IPhone stayed connected to temporary public wifi? why?

Hey there,
So at my work there's a public wifi system that you can have hour long sessions on. All you have to do is check that you agree to the terms and conditions and your device is connected. Now, I usually check my stuff briefly in the morning and then throw my phone in my locker before I go to work and then check it again on my break. When I checked in on my break, the wifi was still connecting, I even disconnected then re-connected to the wifi and my device had perfectly working wifi without having to check anything even though it had been an hour. I found this a little odd and concerning, wondering if anyone had gotten onto my phone somehow. I have a passcode and nothing appeared to be touched or changed on the phone. My question is, does this look like someone has gotten into my phone or just a problem with the public wifi? (After a few minutes of playing around with it, the internet eventually disconnected and I had to reconnect). On a public wifi as such, can anyone hack into your device and get info? I never entered any info this morning like passwords or anything, all I did was check my notifications on twitter and tumblr whose apps were already logged in

Sorry I might add it had been well over an hour. 4+ hours since I'd last connected.

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