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WiFi/Data Location-Based Application?

Here you are: (note that this is Wifi vs 3G. I'm sure 4G LTE is much more power-consuming due to the much higher frequency/data flow)

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Dankees said:
Is this what you’re talking about?

Verizon Wi-Fi Auto-On?

Apparently, it doesn’t work on the Galaxy Nexus… :-(

https://market.android.com/details?...251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS52encud2lmaWNvbm5lY3QiXQ..
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No, this one.

Basically, it will use your current location to turn it on/off. You have to manually enter the hotspots in the app, and it will tag a location to it.

But I personally prefer: https://market.android.com/details?...EsImNvbS5kcm9pZHBsYW50LndpZmlwb3dlcnNhdmVyIl0.

What it does? Turn off the wifi for you after X minutes without finding a known hotspot. Will save a lot of power... But you will still need to turn it on when you arrive.
 
Since I don’t wanna manually do anything, I think the first one will be better, right?

Now, what I do is – I set up the Wi-Fi hotspots that I use, like “Work” and “Home” and when I am within range of them, my Wi-Fi will automatically connect?

That’s cool.

Now, when I get to work (or close to it), my Wi-Fi will turn back on, but I’m gonna have to manually login to their service.

It’s kind of like the Wi-Fi at Barnes & Noble. You can connect to the Wi-Fi, but you still need to “accept” the terms. So, it’s a bit of a manual thing.

But I will also tell my wife and mother about this application, as they too have just gotten a Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

(We just got them at Best Buy. We were out of our Verizon contracts and they price matched Amazon. We all got them for $100!)
 
By the way, I just had my Wi-Fi connected for 45 minutes and my phone ate about 9% of the battery (down to 73% from 82%). I then turned off the Wi-Fi for another 45 minutes and the battery dropped by about 17% (from 73% to 56%).

It used about twice as much of my battery to have the Wi-Fi off. My connection here (cell connection) is always “yellow.”

Each time, I barely had the screen on. Maybe a couple of minutes here or there.

What you guys say about the Wi-Fi being better makes sense to me.
 
Kicksilver said:
You have to be connected to the said wifi and register it, then it will record the router's location.

The drawback is that it's advised to keep your GPS on for it to work better, thus draining more power. Also, it will be looking for your current location each X minutes (its in the settings), so, another energy eater.

But if the convenience suits you, why wouldn't you use it?
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So, maybe what I should do, at work, is use the scheduling application to turn on my Wi-Fi and turn off my GPS while I am at work
 
Ah, crap. “Setting Profiles” doesn’t seem to have an option for turning GPS off. I guess I can manually do that? Maybe I’ll just leave that on. Does that really kill your battery all that much?
 
jp0469 said:
Actually WiFi Auto On doesn't use GPS at all. It uses coarse network location based on the towers that you are connected to.
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Weird, I thought it used your location only, which could be determined by either GPS or tower triangulation... And I know GPS overrides the other one.

@Dankees, yes, GPS on all the time will kill your battery. You better use the Wifi power saver and just turn it on when you get to work. It isn't that hard and will work flawlessly.
 
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