Hidden WLAN SSID is not reconnectin when in range/doesn't work on initial setup

[mcdaniels]

Hi,
just got my FP3 today and recognized, that if you try to connect to a hidden WLAN it simply does not work.

If I choose to not hide SSID it works even when hiding the SSID again.

But: If you leave the range of the hidden WLAN and come back some time later, it is not reconnected / found.

[ChuckMorris]

Did you enable the “Advanced settings” and set “Hidden network” to “Yes”?

[mcdaniels]

I am missing this settings… Cannot find it.

[ChuckMorris]

I don’t own a FP3, but a FP2 with Android 9 (LineageOS). Not sure if the settings menu is the same:

[mcdaniels]

Unfortunatly none of these settings here.
But thanks!

[mcdaniels]

So I wonder whether only I have got this issue. I reproduced it yesterday. If I connect to a WLAN which is not hidden it works, but if the WLAN i connected before is hidden, the FP3 is not reconnecting to this WLAN.

I am aware that a hidden WLAN (SSID) is not more secure as the phone continuously spreads out the SSID of the hidden WLAN, but I think hidden SSIDs are common, so this should work. Perhaps it is only a little OS issue.

[torsten0007]

Got my Fairphone3 yesterday. I was a little sad that hidden wifi is not going to work.
With not hidden wifi eyerything works fine. Any ideas or new facts?

[mcdaniels]

Hi, so this is not only happening to me… Unfortunatly no ideas at the moment. Hope for a fix.

[AnotherElk]

What about this here? …

FP3: Wifi connection problems, no IP

I had the same issue when i got my FP 3 . My home wifi has a hidden SSID and did the following to fix it: *update system firmware *Under wifi settings *press add network *choose advanced settings *scroll down and select hidden network yes *type in hidden ssid name and password WPA key. hope it helps ! love this phone!