WiFi Auto Connect

[Mikey47]

My old G2 (even with the latest update) would auto connect to WiFi networks flawlessly - even if the network required authentication or acceptance of terms and conditions.

I have two networks that you G4 stubbornly refuses to auto connect to - at work and at a hotel. Withe the G2 it would connect and I'd get a notification to "Click to login into XYZ network". I'd click that and either accept the terms and conditions or I'd provide credentials (or if my lease on my IP address was still valid it would just connect).

On my G4, I have to open wifi settings, it will show the network with a "can't auto connect message". I then have to click on it, then click connect, then finally it starts the connection process.

Is this just the way it works with the G4, or am I missing some auto connect setting somewhere?

 

[VW Maverick]

See if this can help ya: http://forums.androidcentral.com/am...roubleshooting-wi-fi-connection-problems.html

Mav.

 

[Mikey47]

See if this can help ya: http://forums.androidcentral.com/am...roubleshooting-wi-fi-connection-problems.html

Mav.

Yeah, I tried all those previously. I don't see anything in that list specifically speaking of auto connect. Once connected everything works awesome.

I guess I'm just lazy and don't want to have to do the extra 4 clicks to get connected.

 

[lostchild]

Interesting because I experienced the same thing on a weekend trip. I stayed at 2 different hotels with WiFi portal. The G4 would connect after I entered the login info (room number/coupon code). But if I leave the hotel and come back, it would not auto connect. I have to manual click to connect but it would work without asking for login. I thought it was just those 2 hotels, but maybe it is will all the WiFi connections that goes thru a portal on the G4. I didn't have to do this with iPhone or my Galaxy Note 2.

 

[anon(782252)]

In the only hotel I stayed at since owning the G4 I didn't have any issues. Once I logged in initially, the G4 auto connected back to the Wi-Fi once I was back in range. I was there for 5 days and didn't have to manually connect once after the initial log in.

 

[Msean_owensby]

This could be an issue with Android itself. From what I've gathered Lollipop has some WiFi issues, among many others. Maybe M will fix this for you.

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[Mikey47]

The more I use the phone, I'm finding this to be all over the map... Sometimes it works perfectly, sometimes all I have to do is connect to wifi through the settings, and sometimes I have to shut wifi off and turn it back on.

But in all honesty, this is my only gripe against the phone!

 

[lostchild]

When it doesn't auto connect, I would see the WiFi icon on the top right side but with an exclamation mark even after authentication with the hotel WiFi portal. I was wondering about that.. WiFi was working perfectly but the icon still has a warning mark.

 

[Nylana237]

I have this exact problem with our open Wi-Fi at work. It seems to only happen with unsecured networks. When I first connected to it I got a message that it was "unable to autoconnect to this type of network." I have no problems with any secure networks autoconnecting. I know this isn't a Lollipop limitation because the S4 I had before this G4 worked as you described, and would autoconnect and prompt me to accept the terms. Is this something LG has done for security? Or some other setting?

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[Nylana237]

I figured it out. In 5.1 there's a change to wifi auto connect. It checks the wifi connection for internet access. On a lot of open wifi, until you accept the terms on the browser page, there is no internet access. On some phones there is an option to ignore that there is no internet access and connect anyway. I looked at my old S4 and it had a check box in the advanced wifi options to ignore no internet. That option seems to be missing from the G4.

 

[Mikey47]

I figured it out. In 5.1 there's a change to wifi auto connect. It checks the wifi connection for internet access. On a lot of open wifi, until you accept the terms on the browser page, there is no internet access. On some phones there is an option to ignore that there is no internet access and connect anyway. I looked at my old S4 and it had a check box in the advanced wifi options to ignore no internet. That option seems to be missing from the G4.

Hmm, I'll have to go back to my G2 and see if that option is there (it certainly worked just fine with the it).

I sure hope this gets fixed and the option is given back to us again. It would seem like this option would be most appropriate on the individual wifi network - there may be some I want to connect to automagically and others that I don't.

 

[Lyle85213]

I found the solution on my LG G4 phone. Go to Settings->Wi-Fi. Click on the options menu in the upper right hand corner of the screen (three dots vertical) and select Advanced Wi-Fi. Scroll down the page and check the box for Avoid bad W-Fi connections. One more thing; click Manage networks and set the networks you want to connect to. Now when I leave the work wi-fi network and come back I get connected automatically. Hope it works for you.

 

[Aflaaaak]

I found the solution on my LG G4 phone. Go to Settings->Wi-Fi. Click on the options menu in the upper right hand corner of the screen (three dots vertical) and select Advanced Wi-Fi. Scroll down the page and check the box for Avoid bad W-Fi connections. One more thing; click Manage networks and set the networks you want to connect to. Now when I leave the work wi-fi network and come back I get connected automatically. Hope it works for you.

I just checked the box and will see if that helps, but just have to remember if I'm doing something data-intensive when I'l in the weaker range of my router that I don't use a huge chunk of Network data without realizing it.

 

[bluerobin]

I had the same problem with all my wi-fi's at work. I would have to manually connect to one of them and then do the login that didn't exist. When Sprint sent out the upgrade to Marshmallow, that fixed it all. Now I auto connect to all my wi-fi's with no problem and it stays connected so much better than before. I was very frustrating up until the update. I think patience is the best thing for this issue, I tried many different things and nothing worked for me.