I tested mine and saw 27mb down and 5 mb up on wi-fi. On LTE was getting 7.5 mb down and 2 mb up. Pretty sure I don't have an issue.
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Reports of Slow and Inconsistent Wi-Fi Connections on Some iPhone 5 Devices
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From my experience sometimes i see maxed out connection two floors up and sometimes and can't get half that 3 meters away. Go figure.
I'd agree with you except I have an iPhone 4S and an iPhone 5. Both are running iOS 6. Based on speed test results using the same server, the 4S is around three times faster. Some others have reported similar results with different devices that are running iOS 6.
they keep ones in stock just for this purpose. Always have. plus you're generically wrong. Seattle has tons of phones for sale...
So in that case it has to do with the software that interfaces with the iPhone 5's WiFi chip in iOS6. That would explain why you have no issues with your 4S.
My DSL speed is 3mbps/780Kbps actual speed 2.7mbps/640kbps. So I believe I won't encounter wifi problem real soon.
Hey,
I do have that problem on my iPad2 with ioS6 as well, while my iPhone4 on the same WiFi also with iOS6 haven't got any problem. I bet this is again some nasty problem in iOS, as the battery at the 4S start.
greets from Austria
I do have that problem on my iPad2 with ioS6 as well, while my iPhone4 on the same WiFi also with iOS6 haven't got any problem. I bet this is again some nasty problem in iOS, as the battery at the 4S start.
greets from Austria
I don't know if this is related, but I have noticed that after updating my iPad 2 and my iPhone 4 to iOS 6 they both have issues with wifi connections especially at Barnes and Noble bookstores. Granted I understand that public wifi can have problems but I've never had problems like I have since updating.
crap thats fast
I just ran a speed test and i thought it was doing quite well at 1.66mbps down and 0.5mbps up.
I dont think ive ever had internet as fast as "painfully slow" 2.41 down and 2.66 up is crazy fast
I just ran a speed test and i thought it was doing quite well at 1.66mbps down and 0.5mbps up.
I dont think ive ever had internet as fast as "painfully slow" 2.41 down and 2.66 up is crazy fast
I have an issue with the music app. Pause/Play isn't always working and when I skip songs it sporadically skips 3-6 songs past what I was trying to play. very frustrating.
Same. my upload speeds are WAY faster lol.
iPhone 4S, iPad 3, and iOS 5 all were released post-Steve. I think their is going to be a stigma that whenever apple has issues or fails in some way, it's because Steve Jobs isn't there. The whole company has the Steve mentality burned into them. Steve definitely has a strong spiritual presence with them that comes with actual guidance and leadership.
Same. my upload speeds are WAY faster lol.
iPhone 4S, iPad 3, and iOS 5 all were released post-Steve. I think their is going to be a stigma that whenever apple has issues or fails in some way, it's because Steve Jobs isn't there. The whole company has the Steve mentality burned into them. Steve definitely has a strong spiritual presence with them that comes with actual guidance and leadership.
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mine works fine...
i find many problems with apple products pertain to the user rather than the product.
for example...a guy scratching his keys against the back of a black iPhone
I'm surprised mac rummors is publishing this rubbish. MacRumors have been right on with the iPhone 5 until it finally came out it seems...but I guess everyone else must be publishing it too? IDK i don't care enough to look but if that is the case they don't have choice.
i find many problems with apple products pertain to the user rather than the product.
for example...a guy scratching his keys against the back of a black iPhone
I'm surprised mac rummors is publishing this rubbish. MacRumors have been right on with the iPhone 5 until it finally came out it seems...but I guess everyone else must be publishing it too? IDK i don't care enough to look but if that is the case they don't have choice.
Sorry Broham, this ***** is real. I appear to be one of the unlucky ones - push email isn't working, and wifi speed is extremely erratic. No problems on ipad3 or iphone 4s.
have black 64gb and white 32gb iphone 5's
the black 64gb had the issue where its wifi connection was dropping out intermittently and apple swapped it out chalking it up to a hardware issue. the wifi indicator would read full signal but everything using the network would just hang until i toggled airplane mode to reset the connection. new unit doesn't have that issue.
was using speedtest.net on both of them (the original white and swapped out black) and couldn't understand why our new ipad was twice as fast.
if you're using speedtest.net or a similar site where you can choose the server, try a different server. our wifi seemed fast, but we were getting consistently slow numbers through speedtest.net for the closest server (less than 10/10). trying a few other servers much farther away yielded 40/40+. turns out the ipad was choosing a different server and is actually twice as slow. still can't rely on these speed tests, so maybe there is a software issue.
the black 64gb had the issue where its wifi connection was dropping out intermittently and apple swapped it out chalking it up to a hardware issue. the wifi indicator would read full signal but everything using the network would just hang until i toggled airplane mode to reset the connection. new unit doesn't have that issue.
was using speedtest.net on both of them (the original white and swapped out black) and couldn't understand why our new ipad was twice as fast.
if you're using speedtest.net or a similar site where you can choose the server, try a different server. our wifi seemed fast, but we were getting consistently slow numbers through speedtest.net for the closest server (less than 10/10). trying a few other servers much farther away yielded 40/40+. turns out the ipad was choosing a different server and is actually twice as slow. still can't rely on these speed tests, so maybe there is a software issue.
I was having this issue on my iPhone 5 64gb ad I decided to do a hard reset of my iPhone (hold down power button and home key until it turns off, them power back on). Ever since then my download speed is back up to 15-20 mb/s down instead of the 1-2 I was getting before.
No change for me even after an actual completely device wipe/reset.
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Something is definitely up. When running speedtest via wifi, it completely stalls at points. Running it over LTE it continues smoothly throughout the test. This happens on both my N and G networks. iPad (and all my other devices) work just fine on both networks.
People always say this if THEY don't have a problem, or at least haven't noticed one.
So far with my iPhone 5 I have a tiny chip in the anodising on the back from new which I will probably just sharpie over if I keep it (hoping it doesn't get worse), a yellow tinted screen which is very noticeable next to my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 and the WiFi is up and down. These last two points may result in me returning it.
When the WiFi is working it's extremely fast, on three occasions (two locations) the WiFi has simply stopped working, the indicator shows good strength but the download speed is non-existent with pages and even App Centre timing out. On one occasion it was while I was trying to find grayscale patterns to compare and the iPhone 4 I had next to it was working fine. I'm hoping a software update can fix this odd inconsistency.
I also exhibit the same issues too! When I was using it for the past couple of days, I was scratching my head trying to figure out what was wrong with my router. Turns out it is this! Hope that they release a fix for iOS 6 for the iPhone 5 very soon.
*update*
Was about to change out the WPA2 to go down to WPA, but decided to do a Network Reset on the iPhone 5. Looks like that worked out the issue I was having. It was mentioned a couple of times in this forum.
I have another iPhone my significant other has, which did not exhibit ANY issues that I was having with the WiFi. If I start having issues again, might just chalk it up to WPA2 issues. BTW, running 2.4Ghz in a crowded (WiFi-wise) apartment complex.
*update*
Was about to change out the WPA2 to go down to WPA, but decided to do a Network Reset on the iPhone 5. Looks like that worked out the issue I was having. It was mentioned a couple of times in this forum.
I have another iPhone my significant other has, which did not exhibit ANY issues that I was having with the WiFi. If I start having issues again, might just chalk it up to WPA2 issues. BTW, running 2.4Ghz in a crowded (WiFi-wise) apartment complex.
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Something is up on Speedtest tho. Am in L.A. And it connects to a server in Kansas City and says its 28 miles away lol!!!
Can someone who has experienced this problem attempt to change the SSID on their wireless router and test? I isolated an issue to a device once that seemed to retain SSID information in the firmware of the device even after a restore and was causing intermittent connection issues.....
Had wifi issues when I upgraded to iOS 6 on my iPad 3rd gen with WPA2 protection. Switched the password protection off and just enabled mac filtering on my router settings and that seemed to resolve the issue. I would almost guarantee its a software issue.