So there has been a lot of discussion about battery life on these GS3 boards, and I've been participating in them. For the first month I was pretty lazy about turning off wifi during the day while I'm at work (where there's no wifi). Recently I started doing it and notice a marked improvement in battery drain.
I also found a great app which I am going to plug here on the board for anyone else who might like to try it....
Auto Wifi Toggle by Hideki Kato
Great and simple app that does what it intends to do and doesn't get all balled up. Basically you can set it to
1) Turn OFF Wifi whenever you become disconnected from your wifi connection. This is perfect because when I leave the house in the morning, as soon as I get away from my router, Mr. Kato turns off the wifi on my Android automatically. Thanks Mr. Kato!
2) Turn ON Wifi at predetermined intervals to "check" to see if there is a connection. Basically you can set it to turn on wifi for 1 minute (or other period) every XX minutes or hours.......when it fires up for that short period if you're in range of a known wifi that connects automatically, then BAM Mr. Kato leaves Wifi on .....if it doesn't find a connection then he turns it back off after that minute.
There are also lots of fine-tuning options, for example you could say "no checking at all between 9am and 5pm" (if you're away from home) but if you generally get home around 6:00 you could begin having it check every 15 mins, or even shorter periods, to "catch" your wifi as soon as you get home.
I love the app and while it is free, I might "buy" the paid version just to give Mr. Kato a few bucks.
Anyway if you want a "set it and forget it" way of shutting wifi off when you're away from the house, go see Mr. Kato on the Play Store (the app name is Wifi Auto Toggle)
I also found a great app which I am going to plug here on the board for anyone else who might like to try it....
Auto Wifi Toggle by Hideki Kato
Great and simple app that does what it intends to do and doesn't get all balled up. Basically you can set it to
1) Turn OFF Wifi whenever you become disconnected from your wifi connection. This is perfect because when I leave the house in the morning, as soon as I get away from my router, Mr. Kato turns off the wifi on my Android automatically. Thanks Mr. Kato!
2) Turn ON Wifi at predetermined intervals to "check" to see if there is a connection. Basically you can set it to turn on wifi for 1 minute (or other period) every XX minutes or hours.......when it fires up for that short period if you're in range of a known wifi that connects automatically, then BAM Mr. Kato leaves Wifi on .....if it doesn't find a connection then he turns it back off after that minute.
There are also lots of fine-tuning options, for example you could say "no checking at all between 9am and 5pm" (if you're away from home) but if you generally get home around 6:00 you could begin having it check every 15 mins, or even shorter periods, to "catch" your wifi as soon as you get home.
I love the app and while it is free, I might "buy" the paid version just to give Mr. Kato a few bucks.
Anyway if you want a "set it and forget it" way of shutting wifi off when you're away from the house, go see Mr. Kato on the Play Store (the app name is Wifi Auto Toggle)