Wifi turning off when my iphone is locked

My iPhone 13 pro max starting from last night kept disconnecting from wifi when i locked it. I tired to first turn off and on the wifi and even forget passport but nothing worked. Later, I updated the software to latest 16.2 to solve the issue and still no result. I searched on google and found the reset network method and still after resetting, it still didn’t help and the wifi still keeps getting disconnected about 10 secs after the phone is locked. What should I do at this point?

iPhone 13 Pro Max

Posted on Dec 15, 2022 11:07 AM

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Dec 15, 2022 11:11 AM in response to 2003_ash

What should you do? Nothing. That’s completely normal. If the phone is not connected to external power, the WiFi radio will power off when the device is in standby. It’s been that way since the very first iphone in 2007.


If it didn’t do that, the battery life would be drastically reduced. It takes far less power to monitor for incoming cellular data than it does to maintain an idle WiFi connection.

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