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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by Sniffnoy on Friday October 06, 2017 @12:49AM (#15414501)
Question: Is there some reason the phone can't have some mode where it automatically determines which of mobile data or WiFi is providing the better connection at the moment, rather than having to manually toggle WiFi on and off as using the internet becomes frustrating?
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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by dx034 on Friday October 06, 2017 @03:34AM (#15415035)
It does (wifi assist for example) but until the phone has established if the connection works or not, the user already switched it off. When I leave the house I get ~10 sec with wifi but no actual connection. That's long enough for me to notice it but probably not enough for the iphone to detect if Wifi is really not available.
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