iPhone XR WiFi turns on automatically.

Question

Level 1

8 points

iPhone XR WiFi turns on automatically.

I don’t like this because I have limited internet service and it uses a lot of data on my plan. I also don’t like that Apple decided that this is what was good for everyone. Just like when Apple decided to allowed iPhones to share my WiFi password to all my kids friends and anyone in range to use my WiFi. Some people do not have unlimited internet plans. Not to mention someone connected to my network could get my personal info from my home computer that’s why I have my network hidden and don’t allow anyone to use. I would like to disable the automatic WiFi from turning on after I turned it off. Apple has gone to far.

iPhone XR

Posted on Nov 29, 2019 5:03 PM

Reply

Answer 1

deggie

Level 10

167,525 points

Nov 29, 2019 5:16 PM in response to mfriend3

Apple didn't decide to allow iPhones to share the iPhone password willy-nilly, YOU have to decide to allow it. For most of the world it is a convenience and personally I like the feature.

As far as WiFi turning on automatically that only occurs if you temporarily turn it off in Control Center and it tells you it will come back on the next day (or when it connects with a trusted site). If you want to turn it off you need to do so in Settings or have Siri do it for you and you need to change your WiFi settings to not auto connect to a trusted site. The latter feature has been around since iOS 3.

And unless you have absolutely no security running on your router and your computer no one could get your personal information from your computer.

Reply

Answer 2

mfriend3 Author

Level 1

8 points

Nov 29, 2019 5:37 PM in response to deggie

As for the password sharing Apple did allow iPhone to share passwords on WiFi if not Willy-nilly then I should have the option to turn it off but I don’t. I can’t control all iphones to stop it. So I guess Apple did do it Willy-nilly. As for convenience when it comes to my network I don’t want everyone to connect and use my data that I have limited amount of. The automatic turning on the WiFi on my iphone has just started on a new iPhone XR that I just got, my older phone that had iOS 13.4.3 does not turn on when I turn it off it stays off.

Thanks for your help.

Reply

Answer 3

mfriend3 Author

Level 1

8 points

Nov 29, 2019 6:00 PM in response to deggie

My old iPhone was a 6s and it does not turn on the WiFi everyday or when a trusted network is around. It is running iOS 13.2.3 typo sorry.

Reply

Answer 4

deggie

Level 10

167,525 points

Nov 29, 2019 6:44 PM in response to mfriend3

Must be something wrong with it then, good thing you got a new one.

Reply

Answer 5

deggie

Level 10

167,525 points

Nov 29, 2019 5:49 PM in response to mfriend3

No, they didn't, you get a notice on your iPhone regarding sharing the WiFi, if you decline they cannot use it. That is not willy-nilly. And if the person in question does not know your WiFi name and can't see the SSID then you aren't going to get the request.

Can you explain how your old iPhone had iOS 13.4.3? Or is that a typo?

Apple changed the function of WiFi in the Control Center in iOS 11 so any iPhone that ran iOS 11 had the function change within Control Center. I already stated when the change to automatically joining trusted networks occurred. If your older iPhone was an iPhone 5c or earlier it didn't run iOS 11 so you never had Control Center work like that.

Reply

iPhone XR WiFi turns on automatically.

Similar questions