Can the WIfi SSID be edited/deleted

It appears the iphone/touch remembers all WiFi spots ever connected.

Is there a way to see it's list of SSID's. I'd liked to delete some and
edit others

Thanks

Terri

In article <4cf831f5$0$14649$(E-Mail Removed)>, Terri Smith wrote:

> It appears the iphone/touch remembers all WiFi spots ever connected.
>
> Is there a way to see it's list of SSID's. I'd liked to delete some and
> edit others

the short answer is no.

unfortunately, the only way to delete a network is have it show up (or
one with the same name) and then tap the forget this network button in
the configuration panel.

the long answer is you can extract the appropriate .plist file from a
backup and look at the list of networks. if you have jailbroken the
phone, you can edit it and copy it back (and get the file itself
directly).

Terri Smith wrote:
> It appears the iphone/touch remembers all WiFi spots ever connected.
>
> Is there a way to see it's list of SSID's. I'd liked to delete some and
> edit others

The short answer is yes, but you need to jailbreak your iphone, and ssh
into it nd hunt for the file that contains this. I had found it a while
ago, but don't recall exactly where it is now.

On 12-02-2010 19:46, nospam wrote:
> the long answer is you can extract the appropriate .plist file from a
> backup and look at the list of networks. if you have jailbroken the
> phone, you can edit it and copy it back (and get the file itself
> directly).

Can't you edit it, return the edited copy to the backup,
and then restore ?

:-)

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In article <4cf86448$0$30116$c3e8da3$(E-Mail Removed) om>, JF
Mezei <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> > It appears the iphone/touch remembers all WiFi spots ever connected.
> >
> > Is there a way to see it's list of SSID's. I'd liked to delete some and
> > edit others
>
> The short answer is yes, but you need to jailbreak your iphone, and ssh
> into it nd hunt for the file that contains this. I had found it a while
> ago, but don't recall exactly where it is now.

there's no need to jailbreak unless you want to edit the file.

In article <id9oom$fuc$(E-Mail Removed)>, Wes Groleau
<Groleau+(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> > the long answer is you can extract the appropriate .plist file from a
> > backup and look at the list of networks. if you have jailbroken the
> > phone, you can edit it and copy it back (and get the file itself
> > directly).
>
> Can't you edit it, return the edited copy to the backup,
> and then restore ?

probably could, but that's easier said than done.

i use an app called iphone backup extractor to get at the individual
backup files, but that only goes one direction. to put an edited file
back, you'd need to figure out which of the thousands of files in the
backup folder is the right one (over 7000 files in mine for reasons i
cannot even begin to fathom), and then copy it back in the proper
format (it's not a .plist in the backup).

On 12-02-2010 22:39, nospam wrote:
> there's no need to jailbreak unless you want to edit the file.

i.e., unless you want to do exactly what the OP said
he/she wants to do.

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In message <4cf831f5$0$14649$(E-Mail Removed)> " Terri Smith" <ts8
at soalex.us> was claimed to have wrote:

>It appears the iphone/touch remembers all WiFi spots ever connected.
>
>Is there a way to see it's list of SSID's. I'd liked to delete some and
>edit others

It's also worth noting that you can delete them all (along with other
"stuff") using "Reset Network Settings"

On 12-02-2010 22:49, nospam wrote:
>>> > > the long answer is you can extract the appropriate .plist file from a
>>> > > backup and look at the list of networks. if you have jailbroken the
>>> > > phone, you can edit it and copy it back (and get the file itself
>>> > > directly).
>> >
>> > Can't you edit it, return the edited copy to the backup,
>> > and then restore ?
> probably could, but that's easier said than done.

True. And it's equally easy to say, "if you have jailbroken the
phone, you can edit it and copy it back"

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"DevilsPGD" <Still-Just-A-Rat-In-A-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
In message <4cf831f5$0$14649$(E-Mail Removed)> " Terri Smith" <ts8
at soalex.us> was claimed to have wrote:

>It appears the iphone/touch remembers all WiFi spots ever connected.
>
>Is there a way to see it's list of SSID's. I'd liked to delete some and
>edit others

It's also worth noting that you can delete them all (along with other
"stuff") using "Reset Network Settings"

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Thanks for all the comments. Didn't want to start over, just wanted to
change the SSID but keep the original [manually entered] password which
I''ve now forgotten.