does anyone with an androdi have this problem. I turn off searching for wifi cuz i want to use my data but like 5 mins later it tries to connect to wifi again.

what phone, probably just you.

What are you doing to turn it off? Use the settings menu.

my phone is a galaxy. i just drop down the menu at the top and click the wifi icon so it changes from blue to white

Check your actual settings. You might have it set to automatically connect to wifi once it becomes available

Go to Settings and shut down the WiFi and see if your problem continues.
If it does it most likely a software problem so backup all your information and then Reset to Factory settings.
If that didn't help, it might be a problem in the device itself that control the WiFi component.

If got questions, feel free to PM me

tryed a restart?