You can, but as I said I don’t really care if I forget as I have unlimited data.
I do have some cool shortcuts though. Like turning off rotation lock when opening a streaming app. Or double tapping the back of the phone to flip a coin. My favourite is one that if I click it will search Giphy for Cats and send one to a friend who doesn’t really like cats and I like to annoy them.
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.
Well yeah if you don’t enable the feature it won’t. Personally i really enjoy the feature. Faster and more stable internet and access to all my network devices/services. I wouldn’t want it any other way. So unless you have one of those terrible ISP wifi access points, i don’t see why you wouldn’t want it.
Edit on your edit: i hope you dont think turning off wifi scanning means they don’t know where you’re located. For that you need to disable GPS too and not connect to a cell tower. But at that point you might just as well not have a phone.
Home is probably the once place where I care least about my phone internet because that’s where my computer is.
i hope you dont think turning off wifi scanning means they don’t know where you’re located. For that you need to disable GPS too and not connect to a cell tower. But at that point you might just as well not have a phone.
Yes, I’m aware that law enforcment can triangulate your phone with cell tower data.
But 3rd party apps can’t locate you of you turn of your GPS/location service. And of course it is always disable. It will be turned only for the exact amount of time I need to use a map-app.
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.
You can, but as I said I don’t really care if I forget as I have unlimited data.
I do have some cool shortcuts though. Like turning off rotation lock when opening a streaming app. Or double tapping the back of the phone to flip a coin. My favourite is one that if I click it will search Giphy for Cats and send one to a friend who doesn’t really like cats and I like to annoy them.
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.
Well yeah if you don’t enable the feature it won’t. Personally i really enjoy the feature. Faster and more stable internet and access to all my network devices/services. I wouldn’t want it any other way. So unless you have one of those terrible ISP wifi access points, i don’t see why you wouldn’t want it.
Edit on your edit: i hope you dont think turning off wifi scanning means they don’t know where you’re located. For that you need to disable GPS too and not connect to a cell tower. But at that point you might just as well not have a phone.
Home is probably the once place where I care least about my phone internet because that’s where my computer is.
Yes, I’m aware that law enforcment can triangulate your phone with cell tower data.
But 3rd party apps can’t locate you of you turn of your GPS/location service. And of course it is always disable. It will be turned only for the exact amount of time I need to use a map-app.