Forget a Wi-Fi network [updates for webOS 2.x] 12
by Adam Marks Mon, 21 Mar 2011 9:12 pm EDT
Once you connect to a Wi-Fi network, webOS will remember that network and will always try to reconnect to it once that network is back in range. In webOS 1.x, in order to tell your phone to "forget" that network and not reconnect to it, you needed to actually be in range and connected to that network. While that webOS 1.x process will continue to work in webOS 2.0, new functionality has been added to that you now have access to a list of all your stored networks, along with the ability to delete that network (along with any associated security settings) at any time.
To forget any stored network from your device:
- Open the Wi-Fi app from your launcher, or just swipe-down on the top-right of the screen to open the “Connections Menu”, select "Wi-Fi", then tap on "Wi-Fi Preferences"
- From within the Wi-Fi app, swipe-down from the top-left of the screen to open the Wi-Fi Application drop-down menu and select "Stored Profiles"
- In the list of stored networks, just swipe any network off the screen to delete it from your device
- Swipe-back to return to the Wi-Fi
12 Comments
Sure. We're not all downtrodden cynics.
Whether Sprint will get one is definitely up in the air though.
This is not new to 2.x. If you go into WiFi preferences and select the network you want, scroll to the bottom, there is a Forget Network button. (Vzw Pre Plus running 1.4.5)
right.. As I said in the article: "While that webOS 1.x process will continue to work in webOS 2.0, new functionality has been added so that you now have access to a list of all your stored networks, along with the ability to delete that network (along with any associated security settings) at any time."
In 1.4.5, you can not delete a network from your stored profiles if you are not in range of that network!
I just tested it and I can "forget" a saved wifi connection without being in range of it. As OptimusI said, I just selected it and scrolled to the bottom for the option. The only thing I dont have, obviously, is the "stored profiles" list that 2.0 gives. I also have a Verizon Pre Plus at 1.4.5. Dont know if that makes a difference. Is there a patch that had that option added like those "advanced" patches? I dont remember not having that option.
I believe that Advanced Preferences patch added the stored profiles option in 1.x. This is not a standard feature
I would be shocked to see new devices so I put webOS 2.1 on my old device :-)
Actually yes:
http://pdnblog.palm.com/2011/02/mojo-and-enyo-two-great-opportunities/
"we are extending our free Pre 2 program to all qualified developers"
Y'know, while deleting the profile is great, it would be even better if HPalm fixed wifi so that it worked with corporate networks. iOS can do it, Android can do it, Windows Phone 7 can do it, WebOS, err, can't.
How dare you call anyone cynical who is still here, still using WebOS and still hoping HP will take its fingers out of it dino ears and listen to the people who want the product they promised! NOW...not in 6 months when everything else has surpassed it...the only future HP have atm is the future EVERYONE else is laying out for them to follow!
Push the envelope HP and be the shepherd...not the sheep!
red.
Hi Adam,
great tip, tried it on my Pre3 (yes, I'm a happy European :-) ), but still having issues reconnecting to my once-known wifi network. It keeps giving me the "IP configuration failed" error. All my other devices connect prefectly, so I know for sure it's not my wireles router, my WEP key is correct, etc. I have the impression the router wants to assign me a different IP address, but the Pre3 won't accept it.
Any ideas?
Thx!
Werner.