I have a problem connecting to wifi on my home router. Whenever I try to connect to it, it just says "Obtaining IP address from" then it would later go on to say "Disabled". I have entered the password correctly, made it forget the network and connect to it again, and have restarted both the phone and the router. That has not seemed to fix the problems. On other networks such as the free wifi at Border's or others it would connect just fine. I'm currently using Cognition v2.3b8.
Any suggestions? Thanks
Edit: Nevermind, I did a factory reset and it seems to be working now.
Have you tried android id changer? Not sure if the cog version you are on will let you write the new id or not, but worth a shot
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Ok...I just tried that, it didn't seem to change anything. Thanks for the suggestion.
slow_DC4 said:
I have a problem connecting to wifi on my home router. Whenever I try to connect to it, it just says "Obtaining IP address from" then it would later go on to say "Disabled". I have entered the password correctly, made it forget the network and connect to it again, and have restarted both the phone and the router. That has not seemed to fix the problems. On other networks such as the free wifi at Border's or others it would connect just fine. I'm currently using Cognition v2.3b8.
Any suggestions? Thanks
Edit: Nevermind, I did a factory reset and it seems to be working now.
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Seems to a 2.2 "intermittent" non-predictable issue. Faced this sometimes when on 2.2.
I have the problem but in reverse
I am using 2.3b8. I can hook to my home protected wifi but can't hook to any free open wifi connection
I am also facing the same problem as Slow_DC4...
Any help would be really appreciated ....
Looking forward to hear from you guys
Sarveshsj: I ended up reflashing the ROM and it fixed the problem, so you may want to try that.
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I may have bragged too soon on good ol' official Froyo. I had a smooth install and the only problem I've noticed is the messed up Quick Office deal like most others. Today I just had another problem start.
I've been using my secured home wifi network fine, but for some reason the Captivate will no longer connect to it. I've tried doing a battery pull, turning the phone off and back on, and even completely removing the home network from the list and then putting it back in. I'm sure the password is correct. It just sits there, saying "Obtaining IP address". It retries several attempts, and eventually gives up and lists my home network in the list as "Disabled"
This is significant suckage!
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I had similar problem try unplugging router and plugging back in
Bless your heart! That did it! I just read on the AT&T forums that someone else had the exact same problem and he did a factory reset of his phone which fixed it. I was hoping I wouldn't have to go there
I found an easy solution to the problem. Open Allshare, then you should be good to go.
After opening Allshare, hit connect.
Yes sometimes power cycling the router is all that is needed. I notice this with laptop sometimes too.
kb0npw said:
Bless your heart! That did it! I just read on the AT&T forums that someone else had the exact same problem and he did a factory reset of his phone which fixed it. I was hoping I wouldn't have to go there
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Yeah that was me...
I tried everything else before the factory reset, but the reset fixed it, now I've got wi-fi with no problems
If you do a factory reset, I realize you have to reinstall all your apps, but what about the ones I paid for? Will I have to purchase those again? I'm thinking of doing one just because I think it will smooth things out and get rid of a couple of weird quirks like the Quick Office icon problem.
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If you do a factory reset, I realize you have to reinstall all your apps, but what about the ones I paid for? Will I have to purchase those again? I'm thinking of doing one just because I think it will smooth things out and get rid of a couple of weird quirks like the Quick Office icon problem.
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anything you purchase with your google account is tied to your google account. you dont have to re-buy those...for any phone that you log into your google account.
Has anyone tried my fix? Sure beats having tofactory reset...I'm just sayin.
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Has anyone tried my fix? Sure beats having tofactory reset...I'm just sayin.
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It works, but you have to do it every time, so it's more of a workaround than a fix.
I had an issue with connecting to one of my work wifi routers (would just sit there saying 'obtaining IP address' but never would connect) and could not fix it until I tried using "FXR WiFi Fix and rescue" app from the market. Free app, will erase ALL of your saved WiFi data so make sure you have your passwords for encrypted networks, but this fixed it with one click and a reboot. Seems to connect faster to the networks now as well. I had a similar problem after the previous update that went out OTA and had to reset the phone for that one.
I thought about trying this app, as my wifi issue returned today. I thought I had gotten rid of it by doing the factory reset, but alas it's back. I'm really contemplating a custom ROM more and more every day. I just don't know which one to go with that will provide everything I need. This app sure asks for a lot of permissions, so I'm sort of leary about istalling it.
Welp, I bit the bullet and tried the FXR app. No dice for me. I'm waiting for the wife to get done surfing so I can try a router power cycle. If that doesn't work, I'm looking at my second factory reset in less than a week. Froyo, you suck! I never had wifi issues until I upgraded to 2.2. What I can't understand is, why some of my issues are better, yet some are worse. Is it that difficult for these idiots to figure it out?
Just going to throw something out there, that I noticed yesterday. I'm on a custom ROM, but I noticed some pretty flaky results to my wifi, but only when I was using the modified TouchWiz launcher. The wifi had trouble connecting, and wouldn't sleep. The notification dropdown widget wouldn't control it. Then I switched to Go Launcher EX, and the behavior stopped.
Check another launcher, and see if that makes a difference. Sure, it's a longshot, but I'll be interested to see if the stock TW has the same issue as the modded version.
I was having the same wifi problem after updating firmware to official 2.2 kb1. I used fxr and now wifi connection works great.
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I had an issue with connecting to one of my work wifi routers (would just sit there saying 'obtaining IP address' but never would connect) and could not fix it until I tried using "FXR WiFi Fix and rescue" app from the market. Free app, will erase ALL of your saved WiFi data so make sure you have your passwords for encrypted networks, but this fixed it with one click and a reboot. Seems to connect faster to the networks now as well. I had a similar problem after the previous update that went out OTA and had to reset the phone for that one.
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Seems to have worked great for me. Thank you for the app find!
Hello! I had the same problem wifi and use the "FXR WiFi fix and rescue" program stopped deleting profiles anyone have a solution?
Alright. So I installed and used barnacle wifi to tether something to my infuse, it worked. However, when I got home I found it can't connect to my home router. I checked on my laptop and the network is fine. I tried restarting, re entering password for the network and still nothing. Any ideas?
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Also, when watching the wifi connection in phone settings, I see it scanning then say connecting then disconnected. Then starts the process over again.
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you restarted the phone? sometimes my router becomes invisible and turning off wifi and tturning it back on helps. maybe try turning on mobile ap mode let it give you the whole checking for tethering plan and you dont own a tehthering plan messages and then turn it back to normal wifi. it might just have something to do with the way the radio switched modes that disagrees with the app, or a total coincicence. sometimes toggling modes sets everything strait. sometimes there is an actual problem that may be fixed by clearing data or reflashing the stock rom, i doubt it damaged the hardware in any way.
Yep, just cleared barnacle application data and fixed it right up. Thanks
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I installed ad hoc wifi enabler and it broke my wifi. I tried the restore feature within the app and it didnt help. I then restored the whole system and its still broken.
Please help
This might sound weird but...
I borked my wifi messing with stuff not too long ago. Using ODIN didn't do much. The way I got my wifi back up, was to go sync my "out of sync" clock. I had it in the wrong time zone. As soon as I fixed that, wifi turned right back on. Kind of weird, but worth a shot
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I have a stock Skyrocket (4.0.3-IML74K.CLE5) I am using as a media player. I keep it in airplane mode all the time with the Wifi on connected to my router. Yesterday the Play store started telling me there was no connection even though I was connected to my router. I went to the web and found I could connect to pages, but constantly get security warnings. If I click continue I can go on to see the page. Netflix tells me there is a problem connecting to Netflix. Voice search works fine. Google Voice tells me there was a network error. Facebook says it can't find a secure connection. Gmail says no connection. Zedge works fine.
I have tried four different wifi Hotspots both secured and insecure. I have tried telling it to forget the connections and reconnecting. I have restarted many times, removed the battery, and tried all the frequency bands.
The wifi icon in the notification bar shows a strong connection. And the little arrows light up orange and green to show activity.
I am guessing there is something wonky going on with establishing a secure internet connection, bit I have no idea how to fix it. Any advice is appreciated.
Q&A please
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How long have you been using the SR? How long have you been having this problem?
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sly-tendencies said:
How long have you been using the SR? How long have you been having this problem?
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Sorry about posting in the wrong spot.
I have been using it like this for three weeks. The problem started two days ago.
Update: it works again. I don't know what I did to fix it, though. I went through every setting, and did turn off screen lock and unknown sources, bit I doubt that did it.
i figured it out, i had the same problem, the date and time were askew. updated them and it worked just fine ^__^