Wifi drops when phone is locked after 10.3.3 update
Wifi drops when phone is locked or goes to idle and reconnect when screen is on.
This happens after the last ios update.
Model :iphone 5.
iPhone 5, iOS 10.3.3
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This is not anecdotal. I have been testing it with every iOS release. Nothing has changed. Here is how to actually test it:
- On your phone go to Settings/Wi-Fi and tap on the i next to the network name
- Write down the IP address
- On your computer open a Terminal window (Mac) or CMD window (Windows)
- Enter "ping <the IP address you wrote down>" (Mac) or "ping /t <the IP address you wrote down>" (Windows)
- Note the phone responding to the ping command
- Press the SLEEP button
- Watch as the responses stop after about 30 seconds
- To stop the pings enter <CTRL>+C.
Every time a major version is released I do this again. The response has never changed in 10 years.
Repeat the test with the phone plugged in; it won't go to sleep. It may wake up for a few seconds if the phone receives a notification such as a Push email alert, which is an external stimulus, but apps that originate communications will not wake it and will use cellular data.
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Scoopjeff wrote:
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Sometimes facts are not helpful, but they are still facts.
Your factually correct and you just proved my point again!
Thank you
Regards
Scoop
If anyone else wants to post it to them...please go ahead...I'm off to sell an Apple Airport Extreme I didn't need to buy...sigh...
dontcareforusernames wrote:
If anyone else wants to post it to them...please go ahead...
People who are having a problem should absolutely submit feedback. I'm just not one of them.
What's the point of your "Again, just FWIW..." comment? It doesn't add anything new or helpful to the discussion.
I was just echoing your tone and style, in pointing out that your phone is working the way Apple designed it to work.
**** I never said anything about iOS 11, let alone that this is "new with iOS 11."
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And yet...the issue is less whether the phone "is working the way Apple designed it to work" and more whether that design is fundamentally flawed.
Edited to remove snark. In that case, Host, you have a lot of work still ahead of you, in past comments and in past threads from many commenters! 😉
Sorry about putting my personal information. I did not know that. Extremely sorry.
Oh, I understand that completely. I didn't mean to suggest that that tiger might change its stripes. Mine was just an "in an ideal world" observation.
I second this. It is annoying as heck and started with a software update. Were you able to resolve?
Trust me there is no solution unless apple release any new bug fix. It seems Apple do not bother what you are facing.
I understand "the issue" perfectly. You, on the other hand, seem intent on living in an alternate reality.
Wifi drops when phone is locked after 10.3.3 update