iPhone 6s plus wifi disconnect after locking

Wow! So "No device in the world.." ?!

Please have some actual understanding of how devices work and what their functions are before making such boldly incorrect statements.

The option to keep WiFi enabled or disabled when in sleep or lock mode may not be an option on your particular device however it is a very common and useful option of the vast majority of devices in use today.

It is true.

here are some factual discussions on the feature. While these examples specifically cover Android devices, they are indeed "devices in the world".

Had you indicated your personal experience just as such, that's at least truthful. Asserting that anything you don't know is wrong (regardless of what happens at your mom's house) is the only real lie here.

Thank you, and please try to keep your discussion civil and factual.

http://www.androidcentral.com/android-101-save-battery-keeping-wifi-alive

http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/61261/what-does-keep-wifi-on-during-s leep-mean

This is something you could easily test by pinging your phone from your computer.

Get the IP address of your phone:

Settings > WiFi > Click your active WiFi connection > record your IP Address

On your (Windows) computer open the command prompt:

Click Start > Type CMD > Press Enter

On the command line type:

Ping <Your.IP.Address> -t

Example: Ping 192.168.1.10 -t

From there just let it continue pinging your phone. Now lock it and wait a few seconds. Do the pings stop replying back? Now unlock it, does it continue to ping back? Now try it when it's plugged in. What happens to the pings?

I'll let someone else post the results, that should settle this debate.

I had the same problem with my iPhone, and found it had nothing to do with the router. Proof being that the following solution corrected the issue. Not sure why or how, but resetting the phone worked and now my wifi stays connected at work while my phone is sleeping. So here are the steps I followed:

1. Turn off the device.

2. Wait 30 seconds.

3. Turn on the device.

4. Once home screen loads, reset device: Hold down sleep and home buttons simultaneously for several seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

Again, I have no idea why this solution works, but now my iPhone will actually maintain its wifi connection while sleeping. No need to frustrate yourself over this router malarchy. That may be an issue for some users, but clearly there are other users (like me) who can benefit from a different solution.

The problem is TRUE and REAL. I am on ios 10 and still experience the issue.

Have you ever used a phone not running ios? There are settings in other os for user to choose: Keep wifi on during sleep and even to set different level of connection. User can choose to keep wifi always on by sacrificing power.

For me, my voip phone number is my primary phone due to crappy cell phone coverage in the building. I need wifi on to receive calls. But this **** iphone disconnects wifi if sleeping for a long period of time and caused me to miss all the calls. I have no option to keep wifi always on.

My other phone never had this problem and I am even thinking to switch back to android.

BZ2016 wrote:

The problem is TRUE and REAL. I am on ios 10 and still experience the issue.

Of course it's true and real. It's the way the phone was designed. If the iPhone doesn't meet your needs, you should definitely chose one that does. Fortunately, iPhones hold their value quite well. You should get a decent price for yours should you wish to sell it.

I just noticed my iPhone 6s+ dropping wifi when the screen locked.

I tried the suggestion of pinging the ip address of my phone and when I locked the screen the pinging timed out. I unlocked the phone and the pinging started up again.

I tried this solution below and same thing happened with the ping test, it times out when the screen locked and then started up pinging just fine when I unlocked my iPhone.

I had the same problem with my iPhone, and found it had nothing to do with the router. Proof being that the following solution corrected the issue. Not sure why or how, but resetting the phone worked and now my wifi stays connected at work while my phone is sleeping. So here are the steps I followed:

1. Turn off the device.

2. Wait 30 seconds.

3. Turn on the device.

4. Once home screen loads, reset device: Hold down sleep and home buttons simultaneously for several seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

Again, I have no idea why this solution works, but now my iPhone will actually maintain its wifi connection while sleeping. No need to frustrate yourself over this router malarchy. That may be an issue for some users, but clearly there are other users (like me) who can benefit from a different solution.

I did exactly that.

2 iPhone SE iOS 10.3.3 - both WiFi on, Cell data off

started pings on each (from a linux system on network)

screen goes dark in 1 minute on each within 10 seconds, pings STOP.

pick phone up, pings start.

One of these phones was plugged in, one not. Same result on each.

Turned auto-lock to never. put phone down - screen stays lit, pings continue (with power in or not).

press power button, screen goes dark, ping stops within 10 seconds or so.

It would be nice to have the option to keep WiFi alive - at least when plugged in (it does NOT), or also turn off the cell data at the same time to prevent it from sucking my data plan dry in the middle of the night...

I just did that and, effectively, the ping time outs after about 10s of locking the iPhone (6s with iOS 11.0.2, but this behaviour happens since iOS 10). It's not that the WiFi turns off, it's just that the current connection drops.

I also disabled the WiFi Assist feature as suggested by someone else in this forum, just for testing out. I'm also keeping it charging, just for testing, but I've seen this disconnection in both scenarios, charging and not charging. I also applied the Reset Network Settings about half an hour ago, as suggested by someone else.

Notice, however, I observed just two time outs; after those the ping is being answered back and I observe no more time-outs: A press on the home button, without unlocking, shows the WiFi connected.

I then stopped the ping, waited 10s and pressed the home button again: Still connected.

Waited about 1m with the screen off: LTE, no WiFi. I then unlocked it and it took about 3 to 4 seconds to reconnect to the WiFi.

I’ve updated to the latest iOS and I still see the WiFi either turning off or “losing connection“ when it goes to sleep.

The only thing I can think of-to keep the WiFi active it to set the Wi-Fi Calling to on.

I have the exact same problem and yes it is true for sure. I have the same problem at work and home, so clearly it is not a router problem. Its something with the Iphone. I have this only on some of your recently buggy updates

izzat137 wrote:

so what? We are here for Apple team support

Then you're in the wrong place. This is a user-to-user support forum. If you want help from Apple, use the Contact Support link at the top right of every page of these forums.

they are hiring an arrogant who just negates many people saying the same thing?

An arrogant.....what? You appear to be missing a noun to go with that adjective.

I'm a member of the Grammar Police auxiliary. Sometimes I just can't help myself. I suspect I'm going to regret asking for that noun. I suspect that what they had in mind isn't "so-and-so" (my mother's favorite).

There is nothing to change in the router. iPhones (and iPads) have always dropped Wi-Fi 30 seconds after going to sleep unless connected to power, and probably always will, although past history is no guarantee of future results.

Well, something must be changed or fixed somewhere because my 6s keeps disconnecting when going to sleep, even when charging.

Even worse: Reconnection takes up to 7 seconds sometimes!

Weird thing is my wife’s 6s does not disconnect at all.