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[Q] Will WI-FI issue be fixed on CyanogenMod(Gingerbread)?

I've been having Wi-fi issue's ever since i bought the phone, traded it in for another one, and still had the wi-fi issue.
MY WI-FI issue was:
My phone would connect to my router the first time, and if i restart my phone the Wireless Symbol is still connected, but there are errors not letting me connect to the MARKET, or the WEB BROWSER!
i'm very upset! but i do love this phone, and i hate that this one wifi issue is ruining it for me!
i dont want to keep on factory resetting it over and over again!
I don't want to:
ROOT It
QUESTION:
WHAT CAN I DO TO FIX THIS? :[

Wait for GB or nothing
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what percentage would u give it that the wi-fi issue will be fixed in the next update?

It seems the wifi problem is caused by the bloatwares, probably myaccount. either way, after I uninstall those my wifi works like a charm.

how were u able uninstall them?!

aston60 said:
how were u able uninstall them?!
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Root........

I have this issue sometimes. I can get the wifi to work by:
1. Turning off wifi
2. Turning on 4G data
3. Turning off 4G data
4. Turning on wifi again
Hope this helps.

I had a similar problem. Wifi would show connected to my router, but it would only sporadically let me actually access anything (market and browser).
Then, by chance when I was trying to use the browser, I got a message that read: You do not have the correct data plan for this device.
I hit the chat support on T-Mobile. Apparently, a feature had not been enabled on my service. (My SIM was in my Nokia N900 before and it worked fine on HSPA+). The support tech enabled it and my G2x was working in 10 mins. Never had any more problems.
There was no charge and no change in my data plan -- it was just some config thing about my account.

i23mix said:
I have this issue sometimes. I can get the wifi to work by:
1. Turning off wifi
2. Turning on 4G data
3. Turning off 4G data
4. Turning on wifi again
Hope this helps.
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It's a shame LG has forced its customers to do weird dances just to get basic functions to work.
Do you have a trick to get the battery to last a day?

I'm having the same problem
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Root and uninstall myaccount that's the only way working 100% I just did my friends phone.
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If you are having WiFi problems with stock ROM, it is either your hardware (unlikely) or possibly an issue with your TMo account and/or SIM. I have had no issues with mine - either before or after rooting and flashing a few ROM's. I have My Account still working - no effect.
If you are looking to CM7 to make it better - not in the immediate future. I have it on another device, and a notable issue with CM7 WiFi is that it is not as strong or stable as stock.
You should get TMo tech support on the phone and have them address your problem. If a tweak to your data account and/or a new SIM doesn't fix it - you should demand a replacement phone.
All this assumes it is not problems with your WiFi Router - I have had a few issues with some where having more then one or two devices active caused connection problems.

jcbofkc said:
It's a shame LG has forced its customers to do weird dances just to get basic functions to work.
Do you have a trick to get the battery to last a day?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054420
follow this link for you battery

I rooted the device, and removed carrier preloaded apps and made sure my wifi was set to not disable when the screen turned off. I had had issues with wifi calling before and after all that, the audio is crisp and the wifi rarely drops

work around
With a stock configuration you can clear
this problem when it occurs with
setdns app (free).
It restores working dns configuration.
When this is NOT sufficient you may also have to
disable then reenable your wifi. I installed a one-click
wifi on/off app (free) for this.
This is also necessary to force a reconnect when you
go in and out of a memorized wifi zone - it will rarely
reconnect automatically.
I found that rooting the device and freezing the bloatware
only improves the situation only slightly so I don't believe it's
worth the time.
This is at least the 4th wifi thread that's been opened and I've
posted this workaround before. Can we sticky one of these??

read my post here this will fix your problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059950
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[Q] WTH T-Mobile?!?

First let me say I love my G2x overall and I have no desire to return it or even leave TMobile. But.........
Let me start this by stating that I have Verizon fiOS at home and a Netgear Wireless AP. My phone and various other equipment connect to the Netgear for internet access. I've noticed on my phone that at random times I have a full wireless signal and 4G (2G or G, depending on the time of day I suppose) on my notification bar. I originally didn't think much about it thinking my wireless would override the 4G.
Well I decided to root my phone and use BloatFreezer to freeze some apps (MyAccount, Qik, TeleNav, etc), plus I believe many feel that MyAcount is the cause of this, but with all 3 instances of it frozen is it still the reason behind this?
Last night I had it happen yet again and I ran speedtest just to see which of the 2 was the main one. Well not to my surprise the cell data was overriding my wireless.
I'm (hopefully) attaching the 2 pictures I took. One with the celldata active and showing what SpeedTest reported and a 2nd with cell data off and the new speedtest report.
My basic question here is what service/app/etc am I needing to freeze to avoid this again, it's extremely annoying when I'm trying to watch youtube only to have my phone in the middle attempt to use cell data and it can't due to reception and boot me from the video, or when I'm downloading from the market.

I noticed this also. Usually when opening up Market or My Account. I know for fact that My Account only works over cell tower so it will automatically disable wifi and bring back 3g. Dunno about Market but I suspect the same.

just get an app with a widget to turn off data when you are using wifi???? I dont have this issue at all so I can't really help much, but its an alternative, for now.

Doesnt wifi calling turn data off completely when connected? Could try that.

regP said:
Doesnt wifi calling turn data off completely when connected? Could try that.
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Correct. This would work.

Believe its the tmo my account app, freeze it and see if it helps.
G2X

I have myaccount frozen already. My wifi calling turns on whenever it feels like it, it sometimes turns on right away other times it takes an hour or so to finally connect. Ill keep an eye on this when wifi calling is on to see if my issue is still there.
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It might be the Market app. I get perfect Wifi unless I open up market app or any app that access the market.

I just turn wifi off and on again. Fixes it. Not that we should have to.
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For the life of me, I can't get MyAccount.apk to stop running. Its frozen with TB, and I moved it out of /system/app folder.
Its always in the foreground in SystemPanel...
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just delete the apk all together and reboot...

bloat freezer app's default will freeze an app more completely than titanium backup will. it also has the partial freeze option like titanium does as well. after freezing with bloat freezer it disappeared from even titanium backup seeing it.

regP said:
Doesnt wifi calling turn data off completely when connected? Could try that.
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Ok I've had wifi calling enabled all day and sure enough 2G came up and took over data service for no apparent reason, I wasn't in the market app or myaccount. I was simply texting when I noticed it, I ran speedtest again and verified 2G was the active service even though I had wifi on
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I also might add that I have SwitchPro on and when I have wifi enabled the data connection is shown to be disabled (tells me it gets disabled when wifi is active) but I still had the cell data icon on and overridding my wifi. So obviously disabling my data through a widget doesn't solve my issue.

[Q] [bug report] cm_p999_full-34 internet problem

after flash everything works very well. and I have both WIFI and 4G turns on.
after few hours, I disable WIFI because I am going out, I found APN setting are all gone! it is a blank page. I click on "add new" add a new one in and save but nothing shows up. I can see the icon of "data roamming" is on, but without APN, I cannot access anywhere.
- I reboot few times. it doens't work.
- in APN page, I use "restore the default", nothing comes up
master reset fix the problem. but it happens again after few hours if I have both WIFI and 4G on for a while.
thanks
by the way, there is a way to fix it. turn the phone to airport mode and back, then APN all appear! included the one just added, and this process doesn't require reboot at all. hope this helps others

i too get this problem only on faux's rom. full wipe and new sim card. any help would be appreciated. ty.

where to report
Hi,
what is the best way to report this bug?
by the way, about the solution I provide, you may need to do that more than once until it shows up.
I think the problem could be
1. any power saving feature come with the rom? which turns thing off?
2. wifi calling?
thanks

Same issue with data but can't get it to work with cm7. Tried the following:
Battery pull, power on and off, airplane mode on off , volume up and power button, pull sim ,
Able to enter apn information but no data
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Wifi tether not working all of a sudden!

It was working fine yesterday, as I am on the no sympathy rom. Today, it is having problems. I downloaded several different tethering programs and none worked. Any suggestions?

psalm462 said:
It was working fine yesterday, as I am on the no sympathy rom. Today, it is having problems. I downloaded several different tethering programs and none worked. Any suggestions?
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Well there are several things you could try.
1. Make sure you have data coverage where you currently are (And that their isn't any temporary data outages/local network issues).
2. Try a simple reboot and if that doesn't work do a battery pull.
3. Clear any defaults and cache for any tethering apps you downloaded.
4. Make sure you havent accidentally changed any of your settings from when things where working for you
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shimp208 said:
Well there are several things you could try.
1. Make sure you have data coverage where you currently are (And that their isn't any temporary data outages/local network issues).
2. Try a simple reboot and if that doesn't work do a battery pull.
3. Clear any defaults and cache for any tethering apps you downloaded.
4. Make sure you havent accidentally changed any of your settings from when things where working for you
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My tethering goes in and out as well. For no reason, no settings will change and then it just wont work. I haven't completely 100% trouble shot it, but so far it seems force closing the tethering app and then starting again will make it work. Then some days it just doesn't want to work for me.
I'm on Synergy(though it's done it on every rom and even when I had my Droid X it did it then) and my phone's data connection is fine - I can browse the internet fine with it but it just won't be recognized by my computer at times.(won't even see it in the list of avail connections)

Brian Gove said:
My tethering goes in and out as well. For no reason, no settings will change and then it just wont work. I haven't completely 100% trouble shot it, but so far it seems force closing the tethering app and then starting again will make it work. Then some days it just doesn't want to work for me.
I'm on Synergy(though it's done it on every rom and even when I had my Droid X it did it then) and my phone's data connection is fine - I can browse the internet fine with it but it just won't be recognized by my computer at times.(won't even see it in the list of avail connections)
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I am having this same issue and im on stock. Have cleared everything, even wiped all data with Tibu and uninstalled/reinstalled. I will get a split second of internet and then nothing. All the while i can browse just fine on my phone so i know its data is working.

How is all your devices when it's hooked up to WiFi? Hold a steady connection or does it drop it as well?

TheDiabolicaL1 said:
How is all your devices when it's hooked up to WiFi? Hold a steady connection or does it drop it as well?
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I can work on wifi just fine on my phone. It looked as if i wasn't getting a default gateway from the connection when looking at the connection on my PC.

I could not get any FoxFi to work on my S3 (still not rooted) at all. WiFi would come up, and I could connect, but could not get any internet connectivity at all. Using a toggle widget method to enable the stock WiFi hotspot (and bypass the VZW service check) works perfectly fine for me, however. Sorry, can't speak for any other root required tether apps.

HTC One S 4.0.4 Update FoxFi problem... Solutions?

As several people have experienced, when upgrading their HTC One S to the 4.0.4 update, FoxFi (wireless hotspot program that doesn't require root) has experienced some issues. It works and works well, but when the screen times out, it stops transferring data to the connected device. Keeping the screen from turning off is NOT a permanent solution, so I am asking for suggestions and/or proven solutions to this issue.
HOWEVER! There are some restrictions for the solutions I want to see:
-Do not want to require rooting the phone or flashing a ROM. I consider that the easy way out.
-Do not want to downgrade to the previous version. The update does have some nice advantages that I like. Also would be an easy way out.
So if you have any settings that I should be looking at, or software that could be working in the background that might cause it, I'm all ears. If T-Mobile/HTC release a patch, I'll download it.
So.... any ideas?

You can't downgrade from 4.0.4, or for that fact any software update, you can't downgrade. It's one of the consequences of being on T-Mobile 4.0.4 update.
I don't think there's a way, apart from connecting your phone to your computer via usb, and selecting "stay awake" mode.

usaff22 said:
You can't downgrade from 4.0.4, or for that fact any software update, you can't downgrade. It's one of the consequences of being on T-Mobile 4.0.4 update.
I don't think there's a way, apart from connecting your phone to your computer via usb, and selecting "stay awake" mode.
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Well, the WiFi works fine until the screen turns off. I can keep the screen from turning off so that's not a big deal.
And I included mention of a downgrade just because I wanted to head off anyone trying to suggest that.
I'm not giving up on this. There's either a setting that the phone defaults back to, or a patch that should update this.

jhooper90 said:
Well, the WiFi works fine until the screen turns off. I can keep the screen from turning off so that's not a big deal.
And I included mention of a downgrade just because I wanted to head off anyone trying to suggest that.
I'm not giving up on this. There's either a setting that the phone defaults back to, or a patch that should update this.
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I agree with you that there has to be away to get it working again. The other 2 recent radios out of Europe exhibited this same behavior on AOSP based roms. However, it behaved correctly on Sense based roms ie. Stock or Viper rom.
I think the easiest way to get the functionally back is to flash on Viper Rom and test if it works there. If it does then T-mobile just screwed up their rom or did it on purpose. If it doesn't work then that opens up a whole other issue.

I'm not about to flash my phone in specific (It's my primary phone and I can't afford to have it out of comission if I make a mistake), but if someone can provide that information it would be useful.

yeah this is a very odd problem with foxfi...I wonder how it shuts off the connection when the screen turns off. also why were you guys using foxfi before if you could just add a new apn and the hotspot worked fine? Now the new apn method does not work after the update though.

cheaplikeafox said:
yeah this is a very odd problem with foxfi...I wonder how it shuts off the connection when the screen turns off. also why were you guys using foxfi before if you could just add a new apn and the hotspot worked fine? Now the new apn method does not work after the update though.
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Yes FoxFi worked correctly on 4.03, there is a hitch to the data shuttng off once the screen cuts off. If you are say watching netflix with a constant data draw from the one s, the screen can tun off and you'll still be tethered, but once the constant data draw stops so does the data until screen comes back on.

You guys doing something special to connect with foxfi? I can connect to my phone when I turn it on, but the computer I'm trying to tether to always says no Internet. I can live with the screen time out, but I can't get it to work at all sense the update.
Edit: I can't connect to Foxfi at all from my computer.
Edit2: I uninstalled And reinstalled foxfi, now it's working!

I have a similar problem, ie. not related specifically to tethering but in general to wifi stopping working with screen off.
I opened up terminal emulator, chose menu>activate wake lock and voilà! Everything's working fine for me now! :good:
Try it out and hit thanks if helped!

nor-ric said:
I have a similar problem, ie. not related specifically to tethering but in general to wifi stopping working with screen off.
I opened up terminal emulator, chose menu>activate wake lock and voilà! Everything's working fine for me now! :good:
Try it out and hit thanks if helped!
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For me data still stops while tethered when screen goes off unless it's a constant data pull.

Go to settings tap WiFi open menu go to advanced select keep WiFi on during sleep and set it to always let me know if this works
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cheaplikeafox said:
yeah this is a very odd problem with foxfi...I wonder how it shuts off the connection when the screen turns off. also why were you guys using foxfi before if you could just add a new apn and the hotspot worked fine? Now the new apn method does not work after the update though.
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FoxFi never required the new APN method to work previously. In 4.0.3, I never even heard of the new APN method, but still got it to work.

beccadevin said:
Go to settings tap WiFi open menu go to advanced select keep WiFi on during sleep and set it to always let me know if this works
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I've tried that as well. To be sure, I tried turning it off and back on again, and it doesn't seem to have an effect on the connection.

nor-ric said:
I have a similar problem, ie. not related specifically to tethering but in general to wifi stopping working with screen off.
I opened up terminal emulator, chose menu>activate wake lock and voilà! Everything's working fine for me now! :good:
Try it out and hit thanks if helped!
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Well, on the HTC One S I could just set the screen to not time out. that seems to accomplish the same goal, would it not?

Yeah you can do that.
Mine works ok too while the screen is on.
But while the screen is on it is taking much more power to a process that already takes alot of power from the phone.

TheArtiszan said:
Yeah you can do that.
Mine works ok too while the screen is on.
But while the screen is on it is taking much more power to a process that already takes alot of power from the phone.
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And not only that but burn in on the screen, saw one at tmobile store with horrible burn in.

nor-ric said:
I have a similar problem, ie. not related specifically to tethering but in general to wifi stopping working with screen off.
I opened up terminal emulator, chose menu>activate wake lock and voilà! Everything's working fine for me now! :good:
Try it out and hit thanks if helped!
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well since foxfi turns on wifi to do the wifi hotspot, then maybe it is related to this problem. do you have to root your phone to open up a terminal emulator or did you just have to download a terminal emulator app to do that?
jhooper90 said:
FoxFi never required the new APN method to work previously. In 4.0.3, I never even heard of the new APN method, but still got it to work.
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yeah...adding a new APN worked with the built-in hotspot so no extra apps were even needed to use the hotspot. That method worked on the Amaze and then on the One S before the 4.04 update.

cheaplikeafox said:
well since foxfi turns on wifi to do the wifi hotspot, then maybe it is related to this problem. do you have to root your phone to open up a terminal emulator or did you just have to download a terminal emulator app to do that?
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Nope, root is not required. Just download "android terminal emulator" from the play store and choose wake lock from the menu. There is also wifi lock if you wanna try. Wake lock is sufficient for me though.

Yeah I tried using the take wake lock option in terminal emu on t-mo us one s and it won't work still even with that being on.

TheArtiszan said:
Yeah I tried using the take wake lock option in terminal emu on t-mo us one s and it won't work still even with that being on.
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Well, I'm assuming that wakelock would keep the screen on. I don't know if it would do anything else.