Wifi not working after upgrade to iOS 7

After upgrading iOS 7 on my iPhone 4S, the wifi is not working. It cannot detect any wifi nor am I able to enable wifi under settings. Is there a way for me to fix this?

iPhone 4S, iOS 7

iPhone 4S, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 23, 2013 4:45 PM

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Oct 20, 2013 3:37 PM in response to Gustavojosedf77

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I have had 4 chats so far with Apple online support.
I have an iPhone 4S bought in the UK and am now on an extended trip away from the UK and have the wifi issue since update.
They want me to send it back to the UK, at my expense, for it to be repaired or replaced as they say it cannot be fixed in Australia.
As you can see they don't place much faith in what forum users say, or their issues asince the update.

Oct 24, 2013 1:29 PM in response to Gustavojosedf77

Apple Support had me run thru a software reset to iOS 7.0.2 to try to fix the issue. I then restored all my data thru iCloud, WiFi then failed again within 3 days.



I called Apple Support again and this time they suggested that I software reset to iOS 7.0.3. This reset the 4S to factory settings, but this time no WiFi, so I'm without Apps, contacts, everything as I cannot restore from iCloud.



I called Apple Support again + talked to a supervisor, who refused to accept any fault. I was told that iOS7 "uncovered an already-existing hardware issue" and that Apple were in no way responsible for the issue.



After 30 mins of discussion, I gave up as the only choice given to me was to pay 211 euros to "fix" the issue.

Oct 25, 2013 6:19 AM in response to Gustavojosedf77

Been having problems and heard that an iOS 7.03 upgrade was available. That was great but I couldn't connect to. wi-fi to upload. For what it's worth, I set my 4s to airplane mode, did a hard boot and Wi-Fi came on. With nothing to lose I quickly started the iOS 7.03 update. It took about 30 min to upload and install. After it was complete, it connected to Wi-fi (home) then went to work and it auto connected there as well. So far so good. It's worked for a few days with no problem.

Oct 25, 2013 2:16 PM in response to honohb

I'm affected by the 4s wifi/bluetooth issue and share your frustration; I too have had many posts removed and been quoted the "non-constructive rant" but you only need to state an opinion that isn't acceptable and the post will be removed


it is extremely frustrating to have this issue and those who don't, I feel can't appreciate the situation

Oct 27, 2013 8:19 AM in response to NorrieGBR

I myself also got affected by this wifi issue.

My problem that I could connect to wifi, but could not do browsing at all since upgrading to iOS 7.0.2 in iPad 3 Retina.


Tried to reset network, etc to no avail.

My last effort is to reset the iPad back to original factory (by doing Reset Content and Setting), then setup as new iPad (do not restore from backup).


Yes, I know it is painful process as I to lose all game settings. All my important game settings were saved manually using PhoneDisk (Google it for procedure) before this reset process.


And Finally Wifi and Internet back to normal, at least until now.

Hope this helps and encourage to do this last resort.

Oct 27, 2013 3:57 PM in response to alisanta

I've tried all the suggested fixes but nothing works!


I am out of warranty, but from my research I understand that when I updated the OS to iOS7.0.2 that the wifi chip within my 4s, which apparently was susceptible to a problem, a latent defect in the phone, was brought to the surface and thus the phone is permanently damaged; however, apparently this is my responsibility!

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