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cmakohon

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Mar 12, 2012
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Lately I've been having a really weak wifi signal in my house with my iPhone 5. Only the bottom blip of the wifi signal is filled in. Anybody else experiencing this issue? I'm using an airport extreme, FWIW.
 
Mine is the same also, jut stays at bottom of three indicators, doesn't seem to affect speed of net usage etc though...
 
I have also found my 5's WiFi reception to be slightly weaker than my 4S was in the same location. Both the indicator and actual speed seem to be down, and I've often seen it drop back to a cellular connection.
 
The i5 WiFi is weaker. My wife still has the 4S and when we're upstairs (third floor, router is on first floor) she still has 3 bars and I have either 1 bar or NONE. In fact 50% of the time my i5 switches to LTE if I'm on the third floor.

It's a bit annoying as my iMac, iPad and my wife's 4S all work fine off our home WiFi. I'm upset they didn't make the WiFi as strong as the previous model. It's poor form.
 
When your wifi is low, have you reset your iPhone to see if it makes any difference? (Hold down Power & Home buttons until you see apple on screen & then release both buttons, in case you're not familiar.)
 
When your wifi is low, have you reset your iPhone to see if it makes any difference? (Hold down Power & Home buttons until you see apple on screen & then release both buttons, in case you're not familiar.)

Or a quicker fix might be just toggling wifi off then back on, I find it often helps.
 
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