Dear readers. I just did some sidework of technical support. As I live in the Netherlands and currently am visiting my parents in Sweden, wifi is the lifesaver to avoid all of T-mobile’s extra fees. I hope this post will save you time and trouble. All comments and questions are very welcome. You will find a summary below.
Issue:
When trying to connect iPhone 3G (software updated to English version 3.0) to a (Swedish) wireless network on a Netgear router with SSID including a special character (in this case “ä”), then iPhone 3G does not find/detect the network.
Analysis:
Tried turn wifi on/off. Tried switching between airplane mode on/off. Tried rebooting iPhone 3G. Tried changing wifi signal between “b and g”/”b”/”g”. Tried broadcast the network. Tried removing the WPA encryption. Tried connecting a HP laptop to the troublesome network, which worked fine. Tried connect to another wireless network in the same area which worked fine with the iPhone 3G.
Outcome:
When changing SSID, removing the special character “ä”, then iPhone 3G finds the network also with WPA encryption and connects/works excellent.
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2 Comments, Comment or Ping
Andrew
Hello, I had problem with join to any Wi-Fi network after 3.1.2 jailbreak and unlock. If you are using official iphone, you shouldn’t get this trouble. But fortunally I’ve solved this problem by doing this” : On your iPhone 3G and 3GS, navigate to Settings –> General –> Reset –> Reset Network Settings, after reboot you’ll be able to join WiFi network.
Dec 4th, 2009
Kristina
Hi Andrew,
Thank you for the feedback. I did try that advise additionally, but made no difference. Actually I had not jailbroken my phone by then either I believe. But I guess we can all have different troubles.
Feb 16th, 2010
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