> On Nov 14, 2016, at 5:27 PM, Arnold Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Trying this again, I have to agree with Sieghard, in that my problem with > wifi assist is that it is on by default. A lot of people are going to be > using data and not knowing why. I checked, and apparently it had gotten > turned on again during some upgrade. It is off now, that network connection > in progress icon has not appeared for the last two days. Let's hope it is > gone for good. > > Arnold Schmidt > Sent from Arnold's iPhone > > On Nov 14, 2016, at 4:09 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Chip, > > That is everybody's choice, if you have a big data plan you can certainly > leave it on. If I am at a hotel or on some other free WiFi and it doesn't > work reliably I just turn WiFi off and use my cell data. The problem I have > is not so much with the feature, but with the fact that it's on by default. > Many average users are not even aware of this setting especially since it's > hidden way below all the apps listed in Cellular settings so it can just not > be a good thing for people who don't have a lot of data and who wonder why > they are using so much of it. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Chip Orange > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 12:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Network Connection In Progress > > I have to disagree with Sieghard about turning off wifi assist (unless you > simply never leave home). I've been away from home in locations which were > supposed to provide free wifi, but what I've found is that their wifi was so > excessively slow, or the signal was so excessively poor, that I could not use > the internet at all without having wifi assist enabled to switch over to use > of cellular data. > > I suppose I could keep trying and failing with the wifi, until I figured out > it wasn't going to work, then tell it to go "forget this network", so it > would then use my cellular data, but on my next visit it could work ok, but > since I had to "forget" the network in order to use cell data, I'd never know > without going through all that again. > > I guess I am never this close to using every last byte of my cell data plan, > so I don't have to worry about it, and I simply want my phone to work and > work quickly (especially since I use siri to execute a lot of my commands, > and it needs internet access to even parse and execute my commands). > > Chip > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2016 9:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Network Connection In Progress > > Hi Arnold, > > Maybe check in Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services. This > is at the end of location services and I would turn off most of what is in > there except of course Find my iPhone and so on. But there are things like > traffic, frequent places, cell network search, Wi-fi Network search, > automatic time zone and all of that which you can turn off, maybe that makes > a difference as far as the message in the status bar that your Wi-Fi > connection is active. > Also make sure you go to Settings > Cellular and again almost at the bottom > above Reset make sure WiFi Assist is turned off. This is more to protect > yourself from using excessive cellular data since this setting means that if > it is on your cellular data/connection is used to make up for situations when > your WiFi signal is poor. I just realized when I checked it that it is on on > my phone, I received a warranty replacement a couple of weeks ago and this > setting is on by default and I hadn't turned it off yet. However, looking at > the amount of data used, 3.8 Mb, it is very minor as this was over a two-week > period. > Lastly, make sure you don't, for some reason, have Personal Hotspot on. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Arnold Schmidt > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2016 5:57 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Network Connection In Progress > > It makes perfect sense when this is in my status bar when I am doing > something for it to be there. But sometimes, it is there when I am not. > Perhaps it is left over from when I was doing something, but I assume the > connection is still live. Even when I close everything in the app switcher, > it is still there. The only way I can cancel it is to reboot my phone. Any > ideas why it is still there, and how to cancel it without having to reboot > my phone? > > Arnold Schmidt > > Sent from Arnold's iPhone > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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.what about when it > appears on an iPod, which is strictly Wi-Fi? I get network connection in > progress a lot on it.
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