BeagleBone WiFi can be manually enabled with "test-connman connect" but autoconnect fails

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# Adventures In Wireless BeagleBone Black:
# What prevents my Edimax WiFi USB dongle from autoconnecting to my home WiFi network, "Catalina Island Network"?

# NOTE: If you're here to glean info for your own setup, note that I've installed the
# following two connman auxiliary packages which give the tools and test scripts in
# /usr/lib/connman/test that I use below
# $ opkg install connman-tools connman-tests
#
# Also, I've disabled power save mode for the WiFi so that the BBB can act as a server:
# $ cat > /etc/udev/rules.d/wifi_power_save.rules <<-EOF
# ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", KERNEL=="wlan*" RUN+="/usr/sbin/iw dev %k set power_save off"
# EOF
# 
# And last but not least, I created a wifi.config file in /var/lib/connman/wifi.config:
# [global]
# Name = Wifi
# Description = Home WLAN
#
# [service_wifi]
# Type=wifi
# SSID=436174616c696e612049736c616e64204e6574776f726b
# Passphrase=***
# AutoConnect=true
# Favorite=true


# boot up the beagle bone black...
# ...
# ...
# I get a prompt, yay!

localhost:website duane$ ssh root@192.168.2.3
root@192.168.2.3's password: 
root@beaglebone:~# dmesg

# tail of dmesg output... I have an Edimax wifi dongle which is an rtl8192cu inside:
[   10.666141] rtl8192cu 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface
[   10.666172] rtl8192cu 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id
[   10.666372] rtl8192cu: Chip version 0x10
[   11.311353] rtl8192cu: MAC address: 80:1f:02:9c:04:7f
[   11.311388] rtl8192cu: Board Type 0
[   11.311508] rtlwifi: rx_max_size 15360, rx_urb_num 8, in_ep 1
[   11.311695] rtl8192cu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin
[   11.318886] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu
[   11.374675] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc'
[   11.376499] rtlwifi: wireless switch is on
[   13.283662] systemd[1]: cpu-ondemand.timer: time change, recalculating next elapse.
[   13.283847] systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer: time change, recalculating next elapse.
[   13.302165] rtl8192cu: MAC auto ON okay!
[   13.416375] rtl8192cu: Tx queue select: 0x05
[   14.166138] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[   27.391007] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0

# Check to see if wlan0 is configured with an IP address (it is not):
root@beaglebone:~# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:1F:02:9C:04:7F  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

# Check to see what wired and wireless networks connman can see:
root@beaglebone:~# /usr/lib/connman/test/test-connman services
* AO Wired                      { ethernet_c8a030a636e1_cable }
* A  Catalina Island Network    { wifi_801f029c047f_436174616c696e612049736c616e64204e6574776f726b_managed_psk }
     myqwest1194                { wifi_801f029c047f_6d79717765737431313934_managed_psk }

# Interestingly, my first attempt to connect fails (this failure occurred 1 in 5 attempts, 4 were successful right away)
root@beaglebone:~# /usr/lib/connman/test/test-connman connect wifi_801f029c047f_436174616c696e612049736c616e64204e6574776f726b_managed_psk
net.connman.Error.Failed: Input/output error

# Check to see the network service I'm interested in is still there... (it is)
root@beaglebone:~# /usr/lib/connman/test/test-connman services
* AO Wired                      { ethernet_c8a030a636e1_cable }
* A  Catalina Island Network    { wifi_801f029c047f_436174616c696e612049736c616e64204e6574776f726b_managed_psk }
     myqwest1194                { wifi_801f029c047f_6d79717765737431313934_managed_psk }

# I make a 2nd attempt to connect, and... success!
root@beaglebone:~# /usr/lib/connman/test/test-connman connect wifi_801f029c047f_436174616c696e612049736c616e64204e6574776f726b_managed_psk

# Notice the "* AR" in front of Catalina Island Network now... the "R" means it is now connected
root@beaglebone:~# /usr/lib/connman/test/test-connman services
* AO Wired                      { ethernet_c8a030a636e1_cable }
* AR Catalina Island Network    { wifi_801f029c047f_436174616c696e612049736c616e64204e6574776f726b_managed_psk }
     myqwest1194                { wifi_801f029c047f_6d79717765737431313934_managed_psk }

# Just to double check, wlan0 has an IP address now.
root@beaglebone:~# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 80:1F:02:9C:04:7F  
          inet addr:192.168.0.16  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:2977 (2.9 KiB)  TX bytes:8536 (8.3 KiB)

# And finally, just for the sake of describing my problem, Autoconnect is set to 1 for this network (so why doesn't it autoconnect on boot?)
root@beaglebone:~# /usr/lib/connman/test/test-connman autoconnect wifi_801f029c047f_436174616c696e612049736c616e64204e6574776f726b_managed_psk
Auto connect 1 for Catalina Island Network

Ya same issue. I cant get auto connect to work even if ethernet is disconnected. I do have network over usb.