WiFi Using up over 70% of battery even when set to disable on standby

[rrulander]

I am not sure why this is but on average my battery is anywhere from 50% - 70% of total battery use it is really killing my overall battery life. Any ideas on what can be causing this my tablet is only 1 week old.
Any help would be awesome, thanks in advance!



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[bill2reg]

Are you saying that even if you turn off the WiFi, it's not going off? I usually leave mine on and I haven't had any problems with the battery yet. Do you have the screen on the brightest setting? That uses a lot of battery power. And then there are power saving options too, but I have not changed anything on mine yet. But I've only had it for a couple of days.

 

[rrulander]

It goes of when switched off and i have the settings to when device goes to stand by it disables WiFi also. Seems like the wifi adapters in these tablets is not very power efficient

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[bill2reg]

Maybe an problem with your tablet. I've had mine on with WiFi and over three hours and batter is still at almost 80%.

 

[rrulander]

when you go to you Battery usage, what % has your wifi consumed of your battery??

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[bill2reg]

It says 65% WiFi, 25% screen, and the rest is Android, idle, etc.