Weak WiFi after antenna replacement

I recently replaced the screen on my iPad 4. When doing this I damaged the WiFi antenna. After ordering a new antenna and replacing it the WiFi is very weak. The only time it will connect is if the iPad is sitting right next to the router. Any ideas?

Either the antenna is bad or it isn't installed correctly or some damage has been done to other components.

Similar Messages

Bad wifi after screen replaced

Hi. I recently got the screen on my ipad 2 replaced at a local independent repair shop as it had been cracked for a while. Since then the wifi has been awful and disconnects if you're literally more than 4 foot from the router. I took it back to the shop and explained the problem and i'd read online how the antenna can sometimes get damaged while changing the screen, (i hope that's right?). They fobbed me off telling me I should contact my ISP about the wifi, (although as i have 4 other devices in the house with no wifi problems at all, and the wifi on my ipad was fine before taking it in for the screen replacment, is i'm pretty sure this isn't the problem), he also said I need to update my ipad to the latest iOS which will also fix any bugs, i did that but it made no different so he eventually agreed to change the antenna for me. I picked it back up today was told the problem has now been sorted, but I still have the same problem - the only place I can use the wifi is sat right next to the router. I'm reluctant to take it back to the shop again as he swears blind there is no problem, probably cos hes stood right next to his router!! Does anyone have any ideas what may be the problem?

One thing to try before you take it back. Try to power cycle your router. Unplug it, count to ten, plug it back in and let it reboot.
You can also try to go into the settings and reset network settings, which will force you to reconnect and re-enter your wifi password and info.
If that doesn't sort it then it's more fuel to the fire that he did something when he replaced the screen. Unfortunately, unless the person you used was an authorized apple service provider, you may not have any options left with Apple. They generally wash their hands of any devices serviced by anyone that's not authorized.
When you take it back, try to replicate the issue. Make him walk to the other side of the store, or go outside. See if it replicates there.

TS1398 My iphone 3G only gets wifi if its within 1 ft of the router. I have had the antenna replaced but its no better.

My iphone 3G only gets wifi if its within 1 ft of the router. I have had the antenna replaced but its no better. I have restored to factory through iTunes but still not working. 3G signal is good

Try these steps. Check to see if your router has a firmware update. Go to the manufacturers website and check. If so, install. If not, reset the router. Disconnect from power for 30 seconds, plug it back in. Wait for it to boot up and then check your wifi.
Do a reset on the phone. Hold the sleep/wake and home buttons together until you see the Apple logo and then release. After the phone restarts, check wifi.
If none of this helps, then make an appointment at the Apple store to have the hardware checked. If it is found to have a hardware defect, they will more than likely replace the device. Remember the final call is Apple's.

Very weak wifi signal after i change the battery

i recently change my playbook battery. everything seems perfectly okay except that i have a very weak wifi signal reception. i need to be very near the router just to have the signal. i dont know what went wrong during the changing of battery process but everything is okay except the very weak wifi signal received. please help.

Looking at the photos in crackberry forum it's the white antenna cable, antenna is top RH corner as you look at the screen. There may be an antenna component inside the back (according to ifixit) but the cable terminates in a little pcb possibly marked 3G. Blue cable seems to be BT and grey is GPS. The TI chip supports all three functions, single cable for each. That is why 802.11n is only 65mbps.
Come back if that's not correct.
Thanks to crackberry and ifixit if it is.

Can anyone tell me or give me a link to the latest response from Apple regarding very real weak wifi signal on what seems to be a batch of both the new ipad and the earlier Ipad2. I have just bought a 2nd hand ipad2 and it has a very weak wifi signal

Over the last week or so I have been trawling the internet looking for references to weak wifi signals on the Ipad2 and was staggered by the sheer quantity of people who seem to have identical issues, not just with the ipad2 but also with the new ipad. What annoyed me most from reading the reams upon reams of comments made on the Apple community forum is the fairly large number of people who seemed to believe that 'these' people were either just moaners and wingers or else they must have something wrong with their router set-up rather than a serious fault with their ipad and it seems all because there ipad in question works like a dream.
Obviously I can only speak from my experience, and that is, I have an ipad2 32GB with wifi, purchased about 6 months ago and it works like dream with a good 2-3 bar wifi signal through 2 thick stone walls over 30 feet away. My router is a standard one supplied by my broadband supplier compatible with all 'g','b' and 'n' equipment. However, over a week ago now I bought second hand genuine ipad2 16GB with wifi from a close friend who has just purchased a new ipad3 to replace his old ipad2 (had it for over a year so no longer under warranty). When I started it up downstairs from my router, where I always use my other ipad2 which has a very strong wifi signal, I discovered that the new secondhand ipad2 I had purchased couldnt find a network signal at all. So after doing network resets and all other 'fixes' on the device recommended, I took it upstairs to my office where the router is based and found that the device could now locate the network, but the signal was lost over only 12 feet from the router!
I quizzed my good friend about this issue and he informed me that it has always been like this since he first purchased it and he never thought that it was a fault, it was just the way it was. When he first aquired the device he did think at the time that this distance was poor, but thought nothing of it as he didnt have any other ipad to measur ethe signal strength against, and as his router was in his living room anyway he nothing of it. Fair enough.
So, there we have it. One ipad2 with a very good wifi signal and another ipad2 with a very poor wifi signal running off the same router, both with the same IOS 5.0. ?
As well as all of the other isues that customers have picked up on, such as 'death grip' (which I must say does appear to happen, but personally i dont think that this is a serious issue if you are aware of this issue and have a strong signal anyway), my experience seems to be a good example of a 'duff' wifi ipad versus a 'great' wifi ipad', an issue confirmed by complaints from a fairly large number of customers who have also reported the same or similar weak wifi signals with both the ipad2 and the ipad3. So, as this shows the weak wifi signal is a very real issue it seems on a batch of ipad2 and 3's, which to my logic is obviously a hardware issue on a batch of early ipad2's and not a software one, otherwise all ipad's would suffer this problem! So, is it a faulty antenna or a faukty network card in an early batch?
So, the bottom line now is, of course, firstly, how can I get Apple to fix my other ipad2 when the warranty has run out? Any suggestions anyone?
Personally I think good Apple customer service should offer a recall with a replacement on this apparent batch of ipads, dont you?

Greetings,
I've never seen this issue, and I handle many iPads, of all versions. WiFi issues are generally local to the WiFi router - they are not all of the same quality, range, immunity to interference, etc. You have distance, building construction, and the biggie - interference.
At home, I use Apple routers, and have no issues with any of my WiFi enabled devices, computers, mobile devices, etc - even the lowly PeeCees. I have locations where I have Juniper Networks, as well as Aruba, and a few Netgears - all of them work as they should.
The cheaper routers, Linksys, D-Link, Seimens home units, and many other no name devices have caused issues of various kinds, and even connectivity.
I have no idea what Starbucks uses, but I always have a good connection, and I go there nearly every morning and get some work done, as well as play.
You could try changing channels, 2.4 to 5 Gigs, changing locations of the router. I have had to do all of these at one time or another over the many years that I have been a Network Engineer.
Good Luck - Cheers,
M.

Handoff does not work after phone replacement.

Dear all,
I'm using iPhone 6 and Macbook Pro Retina 2014 mid and getting some trouble with using continuity on Yosemite.
Before I use iPhone 5s 16G(IOS 8.1.1)when it was not thrown to the water , continuity does work so well. But after that, replacing it for iPhone 6, it does not.
I think it could be happen since my previous iPhone 5s cannot be logout from iCloud but i don't know why exactly.
so could you give me some advice for fixing it?
I'm currently using iPhone 6 (64G)with IOS 8.1.1 (12B436) and Macbook Pro Retina 15" with OS X Yosemite 10.10.1(14B25)
and I also tried to solve this problem with logout/in from iCloud and handoff off/on, rebooting both devices but failed.
The only working function of the continuity is SMS sync.
Could you please help me solve this problem?

I thought I'd post you a quick response because you described exactly the issues I was having. After my phone was idle for a while, my iPhone would refuse to get data over 3G.
I've tested this thoroughly and I'm able to "trip up" the phone into a state where it can't download data from the 3G network. But turning airline mode on for about 30 seconds then off again resets forces a renegotiate with the cell tower/3g and everything seems to work again about a minute later.
Nothing untoward listed in the console at this point either - The PDP context that you mentioned that was deactivated was more than likely the Internet Tethering. (It's usually PDP context 1, by the looks of things).
I think I might switch off 3G and see if that helps until Apple fix this issue. It is related to the wifi issues that others have reported - As I've seen my iPhone unable to download information via 3G if wifi is turned on, but you don't connect to a wifi network. But I can't seem to reproduce this reliably.
-Soen

Macbook Pro- weak wifi solutions ?

New Macbook Pro weak wifi ??
I am also experiencing weak & varied signal strength on my Macbook Pro. I recently switched from a Macbook & have noticed side by side that the macbook has better internet connectivity & signal strength. I have thought about buying the Apple Time Capsule Router ( & back-up) or Airport Extreme. I am curious if I can expect better signal strength & distance.... This is really annoying as I loved my Macbook for many reasons & have handed it off to one of my sons.. Any info about the signal strength & distance I may expect to get ??
macbook pro 2.4 ghz Mac OS X (10.5.4) I-pod touch & nano & 80 gb I-Pod

Hi
I've had a similar problem - see http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7278377#7278377 . Things continued to get worse, so that sometimes I was losing the signal for several hours at a time: meanwhile my nearby G4 iMac continued to connect with never a hiccup.
In the end replacing the original airport card with a Sonnet Aria Extreme N Mini PCIe 802.11n card has (touching wood, crossing fingers and taking all similar necessary precautions) completely sorted it. No other changes - I'm still using the 11g base station. However, mine was a first revision MBP with an 802.11g card: I guess yours has an 11n card already.
Richard

Iphone 3GS very weak wifi signal since 4.3.3 update

Ever since i update to 4.3.3 (which I'm regretting now) my iphone will not connect to my wifi router unless I'm less than 3 feet from it.
My wife has a 1st gen IPod touch (which hasn't been updated) can pick up the wifi and connect to the wed with it upto 30 feet from the router, as my iphone used to.
Is this a 3GS issue as i've read some other posts about a similar problem. I'm not willing to accept this as a hardware problem as the minute before the updating to 4.3.3 my wifi signal strength was prefect, the minute after the update was complete the signal strength was and still is worse than sh*$e.
I have done all the power down resets as suggested on other posts, but it doesn't work.
Is there anybody out there that can tell me how to (if possible) to revert back to 4.3.2?????????????????????????????????????
RLB

I don't have the answer to this issue but I'm experiencing the exact same problem.
Since 4.3.3 my wifi signal strength is close to nothing. When I'm 3 feet away from any router, at home or at work, I have 3 bars not even full reception. As soon as I walk a few yards away from the router, I lose the connection completely.
I've tried everything to fix this. Reset network settings, turning off Bluetooth, disabling location services, full restore, reconfiguring routers, etc. but nothing works. I'm now using the iOS 5 Beta 3 and still no improvement to this issue.
In this thread there seems to be some recognition from Apple that this is a known problem and indeed a software bug. Hard to know if it's true though:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2815831
The same weak wifi signal seem to happen to iPad users too: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2387493 This thread dates back over a year, so it looks as if this problem is common but without fix.
More threads:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3014400
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3096274
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2724930
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3014267
Here are my specs, for reference:
Model
iPhone 3GS, MC139DN
Modem Firmware
05.16.02
I'll let you know if I find a fix...
Thanks,
Kris

Weak wifi internet signal while on battery

Hi everyone, I bought a DV6 in 2011. I got a weird issue a few days ago. I usually browsed on Internet normally on my laptop and everything was fine. But one day, I unplugged the AC adapter from my laptop and I started to experience a very weak wifi internet connection. At this moment I thought something's wrong with my ISP so I called them. After troubleshooting, they stated that the problem comes from my laptop. Randomly, I just plugged the AC adapter from laptop and everything was fine, I mean worked normally . But I unplugged the AC adapter the problem came back. So I wanted to know if there is a relation between the wifi connection strenght and the AC adapter/battery. Please help me
This question was solved.
View Solution.

Hi
Please update the Bios, Wireless driver from HP website and have it checked.
Let us know how it goes!
"I work for HP."
****Click the (purple thumbs up icon in the lower right corner of a post) to say thanks****
****Please mark Accept As Solution if it solves your problem****
Regards
Manjunath

IOS 6 weak wifi & push notification problems..

After upgrading my iphone 4G to IOS 6.1.2 , I do not recieve any push notifications from mail app and also from all other apps that I configured to use push notification service when my iphone is connected to any wifi network even my home wifi network but I noticed that when I connect iphone to 3G network, it recieve all push notifications without any problem nor delay and also noticed that iphone show weaker wifi signal when connected to my home wifi network compare to what it used to show when it was in IOS 5.. so why my iphone refuse to recieve push notifications when it is connected to wifi network and why recieving of wifi signal became weak ??
and u should know that these problems occured only after upgrading to IOS 6 and I tried to reset network settings and even do full restore to iphone many times but these problems still persist

I wish I could help you but unfortunately I can not even help myself & I think that IOS 6 is the worest firmware Apple released till now as it full of bugs affecting Maps,WiFi,3G,Push notifications,Lock screen,Music app and Battery life make me feel that I am using android device not iphone ..what is wrong with you Apple?

E1000 weak wifi signal

Got a new e1000 after a RMA. The new unit has a very weak wifi signal. I've tried all different channels. It is running in mixed mode. No microwave, blue-tooth or other noise. 4 feet from the router and the signal is down to -90db. Take a few more steps away and the connection is lost. Is there anyway I can adjust the signal strength?
BTW, the old e1000 didn't have this issue.
Thanks

No there is no way to increase the signal strength. Verify the router is on the latest firmware.

Weak wifi affects music play

I got into a situation where my music was playing properly. A song would play and then instead of playing the next song, it would just stop. It got worse over time. Eventually I would play a song and it would start for a few seconds and then stop. I would have to go back to the main menu, start music and start the song again. But then it would stop again.
I think that when this happens, if I go to settings and reset network connections the problem goes away. It seems to occur when I have been connected to an extremely weak wifi signal. My impression is that the Touch is trying to connect to the wifi and then losing it and then trying to again, and so on.. Somehow the problem with the wifi spills over and causes it to interrupt music play.
Anyone else notice anything like this?

I think I understand what happened to me, and it has nothing to do with wifi.
The problem is that I went to a workshop and connected my Touch to my laptop to charge it. Normally I syn to a desktop iMac at home. When I connected to the laptop it started to sync to an old copy of my iTunes library so I cancelled the sync and may have disconnected the Touch. Various things got removed. I think that's when my problem started. It turns out that there were songs on my Touch that seemed to be OK and present, but weren't really. When shuffle landed me on one of those songs it would either not play at all or it would play for a while and then stopped. I later checked and realized that one could see the progress bar moving through the song, but no music came out. This problem persisted even after I returned to my home iMac and synced with my full library. I imagine that the sync process also thought the songs were present even though they were not.
The solution was basically to do a sync where I asked not to have any music on my Touch (by deselecting a bunch of playlists) and then reselecting those playlists and syncing again. I'm sure a full restore would have worked as well, but I didn't want to screw around with setting up my photos and a few other things. In retrospect, I probably should have just done a restore.
So I think that the problem is that the sync process didn't cope well with an interruption of a sync with a foreign copy of iTunes. Wifi was not the culprit.
On the other hand, I've already been fooled once by the variability of this problem so I may be wrong this time as well and maybe tomorrow I'll once again have problems playing music.

Sudden Weak WiFi signal on 3Gs

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.

Macbook pro 13" 2010 weak wifi isssues

I just got the 2010 13" macbook pro and have really weak wifi strength.
I'll be in a computer lab or library where everyone around me on older macbook pros or macbooks is getting a signal but I'm not.
Has anyone else experienced this? does anyone have any remedies? or is mine possibly defective?

Same problem here w/ new 13" MBP. When I compare wireless performance to my 13" white plastic MacBook, the plastic MacBook beats the MBP to death. I'm convinced it is an antenna issue: there is a bar where I often use my laptop w/ a concrete counter that must have rebar in it. The MBP sees only wireless routers that are on top of the machine whereas the MacBook has no problemo. When I lift the MBP off of the counter a foot, signal reappears. This *****. So I bought one of those Hawking USB wireless dongles with the antenna sticking out and now wireless rips. So hopefully, Apple will fire the antenna "guru" because now my MBP looks like an ugly Windoze box with the USB dongle sticking out the side.

Vendor Open Item Was Not Offset After a Replacement Check

Hi FI Guru,
We have an issue with vendor replacement check. Our vendor open item still apears in FBL1N after a replacement check is paid. We initially issued a check against a vendor invoice and we had to void that check because due to check printing problem.   The check was cancelled in FCH8. We then issued a replacement check in F110. When I displayed open items for the vendor in FBL1N, the vendor invoice still showed up. The replacement check already sent to our vendor. So we have to apply the payment to the vendor's invoice. It seems the second transaction (for the replacement check) is incomplete because I dont't think it hits our bank account.
Here are my questions:
1) Is there another transaction our user needs to offset vendor invoice?
2) If we have to fix it manually, what is the best option to offset the open vendor invoice and still be able to hit our bank account.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!!
Reiling

Hi,
In order to change the Open Item Management for a G/L account using
ZFSEPA02 the line item total(Total of open items)for this account
should match/tally with the account balance for this account (FS10),
otherwise the open item activation will not be possible.
Unfortunately as per note 175960 you find reports RFSEPA02/ RFSEPA03
are no longer supported as of release 4.5A.
ALTHOUGH you can find a possible solution on how to tally the line items
to the balance in the NOTE 403744.
1. Active New General Ledger
         This note applies ONLY WITH RESTRICTIONS to Release ERP 2004 or ERP
         2005 with activated New General Ledger and activated document
         splitting.
         In these releases, it is not currently possible to subsequently
         activate the open item management under the specified conditions.
         The only option currently available is to set up a new account with
         open item management and to use this instead of the original
         account.
         However, it is also possible to deactivate the open item management
         using report ZFSEPA03 under the prerequisites described below.
     2. Migration to the New GL:
         If you are planning to migrate to the new General Ledger using a
         migration type that enables the use of document splitting, ensure
         that in Phase 1 and Phase 2 NO changes are make to the open item
         management. Phases 1 and 2 indicate the period between the migration
         date and the end of the actual migration (the "Migration Completed"
         indicator is set)

Weak WiFi after antenna replacement

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for