iPad 1 Not Connecting to WiFi

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iPad 1 Not Connecting to WiFi

Today, after a 2 day absence, I find my iPad-1 cannot connect to my home network. My laptops and my iPad-2 connect easily. The iPad-1 finds the network, shows signal is strong, but the flower keeps rotating, with no check mark, when I select it. I have tried, in order, reset of iPad, renew network lease, and reset network connections. I even tried a variation of going to airplane mode before resetting. I have not done anything with my router for fear of messing up the connections of my other devices, but I’ll try if you think it could work. This is the original iPad bought the first week of launch. I’m wondering if something in the hardware has failed. Or is the IOS just too buggy to work anymore? Will the Apple support line even respond to this old workhorse? Any help very appreciated.

iPad, iOS 5.1, Original launch

Posted on Jul 5, 2013 5:14 PM

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JimHdk

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Jul 5, 2013 5:20 PM in response to appleyip

Restart your router by removing power to it for 30 seconds.

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Jul 5, 2013 5:21 PM in response to appleyip

I am using an original right now and it is working fine. Try:

Settings > Airplane Mode ON

Power down and wait 5-10 minutes

Power up

Settings > Airplane Mode OFF

If that does not work, you can try powering down the router, disconnect the power from it, wait 10 minutes and then restart it. It will then capture a new IP starting address.

That does not change settings for your other devices, other than you may want to renew the DHCP lease on each.

if none of this helps, the Apple store genius bar can run diagnostics to see if there is a hardware issue.

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Jul 5, 2013 6:21 PM in response to appleyip

This (the 30 sec router power off) did it. I guess I'm just chicken when it comes to messing around with my router. I wonder why just the iPad-1 had the problem - maybe it's just more sensitive to network issues. Anyway, the old gal is chugging away again. Much thanks!

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