My wifi connection is not very stable. Keeps on disconnecting.
I heard this is a known problem for theb g2x. Are any of u experiencing this issue? And or know how to fix this?
Is tmobile gonna do an update fix for this?
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I've experienced wifi issues myself. Wifi was working flawlessly the first week i had the phone but now it seems as though it does not want to connect to any network -__- it just says 'error'
Not sure if i had something to do with it acting up, maybe i downloaded an app that caused it to act up.. idk
No definite word if the upcoming gb update will fix this issue but i sure hope it will!
sometimes simply rebooting your router can fix this. of all the wifi threads i've seen, i never saw anyone mention this. but like i said, it will sometimes fix it.
After leaving my phone idle for 15+ minutes, I'll lose wifi. Simple fix is to disable/enable wifi. LG knows of this problem and will release a fix on the next update. http://www.lgforum.com/forum/boards/general/lg/topics/g2x-wifi-problems
Now others are having a different type of wifi issue where it won't connect at all, I'm not sure if it's a hardware or software issue.
I'm having the exact same issue. Wifi will be connected, then after a period of time the connection gets disabled. It's quite annoying, as I often do not notice it for a while, after I have already gobbled up a bunch of 4G bandwidth.
I fixed this problem with G2xFixWi-Fi from the market.
Just 4 clicks and it is done.
two separate wifi problems with the g2x
it's good that your wifi problem was fixed with the G2xFixWi-Fi app. but that only fixes the dns problem.
there is another wifi problem where if the phone is in idle for a while and you wake it up, you see from the indicators at top there is no wifi icon and that it is trying to connect 4g but doesn't succeed. the 4g icon flashes on briefly and disappears. it keeps on doing this every second until i manually turn off wifi. then it connects to 4g. from what i can deduce, if i don't turn off wifi before putting it in idle, it does this as well after the phone is in idle for a while. i'm not sure how long after the screen switches off that this looping process happens, but give it 2 hours and i feel that the back of the phone is really warm. i'm thinking that it's warm because it is constantly in this loop. this may also be the source of the massive battery drain that some are seeing.
if i manually turn off wifi before putting it in idle, this doesn't happen. so that's my solution for the time being. i heard about using tasker to automote toggling wifi on/off as the screen is on/off. and it seemed to work at first. but after an overnight test, i found out that the phone response time is sluggish and unpredictable, to the point where i had to have perfect timing just to unlock the phone from idle. rebooting the phone didn't resolve the sluggish response problem, but uninstalling tasker did the trick. so now, it's back to manually turning off wifi before putting it in idle.
another solution proposed is to set wifi to never sleep in the settings. the last time i tried it, it didn't work for me. but i'll try it again to see if it'll work this time.
setting wifi to never sleep did not help
nope. i changed my wifi settings to never sleep and the wifi disconnection problem still happens.
When my phone was stock I had problems with Wi-Fi when it was simultaneously trying to run 2G or 4G. Since then I have switched to various ROMs and Wi-Fi is rock solid. I do use Juice Defender which turns it on and off when screen is off and I'm not running a short list of programs like Pandora. It also reliably switches on when I arrive home.
My G2X won't connect to every WiFi network, and there are a few it cannot even find. I was in a cafe the other day and my friend's laptop and Nokia connected to its WiFi network and my G2X could not even find it... (( So, the problem is, some networks it recognizes but does not connect to (it sticks to "obtaining internet IP..." and then disconnects) and some it cannot even recognize. But to most networks it connects no problem (my home included)... What could be the problem? Can anyone help me?
krekabl said:
My G2X won't connect to every WiFi network, and there are a few it cannot even find. I was in a cafe the other day and my friend's laptop and Nokia connected to its WiFi network and my G2X could not even find it... (( So, the problem is, some networks it recognizes but does not connect to (it sticks to "obtaining internet IP..." and then disconnects) and some it cannot even recognize. But to most networks it connects no problem (my home included)... What could be the problem? Can anyone help me?
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If you have not messed with the ROM and are having this problem - try TMo tech support first, then ask for a replacement if not fixed.
I have had excellent WiFi performance with stock ROM and EB Froyo's and GB (with and without kernels) - WiFi always worked OK. Could be bad unit - it should work!
My wifi has worked flawlessly, but I think it may depend on the router. I recently bought a wifi repeater to use on the other side of my house and when I connect to that, the G2x will disconnect from wifi after about 15 minutes of idle time, like previous posts have said. I switch back to my regular router and it never disconnects.
I have also notice the problem to.
rem736 said:
it's good that your wifi problem was fixed with the G2xFixWi-Fi app. but that only fixes the dns problem.
there is another wifi problem where if the phone is in idle for a while and you wake it up, you see from the indicators at top there is no wifi icon and that it is trying to connect 4g but doesn't succeed. the 4g icon flashes on briefly and disappears.
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I am experiencing this same issue. My phone is rooted with no roms. This just started happening within the last week. Does anyone know of a fix for this yet besides possibly factory resetting?
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I am experiencing this same issue. My phone is rooted with no roms. This just started happening within the last week. Does anyone know of a fix for this yet besides possibly factory resetting?
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This sounds like normal behavior honestly. What is your wifi sleep policy set to? By default the wifi radio turns off when the screen is turned off and then turns back on when the screen turns on.
G2X CM7
Thanks for responding. I have it set to "when screen turns off." The weird thing is I never noticed it do the little switcheroo before. Also, I have Juice Plotter just for fun and it used to show wifi for most of the night when I'm sleeping and the phone is charging. And now it shows APN during that time. I guess it was messing up before and now it's doing what it's supposed to.
Can you enlighten me on a myth, I heard that the wifi consumes less power than the APN or 4G. Is this true or false?
Thanks again
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Thanks for responding. I have it set to "when screen turns off." The weird thing is I never noticed it do the little switcheroo before. Also, I have Juice Plotter just for fun and it used to show wifi for most of the night when I'm sleeping and the phone is charging. And now it shows APN during that time. I guess it was messing up before and now it's doing what it's supposed to.
Can you enlighten me on a myth, I heard that the wifi consumes less power than the APN or 4G. Is this true or false?
Thanks again
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With a LTE or Wimax phone, I think so. With a phone using hspa+, I don't think so.
Did you try.
Did you set it like I do, WI-FI never sleep. Because where I live
T-MOBIL had no cell service. Well, Very spotty coverage.
Also check how many people in you're neighborhood are on your same channel. And change yours.
Look in mark there's a free APP that's a WI-FI analyzer.
And change to one
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My wifi is acting weird. It does a loop whenever i have a WPA/WPA2 settings on my home wifi but works when i have it disabled. :S It was alright with stock froyo and stock GB i uploaded from LG. then i flashed Xboarders OTA 1.2.2 GB and this happens.
Can any1 give an insight how to fix this ? =(
im having the same problem, i bought the g2x the day it came out (when it had froyo before gingerbread came out) and never had a problem leaving my wifi on 24/7 it wasnt until the update for gingerbread came out that this problem started happening, it really sucks for me since im using my g2x as an AT&T phone for now all i get is 2g speeds
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also something i tried and worked was turn wifi off, turn off your phone and turn it back on then go to menu>settings> wireless & network>wi-fi settings>check connect to wifi and check connect to wifi that worked for me (holding the phone in landscape mode (horizontally) ) i add that in because one time i was turing the wifi on in that order it didnt work i dropped my phone and picked it back up in landscape mode and wifi was connected. im not sure if anything i said helped anyone at all but hope i didnt waste anyones time
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I have noticed this with EVERY ROM I used in the past, and I am still noticing it now. When I Wifi tether (I think it is when I WiFi tether for a long time) the EV connection drops, reconnects, then tries to send/receive data, fails to do so, then drops again. This happens until I turn airplane mode on and then off. Most of the time, this doesn't even work. Yes, I do have USB debugging on. In case you are wondering, I am running Cellular South 2.1 "DangerRom 2.1" with a few mods (Just removed GSD.apk) anyone know what to do to fix this?
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Anyone?
I can't really say I've experienced this...not sure..
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I'm suddenly experiencing it. Investigation would be really nice, if anyone is willing to help. But mine is using mns. PRi 2.11_02 or whatever it is, from DC 1.1b5, and RegawMOD 2.1t is the rom I use.
Not sure if it would have anything to do with it, but try to see if it has anything to do with the amount of bandwidth you are using on it when it happens. I know CS doesn't usually mess with anyone tethering, but if your using a significant amount of bandwidth, they might be pushing your data off the network for a minute.
Reason being because I have noticed that the phone MUST have some kind of throttling going on when it's data just to the phone (how many times have you waited for youtube to start and then it has to sit and cache in the middle of the video) Yet, if I tether I get up to 6mbps, and can stream video like crazy. At the same time if I connect my phone via wifi, (to my 6mbps dsl) I get the good speeds and streaming,etc. Just my 2cents.
I was thinking it was a carrier security measure as well. Sometimes, I can turn on airplane mode and the problem is fixed (for a little while at least). Another thing, It will not just drop once and then reconnect. It will keep dropping and reconnecting every 3 or 4 seconds until I stop tethering for a little while. I also noticed that, when I experience this problem, I can use the internet on my phone with no problem, but once I try to tether, it starts messing up again. Maybe we can find a way to trick the network/ROM from knowing its tethering? I don't know.
Edit: "I have noticed that the phone MUST have some kind of throttling going on when it's data just to the phone" What do you mean by "throttling"?
So I love my Atrix 2, btu my only complaint is that the WiFi doesn't automatically reconnect when I get within range of my home or work WiFi. Anyone else have this issue?
My phone does reconnect with wifi reliably but I have had it fail to connect automatically with my car Bluetooth on a few occasions prompting me to manually connect.
Overall, I have been impressed with the ease of connecting, range and speed of my wifi.
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So I love my Atrix 2, btu my only complaint is that the WiFi doesn't automatically reconnect when I get within range of my home or work WiFi. Anyone else have this issue?
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I dont leave my wifi on for it to be able to do that so its a non-issue for me. I just run switchpro widget and enable wifi when i know im within range and it connects everytime, and fast too.
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planoman said:
My phone does reconnect with wifi reliably but I have had it fail to connect automatically with my car Bluetooth on a few occasions prompting me to manually connect.
Overall, I have been impressed with the ease of connecting, range and speed of my wifi.
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Yep same here. I use tasker to schedule my wifi/BT connections. The new wifi on this thing takes so long to disconnect from my new 802.11n router, that my truck's radio gives up on trying to connect when i turn the key on lol. So i have to start the truck, haul ass down my street, or manually connect bluetooth.
Is your Wi-Fi turning Off completely? Or just not reconnecting. I was having the issue of Wi-Fi Turning Off when at home and Wi-Fi is around so I wound up exchanging it for a new one and that issue has gone away so far. Plus it had a bad battery too, when I returned it the chick at Best Buy Noticed a bubble in the battery. That was fun yea considering I had it under my pillow last night and when I woke up the damn thing was like 100 degrees.
I leave my Wi-Fi on when I go to work it automatically connects then once I get home it automatically connects. Weird that your having that problem. Go to Wi-Fi settings then once in click the menu button and click advanced then go to Wi-Fi sleep policy and set it to never.
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I leave my Wi-Fi on when I go to work it automatically connects then once I get home it automatically connects. Weird that your having that problem. Go to Wi-Fi settings then once in click the menu button and click advanced then go to Wi-Fi sleep policy and set it to never.
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I just changed the sleep pattern. Let's see if that correct it.
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I just changed the sleep pattern. Let's see if that correct it.
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Post if it works.
So far so good. The true test will be when I get home tonight if the system logs into my wifi at home. *fingers crossed*
Edit: Yup, it worked.
Mine did that too but I recently did a factory reset and it connects automatically now as long as the wifi is on.
Glad it worked.
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I'm having an odd problem with my WiFi..
I use all Ubiquity Access points (UniFI) and the Atrix 2 is having the same problem the Droid X does, which is that it will connect, work fine for about 2 minutes, then stop passing data all together until wifi is turned off and back on.
With the DX, it was a problem with its chipset and drivers interacting with certain access points (Atheros). The problem was identified by Verizon, but never fixed in 2.2.x with any 2.3 updates having never been tested by me so far.
Is any one else experiencing similar difficulties with their Atrix 2? If so what type of AP is it connecting to if you know.
Running CM7.2 Alpha 8 on my i5800 and I can connect to wifi great! When I change location all I see is the connections at the past location (as if a screen shot) that are miles away and none of what is around me. Turning off and back on wifi clears then I can see the new wifi and I can connect to them. Wifi fixers do not help. Wifi is set to never sleep.
Wifi Analyzer seems to take screen shot and then never will refresh showing the nets from the days before until I do the same to the wifi in wireless and network settings. I'm I the only one getting this. Same doing the update as well as Odin.
I love this Rom the battery life is awesome.
Thanks for all the work, I would have toss the phone if it was't for usability you gave to it. Sorry for the bad english, USA stuck using edge.
Cuatico said:
Running CM7.2 Alpha 8 on my i5800 and I can connect to wifi great! When I change location all I see is the connections at the past location (as if a screen shot) that are miles away and none of what is around me. Turning off and back on wifi clears then I can see the new wifi and I can connect to them. Wifi fixers do not help. Wifi is set to never sleep.
Wifi Analyzer seems to take screen shot and then never will refresh showing the nets from the days before until I do the same to the wifi in wireless and network settings. I'm I the only one getting this. Same doing the update as well as Odin.
I love this Rom the battery life is awesome.
Thanks for all the work, I would have toss the phone if it was't for usability you gave to it. Sorry for the bad english, USA stuck using edge.
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Same happens to me running CM7.2. When I reach a new location, I have to reboot to get WiFi to work again.
At least one of the things it does is stop the phone going into the deep sleep. Based on CPU spy my phone had no deep sleep at all. When I turn it off my phone started going to deep sleep.
Not using that feature again. Good to know. Try it yourself.
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This may in fact be the issue I have been having. After around an hour or so (seemed to vary) the WiFi seemed to stop working. The WiFi symbol was still there and even doing a ipconfig check all the "numbers" came back correct yet there really was no connection.
I am going to give this a try and really hope it works. This issue has had me contemplating returning the phone, which I really don't want to do.
Funny thing is, if this works it was not part of the solution that HTC recomended me trying to fix the problem.
Maybe this is connected to the push notification problems that the phones are having while on WiFi.
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I had that option checked and I noticed my battery life sucked. When checking usage I saw "Android OS" had used 25%. I turned it off and it dropped to 5% or less
After turning this on last night I have not had to "toggle" the WiFi on and off like I had to do before. I am not quite convinced this fixed the issue but it seems to have a shot.
Only weird thing is after leaving WiFi on all night I checked the battery status to see what was using it and there was a large gap of the WiFi not using any battery but again I never had to toggle so I guess I am not sure what that means. Was the WiFi off during that time and I would have received no emails etc... Or was it really connected.
I am wondering if any of this may also have to do with my router. My previous phone would also loose connection to WiFi but no where near as often. However my other devices using WiFi (PS3, GoogleTV, TV. etc..) have never had an issue of loosing connection. So I am sticking to it is the phones fault
Ok so it seems many people have some complaints about the WiFi on the One X but from what I have found, no one has the same problem as me.
When using WiFi after around an hour or so (seems to vary) of not being used the WiFi seems to loose connection, but it still says its connected and the only way you can tell it really isn't working is by trying to use the net in some way.
I turned on the "best WiFi performance" option and that seemed to stop the connection loss but really eats up the battery. So that is not a full time option.
I wonder if i should be taking this phone back and exchanging it (once they leave customs)
I also have an issue where when I put the phone in the car dock (unfortunately not the nice one that connects with the back contacts like I thought I had ordered but one that uses USB) when I take it out my lock screen no longer shows the weather when you hit the power button, I have to go back into the personalize settings and change it to another lock screen and then change it back.
Some detail: when connection is lost the phone is sitting in the same spot which is only about 3 feet away from the router. My previous TC Aria running CM7 would also lose connection occasionally but it was no where near as often as this. I thought that maybe it was my router seeing that its an old Linksys WRT54G Ver2 but no other devices that use WiFi have this issue. I updated to the leaked 1.82?? version but I still have all the same problems.
Anyone else have this issue? Think I should exchange?