a month ago
"Intelligent Wifi" is enabled - I even enabled the labs and tried the "switch faster" option.
I have 5G for voice and internet access.
Connecting to a WiFi device that does not have internet access, makes the phone disconnect from the cellular data, so the phone is offline. - disconnecting the WiFi restores 5G internet access.
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2 weeks ago - last edited 2 weeks ago
I upgraded to Android 16 /OneUI 8 , and it has "intelligent" Wi-Fi" 8.0.0 - Same issue - until I figured it out:
This is due to this ultra-stupid approach to mis-communication:
Samsung decided to make a big big popup :""Internet may not be available" - really? - that was indicated in the wifi-list even before connecting.
It offers three choices: "Connect only this time" Should be "Use this connection only (drop others), this time"
"Always connect" : Should be " "Use this connection (drop others) only this time - and add a rule so that it happens always, you can find the rule in..."
"Disconnect" : Should be "Disconnect the wifi device"
Where is the fourth, and only desirable selection? "Connect and allow traffic on this subnet"
- well, some amateur UI designer decided that using "back" button, not selecting any of the first three does just that. "Leave the f-ing connection alone and keep internet connection as well" is hidden by pressing "back"
The level of UI design stupidity is horrifying here, the network offers DHCP and a route to a very small private network, clearly not internet. There is NO reason to offer convoluted options to break internet, when a device clearly does not offer internet.
Will Samsung read and fix this? - ever?
a month ago
a month ago - last edited a month ago
Great suggestion, could be dangerous in case it ignores roaming setting, but I tried, and unfortunately, the phone still drops the 5G data connection. (I just get an Wifi with exclamation mark as the 5G symbol is removed - as before)
a month ago - last edited a month ago
a month ago
The most essential "Wifi Device without internet" I try to use is to interface with the plane's ADB-S (for traffic monitoring) - and still be able to have internet access for the "Electronmic flightbag" to recieve updates on NOTAM / METAR weather information and so on - so even as I am a Tasker user, disabling wifi while in the cockpit does not really solve anything
a month ago
a month ago
You are not giving up - The phone runs a "digital flightbag" - so it provides aviation maps, frequencies , weather, NOTAM etc (updated from cellular network) - and nearby traffic (from said ADB-S device) - splitting it it up would add devices/clutter. It is easier to just skip updated for one or traffic. (and just imagine the laughs it would get from a copilot with an iDevice )
I'd love to see Samsung actually participate in solving such issues, or at least acknowledging it as say "update will be out soon"
a month ago
actually, the simplest solution it to keep using the Note 20 Ultra, which did that perfectly - but it is quite a sad outcome for the latest Samsung "flagship".
2 weeks ago - last edited 2 weeks ago
I upgraded to Android 16 /OneUI 8 , and it has "intelligent" Wi-Fi" 8.0.0 - Same issue - until I figured it out:
This is due to this ultra-stupid approach to mis-communication:
Samsung decided to make a big big popup :""Internet may not be available" - really? - that was indicated in the wifi-list even before connecting.
It offers three choices: "Connect only this time" Should be "Use this connection only (drop others), this time"
"Always connect" : Should be " "Use this connection (drop others) only this time - and add a rule so that it happens always, you can find the rule in..."
"Disconnect" : Should be "Disconnect the wifi device"
Where is the fourth, and only desirable selection? "Connect and allow traffic on this subnet"
- well, some amateur UI designer decided that using "back" button, not selecting any of the first three does just that. "Leave the f-ing connection alone and keep internet connection as well" is hidden by pressing "back"
The level of UI design stupidity is horrifying here, the network offers DHCP and a route to a very small private network, clearly not internet. There is NO reason to offer convoluted options to break internet, when a device clearly does not offer internet.
Will Samsung read and fix this? - ever?