WIFI on or off when sleeping

teagueghost · 10/26/2011, 08:12 AM

Is it better for battery performance to turn wifi off or keep it on when the TP is sleeping? Anyone got any info?

Thanks.

chicle · 10/26/2011, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by teagueghost

Is it better for battery performance to turn wifi off or keep it on when the TP is sleeping? Anyone got any info?

Thanks.

I would imagine that it would be better with it off, but not sure. I turn mine off (why bother to have it on if it's sleeping?).

TheVisibleShadow · 10/26/2011, 08:53 AM

I've tried it both ways.
SIGNIFICANTLY better battery performance with Wi-Fi off (as you might guess).
Considering how fast the Wi-Fi comes on when woken, and that it checks email very quickly, I have it off during sleep.
If you must have that info immediately when looking at the screen, you should leave it on OR leave it on the touchstone.

billionaiire · 10/26/2011, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by TheVisibleShadow

I've tried it both ways.
SIGNIFICANTLY better battery performance with Wi-Fi off (as you might guess).
Considering how fast the Wi-Fi comes on when woken, and that it checks email very quickly, I have it off during sleep.
If you must have that info immediately when looking at the screen, you should leave it on OR leave it on the touchstone.

+1

Tried and tested.

OldSkoolVWLover · 10/26/2011, 12:39 PM

eh I leave it on... really doesn't kill my battery too bad

when I am at work though, I do keep my WiFi turned off unless I am using it since we are on a unsecured public network for WiFi. But leave it on all the time at home with no real adverse effect on battery life.

next_milenium · 10/26/2011, 03:10 PM

I've tried both and found turning off wifi during sleep does help with battery. With wifi off, I would lose maybe 1-2% during the night. With wifi on, I lose 2-3%. So not a huge difference in my case. So I leave mine on since I like immediate response when I wake up my TP.

Nychotxxx · 10/26/2011, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by next_milenium

I've tried both and found turning off wifi during sleep does help with battery. With wifi off, I would lose maybe 1-2% during the night. With wifi on, I lose 2-3%. So not a huge difference in my case. So I leave mine on since I like immediate response when I wake up my TP.

just put it in airplane mode which automatically turns off wifi

OldSkoolVWLover · 10/26/2011, 06:23 PM

I'm currently at 96%, TP came off touchstone 9 hours ago, WiFi on most of the day, TP paired with Pre3 off and on, text messaging, downloaded a podcast, TTS, some preware, etc.

next_milenium · 10/26/2011, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by OldSkoolVWLover

I'm currently at 96%, TP came off touchstone 9 hours ago, WiFi on most of the day, TP paired with Pre3 off and on, text messaging, downloaded a podcast, TTS, some preware, etc.

Are you bragging? :-P

OC'd?

ananniia · 10/26/2011, 10:19 PM

same here... I just turn airplane mode on at night (wifi off of course). saves battery by not receiving emails at night.

Mutoidi · 10/26/2011, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ananniia

same here... I just turn airplane mode on at night (wifi off of course). saves battery by not receiving emails at night.

I just set the sync criteria in email preferences to 'manual'.. that way I only ever download emails when I want to!

10/26/2011, 08:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
teagueghost Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 28 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	WIFI on or off when sleeping Is it better for battery performance to turn wifi off or keep it on when the TP is sleeping? Anyone got any info? Thanks.
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TheVisibleShadow Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 188 Likes Received: 6 Thanks: 18 Thanked 30 Times in 23 Posts	I've tried it both ways. SIGNIFICANTLY better battery performance with Wi-Fi off (as you might guess). Considering how fast the Wi-Fi comes on when woken, and that it checks email very quickly, I have it off during sleep. If you must have that info immediately when looking at the screen, you should leave it on OR leave it on the touchstone.
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OldSkoolVWLover Forum Moderator Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 5,724 Likes Received: 529 Thanks: 486 Thanked 559 Times in 428 Posts	eh I leave it on... really doesn't kill my battery too bad when I am at work though, I do keep my WiFi turned off unless I am using it since we are on a unsecured public network for WiFi. But leave it on all the time at home with no real adverse effect on battery life. __________________ I spend far too much time with electronics and cars and sports...
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next_milenium Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 333 Likes Received: 29 Thanks: 14 Thanked 27 Times in 19 Posts	I've tried both and found turning off wifi during sleep does help with battery. With wifi off, I would lose maybe 1-2% during the night. With wifi on, I lose 2-3%. So not a huge difference in my case. So I leave mine on since I like immediate response when I wake up my TP.
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10/26/2011, 06:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
OldSkoolVWLover Forum Moderator Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 5,724 Likes Received: 529 Thanks: 486 Thanked 559 Times in 428 Posts	I'm currently at 96%, TP came off touchstone 9 hours ago, WiFi on most of the day, TP paired with Pre3 off and on, text messaging, downloaded a podcast, TTS, some preware, etc. __________________ I spend far too much time with electronics and cars and sports...
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10/26/2011, 10:19 PM	#10 (permalink)
ananniia Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 41 Likes Received: 4 Thanks: 6 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	same here... I just turn airplane mode on at night (wifi off of course). saves battery by not receiving emails at night.
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