iOS 15.4.1 Wi Fi problem

Hi. I’ve updated my iPhone 13 Pro Max & IPad Air (4th Gen) to the newest iOS , however, I’ve noticed continuous difficulties in connecting to the Wi-Fi ( either hotspot or house router ), any help please ?

iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 15

Posted on Apr 5, 2022 12:53 PM

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Posted on May 7, 2022 3:40 PM

Fix for me:


Settings -> Wifi -> i (next to the network name) -> Configure DNS -> Manual

* Remove router's ip (192.168.0.1 in my case)

* Added Google's DNS server: 8.8.8.8


VPN was not the issue (perhaps it is for some). After the iOS update, my phone couldn't use my router for DNS (other devices and computers work w/o any issues). This appears to be an Apple incompatibility introduced w/ the last update.


You may want to replace 8.8.8.8 with your ISP's DNS servers.

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Apr 14, 2022 8:29 PM in response to Dr-A

I’m having the same problem but almost worse.


Wifi is unusable on my iPhone 12 mini except when I’m actually on a call (phone, WhatsApp or Voice) and then if my wifi is off, nobody can hear me and I can’t hear them. In this circumstance turning my wifi back on helps.


But if I’m trying to browse websites, forget about it. Nothing loads with wifi.


My iPad Pro is doing just fine on 14.8, returning 52 Mbps on a VPN connection, so there is no excuse.


Yes, I turned VPN off, restarted my phone, and reset all network settings. Nothing is helping.


Apr 14, 2022 8:54 PM in response to Dopp180

There are no VPN profiles installed on my iPhone 13. I ended up taking the sim card out of that phone and placing it into my iPhone 11. I just bought the iPhone 13 a month ago and it worked just fine until I installed this useless system update. Now my wi-fi connection that works just fine on my iPhone 11 only works intermittently on the iPhone 13. Reset all network settings, restarted my phone, and nothing was helping to fix the problem. Without access to wi-fi my iPhone 13 is now useless. It was definitely the system update that caused the problem because everything works just fine on my iPhone 11 and on all of my other non-Apple devices.

Apr 15, 2022 5:34 AM in response to Pb2769

Can someone who has the intermittent wifi issues perform a speed test when the problems occur on iPhone just so I know if others get the same. Im on wifi 5G and hit 248mbs but browsing etc goes really slow. The speed never really alters much but performance is intermittently ridiculous i.e. its just taken 8 mins to perform a small app update.

Not sure if its related or not but since 15.4.1 i’m getting far more call drops and messages failing to send (ive never previously had a failed message).

Apr 18, 2022 11:44 AM in response to tl1235

When there is a widespread problem you will see literally thousands of posts about it. The record is 13,000 posts and 3 million views about a problem 8 years ago that affected 5 million of the 100 million iPhones sold at that time. Apple users are very vocal, and will raise their voices about any issue that is bothering them.


So the number of posts about a problem is a good indication of how widespread the problem is. If you contact Apple support the problem is logged, and if Apple sees a large number of similar issues they will investigate it. If you just complain here Apple won’t see it, and won’t know if it is a problem or how widespread it is.

Apr 25, 2022 3:55 PM in response to IAllsop1

Same exact experience for us. The ONLY wi-fi connection not working is ANY wifi based connection to my iPhone 13 ever since I installed the system update. My iPhone 11 works just fine. I had to remove the SIM card from my iPhone 13 and slip it back into the old iPhone 11. That phone and all wifi connections work perfectly. It is only the iPhone 13 that no longer works with *any*wifi network, whether that network belongs to me or someone else (i.e. my work wifi).


Even though I didn't purchase my iPhone 13 from Best Buy, when I went there a month ago to pay for an expert to install my new screen protector, the tech convinced me to spend $200 and buy a year of support and protection for my iPhone. Which is where I am going next week when I have a day off from work to see if they can help me.

Apr 26, 2022 9:35 AM in response to Dr-A

After many many years, Losing trust in this company, glitchy updates, poor user interface (stacks), if it ain’t broke…updated 15.4.1, no previous issues, iPhone 12 says Wi-Fi connected on settings but shows 3g, and also shows connected blue tick but underneath a red , ‘no internet connection ‘ !!!

highly unstable

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