3gs poor wifi range

Well lo mates
Suddently my iphone 3gs startet having very poor wifi range i have 2 be around 3-4 meter from my accespoint or my wireless router, And trough a wall forget it :-(
Its not my ap or router because i testet with my mates iphone and he can see both from his iphone with full wifi signal all over my house.
Anyone tried something similar tried searching the forums but without any luck
Thanks in Advance
Fromranders

well after some more digging i found in the forums i found out that it must be a hardware error , now what really ***** is that i dont know where i put the receipt so i guess ill have to bring my wallet to the shop

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hi all...
not really that dumb, neither am i blond...,
but lately i feel like one........
when i had ios3.3 to 4.3 on my iphone 3gs, my wifi signal level and range was fantastic...
i had strong wifi signal and impressive range too.
when i updated to 4.4, i noticed wifi signal level dropped allot, and when i updated to 5.0, 5.0.1, it dropped even more dramaticaly, to then point were i cud only get about 30% signal level....when im standing right next to the wifi router....and no signal if im in the room next door....
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many claimed that some wifi signal booster whould , after buying it, fix the issue..., but when i googled it, many people were saying that its crap.
can anyone shed sum light please?
i would really like to understand why the drop in hardware performance and if anyone thinks apple will ever fix it?
tnx

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anonymousscreen wrote:
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