Re: Android Thread: Phones / Apps / Mods Quote:
Originally Posted by F150 I cannot check this, how do you check if wifi is switched off actually, though the icon disappears. |
Thats easy. Just see if you are getting notifications (eg. Whatsapp, email, etc) while the WiFi is supposed to be sleeping. If its sleeping you should not get the messages until you wake the phone up. Quote:
Originally Posted by Gandhi I'll have to check this out. I don't keep wifi ON all the time, instead my edge data is ON all the time. Surprising part is that Sony released ICS update with 4.0.3, which was buggy as hell. Even Google had stopped sending this version to Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus. ICS 4.0.4 fixes lot of issues.
Battery consumption has definitely increased, but I can't say if that's because of this bug. The usage pattern for me still shows the same trend as it was in GB.
Eagerly waiting for ICS 4.0.4 update from Sony. |
Its definitely buggy. Only good thing it has done is to make phone snappier and has better grapics and transparencies, etc. Batt life has definitely gone for a toss, and the buggy WiFi is most likely not the only contributing factor. Flash player also seems to be unstable now. Just crashes sometimes while watching videos for sometime and while changing vids. Really sad Sony has released a buggy update like this. Just wastes a lot of our time... Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluengel180 These were the same options in gingerbread as well, just choose option three and wifi switches off and falls back to edge/3g to save battery life.
If you need better battery life, turn mobile data off(if you dont need data) or set the network to 2G only (this saves battery) . |
Dude, as I'v already mentioned its positively buggy. WiFi does not sleep even if I choose option 3. Really pissed with Android on this count. Even on 2G, if its kept on all/most of the time, the effect on the battery is very substantial. And this with very minimal syncing and currently no email syncing at all. I'm jealous of my friends with Blackberries who keep their data on 24/7, and yet the battery is good for around 3 days!!
Another observation: With either policy in force, if the phone looses Wifi signal (like if the Router is reset) when the screen is off, the WiFi does not reconnect automatically when the phone is woken up and the phone just keeps trying to connect indefinitely, but without success (Just switching the Wifi off and on on the phone is the only way to make it reconnect). I'm sure this is also contributing significantly to the battery drain.
The whole bloody thing reeks of bugs. Shame on Google.
Last edited by Raccoon : 30th May 2012 at 02:02.
|