wifi doesn't work with IOS 7

My problem seems a little different from the other problems. I can only connect to my home WIFI if I'm within a few feet of the router. Then, though it appears to be connected, it does not act like it. Everything takes a long time to load, some a very long time, like Pandora and Youtube, as if I were connected via a cellular network. If I move too far away it is no longer connected at all. Resetting and turning on/off has not helped.

Just tried your suggestion, and so far 24hrs later and its actually working fine, no issues at all. I recomend ppl try this if they havent already.

i noticed during the beta versions pf ios7, siri would always say things like "calling your brother's iphone." Since the official versions, i notice siri responds "calling your brother - iphone." You may be on to something with the apostrophe thing, though it seems kinds strange it could throw so much off.

Update: mine has been on again, off again over the past several days. As of yesterday it is off completely. Previously, it had only greyed out once briefly, but now it is permanently broken. No amount of fiddling with settings or restarting will do anything.

I went into Verizon and played with the Galaxy phones. I must say I'm tempted. Unfortunately, that would throw off the nice way that my iPad and iPhone play together, but I'm really disillusioned by Aplle's response to this issue.

If it's just a small problem that a few people are having, then just quietly make it right for those people. If it's a widespread issue, then issue a release and make it right. If this is a hardware issue, I'm disappointed because my phone is only a few months old. If it's a software issue, then making customers pay for a new phone is dishonest at best.

Poorly played, Apple.

i am having an issue on iphone 4 with ios 7.0.2.wifi connects,then loses connection ,then connects again and then disconnects,the same cycle repeats......frustrated :-(.....my wifi was working fine with ios 6.1.3...

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.

Here's the problem. I too have an iPhone 4, and have had no problems at all. Neither on my iPad 2. Sweetness and light all the way.

You say "Most frustrating is the deafening silence of what is a problem impacting more than a handful of people". Agreed. The statistical problem here is that there are hundreds of millions of users now using iOS 7. Where are they all voicing their anger, compared to your "more than a handful" impacted by the problem?

With respect, if you bought an iPhone 4s just over a year ago, have no problems with the device, then upgrade the phone to iOS 7, and immediately have problems, and then are told by Apple you have to buy new hardware, and then find out there are 23 pages of customers facing the same problem, wouldn't you be frustrated with Apple? Easy for you to be an apologist given you haven't had the problem faced by the 23 pages of people who have.

Yes, I would be upset. Really brassed off. Maybe even furious. But I still wouldn't be assuming that 23 pages (how many posts from the same posters? Maybe up to a hundred individuals?) of problems are an indication of those same problems being shared by the hundreds of millions of users who have updated to iOS 7.

DublinRanch wrote:

Since Apple has yet to publicly acknowledge the problem...

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398

If they haven't acknowledged it publicly, why are there troubleshooting articles available?

oldmisstreacle wrote:

Bought a Samsung Galaxy! Yippeee - I am free - no more will Apple mess up my life with an ios update and blame me, the hardware or anything else! They have lost the plot! Farewell dear friends.....

Bye.

crappleapple wrote:

wifi greyed out since upgrading to ios 7, when is someone going to listen surely there going to lose £££££££$$$$$$ sort it out muppets

Wow, that was a little rude.

How many of the troubleshooting steps that were already recommended have you tried, Poindexter?

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!

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.....

Tonefox is claiming the issue affects "up to a hundred individuals".

Not so. Read it again: "how many posts from the same posters? Maybe up to a hundred individuals?". I made no estimate as to the number of users with the problem, only the number of users posting on this thread. I suggest again that if the issue were caused only by the new iOS, then there would be over 200 million people in the world unable to access wifi, and it would have hit national newspapers and TV. Please do not misquote me.

oldmisstreacle wrote:

Bought a Samsung Galaxy! Yippeee - I am free - no more will Apple mess up my life with an ios update and blame me, the hardware or anything else! They have lost the plot! Farewell dear friends.....

As Arnold would say "You'll be back" when an Android update borks something in your device. Or most annoying, a rogue app trashes a bunch of other stuff. Ever wonder why it is highly recommended to run AV software on Android? With Apple all the apps are vetted by Apple. With Android you get what you get. There is no validation by anyone of the software. There have already been multiple rogue apps for Android.

You are also at the mercy of your cell provider as to when you get updates for Android. Unless you root your phone. Galaxy is a fine device, so is iPhone. They are tools, they are not life support systems. If you don't like one product you can change as you have done.