This is a really odd issue and it is a privacy concern. I have a Samsung Galaxy A51 and a Samsung Galaxy Tab A with Android 11, and I have noticed on both that the device location setting is spontaneously being re-enabled without my intervention on both devices. It happens under the following scenario:
-Location off
-Wifi on
-No apps other than system apps (which cannot be uninstalled and cannot have location permissions revoked) have location access permissions granted
-While device connects automatically to a different wifi network than device was most recently previously connected to (e.g. being connected to wifi at home, then automatically connecting to wifi when visiting family at their house) or when manually connecting to a different wifi network (e.g. when connecting to wifi at a hotel).
I also notice that not only does locations services get enabled, but that the location being accessed icon shows up too. Yet, when I look at the location access setting menu in settings, it shows that nothing has been accessing my location.
Does anybody know why this is happening? Is this issue limited to Samsung devices or all Android devices?
Find my phone is set to enabled from within settings, but this wouldn't be causing this, right?
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Hi, I have problem with wifi conection. I'm normally connected to wifi but I don't have internet access.
You might think that you're really connected to a wi-fi, to verify your wi-fi connectivity, do this steps.
You must turn-off first your existing wifi connection before proceeding this steps!
Using your Samsung Galaxy Mini, go to Settings > Wireless & Networks > Wi-fi Settings, turn-on your Wi-fi connectivity there.
If your SGM can scan wifi connection then it might give you several wifi networks.
Below Network Notification is Wi-fi Networks, you can see a list of available wifi networks there and you can clearly say that you are NOT really Connected if the status of each Wi-fi networks is giving you this message. "Remembered, secured with WPA/WPA2PSK or secured with Password".
To sum it up, you're SGM can scan wifi networks but it cannot successfully connect because some of wi-fi networks are secured with Password. Just ask for it's password, otherwise, find a wi-fi network which doesn't have a network password.
What if you're already connected but still, cannot access internet surfing..
Go to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications.
Under Manage Applications, point to All tab and find Internet on the list and Opera (if you have) and Google Play Store (formerly known as Market) and Open each Applications.
for example: Open Google Play Store then click Clear Data and Clear Cache then repeat this steps to other applications which I mentioned above.
Hope it helps
luckywiseguy said:
You might think that you're really connected to a wi-fi, to verify your wi-fi connectivity, do this steps.
You must turn-off first your existing wifi connection before proceeding this steps!
Using your Samsung Galaxy Mini, go to Settings > Wireless & Networks > Wi-fi Settings, turn-on your Wi-fi connectivity there.
If your SGM can scan wifi connection then it might give you several wifi networks.
Below Network Notification is Wi-fi Networks, you can see a list of available wifi networks there and you can clearly say that you are NOT really Connected if the status of each Wi-fi networks is giving you this message. "Remembered, secured with WPA/WPA2PSK or secured with Password".
To sum it up, you're SGM can scan wifi networks but it cannot successfully connect because some of wi-fi networks are secured with Password. Just ask for it's password, otherwise, find a wi-fi network which doesn't have a network password.
What if you're already connected but still, cannot access internet surfing..
Go to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications.
Under Manage Applications, point to All tab and find Internet on the list and Opera (if you have) and Google Play Store (formerly known as Market) and Open each Applications.
for example: Open Google Play Store then click Clear Data and Clear Cache then repeat this steps to other applications which I mentioned above.
Hope it helps
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Thanks, I try that but still don't have internet access. Look picture of my router. Status: Inactive for my mobile.
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Whenever I turn on WiFi or 3g Internet (allows data connection of a sim card), GPS turns on by itself. I have tried a number of ways to prevent it from doing so:
1) unchecked "Allow the applications determine my location..." in Locations services
2) unchecked "GPS" there
3) unchecked "GPS-A" there
4) disabled some applications which may have turned it on such as Lenovo weather or just disallowed them to ask for my location
5) disable this for google services
None of these helped. It keeps turning on by itself. Specifically, the checkboxes "Allow the applications determine my location..." and "GPS" in Locations services get checked by themselves as well once I turn on the Internet.
Lenovo s650, Android 4.2.2.
It even turn on during a call.
Hi Darooma
Did you find a solution?
ZTE Grand X In, Android 4.0.4.
Google Talk services are draining battery, that seems to be known problem. But, this issue for this topic is different one.
I checked Better Battery Stats, Better WiFi. Seems that wake related to wifi is the main issue many times.
The problem is - when I have WiFi hotspot, good signal, got connection, but do not get network access (needs to be authenticated), all of that in background (no alert, no visible action on screen). So, on WiFi screen I can see connected, but actually I did not get network access, so all services which need network access (including Google services) are simultaneously trying to go to network, to get updates or any other data and - that is draining battery heavily - access to network is not existing.
Anybody experienced this? How to fix this issue?
So, connected to WiFi hotspot, very good signal, the WiFi is connected.
No network access (WiFi needs to be authenticated), all of that in background (no alert, no visible action on screen).
For example - trying to reach 8.8.8.8 - Google DNS does not work
Phone is rooted (just to say that - I may install any application that would be helpful, also, access to configuration files available).
What needs to be done? Which parameters are to be reconfigured?
How to control the number of attempts Android is doing from different applications to access network resources?
Say I'm connected to my home wifi after I flash my phone. I'm connected and everything is great, I don't loose signal. Now I go to work, where I have the wifi profile saved in my phone. It wont connect automatically nor will it connect if i select it. This goes for all saved wireless profiles on my phone.
I've checked the tpyical settings under the wifi itself. (sleep/power settings)
I've tried different roms, all with clean/full whipe's prior to install.
CROM
Hyperdrive - seems to work but having issues with the rom itself performance wise.
ChaosROM
Under wifi > Advance, make sure Always Allow Scanning is enable else it wouldn't know you are within the range of a network
Hello
I'm having trouble connecting to a lot of Wifi networks that most other people with Android and Apple phones have no problems with, including my home network.
Here's what happens:
Turn on WIfi, select SSID, type in the correct password. It connects for about a second (I know because snapchats etc, pop-up), then disconnects and changes to "Saved".
Then the SSID disappears from the list of available networks, and exists only in the Saved Networks section. If tap it I get only "Forget" & "Cancel".
To try to work out what was going on I enabled Developer options and set "Enable Wi-Fo verbose logging".
If I go through the same cycle, it connects for a second, then goes to saved and shows this underneath the SSID
"NETWORK_SELECTION_DISABLED+ASSOCIATION REJECTION=1"
I'm on Android version 7.1.2 Build No. TOS137B - N2G47H
The phone isn't rooted or anything
Can you tell me what's going on and how to fix it?
Hi there
Just wondering if you have McAfee installed?
I'm not much of an expert but I had a similar issue with WiFi on my Medion X2050 (I think that's what it's called) and I uninstalled McAfee and the problem was gone.