iOS 8 Wi-Fi problems

This may help others also - my most recent compilation of user's who have posted (here) how they've fixed their issues. Been away for awhile so I may have missed a few:

kokobear90

Apr 23, 2015 12:14 PM

Re: iOS 8 Wi-Fi problems

in response to E-2043

Tryed out a lot of the fix but had to do complete restore to fix my wifi problem.

http://ipadhelp.com/ipad-help-tips-tricks/ipad-air-wifi-connection-problems-solu tions/

janesca54

Apr 25, 2015 12:13 PM

Re: iOS 8 Wi-Fi problems

in response to Csound1

my problem is resolved with out doing a restore. I did further research and decided to try it. Did a reset of the network settings on the ipad, shut it down, rebooted my wifi router, restarted the ipad and then reconnected it to the wifi network. Three days later and no more dropped wifi.

grandmaster666satan

May 15, 2015 12:28 PM

Re: iOS 8 Wi-Fi problems

in response to baldy1983

SInce I had the factory reset done, it's been as good as new with no WiFi-issues or slow connections neither at home or on the mobile connection (that I'm using now.)

amishmm

May 1, 2015 2:31 AM

Re: iOS 8 Wi-Fi problems

in response to E-2043

Finally I gave up and bought a new router. And my WiFi issue is resolved.

nhcowboy

Mar 10, 2015 3:40 PM

Re: iOS 8 Wi-Fi problems

in response to Riddick187

"THanks for this advice, I tried it (re: DNS settings) and it does seem to make a noticeable difference so far."

Maija59

Mar 1, 2015 6:31 PM

Re: iOS 8 Wi-Fi problems

in response to sethugunja

"I have had this problem too, this has sucked up my time for the whole day with resets, reboots changing settings everywhere I can access - then finally I simply turned on my airplane mode and "WIFI" started!!"

Tbirdvet

Jan 16, 2015 5:13 AM

Re: iOS 8 Wi-Fi problems

in response to elcpu

"The other day I bought a new TP-Link AC router and no more dropped WiFi."

americangirl_chelsea (to E-2043) 3 weeks ago (Show more)

"Happy to report that since updating (sic: my phone) that I got my 6 nearly 5 days ago, my wifi has been super. No dropping or being sluggish"

navigaremondo

Feb 13, 2015 8:00 PM

Re: iOS 8 Wi-Fi problems

in response to E-2043

"I finally caved in and bought a new router, a TENDA 300 Mbps, model W309R+. My wifi hasn't dropped since, neither on my Macbook nor my iPad 3."

Lodds

Feb 17, 2015 1:10 AM

Re: iOS 8 Wi-Fi problems

in response to E-2043

"I have posted in the early days of this post - I have recently installed a Meraki AP and I no longer have the issue of disconnecting."

jimmy1264

Feb 16, 2015 1:27 PM

Re: iOS 8 Wi-Fi problems

in response to E-2043

"I changed my Lan IP's to be a 10.X network and everything came up and so far the iPad has been working."

Thanks for the summary, it's good to see so many solve their problems.

my iphone was working fine last week but since I have done the up date it will not connect to wifi

I have the iphone 6

IOS 8.3

I have tried resetting the network setting and this has not solved it

Read through this thread, many solutions on offer.

HI, I think you are looking for a bit of help from this forum, so I suspect being told to look through a thread of over 2800 posts was not what you expected, and not really helpful at all.

THe bottom line is iOS 8 has introduced some bugs, including wi-fi issues for some of us which have not yet been resolved, and for which no one can say why it is some devices are affected whilst others work fine.

As you have an iPhone 6 then my best advice is go to an Apple Store or your mobile provider and demand they sort this out. I take it from your name that you are in th UK,, so even if phone is over 12 months old it is still covered under consumer law, so they must fix it.

Don't listen to posters who tell you there is nothing you can do, just read the posts prior to my earlier one, fifteen people who stopped complaining and followed advice, and fixed it.

Even I have Wiki Connectivity issues. Tried all channel settings, reset wifi settings, reset iPhone (thrice) but no luck.

I connected my laptop with LAN/Wifi (it works always) and setup a hotspot (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFHIvCMTqbQ) in Windows 7. Then connected iPhone 6 with hotspot. It is working perfectly. I can receive the same speed (2.5MBps) in the iPhone. If I don't use the phone for 2 hours and then I have to disconnect my wifi connection in iPhone and connect again and it works otherwise wifi is not working in iPhone again.

Hope Apple fix the issue in the next release. 😟

Working at home my wifi connection shows up as operational on my IPAD air, and on my router, but when I try to connect any application to the internet a timeout ending in failure occurs.The most helpful is the Safari failure which reports that "server not found" message. My old IPAD, and all my other mobile phones and PC's have no problem connecting to the internet or with wifi .

The problem on the IPAD Air seems to have arisen only since IOS 8.3 was installed. No amount of resettiing or redefining the wifi connection will solve this problem, nor will rebooting the IPAD Air. This has to be some kind of DNS hiccup. The problem is INTERMITTENT which makes it worse.

I set my Wireless Network Mode to N-Only (2.4 GHz). After that my iPhone Wifi is working perfectly. May be I will wait for few days and post whether it is really working or not.

Csound1 wrote:

Thanks for the summary, it's good to see so many solve their problems.

Workarounds do not equate to a fix you...

Stanky wrote:

Csound1 wrote:

Thanks for the summary, it's good to see so many solve their problems.

Workarounds do not equate to fixes you...

That's correct but Csound was referencing fixes, not workarounds.

Stanky wrote:

Csound1 wrote:

Thanks for the summary, it's good to see so many solve their problems.

Workarounds do not equate to a fix you...

Are you always so negative?, the posters have fixed the problem that they were having, maybe it's time you stopped criticizing and tried for yourself.

Workarounds are different to fixes - like you get a headache every day, taking an aspirin is a workaround as it will relieve the symptoms but it may not cure the underlying problem

Various people have suggested workarounds as temporary solutions - but how long will it be before the problem comes back? I have tried most, if not all, those suggested. Wi-Fi works for a few days then starts dropping out again

The fix will be when Apple updates software so it is as stable as IOS7 was.

Never mind, you can continue collecting your points by telling people to read through 100+ pages

wobbly_bob wrote:

Various people have suggested workarounds as temporary solutions - but how long will it be before the problem comes back?

So, tell us how long they will last. I don't have the ability to see (imagine) the future so I will leave that to you.

Hi Philly

Interesting that Stanky and crew now come back to criticize the posters that took a little action for themselves and fixed their issues. Stanky et al are very negative.