Just started recently. Wifi calling is off. Didn't see any other setting. Anyone know?
It might be because I have wifi smart settings turned on but just recently turned off GPS. Just to turned it back on so we'll see...
Apparently it's not those settings. Problem still persisting. Anyone know please speak up.
Been dealing with same issue. Seen people talk about turning off optimizations for certain apps that is a possible fix. Google connectivity and wifi.
Thanks. How do you do this?
juntjoo said:
Thanks. How do you do this?
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It's in the app settings in the 3 dot menu under optimizations. Like I said it seems to be a hit or miss.
BlackHoleSlam said:
It's in the app settings in the 3 dot menu under optimizations. Like I said it seems to be a hit or miss.
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Thanks. Don't have Google connectivity. What is that? Maybe it's got another name in my list
juntjoo said:
Thanks. Don't have Google connectivity. What is that? Maybe it's got another name in my list
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It's an app that assists with Wifi connection. You can find it in the Play store under Google Connectivity Services so you know what the logo looks like, at least in case it's under a different name. Namely used to automatically connect you to good public WiFi APs and auto-tunnel you to Google's VPN.
fixed it for me
Try installing the app called "WIFI KeepAlive" (the one with a grey antenna not green wifi bars)
This fixed it for me
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Hello fellow Z3 owners,
I have had my Z3 for 3 days, and today I found something alarming: the Wifi seems to always be on, even when I manually turn it off from the System Settings.
It appears turned off from the settings, but using an app such as WIfi Analyser, I can see the networks around me, and I don't have any error message saying I have to turn WIfi on.
While using WIfi Analyser, I can go back to the settings page, and see that the wifi really appears to be off.
Does anyone have an explanation? Could anyone try to reproduce this?
Cheers,
JPascal.
jpascal said:
Hello fellow Z3 owners,
I have had my Z3 for 3 days, and today I found something alarming: the Wifi seems to always be on, even when I manually turn it off from the System Settings.
It appears turned off from the settings, but using an app such as WIfi Analyser, I can see the networks around me, and I don't have any error message saying I have to turn WIfi on.
While using WIfi Analyser, I can go back to the settings page, and see that the wifi really appears to be off.
Does anyone have an explanation? Could anyone try to reproduce this?
Cheers,
JPascal.
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in android JB or Kitkat(IDR which) google added the feature for the wifi to "always scan" even when its off. i recreated your problem on my z3 and the exact same thing happened. go into your wifi menu, hit the soft key for options.. click advanced and then uncheck "wifi scanning always on" or whatever it says. this should also save you some battery.
Thanks for the solution! I found that as well, I still think there is a privacy issue. IMO this should be disabled by default.
Thanks for sharing, cheers,
JPascal.
During the setup process, the user is asked if they want this service to run in background and I always say no.
jpascal said:
Thanks for the solution! I found that as well, I still think there is a privacy issue. IMO this should be disabled by default.
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Uh...what privacy issue?
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Uh...what privacy issue?
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That's actually a very good question. I am not a Wifi specialist, and when I saw that Wifi Analyser could see WIfi networks while my phone was saying the wifi is off, I assumed the WIfi was actually on all the time.
If I understand correctly, it's only turned on to scan surrounding Wifi networks. If it means your phone only listens, and does not speak with surrounding networks, then it should remain undetected, and we do not have any privacy issue. But if scanning means talking with surrounding networks, then it means these networks could potentially know you're around, right? Please understand that this is a question, not a conclusion.
Cheers,
JPascal.
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That's actually a very good question. I am not a Wifi specialist, and when I saw that Wifi Analyser could see WIfi networks while my phone was saying the wifi is off, I assumed the WIfi was actually on all the time.
If I understand correctly, it's only turned on to scan surrounding Wifi networks. If it means your phone only listens, and does not speak with surrounding networks, then it should remain undetected, and we do not have any privacy issue. But if scanning means talking with surrounding networks, then it means these networks could potentially know you're around, right? Please understand that this is a question, not a conclusion.
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Sure, it's always good to consider security. Without going through the code it's not possible to know, but I'd imagine it's passively listening, if all it's doing is seeing which base stations are in the area. Were it to be actively probing then it should only be giving your MAC address away, which is not normally considered a threat. I turn it off to save battery, because otherwise wifi is on all the time!
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Sure, it's always good to consider security. Without going through the code it's not possible to know, but I'd imagine it's passively listening, if all it's doing is seeing which base stations are in the area. Were it to be actively probing then it should only be giving your MAC address away, which is not normally considered a threat. I turn it off to save battery, because otherwise wifi is on all the time!
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I did turn it off as well
I thought I'd start this thread to raise awareness and stop some confusion. It looks like there is a bug in Android Lollipop where under certain circumstances, the battery chart/graph always shows WiFi was on even though it was switched off. This is with "scanning always available" set to OFF of course.
A google code bug has been submitted for this: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=81501&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars
What I've found reproduces the problem:
1) Make sure "WiFi scanning always available" is OFF.
2) Connect to a WiFi access point.
3) Physically leave that area of the access point so that the WiFi disconnects because you've gone out of range.
4) Disable WiFi from the settings.
5) Observe the battery chart will continue to show WiFi on, forever, until you re-enable WiFi, reconnect to another WiFi access point, and then disable WiFi.
This hasn't been fixed in 5.1 :'(
No issue here and I manage my WiFi manually. So my question is: do you manually manage your WiFi or do you use an app or a rom feature based on profiles, hours,...?
Primokorn said:
No issue here and I manage my WiFi manually. So my question is: do you manually manage your WiFi or do you use an app or a rom feature based on profiles, hours,...?
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I do use an app to do it, but that's besides the point, I'm able to reproduce this manually. Did you follow the steps I posted in the first post?
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I do use an app to do it, but that's besides the point, I'm able to reproduce this manually. Did you follow the steps I posted in the first post?
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I can't for now but I'll test later.
@Flyview likewise...
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@Flyview likewise...
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Hmm?
Flyview said:
Hmm?
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I have the same bug after following the above steps.
Primokorn said:
I have the same bug after following the above steps.
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Thanks for confirming. Yea pretty annoying how they won't fix such simple bugs, thought for sure this would be gone in 5.1.
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Yeup it's a visual glitch with the battery graph. As OP said it only happens if you disable the WiFi once leaving the WiFi network area, if you disable it while still connected it shows as off properly in the graph.
Any fix has been found for this bug? Because I'm on Chroma 5.1.1 and this still occurs.
Renton91 said:
Any fix has been found for this bug? Because I'm on Chroma 5.1.1 and this still occurs.
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Still a problem for me on stock 5.1.1
As I wrote in the title, I have to turns off the bluetooth several times a day for some time...
I don't know why and don't have any other issues.
Do you know an application which monitors the activation of bluetooth, wifi etc... (which shows a graphical tool to know when the wireless technologies starts ?)
Or an app to know which other app can enable bluetooth ?
Go to settings application, manager application, click more (upper right) and click change system configuration. There you can see what application can turn you Bluetooth on.
I don't know the exact menus name because mine is in Portuguese. But you are going to find.
Probably you have installed an app that's turning your Bluetooth on for some reason.
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DjMriX said:
As I wrote in the title, I have to turns off the bluetooth several times a day for some time...
I don't know why and don't have any other issues.
Do you know an application which monitors the activation of bluetooth, wifi etc... (which shows a graphical tool to know when the wireless technologies starts ?)
Or an app to know which other app can enable bluetooth ?
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Have you figured out this yet? My friend is experiencing this exact problem with her S7 edge
mbolinao said:
Have you figured out this yet? My friend is experiencing this exact problem with her S7 edge
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It was the Xiaomi app for the miband, I uninstalled it and now I don't have this issue anymore
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Have you figured out this yet? My friend is experiencing this exact problem with her S7 edge
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Also experiencing this on my s7 edge. Have to turn bluetooth off several times a day.
On my S5, all saved wifi connections were visible in the wifi settings page. On the S7, it seems that only the connections within range are visible. If you go into the data usage / restrict networks, every saved wifi connection is displayed, but there is no way to delete them from there. It seems that there is no way to delete a saved wifi connection once it goes out of range. Anyone know how to do this?
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...On the S7, it seems that only the connections within range are visible. I...
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Exactly the same issue here. Anyone got any workarounds (non-root)? Third party apps don't seem to work. Pretty ridiculous that you can't forget a saved network and causes a serious issue for me: I have to change my password at work and can't forget the WiFi AP before getting to the office so I'm locked out of my work account...
It is a bit annoying but I can't see how it's a problem?
How are you locked out of your work account?
You can change password when you are in range.
What's the other issue?
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It is a bit annoying but I can't see how it's a problem?
How are you locked out of your work account?
You can change password when you are in range.
What's the other issue?
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The problematic are Hotel / Airport / etc. Hotspots...
When i received my S7 i "load" an backup from my old android phone... I few days earlier i returned from a long holiday trip and so the "restore-backup" created a lot of hotspots an my S7 i never never need and i'm not able to delete ....
(OK - i can start for a second trip, visit all places and delete hotspot when connected... ) <-- ironic
jarayn said:
It is a bit annoying but I can't see how it's a problem?
How are you locked out of your work account?...
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We use exchange authentication for WiFi at work. The phone automatically tries to connect using the old password as soon as i'm near the office. Does this three times and locks my ability to use the WiFi. This is before i have chance to see it and forget it in the WiFi settings. Such a simple omission in the UX makes this even an more annoying issue.
Yeah OK the work thing sounds a bit troublesome. I would turn off wifi before I go then turn it on when I'm ready and forget the network before it connects.
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The holiday wifi hotspot thing i don't get still.
Why is that a problem? You can't see the networks anyway. Is it just an ocd thing?
well you have a drastic option, if nothing else works
go settings>backup and reset>reset network settings
this will erase all your wifi, as well as all bluetooth and data connections saved
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wegiwegi said:
well you have a drastic option, if nothing else works
go settings>backup and reset>reset network settings
this will erase all your wifi, as well as all bluetooth and data connections saved
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just done that myself, all my connections disappeared, it works fine, you should try that
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The problem with the holiday Hotspots is at least not a real problem... But I don't like this.
I would prefer a function to delete Hotspots even when I'm not connected to them...
(maybe it is small security issue, because a common SSID can be used to connect with my phone...)
Wifi Manager - choose Known network, then remove.
I reported this to Samsung support. That's the only way to get them to fix it. The more people report it, the more likely they are to fix it sooner.
As for whether it's a "problem", I suppose it's not immediately a show stopper. However, after only a couple of weeks, I accumulated a lot of hotspots that clutter up the restrict networks page. Who knows, if too many build up it could cause an problem. There is no reason for Samsung to have implemented it in this way. I've never seen a device (mobile or pc) that did this.
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Wifi Manager - choose Known network, then remove.
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Thanks, but Android 6 only allows you to forget those networks that you've connected to using the same app. So you can only forget those that you connected to with WiFi Manager, not the in-built settings.
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Thanks, but Android 6 only allows you to forget those networks that you've connected to using the same app. So you can only forget those that you connected to with WiFi Manager, not the in-built settings.
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Edit: you're correct. I think root and find where file or db that stores the SSID would be the next option.
Edit 2: Get a root editor, backup /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf, then edit it to either remove the entire SSID entry, or set autojoin to 0. There may be root apps that does this.
The plain text passwords are also stored in that supplicant file.
I don't think there is any non-root solution until Samsung changes the Wifi settings to show out-of-range SSIDs. I agree that it is silly for it to not do have this feature at all.
2 solutions so far (?)
Hi,
if you have a non rooted S7 there is no build in possibility to delete the saved wifi connections if you are out of range. Samsung has to fix this in my opinion.
With Marshmallow you can only delete wifi networks with the same app you created them, so third party apps like wifi manager do not work. So far there might be two solutions which work, both are far away from being perfect.
- First solution is to delete ALL network connections...and start from the beginning (1. Go to settings -> 2. Bakup and reset -> 3. Reset network settings -> 4. Follow on screen instructions)...including bluetooth etc.
- Second solution is not fine either. Take a third party app like wifi manager from Kostya on play store and list all known networks. Then set up a (fake) wifi access point with the SSID you want to delete. Once they are in range, you can delete the saved wifi connection. You have to repeat this for every SSID you want to delete.
Best regards,
Alexander
jarayn said:
Yeah OK the work thing sounds a bit troublesome. I would turn off wifi before I go then turn it on when I'm ready and forget the network before it connects.
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The holiday wifi hotspot thing i don't get still.
Why is that a problem? You can't see the networks anyway. Is it just an ocd thing?
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Ummm..... maybe cuz stored WiFi networks spew out a wealth of valuable information!!
isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/WiFi+Still+Remains+a+Good+Attack+Vector/21583
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Wifi Manager - choose Known network, then remove.
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can not remove!
I updated my S7 today (with Sprint) to Android 7, and they fixed this. Out-of-range WiFi networks are listed under the "Manage Networks" options and can be removed from there.
Update: Solved! It was a problem with AFwall+ and Android 9, not with android itself.
I used this as a workaround: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77302832&postcount=4612
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Hello all,
I recently updated my Pixel 2 to Android 9. Now, when I am connected to my wifi, it isn't used. Instead mobile data is used ):
What can I do about this? Is this a known issue?
Hint:
- There's an exclamation mark on my wifi symbol, but I also had this in previous versions, yet wifi was always used instead of mobile data!
- when I turn off mobile data, then wifi is used, so I can confirm that wifi connectivity is given - it's just not used when also mobile data is available.
Thanks for any hint on this!
You probably have a low quality connection with the router. Happens often in busy public wifi networks. Open the wi-fi settings, it usually tells a reason for the exclamation mark there.
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Hello all,
I recently updated my Pixel 2 to Android 9. Now, when I am connected to my wifi, it isn't used. Instead mobile data is used ):
What can I do about this? Is this a known issue?
Hint:
- There's an exclamation mark on my wifi symbol, but I also had this in previous versions, yet wifi was always used instead of mobile data!
- when I turn off mobile data, then wifi is used, so I can confirm that wifi connectivity is given - it's just not used when also mobile data is available.
Thanks for any hint on this!
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Do you live in a country that has limited or restricted access to google services?
Thanks for your replies!
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You probably have a low quality connection with the router. Happens often in busy public wifi networks. Open the wi-fi settings, it usually tells a reason for the exclamation mark there.
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It is my private wifi, connectivity is fine, same as before. In the wfii settings it says no internet connection, but that's not true. At least not for chrome. Play store refuses to work on wifi, guess it uses a different way to check connectivity.
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Do you live in a country that has limited or restricted access to google services?
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no. nothing is filtered in my country.
Any ideas what I could check/do?
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Thanks for your replies!
It is my private wifi, connectivity is fine, same as before. In the wfii settings it says no internet connection, but that's not true. At least not for chrome. Play store refuses to work on wifi, guess it uses a different way to check connectivity.
no. nothing is filtered in my country.
Any ideas what I could check/do?
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Change the setting shown in my picture "always keep mobile network active" (make sure it's set to off)
crixley said:
Change the setting shown in my picture "always keep mobile network active" (make sure it's set to off)
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it fails to load the image, but I meanwhile found the issue. see my initial post for an update. thanks for your support though!