wifi greyed out iphone 4s
ok so i got my new iphone 4s for christmas and i updated it to ios 6.0.1 and the wifi is greyed out but bluetooth still works i need help?
iPhone 4S, iOS 6.0.1
Like many owners of the iPhone 4s, I have experienced the dreaded greyed out wifi connection issue. Initially I went through Apple Support, spent an hour going through various resets of my iPhone. Unfortunately, I still had an issue with the greyed out wifi, after my time with Support. This effectively meant that I no longer had a fully operational phone.
Like many here, my phone was out of warranty, so exchanging the phone was not an option. I looked on the net and saw regular references made to the solution of using the heat from a hairdryer over the top of the phone, letting the overheat message to come up, turning the phone off and putting it into a freezer for ten minutes (inside a plastic bag) and sure enough, this fix worked.
However, I have three major issues with the solution:-
1. We are in the technological age. It cannot be right for many users to rely on the methodology explained above as a regular solution to this problem. But people try this option in the absence of any effective alternative from Apple.
2. The solution itself does not appear to be permanent. I have had to carry out this 'fix' on at least five occasions in the last three months.
3. Whether the actual issue with many of the iPhone 4s is a software or hardware glitch, Apple is responsible for
providing both. If the internal chip is the issue, which I understand may well be the case, then surely as Apple is the company responsible for their hardware and software, per se, they should replace the chips for these phones for free, regardless of whether the phone is under warranty or not. Car manufacturers are having to do this for their vehicles; washing machine companies are having to do likewise for their products, so surely the principle is the same for Computer and Phone providers.
