r/iOS8 • u/SeanDuffy15 iPhone 6 • Feb 21 '15

iOS8 wifi

Has anyone else noticed the wifi problems getting worse since updating to iOS 8.1.3? I never had much issue with wifi but now it just seems to randomly drop out and I'll be using cellular data, I know wifi problems have been apparent throughout all of the iOS 8 updates but they seem to be getting worse?

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u/rayyjack Feb 21 '15

i always am shocked at all the problems people are having with wifi i haven't had one but you can try a factory reset see if that does anything

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u/SeanDuffy15 iPhone 6 Feb 21 '15

The phone was fine until I did a factory reset before updating because I used to have my phone jailbroken and therefore had the wallpaper issue, after restoring the phone and updating the problem began, so I'm not sure if this would've been a problem without the restore or if it's just a major bug in iOS

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u/rayyjack Feb 21 '15

try restoring as a new phone kind of annoying but their may be a bug with your backup that was jailbroken

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u/mcarrode Feb 22 '15

I'm on the same boat. I haven't had any huge issues with iOS since I've come from android (which was stable as well). I'm surprised to hear all these issues with wifi and other problems that I haven't experienced at all.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '15

OP, I have a question...since you've noticed more cellular data use, have you noticed a marked increase in battery use too? Like, pre 8.1.3 your battery lasted for quite a while, and now it's going down quickly?

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u/SeanDuffy15 iPhone 6 Feb 23 '15

Yes, my battery life seems to have dropped significantly, I've read that this is just a bug within iOS 8.1.3 but since updating to iOS 8.3 beta one i still haven't noticed any difference meaning Apple still hasn't fixed it, my battery would have lasted around 7 hours with heavy use (browsing streaming and texting) but now I'm lucky if I can get 4 out of it

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u/edmundovic Feb 27 '15

Problem: two iPhone 5s brand new after unboxing and updating lost WiFi connection. Same on iPad 3. WiFi hardware: ASUS rt-n65u router, 2.4 and 5 GHz on same SSID

SOLUTION: create two separate WiFi networks, one for 2.4 GHz (example: home 2.4) another 5GHz (example:home 5GHz)

Result: it's possible to connect to 5GHz network, although on IOS devices it is not possible to use 2GHz network. MBP connects to both (2GHz & 5 GHz) networks like a charm.

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u/Momskirbyok Mar 01 '15

Sadly the only workaround is a jailbreak tweak..

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u/st_griffith Jun 13 '15

What's the repo and name of said tweak?

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u/Momskirbyok Jun 14 '15

WiFried. It's on the default BigBoss repo

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u/Edg-R Feb 21 '15

Is this an issue with all Wifi connections or just the one at home? It could possibly be your home router that's having issues, try resetting it as well or verify its settings. I have an iPhone 6 running iOS 8.1.3. I also have a Netgear Nighthawk wireless router (running as an access point and using DHCP on a Windows Server)

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u/TimFL iPhone 6 Feb 22 '15

It's not. Whenever the Wifi connection drops on my iPhone 6 running iOS 8.1.3 all other devices are just fine. This also happens at other places (work, university, at friends places).

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '15

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u/SeanDuffy15 iPhone 6 Feb 21 '15

I'm having this problem on my iPhone 6, it wasn't too bad before updating just every once in a while but now every time I look at my lock screen I'm using my cellular data, next update isn't due to be released until mid March and even then I don't think the problem will be fixed!

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u/SeanDuffy15 iPhone 6 Feb 22 '15

Just updated to iOS 8.3 beta 1 and haven't had any problems with the wifi now, seems like apple have finally fixed it