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It said connected in the wifi setting and it shows bars but it just won't load any website in the browser .. anyone got a fix for this?
I have the same issue. Tried different combinations of restarting wifi, turning on/off cell data, on/off wifi calling, etc... all with no result. I've also tried on different networks (both public and private)-- it'd start working for a while and then all of a sudden stop and never work again.
Seems similar to the problem here: forums. t-mobile.c om/t5/T-Mobile-G2x/G2x-WiFi-DNS-issue-not-the-4G-switching-one/m-p/831439 (sorry there's a new user no link restriction)
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
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It said connected in the wifi setting and it shows bars but it just won't load any website in the browser .. anyone got a fix for this?
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is it specific to the browser or can you not move any data?
Idk, whenever I have had problems connecting to the tmo network, which is a separate issue.. it was always that wifi calling was still on even tho wifi was turned off. Every time I had probs w/ data on tmo network, it's been wifi calling.. Your case seems to be diff tho.
Is it specific to just your network or all other networks? Try shutting off wifi, reboot... then turn it on again? Idk.. just tossing out ideas.
Some found the root cause and I am posting his finding as I do have the same issue and can reproduce the error:
I think I have discovered a new WiFi-related bug in the G2x's software. I have witnessed this occurring on my phone, and have also reproduced it on a store demo unit. I believe it is unrelated to the switching-to-4G problem people are having with the My Account app, since it occurs even if I have set up the Google account on first boot after a factory reset.
The details of the problem are:
- Every so often, the phone randomly gets stuck in a state where it is not able to initiate any new connections that are made using a DNS name. Attempting to navigate to a web site, h**p://w*w.google.c*m for example, will result in a generic failure message.
- However, attempting to connect directly to an IP address instead of a DNS name works perfectly. For example, navigating to 74.125.225.16 will work fine and will load the Google home page.
- When the phone is in this state, using a DNS lookup tool such as "DNS Lookup" from the Marketplace *will* work, even when using the default DNS server address that the DHCP server is giving the phone.
- The problem has occurred for me when data is off and WiFi is on. I do not know if data being off is a requirement, since this is the way I usually run the phone, so this may be coincidental.
- Switching WiFi off and back on again will *sometimes* work to solve the problem, but sometimes will not. When this doesn't work, switching WiFi off, then switching data on, then back off again, and then finally switching WiFi back on again will occasionally correct the problem. However, I have seen situations where none of these things worked, and the only way to get DNS working again was to factory reset the phone.
- I haven't figured out the exact pattern yet, but this issue seems to occur when the phone has been inactive for a certain period of time. I have often discovered that the phone is in this state upon waking up in the morning after leaving the phone on the charger overnight.
- I have, however, found a method to reproduce the problem that seems to work fairly consistently:
1. Turn WiFi on, and data off.
2. Power cycle the phone.
3. When the phone starts up, start the browser and attempt to browse to w*w.google.c*m. It should fail.
4. Try to browse to 74.125.225.16. It should work.
Just wanted to get this issue in the forums to see how many others have been noticing the same thing.
I know that once the device has less than 10% battery it automatically turns the WiFi off to save battery power. Were the devices this was happening on have a low battery?
Fully charged. It even happens when pluged in with the charger.
My Wifi wouldn't even work if I froze it with Bloat Freezer. It has to run in the background for wifi to work. I found that Wifi can get really inconsistent with it disabled.
smartloom said:
Som
- I haven't figured out the exact pattern yet, but this issue seems to occur when the phone has been inactive for a certain period of time. I have often discovered that the phone is in this state upon waking up in the morning after leaving the phone on the charger .
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Same problem here. After about 30 minutes of being idle, as soon as I pick up the phone it tries to connect 2g/4g. The log are saying theres no connection, so it appears that wifi its going to sleep and not waking up so android is trying to connect 2g/4g
Really starting to be a pain
I have frozen the bloat, and I think the problem is getting worse.
Toggle airplane mode is a quick workaround to get wifi to wake up
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Same thing happened to me, I did 2 factory resets, and it seems it has been fixed, don't really know what causes it.
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This may or may not be related, but...
It looks like I found a hacky fix for the dns/wifi/4g bug: install "Set DNS" from the market.
Now when I go into market, and display my downloaded apps, it jumps from wifi to 4g then back to wifi as it should, fast.
Whether or not it should even do go to 4g is debatable, all I can say is my 2 Galaxy Tabs had the same behavior.
If everyones connectivity issues are really due to the DNS settings getting wiped out, then this will work around the problem until I/we find the location of the actual bug.
Would you guys having this problem also post it here?
http://www.lgforum.com/forum/boards/general/lg/topics/g2x-wifi-problems
Thanks.
I figure the more people that post there, the more the chances are of LG fixing it quickly.
Work around:
enable airplane mode
reboot
enable wifi
wait a few seconds after the wifi connects, background crap stops
disable airplane mode.
The set dns app looks like a winner. Haven't tried it but that's what's
wrong.
The freezing and other suggestions are all useless crap.
Updates...
I did a factory reset and installed JuiceDefender (I don't know which one worked) but it seems to be all fine now... will update if things become problematic again
I've been having this problem as well. I've always been able to fix it by toggling WiFi off and back on again. I downloaded SetDNS and when it happened again last night I tried that and it worked great.
Glad to see it's a software problem and not a hardware problem.
same problem here. hopefully it won't happen in cyanogen mod
boylan said:
Work around:
enable airplane mode
reboot
enable wifi
wait a few seconds after the wifi connects, background crap stops
disable airplane mode.
The set dns app looks like a winner. Haven't tried it but that's what's
wrong.
The freezing and other suggestions are all useless crap.
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This fixed the problem, at least until the next time I reboot my phone
How do you use SetDNS? This software bug in G2X reboots my router (DGL-4500) sometimes.
Question bout SetDNS app
Does the phone have to be rooted to use the setdns app? I try to use it but it says "Cannot get root. App will not function."
Anyone else having wifi problems after updating? I didn;t have problems before, but it seems that after 3.2, my wifi stops every couple of minutes or something like that. I don't know if it's my own wirelss's problem, so when I get back on campus, I'll attempt downloading and seeing if it gets interrupted again.
Yep I'm having the same problem. Keeps kicking me out of my PocketCloud remote. Thought it might just be me. I've noticed the Wifi symbol stays grey a lot when it used to stay blue. It's not my network, the only change was the update to 3.2.
Yeah... it's grey and it keeps disconnecting me while I try to download an episode..
(stock 3.2)
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Anyone else having wifi problems after updating? I didn;t have problems before, but it seems that after 3.2, my wifi stops every couple of minutes or something like that. I don't know if it's my own wirelss's problem, so when I get back on campus, I'll attempt downloading and seeing if it gets interrupted again.
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I got kicked out of my home Wifi several times last night after updating to 3.2. I didn't have this issue on 3.1. What a total disappointment...
WiFi with 8.4.4.11
Did you install 8.4.4.11 before installing 3.2?
My tablet came back from RMA with firmware .11 installed, but before 3.2 came out. I noticed similar behavior with the WiFi. In my case it never found any networks (I'm guess some wire got messed up when they fixed the power button issue). However, when on the WiFi page in settings normally it says "scanning" under WiFi when looking for a network. On mine it would say "scanning" for a second and then it would go away, then it would say "scanning" again, then disappear, etc. Maybe there is an issue with the WiFi driver?
I'm hopeing the tablet will be back next week (it was in repair status yesterday). The first time I sent it in it came back with a pretty good description of what they did to fix it (its just a bummer they broke it at the same time).
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Anyone else having wifi problems after updating? I didn;t have problems before, but it seems that after 3.2, my wifi stops every couple of minutes or something like that. I don't know if it's my own wirelss's problem, so when I get back on campus, I'll attempt downloading and seeing if it gets interrupted again.
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What are you Wifi setting, especially the disconnect settings? It could be that the update changed the settings.
Hmm, I checked it because I saw another thread saying something similar, but it was still marked as "disconnect when screen is closed." I also tried unchecking it and rechecking it, then turning wifi on and back off to see if it would fix it. (It didn't!)
Well, I'm hoping it will be fixed by Asus sometime soon, but it's not too big a problem at the moment since I don't HAVE to watch those episodes. :/
Mine is set to never disconnect. Even tried changing to a different setting and back.
Confirmed. Had this happen since the .11 update.
I may try a wipe and restore. Considering going ahead and rooting if it comes down to swiping. Anyone tried either?
yeah I might as well root if i have to reset everything...
Yes, same problem...disconnecting for about ten seconds every two minutes or so. Makes listening to radio quite impossible...
Have done resets and changing wi-fi channel to 9, doesn't help.
I've noticed this, but it hasn't happened very frequently. For me, it seems to happen mostly during when I had the screen off (which I had setup to disconnect whenever the screen is off). I recently just changed it to never disconnect, and I haven't seen it happen in the past 10 minutes or so, but that could just be me.
I do agree though, it seems as if there is some kind of bug here as well.
I had a similar problem before 3.2 ...i fixed it the day before the update. I forced my router to not be bonded to a channel and set it to auto.
Youtube constant buffering was fixed.. now it downloads the videos quickly and no buffing after the first time.
Also my apps like CNN that have alot of visual pictures in the main menu load up instantly and downloads are lighting quick. No interruptions, re-downloads or anything. Even when apps are updating..Games like Dungeon defenders that has alot of initial downloads pulls the data without stopping.
I suffered from disconnections before i set the router to Auto and choose a channel on its own.
No issue here.
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I've noticed this, but it hasn't happened very frequently. For me, it seems to happen mostly during when I had the screen off (which I had setup to disconnect whenever the screen is off). I recently just changed it to never disconnect, and I haven't seen it happen in the past 10 minutes or so, but that could just be me.
I do agree though, it seems as if there is some kind of bug here as well.
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That is exactly what mine is doing. Has anyone contacted Asus?
I think I have a fix. I tried the old assign it a static IP on the TF itself. Icon stayed blue for over 5 mins without turing grey. I'll have to check my PocketCloud tomorrow and confirm the fix.
I've been having the same issue...... every few minutes it says no connection. It also seems like I have fewer bars on my wifi signal icon too.... hope a fix is found soon because it's frustrating.
Well, I tried it on campus, same thing, disconnects within a download of an episode.. (like 4-5 minutes??). Oh no! I'll never get to finish Triumph in the Skies..
It happens to me too. It is quite frustrating.
I have already tried to assign a static IP but with no success.
Guys, I have a problem with the Transformer and it's Wifi that is driving me mad!
Regardless if I have wifi running in the background or put in Plane Mode when I turn on the screen after a short interval I notice the wifi has dropped and there is no longer an internet connection.
Not only that I can not get it to start again unless I switch off the TF and reboot.
On investigation on the settings, when I click on Wireless & Networks I notice the right hand pane of Wifi & Wifi settings to be flashing as if it is trying to connect but gets locked out over and over. As such you can not access any of the wireless settings.
I would appreciate any assistance you can shed on this problem.
Many thanks in advance.
Beards
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I believe I have now found what was causing the problem and have explained in detail in Post 10 below.
Basically I found it was after updating to v3.2.1 ~ the WiFi Settings/WiFi Disconnection Policy 'When screen is tuned off' & 'Never when plugged in' was interfering with the state of WiFi, causing it to poll and repeatedly try and switch itself back on, thus a constant flash and inability to activate WiFi..
Ddvvvvvvvvv
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Sorry... what does that mean?
Searched the internet, and discovered two things, I did both.
1) Removed the maps update.
2) Changed the the channel on my router to 6
Works fine now.
I'm having this same problem for the past few weeks. Whenever the WIFI goes to sleep, I cannot turn it on unless I reboot my Transformer. It's sort of annoying.
It's got to be software orientated that is interfering with the TF.
I can not think of anything other than software causing it to continually 'flash' as it tries over and over again to connect.
I need to look into date captured software updates to see if I can narrow down the culprit.
Looks like I have a long job ahead of me..... sigh!
I got the same issue, after maps update, but apparently It's got to do with use wifi for determining your location, if i switch this off , tablet connects fine after returning from sleep.
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kef
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I got the same issue, after maps update, but apparently It's got to do with use wifi for determining your location, if i switch this off , tablet connects fine after returning from sleep.
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kef
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Mine has nothing to do with Maps and it's doing this continuous polling even when woken from Plane Mode and then trying to switch wifi back on.
I have a theory and am looking at it.... Will report back later.
Any news yet?
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Any news yet?
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Yes, I've worked out what the problem for me was and was just coming back to report when I read your post....
Basically for me it is to do with Settings/Wireless & Networks/Wifi Settings/Wifi Disconnection Policy.
After I updated to 3.2.1 I changed the policy from 'Never (uses more battery power)' to 'When screen is tuned off'.
Thinking about it the problem has only been since I changed the policy.
So, I changed it back to 'Never' and the wifi remained on and the problem I was getting disappeared.
I then changed it back to 'When screen is tuned off' and the problem came back.
I then altered it to 'Never when plugged in' with the TF not plugged in and the problem was still there.
Plugging the TF in and the problem disappeared.
Only by changing it back to 'Never' when not plugged in does my wifi remain on ~ which if you think about it is exactly what it is meant to do.
Therefore, for me it would appear changing the policy to turn off the wifi is causing this issue of when you wake the phone up from sleep you can not reactivate the wifi and when looking at the wireless settings the whole of the right hand page of wireless settings are continuously flashing thus not allowing you to access and alter them.
At that point the only way you can reactivate wifi is by doing a power down and reboot.
So guys...... Has anyone else noticed the wifi disconnection policy effecting your wifi from sleep?
Mine stopped reconnecting again last night, the tablet would continuously reboot.
The only solution was to reboot the router.
I will try the keep on and I have turnoff wifi location.
Lets see
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Mine stopped reconnecting again last night, the tablet would continuously reboot.
The only solution was to reboot the router.
I will try the keep on and I have turnoff wifi location.
Lets see
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How did you get on with changing the wifi disconnection policy?
Changing the disconnection policy never worked, note sure if this is the best solution, as I recon it will drain the battery.
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Changing the disconnection policy never worked, note sure if this is the best solution, as I recon it will drain the battery.
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Interesting.... as it is the only way I can get a stable WiFi that will turn back on from Screen Off.
Even though it says the battery may use more power it doesn't seem all that much different if anything at all... Prior to the latest update I had the policy set to 'When screen is tuned off'.
After the update it defaulted back to 'Never (uses more battery power)' and again after changing it back to 'When screen is tuned off' this is when my problem started.
I am thinking this is something to do with my TF as no one else has reported a problem with WiFi and the 'When screen is tuned off' policy.
I just re-read my post.
It should read
Changing the disconnection policy to "never". Worked.
Note sure if this is the best solution, as I recon it will drain the battery.
Sorry.
What you describe is exactly what happened to mine.
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I just re-read my post.
It should read
Changing the disconnection policy to "never". Worked.
Note sure if this is the best solution, as I recon it will drain the battery.
Sorry.
What you describe is exactly what happened to mine.
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Thanks.... This now makes a lot of sense in that it points to a possible bug with the WiFi policies.
This is driving me crazy. I have tried everythinig mentioned, but my TF still goes through the wifi connection loop. Gotta be software related...
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This is driving me crazy. I have tried everythinig mentioned, but my TF still goes through the wifi connection loop. Gotta be software related...
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Did you try changing the Wifi disconnection policy to 'Never (uses more battery power)'?
That sorted it out for me.
It's since Honeycomb 3.2.1 came in I now find I can not use any other disconnection policy.
This happens to me if I select anything other than "Never (uses more battery power)"
I have found though that if I uninstall the google maps update, and deselect Wifi Localization, that I can have the TF set to "Never when plugged in" or "When screen is turned off".
( see: google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=4778cb9a3f187b75&hl=en ) (sorry for broken link - I am new and cannot post these)
So it seems like either a problem with Google maps (that may be specific to the TF), or a problem with the TF firmware?
It seems I have an issue with my phone and I would like to know if it's only me or if there are others or there.
Every time I reboot my phone, my phone's clock reset. And not only the time, but the date changes to January 1970. I tested this on various roms, stock-based and aosp-based with same results.
I noticed that as soon as I have some sort of internet connection, it retrieves the current date and time and updates itself. But, if I put my phone on airplane mode and then reboot, then it stays with the incorrect date and time.
Also, I'm not sure if this is related, but my time zone, when retrieved from Verizon's network, is Pacific, when I'm in mountain time. I have to manually change the time zone, but even after changing it, my clock keeps the mountain time. So, I also have to fix the time manually.
Please guys, let me know it it's just me or of this is a known issue on our phone. Thanks.
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Same issue here...
I can't help you with your issue but I do seem to have the exact same problem. My phone has been doing this since I got it in July. Were you able to resolve the problem? I just started a thread about it in the AT&T S3 forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2063156&referrerid=4789157
It's one of those issues that is easy to just ignore since its not often that you need to reboot with out an internet connection but I'm worried that this might cause other issues, especially with files being modified during the boot process before the clock can be set.
Either way, it would be nice to get it resolved while I'm still under warranty!
I have never tried a reboot in airplane mode buy my nandroid backups always have a 1970 date stamp on them
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I have seen my phone start up with the time/date way off, then seconds later it sync's and corrects itself. No reason that I can put my finger on, just every now and then..Mostly with custom roms..
Hi All,
I got the Lollipop 5.1 OTA 2 days ago and installed it - everything went smooth and the phone working fine...
But I noticed that if I reboot my router (or turn it off / on again) the Wifi don't reconnect unless I turn on the screen (the second I turn on the screen the wifi connect normally).
I didn't have this issue with Lollipop 5.0.1
P.S.
I know that this is happening because I have a led on my router telling me if any of my Wifi devices is connected or not. And to make sure I also entered the router settings to see if my phone is connected or not.
Anyone noticed that issue with the new lollipop 5.1 ?
Cheers,
I think that your problem is not switching off the router. The problem is when your phone goes to suspension (screen off) and then it drops the wifi off.
My Nexus 5 with 5.1 is doing the same
skorzo said:
I think that your problem is not switching off the router. The problem is when your phone goes to suspension (screen off) and then it drops the wifi off.
My Nexus 5 with 5.1 is doing the same
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I've got some similar behaviour here, both when updated from 5.0, and with a fresh install from the factory images. When I arrive at a place with known WiFi, the phone only connects once I turned on the screen. After that, it stays connected until I move out of range and back again.
It's probably a matter of responsiveness/battery life. The more it polls for networks, the more battery it uses. It should connect, even with the screen off, within a few minutes.
That being said, I have my wifi set to always stay connected, and I've seen it not connected when I turned the screen on, then connect a couple seconds later. So, there's that. Curious how often it does that.
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It's probably a matter of responsiveness/battery life. The more it polls for networks, the more battery it uses. It should connect, even with the screen off, within a few minutes.
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That's what I suspected. Sometimes, the waiting game works, but I've had my N5 lying on my desk – where it usually gets full WiFi bars – for about 40 minutes the other day, still it did not connect until I turned the screen on.
Edit: Just now, my phone disconnected from WiFi when the screen turned off, which leads me to believe that this is all caused by the WiFi sleep policy. Could it be that Google messed up something there?
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That's what I suspected. Sometimes, the waiting game works, but I've had my N5 lying on my desk – where it usually gets full WiFi bars – for about 40 minutes the other day, still it did not connect until I turned the screen on.
Edit: Just now, my phone disconnected from WiFi when the screen turned off, which leads me to believe that this is all caused by the WiFi sleep policy. Could it be that Google messed up something there?
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My "research" has led me to believe this is the case.
Anything in terms of a workaround?
I came across those settings in the developer options (see screenshot), especially the "Always allow WiFi Roam Scans" looked promising. Been playing with them, but so far no luck.
Hi All,
exactly the same issues as yours guys are happening since I received the OTA 5.1 and installed it !
I Guess something messed up with this new update in regard of the wifi... as you mentioned.
If you come across a workaround or a confirmation from "Google" please share.
Cheers,
(With almost everyone nowadays having data ..it is difficult to notice such a behavior due to the fast wifi/data switching)
I have seen this happen as well. My battery graph will even show a missing area for WiFi indicating it turned itself on and off twice within a few hours and then stayed on after that.
Google just now released LMY47I, has anyone had a chance to see if that version fixes our problem? Once I'm off work (in about 8 hours), I'll give it a whirl and report back.
Tasker will help you
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Could you please elaborate on that? I'm familiar with Tasker, but I can't think of a way of dealing with this, since I'm not sure what actually happens with the WiFi. The settings appear untouched.
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Could you please elaborate on that? I'm familiar with Tasker, but I can't think of a way of dealing with this, since I'm not sure what actually happens with the WiFi. The settings appear untouched.
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I'm sorry, but my phone is now in the service center , and press that I do not remember specifically . The idea is that when you disable wifi, a time interval is forced to connect to a particular network . Look presence on the internet , here is full of instructions.
dadrc said:
Google just now released LMY47I, has anyone had a chance to see if that version fixes our problem? Once I'm off work (in about 8 hours), I'll give it a whirl and report back.
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http://www.androidpolice.com/android_aosp_changelogs/android-5.1.0_r1-to-android-5.1.0_r3-AOSP-changelog.html
Almost all of the changes on these different builds are SIM related for specific carriers.
LMY47I was only released to LGD821 devices with SIM cards from Indian and Australian carriers
Same problem here. I am slowly losing faith in Google. Get the frickin basics going guys!!!
Back to my 5.0.1 build.
I've gone back to 5.0.1, too. Pity, except for this I was pretty happy with 5.1. Maybe 5.1.1 will actually be usable.
Do you think it can be related to Issue 163350? code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=163350
I have just reported that, but I'm still trying to understand if it just happens to me or what.
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Do you think it can be related to Issue 163350? code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=163350
I have just reported that, but I'm still trying to understand if it just happens to me or what.
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I think the solution is "use vibrate mode on". Get your device to vibrate mod and test it.
I am waiting for your feedback.
MindLeader said:
I think the solution is "use vibrate mode on". Get your device to vibrate mod and test it.
I am waiting for your feedback.
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This trick didn't work.
I have this proble too