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iPhone doesn't want to auto-join 1 network

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Scott90

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I have a problem connecting to one specific network, and i seem to be the only one having this problem. Other iPhone 4 users that I know have no trouble at all. The problem: whenever I want to join the university's wifi network, it wants me to authorize. When I put in my login credentials it works, but I have to put it in every time I want to connect to it. I keep setting auto-join to ON, but when I go back one screen, it's switched back to OFF again.

I have tried to reset network settings and a restore from backup, both didn't help. I don't want to do a full restore, since I want to keep my contacts, app data, texts, etc.

Anybody with a possible solution? I am jailbroken on 4.1, waiting for an unlock, so updating isn't really a solution either.
 
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Actually, friends of mine that have iPhone 4's don't have the same problem, so I don't think it's a network issue..
 
Try resetting your network settings. I've had that fix this problem for me in the past.

Settings->General->Reset->Reset Network Settings

Of course this means you will have to re-enter ALL of your router passwords... so make sure you have them all before you do it.
 
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Thank you, but I've done that several times, but it keeps doing it (or rather: not doing it)...

edit:
Just tried it again, still nothing. I did just notice that it doesn't give me the option of forgetting that network, even though it automatically forgets it after every disconnect.
 
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That would mean I'd lose all my contacts, texts, etc. I don't really see that as an option..
 
I've got exactly the same issue with the commonly used eduroam university network on my iPhone 4.

I have tried resetting the networking and this has no effect.

I origanally had an iPhone 3GS which had no issues with this network, but having copied all the settings to the new phone it now prompts me for a username and password each time. I have spoke to a number of other iPhone 4 users who are all on the same software version and they have not see the same issue.

The iPhone 3GS which I had has been totally erased and reset and passed to colleague of mine, they do not connect to the eduroam network, but they are having exactly the same issue connecting to a WPA keyed network, that I previously connected to using that phone without any issues?

I've just updated the OS on my IP4 today so will see if this make any differance when I'm working at Uni tomorrow.
 
I'm now on version 4.3.1 (8G4) and have retested it today and there's no change.

Ideas?
 
ifixed my auto join

i had the same problem with my home network. I checked forget this network and then turned phone off. I turned phone back on and than auto joined the same network. I than turned phone off again and when i turned it back it auto joined.
 
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