Nice new option. Would have been nice to add about iOS 2 time. Always frustrating when you can't connect and it still tries to stick on wifi.
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iOS 6 Beta Adds 'Wi-Fi Plus Cellular' Option to Increase Data Reliability
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I don't have cell so this isn't clear to me but doesn't cellular data cost a lot of money? Wi-Fi is free. I wouldn't want to be working and have an application switch over to a high cost network when I think I'm using a free connection, e.g., my home network. This sounds decidedly dangerous for one's wallet.
On this menu, if you turn the switch off in one place, then go to the other, will the other one be turned off? If (yes) {It is the same menu item;} If (no) {It has different functionality;}
You already have a data plan if you have an iPhone. So its already paid for.
EDIT: Sorry reread your post. Good point. Or would the cell just not work since you have no plan?
My problem is when wifi is on if the screen goes off then it goes back to cellular data automatically and as soon as I turn the screen on it goes back to wifi. so, I always have to remember to turn off the cellular data when I am on wifi. I forgot to do so once and all my money was gone when I wanted to make a phone call as my email push has been on while the screen was off. Hope they do something about this problem. Why should it go to cellular data automatically from wifi when the screen is off ?
This would be a welcome feature that I've been pining after.
I work on a campus that uses a "captive portal" wifi system that requires frequent logins. As things work now, if I have wifi on, the phone connects to the network with great signal strength but has no Internet access until I switch to safari, try to load a page, and login. In the meantime, I get no mail, no streaming, no Google Voice txts, etc.
I work on a campus that uses a "captive portal" wifi system that requires frequent logins. As things work now, if I have wifi on, the phone connects to the network with great signal strength but has no Internet access until I switch to safari, try to load a page, and login. In the meantime, I get no mail, no streaming, no Google Voice txts, etc.
This features is for places with ****** wifi like the place I'm staying at the moment, the wifi signal itself is ok, but his ****** dsl connection goes down more then a $2 hooker on a Friday night!
We don't need the Notification Center cluttered up with a million things like this. This isn't even notification related so why would it be there?
So anyone know if this will work if you've got a good Wifi signal but internet access is blocked?
The problem I have is that I use free Wifi in McDonalds and Starbucks a lot. But you have to sign in to use it and due to them using BT OpenZone it also connects to any of their Wifi points it finds (which is like millions).
So I'll often totally lose the data connection as it switches to a Wifi connection that it can't actually connect to the internet over. It is a complete pain in backside and easily my biggest gripe with the iPhone.
The problem I have is that I use free Wifi in McDonalds and Starbucks a lot. But you have to sign in to use it and due to them using BT OpenZone it also connects to any of their Wifi points it finds (which is like millions).
So I'll often totally lose the data connection as it switches to a Wifi connection that it can't actually connect to the internet over. It is a complete pain in backside and easily my biggest gripe with the iPhone.
That's certainly much appreciated. It's always frustrating when my iPhone takes a minute or two to realise that I'm leaving the WiFi connection.
Except it doesn't turn off in both places. It's just unclear. That said, it's a beta. These switches might not even do anything yet.
I've been after a feature like this for ages. Particularly useful when data roaming and I don't want all the apps to have access to my expensive roaming data, but would like some apps like iMessage, mail etc...to have access.
I hope that's what they are aiming for.
I hope that's what they are aiming for.
I don't think people are seeing the other side to this. If its disabled that means people with limited data plans stops your devices from using cellular data and running up their usage unintentionally. If you remember when the iPad 3 was released people with 2GB plans were running through their plans and they were on wifi when it happened. With it disabled this wont happen now.
It's a welcome addition too!
It's not genius
It should be there as an option since day 1
I do as well. But then again the connectivity on each of the iPads I have has always been very reliable.
Lower settings were in previous betas before the new setting above them, they only refer to if the service can use the cell data connection.
You do realise that unlimited plans are very unusual here in Europe as well ? In the UK only one of the four main providers (3) do unlimited plans, the rest (O2, Vodafone & T-Mobile/Orange) all have limited data usage plans now.
Funny how such a small addition can be so useful. This will actually become one of my main reasons to move forward. Of course, that also speaks a bit of how useful I find iOS 6 to be in general.
That's also the exact same scenario that I'm hoping this will fix. With my O2 account I get free access to BT Openzone, except that whereas that used to be the entire Openzone network, it's now only part of it and BT helpfully doesn't differentiate between what's free and what isn't. Therefore, half the time I find I've lost my data connection because the WiFi is trying to connect to an Openzone AP that I've not got free access to. I can tell my iPhone to forget BTOpenzone, but then I clearly won't get to use it when it would be available!
Same here, gonna hang on to that unlimited, unthrottled LTE for as long as possible...