Available wifi networks won't update when changing location

REPRODUCIBILITY: Every time
OS VERSION: 5.0.0.29
HARDWARE: Jolla C2
UI LANGUAGE:Swedish
REGRESSION: –

DESCRIPTION:

When I change location to a place with other wifi networks in the surrounding, the phone won’t update the list of available wifi:s. I need to turn off wifi on the phone and then turn it on again to update the list.

PRECONDITIONS:

You need to move between two places with different wifi networks in the surroundings.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. turn on wifi and connect to a wifi network at the place where you are situated
  2. move to another place with other surrounding networks
  3. try to fin a network to connect to in the new place and find that the list of available networks won’t update.
  4. now, turn off wifi on the phone and then turn it on again - you’ll find the network list has been updated to a current one.

EXPECTED RESULT:

It’s expected that the list of wifi networks update continuosly when new networks appear.

ACTUAL RESULT:

The wifi network list won"t update automatically.

MODIFICATIONS:

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

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Can confirm.

Also, if you have the Wifi button in Top Menu, it will show the last network that has been connected to, even though that is long “gone”.

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Can confirm too. But it’s not always like that. Sometimes work great.

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Thanks for reporting. This is a known issue currently. The easiest workaround is turning WLAN off and on in top menu.

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I sometimes also have this problem on Xperia 10 III (running Sailfish 4.6.0.15).

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