Make sure cellular data is enabled in Settings > Cellular Yes, the iPhone should automatically switch to cellular data if you leave your WiFi. The setting we talked about, WiFi Assist, is not related to what you are describing. What it will do is to kick in with cellular data if, for example, you have areas in your house where WiFi is poor like maybe in the basement but if you say your cellular data doesn’t seem to work when you go away from home then this won’t do anything and you have to figure out why your phone is not switching over to cellular data when you leave your WiFi area. The only reasons I can think of is that cellular data is turned off or that somehow your provider is not giving it to you. Are you on a prepaid plan? Maybe Jonathan Mosen can help more since he is also in New Zealand and more familiar with carriers and plans there.
Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jewel Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2016 9:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Status Of Automatically Use Cellular Data When Wi-fi-Connectivity is Poor? I have a 5S iPhone, IOS9.3.2 and have, I think, precisely, the opposite problem. I use the iPhone very rarely for anything but playing a time-wasting/filling : game take your pick: so I scarcely ever need mobile data, but there is the very rare occasion when I do take the iPhone more than a hundred metres away from home base. On these rare occasions, I have only been in the car for a few moments, when I am given the message that Siri/voice-over or whatever it is, cannot make a connection. Do I have to remember to switch on mobile data manually or is there a setting whereby I can instruct the iPhone to turn on mobile data when its wifi connection is getting a bit shaky and then, when it came back into range, it should switch it off? I do recall switching on M D yonks ago and then forgetting to switch it off, which I did only when my credit started to evaporate at an alarming speed. If it is something that I have to do manually, how much time/distance am I given or can I switch it on at any time. When the iPhone is in this configuration, does it connect with the nearest cell tower like mobile phones do? Jewel From: Fazil<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2016 4:29 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Status Of Automatically Use Cellular Data When Wi-fi-Connectivity is Poor? Hi, list. I have IPhone5S with IOS9.3.2. I can not determine the status of Automatically Use Cellular Data When Wi-fi-Connectivity is Poor in Settings. VoiceOver doesn’t say whether it is on or off, I want to keep it on off status. How can I keep it off permanently, please? Thanks! -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
