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Samsung Phones battery life sucks with Orbi
Since adding the RBR50 and 2 slave units my Samsung Phones (S8 and S5 and TabA's) all have horrible battery life. If I turn off Orbi and go back to the old AT&T Router and Mesh units the battery lif...
Hi,
What version of Android are you running on your Samsung devices? Is it also possible to check 'computed power use' on your Samsung devices?
CheerZ
Fl1ntstone wrote:Hi,
What version of Android are you running on your Samsung devices? Is it also possible to check 'computed power use' on your Samsung devices?
CheerZ
Hi,
I'm currently using Anrdoid 8.1. OP is actually using a Samsung device, I'm actually on a Razer Phone. In the past I've attempted to flash my phone to Android 9 and I've experienced the same issue as well (before my rbw30 and was updated to latest firmware at the time). Not sure where to check computed power use but I've attempted to get battery logs a while back from adb. The root cause seems to be that somehow the router is interfacing with my phone in a way that prevents it from entering deep sleep and acting as if it were on. The only resolution at the moment is to turn off wifi at home but it wouldn't be quite ideal, especially if I have guests over and their phone dies as a result of the router.
Any help or suggestion would be appreciated !
Hi,
Certain versions of Android have had issues with WiFi draining the battery and this is the fix:
- Go to Settings > Location > open Menu (three dots, top-right corner) > select Scanning > Turn Off WiFi scanning.
- Go back to Settings > Backup and reset > Network settings reset > tap “Reset settings”.
- Reboot your device.
CheerZ
jaychu wrote:
Fl1ntstone wrote:Hi,
What version of Android are you running on your Samsung devices? Is it also possible to check 'computed power use' on your Samsung devices?
CheerZ
Hi,
I'm currently using Anrdoid 8.1. OP is actually using a Samsung device, I'm actually on a Razer Phone. In the past I've attempted to flash my phone to Android 9 and I've experienced the same issue as well (before my rbw30 and was updated to latest firmware at the time). Not sure where to check computed power use but I've attempted to get battery logs a while back from adb. The root cause seems to be that somehow the router is interfacing with my phone in a way that prevents it from entering deep sleep and acting as if it were on. The only resolution at the moment is to turn off wifi at home but it wouldn't be quite ideal, especially if I have guests over and their phone dies as a result of the router.
Any help or suggestion would be appreciated !
Hi jaychu
We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if you need further assistance.
Regards,
Blanca
Community Team
Blanca_O wrote:Hi jaychu
We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if you need further assistance.
Regards,
Blanca
Community Team
Hi Blanca,
Thanks for the follow up!
To be honest, I'm kind of at a loss. I attempted to roll back to older firmware but the settings I changed via telnet was not saving my auto update settings and kept forcing auto update anyways. At this point I've given up and resorted to using data. It's not a good solution and i'm hoping for a resolution. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Justin
