Geek Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ipad-3-no-reception.jpg" alt="iPad 3 No Reception" title="ipad-3-no-reception" width="620" height="57" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28653" /></p> <p>If your new iPad 3 has poor wi-fi reception, you’re not alone. After getting a shiny new iPad 3rd gen, I immediately noticed it wasn’t registering <em>any</em> bars of wireless reception, and wi-fi was strangely slow regardless of the network I joined or the distance to the router. It must be defective and I should storm down to the Apple Store and get a refund, right? Wrong. It’s actually really easy to fix, so before you call AppleCare support, give this fix a try, it worked for me.</p> <ul> <li>Open Settings and tap on “General”</li> <li>Tap “Network” and tap “Wi-Fi”</li> <li>Tap the blue arrow next to the wireless router you are connected to</li> <li>At the next screen, tap “Forget this Network”</li> <li>Go back to Wi-Fi and rejoin the network you just forgot</li> </ul> <p>Like magic, you should now have full reception bars, as visible in the upper left wifi indicator. </p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ipad-3-full-wifi.jpg" alt="iPad 3 with Full Wi-Fi Reception" title="ipad-3-full-wifi" width="620" height="56" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28654" /></p> <p>If wi-fi is still not working, try this as well:</p> <ul> <li>From Settings, tap “General” then “Reset”</li> <li>Tap “Reset Network Settings”</li> <li>Reboot the iPad</li> <li>Connect to a wireless network again</li> </ul> <p>Resetting network preferences loses router passwords, be sure to have those handy beforehand.</p> <p>Often these issues are software related and fairly easy to handle, as I’ve <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/22/wifi-dropping-in-os-x-lion-fixes/">resolved</a> a number of times <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/06/lion-wi-fi-problems-solution-mac/">with OS X Lion too</a>, so don’t assume some of the complaints you’ll read on <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5895145/does-the-new-ipad-have-wi+fi-reception-problems?utm_source=Twitter" target="_blank">Gizmod</a>o and <a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3812929?tstart=0" target="_blank">Apple Discussions</a> are all hardware related. That said, if you’ve attempted both of the methods outlined above and your 3rd gen iPad wi-fi is still problematic, you might actually have a genuine problem and it would be worth contacting Apple or AppleCare. </p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UMqTdS6LhJK_8cO8FQEXEfkFiBg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UMqTdS6LhJK_8cO8FQEXEfkFiBg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UMqTdS6LhJK_8cO8FQEXEfkFiBg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UMqTdS6LhJK_8cO8FQEXEfkFiBg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=kdrG1ITWaCc:8UJUada7pAo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=kdrG1ITWaCc:8UJUada7pAo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=kdrG1ITWaCc:8UJUada7pAo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=kdrG1ITWaCc:8UJUada7pAo:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=kdrG1ITWaCc:8UJUada7pAo:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=kdrG1ITWaCc:8UJUada7pAo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=kdrG1ITWaCc:8UJUada7pAo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/kdrG1ITWaCc" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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