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[Q] Anyone else Having wifi connection issues with the xoom?

Hey I was wondering if anyone else was having wifi connection issues with the xoom? Every time I use my xoom I have to keep retrying to load the market, webpages and everything else that uses data. Usually have to reload the market around 3-5 times to get it to work. I have tried 2 different routers and stilll the same thing. Please let me know if anyone else is having this issue and if there is a way to fix it. Thanks
P.s. When Im on 3G everything is fine

I get it but only with Market, I assumed it was a market issue.
On. 3G, for me, everything is dog slow, but I never get the Retry box.
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slyty71 said:
Hey I was wondering if anyone else was having wifi connection issues with the xoom? Every time I use my xoom I have to keep retrying to load the market, webpages and everything else that uses data. Usually have to reload the market around 3-5 times to get it to work. I have tried 2 different routers and stilll the same thing. Please let me know if anyone else is having this issue and if there is a way to fix it. Thanks
P.s. When Im on 3G everything is fine
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Mine works perfect with my AT&T U-Verse gateway and tethered to my AT&T captivate. No problems here at all with wifi. Do you have problems with other wifi routers? Go to Starbucks or a friends and see if the same issue occurs. If not, there is something with your router that Xoom does not like.

I'm having WiFi issues as well. I don't have any issues with any other laptops in my house ... but my Xoom ... get very poor signal on WiFi and sometimes doesn't get any connection at all. This is serious buzz kill.

Mine is also choking on wifi. Switch to 3g and no problems. Annoying.
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srafail said:
get very poor signal on WiFi and sometimes doesn't get any connection at all. This is serious buzz kill.
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Hardly surpisring when the antenna is surrounded by glass and plastic

Wifi is suspect on the Xoom. I cannot get a connection to my secure wireless at work but I can connect to the less secure guest wireless network. I also could not initially tether with my phone (TMobile Vibrant) but after I downloaded Mobile AP I was able to tether just fine and have not had any issues since then.

No complaints here to report. I'm pulling in on average a speed of 17mbps download on most days from my home wifi network. Quite the speedy little guy my Xoom is.

WiFi hasnt been a problem for me either.
So far, I've used it on 4 different wireless networks (G and N/G), using various security options and I connect to each without fail. Hell, Ive even seen the Xoom connect to WiFi when driving down the street towards places that I have it configured to see.
I did have some trouble at one point due to my DNS and DHCP servers being offline. I didnt suspect any issues with them, so I spent more time than I should have troubleshooting the Xoom.

slyty71 said:
Hey I was wondering if anyone else was having wifi connection issues with the xoom? Every time I use my xoom I have to keep retrying to load the market, webpages and everything else that uses data. Usually have to reload the market around 3-5 times to get it to work. I have tried 2 different routers and stilll the same thing. Please let me know if anyone else is having this issue and if there is a way to fix it. Thanks
P.s. When Im on 3G everything is fine
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Known problem... see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=985536&highlight=wifi

Always Connecting...
Greetings All,
I have been having issues as well after the update. The wireless always disconnects and connects and doesn't stay connected. No problems with my Droid X or laptop or other device.
Problem is that now I'm getting very close to going over my data plan.
Is there a fix in the works, since it worked perfectly with 3.0
Annoyed...
OS
UPDATE: Uninstalled the leaked Flash 10.2 and that has fixed the problem, somewhat. Still disconnects, but less.

slyty71 said:
Hey I was wondering if anyone else was having wifi connection issues with the xoom? Every time I use my xoom I have to keep retrying to load the market, webpages and everything else that uses data. Usually have to reload the market around 3-5 times to get it to work. I have tried 2 different routers and stilll the same thing. Please let me know if anyone else is having this issue and if there is a way to fix it. Thanks
P.s. When Im on 3G everything is fine
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No it doesnt happen to me.

Glad I found this. Yes mine doea it too. If I linger on a webpage for more than 30 seconds or so, it disconnects. (Yes I have all settings set correctly) same issue with market and now facebook and twitter app after the update. No connection or synchronization failed.
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Wireless issue fixed....
Greetings again,
Even after uninstalling flash, the problem persisted somewhat. I was getting very frustrated and so I reset the xoom to factory settings. A few notes on that. All applications were reinstalled, through the market which is good and bad.
So far, after 2 days of heavy wireless use, not a single drop in wifi connectivity.
Hope this helps...
OS

slyty71 said:
Hey I was wondering if anyone else was having wifi connection issues with the xoom? Every time I use my xoom I have to keep retrying to load the market, webpages and everything else that uses data. Usually have to reload the market around 3-5 times to get it to work. I have tried 2 different routers and stilll the same thing. Please let me know if anyone else is having this issue and if there is a way to fix it. Thanks
P.s. When Im on 3G everything is fine
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So far my wireless is great. I use WP2 Secure at home, a WEP at my parents, and a MAC based approval network at work. All are steady with full bars and no issues.
SleeplessNinja
MyXoomChannel http://www.youtube.com/sleeplessninjas

Its the encrypton protocol, WPA2 with AES will cause problems.
TKIP works.

I also have random issues. Some days its just fine, but other days wifi works and then stops working, usually a reboot fixes it.
Must be some wifi issue.

I have a fully factory stock xoom and have had NO wy fy problems at all! internet conection firm and stable. I intend not to root my zoom untill all the important updates are done and stable. I also am waiting for my 4G card install. I have WPA2 with AES and the xoom conected to it with NO problem

I haven't had any problems with mine whatsoever. I think it could be your router. My Xoom stays connected with my router and I haven't had a single problem so far with connected wifi.
My PS3 needs a router reset every single time I want to play Black Ops though.

ihad this issue. I think it may be hioneycomb and not xoom related because I experienced it on the acer iconia. The good news is that I resolved my connection issue with wifi. On the surface it looks like a dhcp handshake issue so, if you assign your xoom a static ip from your router, the issue goes away and all is good.

Wifi Issue: sell GT7 or wait for ICS

Dear seasoned Xda members,
I love my GT7+ and have enjoyed the versatility of the Android Os (my first device). As I carry the device around and (attempt to) use it at work the size is perfect. However, I have terrible issues with the WIFI. At home there is no issue - but I work in a hospital, and the device is only good for me if it can get WIFI.
Well... in the hospital it will connect to both the "guest" wifi and the "secure" wifi (for which my device has been setup), but in both cases the connection just "dies" after about 2 minutes. The only way to get on again it by re-booting the device.
I had hoped that all of the firmware updates would address the issue - and I have read that some routers are troublesome for the GT7+. Unfortunately I will have little control over what routers are being used.
The device is no use to me if I can't use it at work - and Im wondering if I should sell it or if ICS will resolve the Wifi issue.... I would appreciate any guidance even if its speculation.
[btw the device is entirely stock, not rooted, and using ADW instead of TW]
Cheers!

Here's samsung's ics update list.http://androidandme.com/2012/02/devices/official-samsung-android-4-0-update-list/. You'll probebly have to wait until Q2 or Q3 for ICS, unless someone ports CM9.

bdds13 said:
...You'll probebly have to wait until Q2 or Q3 for ICS, unless someone ports CM9.
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I guess it was my fault to get the WIFI only version thinking it would be easy to switch between networks. Seems like a bug that they should have wrinkled out before shipping a "Wifi-only" device.
In any case, if anyone is looking for another device to play with - shoot me an email (aliota [at] gmail.com)

I had the same issue prior. I bought this Tab twice and with both devices the same thing happened at work aswell. At home it was working perfect. At work any wireless connected but dropped in like 2 minutes. Very Frustrating. I was actually thinking of picking it up again assuming the issue had been fixed..
Malaka_J said:
Dear seasoned Xda members,
I love my GT7+ and have enjoyed the versatility of the Android Os (my first device). As I carry the device around and (attempt to) use it at work the size is perfect. However, I have terrible issues with the WIFI. At home there is no issue - but I work in a hospital, and the device is only good for me if it can get WIFI.
Well... in the hospital it will connect to both the "guest" wifi and the "secure" wifi (for which my device has been setup), but in both cases the connection just "dies" after about 2 minutes. The only way to get on again it by re-booting the device.
I had hoped that all of the firmware updates would address the issue - and I have read that some routers are troublesome for the GT7+. Unfortunately I will have little control over what routers are being used.
The device is no use to me if I can't use it at work - and Im wondering if I should sell it or if ICS will resolve the Wifi issue.... I would appreciate any guidance even if its speculation.
[btw the device is entirely stock, not rooted, and using ADW instead of TW]
Cheers!
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Have you tied to do a factory reset on the device and then reconfigure the wifi connections? I bounce between many wireless networks during my day and the connection is stable.
I did have a few reboots until I set the wifi to turn off with the screen and never to turn off when charging, now the device is rock solid.
I believe that once ICS is dropped there will be some custom firmwares (ROMS) available for the device. Every new device I see posts like this where there is one feature or another that is flaky, once the developers start working their wonders on it the device becomes wonderful. The biggest hold up right now for development is the WiFi driver. Based on history of other devices, eventually that will be overcome as well.

painter_ said:
Have you tied to do a factory reset on the device and then reconfigure the wifi connections? I bounce between many wireless networks during my day and the connection is stable.
I did have a few reboots until I set the wifi to turn off with the screen and never to turn off when charging, now the device is rock solid.
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Interesting... I've tried this in the past without any luck, but will try again. I really want to keep the device because it is quite powerful and the 7" size makes it much more portable than a 10"+ tablet.
Thanks for the feedback.

I have noticed some wifi issues with mine also but they dont seem to big of a deal for what I use mine for. I would really recommend keeping it as it is duel-core, lightweight, can even fit in some pockets.
But rather you keep it or not I suppose depends what you use your tablet for mostly I suppose.

[Resolved] Weird Internet Problem

Hi,
This is a weird Internet problem so I think this is the best place for this.
I have a 1Mbps broadband connection with a Modem+Router.
Now I get download speeds upto 120-130KBps on my PC (connected via LAN), my laptop (via Wifi) and my phone, the Galaxy S2 I9100 (via Wifi again) and my sister's Galaxy S3.
I get smooth surfing speeds with normal loading pages on my PC & Lappy.
The problem is that surfing speed on my and my sister's phone is extremely slow. Be it the Facebook app, Tapatalk app, normal pages in the Stock Browser, Opera Mini, anything.
Everything is slow as a snail.
No background downloads, cloud backups or any network hogging resources run in the background.
Both phones are stock, unrooted, untouched, JB 4.1.2, so no ROM troubles.
Does anyone have an idea as to what the problem might be?
Because it is really weird that download speeds are fine but surfing speeds suck so bad.
Also, if it might help, 3G works excellent on both devices.
And recently I factory resetted/formatted my phone, the S2.
Written by my Silver Axe

Maybe your wireless connection is slow. Is there any downloading in background? Try disconnect one of your connected devices

vj_dustin said:
Hi,
This is a weird Internet problem so I think this is the best place for this.
I have a 1Mbps broadband connection with a Modem+Router.
Now I get download speeds upto 120-130kbps on my PC (connected via LAN), my laptop (via Wifi) and my phone, the Galaxy S2 I9100 (via Wifi again) and my sister's Galaxy S3.
I get smooth surfing speeds with normal loading pages on my PC & Lappy.
The problem is that surfing speed on my and my sister's phone is extremely slow. Be it the Facebook app, Tapatalk app, normal pages in the Stock Browser, Opera Mini, anything.
Everything is slow as a snail.
No background downloads, cloud backups or any network hogging resources run in the background.
Both phones are stock, unrooted, untouched, JB 4.1.2, so no ROM troubles.
Does anyone have an idea as to what the problem might be?
Because it is really weird that download speeds are fine but surfing speeds suck so bad.
Also, if it might help, 3G works excellent on both devices.
And recently I factory resetted/formatted my phone, the S2.
Written by my Silver Axe
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That is a very slow connection.
But you need to troubleshoot it by first: make sure that you have a secure connection between your router and your devices.
So make sure your router is running wpa or wpa2 with a good key.
Next: you should disconnect each device and test network speeds to determine which device is the one causing the issue.
Then if that does nothing you should make sure that you are not too far from your router.
Because that would cause it to drop packets and slow down the transfer speed.

It might seem slow as per worldwide standards, but it actually is good enough to watch YouTube videos at 360p without buffering
Also this is a recent problem and before this everything worked absolutely well.
The security is set as WPA/WPA2.
I've tried sitting next to the router, doesn't make a difference.
I'll check connecting each device one at a time though.
Written by my Silver Axe

vj_dustin said:
It might seem slow as per worldwide standards, but it actually is good enough to watch YouTube videos at 360p without buffering
Also this is a recent problem and before this everything worked absolutely well.
The security is set as WPA/WPA2.
I've tried sitting next to the router, doesn't make a difference.
I'll check connecting each device one at a time though.
Written by my Silver Axe
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I luv the link in your sig! XD
Tha crossroads.

how good is your connectivity >?>
vj_dustin said:
Hi,
This is a weird Internet problem so I think this is the best place for this.
I have a 1Mbps broadband connection with a Modem+Router.
Now I get download speeds upto 120-130kbps on my PC (connected via LAN), my laptop (via Wifi) and my phone, the Galaxy S2 I9100 (via Wifi again) and my sister's Galaxy S3.
I get smooth surfing speeds with normal loading pages on my PC & Lappy.
The problem is that surfing speed on my and my sister's phone is extremely slow. Be it the Facebook app, Tapatalk app, normal pages in the Stock Browser, Opera Mini, anything.
Everything is slow as a snail.
No background downloads, cloud backups or any network hogging resources run in the background.
Both phones are stock, unrooted, untouched, JB 4.1.2, so no ROM troubles.
Does anyone have an idea as to what the problem might be?
Because it is really weird that download speeds are fine but surfing speeds suck so bad.
Also, if it might help, 3G works excellent on both devices.
And recently I factory resetted/formatted my phone, the S2.
Written by my Silver Axe
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the internet browsing speed varies as per the connectivity over wifi... if ur signal level is poor the speed will be much slower than u connection speed.. so check ur wifi range ....

Lgrootnoob said:
I luv the link in your sig! XD
Tha crossroads.
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Hehe, thanks
Lgrootnoob said:
Next: you should disconnect each device and test network speeds to determine which device is the one causing the issue.
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Well I tried the individual connection as well. And the problem persists on both the S2 & S3.
The laptop works just fine. But the surfing on the phones is really bad! While surprisingly downloading or buffering a video is fine.
This is so weird!
I open the Youtube app and it opens slow as hell, loads thumbnails in years then I click a video it takes more time to load but then plays without a hiccup on HQ..
bhaveshmaloo said:
the internet browsing speed varies as per the connectivity over wifi... if ur signal level is poor the speed will be much slower than u connection speed.. so check ur wifi range ....
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Already tried sitting next to the router as well. No luck.

vj_dustin said:
Hehe, thanks
Well I tried the individual connection as well. And the problem persists on both the S2 & S3.
The laptop works just fine. But the surfing on the phones is really bad! While surprisingly downloading or buffering a video is fine.
This is so weird!
I open the Youtube app and it opens slow as hell, loads thumbnails in years then I click a video it takes more time to load but then plays without a hiccup on HQ..
Already tried sitting next to the router as well. No luck.
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Next up is to try a different router or a neighbor's setup to determine if there is an issue with the antenna (or software) between your router and phones.

Lgrootnoob said:
Next up is to try a different router or a neighbor's setup to determine if there is an issue with the antenna (or software) between your router and phones.
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This will take some time since finding another router is tough around here.
I'll try to find another wifi to connect to.
If I make a wifi hotspot on the S3 and connect my S2 to it, will it be a suitable way to test?
Written by my Silver Axe

vj_dustin said:
This will take some time since finding another router is tough around here.
I'll try to find another wifi to connect to.
If I make a wifi hotspot on the S3 and connect my S2 to it, will it be a suitable way to test?
Written by my Silver Axe
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yep.
If it works fine then the router is the issue. (Ping tests)
If it doesn't work fine then you need another router to test.

vj_dustin said:
This will take some time since finding another router is tough around here.
I'll try to find another wifi to connect to.
If I make a wifi hotspot on the S3 and connect my S2 to it, will it be a suitable way to test?
Written by my Silver Axe
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Wifi is weird(it always has been) on all the samsung roms.
Like a user once reported that he sees constant transfer on his phone at his home network but not at work and he even used droidwall to block all connections.

I don't know about that. This problem has occurred only once before and lasted 2-4 days, then automatically resolved. This time it's been almost a week.
Apart from these 10 or so days, I have never had an issue with Wifi.
Also I tried browsing on a wifi hotspot by making S3 a hotspot and using on S2 and vice versa, both worked great.
So it's definitely some issue with the router. But I cannot call someone to replace it because my laptop works just perfect on it's wifi!
So maybe some settings have been altered or messed with?
I can get you some screenshots of the modem interface page that my network provider gives.

This solved my problem.
Linking so that someone else with this annoyingly stupid problem can find a solution too!
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WiFi SUPER confusion, help please

Hey Everyone,
I honestly don't know if this is the right place to ask but I don't know where to start, with you, with google, with comcast, or Netgear. Here is the issue.
We have comcast internet and use a comcast approved Netgear N600 dual band cable modem. My wife and I both have Nexus 5 with Android 5.0. We also have laptops, a Roku 3, and PS 4, all hooked up via wifi.
IN the past month, our wifi on phones has gotten unusable. You try to browse a site, and it takes forever, usually a minute (not forever but long) to load the site, and then the site browses at normal speed. However, if you try to navigate to a NEW site, you have the minute load time, before that site browses normally.
The roku, laptops and PS4 all work perfectly via wifi. I did the speedtest net app on my phone, and it had 50 mb download, 13 mb upload via wifi. So connection speeds are perfect.
Its just that initial minute plus wait to actually have a website load each time, that is bizarre. Any thoughts please? Comcast says its the phone. Netgear says its comcast.
Oh, on ANY other wifi network our phones work perfectly. Love help. Thanks!
John

Have you rebooted the router? Remove power source for 1 minute. Always first thing to try.

rootSU said:
Have you rebooted the router? Remove power source for 1 minute. Always first thing to try.
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Yes, I have rebooted the router. I have also done a hard reset on the router, restoring it to factory defaults, upon which I have to rename our network/set password etc. WHEN I do this, our phones function perfectly for a few hours, then the problem rears its ugly head again.

Certainly sounds like a router issue. Or at least an incompatibility.

rootSU said:
Certainly sounds like a router issue. Or at least an incompatibility.
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How would I look for a compatibility issue? What exactly would I look for, a specification? This router worked fine for the first three months?

Well really what you need to do is troubleshoot by trial and error. If you could perhaps borrow another type of router and run it side-by-side... If it works OK, its a problem with your router and not your phone or Comcast. If it doesn't work, you've ruled out the router and identified an issue either with the phone or Comcast.
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Also try taking other devices both wireless and wired off the network to see if there are any conflicts. If anything has static IP addresses. Confirm they're not the same.

What part is taking so long? Is it the DNS lookup or the actual data transfer? I would run some nslookup commands from a phone to make sure resolution isn't the problem.

croikee said:
Hey Everyone,
I honestly don't know if this is the right place to ask but I don't know where to start, with you, with google, with comcast, or Netgear. Here is the issue.
We have comcast internet and use a comcast approved Netgear N600 dual band cable modem. My wife and I both have Nexus 5 with Android 5.0. We also have laptops, a Roku 3, and PS 4, all hooked up via wifi.
IN the past month, our wifi on phones has gotten unusable. You try to browse a site, and it takes forever, usually a minute (not forever but long) to load the site, and then the site browses at normal speed. However, if you try to navigate to a NEW site, you have the minute load time, before that site browses normally.
The roku, laptops and PS4 all work perfectly via wifi. I did the speedtest net app on my phone, and it had 50 mb download, 13 mb upload via wifi. So connection speeds are perfect.
Its just that initial minute plus wait to actually have a website load each time, that is bizarre. Any thoughts please? Comcast says its the phone. Netgear says its comcast.
Oh, on ANY other wifi network our phones work perfectly. Love help. Thanks!
John
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It's only happening with mobile browsing, correct? Do you have the adblock extension installed? If so, try removing it.

bblzd said:
It's only happening with mobile browsing, correct? Do you have the adblock extension installed? If so, try removing it.
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What is the adblock extension? Is that a program that would be on our phones or the router? This only happens with our phones, correct, but also ONLY on our home network. Any other wifi and our phones work great. At the same time, our laptops and ps4/roku work perfectly fine on our home wifi. Here is the breakdown
HOME:
Roku/PS4/Laptops Work Fine
Our 2 Nexus 5 do not
Other Wifi Networks
Phones work fine
For the first few months our phones worked fine on our home network as well. Its only in the past month or so that they started acting funky. Could it be something with Android 5.0?

It could be something to do with anything. Only you can rule things out.

croikee said:
What is the adblock extension? Is that a program that would be on our phones or the router? This only happens with our phones, correct, but also ONLY on our home network. Any other wifi and our phones work great. At the same time, our laptops and ps4/roku work perfectly fine on our home wifi. Here is the breakdown
HOME:
Roku/PS4/Laptops Work Fine
Our 2 Nexus 5 do not
Other Wifi Networks
Phones work fine
For the first few months our phones worked fine on our home network as well. Its only in the past month or so that they started acting funky. Could it be something with Android 5.0?
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AdBlock Plus is a browser extension. It was a long shot but the exact same symptoms were happening to me when I had that installed on my phone's browser. Internet was working fine but websites would need a good 20-40 seconds before they would load.

I'm putting my money on the router since both your and your wife's phones are acting up. One phone, plausible. Two phones, highly unlikely. Have you tried a factory reset on the router? This could literally be anything from having too many neighbors with wireless devices to some weird improbable scenario with some QoS setting on the router. Short of borrowing a router from someone, a reset might help if things were working fine before.
While each possible scenario that could be causing your grief may be unlikely, the vast amount of possibilities just adds complexity to your situation. I mean, I remember when chipsets from different manufacturers wouldn't play nice together back in the 802.11g days...
Since your connection speed is fine, bandwidth wise, try running a traceroute from your phone to, say, Google or any arbitrary site, and see which hop hangs the longest... (Traceroute is like a glorified ping).
Try setting your DNS server to 8.8.8.8 (you can do that on your phone, in WiFi settings).
Try disabling any form of QoS on the router, or any kind of fancy proprietary features.
Try disabling the SIP firewall on your router.
There's many many things and I'm afraid it's going to be trial and error from here. While we can offer suggestions and assistance, the trial and error part is ultimately on you.

Wifitether router app for tmobile samsung galaxy note 4

I'm trying to get this app to run like it was intended to, I had the ps4 hooked up to it and tmo is still seeing it as I have my hot spot turned on. Does anyone know how to fix this? I'd also like to be able to get a tablet to work with it as well without using it as a hot spot. Any help would be much appreciated

Redsolocup said:
I'm trying to get this app to run like it was intended to, I had the ps4 hooked up to it and tmo is still seeing it as I have my hot spot turned on. Does anyone know how to fix this? I'd also like to be able to get a tablet to work with it as well without using it as a hot spot. Any help would be much appreciated
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It's nothing to do with the app. T-Mobile figured out how to track wifi tethering despite this app. USB tethering to PC with Pdanet still works as long as you hide your tether usage. From there you can broadcast a wi-fi signal, although this method kinda sucks as far as connectivity/speed goes (at least, it does for me and my laptop).

Have there been any work arounds other than this app? Like a ROM or a modified version of the hot spot ?