iOS 7 wifi "unable to join the network"

I would recommend that everyone having this issue forward this thread address and note your problems to the major Mac blogs. If posted, Apple will certainly take notice. Given that it is not a hardware issue it seems (as we can connect occasionally at very close ranges to the AP) it certainly shouldn't be a difficult software fix for Apple if they would just acknowledge an issue, which they won't from at least my visits to the Apple Store.

Let's get some media attention on this...

I am just worried that there is more to this story but Apple is controlling what is posted.

Ok, I just tried Nomini's experiment of standing within 1 foot of my router, with my ipod touch 5g (running 6.0.1). Short answer: it worked for me. Before now, I have tried absolutely everything I can think of (reset, restore, dropping security from my network router, renaming my network router, etc etc etc) and absolutely nothing worked EXCEPT standing on top of my router and after a few false starts and some hard work (that little wireless wheel spinned about for the longest time), my ipod 5g joined my home network.

The weird thing I noticed though, was that my ipod has been working fine for the last year, and only the other week when I received a request to update to ios 7 (which I ignored) my wifi stopped working at home (however it works well at my workplace). Probably a coincidence but it's one that's been on my mind.

In any case, I'd like the flexibility to use wifi while not standing on top of my router, so I hope there is a patch coming out REALLY soon ... thanks Nomini for sharing!

I emailed Tim Cook, you guys could do the same. He is known to read and respond to user's email. I would really urge everyone to bring this to the attention of mac blogs and magazines. There are likely many people with this issue who have not seen these threads on support.apple.com.

The proximity to the access point seems to be a common factor for many of us. This should help clue Apple in to what the root cause of the issue is.

Go to www.bgr.com and click the TIP US button at the top and tell them about it. If they get enough complaints they may run the story.

Done!

Okay, did an experiment. Completely restored again, setup as a new iphone, skipped appleid enrollment/sign-on. Once again, can join the router when 2 feet away. Walking 15 feet away (line of sight, no walls) yields a loss of connection.

It seems that iOS7 just completely destroyed the range of some iPhone 4S's.

Given that multiple people have verified this situation, there clearly is a repeatable issue here.

Now I'm wondering if the real problem is hardware - i.e. the antenna - which could explain why Apple are silent on this. Given proximity to the AP is a common issue that can be replicated, I'm worried it's a hardware problem.

Odd: my iPad 2 has been on iOS 7 since it was released, without any Wi-Fi problems. This morning, I updated my Early Edition 2 app by Wi-Fi without any problem, went to breakfast (with Airplane Mode on, to save some battery), then returned home only to get "Unable to connect to network" error.

I've turned Airplane Mode on and off several times, and rebooted the iPad several times as well, still with no re-connection to my Wi-Fi network. My iPhone 4S is connected just fine, as is my Dell laptop -- it's just the iPad 2 that somehow forgot how to connect to Wi-Fi in the time it took me to leave, eat, and return.

The only other thing I did this morning before I left was to tell the iPad to update the Time Magazine (Newsstand) app, then try to download the latest issue of Time in that app.

So... iOS 7 on the iPad 2 just randomly forgets how to use Wi-Fi now? Or the Time Magazine app breaks iOS 7s ability to connect to Wi-Fi? WTH?!

I doubt that it's hardware. The same iPad had excellent connectivity and range with the same router before the upgrade to iOS 7.

I just got an iphone 5C last week for work. It connected to the router at work with no problems, but got the "unable to connect" message at home. I tried doing all of the fixes suggested here with no results. I did find on the Linksys website, I have AT&T's issued router, that if you have mac filtering turned on, the iphone will not connect. I went into the settings on my router and added the mac address for the iphone as "allowed" and can now connect to my wireless router at home. Maybe it's a router issue/setting that needs to be changed. I don't quite understand why this happened as I did not have to do that to connect my TV or laptop. Something to check into if you are still having problems connecting.

I sympathize with y'all about the ipad issues. Here is what I had to do to finally resolve this tonight. You can try it or someothing similar to see if it works for you:

I had the same issue and did some digging. Some tech stated that the new update did not like the higher network channels for some 2.4GH setups (http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wifihomenetworking/qt/wifichannel.htm).

I logged in as admin to my home router (a Netgear WNR2000 - I went here

http://www.routerlogin.netto get the instructions for logging in; if you have a different router, pull out the instructions of Google search for the specifics.) I modified the Channel from what it was "Auto" to "9" and applied the changes.

When I looked at my iPad, it had connected right away. My wireless printer reset and everythinhg seems to work.

Good luck. Hope this helps.

I don't care if it works it's not the right answer. There is no reason anything should need to be done to a router that works for dozens of other Iphones and Ipads just not one of the ones affected by this IOS 7 glitch.

My Iphone works on Wifi that is in the Apple Store on their Wifi and when using a phone as a hotspot that's the only ones that work.