Is there a new statement in here somewhere? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Brandt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2016 5:36 PM Subject: Re: Network Connection In Progress
> 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? 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