Iphone 4s wifi option disabled.

Hi there,
My iphone 4s recently decided to disabled its wifi option. How do I enable it back?

hwml28 wrote:
Hi William,
Still disabled... I'm running iOS 6.1.2... How come it gives this problem. I never had this when I was witn iOS 5.1.1...
Merv
You may have to do a Reset All Settings.

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