So, the iPhone 4 will let you block connecting to the attwifi ssid but only if you are connected to it? Thanks, at least that might present a workaround.
Marshal On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:19 PM, James Philput <[email protected]> wrote: > I've seen it happen a few times with my iPhone 4, generally at or near a > Barnes and Noble or Starbucks. I found that I couldn't find the settings > for that network unless I was connected to it. Then, I could go into > wireless settings, and tell my phone not to automatically connect to the > attwifi SSID. Oddly, I didn't see the usual "Forget this network" button > for that network. > > Regards, > James > > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Robin Wood <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 11 January 2012 18:54, Marshal Graham <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Here is an issue I just recently became aware of. I did a little >> > research and was not able to discover much related to this. If it's >> > already been discussed, I'll apologize in advance. AT&T smartphones >> > will automatically connect to a ssid of attwifi. Several people have >> > verified this by simply setting a ssid of attwifi with no encryption. >> > We have seen iPhone 4, Android, and Blackberry devices from AT&T >> > connect this way. It was also reported that AT&T 3G iPad/iPad2 devices >> > do this as well. On the Motorola Atrix, the AT&T logo appear to >> > indicate you are connected to an AT&T hot spot. iPhone 3GS does not >> > appear to exhibit this behavior. >> > >> > At least some Android devices do have an option to disable this >> > behavior through the settings menu. Aside from disabling wifi, I >> > cannot find this option on iPhone or Blackberry. To be clear, this is >> > AT&T specific. A little Google searching revealed this from May 2011, >> > >> > http://gobitech.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-recently-decided-to-conduct-little.html, >> > but not much else. Either this is not as much of an issue as I think >> > it might be or it has just been ignored. It would seem to fall into >> > the same category as using a ssid of linksys or Free Public WiFi. This >> > could be a little worse since at least some devices give you an >> > indication you are connecting to a real AT&T hotspot. Anyone have >> > thoughts about this? >> > >> > To make sure I give proper attribution, this was originally pointed >> > out to me by Mark Rupright. >> > >> > Marshal >> >> I've not seen this but I'll make sure that I tell Bob to watch out for >> it as he runs Karma while travelling around at the end of the month. >> >> Robin >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
