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Mar 11, 2015 11:56 AM in response to TJBUSMC1973by Dskillic ,Thanks Mr TJBUSMC1973,
I admittedly did not read the terms of use and was unaware that Apple does not monitor this. I wasn't trying to anger people in this forum, more trying to get some actual feedback from Apple on the subject as it is apparent this has been an on going issue for several years based on the timeline of this forum. I will be careful to phrase my comments more appropriately in the future.
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Mar 17, 2015 8:22 PM in response to Lawrence Finchby frankxiv,Not quite. It actually follows the steps listed here: How iOS decides which wireless network to auto-join - Apple Support
When iOS evaluates SSIDs to auto-join, it prefers known networks, higher levels of security, and stronger relative signal strength (RSSI).
iOS will try to connect to networks in this order:
- The private network it most recently joined
- A private network
- A hotspot network
If iOS finds more than one network, it evaluates SSIDs by security level and chooses one based on the following order:
- Private network: EAP
- Private network: WPA
- Private network: WEP
- Private network: Unsecure/open
- Hotspot network: HS2.0/Passpoint
- Hotspot network: EAP
- Hotspot network: WPA
- Hotspot network: WEP
- Hotspot network: Unsecure/open
If iOS finds multiple networks of identical type and security level, it chooses the SSID with the strongest RSSI.
Auto-joining after a restart
After a restart, iOS Wi-Fi credentials are available only after you unlock your device.
On iOS 7 and earlier, if a device is restarted near both open and secure networks, the device auto-joins the open network because secure network credentials aren't available until the device is unlocked.
After a restart on iOS 7 and later, the iOS won't auto-join an open network first because it waits until after the device is unlocked.
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Apr 14, 2015 4:26 PM in response to frankxivby RJax1211,The really sad thing is Android devices all have a WiFi manager bakee in that let you remove stored WiFi settings and set the preference order. I like the IOS and Apple's gear; but I wish they'd stop trying to hide everything.
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Jul 1, 2015 8:27 AM in response to RowdyAudiby DebeeG,Great idea! I did just that and hopefully it works.
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Aug 6, 2015 12:59 PM in response to Monsignor Paoloby Boemski,Thanks for sharing this tip! It worked for me!
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Nov 9, 2015 8:31 AM in response to TJBUSMC1973by John Prokos,Apple does participate. When they read something they don't like they remove it.
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Nov 9, 2015 8:41 AM in response to John Prokosby Lawrence Finch,John Prokos wrote:
Apple does participate. When they read something they don't like they remove it.
WRONG. Apple does not participate. There are moderators ("hosts") who maintain order, but they have no relationship to Apple's development or engineering teams, and they do not read posts or responses unless a post is reported to them by a regular user-member for review. They will then read the actual post and decide if it violates the Terms of Use. Any user with more than 150 points has a button to report a potential TOU violation.
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Nov 9, 2015 9:01 AM in response to Lawrence Finchby John Prokos,In every practical sense you are correct.
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Nov 9, 2015 10:01 AM in response to John Prokosby deggie,You could have saved some typing by just going with, "You are correct".
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Nov 9, 2015 11:10 AM in response to deggieby John Prokos,You could have saved yourself some typing too.
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Nov 9, 2015 11:41 AM in response to deggieby John Prokos,The point is Apple employees are moderators therefore they do participate/involve themselves in these conversations. Any editing or deletion is an involvement. Saying they never have and never will is just silly.
However,
If your point is that these forums aren't an Apple-User to Apple-Company line of communication… that's generally understood by everyone here,,, and it's snarky when "High Level" contributors repeat it over and over to users who are obviously frustrated, and looking for "community support" here in the forums. Instead, they find unpaid Apple missionaries who are loathe to complain about any Apple product for fear of annoying their master (how does this point system benefit you again?). I think many users would like to see a group effort to put pressure on Apple to fix what's broken. It's not effective when many people try to explain their apparently disparate issues using the "proper channels". Using those channels, we are individuals. Here, we are a community.. Power to the People!
Seriously.
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Nov 9, 2015 11:44 AM in response to John Prokosby deggie,Except Lawrence said they get involved to moderate and never said "never have and never will". So he wasn't the party that said anything "silly".
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Jan 9, 2016 7:05 AM in response to trentbrownby Daniel Stonek,What about WE (I mean US, the users) decide what order to set?
Teach us, warn us, let us decide!
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Mar 26, 2016 1:42 PM in response to Dskillicby robertfromplainview,I was able to set my wifi priority by changing my network name to begin with 001 and the result is my network went to the top of the list.
I read that Apple wifi priorty is alphbetical and this did it.