WiFi in iOS 11 keeps turning on

glennimages wrote:

Then when you turn off WiFi in settings, the phone keeps reminding you to turn it on again with a pop up to choose to go to settings. This was one feature that would have been better off if they left it alone.

The only time I've ever seen that happen is occasionally when using something that uses location services. As having WiFi on increases the accuracy of location services, you may get prompted to turn it on. But, that's been the case for years.

You enjoy your Google Pixel 2. And just so you know on the Pixel 2, as well as any iPhones, it is not necessary to turn WiFi or Bluetooth on and off to manage battery life. It may make you feel better doing so but it is an old geek's tale and doesn't accomplish anything. Leaving WiFi and Bluetooth on will use less than a minute of your battery life over a 24 hour period, you will spend more than that turning it on and off. And it also is not a security risk.

But good news for you, you still have 3 ways to turn off WiFi if you are OCD about this: Settings > WiFi off, "Hey Siri, turn WiFi Off" or hold the appropriate button and ask Siri to turn off WiFi.

And I asked for a change like this long ago, a means to just disconnect with a WiFi hotspot or Bluetooth device without turning either functions completely off. Lots of others did the same thing.

If you get headaches around WiFi you must have a constant headache when you go out into the world. Since you don't have a WiFi router at your residence why not just go to Settings > WiFi and turn it off permanently?

If your phone is connecting to this unsecured network it's because at some point you gave your phone permission to connect to that network. iPhone can't just connect to a network without you first accessing it. If you don't want to be connected to that network, simply tell your phone to forget that network.

Settings > Wifi

See the little circle with an i in it. Tap the i and tell your phone to forget network.

There, problem solved.

Only people who do no programming write phrases like, "That shouldn't be to (sic) hard of an option to roll out in an iOS update."

As I said with the new message that appears I don't think this is likely to happen but who knows. Since there is no down side to the new behavior (you still have 3 ways to turn it off) and a tremendous upside to a lot of current and future users I don't see it happening. Apple tends to avoid a variety of user controlled options, including themes etc. as it leads to bloated operating systems and added complexity when making changes.

I liked the “ask to join network” turn off option and forgetting everything but my home network, but then my phone turned it back on automatically...

For now, I just turn off WiFi and Bluetooth in settings until I’m home.

1. It was changed because the earlier implementation was not the way that the feature was intended to work. The bug has been removed.

2. Please investigate the operation of WiFi before you continually allege that WiFi has more security issues than cellular data. That belief is actually laughable.

Umm, you could turn it off BEFORE you start driving, since you know you will be driving. Or just leave Wi-Fi on, and turn off "Ask to Join Networks." But you shouldn't be touching the phone at all while driving, not even to access the Control Center.

saba12m wrote:

Apple needs to change this back, I want to be able to permanently turn Wifi and Bluetooth off!

As the many other responses here tell you, you can - shut it off in "Settings" and it will not turn back on.

Let Apple know how you feel, but don't expect a change to this at all. It's one of the best things Apple has done for Bluetooth and Wifi ever.

Use this link to express your thoughts to Apple: Feedback - iPhone - Apple

You are not SHOUTING at Apple here.

Feedback for Apple goes here >>> http://apple.com/feedback

APPLE NEEDS TO AT LEAST GIVE YOU AN OPTION IN SETTINGS TO DISABLE THIS SO CALLED "FEATURE".

They did. Settings is where you turn whatever it is you're annoyed with, either off and on. Or ask Siri to do it.

lianafromjakarta wrote:

The compaint is that iphone changes the function of the wifi icon in the center control, where as in former IOS it was just FINE for most of us iph users, to turn wifi on and off . Just a few of iph users has a whole house stuffed with lots of apple devices

Given how few people are actually complaining about it, I believe you're wrong. I absolutely agree that Apple should have included the pop up warning in Control Center when the feature was originally rolled out. It confused people. Most people, however, once they understood how things worked, stopped worrying about it, I suspect.

Ok, Let me make one more attempt to explain. And let’s keep things simple, else after thermostat, we might jump into discussion on diodes, resistor, capacitors and cercuit design :-)

So let’s look at what is Control center. As per Wikipedia:

“

Control Center gives

iOS users quick access to commonly used controls and apps. By swiping up from any screen – including the Lock screen (if the control center is set to be accessed from the lock screen) – users can do such things as switch on Airplane mode, turn Wi-Fi on or off, adjust the display brightness and similar basic functions of the device.

“

I think that clarifies in simple English that control center switches are shortcuts(Quick Access)

to essential features sometime embedded deep in iOS system. And I paste below definitions of the word shortcut from Dictionary so as not to define them afresh or twist the meaning.

And finally, yes, there is a way to actually turn on wifi by going into settings. It’s not fast as accessing control center. That was the whole reason of having control center in first place.

“

an alternative route that is shorter than the one usually taken.

1. "they were taking a shortcut to town"

   an accelerated way of doing or achieving something.

   "teaching no longer offered a shortcut tosecure employment"

2. COMPUTING

   a record of the address of a file, website, or other data made to enable quick access.

“

Ofcourse I don’t have a choice but to accept what apple is doing here. This is just opinion which many other people like me have and agree too. And some other people don’t have that opinion and are pushing back.

vbbr wrote:

Moreover, you cannot deny that turning it off completely saves some battery power. If it is disabled, iOS will keep searching for known wifi spots to reconnect to. For older iPhones, every ounce of processing power saved is a plus.

I can, and do, deny that turning off Wi-Fi completely saves battery power. Wi-Fi search LISTENS for networks for a second or two every 15 seconds. It does not search continuously. As this is listening and not transmitting, the amount of power it uses is almost unmeasurable. Perhaps it may reduce your battery life by a minute or two on each charge. It is essentially unmeasurable.

It’s the dumbest thing done to iOS in a long time.

At least let us 3D Touch to turn it off completely. It’s on purpose to increase location accuracy. But it’s killing battery. I want to control these things myself the WiFi excuse from above is silly. If a WiFi is troublesome I delete it from my auto join list anyways.