4g tablet and wifi

lupi

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Have a 4g tablet and inthe same house there is awifi network. The wifi network thoughis only connected to a desktop and printer, no internet or other devices.

Problem im having is that everytime a browser window opened for the first time, the tablet turns wifi on and then is unable to detect an internet signal. How to I stop the tablet from activating wifi on its own?
 

cpacini

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What model is the tablet and what browser are you using? Did you try using a different browser?
 

lupi

Lifer
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it's a samsung tablet, which exact one I'm not sure. there is no internet other than 4g, so connecting to wifi doesn't serve any purpose.
 

JeffMD

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Does the tablet have connection optimizer installed? turn it off to stop it from automatically changing your network settings.
 

lupi

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now that I have some enw phrases to search for, came across this. Will try this next.


At long last! This is the answer! Settings>More Settings>Mobile networks>Connections optimizer>Uncheck box that says "automatically select best mobile network"

My WiFi hasn't cut back on automatically since I've done. Thank you for posting this.
 

lupi

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Found the setting(s). Now it just occasionally has a pop up when first starting a browser that ask do you want to turn wifi on.