Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad?

From	Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad?
Date	2025-05-22 16:34 +0100
Organization	https://www.Brian-Gregory.me.uk/
Message-ID	<m98ugkF77gsU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<56sp2ktup5ihqj1aahvqdj71nvd9nri5v7@4ax.com>

Show all headers | View raw

On 20/05/2025 22:24, micky wrote:
> A while back I was sitting by a window and still could not download a
> whole webpage on my phone.
> 
> Today, in a different location I was sitting by a window and again
> couldn't download anything.
> 
> I turned off wifi and then everything worked.
> 
> Long ago I set the phone so that if there were wifi, it would use use
> wifi instead of costly data.  Who wouldn't want that?  Doesn't everyone
> use that?
> 
> But I assumed if there were no good wifi, it would switch back to data.
> is that unreasonable?
> 
> What's going on here?
> 
> In the windowshade, for wifi it said Xfinity, but i'm not eligible for
> that and even if I were, I hadn't put in the password.  Is the phone so
> stupid that it counts that as having wifi?

Wi-Fi is a mess. It's possible to have Wi-Fi such as BT Internet Smart 
Hub 2 in your home that some devices like for instance Samsung mobile 
phones of a certain age, just will not stay properly connected to. 
Connectivity can fail without the Wi-Fi radio indicating that it has 
lost the connection until quite some time has passed.

-- 
Brian Gregory (in England).

Back to comp.mobile.android | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Find similar

Thread

why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-20 17:24 -0400
  Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-21 07:35 +0100
    Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-21 14:38 -0400
  Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-21 08:00 +0100
    Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-21 14:47 -0400
  Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-21 10:53 +0200
    Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-21 15:05 -0400
      Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-22 11:21 +0200
        Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-22 10:49 -0400
          Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-22 18:35 +0200
            Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-05-22 17:26 +0000
    Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-05-22 16:42 +0100
      Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-05-23 09:00 -0400
        Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-23 15:49 +0200
          Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-23 12:15 -0400
          Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-05-23 13:34 -0400
  Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2025-05-21 07:50 -0700
    Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-21 15:07 -0400
  Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-21 18:09 +0000
    Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-21 15:02 -0400
      Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-22 22:34 -0400
        Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-23 17:52 +0100
          Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-23 17:26 -0400
            Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-24 09:03 +0100
              Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-24 15:55 -0400
          Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-23 23:33 +0200
            Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-24 09:04 +0100
  Re: why won't it use data if wifi is bad? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-05-22 16:34 +0100

csiph-web