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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4 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
Kiwi
This worked for me. Looks like the iphone and ipod touch cant handle special signs in the SSID.
Dec 3rd, 2010
Kristina
Good stuff that you managed to resolve it, glad to have helped!
Dec 3rd, 2010
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