WiFi Keeps Turning Off And On

[mak916]

For some reason my wifi keeps turning off and on by itself. It is making my phone hot and running down my battery. I have restarted the phone and it still does not help. Any Ideas as to what is going on?

 

[mak916]

Problem solved.

 

[dseelye]

What was the resolution? My phone is now doing this as well so interested in how you fixed the problem as I can't tell what is causing the wifi to turn on and off constantly and it's killing my battery life.

 

[ghumlic1]

Please let us know what worked to fix this! This is happening to me as well and I cannot figure out a fix!

 

[davey_boyuk]

I've got exactly the same problem ever since the last software update. I can fix it temporarily by quickly forgetting my WiFi network but once I've reconnected it soon happens again.

Is this specific to the Samsung Galaxy s7 edge, which is what I have?

Cheers, David

 

[Andrewks]

Work around from another thread. Settings to location to improve accuracy, turn off Wi-Fi scanning.

 

[mak916]

Work around from another thread. Settings to location to improve accuracy, turn off Wi-Fi scanning.

This is the solution.

 

[kasul]

I had the exact same problem with the latest update (Android 6.0.1, security level Nov 1, 2016) on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.

I went so far as to do a hardware exchange to solve the problem - of course the problem came back on the second device.

Solution posted here immediately fixed the issue. I called T-Mobile to let them know.

 

[tcmeiss]

Work around from another thread. Settings to location to improve accuracy, turn off Wi-Fi scanning.

THANK YOU! This has been bugging me for weeks now. I thought it was an app, but couldn't figure out which one.

ETA: It only seems to happen on my GS7 edge. Doesn't seem to do it on my Note 5...

 

[maginoz]

Work around from another thread. Settings to location to improve accuracy, turn off Wi-Fi scanning.

OMG! Thank you so much! This finally worked. I thought I would need to buy a new phone! I was trying all sorts of things with settings and removing apps. Glad I don't have to waste more time on that.

The only thing I found is that when i turned on location settings again it had this box ticked again - at least the first time. We'll see if it does it again. Thanks!

 

[pchakr]

Thanks! Immediately fixed my issue. So to document solution for my Google Pixel XL:

Symptom: WiFi button kept turning off and on over and over again in infinite loop (not sure if the auto retry was my Tasker app trying to re-enable WiFi since I was at my home cell tower).

Resolution: Go to Settings > Location > Scanning > disable "Wi-Fi scanning" (and I also disabled "Bluetooth scanning" for good measure). Tasker was then able to turn on my WiFi automatically and immediately stay connected to my home router.