Hello Mark, I did what you said, by resetting all settings. Unfortunately this only helped for a while. My phone about an hour later began using 3G instead and most of the time the wifi name would not even show or just take a long time to connect and then disconnect a few minutes later. After turning the wifi on and off a few times it turns grey and wont let me turn it back on. I don't know what else to try, but all my other electronics have no trouble with wifi connection. Let me know if you have any ideas, I appreciate it.
On Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:55:56 PM UTC-7, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > First, let me thank all of you who replied to my inquiry. > > Second, Let me say that I resolved the issue which was so simple it hurts > me to post it but I will do so in hopes of sparing others a long and > lengthy > troubleshooting experience. > > As I posted in my previous message, my iPhone 4 S began losing Wi-Fi > connectivity. Actually, I noticed it a while back but in the last couple > of > days it had gotten to an almost intolerable level; dropping the connection > after less than 10 seconds or so. > > 1. > Yes, I reset the router but doing so had no effect as I suspected that it > would not given that my Windows computers and my Mac connected just fine. > > > 2. > From the iPhone's Settings menu I chose to reset the network connection. > This had no effect, as well. > > 3. > Turning to iTunes, I decided to Restore my phone; immediately followed by > restoring a previously saved backup. As it turned out, this was not > necessary however, if I had not placed a backup system on the phone, I > suspect the problem would have been resolved then and there. > > At this point, let me state that I am amazed at how well iTunes placed the > backup system on my phone. It took a while but, when completed,the phone > looked identical to its former self. > > 4. > When my problem persisted, I turned to the web and discovered that many, > many people were complaining of the same symptoms as I. The general > consensus is that v5.1.1 has broken something in the 4 S. > > 5. > For whatever reason, I decided to take my phone to the Genius Bar just to > confirm that the actual receiver was not damaged. > > 6. > Reflecting on what I had just read on the web, I decided to update my > iPhone > 4 to 5.1.1 to see if I could re-create the problem. As strange as it may > sound, I was hoping that I could for doing so would confirm that the issue > was software and not hardware related; this would allow me to cancel my > Genius Bar appointment. > > 7. > So, after updating my iPhone 4, I decided to fire up my old iPhone 3GS as > well and let it get in on the party. By the way, my 3GS is still running > iOS 3.x. > > 8. > To my astonishment, I could not re-create the problem on either my 3GS or > my > 4 running 5.1.1. This furthered my suspicion that my problem lay in the 4 > S > hardware. > > 9. > Back to Google and an obscure article that suggested that people > experiencing this issue should do the following: > > Now, let me just say that after doing the following, my iPhone 4 S is > running as smooth as Tupelo honey, Honey! > > On the iPhone 4 S go to the Settings menu. > Next, select General. > Next, select Reset. > Finally, select Reset All Settings. You will need to confirm your > selection. > > To my extreme delight, I discovered that while doing this fixed my Wi-Fi > connection problem, it did not reset all of my settings such as SMTP > servers, passwords, etc. > > Goodnight All and to all a good night. > > Mark > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
