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iPhone 3Gs slow wifi connection and disconnecting

John Wilkinson — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:58:45 +0000

I got a replacement iphone last month and all was good apart from it being really slow on my home wifi, my laptops on the same wireless network were fine. The connection was slow on everything, safari, mail, twitter, youtube or any other internet service, if it connected at all.

I did a Google search and found some info (full copy of info pasted below), from the info I changed my routers wireless standard band to 802.11b. The iPhone is proven to work better in 802.11b.

What do you know it now works spot on, thank you Google

The other info I found, it may be usefull if the above does not work for you.

If you have access to your router, you can try these settings. But before you do, I strongly suggest that you backup your router configuration so that you can revert to your original settings anytime.

- iphone is proven to work better in 802.11b, so set your router to B only, not G or B+G.
- set beacon interval to 50 (works best for me), 100 is the default and it’s fine, you can leave that unchanged.
- set fragment threshold to 2304
- set RTS to 2305
- if you have access to DTIM, set it to a value of 1
- reboot your router and close your browser (for some reason, occasionally it’s a must)
- and finally, reconnect.

optional: reset your iphone’s network settings.

As a review, we made changes to these properties:
Band (802.11b)
Beacon interval (50)
Fragment threshold (2304)
CTS or RTS (2305)
DTIM (1)

Thanks to “Nat Julian Belza” and the “http://getsatisfaction.com/apple/topics/iphone_3g_unbearably_slow_und_unstable_wifi” website.

The Fantastic Apple Store in Meadowhall, Sheffield

John Wilkinson — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:48:56 +0000

Last evening I was watching YouTube videos on my iPhone when I noticed a small dot on the screen, I gave the screen a wipe but it didn’t go, I peeled off the screen protector and still the dot stayed, noooooo, it was under the screen

Today I’ve been to the Apple store in Meadowhall, Sheffield, I’d already called them and booked a “Genius Appointment” for 5pm. They looked at the iPhone and said no problem we’ll fit a new screen

Five minutes later my iPhone was back in my hand . There’s a but!, as I was leaving the shop it popped up on the screen ‘No SIM’ and I noticed a small crack on the back of the case near the data socket, which I’m 99.9% sure was not there when I entered the shop

I went back to the girl that had served me earlier and again she said no problem we will exchange the iPhone. Five minutes later I’ve got another (looks brand new) iPhone in my hand, its sat on my desk as I type this restoring

What can I say, the customer support was second to none, thank you Apple

This is what you can look forward to with the new iPhone OS 4.0

John Wilkinson — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:16:11 +0000

The iPhone OS 4.0 event just wrapped up and the faithful are filing out of the Apple venue with a slightly shell-shocked look. What happened? Oh nothing, just multi-tasking, iAd, a huge Mail update and a bunch of other stuff. Yes, the long-awaited OS update for the iPhone has just been run down and we’ve got all the details.

Here, in handy bullet point form, are all the things you need to know about iPhone OS 4.0……

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