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Old 10-07-2009, 09:37 AM
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Question wifi - on or off?

Morning all -

I've been using wifi a bit more lately, but mainly for downloading apps over 10MB.

What I want to know is, do you tend to just leave your wifi on all the time, or?
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I leave mine on, never can seem to tell when I might pick up a connection, so on it stays
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Old 10-07-2009, 10:05 AM
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I only turn it on when I know I can access wifi. Otherwise, I think it uses up battery power searching for a wifi signal, no? I also hate seeing pop ups asking me if I want to connect to all these secured connections that I don't have a password to. LOL
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Old 10-07-2009, 11:23 AM
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Same here. I leave mine off until I know i can connect
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Old 10-07-2009, 11:25 AM
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I rarely use wifi, just for downloading apps or when I'm surfing the web at school because it is quicker than using 3g. My school is like a reception black hole.
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Old 10-07-2009, 11:28 AM
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I only turn on wifi when I know I can connect.
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Old 10-07-2009, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by naviwilliams View Post
Morning all -

I've been using wifi a bit more lately, but mainly for downloading apps over 10MB.

What I want to know is, do you tend to just leave your wifi on all the time, or?
I put my iPhone in "Airplane Mode" at bedtime. This saves re-charge time.

I sometimes turn it off because I think that trying to use "closed" access points keeps it from using 3G.
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Old 10-07-2009, 11:48 AM
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I leaven it on all the time. If you turn off ask to join networks it doesn't seem to effect the battery and search all the time, only when I go to it in options and then it scans. Otherwise it just auto joins networks it already knows, which is nice.
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Old 10-07-2009, 12:52 PM
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With my 2g I left it on all the time but since I got my 3Gs, I've been turning it off when I leave home.
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Old 10-07-2009, 01:07 PM
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I have WIFI on all the time , love sneaking on to unsecure networks , free internet , WOOT !!!!
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