iOS 8 Wi-Fi problems

baldy1983 wrote:

Csound1 wrote:

These posters ignored the doom clubs pleas to do nothing but complain, they were rewarded with success. DonWan, Baldy, Stanky, Wobbly, Riddick and their fan club recommend doing nothing, but this is what happens when you ignore their plea.

auburnskys

Apr 17, 2015 2:18 PM

Re: iOS 8 Wi-Fi problems

in response to jorjitop

I had the same problem on the devices I updated through wifi, a restore as new, then restore of my iCloud back up fixed the issue.

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."

Ignore the negativity of them, you don't need it.

Thanks for clarifying, we can now see that rather than make any helpful suggestions yourself you simply copy what other people have said (and many of them are "zeros")

Interesting... Rather than investigate to determine if any of the solutions will resolve your situation, you'd rather whine about the suggestions.

It's clear that baldy et al wish to stop others from fixing their issue, overflowing with negativity and insult they are one of the largest obstacles to seeking or offering help in this thread.

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Going back to the topic, saw a suggestion about wi-fi in general (different forum, but one that is actually moderated)

Is the router near a TV? If it is try moving it. Might not make any difference but something simple that won't cost anything

Unlikely to have an effect, TV is in the low mhz region (40 to 200) WiFi is in the low ghz (2.4 to 5), maybe a defective TV could re-radiate at a harmonic that interferes with WiFi transmissions but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it. A portable phone (2.5 to 5.5ghz) is far more likely to transgress than a TV

Check out the other threads. Plenty of people having issues dropping wi fi connections after upgrading to iOS 8.4.

Unfortunaly issues have returned both using public and my own wi-fi. As others have reported, 8.4 does not appear to have addressed the problems that have been around since 8.0

The list of " fixes" from Csound1 was actually posted by mmurray47 in April. My question is whether any of the quoted problems/ solutions have been properly researched, in particular one on the list that refers to turning on airplane mode on?

The fixes were posted by the individual original users of them, their individual fixes were collated (more than once) by mmurray47 and quoted by me (also more than once). Do you require assistance in any way?

That information is now (and has been for some while) in the public domain.

Once again your post does not address the problem.

Unlikely to have an effect, TV is in the low mhz region (40 to 200) WiFi is in the low ghz (2.4 to 5), maybe a defective TV could re-radiate at a harmonic that interferes with WiFi transmissions but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it. A portable phone (2.5 to 5.5ghz) is far more likely to transgress than a TV

To quote your friend Philly_Phan

Interesting... Rather than investigate to determine if any of the solutions will resolve your situation, you'd rather whine about the suggestions.

So someone makes a valid suggestion (that does not involve buying anything) but you infer it is not worth trying?

Before it got deleted you posted a comment someone made that turning airplane mode on cured the wi-fi issue

Seems a bit confusing, surely switching to airplane mode disconnects all network connections (phone, 4G, bluetooth and wi-fi). Or is it switching on then off works?

baldy1983 wrote:

Unlikely to have an effect, TV is in the low mhz region (40 to 200) WiFi is in the low ghz (2.4 to 5), maybe a defective TV could re-radiate at a harmonic that interferes with WiFi transmissions but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it. A portable phone (2.5 to 5.5ghz) is far more likely to transgress than a TV

To quote your friend Philly_Phan

Interesting... Rather than investigate to determine if any of the solutions will resolve your situation, you'd rather whine about the suggestions.

So someone makes a valid suggestion (that does not involve buying anything) but you infer it is not worth trying?

Yup, I don't go along with fantasy, and TV's interfering with bands that are out of their spectrum is almost a fantasy. As I said, it is most unlikely but if you want to believe it knock yourself out.

Radio is my business, I don't play games.

Totally agree, the post that was included in the list copied from an earlier post referred to switching airplane mode on which is nonsensical, however if it actually meant switching off then that's not really a fix to a problem either, would be more like user error. As I also mentioned, another post in the list of solutions to the wi-fi issue stated that this had been solved by getting a new phone. Yes this solved the issue for that individual, but I don't hold with a fix which involves purchasing new devices, be it iPhones, iPads, routers or access points, to resolve a problem which did not exist ( for myself and others who have posted) prior to the upgrade (sic) from 7.

Thanks for confirming, I wondered if he meant turning on then off again. But that would be the same as "rebooting" the device so not really a solution

When you ignore all the noise on this forum, there does appear to be only two solutions that appear to work with the problems that affect my iPhone 4s and the devices of others, when you have exhausted all the resetting, restoring to factory settings etc., these are either change your device, or change your router/AP.

Whilst some consider this an acceptable solution, I don't. Something changed from ios7 to 8 that caused the problem, and some of us will put up with frequent device resets to restore connectivity until Apple come up with a proper fix.

don_wan wrote:

When you ignore all the noise on this forum, there does appear to be only two solutions that appear to work with the problems that affect my iPhone 4s and the devices of others, when you have exhausted all the resetting, restoring to factory settings etc., these are either change your device, or change your router/AP.

Whilst some consider this an acceptable solution, I don't. Something changed from ios7 to 8 that caused the problem, and some of us will put up with frequent device resets to restore connectivity until Apple come up with a proper fix.

And both of those involve expense to the user - with no guarantee of success

If I bought a new router and it didn't solve the problem imagine asking for a refund "well it works fine on my laptop, friends Android phone, but not my iPhone ...