Hotspot wifi - other wifi getting in the way

I have this annoying problem. All sorts of wifi signals get in the way of my iPhone, which tries to connect to them instead of staying on 3G. I clearly see the message "wifi not available while your phone is a hotspot", but my iPhone seems to be trying to connect to them anyway. This slows it down a lot.
(when away from home and not using it as a a hot spot, I just turn wifi off)
Thank you

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Restart phone
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Restore in iTunes using a backup
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There are a couple of things that are unclear from your first post, confusing the issue:
"when away from home and not using it as a a hot spot, I just turn wifi off"
Why do that if you have access to free WiFi?
Also, if you have access to external WiFi, why use your phone (and data plan) as a personal hotspot when you can connect whatever other device you're using directly to that WiFi source?

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