iPhone WiFi problem, a real issue since 3.0

I made the jump and bought myself an iphone, in fact it was around this time last year when i was looking into getting a new phone and iPhone got the winning choice. It’s been a great phone unti iPhone Firmware 3.0 came out.

Around a month or two ago the WiFi capabilities of the iPhone started to deteriorate, it would hardly find any wireless networks, if it did manage to connect to one it would drop within 5 minutes and revert back to Edge/3G or it would be running like a snail. It got pretty painful because it was my most used feature of the iPhone.

I searched and searched the Internet for answers and i found out that many other iPhone owners were having the same trouble after upgrading to firmware 3.0. I decided to live with this and brushed the issue off and started to use standard network cellular data, i did get used to the speed but geez, i paid £400 for this and it doesn’t work properly.

I restored it, reset the settings, wiped it, i pretty much tried everything, it still didn’t work. I took my phone into the O2 shop on Sunday to see what they could do and luckily it is still under warranty by around 2 weeks. They tried the WiFi and it wouldn’t find it (i was actually scared of it working because i’d look like an ass) they tried their in store iPhone and viola! it found a network.

They sent it off and now i have no phone for 14 days They didn’t even offer me a load phone.

Anyway, for the people with the same problem i highly suggest you send your iPhone off for repairs if your iPhone:-

• Cannot find any WiFi networks
• Has low WiFi signal even when 2CM away from the Wifi hotspot
• Find networks but doesn’t connect
• Connects to network but is very slow, even on full signal

Send it in! It’s a problem with the onboard WiFi chip/

Here’s the steps i’ve took to try and fix it.

• The device shows no Wi-Fi address or Bluetooth address (Tap Settings > General > About and scroll down to Wi-Fi Address or Bluetooth).
• iPhone or iPod Touch appears to be connected to a Wi-Fi network but cannot use Wi-Fi for checking e-mail, surfing the Internet, or other data transactions.
• iPhone or iPod Touch showing Wi-Fi or Bluetooth icon on device as grayed out.
• iPhone not able to pair with Bluetooth device or accessory.
• When you tap Settings > Wi-Fi and then tap next to the network, no values or entries for IP Address, Subnet Mask, Router, or DNS appear.

Check out Apple support on this subject.

If you somehow get this working again, let me know.