WiFi and Bluetooth greyed out

My WiFi and Bluetooth will not work on my phone. I have tried resetting. I have tried hard resetting. I have updated my phone. I have tried resetting network settings. I have an iPhone 11 on iOS 16.4.1

Posted on Apr 21, 2023 9:38 PM

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Posted on Dec 5, 2023 7:11 AM

Wifi and Bluetooth greyed out on my Iphone 12 Pro, when updating to ios 17.1.1. This was fixed when I installed the 17.1.2 update 3 days ago, But today suddenly the Iphone restarted by itself, and wifi and Bluetooth are greyed out again. Still on ios 17.1.2. What is going on ?

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Jul 27, 2023 9:45 PM in response to SoCalKingg

SoCalKingg wrote:

Apple should be investigated for this. They have done something to our older phones to make this happen. It’s possible this was done on purpose to make people upgrade their phones but I won’t go that far. Too many people have this same problem for this to be coincidence. I have an iPhone 12 Pro, same issue. First it was WiFi constantly disconnecting and reconnecting, then it was both WiFi and Bluetooth not able to toggle on and off, now I’m getting the random shutdowns too. This is ridiculous.


This is paranoid. It is very unlikely that they are doing anything deliberate to cause your WiFi and Bluetooth to malfunction.


Jun 20, 2023 3:53 PM in response to Senator Blair

willdw Said:

"WiFi and Bluetooth greyed out: Thank you, I’ve gone into the Genius Bar 3 separate times for this. They say it’s not a hardware issue and advice was to reset phone to factory settings. It keeps coming back up :(

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You are welcome.


Set this Up Anew, as If your were to Sell it:

How exactly are you resetting this to factory settings? Rather than doing so the manual way, there is a workaround that may fix all of this. Perform as instructed here, including the backup creation and iCloud logout: What to do Before you Sell, Give Away, or Trade in your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

Oct 13, 2023 2:51 PM in response to joshtpa

I have a v13 not exactly an old phone. My spouse has an 11 with no problems.

I am so discussed by people and their conspiracy theories.

wake up?

we have reached a point now where tec companies can’t stop the security breaches and they are not going to tell the public they have issues because everything would implode on itself.

Nov 11, 2023 12:07 AM in response to willdw

Having the same issue. I haven’t had cell service in about a year just been using my iPhone through wifi. And at the same time the wifi and bluetooth became greyed out, my cellular service now says error and tells me I need an update which I can’t do unless connected to internet. I updated my phone to the current iOS with my Mac but still no fix. Any suggestions before I reset to factory settings?

Nov 25, 2023 5:32 AM in response to Sai_Col

I have an iPhone 12 Pro Max, and I have the same issue. I used the iPhone a few times until someday, the phone restarted and lost all wireless connections. Apple Pay worked for a while until it was completely disabled. Also, updating iOS stopped working; the update message would keep spinning, and I had to restart the phone to exit it. The phone can still use WiFi (when it's not greyed out), but it won't connect to a Cellular Network (the Network indicates shows). Strangely, it happens mainly on iPhone 12 PRO MAX and a few other 12 models. It's a logic board design flaw, and I wish Apple would acknowledge this issue and offer a free replacement.

Feb 14, 2024 12:40 PM in response to willdw

wi-fi and blue tooth not working. I have done all the other stuff like everyone else and it doesn’t work.

I just tried and seems be working.

Step 1 : remove phone case

step 2 : went to my internet carrier for WiFi/ xfinity reconnected my phone.

step 3: reset network settings

step 4 : iPhone WiFi & Bluetooth no longer greyed out and allows to me log in. Hope this works for you!!!!


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