It's not Android option it's Apple. I've never seen any of my Android devices connect automatically to anything. On Jan 12, 2012 9:07 PM, "Marshal Graham" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm positive that I did not have to initiate the first connection to > attwifi. The first time I noticed it was in a McDonald's and I noticed > it later at a Sam's Club. I have never "told" my phone to connect to > attwifi, it does this automatically. This is pretty well confirmed > judging by the number of devices that blindly connect to attwifi and > the presence of an Android option to "Automatically connect to an > available AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spot." > > Marshal > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Chris Frederick <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have heard of this behavior on the iPhone, and from what I know, if > you connect to any wifi the phone will remember the ssid and the mac, if > > it sees these in the future it will auto connect. But attwifi is > different in that it doesn't check the mac, only the ssid is needed. > > > > I have seen that if you do _not_ connect to any attwifi, it won't auto > connect, you need to initiate the initial connection to one. I would > > assume that if you tell the phone to delete the connection while it's in > range, it will stop auto-connecting. > > > > I have a 3GS and a 4S and have tested this a bit. I've never connected > my 4S to attwifi, and it's never auto-connected, but I did on the 3GS > > but I reset the phone before I was in range of a different attwifi spot. > > > > Chris > > > > On 01/11/12 12:54, Marshal Graham wrote: > >> Here is an issue I just recently became aware of. I did a little > >> research and was not able to discover much related to this. If it's > >> already been discussed, I'll apologize in advance. AT&T smartphones > >> will automatically connect to a ssid of attwifi. Several people have > >> verified this by simply setting a ssid of attwifi with no encryption. > >> We have seen iPhone 4, Android, and Blackberry devices from AT&T > >> connect this way. It was also reported that AT&T 3G iPad/iPad2 devices > >> do this as well. On the Motorola Atrix, the AT&T logo appear to > >> indicate you are connected to an AT&T hot spot. iPhone 3GS does not > >> appear to exhibit this behavior. > >> > >> At least some Android devices do have an option to disable this > >> behavior through the settings menu. Aside from disabling wifi, I > >> cannot find this option on iPhone or Blackberry. To be clear, this is > >> AT&T specific. A little Google searching revealed this from May 2011, > >> > http://gobitech.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-recently-decided-to-conduct-little.html > , > >> but not much else. Either this is not as much of an issue as I think > >> it might be or it has just been ignored. It would seem to fall into > >> the same category as using a ssid of linksys or Free Public WiFi. This > >> could be a little worse since at least some devices give you an > >> indication you are connecting to a real AT&T hotspot. Anyone have > >> thoughts about this? > >> > >> To make sure I give proper attribution, this was originally pointed > >> out to me by Mark Rupright. > >> > >> Marshal > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Pauldotcom mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pauldotcom mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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