Wifi seems to be freezing iphone on wake?
I seem to have narrowed down what might be causing my iPhone to freeze for a few seconds (probably 5 to 10) when I wake it up. I think it has something to do with my wifi connection. Here's what I think is happening, and if ANYONE is having this issue and found a fix please jump in. Thanks in advanced!
I never have my phone freeze on me through the day. However, when I come home, it seems to, after a while, start freezing when I wake it. The slider bar will pause, or sometimes when a call comes in or even had it freeze after the phone goes to the Home page.
I can turn the wifi on and the off and it will sleep and wake find for a while. I can also turn the Airplane mode on and off and the same thing...works for a bit and then goes back to freezing.
So my thoughts are that something with the wifi or connection is causing the phone to freeze. I've had the phone since the week they came out and it only started doing this about 2 to 3 weeks ago.
I've restarted and reset numerous times but still it will freeze up again ONLY when I'm at home. Otherwise I have NO issues.
Any suggestions or fixes? Could it be something in the phones cache that has gone currupt with my wifi. I haven't been able to try other wifi connections yet to see if the same thing happens outside of my home.
Thanks everyone!
Jenny
Here is a quick update to my issue. It seems that after testing the phone it IS something to do with the wifi. I don't know if it's the within the phone or if it something with my own network. But if I turn OFF my phone wifi and never allow it to connect at home the phone NEVER freezes. If I turn it on and connect...within an hour or less the phone will begin to freeze when waking it up or getting a call, etc. So I guess the next step is to test it using someone else's wifi or Starbucks or something. If it turns out NOT to happen there and only at home then I guess it's something with my personal network.
More later. Hope this helps someone who might be having the same issue.
Thanks
Jen
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