Help wifi connection lost after screen lock, and can't regain connection after unlock

[pan]

Hi

If my screen locks while I have a wifi connection, then the connection is lost when I unlock the phone.

First, is this perhaps deliberate, to save power?

Also, either way, when I unlock the screen and go into wifi settings, I see that the phone is trying to make a wifi connection, but it never succeeds, even though it's my home network and I'm in the same room as the router. It just states 'Obtaining address...' Any thoughts?

 

[jwk]

Mine (sometimes) does the same. I've only had it a few days so im no expert but 1 workaround is to use the wifi toggle widget to turn the wifi on and off.

I turn it off habitually when im not using it and back on when i need it so theres little waiting around.

 

[pan]

Thanks - good idea.

 

[jwk]

Just came across this too, should solve it but bear in mind the extra battery useage,

Go to Menu > Settings > Wireless Controls > Wi-Fi Settings > Push the hard Menu button > Advanced > Select Wi-Fi Sleep Policy and & one of the following:
When screen turns off
Never when plugged in
Never

 

[pan]

You're a star! I would never have found that.

 

[jwk]

It's a coincedence i was just reading this blog:

This Android Life

and found it on there. It makes me think i should go back through most of the stuff i have set up and try long presses and the menu button everywhere just to find what might be hiding away !

 

[pan]

Yes, it does make you wonder what settings we are missing...

 

[Andronix]

it's a bug, because waking up should reconnect the phone to ap without user intervention. let's hope it'll be fixed.

 

[Deleted User]

it's a bug, because waking up should reconnect the phone to ap without user intervention. let's hope it'll be fixed.

The strange thing about this bug is that it doesn't always happen.

I get a proper reconnect more often than not. And I can't seem to pinpoint the cause.

 

[cintra]

I think its a bug too. It happens when I walk out of my wifi range, i.e. it doesn't re-connect when walking back in to range.. just need to toggle wifi off and on to get it back. My setting is 'never' turn it off.

 

[Andronix]

There are few similar issues reported;


Issue 1698 - android - Wi-fi loses connection with router frequency and doesn't reestablish automatically - Project Hosting on Google Code
Status: Reviewed, Type-Defect


Issue 1052 - android - wifi times out too frequently, doesn't reconnect automatically enough - Project Hosting on Google Code
Status: New, Type-Defect

Anyone willing to submit ticket with exact problems we're experiencing?