What is Open Mobile for Android?

Open Mobile is an Android application that lets you utilize your iPass account to login to Wi-Fi hotspots around the world on your Android device. The Open Mobile software will bypass the normal authentication required at many of the world's hotspots and instead utilize your single iPass account.

Does this application work on any Android device?

This application is supposed to work with any Android device which runs Android OS version 1.5 and above. However this has been tested only on HTC Magic.

Connecting to a network

Open Mobile displays a scanned list of Wi-Fi networks in the vicinity. The iPass enabled networks are identified by an iPass icon prefixed to the network name for easy identification. You can connect to one of the network listed by selecting the network and connecting to it by the way of pressing the selection.

Disconnecting from a network

Use the menu option ‘Disconnect’ to disconnect from a network. You can disconnect from a network only if the network is an iPass enabled one and you have made the connection using Open Mobile application.

Configuring Username, Password and Domain

Before logging into a hotspot venue, you must supply a username, password and domain. Choose the 'Account' menu option to provide your credentials. Your username and domain are always remembered whereas your password will be saved only if you check the Save Password box.  

Auto Connect to a network

Open Mobile can be enabled to automatically initiate a connection to an iPass enabled network. This feature can be configured through the AutoConnect menu. By default this feature is turned OFF.

Hotspot Finder

The Hotspot Finder feature helps you search online for iPass-enabled Wi-Fi networks around the world. Choose ‘Hotspot Finder’ from the menu and Open Mobile launches the default browser opening the online Hotspot Finder.You should be connected to the internet to use this feature.

Connection History

Open Mobile provides a history of the last few successful and unsucecssful connection attempts.

Send Logs

Open Mobile records troubleshooting logs during the course of a connection. You can send these logs by mail to the pre-configured support email for troubleshooting and analysis by using the 'Send Logs' menu option. Make sure that USB debugging is turned ON under Settings->Applications->Development

Revision History

0.8.3

fixed truncation of credentials dialog when used in landscape mode

fixed various bugs with SQM

support customization via OM portal; app configured through profile.zip file

removed Edit Networks menu

renamed ConnectClient to MobileConnect

deliver app via Android Market

support customization of splash screen

0.8.1

support localization (translation of text yet to be done)

moved numerous hardcoded settings to configuration files

0.8.0

internal beta release

0.3.3

added Asian Pac and Europe directories

0.3.2

iPass icon displayed in status bar when iPass network is detected

Rename "MobileConnect" to "Open Mobile"

0.3.1

Added OS and device information to SQM client record.

Minor SQM fixes.

0.3.0

SQM integration.

Auto-connect

Personal WiFi network support

0.2.0 (initial release)

iPass WiFi hotspot support (GIS)

Hotspot finder

Connection History

Send Trouble Shooting Logs

Known Issues

Sometimes after making numerous connection, the client will not sniff anymore WiFi networks. This issue has been noticed on HTC Hero and HTC Magic so far. Workaround is to delete networks defined in Android and disable/re-enable WiFi.

When association fails, the client will prompt for WiFi key even if network is not using encryption

Accounts dialog is truncated when device is used in landscape mode

Connection status messages sometimes are displayed on the wrong network entry