Wi-fi keep alive app for android description: No more breaking downloads or switching to slow expensive gprs 3g.
Keep wifi on even if phone sleeps.
- Wifi off if screen off (white widget)- wifi on if screen off (green widget)- wifi on if screen off charging (amber widget)delete existing widgets and re add them to show new iconsthe app does not : turn on your wi fi automatically.
It just keeps it enabled if you have turned it on yourself through any other automatic or manual means.
Do special things to manage turning off wi fi.
There haven 39 t been any reports of wi fi not turning off when specified so that is left to android built in policiesexplanation for permissions requested: modify global settings: to modify wi fi policy settingsview wifi state: to check current wifi statechange wifi state: for a work around that needs to reset your wifi connection on some devicesprevent phone from sleeping: some devices need a partial or full wake lock in order to keep the wifi runningfull internet access: this is again for a workaround that requires pinging your gateway or another address.
Without requesting this permission the pinging fails.
The app does not use the internet for accessing anything else and does not send or receive any data to from the internet.
Receive boot event: used to keep the application working across phone reboots if needed.
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