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Oct 27, 2014 10:50 AM in response to Ismaelmarby Minotaurmachie,A clean install of iOS 8.1 did seem to work for me. I wanted to give it a few days to make sure it was actually working but I haven't needed to restart my iPhone since doing a clean reinstall of 8.1.
Thanks for the tip Ishmaelar. I couple of hours to reinstall everything was a fair trade-off to have a working iPhone everywhere.
Cheers.
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Oct 31, 2014 4:23 AM in response to Minotaurmachieby cowbu,during my testing ios 8.02 & 8.1 (patched today) still face the wifi drop issue.
if your router support 5ghz signal, you might have better luck. my iphone 6 with ios 8.1 could still pick up 5ghz signal. 2.4ghz is totally gone case (detect once and gone forever).
let hope ios 8.11 will fix the wifi signal issue completely
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Nov 5, 2014 2:19 PM in response to cycler15by Yoyo163,HHello there
i hv both iPhone 5&6
iphone 6 under iOS 8.1resolve blue tooth issue
but did not solve wifi drop problem
i standing next to my wifi router now still no signal
pls resolve this issue
it seem like the iOS 8 is a real disappointment
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Nov 5, 2014 2:24 PM in response to Yoyo163by lizdance40,If you go back to page 1 of this thread, the solution is right there.
follow the link posted and follow directions.
If this still doesn work, contact apple directly.
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Nov 5, 2014 6:07 PM in response to Yoyo163by Ismaelmar,Do a clean restore but do not restore from backup in itunes setup as new
Sent from my iPhone
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Nov 11, 2014 2:29 AM in response to Ismaelmarby cowbu,reset network setting on iphone6 didnt fix the issue for wifi connectivity.
New iphone6 setup + restore from backup same issue.
Not going for a fresh phone setup. I might as well switch to andriod phone if I cant migrate my data to new phone. -
Nov 16, 2014 2:31 PM in response to cycler15by Cap'n Poptart,My new iPhone 6 plus dropped wifi every minute or two. I finally fixed it by updating the firmware in my router through the browser login. It's stayed connected to wifi for about 8 hours now.
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Dec 12, 2014 4:45 PM in response to Cap'n Poptartby djkjb6,I was having this same issue of the wifi dropping. Went to the Apple store the tech did something to the phone,not sure. Had to go back again the next day cause that did not fix it. They ended up replacing my phone. That too did not work either. I sat on chat with them and still had nothing really to tell me. So I found this on their website and changed it to WPA2 Personal (AES) IT WORKS YEAH!!!!! Hopes this helps if anyone else runs into this same problem
Security Set to WPA2 Personal (AES) Description The security setting controls the type of authentication and encryption used by your Wi-Fi router. This setting allows you to control access to your wireless network, as well as to specify the level of privacy you'd like to have for data you send over the air. More details WPA2 Personal (AES) is currently the strongest form of security offered by Wi-Fi products, and is recommended for all uses. When enabling WPA2, be sure to select a strong password, one that cannot be guessed by third parties.
If you have older Wi-Fi devices on your network that don't support WPA2 Personal (AES), a good second choice is WPA/WPA2 Mode (often referred to as WPA Mixed Mode). This mode will allow newer devices to use the stronger WPA2 AES encryption, while still allowing older devices to connect with older WPA TKIP-level encryption. If your Wi-Fi router doesn't support WPA/WPA2 Mode, WPA Personal (TKIP) mode is the next best choice.
Note that the use of WEP is not recommended for compatibility, reliability, performance, and security reasons; WEP is insecure and functionally obsolete. However, if you must support legacy WEP devices and you have a newer (802.11n) Wi-Fi router, you may be able to select the WEP Transitional Security Network (WEP TSN) security mode. This mode will allow legacy WEP clients to join your network with WEP encryption while allowing newer devices to use more modern and secure encryption modes, such as WPA TKIP or WPA2 AES. If WEP TSN mode is not supported, then WEP128 with Shared Authentication should be used (with a single WEP key in key index 1). For compatibility reasons, WEP128 networks should use 13-character ASCII passwords.
For reference, "None" or unsecured mode, provides no authentication or encryption. If you use this security mode, anyone will be able to join your Wi-Fi network, use your Internet connection, or access any shared resource on your network. In addition, anyone will be able to read any traffic you send over the network. For these reasons, this security mode is not recommended.
Note: Due to serious security weaknesses, the WEP and WPA TKIP encryption methods are deprecated and strongly discouraged. These modes should be used only if it is necessary to support legacy Wi-Fi devices that don't support WPA2 AES and cannot be upgraded to support WPA2 AES. Devices using these deprecated encryption methods will not be able to take full advantage of 802.11n performance and other features. Due to these issues the Wi-Fi Alliance has directed the Wi-Fi industry to phase out WEP and WPA TKIP. -
Dec 27, 2014 12:52 PM in response to gdean25by lswing217tb2,I've found a wireless issue and resolved it for now by turning off wifi on my other 8.1.2 device with the same account...see below. I posted this thread just now in hardware. I had also tried switching from WPA/WPA2 mixed to just WPA with no result.
So I got a 6 plus last week, and all was fine until I upgraded my 5s to 8.1.2. These are on the same apple id account for reference.
After days of troubleshooting we finally found that the 5s takes or causes the 6 plus to drop its wireless connection.
With the 5s off, the 6 plus is stable and keeps wireless. Turn on the 5s, and the 6 plus instantly drops its connection. Tested multiple times, 100% percent result each time; the 5s rules and gets to keep it's wireless while the 6 plus is left with none, not allowed to connect.
Apple is now following my case, and hopefully they can fix this. Anyone else have this issue?
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Dec 29, 2014 11:46 AM in response to lswing217tb2by ToqQrrl,Wow ... i just read your post ... turned off my iPhone 5 and the WIFI network immediately came back to my iPhone 6 Plus. What is happening here ?
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Dec 29, 2014 12:12 PM in response to ToqQrrlby ToqQrrl,Boy do i feel like a beginner !!!
Finally my problem was that both my iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 had the same ip address from the router !!! And it looks like the iPhone 5 was more aggressive in keeping it's address than the iPhone 6.
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Dec 29, 2014 1:03 PM in response to ToqQrrlby lswing217tb2,My problem ended up being the router. For some reason it's not capable of broadcasting 802.11n to multiple devices. I was forced to switch its broadcast to 802.11b/g mixed, instead of 802.11b/g/n mixed. Speeds are a bit slower, I went from 30mbs to 20mbs roughly. Time for a new router:) The brand I have is a TP-LINK 300M, fully updated firmware...last one of that brand!
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Dec 29, 2014 2:54 PM in response to lswing217tb2by ToqQrrl,I'm glad you found the source of your problem :-)
Happy Holidays
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Jan 3, 2015 6:15 PM in response to cycler15by Perplexed AF,This solution has worked for me and im very excited to share it.
My mother had a customer, and while cutting his hair, found out that he was a tmobile expert. Both me and my mother have been having the same issue with the wifi dropping, we've tried everything, the resetting and yada yada. If you have tmobile and is experiencing this problem, this will DEFINITELY work for you.YOU MUST ENABLE WIFI CALLING
If your wifi keeps dropping to LTE of 4g, this will fix the problem permanently. It worked for me and my mother.
Settings > Phone > Wi-Fi Calls > Allow Wi-Fi Calls
I hope this helps!
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Jan 9, 2015 9:56 AM in response to cycler15by jefdun1,Had the same problem with my iPhone 6 and my work laptop (windows 7) starting a few weeks ago - both would not stay connected to my home wireless network. All other devices were connecting fine to wireless (personal laptop, iPads, iPhone 5/5s). Called my work helpdesk and they had me run GPForceUpdate (force update of my group policy) on my work laptop and now both my work laptop and iPhone 6 are connecting to wireless without a hitch. Can't explain why this worked, but it did.