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O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:20:51 GMT

Hello,

I wondered if any of the guys on here could help me as so far o2 have failed.

I got the Nexus 5 on contract the day it came out and am unable to connect to any of o2 hotspots. I downloaded the o2 WiFi app first which asked me for the sms confirmation and all went fine. When I tried to use my phone at a hotspot it logs on to the WiFi connection straight away and pops up with a notification for me to sign in. Clicking on this brings up the Chrome browser which loads the WiFi home page instantly. It displays at the top Welcome back and my name so obviously knows who I am. I can navigate around the "local" site but can not use the internet.

I have tried various apps after being connected such as Facebook, Chrome and a speedtest app which all state that there is no internet. At a local MacDonalds I used the app Fing to scan the network and sure enough I am on the network with 3 cisco routers and various phones etc. Still I have no internet access but am connected to the network.

On the o2 side my device is shown as registered in my account and in the WiFi section, so far the customer services have just repeatidly told me to go to the hotspot and select "login to my o2" which everytime returns an ssl error.

The hotspots all work fine with my old phone but am a bit stuck why I can connect but am probably not being given dns for some reason.

Thanks

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

MI5 — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:15:11 GMT

I had the same problem a while back when changing phones, my old phone was still registered so I had to reset my connection with O2 https://www.o2.co.uk/apps/help/help?qid=29&q1=26

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:27:53 GMT

I have given it a go but won't be able to test until later today.

I also had the same problem when I got a new number with o2 but they sorted it over the phone. Funnily though my last phone I ported the number to the three network and o2 left it registered with all the hotspots. Wasn't complaining of course.

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

perksie — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 11:27:59 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Funnily though my last phone I ported the number to the three network and o2 left it registered with all the hotspots. Wasn't complaining of course.

You didn't get away with anything, O2 Wi-Fi is free for anyone to use!

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 18:05:09 GMT

I know it is free now but thought when they first set it up it was only for o2 customers??

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 18:08:58 GMT

I tried another hotspot today after doing what you suggested and sadly no it appears to be the same.

One slight thing I have done though is after returning home I still had a MacDonald's WiFi login page displayed so clicked on login using my home WiFi and it opened the page. It asked me to register with a phone number again and sent an SMS confirmation so will need to try again.
At the hotspot the login link had returned an SSL error the same as before.

The page obviously works just not for me on a hotspot and it has always said welcome back and my name so knows who I am etc.

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

adamtemp64 — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 18:18:39 GMT

If you login to the o2 wifi site from a pc https://www.o2wifi.co.uk/my how many devices are listed ?

O2 wifi has been free to all since launch

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 18:47:09 GMT

As suggested by AdamTemp check the number of devices registered to the o2 wifi account, you can have a max of 5 devices linked to a mobile number. You can de-register a device via the app itself by going to "My Account" - "My Device List".

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:08:11 GMT

I just have the one devices added which is my new Nexus 5.

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

adamtemp64 — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:28:10 GMT

ok have you tried deleting it and starting again from scratch again?

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:33:40 GMT

Yes I have uninstalled the app and removed the device from the WiFi webpage. Also "forgot" the WiFi hotspot from my phone.

I did however add the device back in using the o2 app. Maybe try not adding it from the app and use the hotspot may work?? I will try this next time as its worth a shot.

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

jonsie — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 04:19:29 GMT

Yes it's worth trying. Let us know how you get on. Good luck.

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 08:21:20 GMT

Still a no go unfortunately. The homepage loaded and didn't know who I was as I haven't got a device registered. I then went through registration using the hotspot webpage and sent a confirmation SMS. It then does the same as before with saying welcome back and my name on the home page but no internet. As before I am on the network but have had to resort to turning WiFi off in order to connect to the o2 app and send this message.

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

MI5 — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:20:44 GMT

This needs CS to look into it for you.
Give them a free call on 202 and explain the issues and what you've done so far.

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:18:29 GMT

I have but they just said the same thing about going and trying a hotspot again. They did say they would ring back with somebody more technical to talk to me but haven't. Also somebody on the o2 chat said they would get somebody to call me but haven't.

I will try again but don't have much time during work hours to talk. I hope somebody technical is there over the weekend. Sounds like its their end that's the problem.

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

perksie — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:52:07 GMT

Just curious can you log into your MyO2 Wi_Fi account ok here?

https://www.o2wifi.co.uk/my

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:47:29 GMT

Yes I can, this is were I deleted my device when asked to try starting from scratch.
I did notice my device has now shown up as "Android" instead of "Nexus 5" after using the hotspot to register my device instead of the app.

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 19:51:30 GMT

Today I spent about 45 minutes on the phone to the 202 number. Passed from one lady asking me questions such as "is my WiFi on". To then be asked very similar questions by an apparent technical member of staffed who told me the nexus 5 is not supported by o2 WiFi. I refused to believe her but this is how she left it.

Does anyone have any idea how I can actually get this fixed??

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

MI5 — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 20:17:12 GMT

That sounds like a load of crap because they don't know how to fix it 😞

Re: O2 WiFi Hotspot Help

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 20:37:49 GMT

Basically yeah your correct. I did say to her I doubt that's the case cos its just like any other phone and I can take any random laptop to a MacDonald's and jump straight on. There was just a long awkward silence and she just replied "sorry".
I don't care if she isn't that technical I just want to be passed on to somebody who is. The only thing I could get out of her myself is that my Mac address is correct on the system they have their end.