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AirDrop leaves bluetooth on - mistake from apple in control centre
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Wifi: Off
Bluetooth: Off
Turn Airdrop ON
Blutooth Turns on
Wifi turns on
Turn Airdrop OFF
Wifi and Bluetooth BOTH stay on. I"m sure this is by design.
Why are all of you overlooking the fact that if Airdrop turns on Wifi it stays on when you turn Airdrop off. Not all of us have Wifi on all the time.
That's why it's better to turn off wi-fi or bluetooth instead of AirDrop because it will automatically turn off AirDrop.
That's a tricky logical conundrum for a developer.
User wants Airdrop turned ON, means both WiFi and Bluetooth must be turned ON.
User wants AirDrop turned OFF, does NOT mean user necessarily wants either Bluetooth or WiFi turned off.
Perhaps the user should be prompted as to whether he/she wants WiFi and BT turned off, when turning AirDrop off? I expect that would irritate some users too...
User wants Airdrop turned ON, means both WiFi and Bluetooth must be turned ON.
User wants AirDrop turned OFF, does NOT mean user necessarily wants either Bluetooth or WiFi turned off.
Perhaps the user should be prompted as to whether he/she wants WiFi and BT turned off, when turning AirDrop off? I expect that would irritate some users too...
This is by design... AirDrop requires both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. When you enable AirDrop, both get activated. But when you turn off AirDrop, both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi remain on. This isn't a problem, and this happens on purpose. If you want to turn off Bluetooth while simultaneously turning off AirDrop, just turn off Bluetooth and AirDrop goes off as well
Edit: Just because the user turns off AirDrop doesn't mean they want Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi off.
Edit: Just because the user turns off AirDrop doesn't mean they want Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi off.
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Or Apple could make note of the states of WiFi and Bluetooth services (on / off) and return to those states when the user turns AirDrop off.
Since I have WiFi on at all times I just turn BT off.
But what if you used wifi or bluetooth since it was turned on, by another service? Apple is being on the safe side and not disabling them because it can't know the user intentions and is much safer not disabling them. If Apple disabled wifi, knowing how people freak out, there would be a class action lawsuit because a few people didn't know they were using mobile data.
With the latest hardware, there is little battery difference between having them both enabled or disabled.
Because the technology uses Bluetooth Low Energy to detect nearby devices, which is power efficient.
It's more low powered than having wifi fully powered and searching.
Op I can understand your gripe but tbh I have bt on all day and notice no significant drain
What if I connected to a wifi network which I wanna use after I turned airdrop on...? Or if I connected to a bluetooth speaker/headset while I was transferring files...? There's no way to figure out...The easiest thing is just turn off what you are not using...
It could be done smartly, or as you said, in a way that seriously disrupts the user's experience. I'm sure Apple did it this way exactly because they didn't want to go guessing what the user might want.
If turning off AirDrop turned off wifi and Bluetooth, people would be bit*hing about wifi turning off while downloading app or Bluetooth turning off while on a call... Stupid mistake from a human being, not thinking about anyone but themselves..
True, although I guess they could implement it where it returns to whatever the states of Wi-fi and Bluetooth were before AirDrop was enabled. Either way, it's a tough call for the developers to make.
Is it really so hard to see that the Bluetooth is in and hit one more button in control center.
Or just hit the Bluetooth and/or wifi shortcut (they are right next to each other) to turn airdrop off instead of hitting the airdrop button... How difficult is that...? It's unbelievable how people moan and bit*h about the ********* little things...
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It can be confusing for some users. I almost wish turning on Airdrop didn't actually change the wifi/bluetooth enable states. Even though they clearly have to be on to be used, it would probably be easier to have a 3rd state that says they are in use for airdrop but not enabled globally.
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You simply have misunderstandings from the early days of Bluetooth. Bluetooth 4.0 is very power efficient. Let go...
Airdrop and Personal Hotspot both "leave Bluetooth on" because with the advent of headsets, car audio and p2p communication we require Bluetooth.
If you are just OCD then its a tap and a toggle away.
Airdrop and Personal Hotspot both "leave Bluetooth on" because with the advent of headsets, car audio and p2p communication we require Bluetooth.
If you are just OCD then its a tap and a toggle away.