Apparently, the iPhone’s network feature has a new flaw that results in a complete disabling of Wi-Fi support when connected to a dedicated public Wi-Fi network.

This bug is said to affect any iPhone and resetting the device’s network settings does not seem to fix the problem. Inverter engineer and founder of The Secret Club, Carl Schou, says a Wi-Fi network called “% secretclub% power” can disable Wi-Fi on any iPhone connected to it.

Users have turned to Twitter to share expertise on this iPhone network issue, one of which includes resetting the device via iTunes.

Schou took to Twitter stating that users can permanently disable Wi-Fi of any iOS device by running a public Wi-Fi called % secretclub% power.

He tried resetting his network settings but that did not restore the iPhone’s functionality, and restarting police did not help fix the problem.

To fix this problem, Twitter users have suggested that you need to “manually” extract the information from “com.apple.wifi.known-network.plist”, re-pack it, and then reinstall the device.

Some users on Twitter claim that restoring the device through iTunes also helps fix the problem, but this could also lead to data loss. Remember to back up your data before starting the working process.

As mentioned, this flaw could lead to the complete deactivation of Wi-Fi support on any iPhone and even the suggested solution is a very complicated procedure.

A similar flaw was discovered by Schou in June when he reported that naming a network “% p% s% s% s% s% n” could also disable Wi-Fi support for any iPhone that connects to it.

Back then, the problem could be solved by resetting the network settings, but the new flaw does not solve the problem with that alone.

Consumers have to do much more this time and most would be unaware of the process, forcing them to turn to customer support.

To manually reset your device using iTunes, follow the steps mentioned in Apple’s help guide.