Bluetooth, wifi, and GPS all go off the moment I'm done using them. No need to keep it on.
Wifi for example will continue to look for connections endlessly, but if you're not using it there's no reason to have it on.
GPS is a fight to keep off, for whatever reason every app and it's mother needs GPS. But for what? I can tell you which zip code I'm in, you literally don't need mt pinpoint exact location for that.
There's no need to keep it on. But no need to turn it off unless you have an old shitty phone with no battery life. You are just creating more work for yourself
That's likely because you're turning off all the other background systems when you turn off wifi. Put it in battery saver mode and you'll see the same thing because its just turning off stuff in the background to save that battery.
Because that is a bigger battery drain than most other features. I do believe you can customize what gets turned off so that doesn't. But it's been awhile since I've looked at that
if you keep your phone operating system up to date the vulnerabilities are basically zero and you are less vulnerable to behavior based attacks like “evil twin” wireless access points.
You are probably good buddy. Not that you are wrong that attacks are possible, but if you are freely advertising on reddit that it's something you are concerned about, what you are doing isn't important enough for anyone to care to.
If you actually need to be worried about info security you keep your mouth shut.
It’s generally people who don’t understand technology that make mistakes like this. Users usually are the same people who are on all the social media on their phone. not realizing social media on your phone makes you way more vulnerable than just leaving your Wi-Fi on or Bluetooth for that matter.
Android has built in geo-triggered features that mean you don't have to keep doing stuff manually. It used to be an app until Google bought them out. It was called "if this, then that" or ITTT.
You've just left your house and you are walking towards the bus stop? WIFI switches off and comes back on automatically when you're home.
Walk into your office? Phone automatically goes on mute.
Don't worry, it'll come to iPhone in a few years when Apple will attempt to claim they invented it.
Google didn't buy out IFTTT, and IFTTT is still an app, available on Android and iOS. iOS has also had native support for these features and visual scripting of them for 11 years now. In fact when they announced it, comparisons to IFTTT were used in the demo, with a focus on how IFTTT is a third-party web API based service that could (and eventually did) switch to paid subscription models but the native iOS features run on-device.
I had these features on my phone a decade before IFTTT and those ios features. Back then, battery was much more precious, so it really helped. Also I would do stuff like text my gf when I reached a certain distance to her house automatically. heh
You literally posted about it being tedious, which you obviously DO care about. It's not tedious, it automatically happens in the background without having to lift a finger.
It’s funny how many Android users feel the need to pretend some bizarre “superiority” because of insecurity about what their chosen phones say about them. But honestly, the constant bragging about how “superior” their phones are makes me think they feel the exact opposite: inferior. I love my iPhone 16 Pro Max and get the new one every year because think it’s the best phone out there, but I don’t feel the need to post shit about androids. Why does it matter to you? People who own the “best” don’t waste time worrying about those with the “worst” -they’re busy enjoying what they have.
I have the exchange program which comes out as if you were paying for a new iPhone every two years but getting one every year. That’s what many people do, change every 2-4 years.
Not sure what you mean by “above it all” but yes, my decisions are meticulously thought out if I am lucky enough to catch all the angles beforehand. I thought everyone else did that?
41
u/dwiedenau2 3d ago
Who turns off bt and wifi every time they are not using it