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Silencing the “Want to Join?” Messages
Sometimes, you might be bombarded by those “Do you want to join?” messages
at a time when you have no need to be online. You might want the
iPhone to stop bugging you—to stop offering Wi-Fi hot spots.
In that situation, from the Home screen, tap SettingsÆWi-Fi, and then turn off
Ask to Join Networks. When this option is off, the iPhone never interrupts your
work by bounding in, wagging, and dropping the name of a new network at
your feet. In this case, to get onto a new network, you have to visit the aforementioned
Settings screen and select it, as described next.
The List of Hot Spots
At some street corners in big cities, Wi-Fi signals bleeding out of apartment
buildings sometimes give you a choice of 20 or 30 hot spots to join. But whenever
the iPhone invites you to join a hot spot, it suggests only a couple of them:
the ones with the strongest signal and, if possible, no password requirement.
But you might sometimes want to see the complete list of available hot
spots—maybe because the iPhone-suggested hot spot is flaky. To see the full
list, from the Home screen, tap SettingsÆWi-Fi. Tap the one you want to join,
as shown below at right.
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