wireless - Touch Pro, Fuze General

hello!
my first ppc was a universal and then I trade to advantage.
i have wifi at home and no problems getting internet with ppcs above. anywhere at home.
now i have a raphael and i cant get wifi range in house's far room.
does anyone has this problem? does the wireless in raphael is worst than other ppcs?
do i have a tweak to solve this?
thanks
deiota

Can't say I've noticed the same, it has about the same reception as my Toshiba Satellite R20 with built-in wifi.

Maybe the wifi settings on the phone are set to power saving.
start => setting => connections (tab) => wireless lan => Powermode (tab)
slide it to best performance, if it isent.

thanks for your reply.
just did that already and also changed with tweaks to not disconnect when idle...
deiota

groofoo said:
Maybe the wifi settings on the phone are set to power saving.
start => setting => connections (tab) => wireless lan => Powermode (tab)
slide it to best performance, if it isent.
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Legend. That was exactly the problem I was having... I didn't think to do that. Obviously the WIFI not working at all would be VERY power saving.

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WiFi automatically turning off (i.e. won't stay on)?

Hey,
Just flashed Dutty's v2 Fixed on AT&T Tilt SIM/CID Unlocked. I turn WiFi on, connects to my network and turns right off on its own. A soft reset, and it stays on. Any insight?
Radio: 1.27.12.11
Protocol: 22.45.88.07H
Thaks
Just flashed Dutty's v2 Fixed???
There is a v3 what is better! Try to flash that one.
xmoo said:
Just flashed Dutty's v2 Fixed???
There is a v3 what is better! Try to flash that one.
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I found v2 had more stuff? Like the cube, and more apps. Guess I'll do v3 and grab some cabs. Hope I don't RLoD it
Start -> Settings -> Connections -> Wireless Lan -> Power Mode -> Auto turn off WLAN if not connected
Maybe this will help ... just check it ... I'm not sure about "if not connected".
Good luck
"if not connected" means that if the device is not connected to any network - since the wifi is turned on, after 2 minutes it will turn the wifi off. this is done in order to preserve battery life.
With these settings enabled, if you are connected to a hot spot somwhere and leave the wifi area it will turn your wifi off automatically.
If you want your wifi to stay "always on" even if not connected you can uncheck that box
osavioro said:
Start -> Settings -> Connections -> Wireless Lan -> Power Mode -> Auto turn off WLAN if not connected
Maybe this will help ... just check it ... I'm not sure about "if not connected".
Good luck
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Such setting doesn't exist on Kaisers. Is there a reg setting that enables it on that page?
Hi
i have the same problem as you.
Whenever i use VOIP on my kaiser, i have to resort using ear piece. If not the sound will be from the speaker phone, not the internal speaker, which is already a addressed problem in WM6 (I'm using Fring).
Thus when i use ear piece, it means it cannot be connected to a charger if i talk long hours. My screen must be left on all the time while im on VOIP, if not after seconds later, my WIFI connection will be off. Same goes for bluetooth. the screen will drain my battery within 3 or 4 hours.

Polaris: WLAN problems?

Hi all,
I recently bought my HTC Polaris. It's the first wireless device I have, so I also bought a WiFi router to test it. I do not have any previous experience with WiFi on WinMobile, so the problems I am having could just be due to my newbie-ness...
I initially set my WLan router to WPA-PSK. I was able to get my Polaris connected, but at random times and repeatedly the device would stop receiving data (using IE, Google Maps...) with no apparent reasons. The wlan was still shown as connected in . At other times, it was unbearably slow. Sometimes it was difficult to reconnect after that.
Now I set my router to unprotected WLan, just for the sake of test. The connection with my Polaris seems more stable. I will keep testing.
In both situations there is something that puzzles me. In Settings-Connections-Wireless Lan, Main tab, it shows:
Tx speed = 54 Mbps
Rx speed = 1 Mbps
Also in the Advanced tab, the status is always shown as "Associated to the network" ("Associato alla rete"). I never saw "Connected to the network" ("Connesso alla rete") here.
Is this right? Did anyone else experience problems with the Polaris WLan? Is it possible that it works ok with no encryption, and doesn't with WPA? Please help!
*update*: while I was typing I was looking closely at the Rx speed. It seems to jump anywhere from 1 to 54 Mbps (but mostly stays at 1). I did not move the Polaris during this test. The signal strenght is good. The WLan adapter of my PC (where I'm typing looking at my Polaris screen) shows it as "excellent" and the connection pc-router is absolutely fast and stable.
I have no clue of what it can be.
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Lucio
WLAN Problems
This may not be related but I am managing to use a Netgear Router with WEP, however I do experience a lot of drop outs but more importantly I can't get any connections with the phone unless the battery saver setting is set for max performance. The phone also gets quite warm after 15 minutes operation on this setting.
Stuart
as enterpryse has suggested you could go to settings>connections> wireless Lan> Power mode and move the cursor to best performance.
let me know if anything changes.
Jackster said:
as enterpryse has suggested you could go to settings>connections> wireless Lan> Power mode and move the cursor to best performance.
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I'd say this is the best bet too.
But if you still having trouble try to reconfig your router allowing basically anyone regardless of topology to connect with it. And try using your pc simultaneously to see if it’s the router.
It could also be certain pages that you browse or maybe you router is updating too frequently I had that problem the other day because but kept updating my router for me.
And how long does you device take before it get quite hot? would i be out of line if i said maybe its because you're insulating the device with your hand? (I know the device needs to be held lol but that might be the only answer to your problem unless it’s an excessive heat problem then I would consider contacting HTC / the battery manufacturer / processor manufacturer)
Well, I'll be...
I kept trying to duplicate the problem. I set my WiFi router back to WPA as it was before when I was getting problems. Same PSK.
But after the first bad experiences (and my previous post), no more problems. The Rx speed is usually 42 to 48 Mbps now. It looks like this was the indicator that something was wrong in my first attempts, when I always got Rx=1. At 42 or more, everyting goes fast: Opera, Fast GPS, Google Maps... And I did not experience any more connection drops, data flow hangs, or slowness in connecting to the WLan.
The WLan router was already working fine, since I was already connected to it with my pc. I cannot explain why it didn't almost work and it's working fine now. The only thing I changed was the WLan channel. Could this be an explanation?
Moebius61 said:
The only thing I changed was the WLan channel. Could this be an explanation?
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Of course, are there any other wlans around you? If they are on the same channel your router goes down with the speed till a stable connection is established.
Even if you have other wireless device e.x mouse, headset, keyboard. They often transmit on the 2,4GHz band an interfere with wlans.
Can't even load wireless mode!
I've just received my Touch Cruise and have started setting things up. I'm a previous owner of the Hermes so I know my way around the device. Or so I thought...
Using Comm Manager to start up wireless lan, when I click on the button, it thinks for a while but doesn't load up WLAN. The button stays in the "off" setting. Tried pressing a few times, no luck.
Tried switching off all other connection types and just switching on WLAN - still doesn't work. Tried using the hotlink via "Wireless LAN" icon through settings/connections to turn WLAN on. Still no luck. Resetting makes no difference.
Phone is otherwise working brilliantly. Looks like a driver issue, as I had a similar problem from time to time on the Hermes with Black ROM. Any ideas on what else I could try?
le_paulo
"Resetting makes no difference."
Did u do a soft or hard reset?
@Jackster - both soft and hard reset tried. No difference. But after the hard reset I re-installed Goodlink which threw up an error message "Communication port WIFI is locked down". Which suggests to me that WLAN is visible but access has been restricted somehow.
The question is why (??) and how to undo it...
Nothing a cooked firmware can't fix
Meantime, if anyone knows registry settings I should check to do some basic diagnostics, I'd appreciate it.
Moebius61 said:
Hi all,
I recently bought my HTC Polaris. It's the first wireless device I have, so I also bought a WiFi router to test it. I do not have any previous experience with WiFi on WinMobile, so the problems I am having could just be due to my newbie-ness...
I initially set my WLan router to WPA-PSK. I was able to get my Polaris connected, but at random times and repeatedly the device would stop receiving data (using IE, Google Maps...) with no apparent reasons. The wlan was still shown as connected in . At other times, it was unbearably slow. Sometimes it was difficult to reconnect after that.
Now I set my router to unprotected WLan, just for the sake of test. The connection with my Polaris seems more stable. I will keep testing.
In both situations there is something that puzzles me. In Settings-Connections-Wireless Lan, Main tab, it shows:
Tx speed = 54 Mbps
Rx speed = 1 Mbps
Also in the Advanced tab, the status is always shown as "Associated to the network" ("Associato alla rete"). I never saw "Connected to the network" ("Connesso alla rete") here.
Is this right? Did anyone else experience problems with the Polaris WLan? Is it possible that it works ok with no encryption, and doesn't with WPA? Please help!
*update*: while I was typing I was looking closely at the Rx speed. It seems to jump anywhere from 1 to 54 Mbps (but mostly stays at 1). I did not move the Polaris during this test. The signal strenght is good. The WLan adapter of my PC (where I'm typing looking at my Polaris screen) shows it as "excellent" and the connection pc-router is absolutely fast and stable.
I have no clue of what it can be.
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Lucio
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I got the same problem. I changed the connection settings of ActiveSync to
allow wireless connections when connected to a desktop computer.
Maybe this will fix your problem.
session said:
I got the same problem. I changed the connection settings of ActiveSync to
allow wireless connections when connected to a desktop computer.
Maybe this will fix your problem.
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Good but where did you find this option on ActiveSync ? I just see an option whith BT not Wifi ?
Moebius61 said:
Hi all,
I recently bought my HTC Polaris. It's the first wireless device I have, so I also bought a WiFi router to test it. I do not have any previous experience with WiFi on WinMobile, so the problems I am having could just be due to my newbie-ness...
I initially set my WLan router to WPA-PSK. I was able to get my Polaris connected, but at random times and repeatedly the device would stop receiving data (using IE, Google Maps...) with no apparent reasons. The wlan was still shown as connected in . At other times, it was unbearably slow. Sometimes it was difficult to reconnect after that.
Now I set my router to unprotected WLan, just for the sake of test. The connection with my Polaris seems more stable. I will keep testing.
In both situations there is something that puzzles me. In Settings-Connections-Wireless Lan, Main tab, it shows:
Tx speed = 54 Mbps
Rx speed = 1 Mbps
Also in the Advanced tab, the status is always shown as "Associated to the network" ("Associato alla rete"). I never saw "Connected to the network" ("Connesso alla rete") here.
Is this right? Did anyone else experience problems with the Polaris WLan? Is it possible that it works ok with no encryption, and doesn't with WPA? Please help!
*update*: while I was typing I was looking closely at the Rx speed. It seems to jump anywhere from 1 to 54 Mbps (but mostly stays at 1). I did not move the Polaris during this test. The signal strenght is good. The WLan adapter of my PC (where I'm typing looking at my Polaris screen) shows it as "excellent" and the connection pc-router is absolutely fast and stable.
I have no clue of what it can be.
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Lucio
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Same problem here. Tx = 54mbit Rx = 1 mbit. Sometimes it works ok (with Rx 24-54mbit) but most of time there are huge drops so i cant use wlan at all.
My Nokia N95 works excellent at the same settings with same router.
My polaris wlan battery is set to "Max Performance".
Any clue?
weird
This is the second XDA Orbit 2 (Polaris) I've had in a week. I returned the first one because of WLAN problems. Exactly the same with this one.
I have a Netgear DG834GT, WPA-PSK encryption set to 'auto 108mbps' on channel 6. As other posters here, tried no encryption, changing channels, g only, g & b, as well as all the other suggestions on here. All I got was Rx=1, screen icon showing connected and no web access etc.
Then I noticed that my Orbit 2 mac address appeared on the Wireless Station Access list in my router wireless settings. I clicked on the Add button to add my XDA to the Trusted Wireless Station list (but Access Control was NOT switched on) and EUREKA, it started working, but not very reliably. Surely this shouldn't be necessary. I have had an XDA Orbit for a year with absolutely no problems, so I know my around the new one. There must be a problem with the Orbit 2 - surely we can't all be wrong?

problem with wlan

anyone can help me?
i have the problem, that if i turn wlan on, it turns off automatically within 5 seconds....
maybe it's a timeout where if you don't connect to a network it turns off the wifi in order to save battery life? if so, probably a registry value to be tweaked somewhere. otherwise, maybe a more serious problem.
Is it when you are connected to your comp with active sync?
theres a setting that disables data connections when connected
in WinMoDevCentre go to Mobile Device settings -> Connection Settings -> Allow Data connections (last checkbox)
weird setting but that fixed it fine for me

Help please, Fuze Wifi issues

Anyone else having trouble with wifi? I have a connection to my home network and have used the 10 digit hex wep key. Even in the same room as the router (Linksys/Cisco), the signal strength is only about 50% and I can't even open a page in Opera.
SSID shows correctly
Mode: Infrastructure
Tx Rate: 54Mbps
RX Rate: 1 Mbps <-- is this the issue?
Channel 1
Advanced status shows: Associated to network.
Any ideas?
hopper13 said:
Anyone else having trouble with wifi? I have a connection to my home network and have used the 10 digit hex wep key. Even in the same room as the router (Linksys/Cisco), the signal strength is only about 50% and I can't even open a page in Opera.
SSID shows correctly
Mode: Infrastructure
Tx Rate: 54Mbps
RX Rate: 1 Mbps <-- is this the issue?
Channel 1
Advanced status shows: Associated to network.
Any ideas?
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Bump
A call to HTC yielded nothing. I'm at my wits-end. Just turning wifi makes it almost impossible to load a website, I do better with just my marginal 3G service even though the wifi shows connected. Do you think a hard reset might help??
hopper13 said:
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A call to HTC yielded nothing. I'm at my wits-end. Just turning wifi makes it almost impossible to load a website, I do better with just my marginal 3G service even though the wifi shows connected. Do you think a hard reset might help??
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I'd also reset the wireless router too. Another possibility is there might be compatibility issues between the router and fuze. what router do you use? i'm using a linksys router and it's working fine. Obviously the signal the phone gets isn't as good as my Thinkpad's signal, but it does the job fine. I'm really enjoying this 3G speed, so I don't really use wifi that much - saves power!
only wifi problem i had was when i put in my wep key it rejected it the first time, and when i made it reconnect everything was fine. but at first it said my network was unavail.
Okay, try this - it's what worked for me:
Go to Settings -> Connections -> Wireless LAN.
On the bottom, choose the Power Mode tab.
Move the slider all the way over to Best Performance.
Fixed me right up.
FuzzyLogic_FC said:
Okay, try this - it's what worked for me:
Go to Settings -> Connections -> Wireless LAN.
On the bottom, choose the Power Mode tab.
Move the slider all the way over to Best Performance.
Fixed me right up.
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yea that worked for me....but this is gonna drain the battery alot quicker right? whay wont it work the other way?
FuzzyLogic_FC said:
Okay, try this - it's what worked for me:
Go to Settings -> Connections -> Wireless LAN.
On the bottom, choose the Power Mode tab.
Move the slider all the way over to Best Performance.
Fixed me right up.
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I found that in a windows mobile support forum as a stated solution for anothe HTC project and tried it also, it worked!
Thanks!
I'm having problems connecting to a WPA encrypted router and it's driving me crazy.
It just hangs and hangs and hangs, but never connects. If I put in an incorrect pass, or bad info- it immediately will fail to connect, but with the correct info- it will continue to attempt to connect, but never finish.
I've changed it to "Best Performance" but that made no difference.
^ Happened to me also. Turned out that I didn't add the Fuze's MAC address to my router's allowed devices list in wireless security.
I'm having the same problems as OP. I'm using the Fuze straight out from the box and I've tried adjusting the power settings as suggested and still no luck. I've also hard resetted to no avail. Any help is appreciated, thanks.
I don't have any issues with my wireless network, but I don't use an WPA encrypted router.
I have mine set to MAC address, and it work without issues.
I have a WEP encrypted router and it shows that I am connected. Do I need to set something up in settings -> connection -> connection? All I have are Media Net and "Work" listed. Seems like no one else is having this problem =/
I'm having a similar problem with my phone. I set my phone to maximum signal and the battery is just taking a hit. I can barely get a signal although it does work. I can't get the "free" ringtone to download off of their website, but no big loss. Wondering if the 3G/Edge would be a better bet.
Im also having a problem connecting to my network. it shows that im connected but doesnt now connect to the internet in internet explorer and other online apps. ive tryed...
restarting the router.
hard reset.
changing the power settings to high performance.
disabled hidden proxy as suggested on another thread.
exchanged my phone after being suggested by htc.
im using a linksys router. is it a compatibility issue?
this is driving me crazy; why are so many people having this problem?
I dont know if this goes here, but reading your problems, I think mine is a little different.
Where I live, in Mexico, almost everyone has internet service with the same Isp, who gives 2wire dlsmodem/routers with only a 10 digits wep encription (for default), the problem I have is that whenever I try to connect to any router (I've only tried with these) it asks for the wep key, but no matter what I put it always says that is incorrect. I tried disabling the encription and IT DOES work, but I dont control the other routers wich I want to connect to..
Any Ideas?
I am having the exact same problem. I could connect to an unsecured hotspot but can not connect to my WEP protected linksys/cisco router. It appears that linksys/cisco seems to keep popping up in this thread from folks having problem. Out of curiosity what model number of linksys/cisco do you have? Has anyone figured out a solution yet?
Go to configure wireless networks than go to the network adapters tab, click the first one IEEE 802.11 bg .... and make sure its set to user server assigned IP address.
Same problem here! tx @ 54 mbps rx @ 1mbps, and it doesn't change therefore i'm getting about 5meters distance before my connection becomes unstable (WTF). Using WPA2-PSK and set to performance.
P.S. all router incompatible comments are incorrect. There's a spec for .11 b/g and all hardware should be using this therefore it should work it's either a hardware fault or some settings aren't working correctly. BTW for me it's the same prob whether changing the ROM or radio, it doesn't change...
Same problem...never resolved? Fuze $200
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4213175&postcount=19
Solution
I may have a solution, it worked for me on 3 routers so far and dramatically increased reception over distance and connection stability.
Open your WiFi router settings, go to advanced settings and look for something like Beacon Period. If I got it right, this is the interval between position updates and default setting should be 100.
If you lower this number, it will update your devices position more accurately and get you better stability.
Be warned it will probably marginally increase AP radiation and decrease bandwidth of the wifi connection by a percent or two, however I didn't notice any difference but a huge stability increase.
I am using Beacon Period 50 at home but anything from 50-75 works for me.
Enjoy

Resolved: HTC Fuze lost wifi

My fuze's wifi worked fine with a Zyxel router and a Belkin router configured as a dd-wrt repeater, for 6 months. Last week, verizon came to install FIOS and upgraded their old non-wireless router with a new one. Since then my Fuze can't see internet through wifi anymore. And it doesn't see the router's home page at 192.168.1.1 either.
However it is able to join the wireless network (WEP, SPA2, etc password portected) and get an ip address through DHCP or static. If it is static IP, then the router can see it as a static IP. My other wireless devices can all connect to the new router, including an iphone and the dd-wrt router configured as a client.
Initially I thought it was some silly settings between the new router and the phone. But after I exhausted things to try, I put the old Zyxel back on, and it still doesn't work. I also checked Fuze with our public library's open wifi, no luck either.
I just did a hard reset, reloaded the at&t rom, still same problem.
I did search the forum, and found a related thread, with no solutions in it--http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=441889
Any help is greatly appreciated!
ETA: A number of people mentioned the power setting of wifi needs to be set to max performance. While I have always had my set at max battery, and wifi worked find perfectly until the change described above, now I set it to max performance it is working. And set it to middle or any other place it doesn't work. I think it is some response time setting on the router.
Not sure if you've tried this, but figure I'd mention it anyway in case you forgot. I'm not too sure what this does myself, but isn't there a setting to tell the Fuze to connect through the "Internet" instead of "Media Net" or something like that? Maybe you forgot to change that setting, but it doesn't really make sense why getting a new router would be the cause of loss of wifi, unless the wifi chip went bad at the same time you got the router, which I don't think is likely?
Under wi-fi settings there is a choice between connecting to "The Internet" or "Work". But my phone has always been set to internet.
MediaNet is about the cellular signal's data service. I am using it it for the GPRS and 3G setting.
resolve: power setting did it
A number of people mentioned the power setting of wifi needs to be set to max performance. While I have always had my wifi set at max battery which is the default setting, and wifi worked find perfectly until the change described above, now I set it to max performance it is working. And set it to middle or any other place it doesn't work.
I think it is some response time setting on the router that is affecting it. My old router must be more forgiving.
Thanks
Changing the wifi battery setting from Best to performance worked. Thanks, I was getting frustrated.
Power Settings
Hi any one knows why does the Fuze has to be set to best performance for wifi to work. do we have any solution to come over this issue.
jhogal1 said:
Hi any one knows why does the Fuze has to be set to best performance for wifi to work. do we have any solution to come over this issue.
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on my fuze, wifi works when it is on max battery.

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