Why: Disconnecting Nearby Wi-Fi Until Tomorrow – iPhone Control Center
The latest iOS 11.2 now displays a notification message in Control Center when you toggle on or off Wireless. Disabling Wireless or Bluetooth in Control Center only disables these options until a condition is met mentioned below.
Disconnecting Nearby Wi-Fi Until Tomorrow
The current Wi-Fi network and others nearby will be disconnected until tomorrow.
Wi-Fi will continue to be available for AirDrop, Personal Hotspot, and location accuracy.
And also for Bluetooth…
Disconnecting Bluetooth Accessories Until Tomorrow
Currently connected accessories will be disconnected and other accessories will not connect.
Bluetooth will continue to be available for Apple Watch, Apple Pencil, Personal Hotspot, and Handoff.
Wi-Fi will remain disabled in Control Center until one of the following occurs:
*You re-enable Wi-Fi
*Move to a new location
*A new day 5:00am
*You reboot your iOS device
Bluetooth will remain disabled in Control Center until one of the following occurs:
*You re-enable Bluetooth
*A new day 5:00am
*You reboot your iOS device
In order to permanently disable Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, you must do so now in iOS settings.
Settings -> Wi-Fi -> Toggle Off
Settings -> Bluetooth -> Toggle Off
The new Control Center notification messages may seem confusing at first, but in reality you can still use Control Center to disable Wi-Fi or Bluetooth quickly if you still need to. If you need to disable Wi-Fi or Bluetooth permanently, do so in iOS settings.
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I might be one of the few people who actually enjoys this feature.
Some of the wifi networks I use are not very reliable, so I disconnect whenever they're not working well, but I don't want to fully remove them either. I used to disable my wifi completely, but I'd often forget and then and be using my data when just at work or at home.
Very strange though, that Apple seems to focus their attention to such a minor group of people that would enjoy this, and not even allowing others to disable this feature.
That defeats the purpose of even having the control center. The whole point of it is to save us the steps of going to settings but, if pressing the shortcuts doesn’t actually turn off the items you are selecting to turn off, then it’s just a wastes of time and effort. We are capable of committing to our decisions. If we want something off, we select off, and we want it to remain that way until WE say so, not some BS auto back on feature. With this “shortcut” we have to re-shut off items everyday, that is stupid. Hey Apple, we are not stupid robots, we are capable of making our own decisions about the on/off status of our phones’ features. We don’t need the phone to automatically turn s**t back on at 5am! Get this, if something is set on or off, it’s because I f***ing want it that way, and if I didn’t, I would manually make the change. I am in control here, and f*** you for trying to micromanage us. Bring back the mentality of Steve Jobs because you are quickly losing your grip on the market to Google. They are already making phones and computers, and their maps, mail, notes, and data storage all surpass Apple’s versions of the same. Keep this BS up, and you will see your demise real soon.
This was a terrible idea. Also when I try to reconnect to my WiFi it says there is no internet connection try restarting the router and modem. Seriously there is nothing wrong with the connection my computer has WiFi just fine. Seriously WTF.
this sucks. building up their own location database instead of putting users first. and now trying to explain it with this ridiculous message. apple has lost their edge.
When I want things turned off I want them turned off. This is an awful idea
Who In the hell at Apple actually thought this was a good idea
y tho is the question. its so bad
I like To turn off my cellular data and use WiFi for my shoes and stuff. This sucks so bad.
This setting sucks. I loke To turn off my cellular data and use WiFi to watch my shoes and stuff.
Gg new setting not most ppls need it
Who the hell can even think of something as bad as this... When I want it turned OFF, I need it to be turned off until I say so. This just makes me wanna cry wtf apple.
That explained it perfectly well. Thank you!