iOS 7 wifi "unable to join the network"

I've been involved in the post from the inception. Since my original resolution I have had no issues with my iPhone 5.

I've noticed quite a few folks saying they can connect with the 5Ghz but not the 2.4Ghz. There's a reason why this might be happening that an Apple tech taught me. The proliferation of 2.4Ghz wifi leads to interference issues with neighbors. I live fairly close to other residents and they all have 2.4 wifi. The interference was only effecting my iPhone 5 but nothing else. The reason for this is the lower power/receiving capablity of the phone itself compared to higher power laptops and misc wifi gear. The tech had me switch to 5Ghz on my ATC and then did a test to see if there were others in the area using the frequency; there was no one. Since that switch I've been pretty solid. Occassionally, I lose range on 5Ghz but doing a hard reset on the ATC resolves that issue.

I hope this info helps.

Tom

Thanks Tom,

Sadly, for many of us we have to reply on the settings available in our routers. Here's a screenie of my wi-fi options. Not much!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qkh4ssqd5t1aptc/Screenshot%202014-02-17%2019.10.16.png

Also, the solution to use 5Ghz networks doesn't help when attempting to use public networks or when at a family or friends house. This is most definitely a problem with the device and more likely a hardware issue (signal strength).

I'm now resigned to the fact that I will have to struggle on until my contract is up when I can either get a new iPhone or an alternative.

Thanks

I also had the same problems as most everyone else here, but I noticed that you said you have WEP protected wifi. I'd highly recommend that you switch to another wireless standard (other than WEP) since WEP is so vulnerable to being cracked. Try something like WPA or WPA 2.

go to your router (DONT GO SO FAR) and join back your network and enter your password 🙂 there u go .. This is Fix for me ..!

I'm now finding if I am right next to my router, it will connect and will actually work. But I have to be almost touching the router... I can connect to hotspots like The Cloud with no issues though... My router is a G technology one, so I'm gonna try an N one tomorrow and see if I get any joy with that.

I have the same problem on both iPad 3 and iPhone 4s when I updated to iOS 7. Cheers Apple.

I read your post with great interest. I'm going to have Comcast replace my modem for me as a result. But you mentioned you helped the tech keep your same network name and password. Can you please tell us how you instructed him/her to do that? Many times Apple products scare the techs and they seem helpless. If I knew what to tell the technician I'd be able to keep my network name and password, just as you did.

Thanks,

Marylyn

info from a friend because i had that problem today after i made a guest account. on your phone go to settings/general/reset network settings. go back to wifi and sign in. it was that easy!

Follow these simple steps! Worked for me on my ipad 3 and iphone 4.

http://helpios7.com/fix-wifi-connection-issue-ios-7/

🙂

So here is what I discovered:

After enduring the "unable to connect" issue for months - trying all the above suggestions without success, I finally replaced my iPhone 5 (thankfully still under warranty from my Carrier).

I received my new phone, but discovered that it was installed with iOS 6.

Lo and behold, my wifi issue seemed resolved.

I still wasn't sure if it was a hardware problem or a software (iOS 7) problem.

I consulted an Apple repair place before I dared to upgrade to iOS 7.

After discussing my problem, they were 80% confident it was a hardware issue (ie. antenna).

So I bit the bullet and upgraded.

It was stressed that this be done with the iPhone physically connected to a computer!!

DO NOT UPGRADE with Wifi!

Et voila! The problem is no more!

I was shown the inside of an iPhone5 and saw how fragile the antenna connection is.

This seemed to explain why it worked at close range to the router and not at a distance.

Hope this helps.

I received a $330 cheque from my credit card extended warranty insurance to repair my iPad3. I put that $$ towards a new tablet. Then I recently sold the wifi damaged ipad3 as-is for $200. Problem solved. Best of luck everyone!

I installed IOS 7.1 yesterday on my iphone 4s i thank it will fix the wifi problem but stail the same issu - could not connect to any WiFi networks.

i thank i should crash my iphone 4s and never buy any apple divice

I had the same prob. I went into my dlink settings online and saw that security was set up for WPA, but my iphone 4s was showing security as "none" . Now, I don't know why this happened because I didn't do anything to my iphone settings and it worked fine last nite. In any event, I changed my iphone settings to WPA, shut off the wifi on the iphone for 10 seconds, turned it back on, and presto, it connected. You will need to know your dlink password, because once you shut off the wifi (and I also hit "forget this network " to clear things out), you will initially have to log back in the first time it connects. After that, your iphone will search for the known dlink network and connect automatically without a password after the first time. hope this helps

THIS TOTALLY WORKED FOR ME. I have been doing all this complex resetting and things.. all I did was stand on top of my router and it connected. That was stupid, but thank you for posting an answer that actually helped me :3

I have a ipad 2 and ipad 3 both have the latest IOS 7.1. In a hotel, the ipad 2, iphone 4 and iphone 5 can connect without problem and ipad 3 connected for few miniutes then disconected and was keeping try to connect, I have reset the network for few times no connection. My ipad 3 works fine at home and workplace. It is also had trouble connect in one airport. What is the possible cause for this?