WiFi keep dropping after iOS 5 upgrade

I'm having the same problem with my iPad2 and iPhone4. Also since the update my wifi connection is running slowly at times and I never had this probelm until now.

Likewise, this issue has been impacting my iPad2 since upgrading to iOS5 two days ago. I have not upgraded my iPhone3GS, and the 3GS is not droping the wi-fi connection. Equally important, my Sony VAIO laptop isn't having trouble picking up the connection, and the iPad2 never had problems prior to the upgrade.

I've had wifi dropping issues with my iPhone 4S running iOS 5. My wife's iPhone 3GS, running iOS 4, works fine in the same locations.

I had this problem briefly but it disappeared when I reset the network and reentered my Wi-Fi router's password info.

If that doesn't work I'd next try a full reset...hold Home and On/Off buttons until Apple logo appears then release both buttons.

I am having this problem on my iPhone 4, iPad 2, my wife's iPhone 4S, and both kids's iPod touch 4th Gen. Having the error on all devices lets me know the problem is real and big. This is ridiculous. I bought a brand new Airport Extreme base station today. Since it happened on every iOS device, I figured it had to be the router. I was wrong.

Please get this fixed quickly or at least get us a work around for now.

I'm experiencing the same problem, after updating my iPad2 to iOS5, it loses the wifi connection and the only way to get it to reconnect is by turning wifi of and back on, and re select my wifi network.

Apple what are you doing to fix this problem!

I am starting to think it has something to do with the way iOS 5 handles 5 GHz WiFi (vs 2.4 GHz). Coverage at 5 GHz can be finicky due to signal fade. That seems to characterize my experience. One moment I have a signal, then the next moment if I slightly move the phone, the signal gets lost. One would hope that in this situation the device would "fall back" to the better propagating 2.4 GHz signal, but instead it seems to be cutting over to 3G.

At least that's my theory...plan to test it this weekend.

John

I'm having the same problem but with my MIFI and iPad2 after upgrading to iOS5. Prior to that everything was fine. It's made the device practically unusable.

Same problem. The ipad is inconsistent with its connection to the wifi. It was perfectly fine till the upgrade to IOS 5. The support team advised resetting network, resetting everything, nothing has cured the problem. The only thing left for me to do is to change the router. Unfortunately it appears that I can't roll back to the earlier IOS. Hope Apple takes care of this problem at the earliest

My laptop will no longer detect the personal hotspot on my iPhone 4 after the OS 5 update but everything works fine with my wi-fi at home. Thoughts?

My iphone 4 is doing the same thing; It recognizes my home router (Time Capsule) and network, but will not connect. This problem happened also with the second to last iOS 4.x.x update also. I have reset the modem, router, and iPhone, but no go. My wife's iPhone 4 with iOS 5 has no problems.

Same issue with my iPhone 4 & iPad. We need to have this fixed!

Has anyone found a solution to this yet, I'm getting quite frustrated with it.

If I run a speed test I can see the connection speeding up then slowing down to nothing!!

I did find a reply that has worked for me by Reiki Lotus as follows:

OK, here's the fix. My phone has been WiFi perfect for 24 hours now.

1. In Settings -> WiFi -> {your network}, click on Forget this Network.

2. Restablish a connection to the network you just dropped.

3. Once all the connection details have been filled in, go to the DNS field and replace everything that might be in there with this ip address: 208.67.222.222. This is the OpenDNS server.

This fixed the problem both at home and the office. I am also using WPA2 security and have not had an issue.

More info is at this site: http://www.madbot.org/?p=189.

Thanks,

Ned

Message was edited with more detail by: Reiki Lotus

What if my Wi-FI isn't identifying my hot spot?