IFly GPS Stratux Samsung Tab S2 Battery Saver Fix

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4/25/2018 6:20 PM
 

Flew in the morning with all things working between iFly GPS, Stratux and Samsunt Tab S2. Return trip, no stratux being recieved by Tablet. Fixed by turning off Battery Saver.  I now have the latest release of stratux and a newly flashed card. nice but that didn't fix it. 

Does anyone know why this happens? 

 
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4/25/2018 7:46 PM
 

My wife has a Samsung phone, and when she uses, or gets put on battery saver, it sheds things it deems unimportant, like color for the screen, bluetooth, WiFi, and the like.

Perhaps this is doing the same thing.

 

 
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4/25/2018 9:16 PM
 

It shut down your WIFI.  You have probably now installed a defective version of Stratux software.  I would roll back to an earlier version.

 
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4/25/2018 11:50 PM
 

As others have mentioned, the purpose of Batter Saver mode is to cut power as much as possible to extend battery life.  Radios are big power hogs, so wi-fi, Bluetooth, and GPS are candidates to get shut down.

I don't often use Battery Saver mode on my Tab S2, so I'm not sure if you can turn the wi-fi back on while in Batt Svr mode or not.

Easiest thing to do is just not use Battery Saver mode when using iFly.  Make sure the tablet's fully charged before flight, and use either a USB power adapter (if you have a cigarette lighter) or a portable battery to extend the tablet's battery life while flying instead of Battery Saver mode.

 
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