I noticed the same.
Works fine, then I leave and come back and it gets stuck and Im waiting 5 minutes to load a page.
WTF?
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I noticed the same.
Works fine, then I leave and come back and it gets stuck and Im waiting 5 minutes to load a page.
WTF?
Weird. On my original it would sit there for a minute then load it really fast. I transfered pictures from my iPhone 4 with Simple Transfer since I set up my 5 as new and it would constantly just stop in the middle of a picture. On my swap I restored from my original's backup but transferred the pictures again since the first time they were in a random order and it was much, much faster and it didn't stop.
I have no trouble connecting to my work WiFi network with my Apple WiFi chip in my iPhone 5. But at times I get absolutely nothing from it! I'll have to switch WiFi off to get any data whatsoever, or flip airplane mode on and off.
My first phone also had the same issue, and I suspect the same chip. But it also had a "chip" in the rear bezel. So I had it replaced.
This new phone looks great, but it has the scrambled lines during password entry and the WiFi issue.
Sigh.
My first phone also had the same issue, and I suspect the same chip. But it also had a "chip" in the rear bezel. So I had it replaced.
This new phone looks great, but it has the scrambled lines during password entry and the WiFi issue.
Sigh.
At least that works for you, its a reboot for me. I can leave it in airplane mode for 5 min and nothing when I connect back.
It may be that my work network is quite large, and switching to a different sub-network solves it. I dunno. But regardless, it is quite annoying.
At home my 5 fast and stays connected, At work its also fast and stays connected and I go in and out all day. When I was house/dog sitting at my friends last week a couple of times after I went to my house and back to his house it would connect to his AP full signal but no data would flow. As long as I didn't go to my house and connect it would always reconnect fine to his AP. Resetting the phone fixed this and it only happened a couple of times. Based on this I am 99.9 percent it is some sort of software driver issue.
Mine is Apple 20:C9. other then that the phone is perfect and I got the screen protector on it perfectly so I am not going go cherry pic for an intel one just to get another issue. I will wait and see what Apple comes up with. I wonder how much different the architecture is of these 2 chips?
Mine is Apple 20:C9. other then that the phone is perfect and I got the screen protector on it perfectly so I am not going go cherry pic for an intel one just to get another issue. I will wait and see what Apple comes up with. I wonder how much different the architecture is of these 2 chips?
Apple 98:FE
No issues here. Our wi-fi is performing as usual. We are on a AirPort Extreme base station, if that matters. Have not experienced wi-fi issues any where outside of the home, as well.
No issues here. Our wi-fi is performing as usual. We are on a AirPort Extreme base station, if that matters. Have not experienced wi-fi issues any where outside of the home, as well.
According to ifixit they discovered a Murata 339S0171 Wi-Fi module in their unit. i wonder how many different modules Apple is using?
I switched the encryption when I got home and it did not seen to make any difference. I have a 2nd network setup now with WPA/tkip and I'll see tomorrow if theres any difference.
Some of the mac addresses from the iphone5 are being reported as being from intel. I don't know if anything is really different or not. Almost everyone who has reported a good mac address, Ive seen other people say they have problems with it so I don't know how much to put into it.
Definitely appear to be having some wifi issues. 68:96, Apple. Seems to lose connection to wifi networks and it also takes a long time to reconnect when I wake my phone up. Also noticed that sometimes the wifi networks don't even show up under "Choose a Network:.
Since the iPhone 5 uses the Murata 339S017/Broadcom BCM4334 chip (based on ifixit teardown and everything else I have read) I wonder if Apple has 2 sets of drivers (Apple/Intel) the drives this chip? I don't know why they would do this but it seems the ones that report Intel don't have the issue although it seems like there are far more Apples being reported back then Intel.
68:96 apple. I've connected to:
- My home gateway, Motorola SBG6580
- Multiple Bluesocket AP 1840 access points at work
- Multiple Meru Networks AP300 series access points at work
Using both WPA2 and WPA enterprise (EAP-TLS).
And I have no problems. My iPhone maxes out my home speed over wifi (25Mbps down/5Mbps up) and hits on average 50 down/15 up at work, which isn't bad at all.
- My home gateway, Motorola SBG6580
- Multiple Bluesocket AP 1840 access points at work
- Multiple Meru Networks AP300 series access points at work
Using both WPA2 and WPA enterprise (EAP-TLS).
And I have no problems. My iPhone maxes out my home speed over wifi (25Mbps down/5Mbps up) and hits on average 50 down/15 up at work, which isn't bad at all.
