How to Avoid Keep Having to Turn Wi-Fi On and Off on the iPhone – Use Speedify to Combine Wi-Fi and 4G / 5G Cellular Data at the Same Time
If your iPhone Wi-Fi keeps turning on and off, or the only way to get your iPhone back online is flicking Wi-Fi off and on yourself, the phone is not reconnecting the way it should. That happens when the Wi-Fi signal has faded at the edge of its range, or the hotspot you joined has lost its own internet service, and iOS keeps that dead network selected.
Speedify is an app that runs an iPhone’s internet across Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular together, so the phone stays online while the Wi-Fi is failing. That needs both connections: with Wi-Fi alone, Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and cannot stop the Wi-Fi from dropping. If the Wi-Fi is up but crawling, see how to fix slow internet on iPhone. Everything below covers why the off-and-on trick appears to work, what to change in iOS, and how Speedify removes the habit.
Speedify keeps your devices online when Wi-Fi drops.
How to Keep an iPhone Online Without Turning Wi-Fi Off and On
- Download Speedify from the App Store on your iPhone (iOS 17 or later).
- Open Speedify and create a free account (the free tier includes 5 GB per month), or sign in.
- Keep Wi-Fi on and turn on cellular data as well.
- Connect. Speedify uses Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular at once and moves your traffic to the working one when the Wi-Fi drops.
- Use your iPhone as usual, with no need to turn Wi-Fi off and on.
Why You Have to Turn Wi-Fi Off and On to Get an iPhone Back Online
You are not the only one doing this. Turning Wi-Fi off and on makes the internet work again for a moment, but it does not fix the cause. An iPhone should stay online when you need it, over Wi-Fi or 4G/5G cellular.
The reasons you have to turn Wi-Fi off and on to restore the internet come down to the strength of the Wi-Fi signal, the hotspot itself (a bad Wi-Fi hotspot with no internet behind it) or iPhone settings.
Why iPhone Wi-Fi Turns Itself Back On
Turning Wi-Fi off in Control Center only disconnects the iPhone from Wi-Fi networks until the next day, or until you go somewhere new; Wi-Fi then turns back on by itself. To keep Wi-Fi off, switch it off in Settings > Wi-Fi instead.
How to Fix iPhone Losing Wi-Fi Internet Connectivity
Apple has a list of steps to follow if you keep having to turn Wi-Fi off and on to get your iPhone back on the internet:
- Check the Wi-Fi signal: are you too far from the router or hotspot?
- Make sure Wi-Fi is turned on in Settings > Wi-Fi.
- If the Wi-Fi network has a password, make sure you entered the right one.
- Restart your iPhone.
Here are some more things you could try that have worked for some iPhone users:
- Turn on Auto-Join for the Wi-Fi network you are connecting to.
- Forget the Wi-Fi network and join it again.
- Reset your iPhone network settings.
Two more checks: update iOS in Settings > General > Software Update, and if the drops happen only at home, restart the router and check your internet provider’s status page for an outage.
If none of that holds and you are tired of toggling Wi-Fi, Speedify takes a different route: Speedify keeps 4G/5G cellular running next to the Wi-Fi.
How Speedify Keeps an iPhone Online When Wi-Fi Keeps Dropping
The way to stop frequent iPhone Wi-Fi disconnects from interrupting you is to use Wi-Fi and cellular at the same time, so losing one does not cut you off.
Speedify does exactly that: it lets you take advantage of both Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular at the same time, so you stop having to turn Wi-Fi off and on. Speedify was designed to keep you connected to the internet when one connection fails.
Speedify does not just switch between Wi-Fi and cellular. Unlike Wi-Fi Assist, which moves you to cellular only after the Wi-Fi has failed, Speedify monitors the quality of each internet connection in the background and can combine a Wi-Fi connection and a cellular connection into a single connection, for a faster, steadier internet connection. When one drops, Speedify keeps the same public IP address, so a call or a logged-in app carries on.
Speedify can also prioritize sending data over Wi-Fi to keep your cellular data use low. If something happens to your Wi-Fi network, you stay connected over cellular until the Wi-Fi works again. Speedify helps the same way when your iPhone won’t join your Wi-Fi in the first place.
Speedify Also Encrypts iPhone Traffic Like a VPN
Speedify also encrypts your traffic like a VPN, using advanced encryption to keep your data safe. Speedify works differently from traditional VPN apps that slow down your internet: Speedify sends data to and from the VPN server over several connections at once. On a single connection, Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and can be a little slower.
Speedify runs on iPhones and iPads with iOS 17 or later. Check the current system requirements on the download page.
If you are tired of turning Wi-Fi off and on, use Speedify to keep Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular working together on your iPhone. Get Speedify now from the App Store.
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