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Connected standby SP4

Eplak

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Hi!

My SP4 is not able to enter so called Connected Standby. Is this actually not possible on SP4 or is it just mine?
 

jnjroach

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Staff member
With connected standby i mean InstantGo.

It says in this article by Microsoft that the SP4 has it. Is my SP4 flawed?

https://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/support/hardware-and-drivers/surface-power-sleep-and-wake?os=windows-10&=undefined
From an elevated CMD Prompt run this command and tell us the results:

c:\>powercfg /a

Mine shows:
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Eplak

Member
Mine showed the exact same thing!

The problem here is if i try to set up a countdown with the clock-app, it warns me about this: "Varsler vises bare når PC-en er aktivert." Which is Norwegian for: Notifications will only show when the PC is active.

It links me to a "Find out more"-page and it says that i get this warning if i dont have instantgo/connected standby.

If you go to this link it is a screenshot of how it should look like if you have connected standby:

How can I get InstantGo in Windows 10?
 

jnjroach

Administrator
Staff member
Mine showed the exact same thing!

The problem here is if i try to set up a countdown with the clock-app, it warns me about this: "Varsler vises bare når PC-en er aktivert." Which is Norwegian for: Notifications will only show when the PC is active.

It links me to a "Find out more"-page and it says that i get this warning if i dont have instantgo/connected standby.

If you go to this link it is a screenshot of how it should look like if you have connected standby:

How can I get InstantGo in Windows 10?
Only WinRT or Windows Universal Apps (Store Apps) can function in S0iX. All Win32 Applications enter into S3 when a Connected Standby machine enters S0iX.

But keep in mind, the Surface devices enter Hibernation between 120-240 minutes so S0iX is only active for 2-4 hours, they call it Hybrid Connected Standby.
 
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Eplak

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But the clock app is a UWP-app, so why is it giving me that warning then? Just a bug?

EDIT: I tested just now, and the notification worked when i put the sp4 in standby (Y)
 
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