My iphone 6 suddenly wont connect to wifi unless right next to it

iPhone 6 running ios 8.2 suddenly wont connect to my wifi unless extremely close. it is not the wifi as all other devices including an iPad 4th gen, macbook pro 13 inch and iPhone 4s have full bars from the room i am in, sometimes the iPhone 6 will get 1 bar but it wont work on the one bar. Does anyone know what could have caused this?

thanks heaps, will test on a different wifi network and take in to apple if its the same

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Orwalsh89 wrote:
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dont start on civility cause i wasnt having a go at you, i just dont appreciate having a new problem with my phone after every update.
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