So I've had my Nexus 5 for roughly around a month and I hadn't experienced any issues others have had with wifi not connecting until now. My N5 will show im connected to my home wifi with full bars, but going into quick settings shows it to be orange. Suggesting there's no data transfer, I cannot use any internet based apps with wifi. I've tried some suggestions, switching my router off then on, rebooting the phone, turning some settings off in the advanced panel in wifi settings. All have failed.
I was just wondering if anyone else has this problem and if anyone has a fix to it.
Dillllz said:
So I've had my Nexus 5 for roughly around a month and I hadn't experienced any issues others have had with wifi not connecting until now. My N5 will show im connected to my home wifi with full bars, but going into quick settings shows it to be orange. Suggesting there's no data transfer, I cannot use any internet based apps with wifi. I've tried some suggestions, switching my router off then on, rebooting the phone, turning some settings off in the advanced panel in wifi settings. All have failed.
I was just wondering if anyone else has this problem and if anyone has a fix to it.
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There was a thread around here somewhere that suggested turning off your mobile data helped fix this problem, I think it was in the N5 General forums.....here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550690
Don't know if it'll help or not, just saw your thread and had just looked at the other one, figured I'd toss it out there.
Thanks for the reply, just tried that solution but still no luck.
I have a similar problem except that there are phases of wifi not working.
Sometimes I would have around 20-30 seconds of WiFi not working and there would be no data transfer.
Speeds are still fast when it is working however.
I played a little with only using mobile data and no wifi, and everything worked. (Small sample size however).
Seems like this is a WiFi only issue.
So somehow overnight the wifi has managed to fix itself, will report back if the problem returns.
The issue with the wifi returned unfortunately.
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The issue with the wifi returned unfortunately.
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Don't know if you've tried this but change your WiFi frequency band in advanced setting to either "5 GHz only" or "2.4 GHz only," whatever your router uses. Might be worth a try.
Thanks for the help, but I've tried changing some settings in advanced wifi settings but it hasn't worked. Even what you recommended I've tried that before and it didn't work.
wifi issue
Also I have the same issue - Im connected to router by wi-fi, home and work and time by time (5x a day) wifi stops working. Wifi is enabled in settings, but there is no connection. Restart the cellphone helps, but after that, maybe an hour, it appears again.
Issue was in 4.4 and still appers in 4.4.1.
Yet did not found how to solve it.
I have the same issue on my gnex running shiny 4.4, but I also had the same issue on 4.3. Tried the wifi options, nothing worked. Unfortunately, no solution for this device that has to last one more week. The double swipe down and tapping wifi gets the connection back, but it is only a work around.
The N5 connects seamlessly to my home and work wifi. A few days ago, I flashed the hammerhead factory image, TWRP and the 4.4.1 update.
Nexus 5 - wifi not switch automatically from data
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I have the same issue on my gnex running shiny 4.4, but I also had the same issue on 4.3. Tried the wifi options, nothing worked. Unfortunately, no solution for this device that has to last one more week. The double swipe down and tapping wifi gets the connection back, but it is only a work around.
The N5 connects seamlessly to my home and work wifi. A few days ago, I flashed the hammerhead factory image, TWRP and the 4.4.1 update.
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Hey,
I have the same problem with 4.4.2.(factory rom, no root or not unlocked). Sometimes the wifi not works and get orange. I must put airplane mode to fix it. Its annoying.
But as well happens to me:
When I go out from office or home (where I have wifi connections saved in phone) the phone automatically switch to data plan from carrier. But when I come back the phone stays with data and there is not automatic switch to wifi. Sometimes it help to put wifi off or always airplane mode on/off for a while.
I do not know if it is normal behave of android but I would like have automatic switch to wifi.
I tried to change wifi details (changing bands, etc.) but not helped.
Please help. Thank you.
Is custom ROM or kernel will fix it??
For some unknown reason, as soon as I updated my router's firmware, the problem disappeared.
Updated Android 6.0 solved the issue
Dillllz said:
So I've had my Nexus 5 for roughly around a month and I hadn't experienced any issues others have had with wifi not connecting until now. My N5 will show im connected to my home wifi with full bars, but going into quick settings shows it to be orange. Suggesting there's no data transfer, I cannot use any internet based apps with wifi. I've tried some suggestions, switching my router off then on, rebooting the phone, turning some settings off in the advanced panel in wifi settings. All have failed.
I was just wondering if anyone else has this problem and if anyone has a fix to it.
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So I had the unfortunate experience of having my wifi go down while on vacation and for 3 weeks I spent a good chunk of time wiping and reinstalling multiple versions from Cyanogen, Paranoid android and 4.4 - 5.1 to no avail. I just did another factory wipe today and installed the new Android 6.0
The Finger Pointing Game is OVER
Read through 30+ pages of other android users with similar experience and some people send their units back to LG and some even managed getting a new handset. There was never any hardware issues with my unit I just couldn't turn on the WiFi but after the install WiFi works? Guess next time you push a software update to our Phones CHECK YOUR SH*T google and Maybe DON'T Take 3 months to FIX your F*CK Up.
I have a similar issue. Since Lollipop my phone almost never automatically connects to my WiFi anymore. What's wrong?
Hey guys,
After I finally have Lollipop running on my Z3,I went looking for a better camera app. I ended up with fv5, which is really great.
Unfortunately I can not start it with the original button, this one always starts the Sony camera.
Do you have any idea how to change that? A intense Google search did not help as well.
Second issue of is my wifi. Unlike all other topics I found, it seems not that it will not connect to a certain network. Instead it is connected and does not transfer data. This happens without any initial action.
The problem exists with my home network (2&5 GHz, two ap's with the same network name) and as well in the office at work (where I am the admin) und where we have also two 2&5 GHz ap's.
After a while the icon shows only the "up" arrow and then Internet is gone. After switching off the wifi it immediately connects and works.
Does anybody have a solution for my issues or has equal problems?
Regards,
Matthias
Can anyone help?
Hi all.
I bought an s6 last week (G920F) and am running it on the 3 UK network.
Since getting it the phone will randomly show my location a Cheltenham in the UK, when I'm in fact in Sunderland, c.200+ miles away.
At home on wifi its fine but at work 10 miles away it often shows the wrong location (but when wrong its always Cheltenham).
At times it works ok. I`ve tried going from airplane mode to back and blocking/restarting mobile data and switching off handset and it does seem to eventually change but I cant pinpoint what 'fixes` it. I have tried a full factory reset which hasn't made any difference, but I dont know if this issue is software, handset or just network related....but I know it didnt happen with my 3 UK s4 before I changed.
I do have Location enabled but just on the Network and Wifi setting as I dont want to flatten the battery with GPS.
Anyone have any clues guys ?
Thanks
Robin
Hi guys, so after using spoof location app for 1-2 days (like really less than an hour per day), now my Nexus won't find a location when its set to "Device only". I think it doesn't even connect with any satellites. What I tried is some of the "GPS fix" apps, wiping cache/dalvik, factory reset, new ROM, still the problem persists. The location is working properly on High Accuracy mode, but I need it to work in GPS only mode too...
Any ideas ?
Hey!
I too am facing the exact same problem on my nexus 4. So please post the fix if you find one!
Hello Guys,
I just bought the phone in the title while I was travelling in the USA, I actually live in Italy. This is a Note 10+, the phone works fine, the mobile network work wonderful. The only problem that I have is with the WiFi connection.
Essentially the WiFi has a huge number of packet loss / disconnections, it is not a home wifi issue, as all of my other devices are just working fine. To make sure I also tried two other WiFi networks and I'm always having the same problem.
I already tried to reset the network settings, but that wasn't helpful.
I'm running on N975U1UEU1ASH4, which is the latest firmware available for this model as far as I can see.
I was wondering if anyone else had a similar issue with this phone and found a solution for this problem.
Thank you very much
i'm in the process of setting up my device and wifi keeps dropping (! icon next to the the wifi icon/signal in status bar). it won't auto-reconnect; i have to turn wifi off and on manually for it to work again. minutes later, it'll go down again and i have to toggle again...
this is irritating. has anyone else also experienced this?
No WiFi issues here.
The wifi strength of my note 10 is significantly worse. My previous note 9 had signal in my bedroom or my floor ,but note's 10 signal is very frustrating. Same on Samsung