Wireless Minder App for Android Review
One annoying aspect of smartphones in general is that you got to continuously monitor its network connections or radios during use. For example, if you use WiFi at home, you got to turn the said radio off before venturing out. Otherwise, your phone’s WiFi radio will continue searching for a signal as you move around, thereby draining the battery quite heavily. But you can breathe easy with Wireless Minder app for Android at your disposal. It will monitor your active connections and disable any that is not in use. In fact, it activates those that are in need. You can get Wireless Minder Android app for free from Google Play Store.
Wireless Minder App Features
Wireless Minder Android app extends battery life by managing the wireless radios automatically. It shuts off unused wireless radios and periodically turns them on to check for a connection. In other words, if no connections are available, the radio powers off and if a connection is available, it stays on. Similarly, if you leave Bluetooth disabled most of the time but has a hands-free set in the car, Wireless Minder app turns it on so you don’t have to manually enable Bluetooth. If Bluetooth isn’t already on when a call is made or received, Wireless Minder quickly enables it so that the hands-free set will be used.
Android Wireless Minder app also let you disable 2G, 3G or 4G support individually. This let you keep your mobile phone in a particular network rather than always searching for unavailable frequencies. You can also have an option to schedule the app to run at certain times of the day.
The Android 4.2 version introduced restrictions for controlling the Mobile radio. To work around this, Wireless Minder requires root privileges for this feature on newer releases of Jelly Bean.
Wireless Minder uses as much as 25 MB while running. However, while testing the app, no performance issues were noted owing to it continuously running in the background. Wireless Minder is compatible with Android OS 2.1 and up.
Conclusion
Wireless Minder app for Android automatically manages the wireless connections on your phone. When not in use, it turns off the respective radios therein saving data and battery life. The option to run it at a particular schedule comes handy. Verdict: If you’re tired of constantly having to turn on/off your WiFi as you move around or disabling your mobile data when not required, this app might come just handy. Check it out.
Category: Free Android Apps, Free Android Tools
