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Why S6 edge cannot detect hidden wifi I have the SSID and Password?

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connect to open wifi is no issue.
try add network enter network SSID and security WPA/WPA2/FT PSK. and enter password but noting appear
 

B. Diddy

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Re: why S6 edge cannot detect hidden wifi I have the SSID and Passward

Welcome to Android Central! Have you tried unhiding the SSID in the router settings, then making the initial wi-fi connection on the phone, then going back to the router and hiding the SSID again?
 

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Re: why S6 edge cannot detect hidden wifi I have the SSID and Passward

Try this:
Set security encryption to WPA2/AES. Do not use WEP, WPA2/TKIP or WPA2/AES/TKIP.

Unhide the network and try to connect. If it works, you can hide the network and try again.

Personally, if making the network SSID visible makes it work, I'd leave it that way. Hiding the SSID really does nothing for security. It's the password that matters.

Android user since v1.0. Linux user since 2001.