iPhone X wifi issues

Following this thread with similar wifi-dropping issues I have to add my new testing procedure that leadme to believe that is probably and mainly a s/w issue (in combination with the h/w). After testing many frustrating remedies as discussed in previous posts I ended even to re-enable wifi assist mode , because I rely a lot on my phone and have an "unlimited" data plan. Nevertheless loosing wifi is not an option, especially when travelling to strange countries!

So today in my office sitting next to the wifi (airport with older time machine) my phone declares 4G connection.

1. going to the settings on the phone first page shows in wifi section the name of the previously known AP.

2. Hitting the wifi subsetting the switch is off or even greyed. Phone still says 4G.

3. Just looking the screen the wifi "tries" to switch on by itself!

4. being patient enough the switch might turn on. If I try to help it by switching on, occasionally the whole setting app might crash.

5. Eventually the wifi will turn on as the neworks browser at the bottom of the wifi screen too.

6. This is the tricky part: the 4G is still declared as the network.

7. Now with the wifi showing as working on the settings but not as the network for the phone , I switch off the wifi.

8. Then switching on the wifi establishes the wifi as the network connection correctly this time.

Ok you think that the story is over? No. The wifi goes from full signal to dot loosing the connection over and over, but not declaring 4G as the network connection on the top anymore. One step closer but not quite.

9. What do I forgot? Just go on the app switcher and kill settings app!

10. Phone works!

I have not tested the procedure extensively, but may prove that is a mostly s/w issue between processes running under the hood under poor timing.

And therefore I am inclined to believe that based on all the posts in this thread that is a more widespread issue that one might think. Is it possible that many others do not even realize that their phones are flawed?

FrancescoFranze wrote:

Same here, the issue got slowly more and more frequent and now its continuous. Why no fix !?!

Because the problem is with your phone. Apple can't fix your phone without seeing it. Make a genius bar appointment if your own troubleshooting steps, which have been posted many times in the hundred or so posts in this thread, don't fix it.

Try this ...

Tap Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.

"resetting the phone,"

There are multiple types resets on an iPhone. I have no way of knowing which one's you have tried that didn't work.

OMG. I cannot believe it.

Followed your comment and so far, it seems to be fixed. Deleted like 50 apps I don’t use anymore and, like you, could not be bothered testing after each one. But once I was done....wifi switch worked perfectly.

I can only think that some old app(s) were incompatible.

Thank you so much.

Hi

Turn wifi on in settings not in control panel

Turn your router off for 20 /30 seconds when it's back on go to settings down to reset Reset network settings After reset enter your router wireless key.

Cheers

Brian 🇬-1F1E7;

Hi

Turn your router off for 20 /30 seconds when it's back on go to settings on iPhone down to reset Reset network settings After reset enter your router wireless key.

Cheers

Brian 🇬-1F1E7;

I have the same issue with my X that manifests itself visually by turning the three leve radio signal of the wifi "strength"on the top, to just level of one. When this happens, opening the settings->wifi the togle switch is greyed. The strange thing I noticed is that even you cannot seem to be able to flip the switch, it tries every to switch itself on at random amount of time ranging between 3s to 10s even 20s but if you are patient enough it eventually turns on correctly by itself! So it gives the normal browser of networks, and never switches off if you remain on the wifi settings page. When the page is closed and return to the main page or any app, the wifi problem returns. This behaviour is consistent and happens at any setting tried even eliminating data connection, or disabling other wifi features.

I had to update my own comment stating that I have a 256GB model. Furthermore, If I quit all running apps, the problem of the wifi non-sticking switch looks quite better. This leads to believe that is mostly a software issue that looks as related to multitasking issues that may be differently handled on the X. Can any one concur on that?

Trying this again, lost my first post...

I noticed my wifi issues when my cellular usage shot through the roof. When I dug into the usage, it was Facebook and Linkedin chewing up data. This was odd because I usually only look at them at my house, where they should be on wifi. When I switched those the wifi only, I finally noticed the problems.

First it would be connected to my Video network, but I would have intermittent connectivity issues. I would have to jump over to another network, sometimes multiple times before I would be able to have internet conectivity. This would really show up when I turn off cellular at home. Sometimes, when joining a known network, it would say the password was incorrect, so I would retype it and it said incorrect password. I would then use another wifi network for a few moments, come back , and it would connect to Video just fine.

I have ordered a new XFi router and XPods to replace my Netgear router and UniFi Mesh network to see if that helps. Sounds like I need to hit up the Apple Store as well.

I cannot be optimistic about that. But by the heat in this discussion, I take that there should be a fair amount of iPhone X that experience this wifi issue. If you connect to your mac and open the console app you will see a fair amount of errors related to the issue. So whether is a h/w issue or just s/w the messages manifest that it is known to the s/w of the phone and depending on your settings even sent to Apple as the preference app crashes qite often if you play with the wifi switch.

The iPhone X has many differences in h/w to other iphones that dictate that this phone it is not just another step in the line but an evolution (that may went wrong). It has an OLED screen, and probably different energy management algorithm and respective h/w than other iPhone. Have you noticed the reversible but severe screen dimming and processor slowing when it gets hot?. No other recent phone I have tried does exactly the same.

The rumors that X may be discontinued over other models does not seem promising for resolving the issue for just a small(?) percentage of devices.

You would find it enlightening to read the thread you posted to. It has solutions.

My shiny new X is also dealing with this issue. But I upgraded from a 5S and come to think of it, I may have had the same issue with that phone which leads me to agree with everyone about it being an issue inside an app or the iOS that got migrated onto the new X. It was an old phone nearing it's expiration so I just brushed it off as that. Old phone. But it's incredibly frustrating that this is happening with a new phone. Something simple like needing to connect quickly while traveling and having your phone on airplane mode is now troublesome. Waiting for the toggle to be usable again or for the list of wifi options to make itself available.

Just out of curiosity, when you guys click wifi in control center, do you find that it's not reflecting in the settings>wifi?

Also, I have tried a network setting reset and "forget network" numerous times and the bloody phone keeps remembering the networks and all the passwords. This seems to be the go to solution recommended by Apple Support and it doesn't fix my toggle/connectivity/dropped connection issue at all, on top of not serving it's function.