WIFI & Phone Signal Fluctuation

Ever since my 2.0 update, the wifi & phone signal fluctuate randomly. Sometimes the bars are 5, then suddenly 0, wifi keeps disconnecting and asking for the wifi password again, is this an update issue?

Matt Symons wrote:
With WIFI Turned on and 3G Turned off - Full Signal for most of the day!
3G Turned on - Signal lowers to 1 Bar in my area!
Is this because the phone is showing me the signal strength of 3G instead of the Phone signal itself?
Did you read my first post, or any of the others? I'm not sure what you mean by "Phone signal itself". 3G signal covers both voice and data, except when Wi-Fi is on. The signal strength (bars next to AT&T) is the strength of the cell network signal. If 3G is on and received, it is the 3G protocol. If 3G is off or not available, it is the Edge/GSM. If Wi-Fi is on, the phone doesn't show which one - only the Wi-Fi icon with its signal strength - when you turn Wi-Fi off, it will display which one.
Your phone dropped to 1 bar with 3G, because the 3G signal is weaker than Edge/GSM in your area. If you read the article I referred you to, you'll see that the number of bars isn't so important with 3G - for voice or data.

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on orange, uk.
reception has seemed fine when out and about and other places.
orange reception in another nokia at home living room seems fine
but the iphone at home in the living room fluctuates from 3 bars to no service and usually the latter more often than not.

Well, duh, thank you Captain Obvious. My 1st gen iPhone got the same signal, another 3G phone (not iPhone) gets the same signal, they got full Edge or 3G strength, but not my 3GS. Why should the iPhone get so much less and is there anything I can do to increase my signal without moving into a tent. Although with the way Washington is getting into my pockets, I might be forced into that option.

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I would appreciate any help. I have two pop email accounts set up on my iphone. When connected to wifi both send and receive emails. However when connected via O2 signal (Uk) then the accounts will only receive and not send. In stead i get an rror message about the outgoing smtp server
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Josh Bear wrote:
Okay, got some progress. If I configure the outgoing server to smtp.o2.co.uk then when I am using edge or standard phone signal the the emails are sent. If I then switch to wifi then the emails will not send.
However if I change the outgoing server to smtp.ntlworld.com then the emails will send when using wifi and but not if using edge or standard phone signal.
Not great but I guess that since this is a mobile device I will keep it set to o2.
Unless anyone who is way smarter than me (not Hard) can provide a solution. I suppose I could set up duplicate accounts with all settings identical apart from the smtp server.
would that work?
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monepone wrote:
For those having Wi-Fi issues... What level of encryption are you using on your routers? And is your router at full power? I'm not really having any Wi-Fi issues, I'm using WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES] and I switch my router to full power after I started having the iOS4 batter problem. (it was on "Neighbor Friendly" Mode). I was worried that a weaker signal would contribute even more to the already existing battery drain and I'm figuring that having the encryption on the highest level is also affecting the battery as well, but I haven't tested the difference.
Using WEP + hidden SSID at home (I have some devices that choke on WPA). Open WiFi access with authentication at work. Router signal boosted from 42mW to 70mW using Tomato firmware.
Also, if you're using a Pre-N router, disabling "Neighbor Friendly" mode means you're using a ton of 2.4GHz channels. This prevents any neighbors near your home from using WiFi, because you've stolen all of the available channels. I had to set up my sister-in-law on Wireless-A, because her backyard neighbor hates her, and turned off "Neighbor Friendly" mode on his router. What a pain.

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I am having similar problems on my new iPhone 4S
My mac gets good wifi connection in the same location. I measured the signal strength -- something like -77db signal vs. -90db noise.
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What's the connection between data connections (3G/4G/WiFi) and phone signal strength (calls)?

At home I'm almost always on my wifi with the 3G/4G turned off. I've turned it on to experiment, and I get 3G in my house, but the reception (to make and receive phone calls) stays at 0 to 1 bars. There is a Target store about a 10 minute walk from my house and I get 4G LTE when I'm shopping there, but the reception (calls) is still weak, maybe better but I can't tell you offhand.
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I absolutely do not understand how 3G and 4G relate to call signal strength, as it's been eluded to in other discussions. I'm getting the impression that it affects the signal strength for phone calls, but then how can I (on my old phone) toggle it off and still have signal for calls? When I drive into the heart of 4G LTE country I can turn off the data and still have 4 or 5 bars. What's the connection between data and phone signal strength?

"Service isn't guaranteed inside buildings."
Nor outside,
Nor under a tower,
Nor in a car,
Nor while eating green eggs and ham,
Sam I am.
Sorry Dr Seuss.

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In this post you mentioned being an Ex-Genius, which I understood to mean you used to work for Apple. If so we should be asking you this question...
But that aside, I wonder if the network is dropping you back to Edge assuming there is no need to clog up the network with sleeping phones during high load times. Then when you wake your phone, it tries to jump from Edge to 3G and that is what you are seeing. Just Guessing here....
Also perhaps your battery being as low as is indicated caused the phone to go to deep power saving mode...
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No phone signal, Can't get a phone signal on my iPad 2. Sigal is strong on my iPhone. Tried reset and power off.

Currently traveling in Scotland with slow connection. I get a usable phone signal in my wife's iPad and my iPhone but my iPad2 shows "no service". Have tried shutdown and reset both manually and odd the Settings menu. What else can I try?

I'm not 100% on this, but I am pretty sure, You can only use the carrier which your sim is locked to. Changing it will likely result in an error. If you are on different carriers, then you are stuck, sadly. You may like to buy a new sim for your iPad, from a carrier which you know you can get signal from where you are. Ask in a phone shop, or a shop which sells the iPad, if there are any.
Regards,
Nathan

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It was given to him as a gift by a cousin, brandnew at the time. That’s what I have been told and why I am not giving up on it being some other issue that can actually be fixed.
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Does anyone know if Spectralink wifi phones runs over a Cisco WLAN solution that includes a WLC 4402 and 1020 APs??
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It will happen, if you are using the same Apple ID for iCloud on both phones and both phones are on the same Wifi network at the time a call is received on one of the iPhones,
https://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/continuity/
Connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac using Continuity - Apple Support
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Hi ,
I have checked the area an faults have been reported,
Have you tried resetting the network settings?
Go to Settings >> General >> Reset - Reset Network Settings Only (This will clear any saved WIFI passwords)
Thanks.

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Hi AllHave suddenly lost the phone signal for both my 'phone and mobile broadband. I am in the north of Cumbria, near Caldbeck. anyone else lost network coverage lastnight?Peter

Hi ,
I have checked the area an faults have been reported,
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