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Automatically switch to network data when wi-fi is slow?
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<blockquote data-quote="pavinder" data-source="post: 1879628" data-attributes="member: 82224"><p>I have had an annoying problem since I first bought my iPhone 12 Mini. Wondering if there’s a setting I can change to get around it.</p><p></p><p>Whenever I login to a wi-fi network (especially public wi-fi), it is generally a lot slower than my mobile network speed. It's fine for browsing the internet, sending email etc. but if I’m trying to watch a video, download a podcast etc. things grind to a halt but Wi-Fi-Assist doesn't seem to activate. I have to manually turn off wi-fi to let the video load over my mobile network. And then once the video is loaded I have to manually switch wi-fi on again to use the free public network again. It’s a real hassle.</p><p></p><p>It seems that once I have a wi-fi connection, the phone will ONLY use this (regardless of how slow it is) and ignores my paid - and fast - mobile data connection. I have Wi-fi Assist switched on. I thought this is what Wi-Fi Assist was meant to do: to default to wi-fi but if it’s slow, then switch to my mobile data instead - without me having to manually intervene all the time. But it's clearly not doing it properly.</p><p></p><p>Is there some kind of setting for the speed threshold or timeout of Wi-Fi Assist to get it actually working?</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance for any suggestions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pavinder, post: 1879628, member: 82224"] I have had an annoying problem since I first bought my iPhone 12 Mini. Wondering if there’s a setting I can change to get around it. Whenever I login to a wi-fi network (especially public wi-fi), it is generally a lot slower than my mobile network speed. It's fine for browsing the internet, sending email etc. but if I’m trying to watch a video, download a podcast etc. things grind to a halt but Wi-Fi-Assist doesn't seem to activate. I have to manually turn off wi-fi to let the video load over my mobile network. And then once the video is loaded I have to manually switch wi-fi on again to use the free public network again. It’s a real hassle. It seems that once I have a wi-fi connection, the phone will ONLY use this (regardless of how slow it is) and ignores my paid - and fast - mobile data connection. I have Wi-fi Assist switched on. I thought this is what Wi-Fi Assist was meant to do: to default to wi-fi but if it’s slow, then switch to my mobile data instead - without me having to manually intervene all the time. But it's clearly not doing it properly. Is there some kind of setting for the speed threshold or timeout of Wi-Fi Assist to get it actually working? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. [/QUOTE]
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