WiFi turns on by itself on my iPhone

1. Open "Shortcuts app"
2. Open "Automation"
3. Click on "+" plus icon for add a new one.
4. From search bar search "Low Power Mode"
5. Select "Is Turned On" and select "Run Immediately"
6. Then click "Next"
7. Click on "New Blank Automation"
8. Click on "Add Action"
9. From search bar search for "wifi" ---> "Set Wi-Fi"---> from "Turn Wi-Fi On" click on "On" to make it "Off"
10. Then Hit the "Done" button and close the app.
11. Open Settings app--->Control Center--->from more controls add "Low Power Mode" in control center.
12. Work done. now click on "Low Power Mode" from control center to prevent automatically start the wifi. Thank you.

The wifi is turned off in settings and the iPhone does turn it back on by itself, repeatedly.

we have turned off wifi assist. Let’s see if that works. Although it seems that wifi assist is designed to switch to cellular when wifi is weak not the other way around, turning on wifi when using cellular.

I have the same issue, and I turn WiFi off in the Settings (not from Control Center) but when I wake up I see that it’s on again. And it bothers me, as I am currently moved to a new place with many neighbours’ WiFis, and I am currently just using my phone’s internet, so it’s kind of weird when I see it in ON mode.

I have the similar problem on my iPhone. My phone always switch to Wi-Fi even though I have turned it off in setting and I did not leave the location for many days. I have been a victim of cyber attack for years and have experienced many type of attack, so I often keep great cautious on online security. Wi-Fi is an easy way to get hacked. During past 2 years, my iPhone , iPad and Mac had lots of strange behaviors, such as the Clear History button grey out or it completely did not genuinely clear search history, and the software update only lasted for seconds and the progress bar was struggling before it quickly finished. When I called for apple support last year for my disable Apple ID or password or for mass disappeared file, multiple times, they have inexperienced young team member to cut off the line and replaced the original one who sounded like older and more experienced. But those young ones often could not able to handle simple technical trouble and even to answer my questions, which is suspicious. Apple needs to look at this situation. I have be tracked by criminals through internet very often which have made my life in threaten.

it is true.

I just turned wifi off in settings off while sitting at my desk. I turn my wifi off manually off at work because I don’t want to use my jobs wifi that is not secure as the Healthcare patients at my job can use it also. Mind you my iPad is connected to my phone as I do not pay for the wifi on my IPad. I connect my iPad to my phone with my hotspot. My phone turns my wifi back on and my iPad disconnects as I am sitting here now watching it. I have not moved out of my office.and it is 2:25 pm.

You are way wrong about only having to turn it off in settings. My bluetooth is on 24/7 also and my iPhone still turns the wifi back on without me touching it.

I could make a video and show you.

If it does not look like the following image in your Settings, then Wi-Fi has not been turned off.

This is the last time I will post this. If people keep thinking that

control center is settings or that believing that it still turns back on

after being turned off, then they can believe whatever they want. I

have already proven, Wi-Fi stays off when turned off directly in

settings. Whether anyone wants to believe that or not is up to them.

I give up.

Phil0124 wrote:

This is the last time I will post this. If people keep thinking that

control center is settings or that believing that it still turns back on

after being turned off, then they can believe whatever they want. I

have already proven, Wi-Fi stays off when turned off directly in

settings. Whether anyone wants to believe that or not is up to them.

I give up.

A valiant effort.

I think the WiFi switch-on is associated with using phone as HotSpot then it defaults to WiFi and fires up the WiFi without being asked. It’s not obvious how to disable this.

Dear Phil0124,

can you please elaborate when (with which ios version) this feature was introduced: “If you turn off Wi-Fi through Control Center it is set by design to turn back on, once you leave the location or its 5AM the next day.” ?

And in which manner Apple informed the device owners about this change?

Background: I have gone through lots of surprises due to new ios versions contain new solutions, rules etc.

Your precise explanation was something that I missed somehow. I decided now to check proactively all the changes instead of being surprised and reactively asking always about them after my frustrations.

Please tell me how Apple provides the information about the very exact changes like this one.

Thanks a lot.

I have selected in settings to turn WiFi off and never join familiar or no familiar networks. Yet 10 times a day I have to turn it off. This is an issue because I will send a photo message or type in an address to pull up directions and the phone due to having Wi-Fi on yet. No Wi-Fi connection it does nothing. I've sent messages only to find out hours or days later that it was never sent as it's attempting to use Wi-Fi when I'm not in a Wi-Fi zone.

Has anyone had trouble with Phil’s method? I found the auto join feature he is talking about but when I turn that off, there is no save button to keep it turned off. You tap the network you want to stop auto joining, flip the auto join switch to off, then you tap the back arrow to go back to the list of known networks but the done button is still greyed out. So you tap on the network again and sure enough the switch is in the on position.

I am quite techie and I can assure you I am switching WiFi off in Settings and I can also assure you it is switching itself back on. Right now WiFi at home is down. So I switch off WiFi, am using Mobile data and suddenly a few minutes later connectivity goes… because the phone has decided to switch WiFi back on. @Apple this is a serious security issue, leaving aside the frustration!!!

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Can anyone tell me why my iPhone turns WiFi on after an OS update? It was clearly, properly turned off (not the white logo but completely off) yet I update and it turns back on…..STOP IT APPLE!!

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