Iphone no wifi?

[Berta]

Hi guys I have another iPhone 3G or 3GS I think and it says no-wifi when I try to go into settings. So basically I can't connect to wifi. Any ideas ? Or what could I do?

 

[bab2010]

Do you have the wifi option present there when you go into the setting app?

 

[Gregoris]

interesting, are you near any wifi spots? for the phone to say no wifi it must mean it cannot find a signal from anywhere, when you tap on the no wifi does any show up in a list or just nothing? and what firmware are you on? maybe upgrading tot he latest and doing a restore could help

 

[Berta]

Do you have the wifi option present there when you go into the setting app?

I have the option for wifi but it's that ghost color that doesnt allow me to click on it

 

[Berta]

interesting, are you near any wifi spots? for the phone to say no wifi it must mean it cannot find a signal from anywhere, when you tap on the no wifi does any show up in a list or just nothing? and what firmware are you on? maybe upgrading tot he latest and doing a restore could help

I can't even click on the wifi part. But good idea I may just upgrade and do a little restore. Who knows, maybe our boys at Apple did something to the old firmware. I'll try that and let you guys know. Thanks a million!
By the way it's a friends phone that's having troubles with it and I knew my guys on this forum could help, so thanks again for the help!

 

[bab2010]

interesting, are you near any wifi spots? for the phone to say no wifi it must mean it cannot find a signal from anywhere, when you tap on the no wifi does any show up in a list or just nothing? and what firmware are you on? maybe upgrading tot he latest and doing a restore could help

I can't even click on the wifi part. But good idea I may just upgrade and do a little restore. Who knows, maybe our boys at Apple did something to the old firmware. I'll try that and let you guys know. Thanks a million!
By the way it's a friends phone that's having troubles with it and I knew my guys on this forum could help, so thanks again for the help!

Just factory restore the iOS and everything will be fine, but before you do a factory restore, go to setting> general> reset> reset all settings. If after that the wifi is not enable, the factory restore the iOS via iTunes.

 

[iGaz]

Do you have the wifi option present there when you go into the setting app?

I have the option for wifi but it's that ghost color that doesnt allow me to click on it

Sounds like a 3G that has previously been unlocked on a 2.xx firmware. The wifi chip overheats/fries and causes the greyed out wifi option. Put it in the freezer for a bit and it can sometimes comes back. Although it wont stay for long.

Yes I'm speaking from experience...

 

[HemiDoug]

Hi guys I have another iPhone 3G or 3GS I think and it says no-wifi when I try to go into settings. So basically I can't connect to wifi. Any ideas ? Or what could I do?

Although I now have an iPhone 4 I had the same problem, Wi-Fi greyed out-no function at all. I went to the local Apple Store, the employee took my phone to a back room for 10 minutes came back and advised me my phone was out of warranty by 6 days and that they could fix it for 160.00 dollars. I asked what was wrong and he said "he didn't know", so I asked what do I get for 160.00 dollars, I was told that "that was the standard repair price", so I said no thanks. After some research on the web, I located a phone breakdown, and the antenna plug-in. so I took my phone apart and unplugged and plugged the antenna connection in, reassembled my phone, turned it on and it worked, Wi-Fi and all. this may not fix everyones problem, but it may save some one some money.