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Wi-Fi won't connect after IOS 5 upgrade

We run a number of ipads at our office and have just upgraded 2 to IOS5. One of them continues to work well and connects to the wi-fi and the second one will not connect. Any ideas?

iPad 2, iOS 5

Posted on Oct 18, 2011 10:29 PM

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Posted on Oct 18, 2011 10:38 PM

1. Side by side compare the network settings between the 2 iPads.

2. Try Renew Lease.

2. Try Forget This Network, Fully power off the iPad (hold top button until red slider). Restart iPad, go to Settings, Wifi, Other and enter the network name info.

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Dec 25, 2011 11:03 AM in response to nrneilson

I have the same problem on a newly purchased ipad2, worked fine for about a week, but when I updated to iOS5 it won't connect to the Internet. Sometimes it connects to the wifi, but gets no internet access. Sometimes it won't even connect to the wifi. (The wifi symbol lights up in the upper left corner.) I tried all suggestions above and it still won't work. I tried restoring the ipad to pre-update settings, but this does not reverse the OS updatade, and the problem remains. What was a great device is suddenly rendered pretty much useless until a solution appears :-(

Sep 19, 2012 4:45 PM in response to nrneilson

Similar problem. iPhone 4 updated to iOS 6 today. Now, I can't connect to a wifi network. I've 'forgotten' the network, then rebooted the phone. Still same problem. I choose the network, enter the password (that I told the phone to forget) and then it connects for a about half a second and goes back to 3G.


Here's the rub: After it drops the wifi, a log in screen that looks like the one that comes up at starbucks for the user agreement. The phone says (with a 'log in' banner across the top, like starbucks) that it couldn't locate the page and gave me a bunch of Apple website links: Mac, Support, iPad, etc. Not sure how or why the log in screen appeared. Just weird, that's all. I'm sure there's a fix out there.


Any ideas anyone?

Wi-Fi won't connect after IOS 5 upgrade

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