Can't make WiFi stay off

[mstevens]

I like WiFi and use it at home frequently since there is no cellular service there. However, when I don't need it I prefer to turn it off to prolong battery life. I also see no point in having the phone wake up and ask if I want to join a wireless network just because I'm driving past a house with an access point.

The problem is that I can't get WiFi to stay off. I can (apparently) turn it off using the switch, but it will turn itself back on. Flipping the switch on then back off turns it off temporarily, but not permanently. Sometimes it takes hours before it turns back on, sometimes less than a minute but eventually it will happen.

I don't want to disable WiFi permanently. I just want the switch to work. Any thoughts about this?

[shellguy]

have you installed anything extra? as the switch normaly works fine

[brent281]

you can also turn off the wifi notifications.

[mstevens]

Originally Posted by brent281

you can also turn off the wifi notifications.

Right. I don't care about the notifications. I want the WiFi *radio* to stay off because it's a needless power drain.

[mstevens]

Originally Posted by shellguy

have you installed anything extra? as the switch normaly works fine

Well, yes. Tons. My point here is that we're thinking of this as a hardware switch that physically disables the WiFi radio. That's obviously not the case, as the radio appears fully capable of working with the switch in the "off" position.

At this point, it looks as if having Direct Push enabled will force the WiFi radio on if the phone is off or if there is no cellular data service available, irrespective of the hardware switch's position.

[GoodThings2Life]

I think the point shellguy was trying to make is that it seems likely you have a software app that is overriding the wifi switch. Afterall, the switch is still telling the software to disable the radio, so something is telling it to turn on.