SM-900A running 5.1.1 PA1 - No WIFI - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5

The phone bricked during an OTA so I had to take it to an AT&T Service Center who blasted the phone and installed the latest version, all seemed well until I got home.
WIFI will not switch on the WIFI icon goes green and the slider goes over but nothing. If you clean and then go back to the WIFI it reports off and the slider will not move to ON.
I factory reset the device in case it was something weird but no - cannot enable WIFI.
Anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this or is it back to the store for me and a defective phone
Thanks for any advice offered.
Chris

Maybe it is a device problem if no-one else has experienced this?

What country do you live?? Is very known that the Samsung Galaxy has wifi problems with some countries and carriers, I made an apk to solve this, but your phone need to be rooted...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/wifi-fix-country-code-problem-devices-t3296963

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err, are you sure this is because of the phone..? not the network..? because i never face any of the problems you mention..
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He said the service centre guys reflashed the rom. but agree that the sms thing could be network problem.
Faulty battery/pins (Switch offs)
Faulty hardware (Antenna?)
That's all I can identify.
Hi Guys !!!
Thanks for sharing your views
@demiorkan
The mobile automatically does not gets switched off but i need to do it manually as it keeps on prompting the error message "Mobile network not available" though I can see full network on my mobile.
I would really appreciate if I get any suggestions from your side.
Let me know if any more information is required.
If you dont mind you could try flashing another stock rom and see if that works out. If it did not, then it's probably a hardware problem OR the network (as mentioned). Try your SIM card on another phone as well, that should prove if there is problem with the network or not.
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