Cellular Wi-Fi manager question

My Cricket phone is a slut. I try to teach her abstinence by repeatedly turning off the wi-fi manager she still spreads her antenna for any wi-fi signal out there that says, “Hey baby. Wanna share some data?” . Help me teach her to use a condom and recommend a wi-fi manager that will overrule the Cricket one and only turn on when I want it on.

Are we talking smart phone or a feature phone (i.e. not Android, ios, etc.)?

In general, though, go into the devices settings (rather than some connection manager app) and look for a setting to disable wi-fi. I imagine the wifi manager is just an app that presents information from the devices hardware.

If it’s Android based AND it’s not a battery issue, but just an annoyance with the icon popping all over the place, there should be a place to turn off the notification that lets you know it’s found wifi.

I’d assumed that it’s more a security worry - scammers with rogue WiFi access points is a real thing, and having your phone connect to any WiFi network it finds without asking first is a risk.

I’ve never heard of a Cricket phone, but I can’t imagine anyone would release a WiFi enabled device which doesn’t have some way to disable the WiFi radio.

It’s not a “Cricket” phone per se. Cricket doesn’t manufacture its own brand of smartphone. It just badges a conventional smartphone from J. Random smartphone maker and sells it bundled with their own SIM and a PAYG account.

Here’s their current smartphone offerings. Which are substantial and varied.

OP, it’s not enough to identify it as a “Cricket” phone. What actual manufacturer and operating system?

If it’s an Apple iPhone, there’s a known “malfeature” in the most recent release of the iOS operating system that makes the obvious Wi-Fi toggle control not actually turn off Wi-Fi. Don’t know if that’s applicable here, but if it is, there’s a control buried deeper in the controls to actually turn the Wi-Fi radio on and off, which is the effect you want.

Other than that, my only advice is to learn how to use the controls, because I guarantee you that there is a control somewhere which will turn off the Wi-Fi radio, which is the only way to prevent the promiscuous :dubious: behavior you’re describing, and you just need to learn how to use it. (The control is a toggle, so you’d hit it again to turn the Wi-Fi back on when you’re in a place you can trust the wireless networks.)

If you can be specific with what precise phone you’re using, we might be able to tell you how to get to that control.

(pedantic tangent)
Much as I hate pedantry, I must point out that “promiscuous” actually has a specific defined meaning in the context of computer networking. If you’re curious, google “promiscuous mode”.
(/tangent)

There’s no need to hate pedantry when you’re so good at it. :slight_smile:

I don’t need to google the phrase; I was a network engineer when setting a network adapter into “promiscuous mode” might yield something useful (for network sniffing). With modern switched networks, it doesn’t help. (Port mirroring is the flavor of the decade.)

However, I would argue that the “dubious” emoticon is justified by the rather over-the-top language of OP’s problem description.

Sorry, it was either that or adapting ‘promiscuous girl’ to fit the situation.