Is anyone else having issues with Bluetooth disconnecting while the phone is idle. I've been finding that my aeropex aftershocks keep disconnecting while my phone is idle although if I'm actively listening, they stay connected the whole time. I've been able to duplicate the issue with my pixel buds as well
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I've had my captivate about 2 weeks. Still stock rom and not rooted.
I spend most days in my home office connected to wifi. Installed Y5 to manage wifi connections. Installed NetCounter to keep track of usage. My home router is a D-Link Dir-655 N Gigabit.
When connected to wifi, battery usage is very fast. I need to keep it on charge or it won't last past mid afternoon. Did some testing from 100% charge, with wifi off: 14 hours down to 68%; with wifi on: 3 hours down to 74% (then had to go out on appointments). All other factors equal during testing. Phone just sitting on desk, no usage, not calls, etc.
I noticed that whenever I have wifi turned on, the network activity shown on the indicator light on the router is constant, something like 20-30 blinks per second. It's not like normal network activity where the light blinks with a normal data stream, and then is off for short periods. When the phone is the only device connected to the wifi, turning wifi off on the phone stops the data stream and the light on the router goes out. Turn the wifi on the phone back on and the blinking starts again, and is constant as long as wifi is connected. This has nothing to do with activity on the phone. The light blinks on constantly even when the phone is idle.
I have tried stopping everything using both "Applications/Running Services" and "Advanced Task Killer", but nothing changes the constant data stream. Even with everything stopped, the data transfer or polling or whatever it is goes on and on.
I did have one period when the constant data stream was not happening. At the end of the day Tuesday, that's the day I left wifi off all day from 7am to 9pm and the battery only went down to 68%, when I first connected the wifi at around 9pm for a period of about 10 or 15 minutes, the data stream indicated by the light on the router was normal. I was thinking, gee this thing has fixed itself. But while I was playing around with the Daily Briefing widget, the data stream started back up again. I've deactivated the Daily Briefing widget as I don't want it anyway.
So I'm at a loss how to troubleshoot this problem. I know that the constant data stream is not normal. Others have reported good battery life with wifi on. I don't think it is my router, since I had that period where it worked normally. Anybody have any ideas what I should check next?
Thanks
Hi,
I have flashed my N1 with CM6.1.1 around 2 weeks ago. I'm really satisfied with this ROM.
However, I have noticed my Wi-Fi has gone a little bit weird after flashing CM. Regardless of the Wi-Fi sleep policy setting, my N1 won't turn off the Wi-Fi after it's locked. When I unlock my N1, I can watch the wi-fi icon disappear and then re-appear after a few seconds.
Now I have to manually turn off the Wi-Fi before locking my N1 to conserve the battery. Does anyone know how to get rid of this bug?
Thanks.
i will give you one tip which is its better to leave wifi ON when your phone goes to sleep because it's much better for battery life. if you let wifi turn off during sleep, the phone switches to 3g data which drains far more battery than leaving it on wifi.
now about the disconnect issue, i'm not quite sure what you're seeing. i have a problem with cyanogen 6 where my wifi disconnects for about 3 seconds, and this happens about every 10 minutes or so. its very annoying. but when my phone goes to sleep, i wake it up and still see wifi connected. so no issues there for me.
Wildmonk has some kernel just to address the WiFi issues.
I suggest WM kernel with CM ROM anyway
The problem occurs randomly. Sometimes my phone "knows" it should turn the wi-fi off when it's locked. But most of the time it doesn't...
I think I will live with it.
Anyway. Thanks for the reply.
My WiFi still disconnects every few minutes, then re connects again. It drives me nuts. Cyanogen 6.0
to momomok,
I think you have misunderstood the word "sleep" for Wifi, here sleep means when you are not using your phone the Wifi will turn off temporarily instead of infinitely. It's more like a nap. As you unlock the phone, Wifi will get awake. That's why you will see it re-appear after a few seconds.
Hi guys,
I have had the phone for a while, and it is perfect. The only issue I have had (same as others), is the battery sometimes seems tempremental. However, I noticed this weekend, it really lasted as expected.
I check every morning, the phone would stay awake for hours (disabled app after app, uninstalled etc, factory reset), same problem persisted. A lot of the apps (Enterprise service for example) like to override their deactivation, which is always fun.
Anyway, I realised that I connect my bluetooth headset to listen to music, and once I disconnect it the wakelock doesn't go away (I am not rooted, but based on two weeks of observations this is 90% confident hunch). Only restarting the phone, would cause the activity to stop and normal battery drain to resume.
So, I reach out to you guys, is there a way to stop the bluetooth from somehow remaining active after I disconnect the device, or whatever wakelock affects it. I am not ready to root this phone yet, but if there is no other option...
TL;DR connect my bluetooth headset every morning, keeps the phone awake even after disconnecting, (and turning bluetooth off). can you please help?
Thanks...
Looks you're on your own with that problem. I keep BT on at all times, connecting&disconnecting flawless to the hands-free of my car as well as the BT headset in my office. No such thing like battery drain anywhere.
Raza46 said:
Hi guys,
I have had the phone for a while, and it is perfect. The only issue I have had (same as others), is the battery sometimes seems tempremental. However, I noticed this weekend, it really lasted as expected.
I check every morning, the phone would stay awake for hours (disabled app after app, uninstalled etc, factory reset), same problem persisted. A lot of the apps (Enterprise service for example) like to override their deactivation, which is always fun.
Anyway, I realised that I connect my bluetooth headset to listen to music, and once I disconnect it the wakelock doesn't go away (I am not rooted, but based on two weeks of observations this is 90% confident hunch). Only restarting the phone, would cause the activity to stop and normal battery drain to resume.
So, I reach out to you guys, is there a way to stop the bluetooth from somehow remaining active after I disconnect the device, or whatever wakelock affects it. I am not ready to root this phone yet, but if there is no other option...
TL;DR connect my bluetooth headset every morning, keeps the phone awake even after disconnecting, (and turning bluetooth off). can you please help?
Thanks...
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You are not alone!! Please take a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/help/bt-wakelock-z3-deep-sleep-t3059084
Unfortunately lollipop did not solve it.
I still have no idea what is causing it! It does not look to be a popular issue, this is why I hope it is an app. It could also be an HW issue.
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sxtester said:
Looks you're on your own with that problem. I keep BT on at all times, connecting&disconnecting flawless to the hands-free of my car as well as the BT headset in my office. No such thing like battery drain anywhere.
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It could be you've not noticed it!!
Just got My Gear 2 neo and the battery seems to be draining rather quickly today and i think its because of the constant Connect/Disconnect with my phone.
Im a Propane delivery driver, so im constantly getting in and out of my vehicle. Ive noticed my screen keeps coming on to notify me of the bluetooth connection status.
Anyway to disable this?
This is killing my battery. Is anyone having this issue?
Nada boss.
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Well that's the top on my list of my battery usage for the last 4 days even after rebooting the phone couple of times. The only way to prevent it is shutting down the BT but I don't want to manage my BT all the time.
also having this issue
Just saw your post. I am also having this issue. To test, with BlueTooth on and the phone idle with screen off, I was burning 3-4% an hour. Battery drain was worse if I actually used the phone. Turn off BT and I'm around 1-1.5% an hour. The keep awake percentage with BT on was something like 75-80% awake (the bar on Battery Info looked almost solid). Now that BT is off, the phone wakes up a few times an hour when idle/screen off.
I previously had a Droid Razr Maxx HD and kept BT on all the time with no real effect on battery drain. I had BT paired to my car radio for hands free and to a Motorola Keylink (using the Moto Connect app) for SmartLock. I'd like to keep BT on all the time for the KeyLink/SmartLock feature in Lollipop, but not with that kind of battery drain.
Have you had any luck figuring out how to get BT to work without the Keep Awake?
Has anyone find out what's causing this?
I'm having the same issue - seems to have just started within the past week or so - anyone know what's going on?
Yeah I am manually turning off my Bluetooth when not in use again. Haven't had to do this on any phone since ICS.
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The same issue just started for me today. I may have found the cause and (at least temporary) solution. My phone is no longer constantly awake and Bluetooth awake time has stopped increasing.
Cause: power cycling the phone while Bluetooth is on
Solution: turn bluetooth off before power cycling the phone
This is just a rudimentary discovery, but if people can confirm if this also works for them we can maybe get closer to a real cause/solution for this.
edit: False alarm. Bluetooth is now keeping the phone awake again, even without a reboot. Gonna try changing around smartlock settings to see if this helps.
Two days ago, I disabled the settings to let smartlock unlock my phone when in range of my watch. I did not reboot, however. That evening, the phone ran out of power and shut down. Since then, it's been fine. Phone still shows awake all the time, but the battery usage has been much more reasonable (20 hours use out of it vs. 12). Once I verify that it's working reliably, i'll re-enable each setting separately to try to figure out what's going on.