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Issue with Wifi Tether disconnecting?

Not sure if it's a computer, ROM, Phone, or app issue, but after a few minutes or so of being connected via wifi tether, it just stops working. According to the phone, I'm still connected, but the upload/download numbers reset to zero and pages stop loading in my laptop browser. The only fix I have is to disable wifi tether and re-enable it.
Any idea what would be causing this? I'm on Fresh 2.0d and have whatever version of wifi tether came on the ROM.

Scooley01 said:
Not sure if it's a computer, ROM, Phone, or app issue, but after a few minutes or so of being connected via wifi tether, it just stops working. According to the phone, I'm still connected, but the upload/download numbers reset to zero and pages stop loading in my laptop browser. The only fix I have is to disable wifi tether and re-enable it.
Any idea what would be causing this? I'm on Fresh 2.0d and have whatever version of wifi tether came on the ROM.
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It's actually shutting off your data connection. If you take a look your data becomes dormant. If you turn of data and then turn it back it works again. I think it may be with the version. I just saw I had 2.0 and I'm going to put 1.6 back on. I'll let you know if it fixes the problem.

Here is the link for 1.6
http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/wireless_tether_1_60_htc.apk
If you put on your sdcard and install using a file explorer it will change the script that is used and work.

Actually, I just checked, and I'm already running 1.6. Any other suggestions? Haha

are you getting a or making a telephone call when it conks out?
R

When ever your data goes to 0 is Ev in status bar white or gray? Might try doing adb logcat when you start up wifi tether or when you have the problem. I don't know what is causing the problem, but whever I turn off mobile networks and turn it back on it works fine after that.
I'm doing a logcat and using my wifi tether right now to see if I still have the problem.
Might try removing the one off your phone and push the one from the link above.

RTessi said:
are you getting a or making a telephone call when it conks out?
R
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I was having the exact same problem. Read the 2nd post..No. No calls or messages or anything when it happened to me.

[Q] Xoom 3G - Wifi not working after ICS Update

Has anyone else experienced this? The update downloaded and installed just fine. All apps seem to run fine, just cannot connect to my wifi network. In fact it doesn't seem to even see any networks.
I did not have my device activated for a Verizon Data Plan, and when I try and go through the "Activate Device" process that fails as well.
Thanks

bc14nj said:
Has anyone else experienced this? The update downloaded and installed just fine. All apps seem to run fine, just cannot connect to my wifi network. In fact it doesn't seem to even see any networks.
I did not have my device activated for a Verizon Data Plan, and when I try and go through the "Activate Device" process that fails as well.
Thanks
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Which update did you apply, was it an OTA update or one you found someplace else either on XDA or grabbed from the web?
As far as I know the only working update for a 3g Xoom is going out OTA to testers, and no one has grabbed a link for the zip install, so what did you install?

richardjr said:
Which update did you apply, was it an OTA update or one you found someplace else either on XDA or grabbed from the web?
As far as I know the only working update for a 3g Xoom is going out OTA to testers, and no one has grabbed a link for the zip install, so what did you install?
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I installed the OTA using the trick to stop Google Framework Services and force the update check.

Before I have you go and do a whole bunch of crazy stuff, let me ask the simple question...have you rebooted your tablet and tried WiFi again?
Also, just so I understand the exact problem, is it that WiFi won't turn on, or is it that it does turn on but just doesn't find any WiFi networks?

Seems okay here. Unrooted and relocked and manually applied updates one by one.

oldblue910 said:
Before I have you go and do a whole bunch of crazy stuff, let me ask the simple question...have you rebooted your tablet and tried WiFi again?
Also, just so I understand the exact problem, is it that WiFi won't turn on, or is it that it does turn on but just doesn't find any WiFi networks?
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It's that it doesn't find any networks.
EDIT: works now, for some reason after the update wifi was set to 5GHz only and couldn't find any networks. Setting it to Auto resolves the issue. Strangely also the Verizon 3g works now as well.
Thanks for the responses.

wifi not working after Jelly Bean update
My Xoom tablet (Wi-Fi only) just got an OTA update to Jelly Bean.
The Wi-Fi network has stopped working. The network is found and shows as "saved". If I tell the tablet to forget the connection, it will re-save it but it will not process the "connect" command. I am trying to connect to an open hotel network while on business travel. I was connected to this network during the upgrade but now I can't reconnect. I've rebooted and it doesn't do anything different.
Also, when the tablet boots, it still displays the ICS splash screens but after it boots, it has all the new Jelly Bean features.
I am currently unable to use the tablet at all for networking since it does not have any cellular capability.
What now????
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UPDATE: After sitting with Wi-Fi turned off and sleeping for about 20 minutes, the Wi-Fi now is working. I didn't touch anything. Previously, it wouldn't load the network and I rebooted it at least 4 times. Weird. but now it's working so I'm happy...

[Q] Wifi and messagimg problem

Hello.
Yesterday I decided to try out ICS and then upgrading to JB... I flashed the roms correctly but the wifi wasn't working at all so I went back to stock and the wifi wasn't working either! The weird thing is that I'm connected to the wifi and it says connected but I don't have internet connection and my laptop does has internet connection so I don't know what it is...3g is working well but my wifi is not. Also the text messages arent working well. For example I send a message at 7:10 am and when someone answers I get the message at 9:11 but it's actually 7:11 am so they go on top of the message I just sent instead of going down like it's supposed in a conversation.
Thanks in advance.

budowski said:
Hello.
Yesterday I decided to try out ICS and then upgrading to JB... I flashed the roms correctly but the wifi wasn't working at all so I went back to stock and the wifi wasn't working either! The weird thing is that I'm connected to the wifi and it says connected but I don't have internet connection and my laptop does has internet connection so I don't know what it is...3g is working well but my wifi is not. Also the text messages arent working well. For example I send a message at 7:10 am and when someone answers I get the message at 9:11 but it's actually 7:11 am so they go on top of the message I just sent instead of going down like it's supposed in a conversation.
Thanks in advance.
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if that doesn't work, you will need to start over...from the beginning

qkster said:
you may need to factory reset the device.
back up your data.
take stuff you want off the sdcard and take out microSD card.
factory reset
if that doesn't work, you will need to start over...from the beginning
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I did the factory reset and nothing... What can I do now?

Infuse 4G and mobile hotspot hangup

Hi
I am using GB 2.3.6 custom stock. At first I was using just the factory downloaded version of 2.3.6. With either one, I have been having an issue with the hotspot. It works for about an hour. Then there seems to be a data hangup. I check the phone and it looks fine. Great data connection it seems. So I try turning off the "mobile AP" hotspot, and it shows "error". No problem. I put the phone into Flight Mode and then back again. Data connection reconnects. Then the hotspot will turn back on. An hour later, I get the same hangup and have to do this all over again.
I don't know if this has something to do with 2.3.6 GB. But I recently had a CarbonRom 4.2.2 installed and hated it. But the hotspot worked constantly. Never had to reset it. I personally like the GB 2.3.6 and wouldn't mind upgrading to something very similar to it if it would solve this hotspot problem.
Any ideas how to fix this?

joem789 said:
Hi
I am using GB 2.3.6 custom stock. At first I was using just the factory downloaded version of 2.3.6. With either one, I have been having an issue with the hotspot. It works for about an hour. Then there seems to be a data hangup. I check the phone and it looks fine. Great data connection it seems. So I try turning off the "mobile AP" hotspot, and it shows "error". No problem. I put the phone into Flight Mode and then back again. Data connection reconnects. Then the hotspot will turn back on. An hour later, I get the same hangup and have to do this all over again.
I don't know if this has something to do with 2.3.6 GB. But I recently had a CarbonRom 4.2.2 installed and hated it. But the hotspot worked constantly. Never had to reset it. I personally like the GB 2.3.6 and wouldn't mind upgrading to something very similar to it if it would solve this hotspot problem.
Any ideas how to fix this?
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I guess, if it is a problem with Gingerbread (or at least with one of their system apps), not much one can do.
Since you tried the AOSP thing and hated it, only thing I can suggest is a third party hotspot app. I don't use hotspot, so I don't have any recommendations (my mobile data quota is too low ), however Google Play can probably help with that.
Btw, this thread patches a separate problem with tethering in Gingerbread (how the packets are routed with your carrier in case you have a separate/unlimited tethering plan).
Hope this helps.

Need help with hotspot

I recently had my Sprint Note 5 Unlocked. Now I am looking for my hotspot button and its not here. I can manually search for the hotspot and find it in settings. When I turn it on it says its on. But I get no icon on my status bar. I see it in other devices but it will not connect.
Anyone else have this problem or any solutions?

TroyS0326 said:
I recently had my Sprint Note 5 Unlocked. Now I am looking for my hotspot button and its not here. I can manually search for the hotspot and find it in settings. When I turn it on it says its on. But I get no icon on my status bar. I see it in other devices but it will not connect.
Anyone else have this problem or any solutions?
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Know what you might need to do? Install foxfi, the free version- and then run the hotspot from that app. After that, the config that app sets up might fix your issue.
If that does not work, try to sideload the foxfi key app. Now that is a paid app, so if you want to go through other means to get it that is up to you. Then, use the main foxfi app again. It should work.
I noticed that foxfi has some type of certificate a few years ago, that fixes issues that can come from using root to enable native tethering. It worked then, and it worked for me now on an SM-N920P.
Let me know if it works.

I researched and tried everything I could but running GSM on our CDMA phone simply would never let me increase number of connections above 1. You can change it up to 10 IF you don't care about GSM phone calls and switch the radio to the regular Cdma/lte/auto. I just did that since I did not want or need calls while I was using it as my homes wifi source.