Suddenly my wifi signal died to one dot

I have had no issues with my 64GB 3G ipad and suddenly tonight, my iphone has 4 bars sitting next to the router, the ipad has one dot and I cannot open a pdf in my e-mail. I tap on the pdf attachment and it just sits at 0 of 2.5GB. Nothing happens??? I think it just updated to 3.2.2 OS ... could that be the issue?

Suddenly it came back and all is working well ?????

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Over the last month or so I've experienced a big drop-off in my 3Gs's ability to latch-on to my local home WiFi signal. I've not recently upgraded, or changed settings on the phone. An example; my BT Home Hub router sits in my office and casts a strong signal throughout my timber-frame house, (and I know the signal's still fine because my 3-yr-old Macbook, which I use anywhere and everywhere, and spanking new iMac display full WiFi bars and the speed is excellent.) I normally access the web via my iPhone from my living-room, which is no more than 20 Yards from the router, and up until a month or so ago, enjoyed a full reception on the iPhone also, but now nothing. Zilch. (There is one small corner where I can sometimes pick up one bar.)
I'm composing this message on the iMac, which displays the full WiFi signal, with my iPhone propped up next to it and displaying zero WiFi reception. We are about eight yards away from the router.
(I realise this topic is closely linked to others already posted, but it's something that Apple should really be responding to; they obviously have people who keep an eye on forums like these to monitor feedback about their products, and connectivity issues seem to be a bit of a hot potato at the moment.)
My hunch is that the iPhone's capability to receive a WiFi signal has somehow become compromised, being as all other devices - and Apple devices at that - work fine.
Can somebody help.
Thx.

Weak WiFi reception seems to be a suddenly common problem. We just traveled to Holland last week, and all three of our iPhones were useless, and unable to pick up wifi signals. We got back to the states, and the problem continues.
My iPhone must be within a few feet of a wifi router or will see no signals. I visited an Apple reseller who told me to update my iPhone software to solve the problem. Now I have NO signal reception unless my phone is at the router... any router.
Today I went to the Genius Bar, where the Genius reset my phone, and told me I have a hardware problem: my wifi card in my phone is no good, and I have to replace my phone. I thought this was suspicious at best, turned to the forums, and discovered many, many, many people have the same problem!!!
We can't all suddenly have the same hardware problem, but we all can have the same software problem. This seems to be a well known bug based upon what I've read here.
I am about to do a total RESTORE on my iPhone to see if it solves the problem.
I agree with another's comment: Come on, Apple, fess up and fix it.

Sudden Decreased Wifi Signal Strength

I recently "upgraded" my internet from 35 to 50, and since then have noticed that my wifi has been absolutely terrible. I can't even use my Galaxy S4 because unless I'm no further than about 50 feet away, it disconnects so many times that I want to throw it through a wall. And now I'm about to go over my monthly data allowance because it never allows me to be connected to wifi.
I walk my dog daily and noticed that before I could make it all the way down the block, a good 100 yards, and still be connected to my home wifi. Now it doesn't even kick in until I'm literally walking in the front door. I've been reading all of the blogs and have seen tons of similar complaints from other customers, but am just wondering if by some miracle someone on here would have some advice for me that will actually work. I've reset the router, changed the channels, turned off my phone's bluetooth....nothing has worked.
Anyone out there have the miracle cure? I'll owe you one!

Since nobody has jumped in with a miracle cure, let me start a dialog with this.
It seems unlikely that your wifi range would change just because you changed speed plans. Do you have another WiFi device, a laptop, etc., that you can check your WiFi signal strength with? As a troubleshooting step, I would want to eliminate the possiblity that it's your Galaxy S4 that has developed a problem receiving WiFi signals.
If you can confirm that your phone is not the problem, my suggestion would be add a 3rd party wireless access point to your network, Netgear, Linksys, etc. While I've had no problem with my Actiontec router, I (and others) have found that its WiFi coverage doesn't measure up to other manufacturers' WiFi devices.

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We recently moved our computers, modem and airport to another room in our house. After the move one of our two desktop iMacs has been have trouble accessing the wi-fi. In order to get it to receive the wi-fi signal you must go to system preferences, network, assist me, then diagnostic. The network diagnostic box shows that the first three network status indicators, Airport, Airport Settings, and Network Settings all have green dots beside them. But the ISP, Internet, and Server are red. When you continue the three red ones then turn green and wifi access is restored but quite slow. The next time you return to the computer you have to go through the same process to access wifi. The airport signal strength bars are always full, so the computer is reading the wifi signal, just not able to access it. We have rebooted, changed the network name and password and other things as per our phone apple support session, and still it's not fixed. Interestingly, the other two computers in the house are not having any of these troubles. I'm wondering if something happened to the computer internally when it was carried, on it's side, from one room to the other. Any thoughts?

Is there anyone with any suggestions? PLEASE!

My iPhone 5 connects to wifi but shows one bar on the wifi signal meter but my iPad2 and Macbook Air both show full wifi bars when all three are side by side next to my apple router. Do I have an antenna problem with my iPhone 5?

It appears that my iPhone 5 has a wifi signal reception issue. I only show one bar on the wifi signal meter even when I an next to the router. Both my Macbook Air and my iPad2 show full wifi signals at the same time. Rebooting the Apple router and each device results in the same meter readings.

Does this occur with any Wi-Fi connection? Or only a specific one?
If it occurs with any Wi-Fi connection, take it to Apple.
If it is only occurring with a specific Wi-Fi connection, it is an issue with that Wi-Fi connection.
Try the following, it may help:
Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.
Forget the Wi-Fi connection on the iPhone then reconnect.
Basic troubleshooting from the User's Guide is reset, restart, restore (first from backup then as new).

My ipad has suddenly decided not to connect to the internet. My WiFi signal is strong. My PC is connected ok through the same WiFi signal. I have tried pressing the home and off buttons to get the apple logo but this makes no difference

My ipad2 has suddenly decided not to connect to the internet either through Safari or email. My WiFi signal is strong and all other devices in my house are connecting ok. I have tried pressing the home and off buttons together to get the Apple Logo but this has not changed anything, still cannot connect. "Safari cannot open the page because your ipad is not connected to the internet"

I have done this and no difference
I have just realised what has caused the problem.
Yesterday I fitted an additional Homeplug with built in wireless N adapter ( I alreday have another type fitted from my main router position) The wireless system to my ipad is obviously "confused" . Having now removed the second homeplug and reset my ipad all is now ok

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After you downgrade the firmware. do a full factory reset of the TC.
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Wireless name for 2.4ghz TC24ghz
Wireless name for 5ghz TC5ghz (yes, set a different name in options for this)
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Use WPA2 Personal security with 10-20 character password is usually enough. pure alphanumeric of course.
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It is only because you have had it change that I recommend it.. otherwise I would say get something to extend wireless or more powerful. See how the above goes.. and give us actual numbers.. in the airport icon on the top right hold the option key when you click it and you will get signal level.
If you want more info the older v5 utility is far more useful as it will give you logging of wireless signals.
All logging access is totally removed from v6 toyland utility.
So install v5 which is possible by a trick on Mountain Lion.
How to load 5.6 into ML.
1. Download 5.6 for Lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Click to open the dmg but do not attempt to install the pkg.. it won't work anyway.
2. Download and install unpkg.
http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Run unpkg on the desktop.. it is very simple.. drag the AirPortUtility56.pkg file over to unpkg.. and it will create a new directory of the same name on the desktop.. drill down.. applications utilities .. there lo and behold is Airport utility 5.6 .. drag it to your main utilities directory or just run it from current location.
You cannot uninstall 6.1 (now 6.2 if you updated) so don't try.. and you cannot or should not run them both at the same time.. so just ignore the toyland version.. the plastic hammer.. and start using 5.6.. a real tool.
For screen shots see this post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4668746?tstart=0

HT4623 I have a new iphone5 and about 5 meters wifi signal is reduced to one scale, and finally cut off my connection with routerom.I also have iphone 4s and ipad3 and on those I have full signal everywhere. I installed the latest softwer iso 6.0.2 and

I have a new iphone5 and about 5 meters wifi signal is reduced to one scale, and finally cut off my connection with routerom. I also have iphone 4s and ipad3 and on those two I have full signal everywhere. I installed the latest softwer iso 6.0.2 and I still have a problem!

Just get into "General" -> last option is "RESET" -> Opt for "RESET NETWORK SETTINGS"
Your phone will reeboot in a couple of minutes n then get fine on with full signal on the wifi scale.
Worked perfect for me. Do try n let me know.
ATB

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Is there a way to designate the order that an iPhone connects to a wifi signal. Either by signal strength or preferring one network over another without forgetting one of them?

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You may have many apps open which can possibly cause the slowdown and possibly the loss of wifi. In iOS 4-6 double tap your Home button & at the bottom of the screen you will see the icons of all open apps. Close those you are not using by pressing on an icon until all icons wiggle - then tap the minus sign. For iOS 7 users, there’s an easy way to see which apps are open in order to close them. By double-tapping the home button on your iPhone or iPad, the new multitasking feature in iOS 7 shows full page previews of all your open apps. Simply scroll horizontally to see all your apps, and close the apps with a simple flick towards the top of the screen.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1559
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If any of the above solutions work, please post back what solved your problem. It will help others with the same problem.
 Cheers, Tom

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Hi All,
My Pavilion is about two years old and the
motherboard was replaced by HP while under
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WiFi signal. This time if I do a system recovery I will have to reinstall 50 apps! I am trying to avoid this if possible. I understand that changing the bios settings may fix wifi issue but no idea how this step will affect (delete/save) files. Upgraded from WIN7 to 8 to 8.1. Please help. Thanks so much.
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I saw your post regarding the problems connecting to your router. I will be happy to help you with that. I will need to know what the product number is for your notebook as there are a number of models in the g7 series. Try the troubleshooting steps in this HP document Troubleshooting Wireless Network and Internet.
Here are some generic steps that you can try as well:
Power cycle the network: (Do this even if you have other devices that work properly with the router as it will interact with each piece of hardware differently)
1. Shut down your notebook.
2. Unplug the power to your router.
3. Unplug the power to your modem.
4. Wait at least 45 seconds.
5. Plug in the modem, and wait for it to come back online.
6. Plug in the router, and wait for it to come back online.
7. Turn on your notebook, and test your connection.
Reset the TCP/IP settings:
1. Go to your start screen/menu and type CMD.
2. Right click on the command prompt icon and chose Run as administrator.
3. In the window that opens type "netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt" without quotes, and press enter.
4. Restart your PC and test.
Reset the winsock catalogue:
1. Go to your start screen/menu and type CMD.
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3. In the window that opens type "netsh winsock reset" without quotes, and press enter.
4. Restart your PC and test.
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Hi Everyone. My MBP 7,1 didn't have any wifi issues not until 2 weeks ago. The laptop's battery got empty and when I tried to turned it on, the computer just froze. So I tried to reset it. However, I noticed that the wifi or airport can no longer detect any wifi signal. There were instances that it wouldn't turn on when I shut it off but now, it seems okey. I tried the zapping of PRAM and deleting all the things needed as I saw in different threads but it still not working. The ethernet works fine but I still need the wifi. Its been 2 weeks already. I don't have an Apple Store near me coz I am in southern part of Philippines. Can someone shed light on this? Thank you so much.

Hi!! To add more to the issue, the other day, my airport card is nowhere to be found. It now says no airport card installed which is really crazy. I also noticed that my MBP freezes during start up and I had to zap the PRAM so it would open up. Anyone there who experienced the same thing? I'd really appreciate your suggestions. Thanks!

HT1349 I have a Power PC G5 mac. It's Dual 1.8 GHz and has 1 GB DDR SD Ram. This mac has no wireless Airport Card. Where do I get one to install in the computer so that it is able to pick up wifi signal and how much is the cost?

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Hello, everyone. I have a 5th generation Airport Extreme that was working fine until a few days ago. My power had gone out, and since then I am getting a very weak Wifi signal. The network still appears and connects on all of my devices. However, it is dreadfully slow (0.3 MB/s per Speedtest.net), whereas before it was 50 MB/s. I have tried resetting to factory settings and opening up the option to 5GHz. The 5 GHz wireless network works just fine on my iMac. It doesn't show up as an option on my iPhone, though, and that's what's really bugging me.
I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem and can help me out. Of course, my phone support expired a few months ago and now they want $19 for a tech call. Any help here would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Reset to factory again.
Setup again using all short names, no spaces and pure alphanumeric. If you were doing this make sure you use different names. Empty all the old names from the clients so they start over with fresh clean setup for wifi.
Use a different name for 5ghz.
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