Incorrect wifi password

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Incorrect wifi password

This morning my iPad 4 stopped connecting to my wifi. When I type my password, it says the wifi password is incorrect, but it's not. The password is working fine on my iPhone 5c.

I Have tried connecting to multiple networks, resetting the network settings, rebooting, forgetting the network, and turning location services off for wifi, all with no success.

Any other suggestions on how to fix this? I pretty much can't use anything on my iPad without network connectivity. It just randomly started doing this.

iPad (4th gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 8.4.1, null

Posted on Aug 25, 2015 8:52 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 26, 2015 1:18 PM in response to MirandaNoelle

Update: I have resorted to restoring the iPad to factory settings and it has not worked either

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Answer 2

A toth

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Aug 30, 2015 1:45 AM in response to MirandaNoelle

I've been having the exact same issue and have tried everything I can think of. I am pretty sure its a software issue but since my iPad is out of warranty I'm not sure Apple will help resolve this.

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Rudegar

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Aug 30, 2015 2:03 AM in response to A toth

of cause passwords are case sensitive

and maybe one device auto cap the first letter and the other don't or something along those lines

one thing one can do if one has an airport (apple router) is use the free Airport utility

in there on the router one choose Edit->Advanced->Show Passwords

another thing can be if the router is dual band so it has both a 2.4Ghz and a 5Ghz network then the working device could be using one band and the non working device could be using the other which had not been setup the same way

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Answer 4

Leatolly

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Aug 30, 2015 2:52 AM in response to Rudegar

We are having the same issue

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Answer 5

Aug 30, 2015 5:05 AM in response to MirandaNoelle

This has been driving me mad all morning. Just short of going to an apple store & telling them to shove it up their @rse. So sick of apple at the moment

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Answer 6

Aug 30, 2015 5:32 AM in response to andrea286

Hi

Turn OFF your Router for 30 seconds .

Go to settings on ipad Reset network settings.

After reset enter your Router wireless key .

Cheers

Brian (UK )

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Answer 7

Aug 30, 2015 8:08 AM in response to MirandaNoelle

Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately I tried all of those and nothing has helped.

There was a time where I was able to connect to my network after pressing the WPS button on the router and connecting. However, that lasted about five minutes and from that point on, any time I was actually able to connect (with or without my password), my iPad states I have no internet connection even though I am successfully connected to the actual network.

I Am currently waiting for a friend to take a try at it. If he is unsuccessful I have to take it to the Apple Store. Not looking forward to that since I am out of warranty.

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Answer 8

Rudegar

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Aug 30, 2015 9:07 AM in response to MirandaNoelle

yeah testing it with other wifi networks will show if the issue is your router or the ipad

if the former then taking it to apple will not help

but updating the firmware of the router might

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