Is anyone else tired of discovering that WiFi has turn itself on without instruction????

This is normal in iOS 11:

Use Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in Control Center with iOS 11 - Apple Support

If for some reason you want to turn Wi-Fi (or Bluetooth) off completely then do that in Settings, doing it in Control Center now temporarily disconnects you from the network.

WiFi also doesn’t turn off from the Quick Dock ( whatever it’s called, control center, maybe?) then it tries to reconnect on any WiFi signal and I don’t know how they can’t be connected.

No. No it doesn't. As has been documented and shared in this very post.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208086

Would love a resolution to this battery drain!!

You may have other issues with battery life. This is not one of them. This has been done to extend battery life. It is more energy efficient to disconnect from a wifi source than turn wifi off and back on again.

A troll’s response. The recent update changed how the system switches work. NOW how the user accesses them has a different result, before when we turned them off they stayed off. That change is neither intuitive nor obvious.

Tell Apple.

I simply want to use my iPhone as I always have without having to relearn all the new ins and outs every time there’s a new update in the iOS.

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

I just yearn for that simplicity of use.

Simple and different are 2 separate things. It is still simple. Just different from what it was previously.

Arthurvmk wrote:

A troll’s response.

Judging by the amount of people Lawrence has helped over the years here, he's hardly a troll. You on the other hand ...

Arthurvmk wrote:

That change is neither intuitive nor obvious.

Perhaps, but it is documented:

Use Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in Control Center with iOS 11 - Apple Support

When I was shown the control panel in iOS 9 or 10 I was told it was a convenient shortcut to the same settings as in the settings menu.

It was for iOS 9 & 10. Now it's been redesigned for iOS 11. Towards better battery life. A goal we all have.

So... tell the only people who can act on your legitimate concerns about highlighting feature changes.

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

ChucksGhost wrote:

This is really not acceptable. I want to be the one to control whether or not my WiFi and Bluetooth are on or off, not the os.

This seems like an open invitation to hackers to access my iPhone.

1. Having Wi-Fi or Bluetooth on does not make your phone susceptible to hackers.

2. You can turn Wi-Fi (or Bluetooth) on or off at will:

• Settings/Wi-Fi - OFF
• "Hey Siri, turn off Wi-Fi"
• Hold the HOME button and say "Turn off Wi-Fi"

3. NEW FEATURE: In addition to turning off Wi-Fi, you can just disconnect from the current network, yet still leave Wi-Fi enabled to connect to other known networks, and to improve the accuracy of location services.

You have lost NOTHING, and gained a very useful new feature.

Xsj wrote:

It is something I wish to place in restrictions and lock down! My theory is that it reacts in this manner for mapping purposes of the environment in order to precisely locate/navigate you, (mainly for indoors use), along with everything stationary or in motion. It’s why both Bluetooth and WiFi activation occurs together. Triangulation form one device, then another, to your device, and on and on. Accuracy of the environment without eyes or 4K videos and all in real time. Only hope Apple’s transparency is clear and positive on authorized usage of the mapping our environment, finger prints, and now beautiful smiles.

Interesting, but wrong. Unless you connect to a network your phone cannot be tracked by Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. And the phone will only connect to networks that you have connected to before. The reason your phone cannot be tracked is the iPhone "lies" about its Wi-Fi address when a router asks. And it uses a different random address each time. So your phone will appear to be many different phones. This feature was first implemented 3 years ago. It just isn't heavily advertised. So don't worry about the phone.

However, it is YOU who can be tracked, even if you don't have any mobile phone at all. That is what you should be concerned about.

• Do you drive a car? Government agencies and private companies know where you are most of the time through license plate scanners.
• Do you have a face? Apple's Face ID is a very primitive facial recognition capability compared to what the big guys have. As you walk through indoor (or outdoor) spaces cameras can view you and do instant facial recognition. Currently this is used mostly in secure settings, such as airports and government property, but the technology is available for anyone who wants to pay for it.
• I assume I don't need to tell you that any cell phone that is powered on can be tracked. And every call you make or text you send or receive can be tracked.
• Think you can get around this with "burner" phones? Nope, there are database that can track them. And don't forget voice identification.

ChucksGhost wrote:

Thank you! I NEVER use Bluetooth and appreciate knowing how to turn it off, if only for a day. Still, I want permanent control over these options.

It might pay to read before posting. You have permanent control.

• Unlock your phone
• Find the Settings icon
• Tap on the Settings icon
• Tap on Bluetooth
• Tap the switch to turn it off.

That's it. Bluetooth will never turn on again, unless you turn it on.

ChucksGhost wrote:

Recently, it seems that my WiFi has a mind of its own and turns on without instruction or permission and I’m tired of it. Anyone else troubled by this?

No, but I'm REALLY tired of people making posts like yours without asking or bothering to learn how Wi-Fi settings work in iOS 11.

Indeed tired of it...as well as the cellular signal being turned off “by accidental touch” or some other reason. It turns off and on the WiFi when it reboots, which seems to be whenever it **** well pleases or maybe just when I have it plugged in, press the lock button and am running certain apps. Too many variable for the later, so I restored the phone and it was better for a bit, but is quickly going back to rebooting, then WiFi is on and I don’t know all the time when it happens. WiFi also doesn’t turn off from the Quick Dock ( whatever it’s called, control center, maybe?) then it tries to reconnect on any WiFi signal and I don’t know how they can’t be connected. Would love a resolution to this battery drain!!

Yes this problem happens, cuz through iphone control centre the Wifi only set to NOT CONNECTED when u turn off it through control centre.. so whenever any wifi found n it already open/once login by u will automatically connect without ur permission.

If u don’t want to do this u just go to settings>wifi>off.

Set wifi from Not connect to turn off which helps u to not automatically conncet the open one.

It is something I wish to place in restrictions and lock down! My theory is that it reacts in this manner for mapping purposes of the environment in order to precisely locate/navigate you, (mainly for indoors use), along with everything stationary or in motion. It’s why both Bluetooth and WiFi activation occurs together. Triangulation form one device, then another, to your device, and on and on. Accuracy of the environment without eyes or 4K videos and all in real time. Only hope Apple’s transparency is clear and positive on authorized usage of the mapping our environment, finger prints, and now beautiful smiles.

Agreed, at least with big brother and it’s endless means of tracking an individual. Also believe that if their were a corporation that I could conceivably believe would take a stand to defend freedom and our privacy. Apple would probably be around the top. But as for their facial recognition, I’d say it’s also near the top and they seem to be the only tech company to have made it secure enough to become part of life as we now know it. The thought is if, and when, someone pulls their phone out of his/her pocket and it maps everyone’s face standing in the room, and or it recognizes an individual of interest how will it be used, if at all? Who determines weather or not they submit their facial recognition to a data base? The owner of a phone or the random individual who happened to be in the cameras line of site? Perhaps we should just leave it to the companys who sold and will be selling it to the masses in whom they profit off with data mining and advertisements. Corporation/Government, both of who have our best interests in mind of course, will certainly let us know when the tech is used for other things far more nefarious than unlocking a phone or app! Think they will let people go on a site or download an app, in order to

scrub their digital facial features from a server, like a teenager scrubbing a their face in hopes the pimple never reaches the surface, just to realize it doesn’t matter how much scrubbing is done and that sometimes less is more...

Oh, ok, I see. Didn’t know it never reaches the cloud and that Apple analytics and iCloud departments you voluntarily give permission to in privacy settings never analyze it or the functionality of the software/hardware it developed