Re: iPad vs iPhone WiFi Question

On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:05:21 -0500, "cee" <>
wrote:

>I have an iPhone 4s and an iPad-1 with 3G//WiFi. I don't have WiFi at
>home so i have gone to a friend's to use his WiFi.
>I entered the password and the iPad connects just fine. However, the
>iPhone won't. I enter the same password, and sometimes the little circle
>keeps spinning in settngs, and sometimes it says I'm connected there, but
>the indicator at the top of the screen never changes from 3G to WiFi. The
>iPhone connects to WiFi just fine at other places such as Starbuck's, etc.
>
>Why would the iPad connect okay but not the iPhone? I put in the same
>information. Could it have anything to do with the WiFi being Verizon Fios
>and the phone is AT & T? But then, the iPad is AT & T too as far as my 3g
>account goes.
>
>Any thoughts on this? Any solutions? Seems very odd.
>
>Thanks muchly!

I haven't had this problem. Does your iPhone connect to Wi-Fi
elsewhere?

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

"Howard Brazee" <> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:05:21 -0500, "cee" <>
> wrote:
>
>>I have an iPhone 4s and an iPad-1 with 3G//WiFi. I don't have WiFi at
>>home so i have gone to a friend's to use his WiFi.
>>I entered the password and the iPad connects just fine. However, the
>>iPhone won't. I enter the same password, and sometimes the little circle
>>keeps spinning in settngs, and sometimes it says I'm connected there, but
>>the indicator at the top of the screen never changes from 3G to WiFi.
>>The
>>iPhone connects to WiFi just fine at other places such as Starbuck's, etc.
>>
>>Why would the iPad connect okay but not the iPhone? I put in the same
>>information. Could it have anything to do with the WiFi being Verizon
>>Fios
>>and the phone is AT & T? But then, the iPad is AT & T too as far as my
>>3g
>>account goes.
>>
>>Any thoughts on this? Any solutions? Seems very odd.
>>
>>Thanks muchly!
>
> I haven't had this problem. Does your iPhone connect to Wi-Fi
> elsewhere?
>
> --
> "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
> than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
> to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
>
> - James Madison

Yes, it does. The iPhone connects to WiFi fine at other locations, just
not at this one, while the iPad does connect at this particular location.
Seems kind of odd.

In article <WbadnVdJkKpONZLSnZ2dnUVZ_r->, cee
<> wrote:

> Yes, it does. The iPhone connects to WiFi fine at other locations, just
> not at this one, while the iPad does connect at this particular location.
> Seems kind of odd.

then it's probably the router.