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auto wifi ?

  • 21-08-2011 11:28am
    #1
    facebookisevil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi guys (first real post woo!!)
    I am looking for a decent app that will automatically connect to open networks as i am passing
    I have tried wefi and wifi buddy but they dont seem to work as well as i had hoped.
    I am on a rooted Samsung Spica running Froyo.
    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    Ballyman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Ballyman


    Does your phone not do this itself anyway? Go into settings > wireless & networks and click on automatically connect to open networks


  • #3
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    facebookisevil wrote: »
    Hi guys (first real post woo!!)
    I am looking for a decent app that will automatically connect to open networks as i am passing
    I have tried wefi and wifi buddy but they dont seem to work as well as i had hoped.
    I am on a rooted Samsung Spica running Froyo.
    Any ideas?

    Can I suggest you dont do this. Open wireless links make it very easy to steal all your logins for gmail, facebook, twitter etc. Even if you are using SSL, which I hope you are, it is still possible to sniff your credentials using a method called SSL Stripping.

    If I were you, I would only connect to wifi connections in a shop or pub or whatever when they say they have free wifi, and you have to ask for a password. While still not 100% secure, it lessens the risk of having your details stolen.


  • #4
    facebookisevil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭facebookisevil


    Ballyman wrote: »
    Does your phone not do this itself anyway? Go into settings > wireless & networks and click on automatically connect to open networks


    You are right it should ...but it never seemed to work.
    Its all a lil redundant now as the phone wont connect to wifi now at all.
    When I turn on wifi it searches for a few seconds then switches off the wifi again.
    Think I might just have a look for another ROM.
    Running: CyanogenMod 6.1.0-rc1-spica alpha 7.2

    Are there any stable alternatives out there ?


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