After iOS 17 update when I close the device, and then open it again, does not connect automatically with my Wi-Fi. I have to get in the settings and then close and open the Wi-Fi so it connects.
This is happening to all our family devices. iPhone 13, iPhone 14 plus, iPad mini, iPad Pro M2.
iPhone 14 Plus, iOS 17
Finally figured it out. Dang, was starting to look at android phones. If you have done all the routine things and still no help, see if you have the google one app. Delete it. Even if you have VPN turned off, doesn’t matter. Doesn’t matter that it all worked fine before the 17 update. I did everything including a complete restore of my phone, but since other iphones in the home with the same ios update did not have the problem, I figured it was some combination of the update and an app. I knew there was talk of von software causing an issue and I had this turned off. Didn’t matter. As soon as I deleted the google one app, wifi auto join and password entry was automatic once again. I am sure apple knows this but probably doesn’t care so much since it is a google *** incompatibility with the new upgrade, but son of a … Not a fun time figuring that out. Really odd that despite turned off in the main settings it was preventing my auto wifi recognition. I’d would think that worth looking at any VPN app as a possible suspect. Hope this helps anyone in this same situation.
SravanKrA wrote:
This issue is not related to any of the iOS updates. If it were, millions of other iPhones would have been affected as well.
Well, no, not necessarily. As a software engineer (and just as a user), I can say that it is frequently the case that a bug can affect a smaller number of people because some issues are often only triggered by a very specific set of circumstances, sometimes rare or sometimes under a specific unlucky timing situation.
However, in this case it looks like enough people are being affected that fixes for WiFi issues are already coming with iOS 17.2:
https://www.techradar.com/phones/ios/ios-172-promises-to-fix-your-wonky-wi-fi-connection-issues
This issue is not related to any of the iOS updates. If it were, millions of other iPhones would have been affected as well.
Sometimes, a simple restart can resolve temporary software glitches. Turn off your iPhone, wait for a few seconds, and then turn it back on.
Reset Network Settings: Only network settings are removed.
If the above fails...
Reset All Settings: All settings—including network settings, the keyboard dictionary, the Home screen layout, location settings, privacy settings, and Apple Pay cards—are removed or reset to their defaults. No data or media are deleted.
If nothing above works probably it could be your iPhone may have a WiFi radio or antenna problem. In that case, take your device to an Apple Retail Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider, or contact Apple Support and get the hardware tested and if needed repaired/replaced.
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it’s iOS 17 bug for sure!
The only solution that I found it was to change my old router with a new one that supports Wi-FI 6.
After changing the router problem solved in all our family devices that runs on iOS 17, which is two iPhone two iPads.
WI-FI connection in settings, IP address configuration change automatic to manual and copy the IP address if possible save it/ or chose BootP (what is super old solution however works) - for me this solved issue at the moment! (iPhone Wi-Fi settings Configurate IP: change automatic to BootP) and voila works, but this definitely IOS software issue (Bug) and looks like not affect every router but some of them yes. Hopefully IOS 17.1.2 solve this issue.
Turn off private WiFi address and it fixes the problem
BLESS YOU!! The minute I deleted my VPN apps, my wifi immediately started working.
Unfortunately, this is a terrible solution. I am on a lot of shared networks, so a VPN is important to me.
But thank God it's working again because my cell signal is terrible here.
This was awesome advice. I have Nord VPN and as soon as I deleted it, within 3 seconds the WiFi immediately connected. Thank you for taking the time to investigate and share with everyone your findings. This definitely helped me and saved me from my several week long headache!
Hi There, I also recently experienced a similar issue and fixed it by turning off "Limited Private IP tracking". The network suddenly came back. Not quite sure why it impacted the WiFi connection suddenly because it worked fine 2 weeks ago. FYR.
Same, but with Nord VPN!
“What fixed mine was deleting the Norton VPN profile and then adding it back. I wasn’t connected via VPN, but the presence of that profile gummed up the works.”
Thank you for posting this!!! Happened here after 17.5 auto update- suddenly have a VPN app and although it was toggled off it was the culprit of no Wi-Fi! Ugh- you were super helpful Thank you :)
Multifaceted problem dealing with various WiFi setups, various security setups, maybe an app, etc. My apparent fix was to perform a factory reset on my router and reconfigure it from scratch. Then a network reset on all devices and setup all of them from scratch. It’s been working for 2 days so far.
Easy fix went to the Apple Store today couldn’t help so arranged a tec phone call, spent an hour on the phone and came up with no solution.
Fix is if you switch Battery to low power mode will then connect to wifi…
Markh2o2 Thank You Thank You Thank You
I deleted the Google One App, restarted and my phone is working better than it has in weeks. I hope it continues to do so for all of us. Thanks for finding and posting this tip!!!
Once I enabled IPv6 on my WiFi router, my iPhone was able to connect to my WiFi router.
I cut off the private ip toggle and mine stopped being weird
iOS 17 bug: Wi-Fi not connecting after restart iPhone and iPad.
