Help Live stream keeps dropping

[Paul Mars]

Live streams continually drop, rarely recover w\o me refreshing the browser. I tried the apps too, but that didn't help. Applies to wifi and data connections. Phone company reset the service not help. I've twice done a factory data reset, which didn't fix it. Only other apps I've installed are blue mail and goodev volume booster and zoom.

ZTE Z719DL
V 7.1.1

 

[Dannydet]

Live streams of what? And which apps?

 

[Paul Mars]

Any and all live streams ive listened too. (news and radio stations). Apps offered by related news \ radio sites.

 

[Dannydet]

https://m.gsmarena.com/zte_zmax-6697.php
This is a device from 2014....
Time for a new phone IMO

 

[puppykickr]

https://m.gsmarena.com/zte_zmax-6697.php
This is a device from 2014....
Time for a new phone IMO

It cannot be that old.
I was running Android 5.1 in 2016, and this device here is running 7.1.1

 

[puppykickr]

https://whatismyphone.com/vendors/zte/zmax-one-lte-z719dl

 

[puppykickr]

Browsers can be fickle for streaming, especially after the screen goes off.

Have you tried any other apps to stream with?

Are you liatening to radio, podcasts, videos, or what?

Perhaps there is a dedicated app that would not drop out so easily.

For radio, this is what I use:

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.programmierecke.radiodroid2/

Video is something else. What I watch is usually on Telegram or Tubi.

 

[Paul Mars]

Radio and news drop in browsers and apps. Podcasts and videos are fine.

 

[puppykickr]

Does radio drop in the app I posted a link to?

 

[Paul Mars]

Yess

 

[puppykickr]

And it stops?

 

[puppykickr]

Did you check battery optimization settings for the apps that stop?

Settings
Apps & notifications
Advanced
Special access
Battery optimization

<arrow to the right of Not Optimized>

All apps
(find the apps in question, be sure that they are not optimized)

 

[Paul Mars]

Just turned off batt opt in Chrome. Will see if that helps.

 

[Paul Mars]

That didn't help.

 

[puppykickr]

See if it helps to do the same to Android System Webview.

 

[Paul Mars]

Found Android system and turning off batt opt didnt help. Cant find any app with 'webview' in its name.

 

[puppykickr]

Settings
Apps & notifications
See all
Overflow (3 dot icon upper right)
Show system
Android System Webview
Advanced
Battery

And it looks like I was mistaken, Background restriction is what I was thinking of.

 

[Paul Mars]

I got no advanced batt settings

 

[Paul Mars]

 

[puppykickr]

Ok.
I am going to assume that your device is using Chrome as a webview.

That was typical for a time.

Go to developers options, and select Webview implementation.

You most likely have Chrome and Android System Webview as your options.

See if you can select Android System Webview.

If you cannot,that means that you have a device that requires you to disable Chrome in order to be able to do this.

Personally, I don't use Chrome, or any Google apps (on the device that I carry), so this was no loss to me.

If you use Chrome as your browser, I can suggest a few that are so much better.

Anyway, check on the above first and then see if switching makes any difference.

 

[Paul Mars]

Where is developers options?

 

[puppykickr]

In settings.
You have to first reveal them., if you have not already.

Settings
System
About phone
Build number
(tap build number 7 times)

Then back out of settings, enter

Settings
Advanced
Developers options
Webview implementation

 

[Paul Mars]

That didn't help. Everything was getting really weird, so i reset the phone and now i see webview is disabled.