clemon85

Q: Anyone still having IOS 6 wifi issues?

I'm currently waiting on Apple support to call me back about this issue, but I thought I would reach out here to see if anyone else is having similar issues.

 

I upgraded to IOS 6 yesterday afternoon, and immediately after I could no longer connect to the Wifi at my place of employment.  Everyone had this issue, no big deal.

 

Went home, Wifi worked fine.

 

Came into work this morning and I am still unable to connect. I have tried all of the various recommended fixes, and even gone so far as to do a complete restore.   I work at a university with multiple networks and access points and have tried connecting to several, both secure and unsecure, with no luck.

 

This is what happens:

Unsecure Networks: Attempt to connect, wheel spins, Error Message: "Unable to Connect"

Secure Network: Attempt to connect, prompted for password, enter password, Error Message: "Incorrect Password"  (Yes I entered the correct password, I tried multiple times, and the IT tech was able to connect to it with his iPad 2 running IOS 5)

 

I am also not the only one, everyone on campus who has upgraded their iPad 3 to IOS 6 is unable to connect. (All staff/factulty have iPads, most have upgraded)

 

I have spoken with the IT department and they are baffled, they have tried rebooting various routers and access points to no avail.

 

Obviously there is something different happening in IOS 6 that is causing these issues.  My question is has anyone else encoutered this issue, and if so what have you done to fix it?

 

I have seen people above who have upgraded firmware on their personal wireless routers with success, but for a university with literally hundress of access points and routers this is out of the question, at least in the short term.

iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 20, 2012 9:39 AM

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  • by Seraphim ,

    Seraphim Seraphim Sep 24, 2012 8:09 PM in response to clemon85
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    Sep 24, 2012 8:09 PM in response to clemon85

    So I updated my iPhone 4 on Thursday and needless to say I had no connection at all at home. I had been trying all the fixes that had to do with ios6 and was reluctant to do anything to the router because I live in a basement suite and the router and modem are on the main floor where the owners live. Anyways, today Monday I skimpily asked them to unplug and plug back the router. Then I reset the network settings on the phone. Checked my wifi, toggled with it and there it was again my network ;). It's ok, just like b4 and not dropping or anything weird. I live in Canada, provider is telus and no idea what brand the router is.

  • by Lessig,

    Lessig Lessig Sep 24, 2012 8:29 PM in response to mlneenan
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    Sep 24, 2012 8:29 PM in response to mlneenan

    I was having the same problem with my ipad2..I had to reconnect everytime i wanted use it.. 2 days later, it just fixed itself.. didn't mess with anything..apple knows there's a problem and their working their ***** off to fix it.. I know it's frustrating, but it's ok now.. 4s also..Good Luck!

  • by ASH14,

    ASH14 ASH14 Sep 24, 2012 8:39 PM in response to clemon85
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    Sep 24, 2012 8:39 PM in response to clemon85

    Thats how my iPhone 4s and my iPhone 5 is now...its really annoying.

  • by clean cyclist,

    clean cyclist clean cyclist Sep 24, 2012 9:08 PM in response to NeoFire
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    Sep 24, 2012 9:08 PM in response to NeoFire

    Yes very quiet.  No public acknowledgement from Apple on the ios 6 wifi issues that I’ve found.


    I would say this is a moment of truth.


    They don’t even have the guts to admit a mistake was made or even to let us know they are working to correct it.  How embarrassing…..


    I’m sure if they had another wonder gadget to hawk they would be all over the front page.

  • by Thepabster41,

    Thepabster41 Thepabster41 Sep 24, 2012 9:19 PM in response to clemon85
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    Sep 24, 2012 9:19 PM in response to clemon85

    Hmmmm. I'm having a dilemma here. I upgrade my iPhone 4 to iOS 6 and if I'm close to my router the signal indicator comes on and the phone connects to the wifi just fine, but if I step away from the router like 10 feet, my phone doesn't even find the signal. I also dropped my phone a few days before I did the software update so I'm not sure if the drop could have hurt something. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

  • by JimHdk,

    JimHdk JimHdk Sep 24, 2012 9:24 PM in response to Thepabster41
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    Sep 24, 2012 9:24 PM in response to Thepabster41

    The drop probably damaged or disconnected the WiFi antenna.

  • by Thepabster41,

    Thepabster41 Thepabster41 Sep 24, 2012 9:31 PM in response to JimHdk
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    Sep 24, 2012 9:31 PM in response to JimHdk

    Thanks for the reply. I'll have it looked at tomorrow.

  • by clean cyclist,

    clean cyclist clean cyclist Sep 24, 2012 9:49 PM in response to Thepabster41
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    Sep 24, 2012 9:49 PM in response to Thepabster41

    It worked with ios 5 after the love tap.  Right?  Then you installed ios 6 and it doesn't work.  Ya I'd have them look at it.  While your there ask how the progress with ios 6.1 is coming.

  • by potpotka,

    potpotka potpotka Sep 24, 2012 9:58 PM in response to clemon85
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    Sep 24, 2012 9:58 PM in response to clemon85

    hey,, apple staff if you dont know how to answer the problems.. try to ask samsung..  try to copy their systems....

  • by Island Man JC,

    Island Man JC Island Man JC Sep 24, 2012 10:00 PM in response to clemon85
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    Sep 24, 2012 10:00 PM in response to clemon85

    Apple - Fix this!!!!!!

     

    Apple, THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO LOOK on iOS 6 regarding "WIFI Lockout"!!!!!!

     

    When this happens (WIFI freezes up aka "WIFI Lockout") – you can not get on internet while using WIFI!!!!!

     

    You could be in the middle of surfing or using any app that makes data calls based on DNS and suddenly you can go no where or do nothing!

     

    Yea sure, you can restart the WIFI connection, but WHO wants to CONTINUALLY do that?????

     

    Apple (or any curious iOS 6 user that wants to see my point), when this happens open up a browser before you reset, disconnect/reconnect WIFI ( I tried both safari and chrome ) and type type 74.125.227.144 (google) and then “go”. A google search page will come up and you will be able to execute a search. (of course any link you click on will not work as it is dependant on DNS resolution)

     

    Non DNS traffic works so the issue is not the WIFI connection to the access point!

     

    APPLE, FOCUS ON FIXING THIS DNS DATA ISSUE AND YOU WILL GET MANY PEOPLE OFF YOU BACK!!!!

     

    I KNOW THIS IS NOT ALL OF THE PROBLEMS WITH iOS 6, BUT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM NOT BEING ABLE TO SURF OR GET DATA THE iOS 6 DEVICE IS REQUESTING!!!!!

  • by emsko,

    emsko emsko Sep 24, 2012 10:27 PM in response to clemon85
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    Sep 24, 2012 10:27 PM in response to clemon85

    Seems pretty straightforward to roll back to ios 5 until Apple fixes the widespread wi-fi problem. A pain to be sure and a major failing in Cupertino but reverting to iOS 5 may be less aggravating.

    http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_downgrade_back_ios_5

  • by rbhoopes,

    rbhoopes rbhoopes Sep 24, 2012 10:47 PM in response to clemon85
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    Sep 24, 2012 10:47 PM in response to clemon85

    I've also been bitten with the wi-fi connection issues on my Verizon iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, and also my brand new MacBook air, and iPad 2!  Fix this crap now or I'm done with Apple!  This is going to cause me to use up my data because of not being able to use my home wifi.  Does anyone know what's causing this or if there's a fix?  I'm calling tomorrow to find out.

  • by N.Ain,

    N.Ain N.Ain Sep 25, 2012 12:23 AM in response to clemon85
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    Sep 25, 2012 12:23 AM in response to clemon85

    I'm having somewhat similar problem. Just realize it last night. My new iPad (3rd Generation, Wifi+Cellular) after updated to iOS 6 won't connect with my iPhone 4 & 4s wifi hotspot. But it works find through bluetooth hotspot. Then i try connecting my iPad to my laptop hotspot (using Connectify software for Windows 7), it works well thru WEP setting. But when I change to WPA2, my iPad able to detect it but wont connect. I think the bug got to do with WPA2 setting.

     

    Come think of it, the day I've updated to iOS 6, my iPad need to reconnect to wifi everytime after it when to sleep. After waking up, it connect to the wifi normally but the internet connection just lost. I need to turn on and off my wifi in the iPad setting to get online. N some of the public wifis take longer time to connect (I mean a lot longer) compared to previous iOS. Now, I need to topup my internet prepaid and use more battery usage for 3G. I really need the wifi. A lot of my works depend heavily on iPad. Hope Apple fixs this quickly.

  • by NickiNZ,

    NickiNZ NickiNZ Sep 25, 2012 12:26 AM in response to NickiNZ
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    Sep 25, 2012 12:26 AM in response to NickiNZ

    Hi All,

     

    I have finally fixed mine....

     

    What it came down to in the end was:

     

    My wifi router was tkip pre iOS 6

    I have changed it to aes com now & all working!

     

    So, recommend changing your wifi encryption to the opposite of what it was pre update.

     

    Kind Regards

    NickiNZ

  • by Kami78,

    Kami78 Kami78 Sep 25, 2012 12:38 AM in response to NickiNZ
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    Sep 25, 2012 12:38 AM in response to NickiNZ

    This wifi bug is old and one solution with immediate results is to fix your wifi connexion to b/g instead of b/g/n.

     

    Of course, this is linked to your modem and that's why Apple prefer to say nothing.

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