pan

Hi

If my screen locks while I have a wifi connection, then the connection is lost when I unlock the phone.

First, is this perhaps deliberate, to save power?

Also, either way, when I unlock the screen and go into wifi settings, I see that the phone is trying to make a wifi connection, but it never succeeds, even though it's my home network and I'm in the same room as the router. It just states 'Obtaining address...' Any thoughts?

Last edited by pan; September 7th, 2009 at 01:24 PM.

jwk

Mine (sometimes) does the same. I've only had it a few days so im no expert but 1 workaround is to use the wifi toggle widget to turn the wifi on and off.

I turn it off habitually when im not using it and back on when i need it so theres little waiting around.

pan

Thanks - good idea.

jwk

Just came across this too, should solve it but bear in mind the extra battery useage,

Go to Menu > Settings > Wireless Controls > Wi-Fi Settings > Push the hard Menu button > Advanced > Select Wi-Fi Sleep Policy and & one of the following:
When screen turns off
Never when plugged in
Never

pan

You're a star! I would never have found that.

jwk

It's a coincedence i was just reading this blog:

This Android Life

and found it on there. It makes me think i should go back through most of the stuff i have set up and try long presses and the menu button everywhere just to find what might be hiding away !

pan

Yes, it does make you wonder what settings we are missing...

Andronix

it's a bug, because waking up should reconnect the phone to ap without user intervention. let's hope it'll be fixed.

koy

The strange thing about this bug is that it doesn't always happen.

I get a proper reconnect more often than not. And I can't seem to pinpoint the cause.

cintra

I think its a bug too. It happens when I walk out of my wifi range, i.e. it doesn't re-connect when walking back in to range.. just need to toggle wifi off and on to get it back. My setting is 'never' turn it off.

Andronix

There are few similar issues reported;


Issue 1698 - android - Wi-fi loses connection with router frequency and doesn't reestablish automatically - Project Hosting on Google Code
Status: Reviewed, Type-Defect


Issue 1052 - android - wifi times out too frequently, doesn't reconnect automatically enough - Project Hosting on Google Code
Status: New, Type-Defect

Anyone willing to submit ticket with exact problems we're experiencing?

Last edited by Andronix; September 8th, 2009 at 02:25 AM.