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iOS 6.0.1 WiFi Still Greyed Out

My iPhone's WiFi was working great on iOS 6 when it first came out, no problems whatsoever, until last week it failed over night without me knowing. The WiFi option was still available but unable to connect to my home network and when I rebooted the phone, the WiFI was greyed out. It has not been working since.


I waited for iOS 6.0.1 to come out as I understood that this was supposed to fix the problem many users with iOS 6 have been facing with WiFi connections, but this has not worked. I do not understand why it has failed. I bought this 4S in February and have never dropped it and it has always been in a case. The WiFi was working great before I went to bed and the next morning it was no longer working.


I have reseted the network settings, restored the phone and even tried using the phone as new and this has still not fixed the problem.

Posted on Nov 1, 2012 12:38 PM

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Mar 27, 2013 1:13 AM in response to JimCity3000

Ok, just about the same here, for adding up at the long list of users defeated by Apple.: A 14 month 4S, working just fine and (strangely enough) after iOS update we got the wifi grey button + bluetooth spinning disk....

To let you know: I did all the reset restore blablabla possible: no change.

However, 10 minute in the freezer, wifi and bluetooth came back alive, connect to the network just fine etc.... (meaning the chip is not "broken", probably overheat or soldering connector pbe) but of course, after 10-20 minutes, again, wifi grey button + bluetooth spinning disk....

I did it two times, works the same.


Now I'm heading to the closet Apple store (I'm in France) but without any hope. I'm so disappointed....


If it doesn't do any good, I will unscrew it, get the battery off, and will torch it with a heat gun... who knows...

Apr 1, 2013 8:49 AM in response to nielssiem

Too all,

went to see the infamous Genius, he knew the problem, said that it was a hardware pbe, underground before the update, then that the update did reveal it; no way to solve that by software etc.... now it's dead, must change phone. 2 month out of 1 year warranty (he lauch out lound when I spoke about 2 year EU warranty, did not exists fof Apple in France) and very kindly propose a 199 euros repair... (basically, they switch Phone). How nice to be scr@* like this. So ****** disapointed, I used to be a Beta (alpha...) on OS X about 14 years ago, I hate to see this compagny changing but it probably inevitable. (too much success).


So I don't know yet what to do, I may even try to resolder the chip with a heat gun... for now it's 3G when possible.. and no bluetooth earphone. ridiculous....isn't ?


best,

Apr 4, 2013 11:56 AM in response to Morar95

Yo tenía el mismo problema, al pasar de iOS 5 al 6 el wifi se puso en gris, hice todas las recomendaciones que da Apple y nada funcionó, luego lo actualicé en todas las versiones que salieron después, actualmente tengo la 6.1.3 y tampoco funcionaba, de repente un día así de la nada se activó el wifi y ya está funcionando, así sin hacer nada!! Tal vez esa sea una opción más... esperar...


Saludos!

Apr 22, 2013 6:54 PM in response to Morar95

My wifi has been greyed out since I updated my 4s to 6.0.1. At first, I was shocked then a friend of mine told me to drain my phone and put it in the freezer. That freezer thing worked but only for 30 minutes and it was greyed out again. I went to the Mac Center the next day and asked the people who works there if that was a software problem, and they told me that they only troubleshoot iPads and iPods. I was mad when I left the store because they have a very very very very poor quality of service. I'm gonna wait for the next update and if that update won't let my wifi work, I will return my phone immediately and change into a Samsung phone. After all, Samsung isn't far from your standing.


TO APPLE:

Please fix this! Im getting impatient because using 3g is not fun at all. It will be your loss, Apple. Thank you. ⚠

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