Why does HTC Incredible S turn Wi-Fi on by itself?

Question

Sometime after latest official update to Android 4.0 phone began to switch Wi-Fi on by itself when being in sleep mode (or maybe at other times).

Reproduction: turn off the Wi-Fi, leave it in a Wi-Fi enabled area (there are open networks, but no which I would like to use), and next time I look at phone it shows this notification "There are open networks" and has the Wi-Fi enabled.

The reason I'd like to disable this behavior is phone likes to connect to some saved public Wi-Fi's when I'm on the move and browsing via 3G, thus disrupting the loading of pages. So I usually turn Wi-Fi on and off manually.

Wesley Wiser · Answer 1 · 2012-11-15T20:51:52.023

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I don't have a Incredible S but the steps should be similar:

Go to Settings->Wifi->Overflow Menu Button->Advanced->Keep Wifi on during sleep->Never.

edited Nov 15 '12 at 20:51

answered Nov 15 '12 at 18:30

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It's strange. I'd like it would be off in sleep if it was off and on in sleep if it was on. How do I do that? – Michael Pankov Nov 15 '12 at 19:05
@Constantius You probably want "Never" then. I've updated the answer to reflect. – Wesley Wiser Nov 15 '12 at 20:52
Unfortunately, it makes Wi-Fi switch off in sleep independently of it's state before sleeping. – Michael Pankov Nov 18 '12 at 16:05

Why does HTC Incredible S turn Wi-Fi on by itself?

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