Many iPhone XR/XS Max /8 ,iPad and iPhone 7/6 users after updating iOS to 12.2/12.3 and are facing WiFi connection stability issue. The iPhone is dropping connection with WIFI after iOS 12.2 upgrade and while other devices (non-apple) are connecting to WiFi with no problem. The issue is happening with many iPhone users after upgrade to iOS 12.2, the WiFi just intermittently drops out and reconnects again making connection very unreliable. The WIFI bug in iOS 12.2 is really annoying as the issue is occurring randomly and wifi keeps on disconnecting on iPhone XR/XS Max/7.
The issue is very frequent as the users are dropping wifi signal on iPhone like 10 times in 1 hours. Making difficult to use WIFI. Some of the iPhone users report that using Xfinity WIFI is causing the issue and removing VPN setting helped them to fix WIFI dropping issue in iPhone / iOS 12.2
The issue is very frequent as the users are dropping wifi signal on iPhone like 10 times in 1 hours. Making difficult to use WIFI. Some of the iPhone users report that using Xfinity WIFI is causing the issue and removing VPN setting helped them to fix WIFI dropping issue in iPhone / iOS 12.2
iOS 12.2 dropping WIFI does not seems to be hardware bug as all apple devices are affected by this. In some cases the after updated to iOS 12.2 iphone 6s/5 is not connecting with wifi at all. Even if wifi connects it stay for couple of minutes and then goes off and i have to connect again.
How to fix iOS 12.2 WIFI keeps disconnecting issue on iPhone XR/XS Max/7/8 /6s Plus:
Fix 1: Reboot devices
Generally the phone signal issue or WIFI issue are caused due to some network glitch including iPhone keep disconnecting from WIFI and these can be fixed by resetting the network settings: To do that
- Reset network settings (Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings)
- Reset network settings (Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings)
-Reboot iphone
-Now restart therouter
Fix 2: Downgrade back to iOS 12.1 or upgrade to iOS 12.3 beta
As there are no official fix released by Apple in this WIFI dropping issue, it is recommended to revert back to iOS 12.1 from iTunes and the issue will not occur with OS 12.1.
You can also upgrade to iOS 12.3 beta to fix WIFI issue as this issue is not reported with iOS 12 beta users.
Fix 3: Reset iPhone as new phone
Before you try this step please make sure you have backed up your iPhone on iCloud/iTunes. Resetting the iPhone as new will delete all data from your iPhone and any apps, setting bug will get removed from iPhone and wifi will work normally with fresh settings.
Fix 4: Wifi Assist
Please disable WiFi Assist.
Fix 4: Wifi Assist
Settings > Mobile Data > Wifi Assist [Disable]
Enabling this would use Cellular Data whenever WiFi connection is poor
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