Yet another iPhone 5 Wifi complaint - psychothereapy

New iPhone 5 - Yippee!!
Updated to iOS 6.0.2

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Anyway, here's the post:
So, new iPhone 5 32GB, iOS 6.0.1 with really bad wifi. Updated to 6.0.2 and now I can't connect to wifi at all, just say unable to connect. I'm using WEP, ive tried all the tricks mentioned in this forum and nothing works at all. 3g is also really bad as is general GSM signal. Phone is constantly in No Service mode. (I'm using my phone as a hotspot now cos I've reset my router and its broken. As can be seen by my bizarre post above, 3G is really bad.
The question is, will iOS 6.1 address these issues? I dont really want to be stuck with a broken phone with everyone saying its software issues while the real problem might be hardware. Any ideas when iOS 6.1 will be released?

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I make no apologies in starting another thread about iPhone WiFi connectivity. Judging by the number of references to WiFi issues in this forum, as well as on the Internet generally, this is a big issue with many users and yet there seems very little acknowledgement by Apple that there is problem.
In my case I have a first generation iPhone which works well on most WiFi networks, both open and closed, including my secured network at home, but cannot connect properly with some open networks. I have had this problem while using 1.0, 2.0 and 2.1 firmware.
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This is not a solution to your problems but:
1- Expecting someone from Apple to respond here is a vain hope. This is a discussion forum for users and you can only expect responses from users. Talk to Apple tech support if you want a response from them.
2- I saw an item on an iPhone blog page somewhere yesterday saying that Apple was now replacing iPhones with this issue if you took it to an Apple store. Don't know if it's true but it also had a workaround that you could use for your own home network if you were having problems—and I am—and that workaround basically worked for me.
I turned wi-fi off on the phone and opened Airport Utility on my iMac. I turned wi-fi security OFF and then tried to connect. I actually got a connection straight away, and I noted down the IP addresses and subnet mask data from the DHCP screen in the iPhone's wi-fi network info screen. I then restored wi-fi security on my iMac. Of course that restarts the router and I lost my connection and when it started up again, the IP addresses had changed but the subnet mask had not. I swapped to the Static screen instead of the DHCP screen and edited all 3 IP addresses. That got me my connection back and it has continued to work throughout today. That's the best result I've had so far.
It seems to me that my iPhone has problems picking up the network data from my home network and I don't know why that is. I was at a friend's last night and tried to connect to his system and it connected straight away. I assume there's something about my settings which is problematic but I don't know what it is but at least now I have a workaround.
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You could try taking your phone to an Apple Store and seeing if they exchange it. The blog I read suggested the magic words were "hardware problem". In my case I don't think it's a hardware problem but it may be in yours.

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Yet another iPhone 5 Wifi complaint - psychothereapy

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