Way to avoid having to toggle WiFi all the time?

[sdgmcdon]

I live on over an acre and have tried TONS of new high end AC capable routers from Cisco, Dlink, Netgear, Amped and Apple...None have had enough power to allow my phone to stay connected when I'm outside.

Basically the signal reaches most of the property, but at about 50+ feet away from the exterior walls of the house the signal is so low that my phone can't transfer data over the connection (this is true of my current S5, previous Note 3 and LG G2 and Wife's iPhone 5).

The primary problem is phones seem to hang onto the WiFi connection for dear life and will not let it go if they can still see it even if they cant transfer data over it; this keeps it from transferring data and keeps it from switching to the 4G connection (which is low bars here, but works).

Is there anyway I can get it to give up the goat sooner and switch to 4g as soon as it can no longer transfer data? A setting? An App? Anything?

I've tried repeaters but the problem there is it will not automatically switch to the repeater because it still sees the other network from the home; same reason it won't switch to 4G also keeps it from switching to the repeater.

Currently whenever I go outside I have to toggle wifi, then toggle it again when I go back in...PITA.

Any suggestions appreciated!

 

[John Bean]

You don't say which Android version you have but my phone (Nexus 4, Kitkat) has exactly the setting you want in Settings->Wifi, tap menu and select "Advanced", check "Avoid poor connections".

Done

 

[Hadron]

The name may vary: on my HTC One (4.4.2) the item's in the same place, but it's called "Auto switch to mobile network", with the description "Use mobile data connection when WiFi signal is weak". It's possible other brands also vary the name of the setting - I only have this one 4.4 device I can check.