Starting to get pissed off at my phone

"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
09/12/2015 at 11:48 • Filed to: None

I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, and it will not stop turning wi-fi on. I’ve done everything I can think of in settings to prevent it, but it is forcibly overriding the settings and turning wi-fi on whether I want it to or not. It’s only been doing this the last few weeks. Anyone know why? I’m a total luddite when it comes to technology.

DISCUSSION (23)

djmt1 > fhrblig
09/12/2015 at 11:49

Do you have set to turn on when you reach a certain location?

fhrblig > djmt1
09/12/2015 at 11:51

Nope, I’ve set it to not scan for wi-fi either but it is CONSTANTLY scanning for wi-fi.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > fhrblig
09/12/2015 at 11:55

This is why I despise Android. I have one for work, and it went and found some old contacts from a previous job from somewhere online without me asking it to.

Unacceptable.

I make the decisions. I am the human. You are a phone. You do as I ask; do not think for yourself. I had to fight with the settings to finally get rid of these contacts as I am do not associate with these people and do not want them assigned to favorites on my phone.

Meanwhile Cortana on my Windows Phone tries to figure out places I go, but always asks for a name before saving it.

I much prefer WP to iOS and Android. YMMV.

Alex B > fhrblig
09/12/2015 at 11:56

Why? Because it’s not an iPhone.

scoob > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
09/12/2015 at 11:58

Probably from your Google account. Like Gmail.

scoob > fhrblig
09/12/2015 at 11:59

Anytime I hear something like a setting being overridden, I think of a battery saving app. Do you have anything like that?

djmt1 > fhrblig
09/12/2015 at 12:02

Is it truly random or does it happen on certain occasions. There might be an app which you told to only use WIFI and it is trying to update or something.

scoob > Alex B
09/12/2015 at 12:02

Which is worse.

fhrblig > scoob
09/12/2015 at 12:03

Why would a battery saver app turn on wi-fi though? That seems backwards.

I do have Avast battery saver, but I could delete it. Doesn’t seem to be making a huge difference anyway.

fhrblig > djmt1
09/12/2015 at 12:06

But I don’t have any new apps. This has only been happening recently, too. Maybe there was a system update in that time frame? I’m not sure.

scoob > fhrblig
09/12/2015 at 12:09

Some apps override what you see in settings or quick settings. Could even be a widget.

scoob > fhrblig
09/12/2015 at 12:10

Check here . They mention Avast, lol.

djmt1 > fhrblig
09/12/2015 at 12:14

There might be some setting deep in the advanced part of WiFi/Mobile data that causes one or the other to turn on if the other is too weak.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > fhrblig
09/12/2015 at 12:27

Huh. I have one, I’m on it now. I’ve never had that issue.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > scoob
09/12/2015 at 12:29

Can confirm. Bought iPhone 6, want my android back less than a year in.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > scoob
09/12/2015 at 12:32

Nope. My Gmail has the correct contact list.

I think it somehow found my LinkedIn profile, even though I have never connected it to that phone.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > fhrblig
09/12/2015 at 12:46

go to settings, connections, more networks, mobile networks, and then connections optimizer

duurtlang > scoob
09/12/2015 at 12:46

Agreed. I daily use both an iPhone (supplied by my employer) and an Android powered Nexus phone. They’re both older, but of similar vintage. The Apple device cost close to two times as much as the Nexus phone yet it’s the iPhone that feels like a (well built) toy. It does things I don’t want, it doesn’t do things I do want it to do, treats me like a child ( I decide, not Apple) and so on. Ugh. I’m not getting the hype. When my employer lets me I dump the fashion accessory work phone and get something either with Android or with Windows.

fhrblig > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
09/12/2015 at 13:06

I’m with AT&T, connections optimizer seems to be a Verizon thing. It isn’t on my phone.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > fhrblig
09/12/2015 at 13:23

what android version do you have? Im on virgin mobile which uses sprints network and have 5.0

TheOnelectronic > fhrblig
09/12/2015 at 14:49

My Galaxy S5 (lazy) loves to wake itself up in my pocket and do things. I’ll find the wifi off, bluetooth off, and battery saver on just from it being in my pocket while I walked around.

sebdel > fhrblig
09/12/2015 at 15:03

Install a custom rom, that’s the fun of android!
Location uses your wifi to know where you are, maybe that’s why is turning itself on. You can download tasker and use it to turn wifi off every time it gets on or every couple minutes.

brianbrannon > fhrblig
09/12/2015 at 16:28

WIFI uses less battery than cell data