How do I fix iPhone Wi-Fi connection problems?
Some users have reported issues with slow speeds or trouble connecting to Wi-Fi networks with iPhone OS 3.0 and later firmware. iPhone owners who have jailbroken and/or unlocked their iPhones using blackra1n and blacksn0w have also reported problems.
These problems include the inability to connect to Wi-Fi, 3G and/or Edge, lack of push notifications and issues with the YouTube application. Fortunately there are several fixes you can try to correct these data issues on your iPhone:
1. Reset network settings. Touch Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset Network Settings.
2. Still having problems? Touch Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset All Settings. Warning: You will loose all of your preferences.
3. For YouTube problems on jailbroken iPhones try installing youtubeFix from Cydia or another package installer.
4. Restore your iPhone as a new phone. This is a slow and tedious process but will reset your iPhone as if it was new from the factory. Although this should fix all of the above issues, you will have to reload your contacts and media onto the iPhone from the computer manually. To restore:
- Connect your iPhone to the computer.
- Run iTunes.
- Under the Summary tab select Restore.
- Select backup if you wish. When restoring as a new iPhone you will not use the backup.
- When the process is complete the iPhone will restart.
- When the Set Up You iPhone screen appears select Set up as a new iPhone.
Of course, after restoring a jailbroken iPhone you will lose the jailbreak and unlock functionality.
iPHONE 5 UPDATE: There are limited circumstances where iPhone 5 users are experiencing slow speeds or intermittent service when connected to Wi-Fi. There are two fixes that might help.
1. Entering manual DNS settings has been reported to help. Navigate to Settings -> Wi-Fi and touch the blue arrow next to your connected Wi-Fi network. Touch DNS and enter Google's DNS server address (either 8.8.4.4 or 8.8.8.8).
2. Router compatibility issues could mean that WPA2 Personal W-Fi security is causing the problem. Switching to WEP security or removing password security altogether can improve Wi-Fi speeds and connectivity.
Okay so I've been having problems with my second gen iPhone. I had downgraded to 3.0 firmware and jailbroke/unlocked it with redsn0w. Everything worked fine the first few days, but then the wifi started messing up, and now it doesn't work at all. I've been following tips from various sources such as restoring my iPhone, resetting network settings, resetting all settings, and even just resetting my router. Nothing worked and I'm pretty much thinking that my iPhone is just bricked. Anyone have any suggestions on how I can possibly fix this, or should I just wait until the next update and jailbreak method?
Exactly in the same situation. Jalbroken with redsnow and suddently no more wifi. As I got a nexus now (unlocked) I thought it was not a problem to load the last 3.1.3 from itunes and that would resolve my problems, as the only use I give to my iphone now is wifi from home. It didnt work and now that I start reading possible solutions, only now, I find that I should have stayed forever with my jailbroken if I wanted to be safe.
I have not yet installed as a new phone, but that comes next, and possibly then the wait for the next jaibreak, if it ever comes. In the meantime I have a useless iphone
from jimmy
u have to dowgrade the baseband.....using fuzzyband....search in cydia
5.11.7 baseband is worst....so downgrade to 4.xx
u must have 5.08 bootloader to downgrade ......(see at fuzzyband....if 5.08 or above)
i was fix wifi after downgrade ....thanks to joaclao.............
Hi, I am having troubles with my jailbroken Iphone 4 recieving wif signals.
I have the very same phone unjailbroken and it picks them up right away.
The one I jailbroken was working fine, but it now is increasingly harder and sometimes impossible to have it pick up wireless signals that I can see are there on my other unjailbroken phone.
The jailbroken phone is version 4.2.1 (8C148), 03.10.01 baseband
I saw the postings about using wififofum, but when I go there there are iOS 5 Update Warnings
Do you have any idea what I could do? Should I change my base band?
Also, I am able to pick up a wifi very well if I am right next to it. Could it be an antenna problem or hardware problem??
dude i have the same problem and its either gunna be a software problem or a hardware problem
I am having a similar problem on my iPhone 4S.
I have installed WiFIFo... But it's not allowing me to connect to my network as it is greyed out.
Any help?
how did u fix this problem. Im having the same issue?
u have to dowgrade the baseband.....using fuzzyband....search in cydia
5.11.7 baseband is worst....so downgrade to 4.xx
u must have 5.08 bootloader to downgrade ......(see at fuzzyband....if 5.08 or above)
i was fix wifi after downgrade ....thanks to joaclao.............
Hey can you teach me how?
I have an iphone 3g running a 3.1.2, modem firmware 5.11.07.
I just suddenly lost my wifi connections. Tried everything- reset all settings restored it, erase all content, put it in a freezer, name it all I have done everything!
Did you use Blackra1n or pwnage tool to jailbreak it?
PLEASE HELP ME! REALLY GETTING FRUSTRATED ABOUT THIS WIFI ISSUE!
i have the same problem, could you fix it?
Hi guys,
I had exactly same symptoms, worked, then suddenly....lost wifi...Reset settings etc... no way.
SOLVED: Install from Cydia "wififofum" to search for wifi... and it unblocked the situation :-)))
"Wififofum" = the bomb. After months of no wifi on jailbroken 3GS, 60 seconds and done. Thanks, ungaru!
THANK YOU!!! it worked for me!
What is the source for wififofum? I've installed Cyder on my PC to install it (as the phones wifi is not working) but the package is not showing up. Any hints?
THANK YOU! Wififofum worked for my husbands unlocked/jailbroken iPhone 3G running 3.1.2 on firmware 05.11.07
He suddenly could not connect to the wifi here in our house. Or any wifi anywhere. Ran Wififofum and tried to connect again. This time rather than an error message it asked for password. Inputed it and he's off and running again! THANK YOU!
I don't understand how wififofum unblocked your wi-fi problems. Because when I installed it, it says 'wi-fi must be turned on', but how can I do that when my wi-fi option is greyed out? I'm really desperate now, and if you could please share how you fixed your problem, i'd be soo grateful :)
i have the same problem as u..how can i bring back my connection on wifi?did u already solve ur problem???how??
Worked exactly as stated...thank u
how do you connect to cidia if you dont have service or a wifi connection?
How do you use Cydia with no wi-fi in order to fix wi-fi ?
Thanks
OMG Mee too!!
what is Cydia "wififofum"??
Thank you so much! It worked for me!!! :) I'm a happy puppy!
I hope though that this fix is permanent. I'm really getting frustrated about it already.
Tried all the resetting and erasing and even the freezer trick (which worked for 30 minutes btw but failed after I connected it to itunes) but nothing worked until I read your suggestion. :)
THANKS AGAIN!!!
For those who're wondering how it works...
your iphone has to be jail broken first. then search for wififofum in cydia.
try to use 3g first (that's what i did) to download the wififofum and stay on 3g until it works and stuff then just wait for the app to connect to the wifi. :)))
problem has only just started for me but wififofum fixed it thankyou :)
hi guys i bought an iphone 3g off some1 and it was jailbroken and running on 3.1.3.so wen i got home and tried setting up the iphone wifi it didnt work and when i tried the google maps the gps wasn't working.so i restored my iphone in ituns and jailroken it by redsnow and the wifi and gps and youtube still wesn't working!can somebody please help me cuz i going crazy!! :)
hello guys i bought my iphone 3g 3.1.3off some1 and wen i went home i noticed that my phones wifi isnt working.so i restored my phone to factory settings and still didnt work so jailbroken it with red snow and still nothing can somebody plz help me.also the gps and you-tube aren't working
Thank you so much! This worked perfectly!
Hi all,
WiFi did not work on my Iphone as all must of you, but question is: It is ok to update from 3.0 to the new OS4 or not? what do you think?
Hi all,
WiFi did not work on my Iphone as all must of you, but question is: It is ok to update from 3.0 to the new OS4 or not? what do you think?
I had same symtopms with my 3.X firmaware and iOS4 update did not help anything. Weird thing is that if I setup joikuspot wlan hotspot in my Nokia E90 iPhone can find that but not my dsl wlan.
joikuspot created ad-hoc hotspor so maybe there is some defference with connection method?
All my other computers and iPad finds all wlan's in the house.
hi,
im quite a noob when it comes to these things so could someone please tell me how is it possible to install wififofum or pushfix or anything of teh sort to fix wifi when i dont have wifi in the first place? is it possible to access cydia through my mac and ssh the application onto my iphone?
I upgraded my iphone to the 3.0 firmware and my wifi immediately stopped working. Ive done several downgrades and even upgraded to 4.0 with which the wifi seemed to work for about 20minutes until it stopped completely again so im back to the same problem.
If anyone has any information whatsoever as to how i might be able to solve this problem without using cydia or wifi from the iphone (as i have no wifi whatsoever), but rather access it through my macbook please inform me as i've almost given up completely on ever having wifi again on my iphone 2g.
Thanks!
hey i have exactly the same problem, have you fix your? please let me know how. thank you!!
Buy some data allowance from ur cellular network provider so you may download wififofum using 3G to reactivate wifi.
Yeah I've found that I have to do a hard factory reset and jailbreak about once a month, and I've never used these 2 programs, I used redsn0w, the "RESET NETWORK" seems to work, in that the wifi symbol shows up again, but any app I launch that requires wifi then changes it immediately back to EDGE. So to the anonymous poster I'd say, Yes I buy a DAY PASS from T-Mobile about once a month, and yes that seems to fix wifi, but only for a while, just like factory reset once a month and like the author of this post says, it is a LONG TEDIOUS process, usually taking me an entire day to restore only 6gb backonto my iPhone 1
this may be a solution to get wififofum into your mobile
add this repository in your cydia sources
http://cydia.myrepospace.com/IphoneAndTouch/
then go to bigboss after exiting back to cydia & select WiFiFoFum & install
I've installed wififoforum but it didn't work... help
i tried to install wififofum but got this error: http://apt.thebigboss.org
NetDB: Open nodename nor servname provided, or not known
help!
same here. any sol?
I have a iphone ver 3.1.13 the wifi only work 1 hour and dead ( No wifi)
I did not use it about 1 month and it just work again BUT only 1 hour ..
PLEASE teach Me how to fix or change wifi
Than you
Hi, I had the same issue for months. I have 3GS, my router is a Netgear running DD-WRT. My internet router is a Comtrend, and I use the Linksys router to extend wifi over the office, since the Comtrend is weak.
I connect the iPhone to the Linksys and get internet OK.
I connect the iPhone to the Linksys and can access the router OK.
When I repeat the signal from the Comtrend to the Linksys, I can PING both routers, but no internet.
If I Reset the Linksys, i get PING to the internet for an hour, then ceases the internet.
If I reset the iPhone connection, I got no more than 11 PINGs, no matter how I do it.
If I Reset the Linksys router, I get one more hour (actually its a bit more than one hour)
It always happened to me with this configuration.
hi friends anyone can tell me how to use wi fi
Just like many, I too had problems connecting my new iPhone4 to my router and I think I may have the solution some of you may be looking for...
My router is a Netgear WGT624 router and I'm sure most router have similar functionality regarding MAC address filtering but under a different name... Netgear call it an "Access List" and if you have it turned on, you'll need to temporarily turn it OFF.
On the WGT624 router, click "Wireless Setting"
Next to "Wireless Card Access List", click "Setup Access List"
Turn OFF "Turn Access Control On".
Try connecting to the router now... You should be able to connect to it.
If you prefer to have Access Control turned on (for extra security) now you can (now that your iPhone is connected).
I hope this helps.
Hey guys I'm using an iPhone 3g on 4.2.1 firmware, and for around 3 weeks now my wifi has stopped working ever since I jailbroke my iphone using "jailbreakme.com". I've been using this iphone for 2 years with no problems and the wifi worked for around 3-4 hours after jailbreak and then suddenly stopped working. I've done full reset, network reset, restore, clean wipe etc etc but to no avail. Today after doing another wipe and this time rejailbreaking with redsn0w my iphone picked up my wifi for 5 seconds then after connecting it vanished again. I'm wondering whether this is a software problem now and not an unfixable hardware problem.
Hey guys I'm using an iPhone 3g on 4.2.1 firmware, and for around 3 weeks now my wifi has stopped working ever since I jailbroke my iphone using "jailbreakme.com". I've been using this iphone for 2 years with no problems and the wifi worked for around 3-4 hours after jailbreak and then suddenly stopped working. I've done full reset, network reset, restore, clean wipe etc etc but to no avail. Today after doing another wipe and this time rejailbreaking with redsn0w my iphone picked up my wifi for 5 seconds then after connecting it vanished again. I'm wondering whether this is a software problem now and not an unfixable hardware problem.
ThaNks soooooo much. Finally got my jailbroken 3GS wifi to work after installing wififofum. Yayyy.
Thanks for this. I was having wifi problems with my 3GS and restoring the network settings fixed it.
i have way to fix 3g wifi atter jailbreak ...user resn0w 0.9.8b5 jailbreak again ..will work ...if work let me know : )
Thank you. Problem solved.
Nice, easy fix!
#1 solution choice (Reset Network Settings) worked perfectly, Thank You! My circumstances: iPhone 3Gs, just upgraded to 5.0.1, redsn0w 0.9.10b3 jailbreak.
Excuse me i have a question. If i do reset network setting only on jailbroken iphone 4 will everything be just turn back like from factory's settings or it stillgonna be jailbroken?
Excuse me i have a question. If i do reset network setting only on jailbroken iphone 4 will everything be just turn back like from factory's settings or it stillgonna be jailbroken?