1 Bar Wifi signal but good download speeds on the iphone 5

hatersgonnahate said:

am i the only one experiencing this? any fix?

it doesnt matter if its public wifi or private. i get good speeds but only get 1 bar on the wifi signal. not normal right?

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Exactly the same.

(Google search brought me here btw).

Every wifi connection I have been on shows just 1 bar of signal, though speeds are fine and it doesn't cut out? Odd.

I recently noticed my phone doing the same thing. Wifi strength would always show up at one bar, no matter how close I was to the router. Restarting fixed it.

hatersgonnahate said:

a simple restart fixed my problem.

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hatersgonnahate said:

a simple restart fixed my problem.

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Same thing worked for me. I thought it was my spotty Time Warner internet, but the iPad and Mac showed full wifi signal. I restarted the iPhone and the problem went away.

Restarting does correct it but it contues to happen. Apple needs to fix this!!!

I don't understand the problem here... You guys are complaining that your wifi acts like 3 bar but only shows 1? Do you guys use your wifi bars to pick up chicks?

had this issue for the first time today. weird

Yea, I'm noticing the same issue. My previous iPhone 4 had better signal indicators but WIFI is still fast on my iPhone 5, just the signal shows 1 bar. Hopefully they get this fixed in the next iOS update.

Just bought the phone 2 weeks ago. Today I just got this problem. Full speed with one signal bar. A simple restart does solve the problem though. Let see if its going to happen again.

I found that setting the HTTP proxy to auto also improves wifi much more for me in my case. Makes it much more consistent