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Q: iphone 6 - wifi issues - searching networks

Hi guys,

 

I'm experiencing issues working with my brand new iPhone  6.

While the speed is normal, the connection seems to be not reestablished after waking the device up from the "display off"-mode.

Wondering why the connection has been removed I'm trying to fix that by opening Wifi Seetings, where the status of the wifi remains "searching".

 

Then I have two possibilities:

- Restarting the device, which brings back the connectivity immediately

- Waiting for 10+ minutes, which enables me to find wifi networks again

 

For normal I'm using a 5ghz connection.

Trying to switch the wifi connection off and on again doesn't work for me.

 

Cheers,

Matthias

iPhone 6, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 23, 2014 1:23 AM

by debs688,Apple recommended
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A:

Hi, I was having issues with the connection through my home server to my new iPhone 6, but when I went to visit a friend in Switzerland I had no issues either at her house or at Zurich airport. So when I got back I  ran through every possibility. Eventually sussed that the router was set on auto channel (i.e. to find the best channel for the signal). It seemed to be trying to swap between channels, and the phone wasn't keeping up. Told the router which channel to use, so the channel is now fixed. Since then no issues, whereas before the signal was dropping out every 45 seconds or so.

 

It might be the fact the router was switching and the phone couldn't keep up, or possibly the phone is better at detecting some channels than others. Either way it worked for me so it might work for others. Hope it helps someone.

Posted on Sep 28, 2014 7:23 AM

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  • by JayEsss,

    JayEsss JayEsss Jan 23, 2015 12:34 PM in response to 8383
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    Jan 23, 2015 12:34 PM in response to 8383

    Hi, I had the a similar issue with wifi dropping and not reconnecting automatically on my iphone 6 with ios 8.1.2

    The wifi was disconnecting every minutes without locking the screen. I had to go back to wifi settings and reselect the network I want

     

    I tried all the tips available (forget network, reset network setting, reboot phone, disable location, disable air drop/bluetooth)

    This was happening mostly in hotels with annoying DNS that redirects you to a web page to login with name/room # so changing wifi router settings was not an option

     

    I finally set up static IP adress as you mentionned and now my wifi is stable for 2h (and reconnects works too)... thanks

     

    However this is more a patch than a fix because when I leave the hotel, the router will assign my static IP to someone else end when I come back it wont work anymore

    My guess is that IOS 8 has problems reconnecting to a router when a new IP address is leased. Hope this is fixed shortly

  • by RolandHdz,Apple recommended

    RolandHdz RolandHdz Feb 16, 2015 8:02 AM in response to aroiw
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    Feb 16, 2015 8:02 AM in response to aroiw

    I had the same problem with my wife's iPhone6 Plus 128GB. I tried all the troubleshooting from various forums but what worked for me was updating the firmware on my wireless router. If you haven't updated your wireless router firmware since you bought it I would suggest that you would try this first. I was just about to go by a 5GHz router when I tried this option and it's worked out great for me so far.

     

    Good luck

  • by dirtyduke,

    dirtyduke dirtyduke Mar 20, 2016 3:55 AM in response to aroiw
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    Mar 20, 2016 3:55 AM in response to aroiw

    I have a similar problem. My 64gb iPhone 6 drops my 2.4ghz wifi connection and connects to the 5ghz wifi connection.  My phone then can't find the 2.4 network until I do a phone shutdown and restart.

     

    My router is a Verizon Fios quantum router with dual band.  Verizon says it's not their router.

     

    I prefer the 2.4 signal because it has a much better range.

  • by dirtyduke,

    dirtyduke dirtyduke Mar 22, 2016 6:29 AM in response to dirtyduke
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    Mar 22, 2016 6:29 AM in response to dirtyduke

    Providing a quick update to my 2.4 ghz connection issue.  I've also noticed that when my phone can't find the 2.4 signal it also won't connect to bluetooth devices in my car and house.

    With this thought when I woke up this morning my phone was disconnected from the 2.4 signal and couldn't find the network name when I opened the wifi controls under settings, so I decided to toggle the Bluetooth from ON to OFF and back ON and my phone immediately found the the 2.4 wifi network, pretty strange, it's worked once so far and I hope it is a quicker solution to shutting the phone down completely if  the bluetooth solution keeps working.

     

    I also updated to iOS 9.3 yesterday afternoon and still had the 2.4 connection problem this morning

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