iPhone 3G GRAYED WIFI (NO WIFI)

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Originally Posted by crispain

swifi not always fixes no WiFi problems in 2G iphone.
Sometimes the marvell w8686 gets fried and doesn't work anymore. In that case pakal it's right.

Agreed with crispain, grey wifi @ iPhone 2G / 3G / 3GS mostly hardware problem. very number case 2G grey wifi i can repaired with swifi.

Actually grey wifi @ iPhone (any) could be :
1. Wifi chip problem (mostly)
2. Baseband corrupted (small case)
a. Reflash baseband.
- for 2G : reflash with bootneuter / sgold.wifi
- 3G / 3GS : reflash with update f/w (baseband) or reflash manually
(take out the chip & reprogramming the NOR flash) - h/w expert only.
b. Broken NOR flash
- replace the NOR flash.
3. Board Problem
- repair the board / could permanently wifi died (no solution) - h/w expert only.