Hi everyone,
I'm having a strange problem with my auto sync for my accounts: it seems to turn off randomly. I sometimes use the power saving mode, but when I check it, it does not, at least immediately, turn off auto sync. It's possible that it turns off auto sync if the batty gets low, but maybe it doesn't turn it back on? I also have sleep mode (I.e. "turn off data connections during long periods of activity") checked. It's very frustrating because I never know if its on or off without checking settings. So I end up missing emails which is kind of annoying.
bumping this up. Thought this may just be the result of the "power saver" feature, but it still happened when I turned my phone off overnight. Woke up, powered phone on, and auto sync was off
Hi!
Having troubles with a 520 because once it enters the deep sleep state, it'll start getting Whatsapp notifications only when waking it up.
No battery saving setting is turned on.
An APP that wakes the device from time to time would help.
Thanks.
Perhaps you either have cellular data turned off, have no data signal, or are set to only receive notifications over WiFi? By default, WP turns off WiFi when the screen is off and the phone isn't plugged in. I think there might be an option to change that, but I don't recall where it would be.
There are definitely apps that will cause WiFi to stay on in the background (I think pretty much any streaming music app does this?), but those will wreck the battery life if you just leave them on all day. Apps are also able to periodically (~every 30 minutes) do some stuff in the background even in the phone is sleeping, but I'm not sure if this is allowed to wake up the WiFi and cause it to connect.
If the problem isn't WiFi instead of cellular data, I really don't know what's going on.
Thanks! Read here if you're still interested:
http://discussions.nokia.com/t5/Lumia/Lumia-520-vs-Whatsapp-delays-delays-delays/td-p/2931533
I ride a motorcycle and rely on my headphones with the voice navigation when needed. Never had any problems with my S8, but yesterday was the first time using my s10 with headphones for nav, and multiple times I missed a turn by a mile or so because it turned out the GPS stops when I shut the screen off in my pocket. And it's doing this on both Google maps and waze, as soon as I take my phone out and turn the screen on waze starts updating my location and reroutes. I need a fix to this ?
What's the power saving mode state? On my note 8, if I had moderate power saving mode on, gps would disable about a minute after screen turned off. Turned power saver off and no problems.
Optimized with adaptive turned on.
Just got the S21 Ultra (from note 8). Stumbled upon Bixby Routines. It's great.
Always tried using Tasker but never used it much because it wasn't as easy as using Bixby Routines. Tried using similar apps as well but they never seemed to work well.
So far I've got auto-rotate for when I use video watching apps such as YouTube. Power Saving mode while I'm asleep.
Care to share some ideas?
Love Tasker but now giving a chance for Bixby Routines. So far I have set driving profile to start playing YouTube music, set audio to 100%, turn Dolby on, keep phone unlocked. Then Show AOD when charging, auto rotate on when YouTube is launched. Would like them to go crazy like tasker with some Good lock module but doubt it Had few htlm get task so I might go back to Tasker, but imo it should drain more battery compared to Bixby Routines
When i go to work, since i don't touch my phone that often, it auto changes resolution to fullHD, and turns on AOD + turns off bluetooth.
During the night turns on energy saving and airplane mode
Wireless charging between 10p - 7a will NOT fast charge so the charger fans aren't buzzing on my nightstand next to my head.
I hated everything Bixby but I see that I now have to use routines.
Good topic. How to see more useful usages posted.
I use Routines with my Android Car Stereo to Automatically start the Hotspot when it connects to my Cars bluetooth. It also turns up the volume on the phone and reads aloud text messages.
Definitely looking forward to a couple new ideas myself.
AOD & Sync on when charging, off when not charging (apps like whatsapp and outlook have their own sync which isn't affected by this)
Button on my homepage for 5G/4G
Power saving to turn on at 20% (I only turn this on if I plan to go out for the day)
Is there a way to perform an action on switching out of one app to another e.g. To close the app you switch from e.g. Chrome, so that it doesn't chew up battery in the background? Or when closing an app to put it to deep sleep?
I've set it to disable 120 Hz in apps like YouTube and tiktok and games where I wouldn't notice it anyway.
Also set network mode to 3G and disable data when connected to WiFi.
omnimax said:
I've set it to disable 120 Hz in apps like YouTube and tiktok and games where I wouldn't notice it anyway.
Also set network mode to 3G and disable data when connected to WiFi.
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So I think the WiFi one is sort of redundant as your mobile data swtiches off if you're on WiFi with WiFi calling.
The YouTube one is actually a great spot - at low brightness the screen stays in high refresh mode, so forcing it to switch to 60 is useful!
I created a button to force to 2G only in areas where reception is poor and i dont require mobile data (2g gives better reception).
But does anyone know where this button can be used other than as a widget on homescreen?
Set location services on when opening google maps
Play playlist from spotify when bluetooth connect to my car
Put on do not disturb when opening camera application
I love bixby routines, the only thing i keep after debloating a Samsung phone
Anandtech has a write-up on the S21U display. It appears it has the same odd behavior of forcing 120hz full time during low ambient lighting, like the Note 20. The screen therefore consumes more power in dark rooms than in a bright setting. I have an (arguably bad) habit of reading my phone in bed before I fall asleep, and before I get up. So I've set a routine to switch in/out of adaptive mode during my normal bed times, so much of my usage in darkness is in 60hz mode to save battery.
Investigating The Galaxy S21 Ultra New OLED Emitter: Huge Efficiency Improvements
www.anandtech.com
dscline said:
Anandtech has a write-up on the S21U display. It appears it has the same odd behavior of forcing 120hz full time during low ambient lighting, like the Note 20. The screen therefore consumes more power in dark rooms than in a bright setting. I have an (arguably bad) habit of reading my phone in bed before I fall asleep, and before I get up. So I've set a routine to switch in/out of adaptive mode during my normal bed times, so much of my usage in darkness is in 60hz mode to save battery.
Investigating The Galaxy S21 Ultra New OLED Emitter: Huge Efficiency Improvements
www.anandtech.com
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It does this because 60hz changes the tint at low brightness. The oneplus 8pro was bad for this, you could see the display flicker and change tint when the refresh rate changed at low brightness , it was horrible.
Batfink33 said:
It does this because 60hz changes the tint at low brightness. The oneplus 8pro was bad for this, you could see the display flicker and change tint when the refresh rate changed at low brightness , it was horrible.
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I can't comment from personal experience, but from the Anandtech article:
it’s still not exactly clear at to the technical reason why Samsung is employing this limitation in the first place, as I’m not seeing any difference at all in the screen quality when tricking the phone’s ambient brightness sensor and it switching between VRR/LFD on and off.
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Regardless, switching to 60hz is a solution if you want to prioritize battery life in those conditions.
dscline said:
I've set a routine to switch in/out of adaptive mode during my normal bed times, so much of my usage in darkness is in 60hz mode to save battery.
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Hmmm, I set a routine @ 10PM to switch to 60hz mode, that was supposed to end at 7AM with the actions reversed. It didn't switch to 60hz mode @ 10PM, so I manually switched it, and it didn't revert @ 7AM. I'll try two distinct routines.
EDIT: I set up a distinct routine to set to 60hz AFTER the existing "time period" routine, and the existing time period routine took effect properly this time, so the redundant distinct routine wasn't needed. Don't know why it didn't work the first night.
Brightness turned down and Power Saving mode turned on during my sleeping hours.
I always leave my phone unplugged while sleeping (charge fully before sleep).
I guess if I were to charge while sleeping, I'd plug into a smart plug, then have the plug turn off after the charge reached 100.
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Hmmm, I set a routine @ 10PM to switch to 60h
EDIT: I set up a distinct routine to set to 60hz AFTER the existing "time period" routine, and the existing time period routine took effect properly this time, so the redundant distinct routine wasn't needed. Don't know why it didn't work the first night.
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dscline said:
Hmmm, I set a routine @ 10PM to switch to 60hz mode, that was supposed to end at 7AM with the actions reversed. It didn't switch to 60hz mode @ 10PM, so I manually switched it, and it didn't revert @ 7AM. I'll try two distinct routines.
EDIT: I set up a distinct routine to set to 60hz AFTER the existing "time period" routine, and the existing time period routine took effect properly this time, so the redundant distinct routine wasn't needed. Don't know why it didn't work the first night.
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Yeah, a couple times my YouTube rotate didn't turn on. But on my wife's note 10 plus, so far has been flawless.
Just bumping this up since Routines is very useful. Been using this since my last phone and it made life a bit easier.
My settings are:
1. IF connected to home wifi, THEN keep phone unlocked.
2. IF charging, THEN sync is on.
3. IF connected to car bluetooth, THEN media volume is set to max and play favorite playlist on spotify.
4. IF time period (12AM-6AM), THEN power saving mode on, DND on, bluetooth off, NFC off.
5. IF camera app opened, THEN DND on.
annson08 said:
Just bumping this up since Routines is very useful. Been using this since my last phone and it made life a bit easier.
My settings are:
1. IF connected to home wifi, THEN keep phone unlocked.
2. IF charging, THEN sync is on.
3. IF connected to car bluetooth, THEN media volume is set to max and play favorite playlist on spotify.
4. IF time period (12AM-6AM), THEN power saving mode on, DND on, bluetooth off, NFC off.
5. IF camera app opened, THEN DND on.
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Oh, gave me a great idea of keeping phone unlocked! thanks. I'll have to set one to keep phone unlocked when hooked up to android auto or the car BT.
I mess with my kids with the Low Battery Announcement (Phone needs charging, Bruh. No Cap). Lol
If it isn't connected to my Home WiFi between the hours of 10PM and 8AM, it alerts me because this typically means that the power has gone out.