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LeviFig replied on October 06, 2008 20:14 to the problem "My iPhone isn't automatically connecting to my home wifi network" in Apple:

Just to add a voice to this:

- The iPhone does not automatically connect to WEP key protected networks... for some unknown reason! It actually doesn't "see" them, unless you manually go to the WiFi settings and only there it lists them... No idea why!

- The automatic connections work fine on WPA and WPA2 wireless networks... and that's what you all should be using anyway! WEP is the easiest system to crack and you might as well not use any encryption at all...

So, bottom line is:

1- Switch your wireless networks to WPA/WPA2 ASAP!
2- Apple needs to fix these issues with WEP key wireless networks anyway because sometimes, one doesn't have authority over the system to be used (work, public places, etc...).

Hope this helps.

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Barry replied on August 19, 2008 02:39 to the problem "My iPhone isn't automatically connecting to my home wifi network" in Apple:

I'm having this problem at home (Linksys WiFi same as others) and re-entering the WEP key doesn't help, but when I log into the router and change the last digit of the key (don't need to change the whole password), then make the same change on my iphone, it connects instantly. It's a pain to have to boot up my PC just to change the WEP key every time my iphone has this problem.

DLeigh03 replied on August 14, 2008 00:34 to the problem "My iPhone isn't automatically connecting to my home wifi network" in Apple:

I had a similar problem with my iphone and my linksys wrt54gx4. My iphone picked up the wireless network, but clicking on it didn't prompt me for a password. Rather, the phone just tried to connect, the network would be checked, and then said the network was unavailable. Before my iphone automatically connected with no problems.. not sure what changed that. After tons of time wasted trying to update my phone and router i finally just ended up changing the WPA password as well as changing the name of the network and now it seems to be working fine. Hope it works out for you!

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A comment on the problem "My iPhone isn't automatically connecting to my home wifi network" in Apple:

I am having the same problem! – schmidty, on July 16, 2008 19:29

schmidty replied on July 16, 2008 19:27 to the problem "My iPhone isn't automatically connecting to my home wifi network" in Apple:

I have a similar problem, but mine isn't just home. Any wifi that has a password and is saved, the phone doesn't automatically connect wifi, it stays on 3g evan after i request it to join the wifi.

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Dami replied on June 04, 2008 22:32 to the problem "My iPhone isn't automatically connecting to my home wifi network" in Apple:

I have the same problem, still.

I've had Linksys WRT54GC (small one), and that worked fine for iPhone, my 15" and 17" MacBooks Pro.
The little one died (tried to upload firmware via wireless, something got disconnected and I pulled the plug - it was in the middle of flashing. Lesson learned), and I got new and shiny Linksys WRT310N, firmware was 1.00.01 at that point.

Right away I've tried setting up WPA2-Personal encryption, but I kept having problems with all Apples connecting (Windows machines connected fine). I switched to WEP 64-bit, and both MacBooks started working, but iPhone is still touchy.

I've updated Linksys to latest firmware 1.00.04, no help. iPhone is on 1.1.2, haven't had a chance to update to 1.1.3 (waiting for 2.0 now).

As far as iPhone, it sees the network - if you go to wireless, you just click on my network, and it doesn't ask for passkey (it remembers). It works until you put it to sleep, and then you have to do it again (by sleep I mean pressing the top button).

All other WIFI network I have saved on phone work perfectly fine, all the time, auto-join, etc. Just my home, and of course, this is the one I would like to use the most.

I've tried contacting Linksys, and long story short, they said "not our problem, as everything but your iphone works".

I've tried resetting linksys multiple times, tried different encryptions and passkeys and network names - no luck.

I've also tried forgetting the network and rejoining, no help. I really don't want to completely reset the phone, as I'm always afraid of losing stuff on it.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,
Dami

A comment on the question "What's the best way to get my photos from the iPhone to Flickr?" in Apple:

This is a frustrating workflow and something that Apple really needs to handle better. As a start, they need to stop stripping the exif data.

You may also want to use Image Capture rather than iPhoto to manage your pictures coming from the phone since iPhoto is not friendly about getting at the files. (This comes into play if you initially email from the phone and then later use Flickr's Replace function to put the bigger version of the file up). – MetaGrrrl, on May 27, 2008 00:13

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Nicole replied on May 13, 2008 01:07 to the problem "My iPhone isn't automatically connecting to my home wifi network" in Apple:

I'm having the same problem. In the wi-fi settings, it shows that I am connected to my home network. But the phone uses the edge network rather than wifi. It used to work fine. I have no problems connecting to the home network with imac or macbook pro.

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olga replied on May 10, 2008 05:24 to the problem "My iPhone isn't automatically connecting to my home wifi network" in Apple:

I am having the same problem with my unlocked iphone it says the wi-fi is on but, I can't connect to safari,you tube,itunes,installer, and etc. This sucks so much cause the phone is basically useless. I tried to jailbreak it again but, it didn't solve anything. Can somebody please tell me how i can fix this issue. I really need my internet and everything else to work again.