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iphone 5 wont stay connected to wifi

My iPhone 5 keeps dropping wifi connection after about 30 seconds of being connected. It's not my router or internet because we bought 2 phones and the other phone works and stays connected just fine. It's only my phone. It tries to connect to a website, youtube, email, whatever and then just times out. If I attempt to renew the lease it renews with some strange IP address that isn't tied to my router and leaves the Router and DNS fields blank. I have reformatted, reset network settings, reinstalled the OS, forgotten the access point and re-entered, changed the wifi channel for troubleshooting steps so far. Any further ideas other than a bad antenna?

iPhone, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 21, 2012 2:53 PM

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Aduran86

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Posted on Sep 21, 2012 10:38 PM

Very similar and very frustrating problem. My regular wifi connections (which are up to date and very fast) will onl work if I'm literally no more than 5 feet away from the router. If I'm farther than that it disconnects and won't even find it! My iPhone 4S still works and connects perfectly from anywhere in the house.

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u1012270

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Jan 3, 2016 12:07 PM in response to drbmoore

this worked for me

Jun 28, 2016 12:58 AM in response to Nilotec

Can anyone say if iPhone 5 is a good option to buy on second hand or 5s?

Sep 10, 2016 4:55 PM in response to Nilotec

I also have this problem. I will be in the middle of sending an imessage, and it wont send due to the my phone not connecting again. I havent had this problem before with my 5c, which is until recently. I am the second owner of this phone, with my mother be the first and buying it new when the phone first came out. If anyone has a fix that does not require getting a new phone, anything would be appreciated. I just within the last 3 months got this phone transfered to my number, and cannot already get a new one.

Thanks,

Oct 4, 2017 9:18 PM in response to TJ Asher

As crazy as this sounds.

Reading this 5 years later (2017) on the iPhone 8 plus, what you suggested actually worked. Thank you😂

iphone 5 wont stay connected to wifi