WiFi Better Battery
Free App
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About WiFi Better Battery
WiFi Better Battery prolongs your phone or tablet's battery life by making sure WiFi/WLAN is only turned on when you need it. When you leave the range of your WiFi network, your device's WiFi is automatically turned off (after a short delay to allow for quick reconnects after a connection hiccup). As soon as you get back in range, your WiFi is turned back on and you are automatically connected back to your favourite network.
There's no need to worry about your network password or connection data - any passwords are entered in the original Android settings tool, and the app does not have the permission to view network traffic.
What makes it better than similar apps? Other WiFi power savers require you to set up a condition to turn on (some also to turn off) WiFi, like the time of day or your location. That means less privacy and more battery usage. WiFi Better Battery simply uses a very low-power state in which only scanning is available (Android 4.3 and up only) to always be connected quickly while still saving battery.
This app can save power, and potentially also save you some money - forgetting to turn on your WiFi and accidentally downloading something or watching a video over mobile data can get expensive. This will never happen to you again with WiFi Better Battery!
WiFi Better Battery also comes with an optional security feature. It is a little known fact how insecure Android's WiFi functionality is. By default, Android only checks the name of a network before connecting to it. That means that if you have a network saved, and Android detects another network with the same name, Android automatically tries to connect to it. A malicious device could use this to collect passwords that are sent during connection attempts or send harmful data to your device. WiFi Better Battery offers an optional MAC address check to try to prevent such attacks. MAC addresses uniquely identify a device.
The in-app products are ONLY used for donations and for turning off ads. The full functionality of the app is completely free.
The permissions which WiFi Better Battery requests on your device have been chosen with great care. All permissions are necessary for its full functionality.
Just in case you still have concerns we have listed all requested permissions below, each with an explanation of why we need it.
Network permissions: Necessary to list all available networks and to connect to networks. The app CANNOT read your network traffic or passwords.
Internet: Used only for Google ads.
Location: Required since Android 6 to access WiFi scan results. This app will never access your location. See http://developer.android.com/about/versions/marshmallow/android-6.0-changes.html#behavior-hardware-id for more info
There's no need to worry about your network password or connection data - any passwords are entered in the original Android settings tool, and the app does not have the permission to view network traffic.
What makes it better than similar apps? Other WiFi power savers require you to set up a condition to turn on (some also to turn off) WiFi, like the time of day or your location. That means less privacy and more battery usage. WiFi Better Battery simply uses a very low-power state in which only scanning is available (Android 4.3 and up only) to always be connected quickly while still saving battery.
This app can save power, and potentially also save you some money - forgetting to turn on your WiFi and accidentally downloading something or watching a video over mobile data can get expensive. This will never happen to you again with WiFi Better Battery!
WiFi Better Battery also comes with an optional security feature. It is a little known fact how insecure Android's WiFi functionality is. By default, Android only checks the name of a network before connecting to it. That means that if you have a network saved, and Android detects another network with the same name, Android automatically tries to connect to it. A malicious device could use this to collect passwords that are sent during connection attempts or send harmful data to your device. WiFi Better Battery offers an optional MAC address check to try to prevent such attacks. MAC addresses uniquely identify a device.
The in-app products are ONLY used for donations and for turning off ads. The full functionality of the app is completely free.
The permissions which WiFi Better Battery requests on your device have been chosen with great care. All permissions are necessary for its full functionality.
Just in case you still have concerns we have listed all requested permissions below, each with an explanation of why we need it.
Network permissions: Necessary to list all available networks and to connect to networks. The app CANNOT read your network traffic or passwords.
Internet: Used only for Google ads.
Location: Required since Android 6 to access WiFi scan results. This app will never access your location. See http://developer.android.com/about/versions/marshmallow/android-6.0-changes.html#behavior-hardware-id for more info
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
1.4.3:
Android 6 fixes.
1.4.2:
Small fixes
1.4.1:
Added indicator for open networks
More fixes
1.4.0:
Material design
A lot of fixes and improvements
1.3.2:
Crash fixes.
Connection fixes (please contact me if it's still not working)
1.3.1:
Fix for the crash reported 40 minutes ago. Thanks!
1.3:
Setup assistant
New features and fixes
1.2.5:
Italian translation!
New feature for rooted devices
If you find any bugs or would like to request a feature, please contact us at admin@minudev.com
1.4.3:
Android 6 fixes.
1.4.2:
Small fixes
1.4.1:
Added indicator for open networks
More fixes
1.4.0:
Material design
A lot of fixes and improvements
1.3.2:
Crash fixes.
Connection fixes (please contact me if it's still not working)
1.3.1:
Fix for the crash reported 40 minutes ago. Thanks!
1.3:
Setup assistant
New features and fixes
1.2.5:
Italian translation!
New feature for rooted devices
If you find any bugs or would like to request a feature, please contact us at admin@minudev.com
More downloads WiFi Better Battery reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
Version update WiFi Better Battery was updated to version 1.4.3
Version update WiFi Better Battery was updated to version 1.3.2
More downloads WiFi Better Battery reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
What are users saying about WiFi Better Battery
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Great app!
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i love 8
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Its amazing
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When I turn WiFi on, it turn it off quickly, there is no time for me to access a new wifi hotspot. Edit: no sorry, it's when I turn WiFi off, it turn it on, and connect to the my broken wifi network, wifi is not useable that night, no option to take control, even turn off the auto-manage wifi function through widget.
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I wish I didn't have to fight with it sometimes. By that, I mean, I have my predefined networks that I wish to be connected to automatically, but often I just want to connect to a open WiFi hotspot, at a restaurant, at a cafe, and I will probably connect to it just once. And it's this situation that is difficult with this app, because if I turn on wifi and connect to a new network via the Android Wifi built-in manager, WBB shouldn't turn it off. It means I have to turn off the automatic management first. I think it should just be quiet when I do it manually. The other option is to got through the App itself, but I don't want to memorize the network because it's a one time thing. Finally, it should allow importing the already configured networks.
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To make the application work, I have to start it by clicking on it and same to stop. If I remembered to do that, I will stop the Wi-Fi myself. If the application is killed by android there should be a way to assign a higher authority. Uninstalled.
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Saves significant battery! The latest version has some user interface issues, and sometimes goes into an endless WiFi turn on / turn off loop, but restart fixes this, and other than that the app is very useful.
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Works as intended. It does save some battery. More importantly, for me, it helps me to stay connected to my preferred wifi. It is a much needed bonus for me. After updating to nougat wifi was not staying connected.
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I absolutely love the screen on screen off because wifi is uses the most battery on a phone an this app helps a lot when you're out of range of a network that uses your wifi, because this really helps to save battery and I recommend this to those who are interested in saving your battery, just give it a try and you'll love it.
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Doors what it days on the box and does it well. Offers good control without being overly complicated
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Great app does exactly what I needed on my Verizon Galaxy S6
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Doesn't work with Android 7.
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Just don't download it
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Save Many Times Of Playing
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Works as advertised. I've used it on kit-kat and lollipop and it works good for both. Easy to disable to verify.
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I like this wifi connect it is good one thanks.
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Just loved the app
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Great app!
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Nearly brilliant
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Helper
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Works great, has smart features, and a clean design, but the launcher icon is horrible
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Need to do an extra step to add new networks, but worth it.
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Works brilliantly, except for the fact that I can't use the "disconnect on-screen off" option without killing any downloads that are happening at the time. (Kudos to the developer for being very clear about this.)
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Dont dowload it drowned my battery instead of giving me battery
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Excellant!!! The best wifi auto on and off apps.. Its work perfect!! Auto off when i go out.. Then auto on when i come back..
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Crashes before opening on Marshmallow.
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Worst app ever
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mean
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Awesome enough said
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Worked fine before suddenly toggle wi fi network every 2 seconds killed my battery phone got hot . The ap is using allot cpu
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Downloaded the newest update and works perfect again!
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Saves battery!
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Does what it says, and good at it, although remember do manage ALL connections through it. Very frustrating to have the WiFi turning off through the default manager.
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Works as designed.
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Wifi connection drops off frequently
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When I turn WiFi on, it turn it off quickly, there is no time for me to access a new wifi hotspot. Edit: no sorry, it's when I turn WiFi off, it turn it on, and connect to the my broken wifi network, wifi is not useable that night, no option to take control, even turn off the auto-manage wifi function through widget.
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What the hell ? How do you receive notification of other apps ? Don't b too lazy to turn off your wifi when you are not using it
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Works, great, best of them all, and thanks to Michael for a fast reply, ,paul ,,just had a problem with this app,had to uninstall and reinstall, because it works, ,,most of the time
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Great wifi minder.
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Good app !