iPhone Won’t Connect To WPA Network

I’ve had the annoying problem ever since I got my iPhone that I finally resolved today.  Basically, we have a corp0rate wireless network that is WPA secured.  My iPhone detects the network automatically, but when I put the TKIP password in, it says it can’t join the wireless network.

I tried to create a manual one under “Other”, but I kept getting the same error.

I couldn’t tell the iPhone to “forget” the network since I hadn’t joined it yet.

The secret here is to reset all your network settings by going to Settings / General / Reset.

In this menu, select “Reset Network Settings”.  Accept the warning and a reboot will happen.

Now, go back into wireless settings and even though your network might be picked up automatically, do not configure it.  Go to Other and set it up manually selecting the appropriate type of WPA authentication.  That should do it.

Now I can connect my iPhone to SharePoint.  Perfect.

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23 Responses to “iPhone Won’t Connect To WPA Network”

  1. Brandon Says:
    November 2nd, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    Thanks man! This worked for my girlfriend’s iPod touch. Saw your link in a forum. Thanks again!

  2. Sanci Says:
    November 30th, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    I had the same problem and it worked for me too! Thanks :)

  3. vivi Says:
    December 10th, 2009 at 1:57 am

    Many thanks i just click on “forget this network setting and it worked” Cheers, vivi

  4. Sinéad Says:
    December 22nd, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    Cheers for this, got this working! :)

  5. Brock Says:
    December 29th, 2009 at 12:14 am

    Thank You SOOOOOO Much… I was beginning to get very frustrated!! It works great now =)

  6. Nolonger Frustrated Says:
    January 3rd, 2010 at 10:57 am

    Thanks! A simple fix but it would have taken HOURS and HOURS for me to even think about it!

  7. kiran Says:
    January 20th, 2010 at 3:39 pm

    What about WPA2 and AES , can you please post the fix for this as well.

    Thanks alot in Advance…

  8. dp99 Says:
    February 3rd, 2010 at 4:33 pm

    Didnt work for me unfortunately :(

  9. Burke Says:
    February 3rd, 2010 at 4:45 pm

    Kiran

    I’m sorry, but I’m not a networking expert, so I don’t know what the official stance is for support on those two different kinds of encryption. I rather stumbled on this fix for me by happenstance.

    dp99

    I’m sorry it didn’t work for you. I actually had to do it twice if I recall correctly before it worked for me.

  10. Lorraine Says:
    February 7th, 2010 at 3:28 am

    Many thanks – had to do it twice -but it worked!!

  11. Cambero Says:
    March 21st, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    Woohoo! Thanks you!

    But I had to do the automatic option, manual was not working for me.

    Again, thanks.

  12. eliot Says:
    April 6th, 2010 at 11:09 am

    heyy your awesome thanks :)

  13. ron Says:
    April 11th, 2010 at 5:25 am

    Thanks you so much! I’ve been trying to fix it for so long. :) You were a great help!

  14. chris Says:
    May 27th, 2010 at 9:42 am

    WIN!! Great job!

  15. Matt Webber Says:
    May 29th, 2010 at 5:00 am

    Worked a treat for me on a WPA2 network, iPhone 3GS.
    Thanks for sharing!
    Matt

  16. Bill Says:
    May 31st, 2010 at 10:01 am

    We went to my mother’s for Memorial Day weekend. The kids tried to hook up the iPod touches and my iPhone to her network and couldn’t get on our own. This did the trick. I wanted to pass on another thanks for sharing. This is what it is all about. Knowledge may be power, but sharing is even more powerful.

  17. Irish Says:
    August 4th, 2010 at 5:37 am

    Thanks man!! I also fixed my girlfriends iphone with this. Awesome fix man :)

  18. miko Says:
    November 9th, 2010 at 3:15 am

    thanks man ur great my wifi router and iphone is working great cheers!!!! ^_^V

  19. Nick Says:
    May 29th, 2011 at 7:50 am

    Nup, didnt work for me… still getting the “failed to join “networkname” ” Frustrating as all hell… just trawling the internet for answers!

  20. Stephanie Says:
    July 30th, 2011 at 9:53 am

    thanks so much!! this worked right away! kudos to your helpfulness :)

  21. Mr. Lou Says:
    August 8th, 2011 at 11:38 am

    Thanks for posting this info to everyone

  22. Daniel Says:
    August 25th, 2011 at 12:03 pm

    Hello,

    I can’t tell you how happy I am right now. You made my day!

    Your tip solved a problem for me with connecting my iPhone and
    an iPad to my wlan.

    I had this problem for such a long time, apprearing randomly.

    T H A N K Y O U S O M U C H

  23. Gráinne Says:
    January 21st, 2012 at 1:53 pm

    Thanks!!! Saved me much frustration and hassle!!

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