WOW - this worked for me - well it's now been over 3 hours and my wifi still seems fine.
After trying all the usual restore the phone procedures, and wasting loads of time on chat to apple support where the only conclusion was to persue apple through the law courts with the EU consumer laws (has anyone been successful with that 'cos I have a faulty 2008 Macbook Pro) I now have a wifi back after following the most simple steps from tgon711 to kick it back into life.
I had a newly restored iphone 4S (restored as a new phone after deleting all backups) and still wifi was greyed out.
Turned on both airplane mode and do not disturb
shut down the phone
went out to get some beers (essential ingredient)
and after about an hour, I turned the phone back on and wifi is back.
Incredible that apple have not yet sorted this bug which is affecting so many
I also can't believe that I still love these apple products, I've had quite a torid relationship over the last few years
iMac G5 died after 2 years - repaired under apple care
iMac 27in 2011 had to have screen replaced after about 18 months
Macbook pro 2008 screen has gone faulty but after apple care expired
Sons iphone 4 home button faulty
Daughter's iphone 4S sleep/wake button faulty
and now my 4S wifi issues after ios 7 update
Talk about losing faith
Hey, apple tv still works ok