iOS 11.4 WiFi Problems

iOS 11.4 on iPhone 6 and iPad Pro. WiFi drops on iPad and then does not reconnect until numerous attempts, turning WiFi on/off, connecting to different network, or powering iPad on/off. Phone has no problem nor do my many Windows computers nor do my SmartTVs. It’s not my router or signal strength. Is this an iPad Pro chipset problem? Also, I have WiFi Networking turned off under Privacy setting for both phone and iPad

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iPad 2, iOS 11.4

Posted on Jun 2, 2018 1:37 PM

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Posted on Jun 11, 2018 9:29 AM

Go to settings and open your wifi. Select your wifi by touching the wifi name. Click on Forget This Network. Touch Forget this Network (in red to confirm). Then open up WIFI to rediscover your network and re-enter your password for your network.

This fixed my WIFI issues on iphone 6 plus and iphone 8 running ios 11.4 so far.😉

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Jun 18, 2018 1:55 PM in response to Philip Ingber

Thanks. That makes the most sense so far. I've made those changes. We'll see how it goes.


As another data point that supports this: Spectrum


G*d D@mned Spectrum has been a PIMA for the past 2 years or more. Most recently has been the past 2 weeks of outages and throttling while their last mile of infrastructure has been in constant (though intermittent) failure. While I was fighting with the iOS bug my internet service through Spectrum has been bouncing around from totally down, to 0.1 Mb/s up, to what I pay for 60Mb/s (and sometimes more but never for longer than an hour or two). Of the nearly 50 tech visits to my home they have never found it to be on my side of the demarc yet they insist that it's on my end and want me to disrupt my days waiting for them to prove to themselves that it's them (it's always them). My first 2 years with Charter were a honeymoon of great customer service and service quality... then Spectrum started sniffing around like Charter was in heat. One month I had more than 100 hours of total outage (and got comped all of $10 on my bill).


It could be worse though... which is why I left AT&T to move to Charter in the first place. Ugh... AT&T... ammiright? The options for anything near the speed that Spectrum offers are non-existent here but I think I'll start shopping for microwave (line-of-sight) services. Storms might impact connectivity but that whole "last mile" (with neighborhood mux boxes and their seasonal change-averse cards that always fail as we move into the worst of the winter and the 100º days of summer) would be a thing of the past.

Jun 21, 2018 8:35 AM in response to del_griff

I’m having a simular sort of issue. I have the IOS 11.4.1 Public Beta 2, I’ve been trying to download the Public Beta 3 for the past couple of days. I have the IPhone 7 Plus 128GB. My apps will update but whenever I open them nothing loads and it says no connection. I am currently having to use cellular. However I can’t do a software update because it will only let me do it on WiFi. I’ve tried restarting the phone, restarting the router and nothing seems to work. I don’t really know what to do

Jun 22, 2018 3:41 AM in response to del_griff

Same here with an iPhone 6S (with IOS 11.4). Wifi keeps dropping and when it is working it is very slow. I started using this iPhone 6S at June 1st and have now over 1,3 GB data usage. Normally I use less (because I am always using Wifi whenever I can) and was unware of Wifi droppings until Juni 18th. Hi Apple, where can I send the bill of extra data usage send to?

Jun 25, 2018 8:59 AM in response to Philip Ingber

Dang I’m sorry to hear that, I’m also shocked they did nothing since your phone brand new! I decided I’m going to call my carrier Verizon today to see if they have a solution, or will contact apple, also see if I can get more data because Im worried about going over without any WiFi. Also I realized I can’t even launch the feedback app the apple lady told me to do to report a bug 🕷 because I have no Wifi, very frustrating.

Jun 28, 2018 4:59 AM in response to del_griff

I downloaded 11.4 on iPad first because it came up and was verified, next day came on iPhone SE to install 11.4 so did AND IT TURN OFF MY ROUTER, so called AT&T About all the red blinking lights. They said nothing on their side was wrong and I was connected. Go figure...also iPhone has never connected since and am OUT OF DATA, NOT KNOWING BEING CHARGED $15 per 1GB!

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