iphone 6 - wifi issues - searching networks

I have the same issue. Thought it was the hardware so took my device back to EE, they swapped the handset over and the same thing happened. After a device reset the iwork apps were no longer installed and this seemed to have improved performance but sadly the wifi issues you are experiencing have returned on my new device. I suspect this is a hardware issue. I have a work 4S, have updated it to IOS8 but never lose connection to wifi.

Here is an article about this issue in iOS8:

http://osxdaily.com/2014/09/22/ios-8-wi-fi-problems-fix/

Thanks but this doesn't explain why my 4S has no issues after the IOS 8 update yet 2 new Iphone 6 devices have the same problem.

I am not sure what the if it's 5ghz or 2.4. I will check although it's a sky broadband router. To add the question I purchased to iPhone 6s, I am using a 64gb version, my daughter is using a 16gb and has hardly seen any connection issues.

Same issue on my 6 on iOS 8, however I have no issues on my iPad Mini or my wife's iPhone 5 and 4S. I reset network settings and then I could see the networks. Until I did that I didn't see anything! sure hope this is software related.

Posted this in another thread - seems like the same issue:

Same here. 😢

Same problem here, iPhone 6 64GB.

WiFi will work most of the time but then after waking the device by pressing the sleep/wake or Touch ID button it'll sometimes not have any WiFi logo showing and simply won't connect or even find any other networks (eg: can't find other nearby networks either in neighbouring houses). Whilst this is happening my iPhone 4S and iPad 2 are able to continue to use my WiFi fine, as are other devices. My network is 2.4Ghz and is issuing DHCP IP address leases for 24 hours at a time. The lease is (already) assigned and it remains the same IP address after it starts working again, which seems to be if I just leave the iPhone 6 (with the screen off) for a few minutes and then try to use it again, at which point I presume something has timed out or reset on the phone and it decides it can make the WiFi work again, which seems to rule out any problem with my network/router and also when the phone is able to find my own network it's also able to pick up several nearby WiFi networks, which again points to there being a problem with the iPhone 6.

This has happened with iOS 8 and 8.0.2. All the other devices are on the same version of iOS.

Hi, I was having issues with the connection through my home server to my new iPhone 6, but when I went to visit a friend in Switzerland I had no issues either at her house or at Zurich airport. So when I got back I ran through every possibility. Eventually sussed that the router was set on auto channel (i.e. to find the best channel for the signal). It seemed to be trying to swap between channels, and the phone wasn't keeping up. Told the router which channel to use, so the channel is now fixed. Since then no issues, whereas before the signal was dropping out every 45 seconds or so.

It might be the fact the router was switching and the phone couldn't keep up, or possibly the phone is better at detecting some channels than others. Either way it worked for me so it might work for others. Hope it helps someone.

Try to setup correctly. I found wifi setup guide here http://www.iphone6manualguides.com/iphone-6-wifi-connection-setup/

I have resolved this issue on my new iPhone6 as follows. My router is a fairly old Belkin in this case.

1) on iPhone in settings, WiFi, forget this network

2) select the network again and select the blue i button

3) Log in to your ADSL router from another device and note network and DNS settings

4) on iPhone reconfigure using Static settings rather than DHCP (thats what I did anyway)

5) Log in to your ADSL router again and restart it or power it down and up again

6) on iPhone reconnect to the WiFi when it restarts

Now everything seems to be ok with the iPhone connected and staying connected.

Hi, I had the a similar issue with wifi dropping and not reconnecting automatically on my iphone 6 with ios 8.1.2

The wifi was disconnecting every minutes without locking the screen. I had to go back to wifi settings and reselect the network I want

I tried all the tips available (forget network, reset network setting, reboot phone, disable location, disable air drop/bluetooth)

This was happening mostly in hotels with annoying DNS that redirects you to a web page to login with name/room # so changing wifi router settings was not an option

I finally set up static IP adress as you mentionned and now my wifi is stable for 2h (and reconnects works too)... thanks 😉

However this is more a patch than a fix because when I leave the hotel, the router will assign my static IP to someone else end when I come back it wont work anymore

My guess is that IOS 8 has problems reconnecting to a router when a new IP address is leased. Hope this is fixed shortly