profile Lite or Tasker or whatever to turn off wifi at screen off and back on when it's back on. Doesn't seem like adding a setting in CM7 to set the length of time is worth it.
This is the part I'm not quite following...the behavior you're describing (wifi off with screen and on with screen) is actually the CM7 default, so why the need for a special app?
Rodney
I haven't looked at these 3rd party apps yet but I don't believe shortening the wifi sleep timeout would help. I believe the reason these apps prevent SODs is because they forcibly turn off the wifi after some time. There seems to be some condition that the wifi driver or wpa supplicant gets locked and the sleep timeout has no effect.
What is the default time period before wifi turns off when the screen turns off?
I am noticing people in the various SOD threads having success stopping their SOD's with third party software that does what the advanced wifi setting "should" do, cuts the wifi off when the screen turns off. I am using "green power" and set it to turn off wifi 5 seconds after the screen turns off, unless there is traffic. I have not had an SOD since. The thread I linked to says the default android time period for wifi off is 15 minutes.
Maybe, just maybe, SOD's are occurring in this 15 minute time period. That's why people are having success with these 3rd party apps.
This was a reply to rhester72. I should have quoted.
Dalingrin, Did you happen to read the thread I linked to? It may be of some use to you. It may not. It may not pertain to your kernel.
I'm no Dev, just someone that appreciates the work you do, and am trying to help.
Well, I guess I learned something. WiFi off when screen turns off, in the advanced wireless setting, does not actually turn the WiFi off. It only puts it to sleep.
The third party apps that turn WiFi off when screen turns off, actually turn the WiFi off. That's why they "fix" SOD.
I'm still curious as to the default WiFi off/sleep when screen turns off timer is. Just for knowledge sake.
Thanks again, to all of the Devs, for all of your hard work.
Well, interestingly enough, I updated from n150 to n157 last night and this morning after disconnecting from power (with wifi set to never sleep when plugged in), about 5 minutes later I had my first SOD in a *long* time. Not running any special power-management apps.
Rodney
rhester72 said:
This is the part I'm not quite following...the behavior you're describing (wifi off with screen and on with screen) is actually the CM7 default, so why the need for a special app?
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My NC hasn't had a single SOD since selecting the option to turn wifi off when screen is off. Surely, unless you need notifications while the NC is in sleep, this is the simple solution to SOD?
CM7 #150
I have sync off, maps off, gps off, location off... and wifi set to "never on" during standby mode...
But... it takes a good 15 minutes before wifi actually turns off, which wastes a little bit of battery life
Any way around this? Eg, make it turn off wifi quicker?
Ashin said:
I have sync off, maps off, gps off, location off... and wifi set to "never on" during standby mode...
But... it takes a good 15 minutes before wifi actually turns off, which wastes a little bit of battery life
Any way around this? Eg, make it turn off wifi quicker?
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Uhmmm well maybe if you were able to provide more info like rom, rooted or not, kernel etc. we'll be able to help you out more.
As of now i can tell that is not right, mine goes off immediately.
Yes, more info would help however try this go to your settings and in the WiFi settings forget your network then restart your router and re-boot your tablet off/on (not stand by) then go to the wireless settings log back in to your network.
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Wow, why do people care about such small things? It's not like it drains half of your battery.
Check: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032691
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May be of use use to you !
head0 said:
Wow, why do people care about such small things? It's not like it drains half of your battery.
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Well, because it is not a normal thing to happen. So if it is not normal, it is a sign of a possibly bigger problem that needs to be addressed. If he is on a custom rom, then the dev would be notified to see if its on his end, to fix in the next release. And those are just two reasons why people "care about such small things". Welcome to xda. This is where all the small things are fixed. Its kinda the point.
Are you sure that's not normal? All my android devices take 10-15 min to turn the WiFi off.
It'll have a negligible effect on your battery life but if you really want it to turn off faster, the green power app on the store allows you to turn off WiFi instantly.
That's normal. If you have tasker or other similar app you can set it to turn off WiFi on lock or if you have a magnetic case, sit it to turn off WiFi when it's closed.
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Stop... MUFFIN TIME!!!
veeman said:
That's normal. If you have tasker or other similar app you can set it to turn off WiFi on lock or if you have a magnetic case, sit it to turn off WiFi when it's closed.
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Stop... MUFFIN TIME!!!
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Don't think that's normal, wifi always turns off almost instantly for me
wifi turns off almost instantly here too. 10-15 minutes to turn off wifi is not normal in any situation. op, maybe a little background? stock or rooted? rom/kernel? mods flashed? themes?
The WiFi on my N7 turns off instantly. It did when it was stock unrooted, it did when it was stock rooted, and it does with Paranoid Android. Not sure what the issue may be. Unless you are running a different kernel.
It is normal.
I'm on CM10 and in the advanced WiFi menu is an option to alter the default WiFi timeout from 15mins to other values. I'm unsure if that option is only available in CM10 but I think its also available in stock, can someone on stock clarify that.
The advanced menu is definitely available on stock 4.1.2 I'm just unsure if the timeout is configurable or not.
But WiFi always takes some minutes to disconnect in case you decide to hit the power button to put the device on standby and then 2secs later decide to use it again.
Test it by just hitting the power button and 10secs later hit it again and look at the WiFi icon, it will show its connected. Now do it again but wait 20mins and then hit power and look at the icon and it will show its disconnected.
I guess the timeout can be affected by apps that use WiFi when the screen is off and how quickly the device sleeps when the screen is off etc.
Stock, rooted. Using Notification Toggle, my wifi turns off immediately when I touch the wifi toggle icon.
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Well, because it is not a normal thing to happen. So if it is not normal, it is a sign of a possibly bigger problem that needs to be addressed. If he is on a custom rom, then the dev would be notified to see if its on his end, to fix in the next release. And those are just two reasons why people "care about such small things". Welcome to xda. This is where all the small things are fixed. Its kinda the point.
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Oh he nailed it Lol. Reply of the week in my books Lol.
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Groid said:
Stock, rooted. Using Notification Toggle, my wifi turns off immediately when I touch the wifi toggle icon.
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Is the concept of this thread that hard to the understand...
...of course it turns off immediately if you hit a toggle, that's the point, this post is about the timeout value, ie the WiFi timeout when the screen is turned off.
I have a strange problem, well a few. If I lock my phone (C6903) using the physical button I can't unlock it again. I try for about 5-10 minutes sometimes and it just wont work. If I hold it down I can feel it vibrate as if it's bringing up the power menu but the screen just stays black. Eventually it will randomly wake up then I can play around as normal. If I leave it to lock itself I can unlock every time, fist time no worries. This is what pointed me to it being a SW problem rather than a hardware problem.
I also noticed that when I do have the screen turning off in the dark, I can see that the screen is still lit up! Just it is black, not completely asleep. It's really quite bright when I have it next to the bed. Also when I am outside I can't see the screen at all really, even with the brightness turned right up.
It's really strange all these happened about the same time. I figured maybe it was a ROM problem and a fresh install of stock ROM would help. Tried it and at first most of these problems went, just the fact I still couldn't really see the screen in the sun. I tried another ROM and at first was just the same but then these problems started again.
Has anyone had any or all of these problems or got any ideas what it could be? I am left thinking now that the problem is more likely hardware related as the problems are so sporadic and happen whatever I have installed.
Any help / suggestions would be appreciated but I have the feeling I will have to just admit the phone is dogged
You say that most of the problems desapararecen to install a new ROM, it is likely that installing something extra to be the cause, I was introduced me something similar with Expoxed Notifications Module.
Try a clean installation without installing test applications to determine if the problem recurs.
Thanks, yes I guess I will try that, bit of a pain having to reinstall apps after every install and restoring messages etc so I might just put up for now.
I also have realised that the screen not turning on and the screen staying on but black happen at different times. i.e. I can now randomly turn the screen on and off no problem (don't think I have installed or deleted any apps or changed anything), but the screen stays awake when off. When I was last not able to turn the screen back on after turning off the screen actually went to sleep. Very strange
Hi guys.
I got an issue of screen time out timer.
Sometimes it works but mostly not.
Display isn't turning off at all.
Sometimes it's turning off like normal (set at 1min) but sometimes not turning off at all.
It's all happening with any notifications (not specific one).
Can't find the reason it's happening,
Even made a clean flash and nothing changed
Need advice.
Thanks.