Yeah i dont mind it either. Coming from a 6S with the worst battery in the world, i used to toggle **** completely off all the time to save battery.
I like how it just disconnects but stays on for next time
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Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of iOS 11.2 to Developers [Update: Public Beta Available]
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Yeah i dont mind it either. Coming from a 6S with the worst battery in the world, i used to toggle **** completely off all the time to save battery.
I like how it just disconnects but stays on for next time
I am one of those who have never been happy with turning WiFi and Bluetooth off completely, so I actually like the change Apple has made here.
Let it go you say? Geez nice attitude you have there buddy. There's actually thousands of people irritated at this solution. Not because we don't want the people that forget to turn wifi/bluetooth back on to be able to press the button accidentally and then know it's gonna not be completely off (whoever asked for this feature? which you're so quick to "give up" on?
To ask other people to "let it go" because you don't have the stamina or whatever, to pursue a correction of this flawed new "feature" and to disrespect thousands of other people, who actually CARE about something like having wifi, bluetooth, 4g turned on or off at their convenience. Well, I can only shake my head at people like you.
Give us your opinions on why on earth you would disrespect the opinions and needs and wants of thousands of people by just "letting go" of key features that most users have come to expect?
It's like if they took away the camera icon cause they wanted you to go to the springboard some more and press apps....wouldn't you be like "give me my god damned camera icon back on the lock screen"
or if from the next update, you're not actually going in to the mail app when hitting a notification in the lock screen - you're taken to disneyworld.com because that's the new partner of apple and we should just "let it go" that we wanted to go into our mail app and read the damn mail immediately like we asked for when hitting the notification on the lock screen.....
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Just turn on airplane mode. Then they function as they should. I’m never joined to a slow network. I’d rather off be off
Why not just hit the airplane mode button and then turn back on whatever you need. Very simple solution and only one extra button push over the old way.
I just downloaded the current beta and yep it's fixed. I wouldn't say it was just an animation problem...well it was in that the animation of the orange buttons played too long so when I went to calculate things quickly, it wouldn't compute, it would just press multiple numbers... ie. 1+2+34+5+6+78+9
Now I can delete this other calculator app
Nope. Did you guys even try this before typing it out??? Wifi on - airplane mode - wifi back on.......wifi disconnected "till tomorro...lol what a joke" airplane mode - wifi disconnected "till tomorrow" etc...
[doublepost=1511920321][/doublepost]From what i know, Apple is doing this to keep wifi and bluetooth open so "they" can track you. Don't want your phone to not be locating your location and activities now do we?!
Can you shed light on why you would want to permantly turn them off? Unless you never want to use them again then going into settings once doesn’t seem like that big of an undertaking, but if temperarly disabling them provides the same essential function why is his a big deal? *this isn’t sarcasm*
Yes, it has been tried and works as usual when Airplane mode is used (the only new thing there is that it will remember the last state that you had from the last time you used Airplane mode).
As for the reason why things have been changed so that the Control Center settings disconnect rather than turn off now, well, there's what you think is the reason (a conspiracy of some sort), and then there's the quite a bit simpler (although certainly less exciting) more likely reality: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208086
Was about to link that but you beat me to it. Article explains clearly why it works the way it works.
thats black friday weekend, not black friday.. which is what you had claimed
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Same with my 5s. I 'm skeptical if it will get better than this. I hope they don't spoil this smooth experience, it happens more often with IOS
I had mentioned it in a follow up reply as an aside I've never had bluetooth "re-connect" after clicking the "disconnect to connect" sequence in control panel successfully. I've always had to force a reconnect through settings. Apparently they've also added some weird timeout if it doesn't connect successfully (both bluetooth and wifi) after a few iterations it gives up and never does it again automatically. So a quick function to disconnect bluetooth (nor wifi for that matter) has never been helpful to me than a full and quick access to off and on function for both devices.
Primarily the reason to quickly turn Bluetooth off is for power conservation or that I don't want it to actively hunt for bluetooth devices. I typically as soon as getting out of the car or enter the airport turn it off quickly as I'm very unlikely to use Bluetooth during a day's travels in an airplane and rather conserve battery life all day. Otherwise its on hunting or searching for airdrop contacts, trying to connect for iOS continuity features, etc even when "disconnected".
I want to re-iterate that I'm not totally against the "disable" feature, but given that the control panel is supposed to be customizable, at least give a pane option (for those of us who have relied on that feature since 2013) that does turn off fully and turn on fully those devices (WiFi and Bluetooth) in control panel for fast access. It also gives the piece of mind that "off" means "off" and I won't find out later that someone has figured out a security vulnerability in the future for on disabled bluetooth and wifi.
With respect, I could also use your argument to say if "off" effectively does the "disconnect" and turning "on" from "off" actually forces a re-search action and initiates a re-connect why is it a big deal not leaving it the way it was for years as "on/off".
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Except this feature kills your battery even faster than the iOS 11 itself does, since in order to turn off WiFi or Bluetooth you now cannot turn it off (completely) from the Control Panel, but have to go into your settings.
The feature to Enable/Disable WiFi, Cell, Bluetooth, etc., via Control Panel is a great feature, but if you turn it off it should be “Off” and not just disconnected but still “On”.
I use Bluetooth for connection to headphones, my car, laptop, etc., but when I am not using the Bluetooth connections I always turn it off to save battery life...but now with the iOS 11.2 feature that it is not truly “Off” except if turned off in Settings makes the Control Panel feature less useful and will only add to the list of new iOS 11 features that kill your iPhone / iPad battery even faster...
I understand both sides of this argument, but it seems like an easy compromise to just implement a 3D touch ability to disconnect and/or disable wifi/bluetooth from control center. My personal preference is to disable wifi, as I rarely need to disconnect from a wifi network that's already part of my auto-join list. But I've adapted to the new way as well.
About the WiFi and Bluetooth implementation.
Use 3D touch for the real on and off.
Everybody is happy.
Come on Apple give us some choices!!
Next time Tim decides the Phone Dialer should not be present at night
And for the next Beta put camera options in the camera app itself please.
Use 3D touch for the real on and off.
Everybody is happy.
Come on Apple give us some choices!!
Next time Tim decides the Phone Dialer should not be present at night
And for the next Beta put camera options in the camera app itself please.
Am I the only one that actually likes how this works now? It was hugely frustrating to forget to turn wifi on after just wanting to disconnect from a network, and then only realise that it was off when I get a warning that I am nearing the end of my mobile data.
1. Control Center doesn’t turn off Bluetooth or WiFi, just disconnects current connection. This is a change in function in iOS 11. You don’t use Control Center to turn off either.
2. Can you provide any evidence besides your hurt feelings at this change that more battery is used or even that turning off Bluetooth or WiFi saves much battery?
