iPhone3GS "no wifi" ?

[The Amazing Atheist]

I recently got an iPhone 3GS from my friend and for some reason when I try to turn the wifi on it is shaded in and says "No Wi-Fi".

This phone is straight out of the box...it doesn't have a plan I just want to use it as an iPod. Anyone know how to fix this?

I'm running on 4.2.1....

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[i.Annie]

Try a clean restore? If it is restored and set up as new and the wifi is stille greyed out, it's likely a hardware failure

[Goof]

Restore won't work, I had that problem. I think it may be a hardware problem.

I restored it and nothing helped. Ended up needing to SSH into the iPhone to get ultrasn0w working.

[i.Annie]

Well thats why you try the restore, then if that fails you know for sure it's hardware related

Some people have had success with just a clean restore. I have had this happen before and a restore resolved the greyed out wifi. But it's different for everyone.

[The Amazing Atheist]

Well I'm sending the phone into apple cuz the power button has stopped working...maybe the new one will be ready to go

*edit*

Just a thought...what if the iPhone I receive has the same issue? Send it into apple again? Will there be a fix for this issue?
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[harmon]

If the phone is under warranty apple will replace it.

No wifi is a fixable problem though.
Need to reflow the chip!

[The Amazing Atheist]

How would I go about doing that?


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