Trouble connecting to public WiFi with new phone

[Igurisu]

I recently bought a Huawei Mate 20 Pro. Love the phone and everything it does except for one minor problem.

I can't seem to connect to many of the various free networks, pubs, airports, trains and the like.

My previous phones were a Galaxy S6 and a One+ 3T on O2. This phone is on Three network but not locked.

Usually with this type of free network its a case of join network then a pop up asking for details, and if the pop up didn't show then opening the browser would force a redirect to the login page.

With my new phone I can see and join the network, but no pop up or browser redirect. When I view networks in settings I can see as available and press to join but nothing happens. I just have the options to Conect, Cancel or Forget. Selecting "modify connection" doesn't seem to give me any way forward.

I've tried comparing the settings between my One+ and this but can't see any difference.

Any ideas?

[Paul Drawmer]

Does the free network you want to join require signing in, and is the sign on page not loading in the browser?

[GT03ROB]

I'm interested in this too as it seems to happen with my iPhone as well. Can see the network, appears to link to it, but no pop up to log on.... or it takes a long time to appear.

[Igurisu]

Paul Drawmer said:

Does the free network you want to join require signing in, and is the sign on page not loading in the browser?

Yes, exactly this, but the sign on page loads on my One+.

[randlemarcus]

Can often be prompted by opening a browser and trying to get to the BBC.