Poor wifi reception on new iPad

So...

Was the new one any better? What was the factory origin of your first and last device (first two letters on Serial #)?

In my experience, I never came across a Genius (out of over ten I worked with in my 7 attempts to get a good one) who had ever even heard of this problem, though most were accommodating for a replacement.. If your second one doesnt work, look for a "DY" factory built model.. your odds might be better.

Paul

I just got it yesterday, but so far, it's better. I can report back after having used it a few days.

The replacement is a DY, manufactured last month at Foxconn in Shenzhen. The original iPad 3 was manufactured the second week of January at Foxconn DL.

I just got a third replacement and it is a DL. You state "look for a DY factory built model, my question is where am I looking?? Apple sent me a replacement. I didn't get to look for anything.

The first two characters of the serial number show which factory made the device. When you get one sent to you you don't have a choice of looking at the serial numbers like you would in the store.

Though I'm guessing there may be some good DLs and DMs, the DY units seem to have better screens and WiFi performance in my admittedly unscientific sample of my own experience and what I've seen on the forums.

Having same problem with 2 month old ipad 3 4g+wi-fi. Wife's IPAD never drops when we sit together on patio. Mine drops all the time. (Just dropped again!!) I have tried all the tricks suggested on forum to reset device, "forget network" etc... Nothing works. I really don't want to start playing with router settings. Why should I have to? My laptop, iPhones, iPod Touch, iPad 1... All work great. It's time to take this ****** thing back to Apple store.

I made airplane mode, reset network, restore, nothing can bring 2.4GHz wifi to it... only 5GHz...

My serial number starts with DM.

An update on my replacement iPad: I have had the replacement for five days and have not had a single WiFi drop. Also, it maintains high throughput.

Having the same problem too. New iPad with a DM serial. Sitting in a hotel and my New iPad has 1-bar (at times dropping out) while my Late 2008 MacBook Pro has a full signal.

I'll be visiting a Genius Bar soon.

Quick Update:

I stayed at the same Marriott hotel this week and the iPad kept dropping signal again. I had no problems at home on my wifi except the death grip.

So I took it straight back to Sam's Club and exchanged the white 32 gb iPad 3 manufactured at the DM factory for a black 64 gb wifi only one manufactured at the DF factory. It was the only one left so I think I got lucky.

I am using the new one via the hotels wifi, and it's night and day. I used speednet and compared the iPhone 4, my net book, and this new iPad and the speeds are all comparable. The death grip issue is noticeably better but still there.

Overall, I'm happy. I did try out the google tablet and liked it but without a back camera, it was unacceptable.

My recommendation for those that keep getting wifi drops on the iPad 3 and not on the iPhone or other devices using the same wifi network would be just to exchange it and not waste any more time.

Ken

Hi people, as I told you before I have a DM made New iPad too.

I run the AirPort Utility, changed the "MULTICAST RATE" of my Time Capsule 5GHz N BAND to "LOW" and now I had a HUGE difference on signal bar at far places from TC.

Before this change I was considering to buy an Access Point to include on my wireless network but I don't need anymore.

It's not a final solution of course, but if the problem is not related to iOS, it can minimize the problems for who can't take your devices to Apple Store Genius or whatever who is desperate about signal reception.

i have the same problem. there is a note which is "No Wi-Fi" in the settings panel. Also the wifi mac is not seen. (N/A).

i bring to sevice my new ipad. i was very close with my ipad. 😟

My Serial Number starts with: DYTHJ

I also have extreme bad wifi connection. I tried almost everything adviced, but without success. I have no problems in my house with my IPod or Apple TV. But my IPad is horrible. Like playing online poker (Zynga), but it’s almost impossible! Just bought my IPad 2 weeks ago, but if I had known about the connection problems, I would have bought another tablet. Un-workable, complete disaster.What can I do?

DNS -- DNS translates discussions.apple.com for example to a number so that the computer knows where to find it. discussions.apple.com makes sense to us but it means nothing to a computer. If you are getting safari error messages that the server cannot be contacted or equivalent, you may have a dns problem. This is not apple's fault, but your router or ISP. You can fix this most easily by hardcoding DNS into the ipad. This is a permanent fix and will work almost whereever, though some universities require you to use their DNS to be an authorized user, but universities will have working DNS.

Sam, thanks for posting this. My newish lynksys network has been so slow on ipad2 for last few months after working great for previous 8 months. Constant messages saying server not contacted. Other computers etc were working fine. Anyway after figuring out the hardcoding thing all is speedy again today. Hoping it is a long term fix! Thanks again!

And do you have a bad wifi connection? I have a DYTH and the wifi is absolutely horrible!!