Just go into your WiFi Settings and turn Off Ask to Join Networks. It will still recognize networks that you have used in the past.It would make much more sense than having to constantly turn it on and off manually, as it drains the battery significantly pinging for a wifi signal. Is there a way to do this?
How do you get an extra hour of usage when using wifi? Wouldn't you get an hour less?I get the same battery usage with wifi both on and off, unless of course I'm using wifi, then I get an extra hour of usage but that's a whole different story.
why would it? On wifi the connection never needs to refresh, everything loads faster, why would it use one hour less? this is the first time I've heard that. Maybe on 4G is the same, not on 3G.How do you get an extra hour of usage when using wifi? Wouldn't you get an hour less?
I'm sorry I didn't get that ( feeling Siri like )So if it has to refresh when it's on wouldn't that use more battery?
yes that is why I have turned off Ask to Join Networks.I get the same battery usage with wifi both on and off, unless ofcourse I'm using wifi, then I get an extra hour of usage but that's a whole different story.
It's only annoying when you constantly get a wifi pop up everytime it discovers it near you.
So I lunch the wifi toggle and turn it off.
No, I see what you're saying, I have the same problem when I leave my house sometimes if my phone disconnects from wifi and the radio stops working, now I have to close the app and open it again because otherwise it won't let me reconnect to the station I was listening to.yes that is why I have turned off Ask to Join Networks.
But what is extremely annoying to me is when the iPhone auto-connects to a previously connected hotspot that uses a captive portal. So there I am happily using 3G and doing something that requires data when--wham--can't access whatever I was doing because the WiFi has no net access till I agree/login/whatever. In those situations the captive portal popup often does not happen on its on: I must open Safari and try to browse there to see it.
It does that to me when I am just walking by a Starbucks and really don't want to use its wifi for the 20 seconds I am in ranger. If I don't notice the WiFi indicator I am left thinking data is just not working.
I have always felt the iPhone should not blindly connect to WiFi unless there is a valid Internet connection. Heck this happens when traveling too. I land and need to let people know ASAP (not always by SMS--iMessage, Yahoo, Skype, whatever). I fire off a quick message only to find out it didn't send because the iPhone switch to the airport's wifi and I need to login or agree.
To me the iPhone should never switch me over from a working Internet connection to one that isn't. Conversely there needs to be a better method to authenticate public hotspots other than captive portals. The one in Oakland's airport is about the worst I have ever seen: forced to watch an ad before connecting, speed is often worse than 3G and almost never faster, and it adds its own page banner to all web pages with advertising.
I guess I should have made my own thread for this rant. Sorry.
Michael
I get the same battery usage with wifi both on and off, unless ofcourse I'm using wifi, then I get an extra hour of usage but that's a whole different story.
It's only annoying when you constantly get a wifi pop up everytime it discovers it near you.
So I lunch the wifi toggle and turn it off.
Click on the link that roofmonkey posted.How do you get an icon for wi-fi? I'd prefer not having to go into settings to turn on/off.
Holy crap, that's cool! Done in a few seconds. Never knew anything like that existed. No doubt, this is the coolest. forum. EVER. Many thanks- yet again!Click on the link that roofmonkey posted.
How are you getting more battery use using wifi?I'm sorry I didn't get that ( feeling Siri like )
It's really cool in that it doesn't require a jailbreak at all.Click on the link that roofmonkey posted.
didn't we just talk about this?How are you getting more battery use using wifi?
Go to the Apple website and check out the iPhone's specs. You can surf longer on WiFi than on 3G.How are you getting more battery use using wifi?