[Liverpool] Calling on the in-house Android experts - question on sleepy Android

[Andrew Bates]

Oh and I forgot to link you to the forum!

http://android.modaco.com/forum/511-zte-racer-roms-rom-customisation/

sorry about that!

On 8 November 2011 21:44, Andrew Bates <oscillik at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hmmm that may be an issue with that ROM (Mooncake ROM, if you were
> wondering, so you can have a look around on the forums).
> I've just tested this with my mom and brother's ZTE Racer (incidentally
> running the same ROM) and it does the same.
>
> According to the guy who made the ROM: "It's a problem with the kernel.
> Any 2.6.32 doesn't keep wifi on when the screen is off. The solution is
> upgrading to 2.6.35 (when I or someone releases it...)"
>
> It looks like you may have to play around with different ROMs to find one
> that will work, there are a few ROMs on there that are based on cyanogenmod
> 7, so those might be worth looking into.
>
> As for whether this is normal behaviour, it definitely isn't - My Nexus S
> stays connected to WiFi when the sleep policy is set to never.
>
>
> On 8 November 2011 21:30, Sebastian Arcus <shop at open-t.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm very pleased with my ZTE Racer successfully converted by Andy to
> 2.3. I've discovered there is now a graphic equalizer (not sure if it's
> part of 2.3 or added by the CynogenMod people - but it really makes a
> significant difference). I've managed to use the built-in sip client to
> connect to my Asterisk server over wifi and everything seems to work fine.
> I've even managed to switch wifi on, so that it never disconnects. Well,
> almost.
> >
> > Before, when the screen went off - the wifi went off with it. Now I can
> turn the screen off, and the wifi stays one. However, I'm not sure for how
> long. if I come back after few hours, and try to ring the phone over sip -
> I can't reach it any more. If I unlock the screen - I can see the wifi is
> actually disconnected. Does anybody happen to know if there is a second
> sleep phase later, after turning off the screen - which actually disables
> the wifi? Can anybody test to see if their phone keeps the wifi connected
> even few hours after locking the screen (if the wifi option is set to stay
> permanently on)?
> >
> > Any hints appreciated,
> >
> > Sebastian
> >
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