My iPhone 4S has been having Wi-Fi issues and now I can't enable Wi-Fi anymore. Please help me fix this!

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My iPhone 4S has been having Wi-Fi issues and now I can't enable Wi-Fi anymore. Please help me fix this!

My iPhone 4S started out not detecting WiFi signals. I fixed that by removing the SIM card but after a while it didn't detect any at all and kept scanning. I tried typing the Wi-Fi details in the Other section but it didn't work. It said "Could not scan for wireless networks.". I restarted it because that fixed the problem after the SIM card removing and now I can't turn on Wi-Fi. I need Wi-Fi so please help me!

iPhone 4S, iOS 9.2

Posted on Feb 12, 2016 3:11 PM

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craigdjm

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Mar 3, 2016 12:17 AM in response to iCloudUser1000

Have a certified tech have a look at it...

But it sounds to me - I've seem similar symptoms before - like the WiFi radio has given up the ghost.

I'm betting that if you went to "Setting" -> "General" -> "About" you'll see no address listed for the WiFi radio there.

if so the radio has kicked the bucket and AFAIK it's part of the mainboard - so there is no route to resurrection really... It's live with it that way or get a replacement phone. Sorry.

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Mar 3, 2016 12:24 AM in response to craigdjm

Thanks for that. But weirdly, now my Wi-Fi antenna is detected but not receiving any signals. Anyway, thanks for trying to help me.🙂

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