Anyone experiencing issues with IOS 14 and wifi connectivity?
IOS 14 WiFi
Same issue..
Same issue.
We have 5 iphones and 3 ipads in the house, plus several notebooks. Having wifi issues ONLY on IPHONES. Already removed private access, but still having issues. So annoying that I am seriously considering buying an android. I have to turn wifi off, turn on, wait few seconds to connect and then after few minutes, wifi connection is gone again.
Same issue!! Ever since the latest update I have been having connection issues with the wifi and it seems to be causing other devices to be interfered with too! Wifi lasts a few minutes until it disconnects itself, then it says it’s unable to connect to network for ages. Eventually it finally reconnects, lasts a few mins and disconnects again! This is ridiculous.
Yup! iPhone 12 mini performance being hugely impacted by the Wi-fi privacy ‘private address’ functionality being switched on. Also Wi-fi keeps dropping and reconnecting randomly. Switch ‘private address’ off and everything goes back to normal! I am becoming increasing frustrated by the number of issues I’ve experienced since getting the 12 mini, unsure as yet if these are software or hardware related...
I am using TP-link Archer AX50 AX3000 wifi router and there's serious connection issue after I updated my iOS to 14.4. Wonder if there's a solution to that.
Same problem here it’s booted my windows laptops as well 😒 and I can’t use wifi at uni anymore - .. Apple please sort this out..
I fixed my wi-fi after the 14. download... simple .. add your password to your wifi network-- it was removed with the download... your welcome iphone
There are no workaround solutions to the current wifi issue (other than switching to a brand other than apple). This issue has been going on over 6 months and apple has demonstrated that they do not know how to fix the problem. If they did they would have solved it in iOS 14.1,14.2,14.3,14.4 or the 14.5 beta. All of which have defective wifi programming.
Despite what anyone might say about having found the solution, this issue is not fixed by any steps that I have tried, and I have tried everything that anyone has suggested here. This is a bug in the driver in iPadOS, and possibly in iOS as well, although I have not experienced as much of a problem with my iPhone.
One of the odd things is that it seems like the problem gets worse over time. With my iPad 10" 2017 model it started off as a drop-out in streaming from time to time but progressively got worse until I had to re-connect the wifi connection every couple of minutes. Eventually I contacted Apple support and they agreed to replace this iPad and my replacement model is much better - but the symptoms are slowly getting worse again.
While the iPad was away I started using my iPad mini and that started off OK, but has progressively got worse and worse as well.
This is a weird issue but I am very disappointed that Apple have not dealt with it by now. It is always possible that they will never acknowledge that there is a problem and just silently fix it. It is even possible that the fix will be in the final version of 14.5 but I am not holding my breathe. They may either not recognise the problem exists or even may not know how to fix it!
Note that I have tried a number of different access points, and changed the settings on these various access points in various ways, and the symptoms remain exactly the same. I have also tried all the various suggested ways of fixing the issue by changing settings on the iPads. I have also ruled out an issue with any particular iPad as detailed above. I am therefore as sure as I can be that the problems are with iPadOS.
One of the odd things is that it seems like the problem gets worse over time. With my iPad 10" 2017 model it started off as a drop-out in streaming from time to time but progressively got worse until I had to re-connect the wifi connection every couple of minutes. Eventually I contacted Apple support and they agreed to replace this iPad and my replacement model is much better - but the symptoms are slowly getting worse again.
While the iPad was away I started using my iPad mini and that started off OK, but has progressively got worse and worse as well.
This is a weird issue but I am very disappointed that Apple have not dealt with it by now. It is always possible that they will never acknowledge that there is a problem and just silently fix it. It is even possible that the fix will be in the final version of 14.5 but I am not holding my breathe. They may either not recognise the problem exists or even may not know how to fix it!
Note that I have tried a number of different access points, and changed the settings on these various access points in various ways, and the symptoms remain exactly the same. I have also tried all the various suggested ways of fixing the issue by changing settings on the iPads. I have also ruled out an issue with any particular iPad as detailed above. I am therefore as sure as I can be that the problems are with iPadOS.
I can confirm that the third 14.5 beta does NOT fix the WiFi dropping issue.
Hi
I owned more than 8 apple products in my household, having this WIFI problem since 6 months ago, never really have the solution.
I love apple product but now I have decided to switch to android for more stable WIFI connectivity.
I owned more than 8 apple products in my household, having this WIFI problem since 6 months ago, never really have the solution.
I love apple product but now I have decided to switch to android for more stable WIFI connectivity.
Any updates on this thread??
My phone auto updated and since the last update iOS 14 my WiFi continually drops.
I use it for work and it’s dropping out everywhere I go..(home, work, childminders etc..) so it can’t be the router as it’s happening everywhere! I have to constantly turn WiFi off and then back on again!
Are they fixing this issue do we know?
My phone auto updated and since the last update iOS 14 my WiFi continually drops.
I use it for work and it’s dropping out everywhere I go..(home, work, childminders etc..) so it can’t be the router as it’s happening everywhere! I have to constantly turn WiFi off and then back on again!
Are they fixing this issue do we know?
I had that issue disconnected always on wifi why?
I think I may finally have got to the bottom of the specific problems that I have been experiencing. I now do not think that it is an iPadOS problem (sorry for maligning it), but an issue with a rogue device creating a WiFi network that grossly interferes with the network created by my WiFi access points.
That device in my case is a SkyQ satellite TV box. The SkyQ system was introduced by Sky TV here in the UK (maybe also in some other territories?) in 2016. It has many features but one of the key ones is the ability to have Sky Q Mini boxes elsewhere in the house that connect back to the main box using WiFi. In order for this to operate the main box broadcasts a WiFi network.
Unfortunately this WiFi network is notorious for not playing well with other WiFi networks. It interferes because it transmits a very broad 80MHz signal (for maximum throughput) which saturates the bands which other devices use. The effect of this is that the connection for other devices to their network drops from time to time and has to be re-established. Why exactly this happens I don't know, particularly as I do not have any mini boxes in my house - maybe the main box broadcasts a signal from time to time to see if there is anything else out there (pure speculation on my part)?
It is possible to switch off the WiFi signal through a hidden function in the SkyQ boxes settings - navigate to settings and when the highlight is sitting on Settings (before pressing select) type 001 and then press select. That takes you into a hidden menu where you can disable the WiFi. Unfortunately this apparently disables the whole WiFi functionality, not just broadcast, so if the box is connected to the router using a WiFi connection this will be disabled and you must use ethernet for that connection. Not a problem for me as I use ethernet (much better of course) anyway.
The end result of disabling the SkyQ WiFi is that my problems have magically gone away, and for the first time for a long while internet access from my iPads seems to be back to normal with no interruptions.
I wish I had worked this out sooner, but partly because I don't use any of the WiFi functionality of my SkyQ box (no mini boxes, ethernet backhaul) it just didn't occur to me that it could be the problem.
I therefore suggest that anyone experiencing similar problems looks into the possibility of interference with the operation of their WiFi network, with the SkyQ box (or similar) foremost as a possibility if you have one installed.
That device in my case is a SkyQ satellite TV box. The SkyQ system was introduced by Sky TV here in the UK (maybe also in some other territories?) in 2016. It has many features but one of the key ones is the ability to have Sky Q Mini boxes elsewhere in the house that connect back to the main box using WiFi. In order for this to operate the main box broadcasts a WiFi network.
Unfortunately this WiFi network is notorious for not playing well with other WiFi networks. It interferes because it transmits a very broad 80MHz signal (for maximum throughput) which saturates the bands which other devices use. The effect of this is that the connection for other devices to their network drops from time to time and has to be re-established. Why exactly this happens I don't know, particularly as I do not have any mini boxes in my house - maybe the main box broadcasts a signal from time to time to see if there is anything else out there (pure speculation on my part)?
It is possible to switch off the WiFi signal through a hidden function in the SkyQ boxes settings - navigate to settings and when the highlight is sitting on Settings (before pressing select) type 001 and then press select. That takes you into a hidden menu where you can disable the WiFi. Unfortunately this apparently disables the whole WiFi functionality, not just broadcast, so if the box is connected to the router using a WiFi connection this will be disabled and you must use ethernet for that connection. Not a problem for me as I use ethernet (much better of course) anyway.
The end result of disabling the SkyQ WiFi is that my problems have magically gone away, and for the first time for a long while internet access from my iPads seems to be back to normal with no interruptions.
I wish I had worked this out sooner, but partly because I don't use any of the WiFi functionality of my SkyQ box (no mini boxes, ethernet backhaul) it just didn't occur to me that it could be the problem.
I therefore suggest that anyone experiencing similar problems looks into the possibility of interference with the operation of their WiFi network, with the SkyQ box (or similar) foremost as a possibility if you have one installed.