In "Battery usage" WiFi always reported as ON irrespective of its state

[lchmiel]

In "Settings | Power management | Battery usage | History details" WiFi is always reported as ON irrespective of its actual state. The bar related to Wi-Fi is always drawn as continuous, besides that sometimes WiFi is actually set off, or set on but currently not connected.

The power consumption of the phone is substantial. I fear that perhaps WiFi module is actually never switched off, but is only logically not receiving. If switched off it is repored as off by such applications like Network Info II, for example.

Any idea how to check why this happens?

Anyone noticed this problem too?

[_alexdon_]

Have you tried to set scanning always available to off? You can find it in advanced settings.

[lchmiel]

It is set to "off" all the time.

[_alexdon_]

Boot in safe mode and see if the same occurs.

[lchmiel]

In safe mode the problem does not occur, in normal mode it reoccurs. So, it is time to check which application does this.

[lchmiel · Accepted solution]

I know the solution. It was "Viber" which kept the WiFi always on. After setting the relevant option in Viber to off the problem disappeared.

[beboo]

hello

i don't have viber 

but the problem still exist 

[lchmiel]

So this is some other application. Try to boot in safe mode as Alexdon proposed in some previous post.

Besides, in Android 6 the state of devices like WiFi, GPS etc. in time can not be observed in the "Battery" option in the settings. Pity.