com.samsung.android.net.wifi.wifiguider Copy

Recorded on this site with the label "Wi-Fi tips", this is a Samsung system app on Galaxy devices that sits in Samsung's own Wi-Fi namespace alongside the platform Wi-Fi stack. Unlike the Samsung Wi-Fi resources packages documented elsewhere on this site, it is a real app rather than a resources shim: the builds seen here run to between roughly 7.5 and 9.5 MB and declare around 25 permissions. It is Samsung-signed by a single consistent key that the site also records signing the framework package, and it has no launcher icon and is not user-facing in any observation here, which is the pattern for something reached from Settings rather than from the app drawer. Samsung documents a group of Wi-Fi assistance features on Galaxy devices that this app's name and label point at. Under Settings, Connections, Wi-Fi, More options, Intelligent Wi-Fi, Samsung documents switching to mobile data whenever the Wi-Fi connection is unstable and getting notified when suspicious activity is detected on the current Wi-Fi network, and under Advanced settings it documents viewing the apps that have recently turned Wi-Fi on or off. Samsung does not publish which package implements those menus, so treat the link between this package and them as a reading of the naming and permissions rather than a sourced fact. The permission list is the most useful thing to know about it in a managed fleet. The site records it holding ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION and ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION, which Android requires for Wi-Fi scanning (an app targeting Android 10 or higher needs ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION to call WifiManager.startScan or read scan results, and location services must be on); ACCESS_WIFI_STATE and CHANGE_WIFI_STATE; INTERNET and POST_NOTIFICATIONS; WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS, QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES, KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES and REAL_GET_TASKS; NETWORK_CARRIER_PROVISIONING and LOCAL_MAC_ADDRESS; and several Samsung-private permissions including com.samsung.permission.WIFI_DIAGNOSTICS_PROVIDER, com.samsung.permission.WIFI_FACTORY_TEST, two DiagMon permissions belonging to com.sec.android.diagmonagent, and a Samsung Push Service token. Those last few indicate it is wired into Samsung's diagnostics and push plumbing, which is worth knowing where telemetry is a concern, though what it actually sends could not be sourced. Version note: the versions recorded here run from 1.6.02.67 to 1.8.05.297 across target SDKs from 31 to 36 and devices from API 28 upwards, so the app has tracked Android releases rather than being frozen. Samsung publishes no changelog for it and no evidence was found that its role changed at a particular Android or One UI version, so if it did, that change could not be sourced. For Android Enterprise, EMM and kiosk use it has no documented part in enrolment or policy, and nothing in the Android Enterprise or Knox documentation refers to it. If the reading above is right, it is a Wi-Fi assistance and diagnostics helper and the effect of disabling it would be the loss of those Settings entries and their notifications, but whether it also sits in the connection path could not be sourced, and Samsung documents no dependencies either way, so treat it as caution and test on a single device before rolling it out. If the goal is to control Wi-Fi itself rather than the tips, use your EMM's Wi-Fi configuration and restriction policies, which are designed for that and survive updates.

• Connection options for your Galaxy phone or tablet (Intelligent Wi-Fi) - Samsung US Support →
• Wi-Fi overview - Android Open Source Project →
• Wi-Fi scanning overview (location permission requirements) - Android Developers →
• Package provenance for com.samsung.android.net.wifi.wifiguider - Android System App Database →

• Signed by the device maker's own signing key (Samsung), so it is an OEM preinstall, and that single certificate is consistent across all 19 device profiles. It also signs the Android framework, so it is a platform-level key on its device(s). Inferred from the certificate appearing only on Samsung devices (508 packages, 10196 observations).
• Its largest observed manifest declares 25 permissions: 3 runtime (user-granted), 6 signature or system-level, 7 install-time and 9 vendor or uncatalogued.
• Never reported as user-facing, so it runs as a background or system component rather than an app the user opens.