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Iphone 4S wifi problem

Hi i bought an Iphone 4S day before yesterday. And i'm having problems with the wifi. wifi freezes after like evey 15- 20 mins. by freeze i mean it stays connected but that nothing works i dont lose singals or anything but internet stops working on the phone then i have turn off the wifi and connect it again to make it work for another 10-20 mins. is anyone else so facing the same problem?

iPhone 4, iOS 5, Iphone 4S

Posted on Oct 20, 2011 6:23 AM

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Posted on Oct 20, 2011 8:34 AM

Exactly the same problem here as well... 😟


Any idea?

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Oct 20, 2011 11:31 AM in response to shaheeriqbal

I think i solved the problem its working fine and its been 3 hours already since the wifi is working with out any problems.

try giving your iphone's mac address a fixed ip from the your router! dont set a static ip on your phone cause then you'll need to change the settings again and again when u connect to a different networks. try doing this! it worked for me.

Oct 21, 2011 8:51 AM in response to sparkbox

I did a "forget" of all my networks and started from scratch. So far things have been stable. Two networks that I used for test purposes at work had the same password. Not sure if that caused an issue or conflict. I can't imagine why it would as the SSIDs were different.


Anyway, I haven't noticed any problems since yesterday.

Oct 22, 2011 10:24 AM in response to shaheeriqbal

Have the same issue. Using Apple's Time Capsule, the wifi is better when I'm sitting right next to it, but if I am one room away the connection chokes. Using the Speed Test app, I see that the connection is good for a few seconds then it slows to a crawl, it won't even begin uploading in the upload portion of the test. Apple, please fix this!

Oct 23, 2011 12:03 PM in response to shaheeriqbal

how you do assign your phone a fixed ip? apologies if this seems a trivial question.


i have the same problem - wifi worked well for first 2-3 days, then used a public network (funnily enough at an Apple Store) then when I got home everything stopped working.


Now I am only able to intermittently join my home wifi network and even then it's so slow!


Have tried forgetting network, resetting network settings, clearing all settings - none of which solves the problem.


Is this an ios5 problem, or something worse like a hardware/antenna fault with the iphone 4S?

Oct 25, 2011 8:51 PM in response to succeed

I am not alone with this problem. I don't have this issue with my iPhone 4 at the same location. Why is the iPhone 4S having interference issues now?



This seems to be widespread and I am not alone. Google it. Check your forums. It works and then stops altogether. You have to reset network settings or turn phone off/on to work again and then same issue occurs.


It's either a) a bug b) defective hardware.


Let us know which one it is Apple!


I shouldn't have to change my channel on the router daily to get my iPhone to work. Never have in the past and never should in the future.

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