How to Disable WiFi Notification on Verizon Galaxy S3
The Verzion Galaxy S3 variant shows a notification every now and then regarding WiFi. It suggests you to use WiFi network to reduce your bill costs as well as to increase your battery life. Some of the users do not feel this is a good way to remind them about these things, so for those guys, here is a simple solution that will disable the WiFi Notification on their Verizon Galaxy S3.
I. Before You Begin:
1. The following procedure works on Verizon Galaxy S3 only.
2. You must have rooted your device before doing this procedure. Please head to our how to root Verizon Galaxy S3 procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue.
II. Downloading Required Files:
1. Download the SQLite Editor App from here. (Google Play Link)
III. Disabling WiFi Notification on Verizon Galaxy S3:
1. Download and install the aforementioned app on your smartphone.
2. Launch the app from the Menu of your phone.
3. In the app, choose the Settings storage option.
[ Tap Settings storage ]
4. Now, select settings.db option.
[ Tap settings.db ]
5. A few options will appear, hit the secure option.
[ Tap secure ]
6. You will see the content of that file. Just find the line no.86 and long press on it for about two seconds.
[ Find Line 86 ]
7. The Action menu will appear with some of the actions you can perform with the file. Choose the Edit Record option.
[ Tap Edit Record ]
8. You can now change the content of that file. In the value field, erase everything and set it to 0.
[ Enter value 0, tap Save ]
9. Hit the Save button to save the changes you made.
10. Exit the app and reboot your phone.
There you go ! You won’t get that WiFi Notification anymore as you’ve gotten rid of it. Cheers !
Credit for the screenshots goes to Droid-Life.
If this procedure helped you, then please head to the Droid-Life website to thank/donate to the original developer of this trick !
Doesnt work on Verizon S3. No line 86. And I don’t see that name in the secure file anyware.
It’s on line 10. Still doesn’t seem to work on vzw S3 for me either even though I’ve had it set for a while now. Several apps always request wifi if there’s a signal in range.
Did you save the file after modifying the values? After modifying the file, just do a reboot and it should work fine.
Look for wifi_offload_network_notify (record 101) in the system db as well and set it to 0. I’m reading on XDA that this may be necessary as well as using anycut instead of some of these other apps. Going to give this a try before trying the anycut method.
Shame on Verizon for making such an annoying feature. I can’t wait to load custom ROM to not have to see that stupid notification all the time, it’s too intrusive. IF i want WIFI, i will enable it when i feel like it.
That’s why an annoyed user has found out this way to disable the WiFi notification. If you follow the above procedure, you won’t need to move to any other ROM to get rid of that pesky WiFi notification.
A much easier way that worked for me is to dial ” *#6335623# “. A menu will appear. Select Disable WifiOffloading. Simple as that.
ya the method described in the article is a waste of time. it should be deleted and this posted.
The above method does work, therefore we’ve it on our site. As @c4d92eb975804ef677366337c3756cdb:disqus says that that number method worked for him, it doesn’t mean it works for all the users out there.
The above procedure works greatly and even Droid-Life has it on their site.
I keep getting this annoying GPS tracker app that pops in and asks me to get this app. Is this the same thing or do I have to do something different to get this to stop? BTW I found your site to be extremely helpful, any advice you can give me would be appreciated.