iOS 7 Connecting to "Forget this Network" Networks

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iOS 7 Connecting to "Forget this Network" Networks

Is anyone else finding an iOS 7 device is connecting to a wi-fi network for which you have previoulsy selected "Forget this Network?"

I have now experienced this on both my iPad and iPhone running iOS 7. I tried selecting "Forget this Network" several additional times, but the device continues to connect to the forgotten network.

I have recently tried "Reset Network Settings" (under Settings/General/Reset). For now, that seems to have fixed the issue on both devices, but I'm not sure if it will stick.

Posted on Nov 8, 2013 9:55 AM

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Ralph9430

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Nov 8, 2013 10:02 AM in response to Brian Smith5

Turn on "Ask to Join Networks"

Settings > Wi-Fi > Ask to Join Networks > Turn on

Then when the iPad discovers the network you can turn down the request to join the unwanted network.

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Brian Smith5 Author

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Nov 8, 2013 11:39 AM in response to Brian Smith5

Update: "Reset Network Settings" did not fix it. My iPad just joined the forgotten network on its own.

I'll try "Ask to Join," although I hate that setting becuase I then get constant alerts about nearby wi-fi networks.

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Brian Smith5 Author

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Nov 8, 2013 2:48 PM in response to Brian Smith5

Further update: Changing the setting "Ask to Join Networks" did not fix the issue either. (This is not too surprising, as the problem is that the device is treating the forgotten network as a known network.)

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Ralph9430

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Nov 8, 2013 2:57 PM in response to Brian Smith5

Interesting. Try quitting the Setting app then reset the iPad. You never know.

Double click the Home button to show the screen with running and recently used apps. Each app icon will have a sample page above it. Flick up on the page (not the app icon) and the page will fly away and the app icon will disappear. This quits that app. Then reset your device. Press and hold the Home and Sleep buttons simultaneously until the Apple logo appears. Let go of the buttons and let the device restart. See if that fixes your problem.

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Demo

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Nov 8, 2013 3:08 PM in response to Brian Smith5

Brian Smith5 wrote:

Further update: Changing the setting "Ask to Join Networks" did not fix the issue either. (This is not too surprising, as the problem is that the device is treating the forgotten network as a known network.)

Not surprising to me either because that has absolutely nothing to do with your problem. As far as I know, all that does is make the iPad ask you if you want to join an unknown network that it "sees" as opposed to you manually selecting unknown networks.

In neither case does that relate to known networks and the terminology even states that in the settings...."Known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available"...

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Brian Smith5 Author

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Nov 9, 2013 1:18 PM in response to Ralph9430

Ralph9430 wrote:

Interesting. Try quitting the Setting app then reset the iPad. You never know.

Double click the Home button to show the screen with running and recently used apps. Each app icon will have a sample page above it. Flick up on the page (not the app icon) and the page will fly away and the app icon will disappear. This quits that app. Then reset your device. Press and hold the Home and Sleep buttons simultaneously until the Apple logo appears. Let go of the buttons and let the device restart. See if that fixes your problem.

Yeah - that was the first thing that I tried a couple of days ago (before all the other things discussed above).

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Brian Smith5 Author

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Nov 13, 2013 9:27 AM in response to Brian Smith5

Solved: It was iCloud keychain.

iCloud keychain includes wi-fi access points and passwords. (See e.g. http://gigaom.com/2013/10/24/iclouds-new-keychain-service-remembers-more-than-it -can-manage/ ).

Because my laptop was connecting to the forgotten network, the login information was populating to the iPad and iPhone, and the iOS was treating it as a known network.

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