WiFi Auto-Off turns wireless Internet on Android off or on automatically
Wireless Internet is without doubt one of the biggest causes for the battery of your phone or tablet to drop like a stone in water.
The problem here is that the feature is either turned on or off, and that there is no way to automatically switch its state depending on whether it is needed or not.
If you forget to turn of WiFi before you get, you may end up with a phone that is out of battery or nearly there, not great if you need your phone and have to leave early.
There are ways to automatically turn WiFi on or off, and they all come in forms of apps that you can install on your device. Clever Connectivity for Android can turn WiFi off if the screen is turned off for a set amount of time, or if no wireless networks are available.
WiFi Auto-Off
WiFi Auto-Off offers a similar feature set more or less. It is a lightweight application that provides you with access to three features that you can enable or disable individually on its preferences screen:
- Turn WiFi on when the device gets unlocked.
- Turn WiFi off when the screen is off for at least 10 minutes.
- Turn WiFi off when the phone or tablet is not connected to any network for at least 1 minute.
You can modify the interval for both turn off options. 10 minutes is a long time for instance before WiFi gets turned off when the screen is turned off. Just tap on the preference that you want to modify and it will be turned off at first. Tap on it again and you get the option to change the interval before the wireless connection is being turned off.
The application runs silently in the background after you have installed it. You will notice that WiFi will be activated when you unlock the device, and that it will be turned off again when those criteria are met.
Note that you may not want to turn off WiFi automatically if you are using apps that require it to run. If you need new email notifications for example, you may want to keep it turned on as you won't get any if WiFi is the only source of Internet access.
Verdict
If you want WiFi turned off automatically then this application does that for you. It prevents you from forgetting to turn it off manually, and in doing so saves power so that you can use the phone or tablet for a longer period of time without having to charge it.
If you want location based controls instead, try Smart WiFi Toggler.
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Uhh, this has already been possible – I am not sure how but remember my brother telling me about it. I’m not a whatsapp user so not sure of the specifics, but something about sending the image as a file and somehow bypassing the default compression settings that are applied to inbound photos.
He has also used this to share movies to whatsapp groups, and files 1Gb+.
Like I said, I never used whatsapp, but I know 100% this isn’t a “brand new feature”, my brother literally showed me him doing it, like… 5 months ago?
Martin, what happened to those: 12 Comments (https://www.ghacks.net/chatgpt-gets-schooled-by-princeton-university/#comments). Is there a specific justifiable reason why they were deleted?
Hmm, it looks like the gHacks website database is faulty, and not populating threads with their relevant cosponsoring posts.
The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk that it’s about to be deleted from my ‘daily reads’.
It’s really like “Press Release as re-written by some d*ck for clicks…poorly.” And the subjects are laughable. Can’t wait for “How to search for files on Windows”.
> The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk…
Sadly, I have to agree.
Only Martin and Ashwin are worth subscribing to.
Especially Emre Çitak and Shaun are the worst ones.
If ghacks.net intended “Clickbait”, it would mark the end of Ghacks Technology News.
Ghacks doesn’t need crappy clickbaits. Clearly separate articles from newer authors (perhaps AIs and external sales person or external advertising man) as just “Advertisements”!
We, the subscribers of Ghacks, urge Martin to make a decision.
because nevermore wants to “monetize” on every aspect of human life…
“Threads” is like the Walmart of Social Media.
How hard can it be to clone a twitter version of that as well? They’re slow.
Yes, why not mention how large the HD files can be?
Why, not mention what version of WhatsApp is needed?
These omissions make the article feel so bare. If not complete.
Sorry posted on the wrong page.
such a long article for such a simple matter. Worthless article ! waste of time
I already do this by attaching them via the ‘Document’ option.
I don’t know what’s going on here at Ghacks but it’s obvious that something is broken, comments are being mixed whatever the article, I am unable to find some of my later posts neither. :S
Quoting the article,
“As users gain popularity, the value of their tokens may increase, allowing investors to reap rewards.”
Besides, beyond the thrill and privacy risks or not, the point is to know how you gain popularity, be it on social sites as everywhere in life. Is it by being authentic, by remaining faithful to ourselves or is it to have this particular skill which is to understand what a majority likes, just like politicians, those who’d deny to the maximum extent compatible with their ideological partnership, in order to grab as many of the voters they can?
I see the very concept of this Friend.tech as unhealthy, propagating what is already an increasing flaw : the quest for fame. I won’t be the only one to count himself out, definitely.
@John G. is right : my comment was posted on [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/23/what-is-friend-tech/] and it appears there but as well here at [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/08/how-to-follow-everyone-on-threads/]
This has been lasting for several days. Fix it or at least provide some explanations if you don’t mind.
> Google Chrome is following in Safari’s footsteps by introducing a new feature that allows users to move the Chrome address bar to the bottom of the screen, enhancing user accessibility and interaction.
Firefox did this long before Safari.
Basically they’ll do anything except fair royalties.