Reports of Slow and Inconsistent Wi-Fi Connections on Some iPhone 5 Devices - Page 4

olegandbuster25 · Sep 23, 2012, 07:10 PM

A "resolution" is not yet available? Lol spell check problems

dlastmango · Sep 23, 2012, 07:11 PM

are we holding it wrong?

reallynotnick · Sep 23, 2012, 07:13 PM

I tend to get about 10-13mb/s down on WiFi over WPA2 enterprise, which was better than my HTC EVO 4G so I'm happy with it, but if I could get higher that would be awesome.

I then tried without WPA2 and got about the same results though a few times it hit 20. Then after switching back to WPA2 I am getting some 40mb/s scores.

Upload speeds however are all the over the place as it seems to drop out in the middle and stall, sometimes I get 20 and other times I get .5

Texran · Sep 23, 2012, 07:14 PM

Those that have complained about losing the wifi connection and needing to re-enter the password.
Try a reset on the network settings.
It worked for me on a previous phone, and my iMac.

gijoeinla · Sep 23, 2012, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiamondGCoupe

I've noticed much slower speeds on my wifi too, hopefully it's a software fix. On a positive note, got 30+MBs on LTE in LA area with iPhone 5

Himmmm. In LA here. AT&T or Verizon? My wifi is 22mbs. But LTE still has yet to shine. Where are these 30+ speeds??

mavis · Sep 23, 2012, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ppdix

1839.6 kB/S on my studio's Comcast DSL
1379.2 kB/S on AT&T's LTE! WHOOOAAAAA

LTE is only 1.4Mbps where you live? That sucks!! At that speed, what's the freakin point?

jrlcopy · Sep 23, 2012, 07:19 PM

My LTE is around 10/10 on Verizon in NYC. But my wifi is great.

MacMan1620 · Sep 23, 2012, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dlastmango

My LTE speeds are horrible as well:
2.70
2.74
2.94
2.75
2.74
Wi-Fi
3.13
2.96

Randomly I get good upload speeds of 10-16mb but never do I get anything above a 4mb for downloads speeds

Just check my old iPhone 4 15.96 down and 7.32 Up...
Damn 1st Gen iDevices...

You should get better wifi. My service providers gives me 100mb/dn and my iPhone 5 is consistently downloading at 20-23mbs.

faroZ06 · Sep 23, 2012, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zwhaler

Another reason to wait to upgrade.

Yep. I feel bad for people who buy new stuff and get a lemon. That happened to my dad with an iMac he bought then gave to me later. It had the faulty NVIDIA GPU that was doomed to fail within 4 years. He also got a lemon by buying a 2000 Jaguar XKR when it first came out (8th model made or something).

darkshadow121 · Sep 23, 2012, 07:23 PM

thats my pic!

faroZ06 · Sep 23, 2012, 07:25 PM

I'm getting normal speeds on my iPhone 4 with iOS 6.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MacMan1620

You should get better wifi. My service providers gives me 100mb/dn and my iPhone 5 is consistently downloading at 20-23mbs.

You have 100mbps internet access?? Are you right next to the backbone station or something?

WAPilot · Sep 23, 2012, 07:26 PM

We are kicking butt on LTE...Here's a comparison in Portland, Oregon. One on the left is an iPhone 4S on 4G and the other is an iPhone 5 on LTE. Same location.

faroZ06 · Sep 23, 2012, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Texran

Those that have complained about losing the wifi connection and needing to re-enter the password.
Try a reset on the network settings.
It worked for me on a previous phone, and my iMac.

Resetting stuff to fix first-run bugs seems to be a recurring theme in iOS 6. After opening and quitting the App Store a few times, it finally ran without glitches/crashing, and I had to try 3 times to get the iCloud restore to work. Hopefully Apple will fix all of this with a 6.1.

JimMacFan · Sep 23, 2012, 07:28 PM

I think a better topic would be the HORRIBLE battery life. Unacceptable!!!

troy14 · Sep 23, 2012, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mavis

LTE is only 1.4Mbps where you live? That sucks!! At that speed, what's the freakin point?

He said kB/S which is Kilobytes per second, not megabits per second.

Converted to megabits/second would be roughly 10 megabits a second, which is decent, but not the best.

Illusion986 · Sep 23, 2012, 07:29 PM

Mine keeps dropping bluetooth connection to headset....It works perfectly on iPhone 4 thou

jrlcopy · Sep 23, 2012, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimMacFan

I think a better topic would be the HORRIBLE battery life. Unacceptable!!!

Mine's awesome, only charged it once Fri night, and it's still rocking, only at 36%. Made a couple hours of phone calls and a bunch of gaming a texts.

JoeHemi · 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrlcopy

My LTE is around 10/10 on Verizon in NYC. But my wifi is great.

I have the opposite problem, my LTE speeds are just fine

faroZ06 · Sep 23, 2012, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joueboy

Apple will claim that this is a software. Because if they claim this as a hardware that's gonna be a recall. Wait a minute they didn't recall the iPhone 4.

They're going to claim it's software when it's really hardware then somehow release a software patch that fixes a hardware problem? Or just claim it's software then don't even release a patch for it? That won't work.

Fortunately for Apple, the iPhone 4 antenna problem only affected a few phones it seems, and the problem could be remedied by using a case. I deliberately tried to get some iPhone 4s to drop calls, but I couldn't.

zorinlynx · Sep 23, 2012, 07:35 PM

I haven't had any issues. Either at home on my airport or at my friends place with a netgear router.

jermy4 · Sep 23, 2012, 07:37 PM

I was having a range problem, my wifi would only work on my 5 if I was within about 20-25 feet from my router and would either drop or slow to a crawl if I was further than that. I tried all sorts of things with my phone and my router but then I started to realize that not only was I having these problems but I wasn't seeing any of my neighbor's wifi networks showing up on my iphone 5 either. My wife's 4s was showing like 6 or 7 of the neighbors networks.

I went and got a replacement today and now I can use my wifi 75+ feet away from my router and the speed is fine.

My issue was definitely hardware because one of the things I tried was disabling all security and it didn't make any difference.

Eriamjh1138@DAN · Sep 23, 2012, 07:40 PM

So, it clearly only affects some iPhones.

Is that so hard to understand?

Mine's not here, yet (Sept 28th, it says). Fingers crossed.

Mr. Gates · Sep 23, 2012, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WAPilot

We are kicking butt on LTE...Here's a comparison in Portland, Oregon. One on the left is an iPhone 4S on 4G and the other is an iPhone 5 on LTE. Same location.

Image

Dude .........

Don't you know what WiFi is ?

We aren't talking about LTE

mchaseman · Sep 23, 2012, 07:43 PM

Is there a difference in setting up your phone as a new phone as opposed to a restore? Which is better?

Sorry in advance if this question has already been asked but I couldn't find in on the search.

Thanks,

Marc

faroZ06 · Sep 23, 2012, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by olegandbuster25

A "resolution" is not yet available? Lol spell check problems

What's wrong with saying "resolution" in that context?

Resolution: the action of solving a problem, dispute, or contentious matter

Sep 23, 2012, 07:13 PM	#78
reallynotnick macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2005	I tend to get about 10-13mb/s down on WiFi over WPA2 enterprise, which was better than my HTC EVO 4G so I'm happy with it, but if I could get higher that would be awesome. I then tried without WPA2 and got about the same results though a few times it hit 20. Then after switching back to WPA2 I am getting some 40mb/s scores. Upload speeds however are all the over the place as it seems to drop out in the middle and stall, sometimes I get 20 and other times I get .5 __________________ 13in MBP, 2.26GHz, 8GB RAM, 500GB WD Scorpio Blue HDD
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Sep 23, 2012, 07:14 PM	#79
Texran macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Texas	Reset Network Settings Those that have complained about losing the wifi connection and needing to re-enter the password. Try a reset on the network settings. It worked for me on a previous phone, and my iMac. __________________ iMac-11 3.4 1TB - 2012 MacBook Pro-15 - iPad 2 64 - iPhone 5 64 - TC 2 TB
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Sep 23, 2012, 07:19 PM	#82
jrlcopy macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2007	My LTE is around 10/10 on Verizon in NYC. But my wifi is great. Attached Thumbnails __________________ 15" Macbook Pro i7 / 8gb ram / Lion / Windows 8 Avid Symphony 6.5
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Sep 23, 2012, 07:23 PM	#85
darkshadow121 macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: London	yay i made front page thats my pic!
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Sep 23, 2012, 07:26 PM	#87
WAPilot macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Washington State	Not here We are kicking butt on LTE...Here's a comparison in Portland, Oregon. One on the left is an iPhone 4S on 4G and the other is an iPhone 5 on LTE. Same location.
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Sep 23, 2012, 07:10 PM	#76
olegandbuster25 macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: San Antonio, Texas	A "resolution" is not yet available? Lol spell check problems
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Sep 23, 2012, 07:11 PM	#77
dlastmango macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: West Coast - FLORIDA	are we holding it wrong?
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Sep 23, 2012, 07:28 PM	#89
JimMacFan macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2009	I think a better topic would be the HORRIBLE battery life. Unacceptable!!!
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Sep 23, 2012, 07:29 PM	#91
Illusion986 macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2009	Mine keeps dropping bluetooth connection to headset....It works perfectly on iPhone 4 thou
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Sep 23, 2012, 07:35 PM	#95
zorinlynx macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Florida, USA	I haven't had any issues. Either at home on my airport or at my friends place with a netgear router.
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Sep 23, 2012, 07:37 PM	#96
jermy4 macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2010	I was having a range problem, my wifi would only work on my 5 if I was within about 20-25 feet from my router and would either drop or slow to a crawl if I was further than that. I tried all sorts of things with my phone and my router but then I started to realize that not only was I having these problems but I wasn't seeing any of my neighbor's wifi networks showing up on my iphone 5 either. My wife's 4s was showing like 6 or 7 of the neighbors networks. I went and got a replacement today and now I can use my wifi 75+ feet away from my router and the speed is fine. My issue was definitely hardware because one of the things I tried was disabling all security and it didn't make any difference.
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Sep 23, 2012, 07:40 PM	#97
Eriamjh1138@DAN macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: BFE, MI	So, it clearly only affects some iPhones. Is that so hard to understand? Mine's not here, yet (Sept 28th, it says). Fingers crossed. __________________ iBeaker
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Sep 23, 2012, 07:43 PM	#99
mchaseman macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2012	Is there a difference in setting up your phone as a new phone as opposed to a restore? Which is better? Sorry in advance if this question has already been asked but I couldn't find in on the search. Thanks, Marc
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