phone no longer connects to wifi after 9.0.2

After downloading 9.0.2 this am..it is no longer finding wifi networks to join. I know that there is one available as I am at work, and it has connected before, but will not any longer

iPhone 5s, iOS 9.0.2

Posted on Oct 1, 2015 7:31 AM

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Oct 8, 2015 9:44 AM in response to Mrs.Smith0727

I'm having the same issue when I visited a site for a conference. The IT guy asked me to log on to his phone's HotSpot connection. The moment I did, the rest of the facility's WiFi signals showed up. No idea why it works, but it doesn't last. I'm back at the facility for conference day 2 and I again do not have the WiFi signal. My phone was not turned off between the last time I connected to the conference network and returned to the Conference site.


Sadly, the IT guy isn't around today and Im running 1 bar 3G in a basement conference room.

Oct 8, 2015 9:41 PM in response to pfelgner

Ok so we did tons of things and nothing worked. I finally restored the software via itunes and still no wifi. Called Apple again and got no where but 1 thing no one asked or tried until I got off the phone was reset the airport and guess what it worked! I probably didn't have to reinstall or we store anything to fix it but reset wifi router in the first place. Now I am back to getting it back up and going!!! What a pain!!!!

Oct 9, 2015 12:47 AM in response to Hbeedy17

I got my iPhone 6 yesterday and everything was set up fine apart from wifi, nothing was showing up on the setup page, it was on iOS 8.4 so I thought it was a problem with that. As I had no wifi I had to do the system update to iOS 9.0.2 via iTunes, still no wifi connections showing. Wifi is on and the little grey circle next to choose a network is there so it's like it's on and working and searching for connections but none are showing up whatsoever. I have tried a lot of things like reset network settings, reset phone, turning off wifi assist and wifi network services but still nothing. Even when I put my home wifi name and password in manually it just says could not find it.

My old 4s which is also on 9.0.2 does have connections available and can connect to them., my home wifi, neighbors wifi etc

Is this just a bug in iOS 9.0.2 that affects some of us unlucky people that apple could fix in 9.0.3 say, or do I have a faulty phone.

Oct 9, 2015 11:22 AM in response to NEEDSquiambao

I have same problem My iPhone 5s and my wife's new 6s


Cannot connect to WiFi here in Florida in our house. We ARE, however, able to connect at our gated community clubhouse WiFi and at our house in Rhode Island.

My Wife's iPad [has not upgraded to 9.0.2 yet] and my Mac Book Pro Laptop CAN both connect at the house in Florida [and RI, of course].


So it is the iPhone ... I have tried resetting Modem, resetting network connections on my iPhone, done hard restart on iPhone [Home+Lock Button] .... nothing has changed .....


Doesn't Apple have automated test scripts that tests some of this stuff robotically ? or are they just as bad as every other software developer and they just wing it and hope for off shore developer & user pre-release testing to catch this stuff ....disappointing to say the least !!

Oct 9, 2015 11:56 PM in response to Hbeedy17

i'm also having the same problem with my ipad mini after 9.0.2 --- it won't connect to wifi. it keeps saying that the password is incorrect when it's not. the problem is isolated to my ipad as there are no wifi problems with my iphone 6 or my macbook. i have tried many different wifi networks but the ipad won't connect to any of them.


i've tried turning off/on wifi, powering down the phone, turning off wifi assist, resetting network settings, resetting all settings, all to no avail. tried to reset the entire ipad but it won't accept my password (fails to recognize this). so right now i'm stuck with an ipad that can do nothing.


any advice? thank you!

Oct 10, 2015 8:25 AM in response to thunderzzz

I tried every possible option, and nothing has worked so far. I've resetted network settings at least 100 times, tried the device reset double that amount and just wiped my device to set it back to factory settings. Nothing helped.


If it wasn't for my job, that forces me to use Apple, I wouldn't have had it in the first place but this is beyond ridiculous. With iOS 8.4.1, I had to fix the software issue with a heatblower; and now nothing helps. I can't update my apps, I have to use mobile data for every application and I'm honestly fed up with the silence behind the Apple team. If Android and Microsoft can make their WiFi work just fine, how is it that a company like Apple can't do that? It's not like it's hidden technology or whatever.


Just to make it clear, I do like the functionality of the iPhone; I just don't like the fact that my personal Windows Phone is working just fine while my iPhone 4s has never worked properly. I can't understand how a phone is 4 times more expensive and doesn't even work properly.

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