iPhone wifi not working

Letting the battery drain and die 'fixed' this issue for my friend's AT&T iPhone 4S. Before trying this, we had upgraded to iOS 5.1 and reset the networking settings (neither of which worked). Next on our list was to try the freeze method, lets hope it doesn't come to that.

Score one for the 'drain method'!

The freezer method works.

My little cousin's iphone 4s brand new had the wifi problem and absolutelly no cause whatsoever. We put it in the freezer after trying everything to reset and wipe the phone and it worked again!

I put it in a sealed plastic bag we sucked with vacuum first. Left it for 15 minutes then works now, will see if it stays good or we'll have to trade it for another unit.

I read on this "beijing iphone repair" website that it's because of bad solders that the wifi stops working. Seriously, such an expensive premium device should not have this type of problem! Now every time I buy something from Apple I should fear something?

My friend had a problem with his speaker earpiece, dam, I never imagined I would see another problem of such proportions up close. And there is no cause for these things, they just seem to happen. O.O

Cheers,

André

Thanks MuggleMama. This totally solved this issue for my 3Gs. Guess I have to turn it on and off when I want Bluetooth in my car. Needed that wireless though.

I was having issue of connecting to home wifi. Was able to connect, then would drop off and would not be able to reconnect regardless of the numerous other methods I tried. Apple support was of no assistance, nor was Verizon. I read in another post to do the following and oddly enough, it has worked like a charm.

- airplane mode on

- power off phone

- power on phone

- airplane mode off

- wifi on

Reestablish your wifi connection.

I have an iPhone 4s 32g with Verizon service that I only purchased a month ago. All updates for iOS have been made.

I hope this helps anyone else who has been having the same issue that I had.

Rudnxtx - Thanks for your post. The airplane on, power off (full power down), power on, airplane off, wifi on worked the first time. Been without wifi for a week and it was killing me!!! Great fix!

Great! I too, thought it had to be another one of the strange fixes that I had read. But, mine has been working great! So glad it helped. I hope more read our posts before trying putting their phones in the freezers. LOL

Have a great one!!!!

I too want to thank Rudnxtx for his post. I haven't been able to get any wifi on my iPhone 4S for over a week. As soon as I tried Rudnxtx's suggestion, WIFI started working immediately!!

Thank you thank you thank you!!!

Here is Rudnxtx suggestion:

- airplane mode on

- power off phone

- power on phone

- airplane mode off

- wifi on

I have just fixewd my iPhone 4s with the same problem that i have had since i upgraded to ISO 5.1.

All i did was turn my bluetooth off and the wifi started working instantly.

Must be a conflict somewhere.

I have a problem that I hope the apple team gets sorted or something, I can not connect to my wifi on my ipod touch, Please reply to me, i have tried restoring the settings , it has a pad lock on it, i have a password for my router, it is not connected to wifi, so what do I need to do and how can the team help me, i have just had a new ipod come this morning. Please let me know as soon as possible please?

Thanks

The Fix by Rudnxtx was awesome. I just tried the steps and voila !!! it instantly resolved my Wii-Fii issue.

Earlier since the update of iOS5.1.1 done on my new iphone 4S it had been over a month with wiffi not working. I managed to connect to wii fi using the Static Ip configuration on my phone for my router.

Now with the terrific simple trick, I can now remove the static ip config on the wii fi and my home router is automatically deteced.

Kudoos to all the great guys there skimming through different resources on net and bringing out the best solutions to this forum. This helps us all. I suggest people to try this tip certainly once. Well it worked for us, hope it works for you tooo.

Here is Rudnxtx suggestion:

- airplane mode on

- power off phone

- power on phone

- airplane mode off

- wifi on

Cheers

Santosh

I have tried this once, thanxs, and it hasn't worked at all.

Not working for me either.

I tried it too and it didnt work so I searched through later posts. This ended up working for me. I have an iPhone 4Gs by the way with the updated iOS 5.1.1

Steps:

Turn on Airplane Mode

Turn on wifi

Restart Phone

Turn off Aiplane Mode

My phone has the latest iOS 5 software as well but your trick didn't work 😢. Thank you anyway!

i just tried the freeser method did every thing u told me to do. I got This iphone as a gift i did not buy it so is there anything one can do to help me I have looked at all postings on here and nothing seemes to work.. I wonder why apple would make a 800 dollar phone only to not work? does it have to do with the OS update 5.1 or is it my network verizon wireless? Please I Am a beginner to the apple comunity and any and all suggestions will be help-ful thank you!!!