Thread: N900 battery life questions, issues, scenarios
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2009-12-01 , 18:53
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Originally Posted by marauder View Post
This morning my N900 had the same problem again. It could not find my home WiFi connection. I would suspect it has something to do with battery draining.

Is there something that can be done through xterm when N900 fails to find an existing WiFi signal, without having to reboot? Is there a wifi related service I could try to restart to get this working or some way to check wifi module status?

I'll try to find out how to reproduce this wifi issue...




I messed up here. I meant "in idle condition". No data connection.
Ok I had the same problem and after a lot of testing I think I worked out a solution.

The problem is in the wifi connection: no matter which parameters are in use (10/100mW or WPA mode only or else): every time you connect or try to connect to a wifi lan, you will notice a battery drain problem and the device itself getting warmer (as if the wifi chip wouldn't go off).

The only solution for now is a reboot, so every time you connect (or try to connect) to a wifi lan, you have to reboot the N900.

Hope this helps for now