WiFi Reconnects After Disconnecting from Car Bluetooth?! HELP!

Hi All,


Running ios 14, I have the wifi toggled off in control center (I know this means wifi is not entirely off). However, when I leave my house, I toggle it off. I get in my car and my phone connects to my car via bluetooth, and then once I park and turn the car off, disconnecting the bluetooth, the wifi turns back ON by itself!?

Any advice on this? Is this a bug and has anyone seen this?

Thanks!

iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 14

Posted on Oct 27, 2020 3:12 PM

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Oct 27, 2020 7:06 PM in response to alexjcanha10

alexjcanha10 Said:

"I appreciate the insight! However, I don't think you understand the situation. I leave the house in the morning and toggle off wifi in the control center, greying out the icon (i do not completely turn off wifi). Therefore, wifi should be disconnected from all devices until the next day. HOWEVER, after I drive in my car and my phone connects to the bluetooth (and then disconnects when car turns off), the wifi toggle in control center turns back to blue by itself (henceforth turning itself back on)."

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Understood.


Doing quite a bit of research, this is not an option, which is quite annoying for many. Do your Part: Inform Apple of this


  • Use Settings - Not Control Center:

Toggling it off in Control Center (accessed when swiping finger up from the bottom) will reenable Wi-Fi in 24 hours later or will connect when an option. Turning it off in Settings will turn it off. So, first toggle Wi-Fi off and then on in control center. Then, enable Wi-Fi and then disable it in Settings.


  • Provide Apple Feedback:

Provide feedback on this to Apple. Apple will not get back to you directly, but the more feedback they received on this, the more they will know what suits their customers' needs and wants.

How to Provide Feedback:

  1. Go to: Feedback - iPhone - Apple
  2. Select: "Feature Request" for the "Feedback Type"
  3. Proceed from there as necessary

Oct 27, 2020 6:05 PM in response to TheLittles

I appreciate the insight! However, I don't think you understand the situation.

I leave the house in the morning and toggle off wifi in the control center, greying out the icon (i do not completely turn off wifi). Therefore, wifi should be disconnected from all devices until the next day. HOWEVER, after I drive in my car and my phone connects to the bluetooth (and then disconnects when car turns off), the wifi toggle in control center turns back to blue by itself (henceforth turning itself back on).

Oct 27, 2020 6:03 PM in response to alexjcanha10

alexjcanha10 Said:

"Cellular is enabled as I still need cellular data when I'm at work or outside the house. But having it enabled, shouldn't mean wifi needs to turn on?"

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To Clarify:

If Cellular is enabled, then, no: Wi-Fi does not need to be turned on.


All configurations (IP Address, Default Gateway, Subnet Mask, etc) are based off of the Cellular connection.


So, if Cellular is always enabled, then the Wi-Fi would not even be being used.


The Ultimate Solution: Deselect "Auto Join"

  1. Go to: Settings
  2. Tap: Wi-Fi
  3. Scroll to: [your network name (the SSID)
  4. Tap: Blue-Encircled letter "I"
  5. Deselect: Auto-Join (So it is grey)

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