WiFi disconnects and phone switches to EDGE when it sleeps

[DMcGrew]

Is this normal? Maybe its a battery saving feature.

[jbarrack]

I have the same problem ... the strange thing is that when I first got the phone it used to stay connected as long as it detected the Wifi. Now it just changes back to edge and I have to go through the process of going into settings and clicking on my linksys. My phone also stoped telling me when wifi was available which it used to do a few days ago ...

[justahsquirrel]

I have the same problem ... the strange thing is that when I first got the phone it used to stay connected as long as it detected the Wifi. Now it just changes back to edge and I have to go through the process of going into settings and clicking on my linksys. My phone also stoped telling me when wifi was available which it used to do a few days ago ...

thats weird...my phone does that too. i think it does that as default to save battery life and download voicemails if anyone has left any..

[jbarrack]

thats weird...my phone does that too. i think it does that as default to save battery life and download voicemails if anyone has left any..

Yeah it was annoying because that was one of the features I liked ... I used to have a PPC-6700 and I hated the fact of having to turn on the wifi radio on and off everytime I "thought" i was in a wifi spot ... Plus didnt Jobs say in his keynote it auto switches from edge to wifi, "iphone knows the right thing to do" ... Who knows maybe its a common problem and apple will come out with some sort of software patch.

[lectioneer]

Yeah it was annoying because that was one of the features I liked ... I used to have a PPC-6700 and I hated the fact of having to turn on the wifi radio on and off everytime I "thought" i was in a wifi spot ... Plus didnt Jobs say in his keynote it auto switches from edge to wifi, "iphone knows the right thing to do" ... Who knows maybe its a common problem and apple will come out with some sort of software patch.

After the first week the same problem has come up in my phone. Even though wifi is connected Edge takes precedence. It can't be battery because wifi is much faster and therefore uses less power. I am not sharp enough to figure a work around but all communication is grinding to a halt because Edge is so slow. All help will be appreciated.

[jbarrack]

After the first week the same problem has come up in my phone. Even though wifi is connected Edge takes precedence. It can't be battery because wifi is much faster and therefore uses less power. I am not sharp enough to figure a work around but all communication is grinding to a halt because Edge is so slow. All help will be appreciated.

Hmmm ... well I dont have quite that problem. When I click on linksys it says with linksys untill the top power button is clicked to shut the screen off. Have you tryed to shut the machine off for a few minutes. Sometimes that helps if it gets whacky ... just hold down the power button for 10 seconds and it will pop up and say slide to power off ... then slide and leave off for about 5 minutes. Sometimes that helps. I've done it before and it has fixed some of the quarks with it.

[hutchensgd]

I have not seen this happen. And in fact, even when I turn the phone completely off it stays on the WiFi network in my house.

Is this normal? Maybe its a battery saving feature.

[vrsc]

same problem as I do not get any more notifications about wifi being available!

[jbarrack]

same problem as I do not get any more notifications about wifi being available!

Yeah its annoying expecially because it worked correctly for the first few days ... but its thats the only problem that I have to manually switch to WiFi then who cares. Some of the people on these forums have had awfull problems with their phones - screens breaking, batteries going, ect. I feel so bad for them because you wait all this time for a product to come out and then it doesnt work right is just horrible. I'm just happy mine is fine ...

[epic]

I have the same problem now. When I first got the phone, it would find a wifi connection automatically and stay connected to it even if it went into sleep mode. But now all of a sudden even if it goes into sleep mode even for just a second I have to go into settings and do it manually.

[Farani]

I'm selecting it manually and it says I'm connected but EDGE is still taking precedence! It didn't do this last night for me.

[epic]

I Found a fix last night that I did it seems to have worked. From the main menu, go into general. Then go into general again and there is a reset option for your network settings.

After doing that, I haven't had a problem.

[Farani]

I Found a fix last night that I did it seems to have worked. From the main menu, go into general. Then go into general again and there is a reset option for your network settings.

After doing that, I haven't had a problem.

good tip. thanks!

[jbarrack]

Is there any feedback thing for this from Apple like they did with the push e-mail problems people are having?

[jbarrack]

I love the fact that I have been on this forum for the last 3 days saying my wifi won't connect automatically and as I write this I am on my iPhone which i might add, swtched from edge to wifi automatically right before I came on safari to post this ...

[jbarrack]

I Found a fix last night that I did it seems to have worked. From the main menu, go into general. Then go into general again and there is a reset option for your network settings.

After doing that, I haven't had a problem.

Nice nice work! Worked like a charm ... Good post.

[justahsquirrel]

I have the same problem now. When I first got the phone, it would find a wifi connection automatically and stay connected to it even if it went into sleep mode. But now all of a sudden even if it goes into sleep mode even for just a second I have to go into settings and do it manually.

well here are my two cent on this. I understand the need for wifi because edge is slow but I think the reason why it defaults to edge when the phone is in sleep mode is because of power consumption. Meaning that to keep the wifi running it would drain the battery at an astronomical rate. Plus the reason why it goes to edge is because of voicemail. Yes ladys and germs.... Voicemail. Voicemail is not played from a server at at&t, its downloaded to the phone via edge. I dont think voicemail can be sent through our wifi. Those are the most likely reasons why edge activates on sleep.

1. Power consumption
2. Voicemail download

Well thats just my two cents....

The squirrel

[bmwlover0725]

Probably a default from apple, something that will easily be fixable with a simple hack hopefully.

[wjp09]

mine stays on wifi even as it slumbers :)

[jbarrack]

Guys I just found out today that the reason why many peopls batteries didnt charge competely is because they leave the wifi i when it sleeps and whill its charging. This drains the battery at good rate a prevents it from fully charging ... also when your wifi is on and its sleeping your usage metter is still running. Which explains why my battery was awful today and my usage was at 17 hours which is a 15 hour jump from last nigth at 9 oclock. But this is just what apple is telling me ... ill find out this morning.

[ich0pz]

I Found a fix last night that I did it seems to have worked. From the main menu, go into general. Then go into general again and there is a reset option for your network settings.

After doing that, I haven't had a problem.

yep worked for me. just ran into this issue... Good find Epic