Galaxy S5 Wi-fi keeps dropping out

[Anonymous]

Had a Samsung Galaxy S5 for almost a year now and I love it but recently my wifi has been playing up.

It constantly drops out of wifi onto mobile data then back into wifi. It doesnt matter if im on an app or on the internet, at home or in the office. Its constant.

Even writing this it has dropped in and out 10 times.

Please help

[Cleoriff · Accepted solution]

Ok...One thing to try (credit to @MI5 ) Is to untick the Smart network switch in the Wifi settings menu.

If this works.. then fine...if not, then you will have to wait for MI5 himself 

[MarkPainter]

Oh dear, oh dear oh dear... I am now HUGELY embarrassed!

I was trying various options when I noticed that the WiFi remained solid if I turned off Mobile Data.

One "lightbulb moment" later, I checked the settings and found the useless "Smart Data" switch was turned on.

Now all is sweetness and light and is working perfectly again.

Sorry to have wasted part of yoru Saturday morning...

But at least we now know what it is

[MarkPainter]

Snap! Great minds think alike! Thanks Cleoriff

[Cleoriff]

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@MarkPainter wrote:
Snap! Great minds think alike! Thanks Cleoriff

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See ...even when @MI5 isn't here he can still sort out a problem

(It must be the 'power of Android)....:smileywink:

EDIT: Lets hope the original poster @Anonymous  comes back to see if this works for him...

[Sammy_boy]

Glad you got it sorted! One tip if you find the wifi keeps turning off is to set wifi to be always on in advanced wifi settings. It was set to turn off after a certain time if not plugged in on my note 2, noticed it was dropping to mobile data after a few minutes streaming Internet radio. Luckily found out not long after it had done this so didn't eat through my allowance!

[MI5]

Well done Cleoriff

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:
Well done Cleoriff

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If only........Thanks to you @MI5 (I must make sure I remember this one)

[MarkPainter]

At the risk of boring everyone with my saga, the phone has decided to update again this afternoon.... Fingers crossed....!

[Cleoriff]

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@MarkPainter wrote:
At the risk of boring everyone with my saga, the phone has decided to update again this afternoon.... Fingers crossed....!

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Well if you need him Mark @MI5  is online now so you should be ok...

[anticpated]

I think what a lot of people don't realise is the Android SDK and guidelines can be badly compiled and thrown to the masses still full of bugs even with weeks of testing. Stick on Touchwiz interface and all the stuff that goes with it then something may slip through the net.

My Galaxy S2 would reset my ringtone whenever I muted my handset which was strange because even with all the updates the problem never went away.