This network name can semi-permanently disable WiFi on your iPhone
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What you need to know A specific WiFi network name can completely disable WiFi on your iPhone. The only fix appears to be a full device restore or some plist diving. Devices don`t need to connect to the network for it to have an impact. A new network name has been discovered that can semi-permanently disable an iPhone`s WiFi. At the time of writing the only confirmed way of restoring service is to manually edit a plist entry, although a device restore may also work. According to engineer Carl Schou, having an iPhone come near a network with the name of %secretclub%power is enough to cause it to disable WiFi completely. And while previous issues like this have been resolved by resetting the iPhone`s network settings, that doesn`t appear to work here. Seriously, I still don`t have WiFi pic.twitter.com/AaF9IQBvCp— Carl Schou (@vm_call) July 4, 2021 The only way Schou could get things working was to manually edit a plist entry in an iPhone backup and then, presumably, resto...