Turn off WiFi, turn on for hours on automatic cell phone

Turning off WiFi when you’re not using it and turning it on only when needed can help save a bit of battery life by preventing data syncing. It will be useful when you go to sleep, if you want to avoid being distracted during work hours, or there is no WiFi, so it would not make sense that the cell phone is constantly scanning or searching for networks.

If you are tired of lowering the notification bar to constantly turn off or on the WiFi, you can automate this task, so that it is deactivated during certain hours and is activated at X time. In some devices that have this feature integrated into their settings. In case your cell phone does not have it, you can use a third-party application, such as WiFi Auto Connect o WiFi Automatic, the Wifi app Auto Off or better yet Tasker, or where you can turn the WiFi on or off depending on the status of the screen (off or on).

Android system settings (NO apps)

Pictures above: Activate WiFi according to schedule on Samsung Galaxy S3 mini with Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). Option Wifi timer (Automatically connect / disconnect from the Wifi network must be activated.

For example, some Samsung mobiles incorporate an option in the Android system settings, Wireless connections, WiFi, Advanced, WiFi timer, which allows you to turn the WiFi on or off depending on the time of day. This tuning is likely to be found on a similar path on other makes and models as well.

In this case, the start and end time corresponds to the time when the WiFi will turn on and off respectively. If both are activated, it means that the WiFi will remain active in that period of time and outside of those hours it will turn off. If you only activate the start box, it will always turn on at that time. If you check only the end box, the WiFi will turn off whenever that time arrives.

Once the WiFi is activated automatically, a notification will appear in the status bar. In the same way when the WiFi hardware is turned off in an automated way.

Wifi Timer Notification

Third party apps

WiFi Auto Connect – Auto WiFi (Descargar): From between varias apps of the WiFi timer that exist in the Play Store, I have tried this one that is updated, it seems the most complete and best rated. It was required on my new Samsung Galaxy S7, which does not have the timer option.

You simply have to activate it and select any of the available conditions. The only thing I need to clarify about it is that it does not turn off the WiFi immediately at the scheduled minute. In my tests it has done it several seconds after the set time.

Bags: Although this is a paid application, it is worth it for its ability to schedule any task, including the ability to turn off the WiFi hardware after a certain time or automatically turn it on at X time.

In this case the program is simple. Tap on the “+” to create a profile, choose “Time” and select the space of time (or the same time). Now click on the return arrow, tap on «New Task» and put any name. Finally, tap on the “+” to add an action, choose “Network”, “WiFi” and indicate if you want to “Turn it off” or “Turn it on”. If you return a couple of times, your profile will already be created and ready to go live at the scheduled time.

If you have problems with these types of apps, try going to the system settings, Applications, Application name. Near the end there should be the “Apps that change system settings” section. Tap there and then enable the “Grant permission” switch.

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