Wi-Fi not working on iOS 8.4

That's because your problem has nothing to do with the IOS.

I called Apple Care about 8.4.1 that was released today. It primarily fixed music problems but nothing about wi-fi problems that so many people are having problems with. My iPhone 6 Plus was checked by the Genius Bar and the hardware is fine. No matter what some people are writing it is not the hardware but the software. Apple is putting its head in the sand about this issue.

May want to check out this Apple thread about iOS 8 Wi-Fi issues, similar to this one.

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whsalumni wrote:

I called Apple Care about 8.4.1 that was released today. It primarily fixed music problems but nothing about wi-fi problems that so many people are having problems with. My iPhone 6 Plus was checked by the Genius Bar and the hardware is fine. No matter what some people are writing it is not the hardware but the software. Apple is putting its head in the sand about this issue.

Obviously Apple engineers don't understand the IOS as well as you do.

Even though I solved this issue for myself some tome ago, I have followed the discussion with great interest. The fact that may people have resolved the issue in so many different ways suggests to me that the root problem is with a config file that needs somehow to be written to and thereby made functional again. This is my not so famous "jiggle" theory.

On OS X you can simply delete prefs files and let the OS rewrite them and that corrects a host of various issues. On iOS, this is not possible w/o a jailbreak and software to fiddle with the config files. Thus, one has to "jiggle" these config files via various and sundry means.

Clearly. this is one of the downsides to a "walled garden."

So, do whatever you have to do to rewrite config files and eventually all will be well. Router settings, find my <whatever>, DHCP, whatever works for you. The standard networking reset doesn't appear to work.

I just upgraded to 8.4.1 and all is well for me.

Frank Lowney wrote:

Even though I solved this issue for myself some tome ago, I have of;;owed the discussion with great interest. The fact that may people have resolved the issue in so many different ways suggests to me that the root issue is a config file that needs somehow to be written to and thereby made functional again. This is my not so famous "jiggle" theory.

On OS X you can simply delete prefs files and let the OS rewrite them and that corrects a host of various issues. On iOS, this is not possible w/o a jailbreak and software to fiddle with the config files. Thus, one has to "jiggle" these config files via various and sundry means.

Clearlt. this is one of the downsides to a "walled garden."

Please refer to this:

Wifi not working after upgrade to iOS 7

The 8.4.1 update DID resolve the issue and lack of iTunes starting up automatically when I connected iPod to desktop. I'm happy for that. But didn't do a thing to help access my wifi network. I Did notice though, (still trying various things mentioned here), that, while my Pod sees my network, it won't recognize the correct log in, but when I switched airplane mode off and then back on, it connected on its own.

Or, at the least, it SAYS I'm connected. Still can't get new emails or connect to the App Store or Facebook or USE the flippin internet, lol. This is really nutz. It's become a really small camera and mp3 file carrier.... fairly worthless without internet access, for me.

And yes, if you read back, my previous post mentions that I've both chatted to Apple Support online, (mentioning the fact that since the 8.4 update, iTunes no longer started up automatically when I plugged the iPod Touch into my Power Mac desktop, but iPhoto still did...), AND took the blasted thing into the Geniuses, who tested it fully, and told me nothing was wrong with it.

Glad to see this thread has been marked as answered by the OP.

Cheers

Pete

azkid, your comments are not surprising since iOS 8.4.1 contained various improvements to the Music App as Apple described in their release notes. That appears to be the main reason for this update. The notes contained no information on Wi-Fi. iOS 9 is scheduled for release in the fall, hopefully with similar improvements as we saw in OS X 10.4.4. 🙂

elcpu, Yes. I'm glad that I made a detailed account of the changes I experienced after the update when I chatted w/ Apple Support, and then on their help site. I haven't witnessed anyone else complaint's about iTunes and that issue, but downloaded/installed the new iTunes update they issued last night, along with the 8.4.1 for iOS.

My 2008 Mac Pro desktop won't handle Yosemite. But my Mac Mini does. sigh. It's a never ending 'thang', ain't it?

sigh. It's a never ending 'thang', ain't it?

Yeah!!! 🙂

After upgrading my iPad to iOS 8.4, although I can connect to my router at home via Settings, the internet connection doesn't work - it says I am connected, but nothing will download. I can get a proper wifi connection in the Apple store and via my phone's tethering function, just not via my home router, although the connection was working perfectly before the upgrade and is still fine on my other devices. Restoring the iPad to factory settings doesn't work. Nor does changing the DNS tab to 8.8.8.8. Apple, this is obviously a software issue with the upgrade - please fix it as soon as possible.

Try updating to iOS 8.4.1

Cheers

Pete

umechan states that they can't access the internet since the 8.4 update, which 8.4.1 did nothing to fix.