Automaticcally re-enable Wifi ?

Stephan-P

I'm experiencing problems with the automatic wifi connections and I'd appreciate some assistance in getting around this.

My P7a has got the latest GOS stable release
Network preferences: Automatic enable wifi is ENABLED
Network preferences: Turn off Wifi automatically: 5 minues
I've got two wifi connections: Home and Work
Each Wifi connection is configured to Automatically connect

Yet, upon arriving at home or at work, Wifi is not automatically enabled and I'm left at the internet connection via Mobile data.

What is missing to make this automatic Wifi enabling happen?

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Stephan-P

I believe you will have to leave location turn on. The phone should be able to know when it's at home or work.

83639273

Stephan-P I believe the GrapheneOS feature (turn off automatically after timeout) overrides the automatic connection

Stephan-P

Further on my P7a:

Settings: Location is ON

Apps with Location privileges Always:

Google Play-services
MacroDroid
Macrodroid Helper

Apps with Location privileges during use:

Camera
Google Play Store
Maps
Vanadium
Vivaldi
WifiAnalyzer
Yellowbrick

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Stephan-P

My work is saved but I still have to manually connect because there is a button on their connection page I have to tap.

Lukas

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/2016

Known limitation of not having a network-based location service in the OS.

Stephan-P

I would not consider this issue solved.

So, what am I to do to get my much desired Automatic re-enable WiFi when near a known WiFi connection?

Can Google Play services be of assistance here?
I've been trying to get a Macrodroid Geofencing macro running, but that's rubbing into problems as well....
Is there no other option than to keep the WiFi ON 24/7?

de0u

Stephan-P Is there no other option than to keep the WiFi ON 24/7?

At present maybe leaving it on and manually toggling might be the available options. Is there a specific concern with leaving it on?

PaulDavis

de0u battery drainage, and being tracked when out shopping etc are immediate thoughts

de0u

PaulDavis battery drainage, and being tracked when out shopping etc are immediate thoughts

I think for many users battery life depends more on which apps are running and using the network than on power usage by Wi-Fi while not connected. I can get multiple days on a full charge.

While out and about,the GrapheneOS Wi-Fi setup, which does aggressive MAC-address randomization, among other things (see: Wi-Fi privacy), is not believed to be a noteworthy tracking risk. The sole exception would be if a device is aware of one or more so-called "hidden" Wi-Fi networks, which force the device to continuously leak information about those networks ("hidden" Wi-Fi networks are a privacy risk and, if used, should probably be deleted from the device immediately after use -- see, for example, "Hidden Network" on this Apple page explaining why their devices warn users about "hidden" Wi-Fi networks).