WiFi Status 1 on ESP8266 - arduino

Question

I'm trying to connect my Arduino Uno R3 + ESP8266 to a WiFi connection, and it returned a status of 1 when I printed out WiFi.status(), does anyone now what does it really mean and what's the solution? Here's my ESP8266 code:
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiClient.h>
#include <ESP8266WebServer.h>
// WiFi CREDENTIALS
const char *ssid = "xxxx";
const char *password = "xxxx";
void setup() {
// put your setup code here, to run once:
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.println();
Serial.println("Connect to: ");
Serial.println(ssid);
}
void loop(){
delay(5000);
WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
Serial.println();
Serial.println("Connect to: ");
Serial.println(ssid);
Serial.println(WiFi.status());
Serial.println(WL_CONNECTED);
if (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
delay(15000);
}
if (WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED) {
Serial.println("From ESP Connected!");
}
else {
Serial.println("From ESP Not Connected!");
}
}
=== UPDATE ===
I've tried using my smartphone's hotspot and it worked on the first try.

Answer 1

I found this in Arduino Forum. I hope it is useful for you. And status 1 means no ssid according to enum below.
typedef enum {
WL_NO_SHIELD = 255, // for compatibility with WiFi Shield library
WL_IDLE_STATUS = 0,
WL_NO_SSID_AVAIL = 1,
WL_SCAN_COMPLETED = 2,
WL_CONNECTED = 3,
WL_CONNECT_FAILED = 4,
WL_CONNECTION_LOST = 5,
WL_DISCONNECTED = 6
} wl_status_t;

Answer 2

I'm not sure myself, but when I start over using the cleaner code:
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <WiFiClient.h>
#include <ESP8266WebServer.h>
// WiFi CREDENTIALS
const char *ssid = "xxxx";
const char *password = "xxxx";
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
Serial.println("");
Serial.print("Connecting");
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
delay(500);
Serial.print(".");
}
Serial.println("");
Serial.print("Connected to ");
Serial.println(ssid);
Serial.print("IP address: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
}
void loop() {
if (WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED) {
Serial.println("From ESP Connected!");
}
delay(5000);
}
My gut is telling me that maybe WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA) is causing the error?
By the way, it worked already, thanks Juraj and cbalakus for the help!