Hi All,
Whenever the screen goes off, (be it automatically or manually by the user) the AirDroid browser app stops functioning (until I get the chrome connection error). Only when I wake the phone up again does the browser app start functioning again. I'm on an HTC Desire HD.
I've tweaked some Android wifi settings and think i've found a (partial) solution. I discovered in Settings > Wireless & Networks > Wifi Settings (then press menu key and select Advanced) there is a check box labelled "Best wifi performance" and when checked, Airdroid works flawlessly regardless of whether the device is sleeping or awake. However, judging from my experience and forum posts around the internet re. this setting, having this setting on costs a significant drain of battery life (5-10% an hour it seems) hence this solution being less than elegant. I should also point out that there is another setting on this screen called 'Wifi sleep policy' (with options for the wifi to sleep after a set time) however it was set to 'Never' by default on my device, so perhaps this setting isn't of any significance.
I'd be interested to know if any other users have experienced this problem and whether this is specific to the HTC Desire HD device or maybe even my router. In any case I hope the above information can help as a partial solution for users experiencing similar problems and/or perhaps it exposes a bug in the Airdroid app.
Whenever the screen goes off, (be it automatically or manually by the user) the AirDroid browser app stops functioning (until I get the chrome connection error). Only when I wake the phone up again does the browser app start functioning again. I'm on an HTC Desire HD.
I've tweaked some Android wifi settings and think i've found a (partial) solution. I discovered in Settings > Wireless & Networks > Wifi Settings (then press menu key and select Advanced) there is a check box labelled "Best wifi performance" and when checked, Airdroid works flawlessly regardless of whether the device is sleeping or awake. However, judging from my experience and forum posts around the internet re. this setting, having this setting on costs a significant drain of battery life (5-10% an hour it seems) hence this solution being less than elegant. I should also point out that there is another setting on this screen called 'Wifi sleep policy' (with options for the wifi to sleep after a set time) however it was set to 'Never' by default on my device, so perhaps this setting isn't of any significance.
I'd be interested to know if any other users have experienced this problem and whether this is specific to the HTC Desire HD device or maybe even my router. In any case I hope the above information can help as a partial solution for users experiencing similar problems and/or perhaps it exposes a bug in the Airdroid app.