I usually keep the WiFi off but on my “new” phone, the WiFi adapter will randomly be on when I turn the phone on. So far I’ve tried the following, in order of when they show up in settings:

  1. In advanced WiFi settings, I’ve disabled “keep WiFi on when screen is off” but it seems to completely ignore this.

  2. Turned off WiFi scanning in the location settings.

  3. I checked app permissions but the permission to connect to WiFi either doesn’t seem to exist or it’s listed as something different. (If it’s listed as “change system settings”, I’ve already disabled all of the apps that had that.)

  4. I don’t know if it had any impact on this issue but I did technically do a factory reset but it was for a completely different reason.

I’ve tried “just Googling” it but every article that pops up, either tells me to do something that my phone doesn’t seem to have the options for or it tells me to do something I’ve already tried. The phone is an LG Rebel 4 running android 8.

    • vortexalOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’ve only had the phone for about a week now. Although, it used to be my mom’s and I think she got it around that time. I don’t need a new device because I already have other android devices, one of which being an LG Journey running android 10 that my mom bought me two years ago. The only reason I’m using her old phone is because I don’t like throwing away something that I can still get some use out of.

      If there is nothing I can do about this issue, then I’m just going to deal with it. The phone still works fine for what I need it to.

      • User Deleted@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        3·
        1 year ago

        If you are using devices that no longer get security updates, make sure you don’t do any online banking or store any sensitive information on it.

        • vortexalOP
          1·
          1 year ago

          I don’t have to worry about that because I do everything important on my computer. I only use my android devices for gaming and watching/listening to music/videos, with the only exception being that the LG Journey is sometimes used for phone service because my mom refuses to use any other form of communication when she’s away for extended periods of time. If it was my choice, I’d just talk to her through some Linux compatible messaging app but she’s willing to pay for the phone service, so I just roll with it.

    • vortexalOPEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I already stated it in the post but it’s running android 8.

      • Vlyn@lemmy.mlEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        That was released 6 years ago… so what you have might be a bug that has been long fixed. Or the phone using WiFi for location services (to help GPS).

        Either way, you need to update (custom ROM maybe?) or get a new phone. Using Android 8 is a security risk.

        • vortexalOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I have android devices that are much older that don’t have this issue. The oldest device I use is an HP 7 tablet running android 4.1.2.

          Also, I know that older versions of android are security risks. I don’t use my android devices for anything important. I’ve already stated this in another comment but I use them strictly for either gaming or listen/watching music/videos, with the only exception being that I have an LG Journey running android 10 that is sometimes used for phone service because my mom refuses to use any other form of communication when she’s away for extended periods of time. I’d prefer to just use a Linux compatible messaging app but she was adamant that I have phone service and she’s paying for it, so I’m just rolling with it.