Q: iPhone 5 wifi issues

Anyone know what Apple is doing about this? My WiFi won't connect at all.

Think they are waiting for us to get tired and go away. Honestly think they are doing absolutely nothing.

I have been following the IOS 6 issues. And there is so many failures. Yet Apple says nothing.

It's interesting just how many people are starting to get tired of the way Apple is treating them.

I'm actually starting to find it funny Cause we try to help by showing our concern and yet we are being treated like we are trolls. I have honestly not seen Apple do this bad before. It starts to sound like we are running windows .. LOL

The antenna is on the back of the phone from what I was told. That is why when you cover the back of you iPhone with both palms, you lose wifi signal.

Steph.... I posted the same info about 20 pages ago reference apple being aware of the problem and they have known for quite sometime before that. When the rep came back with my replacement, he advised that the engineers had collected enough iPhones with the wifi problem that they would not need mine and that that they don't have a fix yet.

So don't hold your breath. They have known about this since release date or shortly after. I'm on my 3rd iphone5 with some issues still. It appears that they are going to exchange it for a brand new iPhone in a box this time instead of just a standard replacement. I'm hoping I get luckier that way.

I'm not sure what else to do. But tomorrow is my 30 days up and I will be there to return it or get an exchange for a brand new iPhone.

It really looks like a software issue with WPA2 encryption.

Device: iPhone 5 AT&T, wifi router: Apple Time Capsule 3rd Gen

With encryption set to WPA2 (or WPA/WPA2), the packet loss when pinging the iPhone from local network jumps to 60-70%.

After disabling encryption on Time Capsule the issue disappears and there is 0% packet loss.

Three iPads (1st, 2nd and 3rd gen), an iPhone 4S and a Verizon iPhone 5 work fine on the same WiFi network, no packet loss at all.

There is no WEP encryption available on Apple Time Capsule or AirPort routers (which is not bad after all), and it is not possible to force Apple router / device to strictly use WPA.

May there be an issue with 802.11n?

My I5 runs on my home router 802.11g at 12Mbps

(with only two wifi bars)

On my home repeater 802.11n it runs at 4Mbps

(three wifi bars)

Same I5 location, same time, same speedtest, same server

Any idea or similar experiance?

Thanks!

Hello everybody,

My case is the famous case of having an iPhone 4 32gb and restoring its backup to a black 5 32gb.

I don't know for how long will it work but I have to say that reseting the network configurarion is working for a couple of days now.

Just the network settings - dindn't set it as a new phone!

I'm checking it every day when I arrive home. I hope it lasts!!

I'll keep you updated.

Well after 2 Iphone5's, i returned it and got 4s.  All issues gone.  goodluck everyone.  I've tried 3 routers with all the variations of security and well I am fed up.  I need a phone that works and I want to stay with Apple.

Hope the best for all you iPhone5 folks.

I've said in the past that I think this is a problem with 802.11n instead of a problem with WPA2/AES.

It just happens that turning off wpa2/aes turns off 802.11n and forces 802.11g.  At work I have no problems on a 802.11g router running wpa2/aes.

need to update my assumption, since I noticed the follwoing in the meantime:

It is the function of a wifi repeater itself, since it has to pass the wifi twice.

so in general my I5 works on 802.11n

I have been having more issues today than any other day with my wifi transferring data to my i5. It will show its connected but not load anything. Switched router to use "g" and it connected immediately and emails popped up. Will test the rest of weekend and post results.

hi all,

donno how relevant this could be to you

aftern restoring backup from 4s to my new 5 everything went smoothly

some apps were missing so started downloading them

all of a sudden wifi connection disappeared from main screen (it was active on the settings menu though)

after banging my head I noticed that the static ip configuration of my iphone5 was identical to the 4s one

so changed it back to the new setting (ie keeping the two device ips different) and started working again...

I am using an I Phone 5 with a D-Link Dir 655 Router with WPA/WPA2 Personal with no issues.  Full speed to the FIOS network.  However I can not join to a friend's FIOS network even though I am using the right password.  He is using the standard FIOS MI 424WR which is only 802.11G.  Still having issues with public wi-fi where I can see the netowrk but not join till I turn the I Phone 5 off then back on!

Go figure!  

Second I Phone 5!

Has anyone taken a I Phone apart yet to see where the Wifi antenna(s) are or the chips involved, either Intel or Apple?

Skip

A lot of people indeed seem to forget that! Thanks for reminding us!

Since the full system restore and a restore from backup, things are going REAL good with my iPhone 5 (Apple manufactured ship, 5GHz N WPA2 AES protected). But I just noticed that LTE has been disabled (still don't know what my plan is with my carrier, so I chose to disable it for the time being)...

I will try doing more tests tomorrow with LTE up...

but why are you using static ips in the first place?

Personally, it helps keep my network organized and facilitates port forwarding... Also, if I need to deal with a device specifically, I don't have to check its IP everytime since I know it.