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Second generation of Wi-Fi iPad, released on March 11, 2011. Model number A1395. Repair is difficult and will require heat.

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Wifi greyed out after replacing antenna twice

I successfully replaced the digitizer and tried two new antennae with no success. I have researched solutions and tried them all, still with no success. Everything else works beautifully on the ipad. Just no wifi or bluetooth. Is my next step to look for and install a new logic board or is that overkill? Is there a wifi part that could be replaced aside from the wifi antenna? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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I found a wifi board on ebay for 9.99. Installed it, and wifi worked before I closed the case back up. Now, after powering down completely, powering back up, erasing the entire iPad, connecting it back to iTunes to set it up again, etc., only Bluetooth works. I can connect to my phone via Bluetooth, but Wifi is greyed out. This is a new problem. Aaaaargh. If anyone has suggestions aside from what I have already tried, please feel free to comment.

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Are you restoring it from a backup? If yes, try setting it up as a new ipad and see what happens.

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Yes. I have set it up as a new iPad repeatedly through this process. Now I am trying to figure out what would occur after putting the digitizer back on that would cause the wifi to be inactive again. I am so not looking forward to opening the case again! Thanks for the suggestion, though.

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There have been a ton of bad iPad 2 wifi antennas out there. My recommendation is to buy a new wifi antenna from a source other than ebay. If you swing into a local repair shop, they should have bunches of them for sale.

Make sure you are connecting the antenna to the correct part. There are two connectors side by side that look very similar. Make sure you use the right one.

After replacing the antenna and before screwing it in or sealing the iPad, turn on the iPad and make sure everything works. After that, power down the iPad, seal it back up and test again. I'd bet money on it being a bad antenna.

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I purchased one antenna off of Amazon. When that didn't work, I purchased another antenna off of Amazon from a different seller. When that didn't work, I purchased the wifi adapter (board) on eBay. It was only after I installed the board that I got any signal at all, even if it's only Bluetooth (and did connect successfully to wifi before powering down the iPad). I have now switched antennas, and I am getting the same result in that I still have a Bluetooth connection, but Wifi is still greyed out. So I think I have two good antennas, and I might actually have something going on with either the wifi board or the logic board where it is connected. That is just a theory, obviously. I have sent a lengthy email to the ebay seller to get his opinion because he sells lots of iPad parts, including the wifi board. Thanks for your input, though.

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I've done this repair successfully on two iPads, an iPad 2 and an iPad Mini. I hit that same problem you are having. Then I tried reflowing the actual Wifi Chip. Not for too long. When all was put back together the Wifi connected perfectly and haven't had any issues since.

May work for you.

I have had a couple other iPads that haven't been successful with this method though. But worth a try.

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My eBay seller was awesome. He sent me several wifi boards to test the wifi issue. All of them resulted in a Bluetooth connection with wifi greyed out. I finally came to the conclusion that it must be the logic board that was causing the problem. I purchased a 32GB wifi only board from my seller, and it works great now. Yes, this was an expensive solution, but the iPad was useless without wifi. I checked prices at various places to simply replace the iPad, but I had already replaced the digitizer once and the antenna twice on this one. It is what it is. Anyway, thanks to everyone for their great advice. I have learned a lot about iPads throughout my journey. That's for sure.

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Did you try putting it in the freezer, or overheating it with a hairdryer, then putting it in the freezer?

Don't laugh, it works. I am an Android Developer and don't usually touch Apples since my graphic design school days.

Someone gave me an iPad 2 with the wifi issue. The freezer trick will give me abt an hr of wifi. I think you can USB tether to a pc for wifi. If they played nice w Android it wouldn't be an issue.

Even if I get the parts and fix it, I cant imagine what I'd do with an iPad. If I can't mod, program, develop, or open the Bootloader I have no use for it.

I think I may jailbreak it, open the Bootloader and replace the iOS with a Linux distro as a learning project, then probably give it away.

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