Why does Wifi shut off when the phone goes to sleep?

[bbplayer5]

Doesn't that defeat the purpose when you want to just use Wifi? Whenever I lay my phone down for a few minutes and pick it back up, LTE is on the bar, then turns back to Wifi after a few seconds.

 

[sulpfiction]

If ur connected to ur wifi, and it's a strong signal, it should stay connected. It doesn't disconnect.

 

[adcx64]

It does disconnect. This seems to be iOS 6 related and by hardware. May people experienced this too.

 

[JodyK]

It does disconnect. This seems to be iOS 6 related and by hardware. May people experienced this too.

Same experience here ... Def io6 issue. My 4S did it after upgrade and my iPhone 5 does it now.

 

[dtbratt]

Same here. Persistant WiFi is no longer working in iOS 6.

 

[alent1234]

this has been an annoying "feature" for years
i turn my cellular off at home only because in the mornings i get a bunch of work emails that add up close to 50MB for the day

 

[Dwalls90]

My 4 did this on iOS 4 too. It's by design. It puts the wifi functionality to sleep to conserve battery when the phones in sleep mode, unless you're actively sending/receiving.

 

[alent1234]

funny is that my phone lasts a lot longer on wifi and 3/4G