Weak Wifi Signal iPhone 5 - Page 3

Nikos · Sep 23, 2012, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ibrake4ants

Nikos, do you have your phone in a case? If so, have you removed it to see if it makes a difference?

No case here. I'm hesitant to get a replacement because I'm happy with the phone outside of this issue. I'll wait a bit since we have 30 days for a 'no questions asked' replacement.

I guess the real test will be at work tomorrow. We have company-wide WiFi. My 4S would get full signal but I'm not sure where the access points are. If this still connects, I'd be hard pressed to say it's a hardware issue. Then again, if only some are experiencing the issue, it wouldn't make as much sense for it to be software.

ibrake4ants · Sep 23, 2012, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nikos

No case here.

Hmm. Ok, that blows my theory that it's due to the case.

Certainly seemed to make a difference for me, though. I'm wondering if I cut a hole in my case to completely expose the glass at the top of the back of the phone, it will resolve my problem. I hate going caseless....I have already dropped my phone twice!

Nikos · Sep 23, 2012, 03:43 PM

Update: Just got back home and all of my networks have full bars. Weird.

MigsVuitton · Sep 26, 2012, 12:14 PM

Very weird, I've had good wifi signals since day 1. Just this morning I noticed it was one bar at home and now one bar at work. While before they were full.

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Originally Posted by MigsVuitton

Very weird, I've had good wifi signals since day 1. Just this morning I noticed it was one bar at home and now one bar at work. While before they were full.

Ok restarted and bars are full

dabigone · Sep 26, 2012, 12:17 PM

The intermittent wifi was driving me nuts. Youtube and other apps were hanging.
I changed my airport extreme to use channel 9 and finally plugged in an extra express I had to extend the network and it's been fine since.

joesploggs · Sep 26, 2012, 02:16 PM

If it helps anyone my Wifi was continually dropping on the iPhone 5 only - particularly under heavy load (I was testing by syncing music on Spotify and it would drop after 30 secs or so).

On my router I changed from "802.11 b/g/n" to "802.11 b/g/n 40Mhz" - and voila problem solved!

ruckleapple · Sep 29, 2012, 04:57 AM

Though I rang the Nagoya apple store last week and they said they didnt have any iPhone 5 stock at present for faulty exchange, I made a 'genius' bar reservation anyway and went in today. Good news is they did have stock. The apple man went out the back, opened up an new box and asked me to inspect the phone. Straight away I saw it had a little scratch on the side. He went and got another phone from out the back and this time it looked good and the wifi actually works on it.
So nice to finally have a non-faulty (that I'm aware of anyway) iPhone 5.

Fabricman112 · Sep 29, 2012, 05:26 AM

my iPhone was constantly (every 30sec acc. to logg in router) authorizing the wpa2 passkey, which lead to NO internet at all...
after doing a reset network settings and waiting 20min, the phone has blazing network again

my router is ASUS RT-AC66U, and we have Gbit internet..
hope this solved my problem, it has been solid for 1,5 hour so far

bigab51 · Oct 4, 2012, 12:43 PM

Since I got my phone all it ever showed was 1 bar of wifi no matter how close I was to the router.
Read all the posts here and tried turning my phone off and on for the first time since I've had it just now.
A full turn off with only the power button not a restart with power and home.
When it came back on I'm now getting 3 or at the least 2 bars.
So happy to get this sorted.
Sometimes the easiest solution is the best.

ritmomundo · Oct 4, 2012, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fabricman112

my iPhone was constantly (every 30sec acc. to logg in router) authorizing the wpa2 passkey, which lead to NO internet at all...
after doing a reset network settings and waiting 20min, the phone has blazing network again

my router is ASUS RT-AC66U, and we have Gbit internet..
hope this solved my problem, it has been solid for 1,5 hour so far

I had the same problem. But network settings reset didn't work for me. What did work is manually putting my network info - in wifi settings >> add other >> manually type SSID and password. I haven't had a single disconnection problem since (it's been a few days already).

Fabricman112 · Oct 4, 2012, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ritmomundo

I had the same problem. But network settings reset didn't work for me. What did work is manually putting my network info - in wifi settings >> add other >> manually type SSID and password. I haven't had a single disconnection problem since (it's been a few days already).

my router does not send the SSID, so that´s my setup aswell..
has worked for a week now

leurysworld · Oct 5, 2012, 01:29 PM

My issue is: whenever I'm connected to wifi, I have no bars but the signal is there. In other words, the wifi icon in the status bar shows I have 0 bars of wifi but I can still browse the internet, listen to rdio, watch youtube vids etc. Not sure what this means...

Cookie11 · Oct 19, 2012, 05:34 AM

Yup my wifi signal is rubbish too - 4 was ok - off to get a replacement tomorrow ...maube a Galaxy :/

Adutrumque · Oct 19, 2012, 06:18 AM

This is happening to me aswell. It all depends on the router really. Try do the same thing with a macbook.

Oman · Oct 24, 2012, 08:35 PM

My son and I are having this issue with our phones in my house... My network is WPA And I will not change that for out phones.

waltkeyser · Oct 30, 2012, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ruckleapple

OK, first iPhone 5 problem.
I've logged into the wifi at my house and my iPhone has accepted it but if I walk 3 meters away from the router the signal bars drop down from full to nothing and LTE comes back on. While my iPhone 4 still has wifi signal with full bars.

Any ideas?

I have exactly the sam issue. Genius reset phone wifi and issue persists. Dropping wifi sigal is very annoying and will become expensive!

cyranocytoplasm · Nov 25, 2012, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ibrake4ants

Hmm. Ok, that blows my theory that it's due to the case.

Certainly seemed to make a difference for me, though. I'm wondering if I cut a hole in my case to completely expose the glass at the top of the back of the phone, it will resolve my problem. I hate going caseless....I have already dropped my phone twice!

ibrake4ants, thank you for your suggestion. It did the trick for me. From 1 bar to 3 bars instantly. I am using a Gaisar Grabbit case. It appears to have a rubberized inner lining, but the outer material looks to be aluminum. It is clearly interfering with the antenna somehow.

ajt302 · Dec 14, 2012, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snoz

try removing the case if you have one on. worked for one of my friends.

Yes! This was my problem. Case off problem gone.

TonyC28 · May 18, 2013, 12:00 PM

Having the same problem. On my third iPhone 5 now. Sitting in my living room about 20 feet away from my Airport Express and my Macbook, Apple TV, girlfriend's 4S all work fine but my iPhone 5 can barely hold the wifi signal if at all. Growing more and more disappointed with iPhones lately.

Sep 23, 2012, 03:43 PM	#53
Nikos macrumors 65816 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New York	Update: Just got back home and all of my networks have full bars. Weird. __________________ 17" MacBook Pro i7, 8gb, 750gb, Anti-Glare \| iPhone 5 64GB Black \| New iPad 64GB \| 23" Cinema Display \|
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Sep 29, 2012, 05:26 AM	#58
Fabricman112 macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2010	my iPhone was constantly (every 30sec acc. to logg in router) authorizing the wpa2 passkey, which lead to NO internet at all... after doing a reset network settings and waiting 20min, the phone has blazing network again my router is ASUS RT-AC66U, and we have Gbit internet.. hope this solved my problem, it has been solid for 1,5 hour so far __________________ trying to be happy latest purchase: Mac mini server 2012 custom
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Sep 26, 2012, 12:17 PM	#55
dabigone macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2008	The intermittent wifi was driving me nuts. Youtube and other apps were hanging. I changed my airport extreme to use channel 9 and finally plugged in an extra express I had to extend the network and it's been fine since.
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Sep 26, 2012, 02:16 PM	#56
joesploggs macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2010	If it helps anyone my Wifi was continually dropping on the iPhone 5 only - particularly under heavy load (I was testing by syncing music on Spotify and it would drop after 30 secs or so). On my router I changed from "802.11 b/g/n" to "802.11 b/g/n 40Mhz" - and voila problem solved!
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Sep 29, 2012, 04:57 AM	#57
ruckleapple Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Japan	Though I rang the Nagoya apple store last week and they said they didnt have any iPhone 5 stock at present for faulty exchange, I made a 'genius' bar reservation anyway and went in today. Good news is they did have stock. The apple man went out the back, opened up an new box and asked me to inspect the phone. Straight away I saw it had a little scratch on the side. He went and got another phone from out the back and this time it looked good and the wifi actually works on it. So nice to finally have a non-faulty (that I'm aware of anyway) iPhone 5.
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Oct 4, 2012, 12:43 PM	#59
bigab51 macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	Since I got my phone all it ever showed was 1 bar of wifi no matter how close I was to the router. Read all the posts here and tried turning my phone off and on for the first time since I've had it just now. A full turn off with only the power button not a restart with power and home. When it came back on I'm now getting 3 or at the least 2 bars. So happy to get this sorted. Sometimes the easiest solution is the best.
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Oct 5, 2012, 01:29 PM	#62
leurysworld macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	My issue is: whenever I'm connected to wifi, I have no bars but the signal is there. In other words, the wifi icon in the status bar shows I have 0 bars of wifi but I can still browse the internet, listen to rdio, watch youtube vids etc. Not sure what this means...
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Oct 19, 2012, 05:34 AM	#63
Cookie11 macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	Yup my wifi signal is rubbish too - 4 was ok - off to get a replacement tomorrow ...maube a Galaxy :/
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Oct 19, 2012, 06:18 AM	#64
Adutrumque Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sweden	This is happening to me aswell. It all depends on the router really. Try do the same thing with a macbook.
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Oct 24, 2012, 08:35 PM	#65
Oman macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2008	My son and I are having this issue with our phones in my house... My network is WPA And I will not change that for out phones.
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May 18, 2013, 12:00 PM	#69
TonyC28 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2009	Having the same problem. On my third iPhone 5 now. Sitting in my living room about 20 feet away from my Airport Express and my Macbook, Apple TV, girlfriend's 4S all work fine but my iPhone 5 can barely hold the wifi signal if at all. Growing more and more disappointed with iPhones lately.
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