iPhone 4s unable to connect to wifi

[mols0n]

Hi,
My iphone 4s (on IOS 7.0.4) this morning suddenly decided not to connect to the internet. When I went into settings, then wifi, it was "greyed out" and I was unable to select it. I have read on forums lots of things which I have tried,such as Reset network settings,complete factory reset(on its own and with itunes), on off with power/home buttons pressed and even the DFU reset on itunes. I have even put it in the freezer for 5 mins (one of the forums). I have since managed to get the wifi settings available but then it doesn't see any wifi routers! Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

[johnboy1974]

Ok you've rest your iPhone- have you reset your wifi router?.


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[mols0n]

Hi,
I've fixed the problem for.
This has worked for me but do this at your own risk. First heat up your iphone evenly with a hairdeyer until the "temperature warning" signal comes on (this took about 3 mins to do). Then power off the phone, then put the phone into the freezer for a couple of minutes or until the phone has cooled down. Then power up the phone,mine found the wifi straight away and I've had no problems since (fingers crosssed).
Apparently its a ios 7 issue and apple are aware of it, there's too much info going onto the wifi chip and this over heats,doing what I've found out on the internet resets this chip.
Hope this helps anyone out there

[djjwdubz]

It's not a ios 7 prob because mine did this a few month back. I did what you did but I took mine apart. My phone was hot when I did it. I never put it In the freezer tho . It's been good for ages now. I think it was water damage, I never found anyone else with this prob before I had it. All I could find was replacement wifi not fix.

[djjwdubz]

Mine keeps going off still. Time to try replace some parts to try fix it!

It goes off then back on. Sometime it goes off then I need to use plane mode then back on. Have you had this yet?

[CaBooSe666]

3 of my dughters have iphones ..... and my best suggestion to all of u is to get rid of them as soon as contract is over and get something else...... they never get much past their 1 year warranty especially in young childrens hands and at 600$ at a time .... no tks APPLE

[johnboy1974]

3 of my dughters have iphones ..... and my best suggestion to all of u is to get rid of them as soon as contract is over and get something else...... they never get much past their 1 year warranty especially in young childrens hands and at 600$ at a time .... no tks APPLE

Utter rubbish I'm still running an iPhone 4 from 3 years back, never had any problems. My sisters still running a 3G, again no problems.


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[CaBooSe666]

When i say daughters i mean ur new breed youth of today with no future or job yet need to have all latest gadgets and really have no respect for these gadgets or money for that sake..... i myself had an original 1st gen iphone for probably 3 years before changing it (was still working when i did) but recently my daughters and my ex-wifes phones have all in a space of 3 months gone bonkers or totally stopped working ...... so i say get rid of this gestapo driven bull**** from apple that gives you no configurability and only headaches..... by the way i still run a 4s but i take care of it .... but as soon as it goes on me will look elsewhere !!!!!

[johnboy1974]

When i say daughters i mean ur new breed youth of today with no future or job yet need to have all latest gadgets and really have no respect for these gadgets or money for that sake..... i myself had an original 1st gen iphone for probably 3 years before changing it (was still working when i did) but recently my daughters and my ex-wifes phones have all in a space of 3 months gone bonkers or totally stopped working ...... so i say get rid of this gestapo driven bull**** from apple that gives you no configurability and only headaches..... by the way i still run a 4s but i take care of it .... but as soon as it goes on me will look elsewhere !!!!!

Sorry mate you're no configuration argument carries no weight if you jailbreak your device. Even android devices have limited configuration options- hence the introduction of rooting for them.


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