WiFi turns itself off

My Droid Maxx turns itself off. I can find no rhyme or reason as to why or when it does it. Am I wrong to think it should stay on until I turn it off? It has stayed on fine for almost 2 years and now it doesn't. Help! Thank you

It sounds like the Maxx may have a mind of it's own, but we want to make sure we get the WiFi to stay on. Have you recently installed any new apps that may possibly affect WiFi?
Has the Maxx been soft reset (power off/on).
After that, how does it behave when in Safe Mode http://vz.to/1fA9pZf
This disables any apps to make sure that doesn't affect the WiFi signal.
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Wifi turning itself off?

Is the wifi supposed to turn itself off? If I'm not connected via wifi for a few hours wifi is turned off.
I assumed this was to save battery life but I talked to a couple friends who also have iPhones and they say they never have to turn the wifi back on.
If this isn't supposed to happen any idea if this is a hardware problem or a software bug?
(Also to get the phone to use the wifi after turning it back on usually requires restarting or going in and out of airplane mode.)

Bryen,
I don't have a hidden network. I have only made three changes that could account for this behavior, and of course the device may have been damaged or malfunctioned as well.
1) Update 1.1.3 could be the culprit. I am ruling that out, as it doesn't seem to be effecting a large enough number of users.
2) I had to replace my old, worn out router with a new one. I am ruling that out, because my other Macs aren't effected (they are wireless as well).
3) Dropping it may have broke something, however I have not dropped it but a couple times and not in the recent past.
4) I recently turn off the *Data Roaming* setting. My problems did start after this change. This is the only change that I have made directly to the device. I turned it back on, hoping that this would resolve the issue. Evidence for this being the problem is inconclusive, as I have no way of testing it.
I was curious to know if any of you had turned this feature off and then experienced problems.
Bryen, have you tried wiping your current device and then setting everything up fresh, instead of restoring a backup? If you have a setting that is interfering with the device, you may try that. And then slowly, over a matter of weeks, make adjustments (such as turning on your Bluetooth device).
BTW, I did go to an Apple store and they replaced my phone. I had turned *Data Roaming* back on prior to my last backup. I did the exchange last night and synched my new phone. It connected properly last night and all of today. I'll let you know how it's doing over the coming days.
So far, it is very responsive and stays on. When this issue first cropped up, it wouldn't pick up the network when I brought it online right away.

WiFi turned itself off

My ipad2 turned itself off wifi & now I can't get it back. I press on but networks don't appear. Help!

Vanessa-
Some with that problem have fixed it by changing their WiFi router's security to WPA.
Others have had success by resetting the iPad's network by going to Settings-General-Reset-Reset Network Settings.
In either case, you will probably need to reselect the WiFi network and re-enter the password.
Fred

IPad 2 wifi turns itself off and I cannot turn it back on

Despite my sig it's actually iOS 4.3.3.
Twice now my wifi will turn off and cannot be turned back in. When you move the little slidy thing it goes to on, says on but on the left still says off. Also the box showing available network will not appear nor the option to 'ask to join networks' option. Needless to say the wifi isn't actually working. The only way to get it working again is to power off and back on.
The first time it happened was moments after I left the apple store. I connected to their wifi, left, went into s Starbucks and tried to connect but it was off. The latest time was after staying away from home and upon my return it wouldn't connect to my home network.
I already use a static address so it's not that and our iPad 1 works fine.
Thanks

Guybrush-Threepwood and Paul-
Be sure the Settings - Airplane Mode is set to OFF.
Rebooting the CPU may solve the problem. However just turning the power off does not reset anything. To reboot, hold both the Sleep and Home buttons several seconds until the Apple logo appears. Ignore the "Slide to power off" arrow. After the iPad restarts, see if your WiFi has improved.
If rebooting does not help, or you have to repeat the process frequently, there could be a hardware problem with your iPad. The Apple Store Genius should be able to run more thorough diagnostics.
Can you use a static address at Starbucks?
Fred

Re: Wifi turned itself off.

Thanks Fred*M - reset worked. Couldn't work out how to reply to your message though. Not a tech nerd, as you may have gathered.

Vanessa-
Some with that problem have fixed it by changing their WiFi router's security to WPA.
Others have had success by resetting the iPad's network by going to Settings-General-Reset-Reset Network Settings.
In either case, you will probably need to reselect the WiFi network and re-enter the password.
Fred

My airport is turned itself off and lose contact with my wifi router, trying to turn it on again will not work, I have to restart my Mac for it to work again, but after 5 minutes, the problem is to go back again.

my airport is turned itself off and lose contact with my wifi router, trying to turn it on again will not work, I have to restart my Mac for it to work again, but after 5 minutes, the problem is to go back again.

Hi ..
Follow the instructions for resetting the SMC > Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - Apple Support

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My iphone 4s has been freezing and turning itself off and on for a few weeks now. I have reset it to factory settings and reinstalled everything, have updated the operating system but nothing seems to work. It was having problems connecting to wifi and when I tried to access the settings it freezes and can't find any connections. I have just updated the phone to 7.1 and now the wifi option is completely greyed out.

Your battery may have completely run down. When you connect it to power, leave it. It can take even up to an hour to get enough charge to get it to a useable state.
Although, I believe even fully drained, you should see some kind of indication on the screen of charging in progress, but it's very dim.

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Have you tried a SMC/PRAM reset ?
Try backing up and then deleting this file:
com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
from this folder:
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/
Now reboot and check if the issue is resolved.
If that does not work, Can you post your system.log file messages when the issue occurs and I can take a look and help.

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Hi JoJo_85,
If you are unable to turn on Wifi or the setting is greyed out, you may find the following article helpful:
iOS: Wi-Fi settings grayed out or dim
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1559
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my ipad2 keeps turning itself off and on. I can be playing a game or looking on the Internet and it will just turn off and restart all by itself. I pulled up and hooked it up to itunes on my computer but I'm not really sure what to do there either. It's so annoying, especially when it's used daily, or all day, by me or my kids and it's constantly shutting off in the middle of things.

DId the rebooting start recently after doing an iOS update or installing a game?
There could be several reasons for your iPad randomly shutting down & restarting.
Sometimes low memory (RAM) can cause the issue.
First, restart the iPad by holding down the home & sleep/wake buttons simultaneously until the Apple logo appears then let go and wait until the iPad boots up normally. This can help clear the cache & free up memory.
If that doesn't work, try a general reset:
Settings->General->Reset->Reset All Settings. You will not lose any data but will have to log back into your Wifi networks.
If the issue occurs while using a particular app, try uninstalling the app to see if it continues.
As a last resort try restoring the iPad back to factory settings. Be sure to backup your iPad first.
Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings - Apple Support
Unfortunately, it may also be that your battery is starting to fail but try the above to see if the problem persists.

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My iphone keeps crashing and turning itself off.....even though battery life is fine...as soon as i plug charger in it comes bcak on....help very frustrating...3g

absolutely that is frustrating. if the battery life is fine there could be two things software or hardware. to find out if your back up your information in itunes and import pictures and then restore the phone as NEW then you can test it out. if it is still shutting off it is hardware related

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I went onto here to try and attempt to have it sent back for service, I put in my IMEI number, and it said that I need to turn "Find my iPhone" off, I did that and now it says that it's still on, when it isn't!
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My iPhone 3GS keeps turning itself off all the time the power/sleep button dosent work so it's quiet annoying having to plug it in all the time dose anyone have a fix for this?

The "fix" is to get the phone repaired. There's no magic solution for a broken phone.
Bring your phone ant $149 to Apple for an out of warranty replacement, or find a 3rd party repair shop near you.

My MacBook Pro just turned itself off while installing Windows 7. It has now got a black screen with a white flashing bar in the top left corner...what can I do?

I was just installing windows 7 onto my MacBook Pro. I selected to have 200GB for Windows and the rest leave for Mac.
I clicked install and the bar filled up as it should do. However, once the install had completed, my MacBook turned itself off. I assumed this was normal. Now, my MacBook has a black screen with a white flashing underscore in the top left corner.
What is wrong and what should I do?

Hold down the Option key when starting up then on the sceen that comes up select Mac OS X to boot from.
The Win 7 install didn't go well and is hung in some way. You should use boot camp assistant to remove the win partition and start over.
Make sure you are using a Retail version of Win 7. A Branded OEM version, like ones from Dell and HP, will NOT work to install Windows 7 on your Mac.

'HP OFficejet Pro L7680 turned itself off and won't turn back on'

HP OFficejet Pro L7680 turned itself off and won't turn back on.
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I see that it has been awhile since you have posted with us on the HP Forums. Please let me take a moment to say "Welcome Back".
I see that you are having an issue with the printer shutting it self off and not powering back on.
By chance do you have the printer power cable connected to a power bar/strip? If so, please try connecting the printers power cable directly to a wall outlet. Here is a document that explains the Issues when Connected to an Uninterruptible Power Supply/Power Strip/Surge Protector.
The printer in the document is a LaserJet printer but this document is meant for HP products in general and only uses the LaserJet as an example.
I am also going to include a document for when The HP Printer Won't Turn On or Respond When the Power Button is Pressed.
If by chance the issue is not resolved after doing the steps outlined, I would then suggest calling HP's Technical Support to see about further options for you. If you are calling within North America, the number is 1-800-474-6836 and for all other regions, click here: click here.
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