My wife and got 4s' in December and were connecting to our home wireless network with 5G speeds, but have since lost that ability with the past 2 updates. Was there some software deletion in those updates that took away the ability for the phone to recognize the 802.11n protocol? We are both at iOS 6.1.3.
iPhone 4S, iOS 6.1.2
5g speeds?
What do you think that means, since there are no wifi specs called 5g and no cell networks are using 5g yet?
Hate to inform you that 5G does not exist.
There is only 4G that is available and you can only connect to 4G on an iPhone 5 and NOT an iPhone 4s. A 4s can only use 3G and that is it.
Connecting to home wifii is totally different and does not involve 5G at all.
Sorry for the confusion, guys. I was referring to the 5GHZ speed that is available on the 812.11n protocol. There are 2 speeds - 2.4GHz and 5GHz. My laptop will connect to my home network at the 5GHz speed. iPhone 5 does have that capability but not the 4S. I had thought the phone was connecting to the network at 5Ghz when we first got them, but the tech specs on the phone say that it isn't possible. However, the iPhone 5 specs do have that capability.
I wasn't referring to a 5G network by Verizon or any other carrier.
Hope this clears up any confusion.
Those are not speeds. They are radio frequency bands.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-4s/specs.html
Iphone 4s dont iphone 5 does
You misread the i5's specs.
802.11 Wi-Fi has several subspecs possible: a, b, g or n. The i5 is capable of working with all. When operating under 802.11n, it can work on the 2.4GHz or the 5.2GHz bands, if the access point is using either. For full speed (theoretical max is 600 Mbits/s), it needs to use the 5.2 GHz band. iOS 6.1.3 did not take away any of those capabilities.
Is 5G Internet speed compatible on 4s?
