What phone are you using that doesnt automatically enable wifi again when at home? Is this not the default? I think all mine had this in the last decade
So I’m using an iPhone, the horror, and it has three states for WiFi:
State 1 - WiFi is connected to an SSID.
State 2 - WiFi is NOT connected to an SSID but is actively scanning for networks to join.
State 3 - WiFi is NOT connected to an SSID AND is NOT scanning for networks to join.
If you pull down the control centre and toggle WiFi here, you end up in state 2. If you go to settings > WiFi and turn it off here, you end up in state 3.
There are other settings but this is how I’ve always handled it.
You can set Ask to Join Networks to Ask or Notify otherwise it will join what it wants.
Because all wifi devices never fully disable themselves. So it just detects the SSID is in range. Or alternatively it could do so by your location (which is also wifi enhanced, hence why they don’t fully disable)
Intelligent wifi is something else i believe, and Samsung only? I’m talking about auto connect which is part of android since version 9. That said, even if you don’t have that function, that doesn’t mean its not passively scanning your wifi environment anyway.
I’m talking about auto connect which is part of android since version 9. That said, even if you don’t have that function, that doesn’t mean its not passively scanning your wifi environment anyway.
I have android 11 and if I turn off my wifi it will stay turned off until I turn it on. And that I wouldn’t want it any other way.
edit: Found the option to disable “wifi scanning to improve location” and did.
Many people turn WiFi off when leaving the house as they don’t want it randomly trying to connect to other networks.
Then you forget to turn it back on. Although with unlimited data I don’t really care.
You can easily set a routine that turns on Wifi when you’re home and off when you leave.
What phone are you using that doesnt automatically enable wifi again when at home? Is this not the default? I think all mine had this in the last decade
So I’m using an iPhone, the horror, and it has three states for WiFi:
If you pull down the control centre and toggle WiFi here, you end up in state 2. If you go to settings > WiFi and turn it off here, you end up in state 3.
There are other settings but this is how I’ve always handled it.
You can set Ask to Join Networks to Ask or Notify otherwise it will join what it wants.
Auto join hotspot is set to no.
How does your phone know your home without connection to the wifi?
Using location data
Because all wifi devices never fully disable themselves. So it just detects the SSID is in range. Or alternatively it could do so by your location (which is also wifi enhanced, hence why they don’t fully disable)
Indeed, there seems to be an option called “intelligent wifi” on Android. Luckily my phone doesn’t have it.
Intelligent wifi is something else i believe, and Samsung only? I’m talking about auto connect which is part of android since version 9. That said, even if you don’t have that function, that doesn’t mean its not passively scanning your wifi environment anyway.
I have android 11 and if I turn off my wifi it will stay turned off until I turn it on. And that I wouldn’t want it any other way.
edit: Found the option to disable “wifi scanning to improve location” and did.