iOS 4 Wi-fi Oddity
Here’s something weird that’s happened since my upgrade to iOS 4. But first some background as to my condition: I was first running a jailbroken 3GS on 3.1.2 which I upgraded to iOS 4 sans-jailbreak. Eventually after, jailbreakme.com came out and I happily slid to jailbreak my iPhone. That was the background part, on to the what’s happening now part.
At my university, as is the case with many private institutions, wi-fi users need to login with their credentials to gain access to the wireless network. In previous firmwares, this would be simple – my iPhone would connect to the network, I open Safari, and it would automatically load the login page. I login and presto, I have internet access.
Recently, iOS 4 has offered an alternate solution which I’m not a fan of. When I open up the Settings and enter the Wi-fi section, I’m presented with a list of networks, my university’s included. The weirdness starts here. It NEVER automatically logs in anymore. I have to manually select it only to be prompted, in the Settings app via a webpage popup, to login to the university network. Once logged in, I can’t actually access the internet unless I turn off the wi-fi and back on. Weird huh!
I don’t know what it is, iOS 4? Jailbreak? Network? My guess it’s the combination of all three somehow although iOS 4 pulling more weight. That’s my guess anyway and I would be grateful if anyone would share their thoughts and/or remedies. It’s not the end of the world since I at least know how to band-aid the situation but a real solution would be great.
