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Here’s how you can fix the WiFi issue in iOS 16.1

Step 1: Go to Settings, scroll down and select ‘Privacy and Security’. 

Step 2: Select ‘Location Services’ and make sure they’re turned on.

Step 3: Scroll down and select ‘System Services’.

Step 4: Turn the toggle bar off for ‘Networking and Wireless’.

This is a temporary workaround that will keep your iPhone from dropping the WiFi connection randomly. 

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Conclusion

This is how you can fix the iOS 16.1 bug that randomly drops WiFi. Let us know in the comments if this fix worked for you. You can also try forgetting your WiFi network and then adding it again. While these are temporary fixes, Apple will patch this issue in the next update of iOS 16. Some users report that this issue came up in the beta tests of iOS 16 as well, but it appears the issue wasn’t patched before Apple published the final software.

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  • Bud Flanny
  • Jan 19, 2023 At 12:00 pm
  • iPhone 12. Just installed iOS16.1.2. No WiFi. WiFi icon appears momentarily then nothing. Tried the above workaround, no joy.
  • Nothing appears to connect via Mobile either, so far.
  • Well I’ll be d*****! 5 minutes after the workaround, the WiFi icon has just reappeared on my phone! (writing this on my ethernet-connected iMac…).
  • Opened an App, -it IS working.
  • Let’s see how long it lasts! Thanks for the workaround Utkarsh 🙂
  • Reply
  • Rouaa
  • Nov 9, 2022 At 5:22 am
  • It worked thx
  • Reply
  • Mack
  • Nov 6, 2022 At 3:23 am
  • THANK YOU!
  • Reply
  • Henrik Hagström
  • Nov 5, 2022 At 8:22 pm
  • It works for iPhone.
  • But same problem on my two appleTV, after 16.1 update.
  • Reply
  • Harry Bateman
  • Nov 2, 2022 At 9:16 am
  • Yeah this workaround doesn’t work for me. Still won’t connect to wifi, weirdly Safari works but nothing else.
  • Reply

iPhone 12. Just installed iOS16.1.2. No WiFi. WiFi icon appears momentarily then nothing. Tried the above workaround, no joy. Nothing appears to connect via Mobile either, so far. Well I’ll be d*****! 5 minutes after the workaround, the WiFi icon has just reappeared on my phone! (writing this on my ethernet-connected iMac…). Opened an App, -it IS working. Let’s see how long it lasts! Thanks for the workaround Utkarsh 🙂

It worked thx

THANK YOU!

It works for iPhone. But same problem on my two appleTV, after 16.1 update.

Yeah this workaround doesn’t work for me. Still won’t connect to wifi, weirdly Safari works but nothing else.