Samsung A32 hangs onto unusable wifi signal and can't find option to fix...

[JimS]

Samsung A32. When I am leaving and about half a block from my house my phone is unusable until I manually turn off wifi. Seems like it should switch automatically as the cell signal is good here but I have found numerous other complaints about this. Apparently there used to be a setting that would address it but it has been removed in more recent versions. I saw some suggestions for Tasker app and have thought about getting it before (forget exactly what I was wanting to automate). Figured I would see if anyone here had any suggestions. TIA.

 

[ano]

Yeah, that is pretty much how it works. iOS has a feature called "Wi-Fi Assist" which says "Automatically use cellular data when Wi-Fi connectivity is poor." Anything like that in Android?

 

[JimS]

Yeah, that is pretty much how it works. iOS has a feature called "Wi-Fi Assist" which says "Automatically use cellular data when Wi-Fi connectivity is poor." Anything like that in Android?

Not that I have found. From what I have read earlier versions of Android had something like that but apparently it isn't there in recent versions. I only found others complaining about the same issue. Seems crazy there isn't a setting that would fix it. When I google it I get many places that say manually turn off wifi and turn it back on. I shouldn't have to do that. As I understand it in Tasker you can set up rules such as if wifi signal level is below x then turn off wifi and then turn it back on. Android won't start connection if wifi is poor but it keeps it if already connected. Tasker can also do things based on location or many other things so seems like a useful program for other things too. But I haven't gotten it yet.