The wifi on my S6 keeps turning on, on its own while I'm sleeping. How can I stop this?

[Samantha218]

The wifi on my s6 keeps turning on, on its own while im sleeping

I tried looking for connection optimizer but i don't have that, i tried changing some of my wifi settings burt it doesn't work

 

[sjaduae]

Re: The wifi on my s6 keeps turning on, on its own while im sleeping

Look at mobile hotspot settings and turn off to see if its that

 

[Samantha218]

Re: The wifi on my s6 keeps turning on, on its own while im sleeping

The mobile hotspot is also off

 

[sjaduae]

Re: The wifi on my s6 keeps turning on, on its own while im sleeping

How are you setting wifi off ?

 

[Samantha218]

Re: The wifi on my s6 keeps turning on, on its own while im sleeping

I drop the quick settings panel & switch wifi off

 

[erasat]

Re: The wifi on my s6 keeps turning on, on its own while im sleeping

I drop the quick settings panel & switch wifi off

In Wifi Settings Click the Advance Menu and you should see 2 settings that affects this, the first one is "Always Allow scanning", turn that off, always, no need for that, and the other one depends on your needs, it's "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep".

 

[sjaduae]

Re: The wifi on my s6 keeps turning on, on its own while im sleeping

In Wifi Settings Click the Advance Menu and you should see 2 settings that affects this, the first one is "Always Allow scanning", turn that off, always, no need for that, and the other one depends on your needs, it's "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep".

I'm not sure why Sam wants WiFi off whilst she's asleep as its a recipe for extra phone plan data use (unless WiFi is not available) and maybe airplane mode may be better, however

You can only set WiFi always scanning to scan always or only scan while WiFi is on

Keep WiFi on during sleep has 3 options Always/Only when plugged in/Never

Using never should used with caution to avoid additional charges on data

I also use smart swtich off to avoid data charges overnight in case of WiFi dropouts

 

[erasat]

Re: The wifi on my s6 keeps turning on, on its own while im sleeping

You can only set WiFi always scanning to scan always or only scan while WiFi is on

That depends on your device variant, T-Mobile and ATT allow to turn that on or off, others and international variants just show the options you mention, so by selecting Allow scanning only when wifi on in this case is the same than turning off Always Allow scanning.

 

[sjaduae]

Re: The wifi on my s6 keeps turning on, on its own while im sleeping

That depends on your device variant, T-Mobile and ATT allows to turn that on or off, others and international variants just show the options you mention, so by selecting Allow scanning only when wifi on in this case is the same than turning off Always Allow scanning.

Thanks, at least Sam is covered for both options now

 

[Samantha218]

Re: The wifi on my s6 keeps turning on, on its own while im sleeping

Thanks for the help guys