how to stop continuous wifi scanning
dennisnoval
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My Galaxy S5 sometimes drains its battery by incessant wifi scanning. I've tried everything listed under wifi advanced settings.  No change

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Re: how to stop continuous wifi scanning
GalaxyClass
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Go back into settings and  to Wi-fi. press the three bars in upper right screen. Go to Advanced and uncheck "Always allow scanning", and uncheck Wi-Fi notifications.  Also under Keep wi-fi on during sleep, check "only when plugged in" . This will save your battery from the scanning drain.

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Re: how to stop continuous wifi scanning
GalaxyClass
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Go back into settings and  to Wi-fi. press the three bars in upper right screen. Go to Advanced and uncheck "Always allow scanning", and uncheck Wi-Fi notifications.  Also under Keep wi-fi on during sleep, check "only when plugged in" . This will save your battery from the scanning drain.

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