I hope this hasn't been covered, a search (here and on Google) did not really help.
On my XT860 I seem to have an open internet connection constantly. When WiFi is turned off, HSDPA (or EDGE) is show as active constantly.
I think this was not the case in the beginning but I am not really sure about that as restoring a (very early) backup does not solve the problem.
I killed every single App about a hundred times but without any changes in this behaviour.
Turning data save mode on is of no use either. Statistics show very little activity (Upload/download) anyway, so that's not it. It's just that it stays connected all the time without doing anything (other than draining the battery).
Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this? Or which steps I could take to narrow the problem down? Or is it even 'normal' (albeit annoying) behaviour?
I would be grateful for any input as I am running out of ideas what to try.
SETTINGS>BATTERY&DATA MANAGER>DATA DELIVERY, and disable "Data enabled" and "Background data"
for a better battery life, disable also UMTS/3G networks, only 2G remaining active.
bogdan_wrc said:
SETTINGS>BATTERY&DATA MANAGER>DATA DELIVERY, and disable "Data enabled" and "Background data"
for a better battery life, disable also UMTS/3G networks, only 2G remaining active.
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Thanks but disabling background data does not seem to change much. The H+ symbol is still there all the time.
I do not want to disable data altogether as this basically render many functions useless.
Or is this just normal? Is the symbol there all the time when data is enabled and WiFi is off?
Considering that they don't bother to explain the status icons in the manual I wouldn't know...
Hi,
currently, I don't have an unlimited data plan, but switch on mobile internet on demand, for a single day. Most of the time I'm using wifi.
Now, I own my Z3C only for two weeks. Some days ago, I was travelling and thus configured and switched on mobile internet for the first time with this phone, for a single day. I am pretty sure I switched mobile internet off in the evening.
But looking into my provider's online overview today, I noticed that since then, my phone used mobile internet from time to time (about every five hours or so). The amount of data seems to be low (<1kB), but anyway, up to today that triggered four additional days of mobile internet usage without me needing that and even without me knowing that.
Can anybody explain what's going on there - and especially how to switch that behavior off?
The phone is stock, unchanged, and unrooted (all updates installed). No MMS have been sent or received. The data usage in settings does not give any helpful information.
Your not alone, im having the same problem. I haven't found any solutions nor any reference to such problem until now. I also have stock rom, hardly any additional apps, turned off automatic updates etc. But it still connects to internet, behind my back for A SECOND, sometimes in every ten minutes, sometimes once a day. A temp solution is to delete the APN settings, but this does not solve the problem.
SO CAN ANYONE HELP US?
I have a guess. It's either Anonymous data sending or phone usage. These two .apks send anonymous data to Sony, probably even using mobile data. It's a guess tough.
Nevertheless, I have removed them since I'm rooted.
davebugyi said:
I have a guess. It's either Anonymous data sending or phone usage. These two .apks send anonymous data to Sony, probably even using mobile data. It's a guess tough.
Nevertheless, I have removed them since I'm rooted.
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Can i somehow determine, which .apk is sending/receiving data, alldough i'm offline.
san_ko said:
Can i somehow determine, which .apk is sending/receiving data, alldough i'm offline.
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You can try Onavo, but I believe those services will be masked under OS/Android, so it's hard to pinpoint them.
Also you van try the default app in > Settings, Data Usage (Mobile Data only)
san_ko said:
Your not alone, im having the same problem. I haven't found any solutions nor any reference to such problem until now. I also have stock rom, hardly any additional apps, turned off automatic updates etc. But it still connects to internet, behind my back for A SECOND, sometimes in every ten minutes, sometimes once a day. A temp solution is to delete the APN settings, but this does not solve the problem.
SO CAN ANYONE HELP US?
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In the meantime, I found a cure: Changing Settings -> Location -> Mode from "High accuracy" to "Battery Saving" immediately stopped the network access.
According to some other forum, assisted GPS is the reason, so using either "High accuracy" or "Device only" will both cause GPS to ask the mobile network for AGPS data from time to time. It is yet unclear to me why this also happens when I have an active WLAN connection.
With that knowledge, removing ",supl" from the APN type (and saving the APN afterwards!) could also disable fetching of AGPS data from the mobile network while mobile internet is switched off, but I didn't test that yet.
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In the meantime, I found a cure: Changing Settings -> Location -> Mode from "High accuracy" to "Battery Saving" immediately stopped the network access.
According to some other forum, assisted GPS is the reason, so using either "High accuracy" or "Device only" will both cause GPS to ask the mobile network for AGPS data from time to time. It is yet unclear to me why this also happens when I have an active WLAN connection.
With that knowledge, removing ",supl" from the APN type (and saving the APN afterwards!) could also disable fetching of AGPS data from the mobile network while mobile internet is switched off, but I didn't test that yet.
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Hey
thanks for the update, i'm gonna try first "device only" (i had it on high accuracy) and after the APN type change and see if i get any changes.
davebugyi said:
I have a guess. It's either Anonymous data sending or phone usage. These two .apks send anonymous data to Sony, probably even using mobile data. It's a guess tough.
Nevertheless, I have removed them since I'm rooted.
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You have mentioned in signature that "Xperia Z3 Compact | Completely Stock - Rooted"
I would also like to root my phone but stock root. Can you help me how you did that?
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You have mentioned in signature that "Xperia Z3 Compact | Completely Stock - Rooted"
I would also like to root my phone but stock root. Can you help me how you did that?
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Here you go
san_ko said:
Hey
thanks for the update, i'm gonna try first "device only" (i had it on high accuracy) and after the APN type change and see if i get any changes.
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As far as I understood things, that will not help, because "device-only" still activates GPS and thus still uses AGPS.
Did you try it already? What are your findings?
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As far as I understood things, that will not help, because "device-only" still activates GPS and thus still uses AGPS.
Did you try it already? What are your findings?
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I just checked, it made no changes (device only). Today from 00.00 to (strangely) 11.00 clock, is the internet on/off count 53 times. I can see that the connections were 0 sec and 1 kB. So what now?
san_ko said:
I just checked, it made no changes (device only). Today from 00.00 to (strangely) 11.00 clock, is the internet on/off count 53 times. I can see that the connections were 0 sec and 1 kB. So what now?
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Try "Battery Saving".
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Try "Battery Saving".
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So i switched GPS off all together, and it seems to be working, no internet connection has been made. I also noticed that for a while the device changed the settings from device only to high accuracy itself. I deleted the ",supl" lets see what happens.
Actually the phone stopped surfing on its own before i deleted "supl" and i think the problem was google and its location history. Im going to test furder. Did you get it under control?
So, over a month has passed and i have some good and bad news. The good news is, that the problem for me has stopped(12.02), the bad news is, i don't know why. I made many changes and now i don't know what affected it. But my guess is that it was the deleting of "supl". Because in one month i had all the settings(location, battery saver etc) on and off and it didn't affect the data usage. 16.03 i got lollipop on my device and this also didn't change it back.
Hello everyone! This is my first post. I've learned a lot on the forums and I decided I would make an account today.
I've attached a few pictures of what is going on:
So I've had this problem off and on. So when I go to select my wifi networks in settings on my Nexus 6, it will show a blank list and it will say "wifi turning on". When I go to the notification pull down tab and see the wifi networks there, it shows up the list just fine! The only way I've been able to connect to wifi is if I download the app "WiFi analyzer" which will show all networks fine. So I know my WiFi works just fine, but for some reason in my WiFi settings, it doesn't show the list of available networks. I've factory resetted the device 3 times and that will fix it for a few days. Then it just has the same problem again.
I've already tried going to data/misc/wifi/wifi_supplicant.conf and erasing that and then rebooting the phone. I don't think it's a hardware problem, because this is my 2nd Nexus 6 and they have both done the same thing. Maybe a software bug? I've also booted into safe mode and it has the same problem where the wifi networks won't show up.
Some information:
Nexus 6
Rooted
Android L 5.1
Build Number LMY47M
Any help would be appreciated! My wifi works, but it's just bugging me that I can't figure out what the problem is. I don't want to factory reset my phone agian.
I stumbled across your thread while searching for a solution to a nearly identical issue on Marshmallow: notifications for open wifi APs would pop up, the pull-down status bar WiFi icon would list available nearby networks, but clicking on one would advance to the network setup screen that listed no APs. WiFi analyzer apps would list all the nearby networks with no problem. Your screenshots are essentially the same as everything looks in Android 6.0.1.
In my case, the problem was that I had used AppOpsXposed to block the Location permission from the Settings app. In AppOps, "Location" includes "Wi-Fi scan"; thus, the Settings app was denied permission to receive WiFi scan results and therefore listed no networks. There was no indication of this suppression that I could find in logcat, so it took me quite some time to determine the cause.
So, yes, it was my own damn fault.
In your case I doubt this particular problem was the issue because you were factory-resetting to no avail. However, I decided to necro your thread in case this happens to help someone else.
I am on my second T-Mo LG G4. Both have exhibited a strange behavior that is rather annoying. I've disabled all automatic sync features and the like - in the same manner as I've done successfully with both a Nexus 5 and a LS990 G3.
So here's the issue(s):
1) Whenever I boot the phone - it automatically turns mobile on. e.g. as indicated by "Data Enabled" quick toggle or the Android Setup slider control.
2) Most times when I enable WiFi, the phone (or whatever) systematically turns on mobile data again - and it's damn repeatable e.g. at ~ 15 seconds after I tap the WiFi quick toggle.
3) Most times when I am running off of WiFi, the mobile data will randomly come on by itself even after I hammered it off that first time in response to manually turning on WiFi.
Zero technical assistance from the obvious sources. LG points the finger at T-Mo. T-Mo points the finger at LG.
I'm starting to think this is related to the Lollipop API change crammed down everyone's throat by Google.
I'm on metered service and have grown accustomed to living off of WiFi. With prior phones I was in full control of what I've been charged. With the G4, it's nearly impossible to manage ...
Any thoughts, shared experiences or recommendations ?
Hmm, there is a setting that can automagically use LTE if the Wifi is detected not to have internet access. I can't think of what it's called at the moment but it's in setting somewhere - possibly WIFI settings.
I would also be sure to disable T-Mobile's "diagnostics" setting in the T-Mobile app and attempt to turn off any other monitoring settings contained within. I think there is a setting that monitors the LTE signal strength and that could be making it pop on.
Other than that, it does seem rather annoying for you! You are on T-Mobile though, didn't you get the 10GB data pass and have the unused data rollover? Another note, why not setup the data limiter in Data Usage to automagically turn off the data after X GB usage. I know it isn't a direct solution but if data usage is a concern, it could work as a workaround!
Hey, thanks for the response and suggestions.
To be clear, I'm on Ting's GSM network - which is serviced by T-Mo.
I'm well versed with Android and prior to this phone I was on a Nexus 5 with 5 .1 .1 and it didn't behave like this.
I've tried all the buried settings to get in front of "enabled" data on two different G4's but nothing is panning out.
And yes, I did think of that T-Mo diagnostics app and it's not enabled - at least not on the surface.
And one more thing, my WiFi is solidly connected when data goes rogue robot.
Hadn't considered the data cap setting. Seems clunky but might help until a custom ROM is available.
rockerrock said:
Hmm, there is a setting that can automagically use LTE if the Wifi is detected not to have internet access. I can't think of what it's called at the moment but it's in setting somewhere - possibly WIFI settings.
I would also be sure to disable T-Mobile's "diagnostics" setting in the T-Mobile app and attempt to turn off any other monitoring settings contained within. I think there is a setting that monitors the LTE signal strength and that could be making it pop on.
Other than that, it does seem rather annoying for you! You are on T-Mobile though, didn't you get the 10GB data pass and have the unused data rollover? Another note, why not setup the data limiter in Data Usage to automagically turn off the data after X GB usage. I know it isn't a direct solution but if data usage is a concern, it could work as a workaround!
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Even if I have selected the wifi to NEVER be active during sleep, whenever I have unlocked my phone from sleep the wifi is always on?? (wifi scannng is off in location settings, and locate the device remotely in Google settings is also off), I have tried to reset network settings, I have even reset the whole device (XT1097 on stock 6.0.1) but the issue remains... any ideas on how to fix this.
AFAIK, there is no stock 6.0.1 for any X (2014). This may explain lots of views and no answer.
Are you sure everything is correct?
Could a rogue carrier app be changing settings?
sorry 6.0 not 6.0.1, my fault, will check to see if tere are any rogue apps but have checked with better battery stats and wakelock detector but neither show anything, except for the fact that wifi is on ALL the time...
Check your location settings as well.