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Does iOS 3.2.1 fix wifi issue?

I never had an issue with connecting to the wifi or losing my signal, but I'm not in that big of a house. I would lose a bit of signal sitting on my back porch which is probably 30 ft away max from the router. I didn't pay attention to the signal strength today but I'll keep an eye on in the next few days and see I notice anything different.
 
QUESTION:

Anyone know if restoring to 3.2.1 would prove anymore beneficial than just updating/upgrading to it?

(I know restoring helps in some situations, to avoid old backup bugs, etc. But was curious if anyone has experienced variation or improvement with a restore instead...specifically in regards to weak wifi.)

Thx
 
I'm happy for all of you that no longer have the "Wifi issue"

Amazing!

It's still confusing that a software fix resolved an issue that only some were having. You would think everyone would have suffered the same issue if software based. I'm rather suprized it actually worked!

I didn't really have this issue, but did have the "slow to load" You tube problem. So far the update seems to have fixed it!!!
Yayyyyyyy!

This was quite a niffty little update. Hats off to Apple!
 
Ganges said:
I'm happy for all of you that no longer have the "Wifi issue"

Amazing!

It's still confusing that a software fix resolved an issue that only some were having. You would think everyone would have suffered the same issue if software based. I'm rather suprized it actually worked!

I didn't really have this issue, but did have the "slow to load" You tube problem. So far the update seems to have fixed it!!!
Yayyyyyyy!

This was quite a niffty little update. Hats off to Apple!
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Well, that all depends on the type of software problem it was... If it was something caused by, say, a bad data structure that was writing something into memory in a specific circumstance that corrupted some other memory bit, causing the issues, then it's possible that only some of us would have it, because we triggered those circumstances. IT could also have a lot to do with what Access points we've tried hooking into, and the data transfered between them during the handshake.
 
I had the wifi problem with Verizon FIOS and had to change the router to use WAP instead of WEP.

After installing the new iPad software and converting the router back to WEP the problem has apparently been fixed since I no longer get the prompt to reenter the encryption key. Been using it for 2 days now.

Also, the wifi seems faster.
 
toolbox said:
It doesn't appear to have fixed my problem

Youtube is still slow, constantly stopping / starting all the time.
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I was thinking I was the only one. MLB at Bat streams live game video and it's clarity is amazing. For a few minutes. With 3.2 the video would suddenly get all "pixelated" and look awful. Over time it would improve until it was like watching an HD TV and then it would repeat. I never bothered timing it to see if it was a regular period of time or not. Now, with 3.2.1, the clarity of the picture doesn't change, it just stops. The app doesn't freeze, the video window isn't closed, it simply stops playing the video. It doesn't do this when wifi is turned off (using 3G) and it doesn't do it with MLB at Bat for iPhone, Orb or Slingplayer which have a lower quality and therefore sucks down less data. Given the choice between the video getting nasty for a while or stopping altogether, I opted for the first and downgraded to 3.2 which also let me jailbreak again. Added bonus. But yes, I'd have to say the wifi problem isn't completely fixed. Oh...and I did do a Reset Network to no avail.
 
It seems to have fixed one issue for me. The iPad was fine at home with my Airport base station so that was never a problem, but when I went to the local coffee shop and used their WiFi, the connection would drop repeatedly, every few minutes. This unfortunately canceled the access code they gave me, which you can only use once. Thus, the iPad was essentially unusable there. I have used my Mac Book Pro and iPhone 3GS in the same location, with no problems, so it was definitely an issue with the iPad.

So after updating iOS, it's working perfectly. I've been on for several hours with no drops, which was not possible before. Furthermore, I'm showing 2-3 (out of 3) WIFi "bars", whereas before it would never go above one. Whether this is actually improved reception or the update simply changed the display or scaling of the bars (as in the iPhone update), I don't know. But it works, that's all I care about, so I'm happy.

Furthermore, on a side note, the cacheing of pages in Safari seems much improved with this update. Now bring on iOS4!

EDIT: It also keeps my connection (and a valid access code) if the device gets turned off (slept). Before the update, it would demand a new access code when I woke it up before I could use WiFi.
 
Wifi fixed but at the expense of battery life

Has anyone else noticed reduced battery life on their iPad since the 3.2.1. update? My wifi disconnects have been fixed, and I'd rather have reduced battery life than constantly disconnecting wifi, but my battery life is no longer as advertised.
 
I had clear WIFI issues for my iPad. It would disconnect once in awhile in many wifi places including my home. I am updating my iPad now to the recent iOS and hope that the problem will be resolved!!! (crossing my fingers)
 
I never really had a wifi problem up until my iPad was replaced due to some issues. The problem I had was that I would be connected to wifi, then I'd put down my pad, and return later to find that 3G was connected. Indicated to me WiFI was not connected, as opposed to off. Was this the problem people we're having, among others? At any rate, it doesn't seem like I have this problem anymore after the update.
 
MrWillie said:
I didn't have wifi issues. At least I didn't think so. After installing update, I noticed web based apps were much faster.


chrisiw said:
And now one thing has been fixed, something that should have been fixed before they sold them, we now need Flash!
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No we don't.
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What's with you people and "we" all the time? "We" don't need this and "we" don't need that as if you paid for my iPad or have any say whatsoever in what I do with it. Stick with "I", as in "I didn't vote for you to represent me".
 
infosprt said:
I had the wifi problem with Verizon FIOS and had to change the router to use WAP instead of WEP.

After installing the new iPad software and converting the router back to WEP the problem has apparently been fixed since I no longer get the prompt to reenter the encryption key. Been using it for 2 days now.

Also, the wifi seems faster.
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JFYI .. nobody should ever, ever, ever use WEP unless you:
1) Don't mind being hacked
2) Don't have any other choice.

WEP is a severely flawed security protocol. It has been cracked for years and there are tons of free, extremely easy to use programs available via a simple google search that allow anyone to hack it.

Unless you have some reason (critical piece of hardware that only supports WEP) switch to WPA or even better WPA2 asap. In addition to being secure they are faster as well.

As an aside, I have FIOS too. It's borderline criminal that Verizon is doing mass configuration of Wifi using WEP given it's known security vulnerabilities.
 
AppleKash said:
I never really had a wifi problem up until my iPad was replaced due to some issues. The problem I had was that I would be connected to wifi, then I'd put down my pad, and return later to find that 3G was connected. Indicated to me WiFI was not connected, as opposed to off. Was this the problem people we're having, among others? At any rate, it doesn't seem like I have this problem anymore after the update.
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What you describe is by design. Believe it or not it uses less battery to maintain a 3g connection than wifi. So on the 3g model when you "sleep", the iPad (and iPhone) shut down the wifi radio and keep 3g running for any push notifications, etc.

This is also why when you wake a 3g iPad (or iPhone) you might catch it briefly searching and reestablishing the wifi connection. This is because it has just fired the wifi radio back up.
 
VTMac said:
What you describe is by design. Believe it or not it uses less battery to maintain a 3g connection than wifi. So on the 3g model when you "sleep", the iPad (and iPhone) shut down the wifi radio and keep 3g running for any push notifications, etc.

This is also why when you wake a 3g iPad (or iPhone) you might catch it briefly searching and reestablishing the wifi connection. This is because it has just fired the wifi radio back up.
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I heard the same thing about the iPhone. Then, suddenly and wtith iOS4 it's the opposite story and wifi is on all the time because it has to be with multitasking. I'd be willing to bet it's exactly the same with the iPad.
 
mgamber said:
I heard the same thing about the iPhone. Then, suddenly and wtith iOS4 it's the opposite story and wifi is on all the time because it has to be with multitasking. I'd be willing to bet it's exactly the same with the iPad.
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The may have changed it with iOS4 because some people were seeing large downloads on their 3g in the middle of the night. These downloads were traced to logs being sent to Apple. (You enable or disable this at initial device setup.) Anyhow, with the elimination of unlimited data plans, sending that stuff to Apple via 3g is extremely uncool. So they may have switched it to use wifi in sleep so that those logs can be sent in the middle of the night while the device sleeps.

All speculation on my part of course.
 
mgamber said:
What's with you people and "we" all the time? "We" don't need this and "we" don't need that as if you paid for my iPad or have any say whatsoever in what I do with it. Stick with "I", as in "I didn't vote for you to represent me".
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On any Apple site, 'we' refers to all able bodied members of the cult between 18 and 45. It's all there in the Second Edict, part of the Bill of Commandments.
 
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