How to Disable Samsung’s ‘Smart Network Switch’ to Avoid Too Much Data Usage

You sit in a restaurant or cafe, trying to surf the web via your phone. Being the informed user you are, you are connected to Wi-Fi to save the data. Suddenly, the Wi-Fi public stops working. But you need not worry, because the “Switch Smart Network” feature on Samsung phones automatically switch to a wireless connection when Wi-Fi is too low.

Basically, when the phone detects a problem with the Wi-Fi, it will stay connected, but the use of mobile data in place, at least until the Wi-Fi is stable again. It is a great option to have on. But it is also not without its drawbacks.

This will obviously use more use mobile data. If you are one of many people who choose to use as few moving data as possible to save money, Switch Smart Network is probably a disadvantage, not an increase. As it is not technically disconnected from the Wi-Fi network, it still shows that there is an active Wi-Fi connection, despite the use of mobile data. So basically you have no way to know when using Wi-Fi or mobile data, and your usage can soar, without realizing it.

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If this sounds like you, here’s how to disable the function.

How to Disable Samsung’s ‘Smart Network Switch’ to Avoid Too Much Data Usage

Okay, with that out of the way, the first thing you want to do is jump in the Settings menu by pulling down the notification shade and tapping the gear  icon.

One of the first options in this menu should be “Wi-Fi”. Go ahead and open it.

In the upper right corner of the Wi-Fi menu, there is a button that reads Tap “PLUS”. What, then select “intelligent network switch.”

This will bring up a dialog box with a brief explanation of this Smart Network will switch with two options: “On” and “Off”. select the right one for what you are trying to do here, which should automatically close the . box.

Here you are finished.

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Other than using additional data, Switch Smart Network may cause problems in trying to implement features like Chromecasts-because they communicate over Wi-Fi for the installation process, but the Chromecast does not provide data its own, the phone detects it as a weak connection and switches for mobile data. This effectively cancels the process set up Chromecast, since the phone is connected. To solve this problem, simply disable Smart Network switch when configuring the Chromecast, then you can reactivate it. Easy peasy.