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Internet speed slow down after IOS 17.1 update

I just did an internet speed test, my Iphone 12 now just have download speed of 3.4 Mbps after updating to IOS 17.1

iPhone XS, iOS 15

Posted on Nov 5, 2023 11:49 PM

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Posted on Nov 27, 2023 9:37 PM

After updating 17.1.1 my iphone 13’s wifi speed has slowed down drastically. Youtube, facebook and even the safari browser is taking long time to load and display content. Because of the lag, the phone is continuously switching to mobile data from wifi. Just to clarify my wifi is working fine with other devices. Please fix this as we expect premium products and services from apple

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Apr 2, 2024 9:44 AM in response to dionlam03

There seems to be a problem with Microsoft Defender on the iPad. I was having very slow Wi-Fi . I tried just turning off VPN in Defender but it would just get turned back on. So I deleted the Defender app, and my sped went immediately from 8 Mbps to 500 Mbps. That’s all I know except that none of the “standard” fixes worked.

Apr 2, 2024 5:42 PM in response to Tbird7

That worked!! Full speed is back after I also closed all then restarted but it was turning of the ICloud relay that fixed it. I did the “for 24 hrs” setting because was concerned about security. If I loose speed in 24hrs then I guess am forced to keep the relay off.


Anyone know how concerned we should be to turn off the ICloud relay? Given the choice I rather have my speed back but sad to be forced to choose

Apr 22, 2024 9:39 PM in response to dionlam03

Tried all that was suggested but nothing worked till i disabled “Private Wi-fi address”. Speeds are back to normal. Tested if this was the cause by re-enabling “Private Wifi address”. As soon as it was enabled it slowed wifi slowed to a crawl . Once disabled back to 300+Mbps from less than 10.


Hope this info helps someone.

May 10, 2024 8:29 AM in response to dionlam03

I had this exact same issue over the past couple weeks and disabling the "private ip address" ticker in the wifi settings worked.


You go into your wifi networks, press the little blue "i" next to the network you're connected to, and scroll down to "private ip address" and switch it to off. Do a full reboot of your phone afterwards.


Once I did this, all my app browsing sped up drastically. I am unsure how important/risky it is to have the private ip address setting turned off, but I'm happy I dont have to switch between my wifi and cell data anymore. Hope this helps someone.

Internet speed slow down after IOS 17.1 update

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