The way the PB handles saved wifi networks is appallingly stupid
- I travel often and take my PB with me frequently, so I amass a wide range of wifi connections. It is ridiculous that when I come home, the PB decides to disable the one that I use the most (my home wifi) making it a good 5-10 minute chore to go through the other wifi networks, delete them, re-enable my home wifi connection and connect to it. It's pretty dumb to decide to disable the one connection that you're connecting to once you hit your limit - why can't you disable any of the other ones instead that I'm not currently using? What is the point of disabling wifi connections - to save on storage room?
On the contrary, my Blackberry 9700 is much smarter and more intuitive with how it works. It will tell me the maximum number of wifi profiles has been reached, but will let me connect to the wifi network anyway, probably randomly disabling another one or letting me temporarily use the wifi network.
I know it's nitpicking, but for a person who travels and uses a new wifi network almost every day it's really annoying. Is there no way to "protect" a wifi network so it never gets disabled - ie my home, office, girlfriend's home, etc...08-08-12 09:56 PMLike 0 - I usually just delete a wifi profile immediately after using it if I know I wont be needing it again for another six months or so. I travel a lot too. I just like tidy lists.08-08-12 10:45 PMLike 3
- I travel frequently in the states and into Canada with my work PB and except for a couple of instances I've never had an issue connecting with the several networks I encounter. I've actually had more problems when I was using laptops. I'm not saying that some don't have problems but it's obvious that not all PBs do for some reason. I'm more suspectful of settings than software. We have 6 other PBs at work besides mine,that travel and only one has caused us any problems with wifi. That stopped after the 2.0 update.PatrickMJS likes this.08-09-12 11:27 AMLike 1
- LOL we had a service client get irate and frustrated last week because HIS S3 wouldn't connect to OUR network. I don't know if it was his settings, software or firmware, but nothing he tried worked. That doesn't make his S3 a bad device, it just means it's not perfect. NO device is perfect.PatrickMJS likes this.08-09-12 11:36 AMLike 1
- I keep mine on" Available networks" and have quite a few saved. All I have to do is turn the WIFI on and the PB just connects to the one in range with no problems.08-09-12 04:18 PMLike 0
- The point is that you shouldn't need to do that. Why should we adjust to RIM, they should be adjusting to us :/08-09-12 04:27 PMLike 0
- Why should they be adjusting to us? Isn't it their product? Okay, we buy it and then it's ours to make work, but it's still their product. As has been said in this thread, no product is perfect. You get what is going to fulfill your needs the most and work around what isn't convenient. I sometimes wonder whether the modern consumer ever deals with a small thing called life.08-09-12 05:47 PMLike 0
- Yeah, I'm experiencing WiFi (WPA2) for the first-time, with a saved network @ restaurant I frequent... driving me crazy!08-09-12 06:06 PMLike 0
- Take that argument to the iother side and see what the results are there. You have no clue how good you have it by supposedly "conforming" to rim. If anything you have conformed to the limitations of a tablet.08-09-12 07:04 PMLike 0
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If it's the same in Canada and States.. then OP can travel with an extra SIM.08-10-12 01:09 AMLike 0
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