Some apps say no internet connection

Deleted VPN I did not install and problem solved!!

trying to fix it for days, disconnecting the vpn worked for me

Thank you so much!! I went to my Verizon store and they said I needed a new phone…..

saw this and also found a VPN I new nothing about and deleted it and apps are working again.

setting date and time automatically helped me solve this problem

In settings there is an option to have an app use cellular data. I was having the same issue with Venmo. This solved it for me.

Setting the time and date will block digital certificate and secure network connection verification tests, if the set time is skewed far enough away from what passes for generally-accepted reality.

brehon272 wrote:

i have iphone 12 pro max..having the exact same issues

Remove any add-on commercial VPN client app, and reset network settings, and try again.

It wasn't VPN my new service provider had automatically put on an 18 limit. Meant I couldn't access my beer apps! When this was removed all worked well.

Had not used VPN but turned all off and this worked for me. Thanks.

good tip, I"ve deleted "betternet", than working after 2 days searching ..

This was it, I had to remove the vpn option and it looks like my phone is working again!!! Thank you!!!

Katelynk1 wrote:

Me too! I don’t know how to fix it, and it only works with certain apps like Bitmoji and Pinterest. Help! I have an Iphone 11

Did you try removing the add-on VPN client app, or add-on anti-malware app, and running your test again?

Mary7mack wrote:

I am having issues connecting to different apps. Doesn’t matter is I’m connected to WiFi. Reset my network settings. Ensured No VPN connection.

Your phrasing here can be inferred to mean that there is an add-on VPN app installed here.

If you have a VPN add-on installed, remove the app entirely, restart the iPhone, and try again.

If no VPN app was installed, update your iPhone to current—that's 15.0.1 at present—and try again.

KLSTEXAS wrote:

I still don’t know how to delete the VPN. There is no option to delete in settings. Only off and on. Please advise. This is my sons phone and I can’t fix it which is causing life 360 and others not to work.

I’d keep either return it to your son, or (with permission) keep removing the add-on “security” apps until you get back to a working system, or (if this is intended to be your phone) reset it and reload and switch to your own Apple ID and related; to make this iPhone yours.

NortonLifeLock 360 was reportedly including a cryptominer in some of its versions, too. Probably not iOS and iPadOS, but not a product nor a product feature I’d prefer to have on my systems.

Hi. Turning the vpn off is an ok workaround, but unless these apps are geo-restricted in some way, why, exactly, are these apps not working?

my Amazon app on iOS 16.1 says “no internet” when I try to check my orders. This was not a problem for me until 16.1, which fixed some things but apparently broke others; the app is still the same, the vpn and server are the same - but 16.1 installed and now I have to disable vpn to connect to the Amazon app. I use a paid vpn for security and to protect transactions, not to access shows from different countries. This should not affect the shopping app. So. Did 16.1 mess up the DNS settings or something else. Because the iOS upgrade is the only variable that has changed.