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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Ricky Chan wrote on 27/05/13 09:49:
> ...
> 
> Now that the phone finction is working, I'm going to use it as my 
> daily 2nd phone so I could test it out. Problem being not that I'm 
> traveling around in the city during the day and there're so many
> wifi spots, the wifi radio seems to be working crazy in searching
> for the spots. I would be nice to have these functions included /
> modified to enhance the battery life:
> 
> 1. Wifi on/off switch to completely disable the radio at will
> (high priority)

That is included in the networking design spec.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#phone-wifi>

> 2. To be able to refresh manually (low priority)

In the same design, visiting the wi-fi settings screen triggers a
manual update.

> 3. Reduce search interval, it gets really hot when walking around
> the city (mid priority)
> 
> ...

That seems to me like the sort of thing that should happen
automatically. If you aren't using the phone at all, or aren't using
networking, it should check for wi-fi networks less and less often.

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mpt

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