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Unable to turn on Wifi on iPhone 4S iOS 7.0.3

I am unable to turn on wifi on my phone, even the toggle button is greyed out and isnt responding. Please Help..!User uploaded file

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.3

Posted on Oct 28, 2013 11:50 PM

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Sep 10, 2015 1:40 AM in response to appleaday8

Seem to have solved it.

Thanks for the pointers appleaday8!


iPhone 4s with iOS 8.4.1 - WiFi suddenly greyed out.

Tried overheating hack as shown in video's and it works! Had to do it twice though.

Second time I tried, I let it overheat a bit longer and I shutdown iphone before putting it in the freezer to cool down.


A quick overview of what fixed it in my case:


1. Overheat the iPhone whilest using a blowdryer (Yes a blow dryer ...see video's for more details)

This took around 5 minutes, during that time I pressed home button every other minute to see if the overheated message was already there.

when it showed, I let it overheat a minute more.
(First time I overheated the phone, message showed by it self though.)


2. Then I shutdown the phone, be careful not to burn your hands!


3. Then I put the iphone in a plastic bag and let it i the freezer for around 12-14 minutes.


4. After freezer I restarted the iphone and WiFi wasn't enabled, but I could now enable it again (Wifi button wasn't greyed out no more).


5. After enabling WiFi I restarted iphone again by clicking and holding home and on/off button simultaniously for as long a it take to shut down completely.


6. After restart WiFi was enabled and working again.


Not sure if this a permanent fix or just lasting a short while, have to wait and see.

Unable to turn on Wifi on iPhone 4S iOS 7.0.3

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