Bluecloud09
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Does anyone experience the same thing? When I open my mobile data, I turn off the wifi but whenever I check it from time to time it is always on.. what should i do?
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WIFI keeps turning on
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Proctorc
Member
Check your connections optimizer...
settings -> more networks -> mobile networks -> connections optimizer -> uncheck auto select best network
Wotan
Newbie
Strange, my GS5 doesn't show that "Connections Optimizer" at all on that screen. Wonder if it's already been updated and removed? Does yours still have it?
The connections optimizer is a Sprint specific app and is not available on other brands.
Verizon version its the following Settings>Wi-Fi> (menu button) advanced>uncheck Auto-connect
On AT&T I believe it is smart WiFi
Please let us know what carrier you are using so we can better assist you
Lilybell2
Member
I don't know what's causing your problem, but I would advise you to contact your carrier IMMEDIATELY. Don't wait until you receive a huge bill for international roaming charges, do it now!
Here is how I solve this problem on my galaxy note 4. I suspected it was a recently installed apps since the problem started a while after I installed a series of new apps. I had to go through each app and look at the permissions and see which ones could turn on and off Wi-Fi. I had to go through each of these one by one shutting them down until I found and removed the offending ones. It took a while but I have not had a problem since. Hope this helps.
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
I think you need to do a FDR and start over. Something is askew.
I have Roaming turned off on my phone, I'm on Verizon and don't need it.
I also have International turned OFF at the carrier, it can't possibly think I am out of the USA. No service available.
DroidFocker
Lurker
Settings... Search... Data usage.... Filter WiFi....Disable background for what you are not using or what is really burning up data,ex. Google play... Check location settings and security settings and email sync settings. Good luck.
Andy Grace
Lurker
****This did not pan out, still having the same problem.****
I have a Sprint Note 4 which I just got a few days ago. I noticed the same thing, when I would check my battery usage it would show wifi turned on when the phone was sleeping. I just noticed a setting I missed before. Settings / WiFI / Advanced / Keep WiFi on during sleep. This was set to on. I disabled it and will monitor this to see if it does the trick.
I think this is primarily used to lower the data usage on the carrier when the phone was not primarily in use (sleep).
I have a Sprint Note 4 which I just got a few days ago. I noticed the same thing, when I would check my battery usage it would show wifi turned on when the phone was sleeping. I just noticed a setting I missed before. Settings / WiFI / Advanced / Keep WiFi on during sleep. This was set to on. I disabled it and will monitor this to see if it does the trick.
I think this is primarily used to lower the data usage on the carrier when the phone was not primarily in use (sleep).
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I was having the same issue with WiFi, and this is how I cleared it up. If I missed a similar answer in this thread I apologize.
Before I go to bed I would turn off the WiFi and data network on my phone so as not to be disturbed by email notifications at 2am. Recently I've noticed that my WiFi is ON when I get up, that is if I hadn't already been awakened in the middle of the night by email being received.
It took a a few days to realize the culprit in this case was the Xfinity WiFi App I had installed. In the settings for the app I found a prompt to "Turn on WiFi when in range", and it was checked by default. I unchecked the box and its been fine the last 2 days.
I have a powerful Xfinity connection close to my house, so close that often when I do turn on WiFi it connects to that and not my home WiFi. I think that during the night the signal is being picked up by my phone (I'm not sure at this point if the phone is ALWAYS listening, even when off, or the app allows listening regardless of WiFi status) and turning on the WiFi.
I have an AT&T Samsung Note 4 and have access to AT&T hotspots. For my home cable/internet I have Comcast, which allows me to use their Xfinity WiFi hotspots, which is why i had the app installed. I never set up the pre-installed AT&T Smart WiFi App,
Before I go to bed I would turn off the WiFi and data network on my phone so as not to be disturbed by email notifications at 2am. Recently I've noticed that my WiFi is ON when I get up, that is if I hadn't already been awakened in the middle of the night by email being received.
It took a a few days to realize the culprit in this case was the Xfinity WiFi App I had installed. In the settings for the app I found a prompt to "Turn on WiFi when in range", and it was checked by default. I unchecked the box and its been fine the last 2 days.
I have a powerful Xfinity connection close to my house, so close that often when I do turn on WiFi it connects to that and not my home WiFi. I think that during the night the signal is being picked up by my phone (I'm not sure at this point if the phone is ALWAYS listening, even when off, or the app allows listening regardless of WiFi status) and turning on the WiFi.
I have an AT&T Samsung Note 4 and have access to AT&T hotspots. For my home cable/internet I have Comcast, which allows me to use their Xfinity WiFi hotspots, which is why i had the app installed. I never set up the pre-installed AT&T Smart WiFi App,
miyukon2004
Lurker
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I had the same problem with my Galaxy S5 with Tmobile. The Xfinity app was 100% the culprit. Specifically the Xfinity wifi app. Here's how you stop it from doing this.
1. go to the dropdown box on the top left of the app
2. settings
3. under "Manage Connections" deselect "Turn on WiFi when in range"
Problem solved.
Stephen Blakeney
Lurker
Try this: Go to settings>connections>Wi-Fi. Enter Wi-Fi>smart mode. Turn off smart mode. That will stop Wi-Fi from automatically connecting.
Gene Dahl
Lurker
I've been having this sort of problem over the past couple of weeks, on both a Note5 and a Galaxy S5 Active: I'd see WiFi turn itself on and off rapidly, cycling at about 5-10 seconds, despite having tried to simply disable WiFi. I disabled, then de-installed AT&T Smart WiFi; did not resolve. Found mention in another forum of a trick involving turning on WiFi while in Airplane Mode; this seemed to help at first, but a day later I was back in the same bind: on a train, both devices were short-cycling WiFi and draining the battery.
Resolution: turning off "Improve Location Accuracy" under Location Services. This option uses WiFi to "improve" location info, even if WiFi is turned off - and even if Location Services are turned off. If you look closely, this is mentioned in a panel or two, but it's not at all clear what the implications are when you're asked about it during set-up.
Since turning this off, both phones have stopped the pathological battery-draining behavior. It's likely that something changed in a recent OS update to make this intolerable, but that's moot. Someday, perhaps we'll see some user control over the frequency of location update attempts, and maybe even an OS that honors Airplane Mode, disabled WiFi/Loc Svcs, etc, in this context.
Resolution: turning off "Improve Location Accuracy" under Location Services. This option uses WiFi to "improve" location info, even if WiFi is turned off - and even if Location Services are turned off. If you look closely, this is mentioned in a panel or two, but it's not at all clear what the implications are when you're asked about it during set-up.
Since turning this off, both phones have stopped the pathological battery-draining behavior. It's likely that something changed in a recent OS update to make this intolerable, but that's moot. Someday, perhaps we'll see some user control over the frequency of location update attempts, and maybe even an OS that honors Airplane Mode, disabled WiFi/Loc Svcs, etc, in this context.
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
I have my S5 and Note 4 gps set to GPS ONLY....
trying to use WiFi to obtain your location is the most stupid, idiotic idea I ever heard of...
it might get you within 10 miles of where you are, but the phone already knows better than that.
the only reason for Google to want to do that, is to feed you advertisements while you are inside a Wal-Mart and the phone can't see the sky... piss on that.
trying to use WiFi to obtain your location is the most stupid, idiotic idea I ever heard of...
it might get you within 10 miles of where you are, but the phone already knows better than that.
the only reason for Google to want to do that, is to feed you advertisements while you are inside a Wal-Mart and the phone can't see the sky... piss on that.
Like many things, it depends on what you want to achieve. For instance, when I'm at home I like to use 'Smart lock'. There is no point in switching GPS on, it won't report my location. I leave my 'Location services' in 'Battery saving' mode and wifi geolocation puts me a few metres from my hub allowing 'Smart lock' to kick in
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Like many things, it depends on what you want to achieve. For instance, when I'm at home I like to use 'Smart lock'. There is no point in switching GPS on, it won't report my location. I leave my 'Location services' in 'Battery saving' mode and wifi geolocation puts me a few metres from my hub allowing 'Smart lock' to kick in
Is that really geolocation? Your phone sees and then connects to your home WiFi network, so therefore it must be in or very near your house, and it can't be anywhere else. It doesn't need to know latitudes and longitudes.
I've found WiFi geolcation putting me on completely the wrong continent several times, like I was in Bristol, UK, but it had me in Mong Kok, Hong Kong!
That surely is exactly what Wi-Fi geolocation is.
I have my hub and a hard wired Wi-Fi access point about 20 metres away, and with 'Location services' set to 'Battery saving' mode, Maps and Osmand+ (which shows a bird's eye view of the property) will locate me to one or the other with a couple of metres accuracy.
I also have the 'Scanning' option on in Locations :-
I know it can be inaccurate/misleading, about 18 months ago we moved home from Southport to Llangollen, bringing the hub with us. Initially I had to have GPS on to get an accurate location. In Battery Saving mode my location was still Southport so I left Location services on High accuracy mode, trying Battery saving mode two or three times a week. After about 4 weeks my location was Llangollen in either mode. That had to be due to the access point database being updated.
by Fred Zahradnik
Updated September 14, 2016
Definition:
Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) is a term pioneered by Skyhook Wireless to describe its Wi-Fi-based location system.
It is now widely acknowledged, however, that Google, Apple, and various phone makers and carriers have compiled their own very extensive databases of Wi-Fi access point locations by correlating Wi-Fi access points with GPS locations of cell phone, smartphone, and in some cases, tablet computer users.
Updated September 14, 2016
Definition:
Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) is a term pioneered by Skyhook Wireless to describe its Wi-Fi-based location system.
It is now widely acknowledged, however, that Google, Apple, and various phone makers and carriers have compiled their own very extensive databases of Wi-Fi access point locations by correlating Wi-Fi access points with GPS locations of cell phone, smartphone, and in some cases, tablet computer users.
I have my hub and a hard wired Wi-Fi access point about 20 metres away, and with 'Location services' set to 'Battery saving' mode, Maps and Osmand+ (which shows a bird's eye view of the property) will locate me to one or the other with a couple of metres accuracy.
I also have the 'Scanning' option on in Locations :-
I know it can be inaccurate/misleading, about 18 months ago we moved home from Southport to Llangollen, bringing the hub with us. Initially I had to have GPS on to get an accurate location. In Battery Saving mode my location was still Southport so I left Location services on High accuracy mode, trying Battery saving mode two or three times a week. After about 4 weeks my location was Llangollen in either mode. That had to be due to the access point database being updated.
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