iPhone 4 cannot connect to home Wi-Fi

Nope, I haven't figured it out yet. Do you have a password for your wifi? I was going to try removing the password and see if that would work. Not sure if it will let me or if it's a good idea security wise...

I found a solution that has worked on both iPhone 4's I have that have had the same issues, and also including not being able to download updates in the App store.

Go to Settings > WiFi and turn it OFF.

Next go to General > Cellular > Cellular Data and turn it OFF

Next go back to Settings > WiFi and turn it ON, (wait a few seconds for it to sync with your network)

Finally go back to General > Cellular > Cellular Data and turn it ON.

I had the same issues on both my wife's phone, and my own, and it fixed it immediately without changing any proxy settings or reboots, (which I did try on my phone and did not work, but did not try on my wife's phone)

Hope this helps!

In Settings-Wifi, next to the found wifi network name there is a blue pointer. Click on in it and it will open advanced netowrk settings. By default it is DHCP. you have to click ot Static and fill the proper details of your network. You can read the details from your Time Capsule or other wifi router.

Good luck!

I haven't tried the static IP yet....but I find it kind of strange... since we added Apple TV..this problem started. Talking to someone else I know who just bought AppleTV and they have an iPhone 4 are having the same problem connecting to their home wifi? Sounding more like an AppleTV conflict ?? Anyone else having this problem after adding AppleTV?

I haven't tried the static IP yet....but I find it kind of strange... since we added Apple TV..this problem started. Talking to someone else I know who just bought AppleTV and they have an iPhone 4 are having the same problem connecting to their home wifi? Sounding more like an AppleTV conflict ?? Anyone else having this problem after adding AppleTV?

Mine is fixed! Thanks to my son. It was a setting for our wifi router that he had changed to try to make it fasted for our AplleTV! I can't tell you exactly what it was but must be my iPhone was not liking it.

I Have the same issue. Before the upgrade, no problem on my home wifi. I have 2 laptops, one apple without the upgrade and one HP no issue with home wifi network. Both my iPad and iPhone - both recently witht he I06 upgradefind the network, but both say "unable to connect". Nothing works. Reboot, " forget this network' and re enter. Etc. I agree that it must be apple issue

I have had the same issues as most of the posts on this thread, its now 2 years of flustration with doggy wi-fi connections from my iPhone 4 to my Apple Time Capsuel

But I am happy to report all these problems have now been corrected, and I now have a reliable and rock solid wi-fi connection, How did I achieve this well Ill share with you all

I replaced my iPhone with a Samsung Galaxy S3 it connected first time and as been solid ever since,

Thank you so much for the help! I just got the 4s and it has been working great on wifi but just today my phone wouldn't connect. I viewed several other discussions, none of which helped, but when I tried this it worked perfectly! Thank you so much!

I've just noticed one weird thing. I've log in to my router settings and went to Device Info > DHCP. There I saw I table with 4 columns and 4 lines. So the columns are: Hostname, MAC Address, IP Address, Expires in. Under the "Hostname" I can see all devices connected to my router: iMac, macbook and iPhone. The weird thing is that "expires in" counts down 24 hours for iMac and macbook, but as for the iPhone, it counts down 60 seconds O_o. After 60 seconds pass, the status changes to "Expired". Any ideas on what it means?

Also, how do I make my iPhone change IP automatically to the one I assign? It seems set random IP address every time.

Your router is set for DHCP - thats fine. Look at the configured range of IP-s which is set to be provided to dhcp clients. and write down one before the last one.

Open Settings on your iPhone and...:

In Settings-Wifi, next to the found wifi network name there is a blue pointer. Click on in it and it will open advanced netowrk settings. By default it is DHCP. you have to click ot Static and fill the proper details of your network. You can read the details from your Time Capsule or other wifi router.

Good luck!

I tried all kinds of stuff to get my iphone 4 (verizon) to recognize my airport wifi and connect to the network after a trip out of town. It would find the airport but not connect to the network (spinning circle). This worked. Unplug airport from power source. Unplug network router and all network switches in between from power source. Let them sit without power for a few minutes. Plug in router and let boot up, plug in switches, and then plug in airport. Wait for green light on airport. iPhone automatically connected at this point and finally worked.

I think it may have been a conflict in the IP address. Maybe, maybe not, but this total power down and power up of all network components worked.

Symptoms:

Starting a week or so ago, after over a year of problem free operation...

Wireless networks connect, yet no data is delivered via wireless.

-Pages cannot be browsed

-Emails never send or receive

-Activity indicator churns but nothing goes in or out over wireless.

-Connecting to wireless can be instant or take 2 minutes

-Other wireless devices connect and work fine on my wireless network

-My phone works fine on other wireless networks

-When connecting to home wireless it connects and the phone switches to the correct IP address, etc.

Things I tried that did NOT work:

-Reboot phone

-Reboot wireless access point

-Reboot wireless access point and gateway/route at same time

-"Forget network"

-Change security wep/wap/wap2/etc

-Reset network settings on phone (while rebooting all network equipment)

-Change wireless to another channel

-Change wireless name

-Forcing an IP lease renewal on the phone.

What finally DID FIX it:

-In my wireless access point, I reserved the IP the phone had been using for another device.

-Renew the lease on the phone (Settings>wi-fi>blue arrow by wireless name>Renew Lease button at bottom

-Phone switched to a new IP address

-Everything works now.

I hope this helps some of the folks struggling with this.

Best of luck all.

Vexing issue. I have a 2Wire modem that is about a year old and an iPhone that has latest software update just installed few days ago.

Here's what I did to get it to work:

1.) I went to the AT&T / U-verse 2Wire page: http://192.168.1.254

2.) at HOME there is Top Networking Features / under that is WIRELESS (modify security or settings). click on that.

3.) At the bottom of page is MAC filtering (Edit Blocked/Allowed Device List)

4.) Find your MAC address on your iPhone in SETTINGS

5.) Enter MAC address at bottom of webpage you're on (Add New MAC Address to List Manually)

6.) Click on ADD TO LIST

7.) It will show up in Blocked Devices....click the << button to move to ALLOWED DEVICES

8.) Hit save (a little above middle of page on right hand side)

It sometimes takes a little while for the device to show up.

I also turned off modem after I did this and rebooted iPhone AFTER resetting Network settings.

9.) Go to SETTINGS and find your wi-fi router, enter the network key and it wall worked for me.

thanks for that worked in less than 30 seconds.

I had 2 weeks with no connection to my home wi-fi and read the post about resetting the network connections and hey presto all fine thanks for that Bailly

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