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iPhone X Why can’t you turn WiFi/Bluetooth off from control center anymore?

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I just recently upgraded to an X running iOS 11.3.1 from a 6S running 10.2. I noticed when I pull down control center and tap the WiFi or Bluetooth icons it doesn’t actually turn them off just deactivates them temporarily. What is the reason for this?
 
This is something that really annoys me. I wish there was an option to make WiFi & BT switch off completely from Control Centre like it used to. Disconnected temporarily for me is rubbish, I like to switch on and off without diving into Settings. Simple.
 
I am frustrated by this every day as I leave my apartment. That was one of the number one benefits of control center, simple easy and quick. Now I frequently forget and burn my battery life up for 20 minutes before I see it trying to connect to random stores I drive by.

What’s even dumber is it let’s you turn it off but only temporarily, what’s the point?? Is there any tweak or workaround?
 
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Apple changed it in iOS 11 to where like you said, it is a temporary disconnection. I would prefer they add a long press option to pop up the option to disable completely. Maybe iOS 13 will address this.
 
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They did it this way because they believe they know what's better for the customer. WiFi is used for more than just surfing the web and turning it off negates those functions. It's also just as easy to forget to turn it back on when you pull your phone out to look something up, potentially costing people money. Leaving it on in the background shouldn't be burning your battery and if it's trying to grab networks on your commute, there's options in the WiFi settings menu to disable that functionality.
 
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The way it works now, and has worked since iOS 11, is perfect for my needs, and is better for me than the old way of shutting off wifi altogether. I don't find it "dumb" at all.
 
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DevinNj said:
Settings > WiFi, toggle off, easy. I leave mine on all the time, the battery drain is negligible.
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Where are you hearing that the battery drain is negligible? I’ve heard it was for Bluetooth but not for WiFi.
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Knowlege Bomb said:
They did it this way because they believe they know what's better for the customer. WiFi is used for more than just surfing the web and turning it off negates those functions. It's also just as easy to forget to turn it back on when you pull your phone out to look something up, potentially costing people money. Leaving it on in the background shouldn't be burning your battery and if it's trying to grab networks on your commute, there's options in the WiFi settings menu to disable that functionality.
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Why would you leave your WiFi on all the time? Unless you’re in a place with WiFi, it’s completely useless and that’s most of the time. Everything I’ve heard says it does drain the battery, why waste it when 75% of the time you don’t have WiFi access?
 
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TH55 said:
Where are you hearing that the battery drain is negligible? I’ve heard it was for Bluetooth but not for WiFi.
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Why would you leave your WiFi on all the time? Unless you’re in a place with WiFi, it’s completely useless and that’s most of the time. Everything I’ve heard says it does drain the battery, why waste it when 75% of the time you don’t have WiFi access?
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I think you'll find yourself in the minority. Most people don't go around constantly toggling wifi on and off all day long. Same for Bluetooth.

I've never had any real battery drain from leaving both on continuously - I'm often at 80-85% battery on a non-plus/max phone at the end of the day, 17 hours after taking it off the charger.
 
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I use Shortcuts and turn wifi and/or bluetooth permanently off from the widget-page, which I can do from both the home- and lock screen.
 
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TH55 said:
Why would you leave your WiFi on all the time? Unless you’re in a place with WiFi, it’s completely useless and that’s most of the time. Everything I’ve heard says it does drain the battery, why waste it when 75% of the time you don’t have WiFi access?
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Of course it drains the battery. It's a radio that requires power. That power consumption, however, is negligible and if I can make it through the day without charging then I see no reason to sacrifice convenience for power savings.
 
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Yeah, with Bluetooth it’s like ‘disconnect from current device until midnight’. Because I want my Bluetooth on every midnight. When I’m sleeping.
 
I guess for those of us who live in 2019, wifi is the preferred choice everywhere. I would say I’m on wifi 95% of the day. Not the other way around.
 
TH55 said:
Where are you hearing that the battery drain is negligible? I’ve heard it was for Bluetooth but not for WiFi.
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Why would you leave your WiFi on all the time? Unless you’re in a place with WiFi, it’s completely useless and that’s most of the time. Everything I’ve heard says it does drain the battery, why waste it when 75% of the time you don’t have WiFi access?
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I haven’t “heard” anything, I base my statement on real world use case. In my usage both turning WiFi off, and leaving it on, even turning Bluetooth on/off, there’s been hardly any difference in battery life. Not enough of a difference to make a fuss over anyway.
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Nacho98 said:
I think you'll find yourself in the minority. Most people don't go around constantly toggling wifi on and off all day long. Same for Bluetooth.

I've never had any real battery drain from leaving both on continuously - I'm often at 80-85% battery on a non-plus/max phone at the end of the day, 17 hours after taking it off the charger.
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^This
 
TH55 said:
Why would you leave your WiFi on all the time? Unless you’re in a place with WiFi, it’s completely useless and that’s most of the time. Everything I’ve heard says it does drain the battery, why waste it when 75% of the time you don’t have WiFi access?
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I'd say you're in the minority. Probably everyone I know is on wifi at least 75% of the time if not more. The only time I ever turn it off is when I'm on an airplane and it doesn't have wifi.

Have you tried doing an experiment to see how much of a drain wifi is and if you really need to turn it off (instead of just going by others say)?
 
Isn't it obvious? People were turning off wi-fi for a temporary reason and forgetting to turn it back on. They were using excessive LTE data when they should have been using wi-fi.

This is the better solution for most people.
 
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MrRabuf said:
I'd say you're in the minority. Probably everyone I know is on wifi at least 75% of the time if not more. The only time I ever turn it off is when I'm on an airplane and it doesn't have wifi.

Have you tried doing an experiment to see how much of a drain wifi is and if you really need to turn it off (instead of just going by others say)?
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Where are these people that they have WiFi access 75% of the day?? Regardless, giving us the ability to completely turn it off wouldn’t negatively impact those who want to leave it on so why screw us over? And your limited sampling is not necessarily the majority, as seen in this thread there are almost an equal number of people who like and dislike it.
 
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TH55 said:
Where are these people that they have WiFi access 75% of the day?? Regardless, giving us the ability to completely turn it off wouldn’t negatively impact those who want to leave it on so why screw us over? And your limited sampling is not necessarily the majority, as seen in this thread there are almost an equal number of people who like and dislike it.
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Between home and work I have Wi-Fi 90% of the day, and on weekends I'm generally at home as well. I don't see why this is such a big deal to you. "Hey Siri, turn off Wi-Fi."
 
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