Screen-off disconnect for Android VyprVPN - Battery drain issues
Android app has massive battery drain when left on in the background and it becomes a nuisance to manually connect/disconnect multiple times a day. In addition, it does not appear to work hand-in-hand with a wifi sleep policy that lets the wifi sleep when screen is off. Ultimately my problem is excessive and unnecessary battery drain and I am not sure how it should be addressed but the above are some ideas.
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Anonymous
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Completely agree. The app is great otherwise but is really problematic on these two points
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olavinto
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There is a built-in feature in Android called "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" and with it you can get WiFi to disconnect when a device goes to sleep (meaning when it's locked and screen is off). In the Play Store there is also contless of power management apps that do much more. For example an app called "WiFi/Data Auto Off" would be a good solution to this request because it turns off all connections which in turn also turns off VPN.
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Anonymous
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It would be great if it would disconnect 15 seconds after being locked and then block all data connections (but allow phone calls) and reconnect when the device is unlocked.
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Jessie Arr
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Agreed, the app is almost unusable for me. The battery drain is so great that I can't even make it through an 8 hour workday without depleting it. The phone gets uncomfortably hot in my pocket.
When I configured it to stop reconnecting when it is disconnected, the battery drain went away, but now my phone is offline whenever the screen is locked.
FYI I'm using a Galaxy S7, a fairly modern phone.
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Anonymous
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the battery wears out very fast adn very hot the cell
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Salah Noun
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it is very useful for devices with lower CPU, go for it golden frog
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Anonymous
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This app sadly use to much battery on my I9605
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Anonymous
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yep
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Anonymous
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yep! the battery is too weak
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blue2k
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While VyprVPN's protocol descriptions emphasize speed differences, the real issue is battery drain. It seems a bit odd that there is a 160-bit cipher option in the desktop clients (where battery drain and CPU load are not as often an issue) but not in the Android client--where battery drain and weaker CPUs are an issue, and thus would benefit from it.