How to Resolve iPhone 16 Pro WiFi Connection Problems?

My iPhone 16 Pro won’t even connect to home WiFi.


Super frustrating.


I’ve restarted the phone, reset network settings, restarted my router (Unifi Dream Machine Pro) and no luck.


What a joke.


Have an old iPhone 8, X and 13 pro running on WiFi without issues.



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Posted on Sep 22, 2024 8:01 PM

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Posted on Sep 23, 2024 8:09 AM

This was my issue. Had a new app from previous phone that created a local VPN. However, since this was WIFI only, it immediately killed the WIFI and then had no way of working. "VPN Status" was not connected. However, once I switched VPN apps, it immediately connected to WIFI.

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Sep 24, 2024 3:03 PM in response to healthteam

healthteam wrote:

Finally deleted all VPNs configurations and it works.

Strange because they actually weren’t toggled on. So I don’t know why there was an issue.

Oh well, guess it’s fine for home WiFi… but need a software update from Apple because this is pathetic.

iPhone does NOT need a VPN and they are almost ALWAYS the cause of connection issues as many here have seen. They shouldn't just be turned off, the VPN Profiles should be removed from the phone completely.

Sep 26, 2024 9:24 AM in response to healthteam

Just want to back up the VPN solution - worked for me too!


I work with technology and do a decent amount of IT work so I usually feel confident in my abilities to sniff out what the problem is, but this one eluded me completely. Strangely, it had not installed the VPN app yet through restore so it didn't even occur to me that it might be somehow secretly be sitting in settings since... you know... it hadn't been installed yet but lo and behold - VPN settings had my app AND had the "turn on on demand" toggled. Untoggled and removed VPN from Settings and voila.

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