iphone 4s wifi issue

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qwerty7

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Topic # 120883 17-Jun-2013 09:59

wifi on switch is greyed out. Anyone else had this problem on here. Seems to be well mentioned on the internet with allot of people saying the update to 6.1.3 caused it.

johnr

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Reply # 837952 17-Jun-2013 10:03

hard reset handset and do a restore

Ham

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Reply # 838062 17-Jun-2013 13:27

This is a common fault, do some Googling... My wife has just had hers replaced under warranty for this issue.

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Reply # 838063 17-Jun-2013 13:29

Yep, Girlfriend got this early this year. Apple swapped out the device.

It's a known issue after a software upgrade, and the only remedy is a new device.

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Reply # 839824 19-Jun-2013 20:37

Phone is 1 year 6 months old so out of warranty.

I tried putting the phone in the freezer and what do you know... The wifi worked for about 3 minutes.
This makes me think it is either:
a) A software bug relating to the wifi and temperature sensor
b) Cracked solder joints

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Reply # 839944 19-Jun-2013 22:48

Or it's a refurbished model from Alaska which doesn't like the warm weather.

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Reply # 839958 19-Jun-2013 23:11

qwerty7: Phone is 1 year 6 months old so out of warranty.

I tried putting the phone in the freezer and what do you know... The wifi worked for about 3 minutes.
This makes me think it is either:
a) A software bug relating to the wifi and temperature sensor
b) Cracked solder joints

Did you buy it on a 2 year contract?

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Reply # 839999 20-Jun-2013 07:44

Got it secondhand

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Reply # 840039 20-Jun-2013 08:58

qwerty7: I tried putting the phone in the freezer

You actually did that?

qwerty7

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Reply # 840266 20-Jun-2013 13:30

johnr:
qwerty7: I tried putting the phone in the freezer

You actually did that?

Yes for about 10 minutes, and it actually worked.