There are many Huawei users reported an issue about annoying WiFi scanning popup on their device. The issue has been reported on Huawei P10, Huawei p 20 proHuawei Honor 9 liteMate 10 lite & many other devices.

Whats the Actual problem?

The main issue is that it automatically scans for WiFi network even when your device’s WiFi is OFF. So users are seeing this kind of popup message again and again. This popup showing up again and again, even if you click OK or click Cancel. If you keep your WiFi turned on, this popup disappears. But if you turn your WiFi off. This popup starts annoying you.

Annoying wifi scanning popup on Huawei Devices

How To Stop this Popup

As per the currently working fix, suggested by officials, that you should follow this steps as a temporary solution. Huawei is currently working on this bug and maybe it will fix in next OTA update.

Temporary Solution to fix WiFi Scanning Popup:

  • Go to Setting
  • Now Select Wireless and Networks > WiFi
  • Select WiFi+ and switch off it.

Once you follow these steps, you will stop seeing that annoying popup again and again on your Huawei device.


Another Solution suggested on xda-developers.com forum is as follows:

When you see popup next time, select the Cancel button and Go to Setting > Security & privacy > Location services > The three vertical dots > Scan settings, turn off WLAN scanning.

Once you do that, now uninstall Google Play service update as this problem is caused by incompatibilities between Google Play services of version 12.8.74 or later & the device.

To UNinstall Google play service updates, follow the steps:

  • Go to SettingApps & notifications > Apps
  • Now Select MoreShow system processes > Google Play services
  • Now Tap on the three-dot menu at the top and select Uninstall Updates

You may not see that location or path until you have the latest version of Google Play service installed on your device.


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