My iPhone 7 keeps disconnecting from Wi-Fi after the installing IOS 14.6

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We understand that Wi-Fi keeps disconnecting for your iPhone 7 after updating to iOS 14.6. We'd like to look into this with you to see how we can help.

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I have the same issue too and it started about a week ago or so. I posted here about it: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252882312 and still haven't received a solution that solves this.

I am on iPhone 11 pro with iOS 14.6. Also, I think it started after I updated to 14.6.

Any luck for you guys?

I am having the same problem since installing iOS 14.6 with my iPhone 12 and IPad Air 4th gen.

The response from Snickz my isn’t helpful because I can connect manually - but the wifi disconnects when the screens lock/sleeps, and doesnt auto-join my known network when it is unlocked/awake.

to get wifi, I have to go to setting, select the wifi network (which is known and auto-join IS toggled on) every single time I unlock/wake my devices.

This was never an issue before. I’ve tried resetting the network, forgetting and logging back into the networks , powering off, etc.

This seems to be a bug in 14.6

I have found a solution that works for me! Hopefully it will help you also.

Go to setting

select “wifi”

Select the wifi network that you want to auto-join.

scroll down until you see “private address”. Toggle this off.

go to every network that you want to auto-join when in range and toggle off “private address”

you will see a “privacy warning” when in the wifi menu.

from what I understand about the new “privacy address” is that it’s really for public or untrusted wifi networks, not your own secure personal trusted, home network.

Hi, i have the same problem. When i lock my IPhone 7 Plus, it will disconnect me from WIFI after 30 seconds. This is not 100% solution but, i noticed when i play music, i am still connected to WIFI, at least i dont hear when someone messaging me on messenger for example because of music, but i am still in touch. I am sorry for my english i am trying my best. Hope this will works for you, have a nice day.

i have the same problem in my iphone xs max when i close my phone the wifi turns off i have done alla the thinks that the apple support said in the site but nothing works and i dont know if this is cause of the update in ios14.6 but pls somebody help to solve this problem

i have iphone xs max and i try your help but still doesnt work my iphone when i close the phone still the wifi turns off do you have any other tool to fix the phone