Cannot stop phone from auto-reconnecting the XFINITY wifi hotspots.

I'm having the same problem.  Will be looking for a new carrier if this isn't fixed soon.

Samwathegreat I believe you may misunderstand the issue. I have had the problems you refer to for years as a AT&T customer. I was a Comcast customer with a AT&T phone with the xfinity app installed on my phone and logged in.  My phone would connect to xfinity hotspots and many time have had to turn off wifi because the xfinity hotspot was too weak. You may be able to fix that problem by uninstalling all xfinity apps.

My problem and I am sure a number of others in this thread happened after installing a new xfinity gatway. My phone would autoconnect to the XFINITY hotspot and I would not be able to download pics on text messages. Doesn't make sense to me, but that's what happens. And even though I went into setting and disabled autoconnect on the XFINITY hotspot it would connect. So by disabling the hotpots on my xfinity gatway I solved my problem.

I've been plagued by this problem as well... although up until now it's only been an issue when I'm driving in my truck, and as such I'm out of range sooner than I can investigate what's going on.

Thanks to the COVID-19 scare, and now that I'm working from home, this problem has resurfaced.  I just happened to find under "Setting > Wifi > Advanced > Hotspot 2.0 (second to last option) >  Xfinity Mobile" a button slider for "auto reconnect".  This is on a Samsung Note10+, running Android 10, security patch level Mar 1, 2020, Build number QP1A.190711.020... and my software update says I'm on the most current version.

I hope this helps others, so far it's worked for me (going on two hours without an auto-connect attempt)

Have all these possible workarounds been tried? 

- Disable/remove the APN/profile that was loaded the first time you ran the hotspot app (I'm actually not sure how to do this).

- Delete the xfinity hotspot app.  Not sure if this will remove the APN/profile.

- Disable wifi before driving?    (Wifi "privacy violations" occur constantly as you drive and can used to track your movements by the sequence of SSIDs that you encounter in your travels.    Also it wastes massive battery for the wifi radios to constantly be talking to every wifi/SSID that it encounters in your travels, unless you like aggressively looking for xfinity hotspots.)

I see most or all of the issues described in the posts above on my xfinity mobile handsets, but I mostly like the current behavior.  (I keep cellular-data OFF so as to avoid paying a penny extra for optional ads & optional tracking, and to hoard all the available cellular-data for my spousal-approver.)

"I just happened to find under "Setting > Wifi > Advanced > Hotspot 2.0 (second to last option) >  Xfinity Mobile" a button slider for "auto reconnect".  This is on a Samsung Note10+, running Android 10, security patch level Mar 1, 2020," 

@TurboGT 

Thanks for the suggestion.  However, I did try this and my Note 10+ still connects to xfinitymobile hotspots....

***** Edit ****** my method below does not work. I thought I was on to something, but it's a no go. Sorry if I led anyone down the wrong path. It seems like  Samwathegreat might have the most viable solution thus far, I am just too apprehensive to try to root my phone at the moment. Would love to though.

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People who do not suffer from this problem, although we appreciate their caring and effort, they simply won't be able to help. It's up to those of us who have this problem to figure it out, as Comcast is clueless.

My current strategy on my Samsung S9 is this:

Settings>Apps>(three dots at the top right)>Show system apps>

Look for 2 different apps

1. Xfinity Wifi Connect (or something equivalent) - uninstall this POS.

2. Carrier Wifi - go in and disable this POS, doesn't seem like we can uninstall it.

The following I can confirm does NOT work, however it can't hurt in my opinion:

Settings>Connections>Wi-Fi>(three dots at the top right)>Advanced>Hotspot 2.0>Xfinity Mobile

Turn off "Auto reconnect"

Any standard Android user will tell you to just "disconnect" or "forget" the Xfinity wifi next time you are connected. This in theory works, except for two problems:

1. It only forgets the current MAC address of the Xfinity access point you are connected to, not all SSIDs labeled "xfinity" or similar

2. I have seen it happen on my own Xfinity-provisioned modem/router, the MAC address can change after a reboot/reset/or remote operation by Comcast technician, which gets us problem number 1 as above all over again.

Basically, Xfinity support is useless, but hey when you subscribe to the only provider in town, there isn't much choice unfortunately. I hope my steps above can help us crowd-fix this issue if we can just figure out what to disable.

I can say with 100% certainty that if these settings do somehow work, they will need to be performed each time Samsung issues an OS update. Everytime the OS gets updated (seems to be monthly recently), all of the Xfinity-related apps and settings return to their default from the carrier.

Best of luck everyone, I am glad someone started this thread and I am not the only one out there trying to browse the internet on the bus but not able to because I keep handshaking/disconnecting from random Xfinity hotspots out there. I appreciate that Xfinity offers them, I just do not want to be force-fed them.

First, thanks for the input.  However, none of these worked for me.  My device is a Samsung unlocked Note 10+, and it has no Xfinity apps on it, at all.  And disabling the setting in Wifi/advanced/hotspot didn't help, either.  The only reliable solution for me is to disable WiFi every time I leave the house....

Fwiw, there seem to be scattered reports of other Samsung Note owners having the same issues on other carriers which offer wifi hotspots.    Also fwiw I have not seen the issue on my samsung S8 lately but did see it in the past.    best regards..

Same problem here. Nowhere in settings to turn this off, and support is beyond worthless. They suggested that I go to the store to escalate this DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC!

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@secured2k1 wrote:
For iOS devices, check for a profile installed by XFINITY. Removing it will allow you to disable auto join or forget the network, however you may not be able to connect to the password protected XFINITY network automatically. Non-passworded WiFi like xfinitywifi should still work if your device MAC is registered with Xfinity. Connecting to XFINITY WiFi may prompt for a user/pass for your account.

Settings -> General -> Profiles -> XFINITY WiFi -> Remove Profile.

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I'm using a unlocked, originally AT&T, iPhone 6 and this is driving me crazy too. Seems like it should be possible to disable it, since this phone doesn't have any Xfinity software on it, but under Settings>General>Profiles there is nothing.

Yikes that's terrible news. Even on a rooted phone we are still seeing this behavior! How come more people aren't upset at this?

I will keep investigating Tasker. I wish there was a way we could implement a blacklist of SSID names. Anything with "xfinity" would get blocked.