iOS 14.0.1 wifi issues

VPN is NOT an extra security layer, and, in fact, using it is a security risk because the VPN provider sees everything that you do and can easily sell that information. See—>Don't use VPN services. · GitHub

The only legitimate use of VPN is to connect to an internal corporate or school network from outside the network.

Still, it should work. If it doesn’t you need to contact the VPN service provider and ask why they haven’t kept their product compatible with current iOS versions.

Exact same issue. Three iPhones in the house on iOS 14.1. The problem started when we updated to 14. I’ve rebooted phones and routers. I’ve reset network settings. I’ve been on the phone three times with Apple Support. They provided No help at all. They’re last recommendation was to reset the phone to factory settings. That was a waste of several hours. Problem still exists. The entire family is upset.

Every other device in our home works perfectly, including iMac, 2 MacBook Pros, Windows 10 laptop, LG tv, Nest, Ring, Alexa.

Steve,

I am tired of everyone telling us to delete the VPN. I was never on a VPN. So now I have a $500.00 iPad that when turned on kills my phone WiFi, in addition, renders my iPhone ( Siri), and maps totally useless. My iPhone is still on 13, and from what I read 14.2 is not an improvement.

Apple is losing integrity, and gaining customers by the millions. I am at a loss how they keep getting bigger with terrible customer service.

Why are users finding fault with a router???

The problem is Apple software!!!

Will Apple consider adapting the routers to the iPhone, iMac, and MacBook???

Why do thousands of users have to suffer, especially with the demonstrative lack of CSR’s with the lack of knowledge or understanding of what Apple customers are going through?

Since update to 14.1 iPad have Intermittent WiFi at home, either will say it’s “unsecured connection or internet keeps dropping, works for few minutes and then no internet connections. Samsung tablet and phone, TV, laptop no problem, just iPad and iPhone. Tried all the recommended fixes, nothing works, obviously Apple update is the culprit, need to be fix asap

I have an iphone 8 plus unlocked 4gb

Pleeeease Apple sort it out as after an update WIFI just stopped working :-( please send another update ASAP as I have run out of 4G data :-( I have spoken with support and they sent me to the Apple Genius bar to be told that it "might" be fixed if I factory reset it...........but sadly not :-(

I have tried all the ideas from this thread and still.......................NOTHING!

TRIED REBOOT, RESET, ERASING ALL CONTENTS, NETWORK RESET ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING BUT SADLY .................NOTHING :-(

HELP!!!!!!

Hi. I have tried all the above. And sadly nothing worked. The WiFi is greyed out and I am unable to click the “i “ next to any network as none are showing :-( hopefully apple will update to fix this “glitch” as hardware has not been damaged and everything else works as it should ie. Bluetooth and texts signal and talk signal.

Lawrence, So you are saying that all three of our iPhones, which are different models, purchased at different times have a hardware problem? We have an Xs, Xr and an 11 in our family.

I have tried every one of the suggestions that you listed. I have been on the phone and chatting with Apple Support three times. I have rebooted our routers and iPhones. Reset Network settings, turned off Private Network. We do not use any VPN. I even reset my Xs to factory settings.

From our experience, we have seen issues on iOS 14.2 on our devices with the WiFi connection randomly dropping while the device is on standby mode. Users are also reporting issues of inconsistent iMessage notifications. One Reddit thread has countless reports of notifications not being sent for new messages on iOS 14.2, and no one seems to have a fix.

You are more technically minded than I am; however there appears to be a couple hundred people that remain to have wi-fi problems with the 14.2 release.

Perhaps the various iPhone models handle the wi-fi problems differently.

Yes. As I said earlier, I have been the phone with Apple Support multiple times. I have tried everything in the book. Resetting Network settings. Forgetting Network and reestablishing connection. Thanks. Renewing the lease. I have even reset my iPhone Xs to factory settings and restored from backup. I have removed and reinserted the SIM Card. Turned Private Address off.

R.S.

I've been fighting this issue for a couple months now, ever since we updated to iOS 14. I've been on multiple calls with Apple. Apple refuse to acknowledge that there may be an issue with iOS 14.

I would like to try your recommendation. Did the manual DNS change adversely affect other devices on your network? We have an iMac, two iPads, two MacBook Pros, PS4, and one Windows PC.

Do you have a link or details on how to you defined "google dns"? I will do some research, but I'm curious how you made the change.

Best regards,

Not only me too but all my family too. Wife daughter grandchildren. Smart TV and Windows laptop work fine but iOS devices have to use mobile data and wifi only iPads have to hit spot into mobile data. Considering everything is online these days and considering mobile devices don’t have LAN ports and everything is expected to be wireless whether you want it or not this should be a top priority for fix at Apple. Considering it seems to have been introduced with v14 and wasn’t fixed in 14.0.1 and we are now at 14.3. Where is the prioritisation of this fix at?

Welcome to the club. I have spent hours on the phone to Apple Support and in the Apple store with zero success. Tested on other wi-fi networks, replace the hardware and the problem still exists on all four of our iPhones running iOS 14.

hanydanial wrote:

well my case is different . i literally cant even toggle on the wifi and bluetooth at all . so i totally can't connect my iphone to wifi at all . rip my ceccular data .

If both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi won’t toggle that usually means a hardware failure of the radio chip that supports both services.

Lawrence,

Thank you for your posting. I misjudged you from previous postings. You seemed to be advocating for Apple, but obviously I was wrong.

I am amazed at the polite feedback from the Apple community. I’m angry that Apple eliminates due diligence before releasing one bug filled release after another.

Apple knows the Apple community, that have placed their trust in Apple can’t just change to another platform without serious consequences. (Lost information)

Hope you can find a solution:)