Got some updates. I copied the ion_auth files over from your CI sample project and had to make some adjustments to certain things like view files and such, but I got them copied over and was able to login the first time without remembering me turned on. Then I went to the ion_auth.php config file and changed store salt value to true, tried logging in, it just kept returning me to the auth/login controller method, regardless if I had remember me turned on or not.
I changed the config file value store_salt back to false and brought over the original hashed string for 'password' and tried logging in again and I got the login successful message.
Why would storing the salt be used and why would it mess up the login process if it's set to true?