Wifi Search Time Interval?

[trevorx3]

Is there anyway to change the intervals of the wifi scanning? I think I heard there's a way to change it if the Droid had been rooted. I will gladly root (again) if this is the case.

I would like to leave my wifi on, however I go between many hotspots and don't want it scanning every 5? seconds. I would prefer a 10-15 minute interval.

Any ideas or suggestions?

 

[jsh1120]

Is there anyway to change the intervals of the wifi scanning? I think I heard there's a way to change it if the Droid had been rooted. I will gladly root (again) if this is the case.

I would like to leave my wifi on, however I go between many hotspots and don't want it scanning every 5? seconds. I would prefer a 10-15 minute interval.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Not sure but you might try Locale

 

[trevorx3]

Not sure about that, personally. I would like to limit the Wifi scanning to save battery. Wouldn't using Locale, which would actively be using GPS, contradict my wifi battery saving?

 

[adrynalyne]

Yeah you have to root again. These changes are in the build.prop, located under /system. Its pretty self explanatory:

wifi.interface = tiwlan0
# Time between scans in seconds. Keep it high to minimize battery drain.
# This only affects the case in which there are remembered access points,
# but none are in range.
wifi.supplicant_scan_interval = 15

 

[jsh1120]

Not sure about that, personally. I would like to limit the Wifi scanning to save battery. Wouldn't using Locale, which would actively be using GPS, contradict my wifi battery saving?

Sorry, I don't have Locale and I'm only barely familiar with its features but I was under the impression that it allows one to set timers as well as location to control various phone features. There's another app (that I'm also not familiar with--great help, aren't I?) called timeriffic (I believe) that might do the job for you. It is limited to scheduling as I understand it.