Wifi weirdness?

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  1. phlux, Mar 4, 2012

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    My wife's iPhone 4S was experiencing some trouble connecting to our U-Verse wireless network yesterday. I have had this issue before with other devices, so I restarted the residential gateway, which reset all of my U-Verse products (Internet, home phone, and cable). I was able to reconnect with my 4S, PS3, desktop computer, laptop computer, and iPad. Her iPhone would not reconnect. I did a hard reset on her phone (held power and home button) and when it rebooted, it worked fine. Her wifi is back to normal operation now, but I just found it odd that it would just randomly stop working like that. Does anyone have any insight as to what may have caused this? Any similar experiences out there?
     
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  2. SandboxGeneral, Mar 4, 2012

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    It's hard to say why it did that, but if it happens again, I would turn Airplane Mode on for a minute then turn it off and see if it will reconnect. That way, if it works, you won't have to wait for a reboot.
     
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  3. phlux, Mar 4, 2012

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    That is a great idea. Thanks!
     
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  4. PNutts, Mar 4, 2012

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    I'd be gentle on the hard reset. Turning it off and on accomplishes the same thing. Also, you can try forgetting the network or reset network settings on her phone. I hate to go to the "restore as new" but a Genius will probably want that done.
     
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