Wi-Fi not working on iOS 8.4

I am having same problem on iPhone 4s iPhone 5 and my iPad my home WiFi is not connecting with above devices my dad has lenova phone and WiFi is working great on it laptop also working fine onlyiphiPhone devices has problem please short it out as soon as possible

The best and only solutions is - Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points - Apple Support

I have iPhone 4s running iOS 8.4 and the Wifi just suddenly stopped working the other day. It won't pick up any networks of which there are several in my neighborhood or at work. Wife's iPhone 6 and the iPad are still connected to home network just fine so I know it's not a network problem... it's a device or software problem.

Seems like it's a Wifi hardware issue on 4S but after looking through this thread I'm not so sure if it's effecting other iPhones and iPads? It wouldn't surprise me if something in 8.4 has screwed up the WiFi capability... par for the course with Apple lately. Everything they update just ends up breaking and screwing up other things. Steve Jobs wouldn't be pleased and Apple's drop in quality and lack of response while retaining the high price tag is getting beyond annoying for longtime Apple users.

Who are you to say what would have pleased Mr. Jobs? I seriously doubt that you and he were personal friends.

Hi Msg70,

Similar issue i faced, i don't know whom to blame and apple is saying nothing wrong with the OS. I was very much happy with my IPHONE 4S.. I think one of the best model of apple bcz it was remembrance of Steve jobs.. now it screwed.. Apple had to think on this and get back the solution. instead of apple giving useless answers they had to think about the solution.

I'd updated my iPod Touch to iOS 4.8 over a week ago, and then left town on a trip, just thought that it was a weird 'on the road' glitch until I got back home last Saturday.

I contacted Apple Tech Support on Sunday, after trying everything both on my own and what I found here, to try to get it online & working.

After doing a clean install of 8.4 whilst chatting w/ Tech Support, I still could not log in to my local wifi ar home. We set up a Genius Bar visit & I just now got home from that. My iPod logged right into their network, and we went on from there.

I asked them all kinds of questions while they tested my iPod, about this update, mass issues with getting on the internet... The Genius Person was kind, but cool in reply.

Bottom line, there was NO ISSUE with my iPod, the upgrade, nor firmware. So, since I back this Pod up to my desktop regularly, they did a new, clean install of the 8.4 upgrade, (since it was online there, at the store, we could turn off the "Find my Phone" setting, and It's now RESTORED with my apps. I only have to rework my settings.

Logged right into my wifi, and off we go! No longer a light weight 'boat anchor', my faith restored!

(Apple/Mac owner since the 90s, retired Ma Bell Engineer, "I dream in digital".)

Let's cross our fingers that it stays afloat!!!!!!!!!

I may have spoken too soon, in the above. Although my iPod readily logged into my home wifi, It's still having issues connecting to the App Store and Facebook online. It won't fill in some of my emails either, if they're data burdened...

hmmm. I know my internet connection is mediocre at best, and that my wifi router is dated... but it worked well before this upgrade. dang. 😟

HI Everyone,

The solution seems to be crazy but it worked great !!

switched off phone and kept mobile in freezer for 30 mins and started phone it worked awesome.

I did at my own risk since Apple wont recommend such solution.

note : my problem was able to switch on wifi and not able to see available networks.

this solution I saw in other website (ifixit). So guys I'm happy to share this. if u try this pls let others know.

im really happy that my phone is back to normal without paying any money for service..

Well it's pretty obvious the guy was very passionate about the iPhone and he had high expectations and little tolerance for shoddy hardware or software. I bet he also couldn't care for the utterly useless and overly regurgitated fanboy responses that clog up the Apple forums and serve no purpose other than to prop one's self up as some sort of faux expert on all things Apple.

Are you talking about the same Mr. Jobs whose solution to the iPhone-4 problem was "Don't hold it that way?"

After in changed the router channel, i changed to 20 mhz from auto

Does anyone had this problem on 5 ghz band ? ( i gues if they havent, they would not be here 🙂 )

Yeah have seen that suggestion in several places although some people reported it as only working for a couple days and then the phone went back to no WiFi again. So it's likely a hardware failure. I've seen another solution regarding a loose screw near the WiFi antenna that might solve the issue.

Might just end up upgrading to a new phone. No working Wifi on the device is getting really lame.

Hey all am new to the forum

But again like many others i guess - i upgraded to 8.4 on my ipad and iphone 6 and since then when connecting to my home wi-fi - its soooo slow and very often unresponsive.

So i went into my router settings and changed the security from what i originally have: Mixed WPA-PSK+WPA2-PSK Security to be WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key).

As a result i do see that my wifi for my apple products improves but my work Laptop doesnt connect to wifi at all as it doesnt like this form of Authentication and Encryption Methodd.

So do we just sit tight and await apples fix ??????

Hope this short term fix helps others.....

thanks all

karl

I found that lately not only iOS devices, but also other OSes (Windows 8 on a new Acer for instance) have trouble with certain WiFi networks. Usually one can connect, however, internet is not working. A page would load to some percentage and the loading bar would freeze. The page never loads.

I found that this is somehow DHCP communication related. Here is what solves the problem for me:

Connect to the WiFi access point, see what IP, Subnet, Gateway and DNS settings are provided. Then go into the manual settings and type the same values there. And voila it works.

As for iOS 8.4 steps are as follows:

Connect to the WiFi access point

Go to Settings

WiFi

Touch the i symbol on the right of the listed access point connected to

Note down settings under the DHCP tab

Open the Static tab and enter same values

Return to the previous menu level

Close Settings

My home network is a rather mixed environment of TP-Link Extenders, UniFi access points (Ubiquity) and a Mikrotik router.

I'm now about to investigate if there is anything with the Mikrotik router that causes it (as the problem is with all access points and the DHCP server is the Mikrotik router anyway). If I find anything that points to the network hardware I will update my posting.