Apple iOS 9 Wi-Fi assist is blasting through your mobile data

Does it still display the Wi-Fi icon when it uses the device's data? On my phone (Android) I have the smart network switch on and it displays my own network when the Wi-Fi connection goes off.

Quite stupid if you don't notice.
 
My iphone has always automatically switched to mobile data when the wifi signal dies or I go out or range of my router. Before IOS 9, or 8 or 7....
 
zippy said:
My iphone has always automatically switched to mobile data when the wifi signal dies or I go out or range of my router. Before IOS 9, or 8 or 7....
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It switches not when you're out of range, but when the signal quality is poor
 
zippy said:
My iphone has always automatically switched to mobile data when the wifi signal dies or I go out or range of my router. Before IOS 9, or 8 or 7....
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AS does any other phone on the market, the issue at hand is that the phone switches to mobile-data even if the WiFi is in range and working, based on it's own benchmark.
 
prOd said:
AS does any other phone on the market, the issue at hand is that the phone switches to mobile-data even if the WiFi is in range and working, based on it's own benchmark.
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The problem comes if you can't set the benchmark. I remember that initially some of my Samsung phones thought my wifi in SA was crap due to our latency and refused to use it.
 
Eish thanks for the headsup...I've disabled it now.:erm:

Could prove to be costly if you are in a room at home with not much signal and it decides to change over while you are watching something in full hd!!
 
falcon786 said:
Actually no android didn't.

Sure they implemented the option but they got it right and didn't set it as on as default,they gave you the choice.

So yeah Apple made this mistake first.;)
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Really?

Mine was on by default when I got my S5, and its fekking aggressive. I could be on 4 bars of Wifi and it decides that my mobile network is better so just switches over...
 
This is one of the problems with iOS even prior to 9, it prioritises mobile over WiFi. I was left with egg on my face when I called Vodacom in a huff to enquire as to why the money I had just loaded was suddenly insufficient for the bundle I meant to buy. Turns out iOS prefers cellular data over WiFi, so the only way you're sure it isn't using your cellular data is to turn it off.
 
R13... said:
This is one of the problems with iOS even prior to 9, it prioritises mobile over WiFi. I was left with egg on my face when I called Vodacom in a huff to enquire as to why the money I had just loaded was suddenly insufficient for the bundle I meant to buy. Turns out iOS prefers cellular data over WiFi, so the only way you're sure it isn't using your cellular data is to turn it off.
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My experience is that prior to 9 it would always give preference to wifi if available.
 
bwana said:
My experience is that prior to 9 it would always give preference to wifi if available.
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Not my experience and a little Googling at the time proved I wasn't the only one to experience such issues. It could be that my Wifi dropped internet connections too often and the device simply switches to cellular and never goes back, I have noticed times though when I'd get no internet connection while on Wifi and the only fix is turning Wifi off. Which is confusing, my laptop shows me when I'm on Wifi with no internet connection, iOS should implement a similar feature, that way you know something is wrong with your Wifi.
 
What a stupid idea :wtf: Shouldn't they have warned us beforehand, or made the phone to prompt for it :confused:
 
Ninja'd said:
Does it still display the Wi-Fi icon when it uses the device's data? On my phone (Android) I have the smart network switch on and it displays my own network when the Wi-Fi connection goes off.

Quite stupid if you don't notice.
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I assume this is a Samsung exclusive addition? Can't find such a thing on my HTC One
 
Ninja'd said:
Does it still display the Wi-Fi icon when it uses the device's data? On my phone (Android) I have the smart network switch on and it displays my own network when the Wi-Fi connection goes off.

Quite stupid if you don't notice.
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If you're watching a video on youtube or something like that it's normally full screen so the icons don't show at all, not sure how you're supposed to 'notice' it
 
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