Problems with setting up new Apple I-phone

[Bayard]

Jeez! Give me my Android any day.

Mr. Bayard was shipped a new Apple I-phone for his new job. I'm supposed to set it up for him. I have never had an Apple product. Been working on it all day and its making me kind of crazy.

I've finally gotten to the screen where its wanting my wifi password. Problem? I put the passwords for everything into the Memos on my android phone. It wiped out all those files last weekend. I've tried a couple different recovery websites now, and nada.

Any help, my technological friends?

[Phoenix61]

1. Is it your router or are you renting it?nt

[Bayard]

3. My router

[wryter2000]

5. I couldn't remember my router password once

And the Direct TV tech found it printed on the router. Try looking there for something that looks like your password.

And once you find it, write it down in several places. I'll never lose mine again.

[Bayard]

6. There is a password on the router

But I think it got changed to something else, because its not working.

[CloudWatcher]

11. router login password ...

Just a guess, but the password printed on the router might be what's needed to login to the router instead of your wifi password.

[CloudWatcher]

9. factory reset

Usually routers have a reset procedure where you can reset it to factory defaults. Then connect to it with a web browser and set it up again.

Not something to do if you don't have to, but it's an option

Being careful not to lose passwords is much simpler!

[CloudWatcher]

7. WiFi network names and password are set in the router

You "should" be able to login to the router (with a web browser) and change the names and passwords of your wifi networks. The details are specific to the kind of router, but it's usually not too hard to follow your nose once you've logged into it.

Connecting is usually to a URL like "http://192.168.0.1" and giving the name & password that are written on the bottom of your router

[HuskyOffset]

8. Do you remember if you changed the default password for the router?

If you didn't, you should be able to find it in the manual for the router, either a printed one that came with the router or a PDF from the manufacturer's website.

If you can't remember what the password is and the default one doesn't work, there should be a way to reset the router to factory condition, which will set the password back to the default. It will also wipe out any changes you've made to the settings. The reset procedure should also be in the manual.

[Sherman A1]

2. I have no problem with Apple products

Hope you have that WiFi password written down somewhere or can find a means of recovering it.

[Bayard]

4. I did

In Memo on my phone. Vanished.

[CloudWatcher]

10. wifi password saved for you ...

If you're using it now, then some device you own has it saved. On MacOS there's the keychain utility that saves passwords, and with a few clicks, will show them to you. I'd go into more details, but you're not an Apple user so I'll skip that ...

But on windows there is this ability as well see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4023501/windows-find-wireless-network-password

hope this helps ...

[stopbush]

12. Sounds like the problem isn't with your iPhone...

[PBC_Democrat]

13. This is not a lecture ... just a suggestion

I'm in my mid 60s and the memory is not what it used be (and it only used be average).

I created a folder in my email account cleverly named Passwords.

Every time I created a new account anywhere or if I change a password - I send myself an email with the account info.

It has saved me many times and will help my daughter a lot when my hourglass runs out of sand.

Of all the suggestions I've read - resetting the router my be the best way to go.

Then use a very easy to remember password, something like street name and marriage year.

Best of luck to ya

[CloudWatcher]

14. secrets and passwords and email servers!

Just a reminder that this might not be a great idea if whatever holds your email is not secure! It's a gold mine for any hackers that get access to your email.

If your "passwords" email folder is only saved on your local computer, that's probably ok (especially if your computer's disk is encrypted). But ... if your email is in the cloud (google, microsoft, yahoo, whatever) it's almost certainly *not* encrypted. And it's at risk of being scooped up by hackers/anonymous/NSA/China/disgruntled-employees/whatever.

Of course, if it's only saved on your local computer, then you need to be sure to have backups in case the computer's disk dies. And those backups should be encrypted as well!

Hope this makes sense, security is hard.

[Bayard]

15. Thanks to all that responded

Mr. Bayard finally said--okay, my company is supposed to handle this after all. I tossed the demon-possessed thing to him.