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Originally Posted by archer75
If it is i'm not seeing that. My ios devices are connected whenever I turn the screen on. I never have to wait and notifications come through all the time. So if it is turning the wifi off when not needed it's switching it so fast that it appears to be always on.
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As I said earlier, that it how my Atrix does. It's just occasionally there is a delay. 99% of the time, when I turn the screen on, the WiFi indicator is on and connected.
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Originally Posted by archer75
I just wish my atrix did that as i'm not getting notifications when it turns the wifi off and there is quite a delay when connecting. I had to turn the wifi radio off and on at work the other day several times to even get it to start scanning for a network to connect to. I wonder if it's wifi radio could be faulty?
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As I said earlier, you have another problem going on. The WiFi is doing what it's supposed to do, turning off when the phone is not active. Something running on the phone (Probably an app), is preventing it from cycling when needed. At the least, it should be pulling from 3G/4G when the WiFi is off. (Android apps are not as friendly to a "WiFi Only" mode.)
The "Having to turn it off and on several times" could be self inflicted. You are turning it off and on while it's trying to turn itself on. It's like that Kevin James comedy bit about his wife trying to pull the door handle while he's trying to unlock the car. It's counteracting each other. Your best bet, LEAVE IT ALONE when you turn the screen on and give it a little while to see if it does come back on after you start using the phone.
You say you have not added anything to the take killing list. Those would have nothing to do with this. This sounds like a battery monitoring app that has a power saving tool in it. Possibly even a "Multi-Function" app that is supposed to give you a set of tools that has a power saving setting in it that you are not aware of.
As for the WiFi radio being defective. Does it work at all? Yes. Then the radio is fine. It's something software related.
I maintain that you are just used to how the iOS device works and thinking this should be exactly like that. It's not. Android is a whole different world.