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Q: iOS 8 Wi-Fi problems

WI-Fi problems on iPad Air, iPad mini with Retina display and iPhone 5S after upgrading to iOS 8.

Typical results from OOKLA Speedtest before upgrade: Ping 17 ms, Upload 21 Mbps, Download 4.4 Mbps

Typical results after upgrade: Ping 39 ms, Download 2.9 Mbps, Upload 0.47 Mbps

iPad 2 with iOS 7.1.2 get 15 Mbps download and 4.4 upload on the same network.

Resetting network settings on the iOS 8 devices did not improve the performance.

Changing band on the router from 2.4 GHz to 5 GHz did give me back the speed on all devices.

However the speed occasonally drops on the iOS 8 devices, and the signal strengt can go from full til lost connection without moving the devices.

Also sometimes the Wi-Fi SweetSpots app report 0 mbps when the signal strenght is indicated as full and then suddenly go up to around 58 Mbps again.

It is almost like the device is trying to use cellular network that I do not have on the iPads before it suddenly switches back to Wi-fi nettwork again.

I am thinking about going back to my iPad 2 with iOS 7.1.2 that is working perfectly until the Wi-Fi issues are resolved.

 

Any help will be very much appreciated!

iPad Air Wi-Fi, iOS 8

Posted on Sep 20, 2014 9:17 AM

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  • by mmurray47,

    mmurray47 mmurray47 Mar 24, 2015 3:07 PM in response to old_chap
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    Mar 24, 2015 3:07 PM in response to old_chap

    Galaxy's apparently do have wifi problems too though...

     

    http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s5/380118-galaxy-s5-wifi-issues. html

  • by Scottyboy99,

    Scottyboy99 Scottyboy99 Mar 24, 2015 3:11 PM in response to mmurray47
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    Mar 24, 2015 3:11 PM in response to mmurray47

    Lol. I will ensure any future posts are fully grammatically checked going forward. Then proof read several times over

  • by Riddick187,

    Riddick187 Mar 25, 2015 10:10 AM in response to Scottyboy99
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    Mar 25, 2015 10:10 AM in response to Scottyboy99

    I just talked with Tim Cook secretary for 35 minutes the issue that I discovered is going to get fixed... You can delete this post all you want moderators however I did tell the secretary the problem I was having with you and she said she was going to look into it... You delete posts that you have no cause to delete... You delete posts from people only defending themselves however do not delete the post from the pro's who start a fight... And all of the pages still have the records available for her to go over... I told her to go back a few pages and look at a few of the users who continue to insult people and continuously harassed them..... Yet somehow that post isnt deleted for being off subject...

     

    <Edited by Host>

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 24, 2015 5:00 PM in response to Riddick187
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    Mar 24, 2015 5:00 PM in response to Riddick187

    You just keep on getting funnier.

  • by Philly_Phan,

    Philly_Phan Philly_Phan Mar 24, 2015 5:06 PM in response to Csound1
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    Mar 24, 2015 5:06 PM in response to Csound1

    Every class needs a clown.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 24, 2015 5:25 PM in response to Philly_Phan
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    Mar 24, 2015 5:25 PM in response to Philly_Phan

    Some cloans could do with a class, or two.

  • by Riddick187,

    Riddick187 Mar 24, 2015 5:55 PM in response to Csound1
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    Mar 24, 2015 5:55 PM in response to Csound1

    And yet.... zero with no points has made the discovery that will affect millions and millions and millions of Apple products... You will see a switch appear in your device that will give you access to both files in your device soon and it will be thanks to me... I forgot to mention that I'm getting a free iPhone 6 Plus S and a free iPad for discovering this.... WOW!!!

  • by Riddick187,

    Riddick187 Mar 24, 2015 5:57 PM in response to Csound1
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    Mar 24, 2015 5:57 PM in response to Csound1

    Hahahahaha....this forum is exciting!!

  • by Riddick187,

    Riddick187 Mar 24, 2015 5:59 PM in response to Philly_Phan
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    Mar 24, 2015 5:59 PM in response to Philly_Phan

    Just figured I'd let you know I'm getting a free iPhone 6 Plus S and a free iPad for discovering this....

  • by IdrisSeabright,

    IdrisSeabright IdrisSeabright Mar 24, 2015 7:07 PM in response to Riddick187
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    Mar 24, 2015 7:07 PM in response to Riddick187

    Riddick187 wrote:

     

    Just figured I'd let you know I'm getting a free iPhone 6 Plus S and a free iPad for discovering this....

    Is Mr. Cook going to deliver it to you personally? Or perhaps it will be his secretary with whom you're on such good terms?

  • by Insiderinformation,

    Insiderinformation Insiderinformation Mar 25, 2015 2:32 AM in response to Riddick187
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    Mar 25, 2015 2:32 AM in response to Riddick187

    I see that some of your posts have been deleted (as usual). Perhaps you could suggest to Mr Cook's secretary that someone could look into how these forums are moderated

     

    It seems the experts can get away with anything, but others (us zeros) get comments deleted

  • by Insiderinformation,

    Insiderinformation Insiderinformation Mar 25, 2015 2:31 AM in response to London Lad
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    Mar 25, 2015 2:31 AM in response to London Lad

    London Lad wrote:

     

    It strikes me that the so called experts with lots of dots are not only in denial of the ios8 wi-fi bug but exceptionally rude and add nothing of worth to the thread. A quick look at their more recent activity just shows more of the same in other threads. Very strange indeed......??

    And I thought this was very apt. The "experts" are contributing nothing, yet are rude to people who post tips & useful information - even Riddick187 is giving more advice

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 25, 2015 5:52 AM in response to Insiderinformation
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    Mar 25, 2015 5:52 AM in response to Insiderinformation

    Don't feed the Troll

  • by RParker,

    RParker RParker Mar 25, 2015 7:20 AM in response to gadgetadam
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    Mar 25, 2015 7:20 AM in response to gadgetadam

    gadgetadam wrote:

     

    So if someone sees and hears something from some people they are not allowed to possible believe it might be true?  Why are you defending Apple so much?  Let me ask you a question.  Did Apple design the iPhone 4 incorrectly causing the deathgrip?

     

    It's not that you see or hear something and believe its true or not, its that your perception of how technology works is completely flawed.

     

    The argument isn't about iPhone 4, the Argument is about WiFi specifically about iOS 8 and iPhone 5 and 6.

     

    I tried to present a valid case, and you are discounting my argument as false so it's ok to basically believe whatever you want regardless?

     

    That's the problem, we aren't listening to each other, we are all just frustrated that technology isn't perfect.

     

    My point is VERY valid and VERY plain.

     

    WiFi is about the ROUTER, and I can prove it.

     

    IF you bring your iPhone over to MY house and connect to MY router it will work, I have an iPhone 6 plus with iOS 8.2, so since this problem was initially "reported" in iOS 8.0 we can discount the fact there have been updates.  So if your iPhone works it WORKS.

     

    Now if you take that same phone and I bring my phone and we go to starbucks and you have a problem connecting, what does that mean?

     

    Absolutely nothing, the ROUTER at Starbucks has problems because your phone OBVIOUSLY works, my phone works as well, it just so happens that it's ONLY Starbucks will not allow you to connect, why you and not me.. is anyone's guess.

     

    The problem is NOT iOS 8, iPhone 5 or 6 because 2 identical phones one works the other does not.  You people think that Apple doesn't test this, but they do, and then you get upset when they don't report on progress when they don't have to.

     

    Apple takes customer feedback seriously, and you people just abandon all reason because you get upset that YOUR phone doesn't work for ONE Router, that's where we are getting derailed from the Argument.

     

    You can't see the OBVIOUS reason why its not working, the only way WiFi is *NOT* working is if your phone NEVER connects to WiFi, that's ALL you need to know.

     

    If it works for SOME routers, and not for others the problem is the *ROUTER*.

     

    Apple has a FULL inventory of EVERY iPhone ever made.. I think you people forget what you are dealing with, you get upset, you want answers its not working so that gives you the right to just FLAME Apple?

     

    Uh uh, sorry doesn't work that way.

     

    As further evidence everyone with a problem should go to an Apple store, and make SURE you do this with a person with IDENTICAL phone and iOS, then test it.  If one of you has a problem and the other doesn't.. then who are you going to blame, huh?  The magical WiFi pixie god?  Sun spots.. you will have an excuse why it doesn't work except the ONLY reason it's not.

     

    Get a clue, LEARN technology and understand how things work.  The ROUTER, not the phone, not the iOS, not the version.. the ROUTER is the problem, PERIOD.

  • by baldy1983,

    baldy1983 baldy1983 Mar 25, 2015 7:25 AM in response to RParker
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    Mar 25, 2015 7:25 AM in response to RParker

    But if my phone (iphone 5S) drops the wi-fi signal at home, in cafes, malls, anywhere yet other people using laptops, Android phones etc do not have a problem, what does that suggest? Friends who visit with non-Apple phones don't experience loss of wi-fi. My dad still has an iphone 4 with IOS7, never has a problem

     

    And I suppose it is coincidence that it worked fine on IOS7 but since upgrade to IOS8 the problems started

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