Improving the Use of Your RF Scanner
Here are some handy tips to improve the performance of your RF scanner.
Tip: Performance improvement may come at the expense of battery usage or consumption of more data.
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What to do ... |
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Make sure Airplane Mode is off. |
Network & Internet > Airplane mode |
Turn off Airplane Mode. |
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Make sure Data Limit is off. |
Network & Internet > Data usage > Billing cycle |
Make sure both Data Warning and Set Data Limit are off. |
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Make sure Data Saver is off. |
Network & Internet > Data usage > Data saver > Unrestricted data |
Tap .wms. |
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Network & Internet > Data usage > WiFi data usage |
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Apps & Notifications > App info > .wms > Data usage |
Turn on Unrestricted Data Usage. |
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Network & Internet > Data usage > Data saver |
Turn off. |
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Make sure usage of mobile data in the background. |
Network & Internet > Data usage > WiFi data usage |
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Apps & Notifications > App info > .wms > Data usage |
Turn on Background Data. |
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Improve WiFi switching. This improves performance when switching between access points and routers but increases battery drain. |
Network & Internet > WiFi > WiFi preferences > Advanced > WiFi Scan settings |
There are various scan intervals. Reducing them improves switching. Increasing them improves battery life. |
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Improve in app performance. Doing this is at the cost of higher battery usage. |
Apps & Notifications > App info > .wms > Battery > Battery optimisation |
Make sure All apps is selected. The default is Not optimised.
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Battery > actions icon at the top > Battery optimisation |
Make sure All apps is selected. The default is Not optimised.
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Battery |
Turn off Battery Saver. |
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Optimise foreground app. This affects other background apps. |
DuraSpeed |
Turn on. |
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Enable developer options Go to System > About Phone and tap the build number a few times. |
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Force the device to switch to cellular if WiFi is poor. |
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Turn on Aggressive WiFi to mobile handover. |
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Improve switching between WiFi and mobile data. This significantly increases battery drain. |
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Turn on Mobile data always active. |
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Never allow the device to sleep. This is not recommended. |
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Turn on Never sleep mode. |
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What to do ... |
Setting |
What to turn on or off |
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Improve switching between WiFi and mobile data. |
WiFi > setting icon |
Turn on Switch to cellular data automatically. |
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Improve WiFi performance after sleep. The scanner can be a little slow when it reconnects after being in sleep mode. But it will drain more battery while sleeping. |
WiFi > setting icon > Keep WiFi on during sleep |
Select Always. |
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Turn off data saver. |
Data usage > Data saver > Unrestricted data access |
Turn on .wms. |
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Apps > .wms > Data usage |
Turn on Unrestricted data usage. |
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Apps .> setting icon > Special access > Unrestricted data access |
Turn on .wms. |
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Data usage > Data saver |
Turn off. |
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Make sure airplane mode is off. |
Wireless & Networks > More |
Turn off Airplane mode. |
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Allow background data usage. |
Apps > .wms > Mobile data |
Turn on Allow Background Data Usage. |
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Improve in app performance. This will be at the expense of higher battery usage. |
Battery > actions icon > Battery optimisation |
Make sure All apps is selected. The default is Not optimised.
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Apps > setting icon > Special access > Battery optimisation |
Make sure All apps is selected. The default is Not optimised.
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Keep awake in motion. |
Smart sensors |
Tick the Keep awake in motion option. |
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Enable developer options. Go to About Phone and tap the build number a few times. |
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Force the device to switch to cellular if WiFi is poor. |
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Turn on Aggressive WiFit to cellular handover. |
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Improve switching between WiFi and mobile data. This significantly increases battery drain. |
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Turn on Cellular data always active. |
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What to do ... |
Setting |
What to turn on or off |
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Allow background data usage |
Apps > .wms > Mobile data |
Turn on Allow Background Data Usage. |
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Turn off data saver. |
Connections > Data usage > Data saver - Allow app while Data Saver on |
.wms |
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Apps > .wms > Mobile data |
Turn on Allow app while data saver is on. |
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Connections > Data usage > Data saver |
Turn Data Saver off. |
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Turn off data limit. |
Connections > Data usage > Mobile data usage > setting icon |
Make sure that Set data limit is off. |
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Make sure that flight mode is off. |
Connections |
Turn off Flight mode. |
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Prevent .wms from closing in the background. |
Device care > Memory > Apps to exclude from cleaning > Add apps |
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Prevent .wms from being put to sleep. |
Device care > Battery > App power management > Apps that won't be put to sleep > Add Apps |
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Device care > Battery > Battery usage |
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Device care > Battery > App power management |
Turn off Put unused apps to sleep. |
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Set battery to high performance mode. |
Device care > Battery > Power mode |
Set to High performance. |
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Turn off adaptive battery. |
Device care > Battery > App power management |
Turn off Adaptive Battery. |
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Allow battery to be used while app is in background. |
Apps > .wms > Battery |
Turn on Allow background activity. |
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Enable developer options. Go to About Phone > Software information and tap the build number a few times. |
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Improve WiFi switching. Improves performance when switching between access points and routers but significantly increases battery drain. |
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Turn on WiFi scan throttling. |
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Improve switching between WiFi and mobile data. This significantly increases battery drain. |
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Turn on Mobile data always active. |
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Make sure .wms only uses mobile data. This is not recommended, but may be useful in certain situations. |
Connections > Data usage |
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