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wifi doesn't work with IOS 7

Hi, I installed on my iphone IOS 7 but now wifi doesn't work. It doesn't find any wifi connections around me. Please help me! What can I do?

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 8:28 AM

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Oct 3, 2013 8:16 PM in response to TJBUSMC1973

appleuseriphone wrote:


I am not sure fi apple is listing to our isues (or) not? any luck I tried airplan mode and all mentioned in http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1559 no luck

Try this:

- Restore from backup. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766 (If you don't have a backup, make one now, then skip to the next step.)

- Restore as new device. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4137
For this step, do not re-download ANYTHING, and do not sign into your Apple ID.

- Test the issue after each step. If the last one does not resolve the issue, it is likely a hardware problem.

Oct 3, 2013 9:53 PM in response to TJBUSMC1973

TJBUSMC1973 is implying this is a hardware issue (because allegedly otherwise ALL devices would be affected - a lame assumption as it leaves out the possibility of software conflicts which may explain the apparent selectiveness of the wifi disease). Tonefox is claiming the issue affects "up to a hundred individuals".

So here are some simple questions to both of them:

1. Suppose this IS a hardware issue. Then who is responsible (and should pay) for the hardware failure? Apple which manufactured the defective hardware which was pushed over the edge by a software update offered by Apple? Or maybe the owner of the defective hardware who had a WORKING PIECE OF HARDWARE until he/she made the update as suggested by Apple according to Apple's instructions?

2. Suppose the issue affects relatively few individuals. Apparently they are not to blame for the problem (they merely did what Apple told them to do - without warning of possible consequences). If they are so few, why won't Apple own up its failure and replace those "few" phones free of charge regardless of whether the warranty period has expired? Well, I believe that maybe the number of affected individuals is considerably higher (and disclosing the number would be VERY BAD PUBLICITY), or Apple has become too smug in its attitude towards its customers (hundreds of millions are happy, so let those who are unlucky - "up to a hundred" - do what they will, they are not OUR problem). Be that as it may, Apple's failure to heed the cries of those affected by the wifi disease (while hundreds of millions are happy, duh) borders on disgusting - and could be a harbinger of more woes to come. If Apple is not worried by a few users ("up to a hundred") defecting to Samsung or other competitors, this is BAD, as this is an indication of how others will be treated when new problems crop up.

3. Many claim that they had no problems while their iPhones were running on iOS 1.6.3. Rolling back to that version would easily resolve the hardware/software dilemma. Why won't Apple permit it - at least for those who openly say they have been affected by the wifi disease IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE UPGRADE to iOS 7?

Sorry for so many letters - it's just that I loved my iPhone, and now I feel betrayed - and being shrugged off because I am one of "up to a hundred" individuals who was stupid enough to believe they had purchased top-quality hardware DOES NOT HELP!

Oct 3, 2013 11:28 PM in response to Prokhozhy

same here, this is my second phone ' blown by an upgrade' sick of apple..... feel utterly let down, 1st handset (4s) wifi dropped out during the ios 6 upgrade...12 months later the new handset does the same on ios 7..,, and before anyone asks yes have tried everything.... off to apple store tommorow and they better have a manager ready..... ive got three phones on contract , we renew in february and that will be the end of my apple journey...... loved the iphone..... however sick of being fobbed off with excuses ' its the hardware/ its a software issue/ its the software that casued the hardware isssue' ..... never again...... trouble is apple is so big it doesnt care..... the staff on the technical helpline seemed to be programmed to only say the same thing......


rant over.....

Oct 4, 2013 11:46 AM in response to Prokhozhy

Prokhozhy wrote:


TJBUSMC1973 is implying this is a hardware issue (because allegedly otherwise ALL devices would be affected - a lame assumption as it leaves out the possibility of software conflicts which may explain the apparent selectiveness of the wifi disease). Tonefox is claiming the issue affects "up to a hundred individuals".

So here are some simple questions to both of them:

1. Suppose this IS a hardware issue. Then who is responsible (and should pay) for the hardware failure? Apple which manufactured the defective hardware which was pushed over the edge by a software update offered by Apple? Or maybe the owner of the defective hardware who had a WORKING PIECE OF HARDWARE until he/she made the update as suggested by Apple according to Apple's instructions?

2. Suppose the issue affects relatively few individuals. Apparently they are not to blame for the problem (they merely did what Apple told them to do - without warning of possible consequences). If they are so few, why won't Apple own up its failure and replace those "few" phones free of charge regardless of whether the warranty period has expired? Well, I believe that maybe the number of affected individuals is considerably higher (and disclosing the number would be VERY BAD PUBLICITY), or Apple has become too smug in its attitude towards its customers (hundreds of millions are happy, so let those who are unlucky - "up to a hundred" - do what they will, they are not OUR problem). Be that as it may, Apple's failure to heed the cries of those affected by the wifi disease (while hundreds of millions are happy, duh) borders on disgusting - and could be a harbinger of more woes to come. If Apple is not worried by a few users ("up to a hundred") defecting to Samsung or other competitors, this is BAD, as this is an indication of how others will be treated when new problems crop up.

3. Many claim that they had no problems while their iPhones were running on iOS 1.6.3. Rolling back to that version would easily resolve the hardware/software dilemma. Why won't Apple permit it - at least for those who openly say they have been affected by the wifi disease IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE UPGRADE to iOS 7?

Sorry for so many letters - it's just that I loved my iPhone, and now I feel betrayed - and being shrugged off because I am one of "up to a hundred" individuals who was stupid enough to believe they had purchased top-quality hardware DOES NOT HELP!


What I said was that if it was the iOS 7 software, then all devices running iOS 7 would be affected. And that isn't the case. I said it has to be something else. This is basic logic. I've seen many, many devices with this issue, and so far, NONE of them have been related to the iOS specifically.


TJBUSMC1973 wrote:


nealfrirl wrote:


Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, 22 PAGES of complaints. Think this might just prove that it IS an ios7 bug and not damaged hardware. FIX it please Apple!

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, no this doesn't prove it's an iOS 7 bug.


If it was a bug in the SOFTWARE then ALL DEVICES running the software would be affected.


It's something else. Keep guessing.


Back up your assertions that the number of affected users is 'considerably higher'.


If your device has defective hardware, then get it serviced under warranty for free. If your warranty has expired, then replace your device. That's how the real world works. You get what you pay for.


You paid for a device with a one year warranty. That's it. Anything BEYOND that is your perception, based on something other than the reality of the written agreement.

wifi doesn't work with IOS 7

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