Tagged Questions
1
vote
0answers
8 views
Galaxy S3 Mini drains excessive battery when Wifi is ON
This question is linked to this one: Wifi battery saving tips or automation
This time, the question is different.
I have here a Galaxy S3 Mini phone that behaves strange. When Wifi is OFF, battery ...
0
votes
2answers
29 views
Wifi battery saving tips or automation
A person that is not expert in computers & technology (including smartphones) bought a Galaxy Mini S3 and asked me some help. He is very old of age.
The problem with this phone is that Wifi ...
7
votes
1answer
392 views
What uses most power: GPS or WiFi?
When playing Ingress I find that both GPS and WiFi (each by themselves) provide an acceptable location accuracy. My question is what draws the most power?
I'm interested in technical information ...
1
vote
0answers
84 views
Wi-fi disabled during lock still partly active? Or do I mis-interpret the battery graph?
On my Google Nexus 7 I noticed that it would consume around 1% of battery each hour that it was just being idle. I suspected that battery-usage during idle time could be improved. So the next night (7 ...
1
vote
1answer
198 views
Enterprise (802.1x) WiFi causing excessive battery drain?
In the past week, realised that WiFi at work (using 802.1x auth) has been draining my battery like crazy.
Here are some stats I took over the past few days:
Case Connection Duration ...
0
votes
4answers
476 views
is there a way to automatically turn off wifi?
I have an LG P990, and I recently upgraded it to ICS. Since that charging is much slower, and energy consumption much faster. I could live with it, I charged it at work and at home too.
Yesterday ...
4
votes
1answer
550 views
Auto sync only when connected to a specific wifi network
I am getting rather low battery life when using auto-sync on 3G. I have wifi in college and at home, so I'm looking for a way to enable auto sync only when connected to those 2 specific wifi networks.
...
2
votes
2answers
3k views
Can I permanently disable the cell/radio of my phone?
My wife got a new phone with a new service, so I get to have her old phone to play around with.
Since the old phone no longer has cell phone service, I want to completely disable the cell phone or ...
5
votes
1answer
755 views
Should I disable mobile data while I'm connected to WiFi?
If WiFi is activated, the phone expends energy trying to find WiFi connections, even if I'm not using the internet. Is the same true for mobile data? Does the phone expend any energy trying to keep a ...
2
votes
1answer
389 views
How do I set Wi-Fi sleep policy to Never on Froyo 2.2 Droid X without Advanced Wi-Fi Settings menu?
I've encountered the following instructions on a forum about battery drain
Set Wi-Fi sleep to Never in the Settings > Wireless & Networks > Wi-Fi Settings > Advanced >Wi-Fi Sleep ...
2
votes
1answer
1k views
Turn off Wi-Fi Power Saving?
Is there a way to turn off wi-fi power saving mode on Android, i.e. have the wi-fi radio stay on at all times? I'd rather have a stable, low-latency wi-fi connection and slightly less battery life ...
6
votes
1answer
552 views
How much does Android use Wi-Fi for network discovery when not connected?
When I have Wi-Fi turned on, but not connected to any network, how much does Android use the Wi-Fi function? I'm asking this because apparently Wi-Fi activity uses considerable* amounts of battery.
...
1
vote
1answer
293 views
Number of Wi-Fi channels to be used?
Under advanced wifi settings one can change number of Wi-Fi channels to be used (11, 13, 14). Does anyone have a clue on how does this property affect battery drain? I know it should be configured ...
21
votes
10answers
12k views
How does power usage for data over WiFi compare to data over 3G? (Ignore LTE for now)
If you have unlimited data over 3G so that cost is no option, which is more power efficient?
Using the WiFi or 3G connection for data usage?
Extending battery life being the goal
3
votes
1answer
379 views
HTC Evo - Can Wi-Fi Radio Sleep?
I've noticed that when actively downloading a lot of data, the Wi-Fi radio uses much less power than the 3G radio. However, when the phone is not being used much, the 3G radio will sleep but the ...
