There are many ways that you can unlock a phone from Wi-Fi. If you are connected, turn off the connection. After this, go to Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings. You can see there that your phone is connected to a locked network. There should be an icon with the name of the router that’s locked down your phone showing that it is locked. Underneath this, tap “Forget”. This will remove the network connection. After this, go to Wi-Fi settings and tap “Connect” next to available Wi-Fi networks. Scroll down until you see the locked network you want to connect to. Tap it and type in your password or unlock the code if required.

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When you have successfully connected, the icon that shows the router name will disappear from underneath the SSID field because you should now be unlocked from a specific Wi-Fi router.

If this didn’t work for you, there’s always a way around it by manually forwarding ports on your home Internet modem or firewall. Within the Router setting, pages should show ports 1 through 65535 as being forwarded to an internal IP address set by you using DHCP client utility software. If you can’t find your router’s user manual, try looking it up online.

If you’re the administrator and in charge of a network with many Wi-Fi routers, we recommend that you lock down all but one to prevent unauthorized use. For example, if your office has four Wi-Fi hotspots and you leave them open for employees to use then someone could spoof their MAC address or clone another user’s computer to gain access without permission.

In conclusion, there are multiple ways to unblock your phone from a Wi-Fi network that is locked. If the “forget” option does not work for you, forwarding ports or manual MAC spoofing might be more of what you’re looking for. A good idea if you’re on an unfamiliar network is to disconnect and look at other available hotspots in range.