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WIFI disabled - Greyed out since iOS 7 update on iphone 4s

My 4s has had no WIFI issues until i updated to iOS 7. after the update it worked for about 20 hours then disabled. I noticed my wifi was no longer connected, i checked the wifi was on and it was, still unable to connect i restarted the phone and now the WI-FI button is grey, dim and wont switch on. However Bluetooth does work fine, so I’m thinking it’s not the chip.


network setting reset

factory reset..... itunes crashed while restoring my data so now unable to re-sync my personal data

battery drain

freezer


nothing seems to fix this issue ! after reading forums it seems a similar thing happened when iOS 6.x.x was released, my 4s is out of warranty, apple seem to be taking no responsibility for the issue, clearly caused by the update as had zero issues until that point… which I find “convenient” as it so happens to co-inside with new iphone launches.


Please help anyone in the same boat ?


not a happy camper!



iPhone 4S, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 23, 2013 3:32 AM

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Sep 23, 2013 6:29 PM in response to diesel vdub

If they made a flakey phone and pushed out a buggy update they should at least provide the ability to wipe the OS and install iOS 6 again. I mean I love the improvements but basic functionality comes first.


Meanwhile, I haven't had to do another network settings reset and the WiFi functions. I've been trying to go easy on the phone though. I even rebooted it successfully (major problems before with that too) and temperature might have been a factor (even though it had worked fine when being much warmer under iOS 6). My WiFi connection has been disconnecting and reconnecting quite a bit though and there was a point where it seemed to freeze in system prefernces and nothing was working until it suddenly tried to do everything that I'd been pressing in a frenzy (possibly though just general iOS 7 bugginess). But WiFi continued to be enabled. I put the device in Airplane mode for now.

Sep 24, 2013 5:31 AM in response to Tarrantion82

It may well be a hardware fail, but in light of the fact the wi-fi on my phone has never had a single issue in the 18 months of ownership leading upto iOS 7. This lends me to believe it was caused by the software, or in fact it is not hardware at all and the function to enable/disable wifi within the software is bugged.


Lets not forget, in the majority of cases surronding this issue its not that people are unable to connect to wi-fi access point, the issue is the software does not allow the switch for the wi-fi option to switch on, which is software controlled unlike say a physical on / off switch on some laptops thus this issue is direct result of the update.



Apples attidude of "oh well, give us £200 to fix or buy a new phone" is a utter disgrace. considering also that most contracts for mobiles are 24 months in duration, this means effectively im left with either paying hefty data charges, or simply using it as a dumb phone for the next 6 phones..... im suprised more people are not bothered about this...

WIFI disabled - Greyed out since iOS 7 update on iphone 4s

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