Odd Wi-Fi Problem

[astaf]

Hey guys,

I recently purchased a second hand iPhone 3G. The wifi of the device is having this problem:

After turning on the wifi, the searching circle appears for a full turn and then dissappears for 10 seconds. This continues forever and finds no networks while there ARE wireless networks in the coverage.

I uploaded a video on YouTube.

YouTube - iPhone 3G Wi-Fi Problem

Any ideas would be greatly appriciated.

 

[anon(4697585)]

Thank for the video... was really helpful.

This unfortunately happened to my brother..... your Wi-Fi is fried! You need a replacement

Sorry

 

[astaf]

Sorry for the delay,

I'm sorry that this also happened to your bro. So what did you do about it?


Thanks for the interest.

 

[anon(4697585)]

tried everything and eventually had to go to Apple. They ran a behaviour scan tests and told me there was a hardware fault. Had it swapped out as was still in warranty.

I recommend you do that as it is very likely to be hardware related

 

[Entrical]

Happened to my brothers 3G. They ended up swapping his phone out! Hope you got it taken care of!

 

[astaf]

Thanks for the replies,

Swapping won't work for me because the phone is already out of warranty. So you think any iphone store would be able to fix it?

 

[anon(4697585)]

Yeah it's fixable but it's gonna cost you. In the UK it's about ?150 in Apple which is around $230 (i think)

 

[astaf]

so it isn't worth getting it officially fixed.

I've been looking around and found this:

iPhone 3G Network Connector Wifi antenna flex cable - eBay (item 140395757221 end time Dec-25-10 19:33:01 PST)

do you think this can fix my problem?

 

[pizzafootbal]

If Apple doesn't fix, there are some other sites that fix

 

[anon(4697585)]

it may do, problem is it that its not easy to tell what exact part needs replacing. I would go to Apple if possible but as pizzafootball said, there are a few sites that will fix it for you... my guess is they will cost just as much and the work would be guarenteed.

iFixit has a good break down of how to get inside the phone though if you wanna take a crack at it yourself iPhone 3G Repair Manual - iFixit

 

[astaf]

:-( I guess no easy way out of this.

thnks dpscott, pizzafootball and entrical.