WiFi/Internet Incredibly slow after iOS 4.2 Upgrade

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WiFi/Internet Incredibly slow after iOS 4.2 Upgrade

My wifi is incredibly slow after I upgraded two of the three iPads in my home to iOS 4.2. The other iPad that has not been upgraded works fine. In a side by side test loading the same web page, the iOS 4.2 iPad takes 5x as long. Any ideas on why this would happen?

iPad, iOS 4

Posted on Nov 22, 2010 7:11 PM

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cg258369

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Nov 22, 2010 7:36 PM in response to LuvmyiPad

Mine is the same way. After I updated the software, the Internet along with Facebook, YouTube and Pandora are all taking a very long time bringing up the information. Any suggestions?

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cmb123

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Nov 22, 2010 7:42 PM in response to cg258369

I notice the same. Hopefully a fix will be out soon.

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Nov 22, 2010 7:50 PM in response to cmb123

Noticed this too. I rebooted my iPad and now its back to fast wi-fi.

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Beejamin

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Nov 23, 2010 12:44 AM in response to Lowell Tuttman

Same here - and rebooting had no appreciable effect. Horribly, unusably slow.

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Nov 23, 2010 5:09 AM in response to LuvmyiPad

I have to weigh in on this, too. My wi-fi access to the Internet is also much slower than before I installed iOS v4 on my iPad. It's painfully slow. In an attempt to fix it I restarted my iPad, and I cleaned all of my Safari cache. All to no avail.

Let's all hope that Apple fixes this soon.

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Valo03

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Nov 23, 2010 5:18 AM in response to LuvmyiPad

Same here. It takes about 5 minutes to check for new emails and another 5 to load them.

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ppagnan

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Nov 23, 2010 5:24 AM in response to Valo03

The same for me. After iOS 4.2 installation the wifi connection is very slow. Unusable. Other mac and pc work fine on the same wifi lan. There are other posts on this subject, I believe this is a true bug. Now I try to reboot my router.

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Jerry E

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Nov 23, 2010 5:26 AM in response to LuvmyiPad

I haven't noticed any difference.

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ppagnan

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Nov 23, 2010 5:46 AM in response to Jerry E

Now, router rebooted. The wifi connection seems more responsive. I continue the analysis and I will post some information.

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ppagnan

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Nov 23, 2010 6:49 AM in response to ppagnan

It does work. So, reset network preference in ipad general settings and reboot your router. wifi works.

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NYR13

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Nov 23, 2010 6:54 AM in response to LuvmyiPad

I have the exact opposite experience. My iPad seems quicker loading web pages and web based apps then before the update.

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radamo

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Nov 23, 2010 7:00 AM in response to LuvmyiPad

I have the same issue. Did a speedtest and my internet speeds are about 1/4 to 1/2 of what they were with OS 3.2. Not very happy about this.
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Nov 23, 2010 7:28 AM in response to LuvmyiPad

Hello,
I am also having WiFi issues. The connection is slow, and it even displays fewer bars than it did before.

I thought Apple researched the WiFi issues before releasing iOS 4.2?

Hoping for a solution!

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smaffie

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Nov 23, 2010 7:44 AM in response to LuvmyiPad

I also have these problems. iOS4 slowed the internet down on my ipod touch since it's original release and now not only is it slower now on my iPad but sometimes it just doesn't load anything despite the wifi signal showing. Tried resetting router/network settings etc. Very frustrating.

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ppagnan

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Nov 23, 2010 1:16 PM in response to smaffie

The problem is here again. I rebooted the router and reset the network settings and for a while ipad was able to connect to the internet. But now, again, wifi is on everything seems fine but the connection is out of service! Sometimes packets flow, but I'm not able to use the net. This is quite disappointing.

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