IPhone 4s won't automatically join known open wi-fi network

I have an iPhone 4s with the latest software update. Under settings>wi-fi>ask to join networks.. It is turned off.
If I am at home , the iPhone 4s will join my secured home network automatically , every time I walk in the door.
But, when I walk into work, it will not AUTOMATICALLY join an open unsecured known network. I always have to go to settings>wi-fi>and manually touch "linksys" and it will join.
I have ran some tests with my iPhone and iPad side by side at work....
With both devices connected to the open linksys network, I will turn wi-Fi off on both devices, then turn it back on. The iPad will automatically rejoin the linksys open network every time, the iPhone does not automatically join. I always have to select it manually.
I have tried several remedies... I have selected "forget this network", and then rejoined it. I have reset my network settings. I have turned the "ask to join networks switch "on and off". And I have done a hard reset on the phone. All to no avail. Any suggestions???

So , I figured out the problem. Somewhere along the lines, I told iPhone to "forget" an unsecurednetwork also named "linksys". Well, just so happens that the open network at my office that the iPhone wouldn't automatically join was also named "linksys". unfortunately, my iPhone was doing EXACTLY what I told it to do 2 years ago when it kept trying to connect to some other open network also named "linksys".
What I find funny, is that even with a network settings reset on iPhone, it still remembered to "forget" the "linksys" network. But, I found a workaround by going to settings>wifi>other> then typing "linksys" in the network name without a password. Now it "remembers" linksys networks.

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