Power Control - Turning on WiFi

[speedracr13]

I love the power management widget on the Droid. I've noticed though that when I use it to turn on wifi that my wifi never actually turns on and connects. As soon as I go into the wifi settings and see the list of available connections it finds my router and connects right away. Anybody else having any sort of similar issues? It's a little annoying to have to turn on wifi and then also have to go into the settings menu to get it to connect.

 

[digitard]

I love the power management widget on the Droid. I've noticed though that when I use it to turn on wifi that my wifi never actually turns on and connects. As soon as I go into the wifi settings and see the list of available connections it finds my router and connects right away. Anybody else having any sort of similar issues? It's a little annoying to have to turn on wifi and then also have to go into the settings menu to get it to connect.

Works for me.

I have my phone setup with my DD-WRT firmware based Linksys WRT54GS. My GS is paired w/ standard encryption and SSID not being broadcast.

I can turn on my WiFi via the widget, and it connects in about 10 seconds or so w/o an issue.

 

[Mezmryz03]

Works for me.

Not the most helpful reply there. Wanna try again?

 

[johnlgalt]

I love the power management widget on the Droid. I've noticed though that when I use it to turn on wifi that my wifi never actually turns on and connects. As soon as I go into the wifi settings and see the list of available connections it finds my router and connects right away. Anybody else having any sort of similar issues? It's a little annoying to have to turn on wifi and then also have to go into the settings menu to get it to connect.

Mine has always worked every time since I discovered that little gem hiding in the widgets screen last November.

Try forgetting your connection, then re-adding it to your DROID and see what happens.

Also, are you perchance running an app that might be interfering with WiFi auto-reconnects?

 

[FrayAdjacent]

I have encountered the behavior you describe, but it is very intermittent. I'd reboot the phone and see if it will connect. Maybe power cycle the WAP.