Maybe its just the fact that it's a phone. But I have a 5 ghz network at home and the galaxy s2 cannot detect the network from 10-15 feet away. I have to move as close as 5 feet before it detects the network. Oddly enough though it can maintain the connection as I move away to my room.
Not a big deal because I have 2 routers with one with 5 and the other 2.4 ghz for the phone, but just saying that I dunno why the range detection for 5 ghz networks is so poor.
I have a dual band router and my phone seems to detect both fine. Although the 2.4ghz is more reliable.
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Yeah, I have the same problem. I move away from room, where the router is, and my phone can't detect the 5ghz band. 2.4ghz no problem even outside of my house. I wonder if this is an issue with all Skyrockets.
it might be the nature of 'wireless N' itself, I think N is most efficient the farther away from the router you are provided signal strength is sufficient.
maybe you're getting interference somewhere near your router?
5Ghz bands by nature have a relatively smaller range. I have an E4200 v2 router, which is a high end linksys router and i use the 5ghz for N band because i stream a lot of HD from my computer to apple tv, or do a lot or LAN transfers. My E4200 5ghz is easily available in my entire house, but it always has 1 bar less than my 2.4ghz connection. The fact that 20 feet away you don't get the signal is your router not being very powerful (unless you have 10 walls seperating you from router). I would suggest to put the router in a central point in your house, elevated. I have stairs that go down to the basement in the middle of my house and i stuck velcro and glued it to my ceiling. I have a 2 story house + basement and i can get the signal very well 40ft away
You can also use an app called Wifi analytics to scan for interference and see if you have clogued up channels
Yeah I'm aware that 5 Ghz networks have worse range than the 2.4, but I use the 5 GhZ in on my dlink because of all the 2.4 in my building. inSSIDer shows that I'm the only 5 Ghz around my floors. Less interference is always good. Plus my laptop's network card (intel 6300) has no problems detecting and connecting to it. Same with my HP touchpad.
I guess it's just the nature of the phone itself. Which is why I have 2 routers (basically a dual band).
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Hi all,
I have a Netgear N600 router and when I got my tablet on the weekend I couldn't connect to my network, found out that the tablet wasn't seeing my network at all so changed channels from 13 to 2 and it picked it up and connected. The lower channels are fairly congested round me and Wifi Analyser has always suggested moving to the higher numbers which my Galaxy Nexus has no problems connecting to and communicating with.
Is there anything that I can do to enable the higher channels on the Infinity? I'm in HK and there are no regulatory reasons why we can't use the higher channels (I vaguely remember being told that they're off limits in some countries). Is this a hardware or software limitation on the Infinity?
Thanks
I run mine on ch 1 normally but switched to 11 which is highest my Linksys E3200 goes. Ran Speedtest from outside my house (direct path to router through 5 residential drywalls @ ~80 feet) and still hit 10MBps down/1 up which is max for my ADSL. There is one other household on ch 11 about 300 feet from my router. I always check local overlap with netstumbler on my laptop it gives much better results. I can see 3 more networks from netstumbler that WiFi Analyzer doesnt register.
I live in an apartment complex so am surrounded by other people's WiFi networks (about15) and their other electrical devices causing interference, they're fairly well spread across the channels but annoyingly channel 14 seems to be wide open with no overlaps and while my Nexus has no issues, my Asus can't see it so unless I can somehow unlock the upper channels it's going to remain unloved and unused, a real waste.
That sux. Maybe you could help educate everyone in your complex on wifi overlap and power settings to improve everyones lives a little.
The Wifi Range on the 5Ghz is really low. WTF! The signal does not hold just out of the room from where the wifi router is kept. I tested it with wifi analyzer and the signal just drops. To double check I used my Samsung Tablet with 5Ghz band and Laptop with 5Ghz card at the same distance. They work just fine and get full range and speed. 2.4Ghz works okay. But there is lot of congestion in my apartment. So I use 5Ghz. The router is Asus N66U Dual band.
1) I have latest router firmware.
2) WPA2- Personal
3) 5Ghz is running on 20/40Mhz bandwidth in the 157-161 channel.
4) Running stock rooted CM11S.
metaldood said:
The Wifi Range on the 5Ghz is really low. WTF! The signal does not hold just out of the room from where the wifi router is kept. I tested it with wifi analyzer and the signal just drops. To double check I used my Samsung Tablet with 5Ghz band and Laptop with 5Ghz card at the same distance. They work just fine and get full range and speed. 2.4Ghz works okay. But there is lot of congestion in my apartment. So I use 5Ghz. The router is Asus N66U Dual band.
1) I have latest router firmware.
2) WPA2- Personal
3) 5Ghz is running on 20/40Mhz bandwidth in the 157-161 channel.
4) Running stock rooted CM11S.
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You are comparing your phone with 2 devices that have at least twice the length of wifi antennas inside their chassis. What would you expect, seriously?
I have the same issue. Funny thing is the lower band 5ghz channels work better but still not like the SGS4 did. I notice the signal drops quick and the disconnects... It's messed up.
echo this... very non consistent 5ghz range as compared to both a nexus 5, galaxy s4 where both of those phones in my house have consistent 5g wireless connectivity.
i had to drop down to 2.4ghz to maintain connection on the OPO
I have zero problems with my two devices connecting to my 5gHz network at home. Always connects, always consistent.
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Hello guys,
I just received my Motorola Photon Q mobile. Asked Cornholio to do the SIM mod.
Tested my new phone yesterday with carbonROM . Well I Must say all looks good except wifi.
Wifi speed is showing me 1Mbps
My old xperia mini pro is showing me someting around 70Mbps. My wife has got new mobile too ( Lenovo Vibe X2 ) and she has 150Mbps.
Even her old Iphone 4S is showing her 70Mbps or so.
So it looks like there is some problem with my new phone.
My router is Netgear JWNR2000V2.
Do you guys have some experience with this ?
Thanks a lot
Is it actually slow?
You won't get 150 or even 70 mbps as the phone doesn't do 802.11n IIRC. G is limited to 54mbps, and that is 'ideal'. Also the phone doesn't do the 5ghz band, so you are limited to 2.4ghz.
Unless you wifi speeds are actually slow, who cares what it says it is connected at.
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Is it actually slow?
You won't get 150 or even 70 mbps as the phone doesn't do 802.11n IIRC. G is limited to 54mbps, and that is 'ideal'. Also the phone doesn't do the 5ghz band, so you are limited to 2.4ghz.
Unless you wifi speeds are actually slow, who cares what it says it is connected at.
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That's not completely right.
It does 802.11n but not the 5GHz band.
It also has only one WLAN antenna, so the speed is limited.
Looking in OpenWRT it shows for my PQ:
RX Rate -> 72.2 Mbit/s, MCS 7, 20MHz
TX Rate -> 65.0 Mbit/s, MCS 7, 20MHz
MCS Index -> http://mcsindex.com/
Btw. it is actually better using 802.11n over 802.11g.
So don't disable 802.11n in your router, consider to disable 802.11b instead.
Well yeah it is slow.
I was not able to connect or load the Google store yesterday on my new Photon Q.
But I must say it is connected. I saw some threads whre ppl were complaining that wifi is connected and disconnected after some time. I do not have this. I have just this connection speed is 1Mbps So watching youtube videos or surfing web on the phone through wifi is not possible at the moment
So I am oging to do some testing today. Hope I will find the problem.
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That's not completely right.
It does 802.11n but not the 5GHz band.
It also has only one WLAN antenna, so the speed is limited.
Looking in OpenWRT it shows for my PQ:
RX Rate -> 72.2 Mbit/s, MCS 7, 20MHz
TX Rate -> 65.0 Mbit/s, MCS 7, 20MHz
MCS Index -> http://mcsindex.com/
Btw. it is actually better using 802.11n over 802.11g.
So don't disable 802.11n in your router, consider to disable 802.11b instead.
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I was never able to get my N network to connect... but I may have been forcing it to 5ghz, which explains why it wouldn't have connected.
I haven't used my Q in a year or so personally, so this was all from memory. Either way, the hardware is 3 years old at this point, so the newest wifi tech is a bit beyond its manufacture date.
@arrrghhh, sadly I cannot disable 802.11g in OpenWRT with my router (a driver limitation I guess) so I cannot test it.
There were also some limitations on wether it connects and if it is stable (a wireless setting "preamble" [short/long] caused me random crashes).
@Jovzin, if I remember right, there have been reports that a defective WiFi antenna might be the problem.
Though, I'm not sure where and how the antenna is connected. I only know that there is a "special plastic" within the phone, which replaces the antenna.
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@arrrghhh, sadly I cannot disable 802.11g in OpenWRT with my router (a driver limitation I guess) so I cannot test it.
There were also some limitations on wether it connects and if it is stable (a wireless setting "preamble" [short/long] caused me random crashes).
@Jovzin, if I remember right, there have been reports that a defective WiFi antenna might be the problem.
Though, I'm not sure where and how the antenna is connected. I only know that there is a "special plastic" within the phone, which replaces the antenna.
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Do you think this will help ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MOTOROLA-PH...7&pid=100005&rk=1&rkt=6&sd=131158027161&rt=nc
Cause I am desperate. I tried now to do the Wifi tether from my wife's new mobile Lenovo vibe X2 the phones were close to each other and still 1Mbps Crap
Did test with my router: When I was about 5 meters away I got 26Mbps. I got closer to router and it drops back to 1-2 Mbps. So really do not know what is happening crap.
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Do you think this will help ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MOTOROLA-PH...7&pid=100005&rk=1&rkt=6&sd=131158027161&rt=nc
Cause I am desperate. I tried now to do the Wifi tether from my wife's new mobile Lenovo vibe X2 the phones were close to each other and still 1Mbps Crap
Did test with my router: When I was about 5 meters away I got 26Mbps. I got closer to router and it drops back to 1-2 Mbps. So really do not know what is happening crap.
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What is your router configured to broadcast? Have you tried changing any of the settings? Are you sure the hardware is OK - did you test it before the SIM modification?
@Jovzin, it might help, yes. (Shipping costs are pretty high.)
But first you should open your PQ and take a look.
Maybe CornholioGSM just forgot to attach it correctly and you don't need to replace anything.
Also, please answer to arrrghhhs question.
Are you sure it isn't a power saving function? Try downloading something in the background and then checking the connection speed.
My droid 4 also connects at 1Mbps when the connection is idle. Laptop wireless adapters also commonly do this to save power - they show their unthrottled speed on the wireless panel but you can see it connecting at 1mbps when idle on both the router and 3rd party wireless utils.
Hello some good news.
I did a factory reset.
And now somehow it is working. And I am sure taht I have uncheckd that battery saver for wifi.
But when the phone is idle it is 1Mbps. When I am downloading somethign from store it is 65Mbps. Hmm there is some build in saver ? Which is different than this power saver wifi which I can tick in wifi options ?
Anyway I am happy that somehow it is working
Thanks for help guys
If I may one more question.
It is possible to watch HD youtube videos on PQ ? Cause in youtube app I see only 360p Was hoping that there will be option for 720 at least...
If you enabled 40mhz channel width on the router (you're using 20mhz now), you could double the 65mbps to 130mbps, but this only really works well if you're using 5ghz channel, or have a very quiet 2.4ghz channel, otherwise you're subjected to more interference.
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If you enabled 40mhz channel width on the router (you're using 20mhz now), you could double the 65mbps to 130mbps, but this only really works well if you're using 5ghz channel, or have a very quiet 2.4ghz channel, otherwise you're subjected to more interference.
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Correct.
In 2.4GHz (what the PQ can) it is contraproductive to use 40MHz channel.
It even can be slowed down in a "noisy" environment (I gave it already up).
Also, this is ruthless to your neighbours, so don't.
In 5GHz it is only usable if you can use more than just a few channels.
Even then, it is obvious that most devices are 2.4 GHz and just "a few" can 5GHz (the PQ cannot).
So it actually is not a problem to use 40MHz channel in 5GHz. In future this might change.
Hello everyone,
My wifi router is on level 0 of my house. If I'm upstairs, I have a ****ty bandwith. I tried to do like 5 speedtests in a row, alternate with 5 speedtests with my smartphone (OnePlus One).
My ISP bandwith is 10Mb/s
The speed with my tablet is stuck below 1Mb/s upstairs, opposite to my smartphone results ceiling at 9-10Mb/s.
But when I'm downstairs and up to 5 meters aways from my router I can have that speed on the tablet. Different locations in the house downstairs give me different results. The more I'm far from the router, the less the speed is.
Any idea of what I could do to have the same bandwith anywhere at home ?
Am I condemned to buy a wifi 5Ghz repeter (currently my router is on 2.4Ghz), as I have read that the tablet was designed to work flawlessly with 5Ghz wifi ?
Am I alone with this problem ?
Is this a faulty design problem from nvidia ?
PS : I'm alone on my wifi channel in the neighboorhood, so no congestion is possible.
I'd say, the GHz have nothing to do with it. Rather it may be a structural issue. If you cover the Shield side, the one without the front camera!, you will have a weaker reception. So if you hold the Shield in portrait mode the front camera should be on the bottom for better reception.
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I'd say, the GHz have nothing to do with it. Rather it may be a structural issue. If you cover the Shield side, the one without the front camera!, you will have a weaker reception. So if you hold the Shield in portrait mode the front camera should be on the bottom for better reception.
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So that means everyone is having the problem I have and nobody pointed it before ?
No. It's not a problem but common. If there are lots of walls between your handset and the router the reception drops. Worse, if you cover the interior antennas.
So why does my OnePlus one has no bandwidth drops ? I think it is a big problem if my smartphone gets full bandwidth from my wifi and my tablet does not.
Maybe you don't cover the antennas of your OnePlus one? Or its microwaves output are set much much higher to penetrate lots of walls. Downside, unhealthy for the human body in the long run.
I, for instance, rearranged my router to have a better reception. Only one wall. Hence excellent speed.
Ok did some more testing with my PC and this app to test my WLAN speed.
Just above the router, I'm @ 80Mb/s ... going 5 meters away and more drops the speed to 1Mb/s
Gonna invest in a wifi repeater
Keep in mind, there is metal structure inside the ceilings, which is worse than just walls.
Bottom line, either you get WiFi repeaters or a long cable to set up the router on the same floor.
Hello everyone,
Is anyone of you experience terrible Wi-Fi performance as well?
In our house we have one main router on the ground floor, one more in the 1st floor (no mesh) and an access point in the attic for smart home devices.
When I'm in the garden I can only see the access point and the ground floor router. When I'm connected to the ground floor router the signal is very bad and keeps on disconnecting even though the distance is maybe 15 meters with only one wall in between. I cannot even see the network from the first floor router.
With my OnePlus 9 Pro I was able to see and connect to it, even though the router is on the other side of the house.
Another thing to mention is, that with the OnePlus I could see 10+ networks from surrounding neighbour's and with the Samsung it's only 2.
Im quite happy with the device, but this is really bothering me. I'm not using some crazy case or sth, just the Samsung clear one.
Thanks for reading, any thoughts?
You didn't say if you was on 2G or 5G? Have tested both? What Routers are they? Hard to help without more details about your setup. I have a Netgear AC1750 Router and 2G is crap at around 50mbps on Speed Test and 5G is much better at 250mbps. But it's a single story house with just the sole Router at one end.
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You didn't say if you was on 2G or 5G? Have tested both? What Routers are they? Hard to help without more details about your setup. I have a Netgear AC1750 Router and 2G is crap at around 50mbps on Speed Test and 5G is much better at 250mbps. But it's a single story house with just the sole Router at one end.
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I have separate networks for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. 2.4 is better for range and my internet is only 50mbit so speed doesn't really matter to me. Main router is a fritzbox and the second router is from some cheap brand. The setup shouldn't really matter though because it is still working fine with my OnePlus.
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I have separate networks for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. 2.4 is better for range and my internet is only 50mbit so speed doesn't really matter to me. Main router is a fritzbox and the second router is from some cheap brand. The setup shouldn't really matter though because it is still working fine with my OnePlus.
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That's still kinda vague. What router models are they? Also, if you're running multiple routers, you're going to have problems. In a non-mesh environment, the second router should be configured as either an access point, or as an extender.
You could also be having an interference problem. Either between your routers and AP or from external interference from any neighbors' networks.
In any case, you'd be better served by swapping out your current equipment and switch to a mesh system. I use Google's Nest Wifi with one router and three mesh access points. However, there are several other mesh systems that work well.
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That's still kinda vague. What router models are they? Also, if you're running multiple routers, you're going to have problems. In a non-mesh environment, the second router should be configured as either an access point, or as an extender.
You could also be having an interference problem. Either between your routers and AP or from external interference from any neighbors' networks.
In any case, you'd be better served by swapping out your current equipment and switch to a mesh system. I use Google's Nest Wifi with one router and three mesh access points. However, there are several other mesh systems that work well.
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Thank you for your comment.
The main router is a AVM FRITZ!Box 7590 AX (Amazon) and the secondary is a cheap Tenda AC6 AC1200 (Amazon). Having multiple routers in a a non-mesh environment shouldn't really be a problem. The Tenda is connected via LAN interface, providing it's own network with its own SSID. It's only for a few devices very close by.
I know there can occur problems due to interferences, but I didn't think it was a problem because the Samsung is the only device having issues. I can try messing with the bands, but honestly I don't think it's going to change anything.
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Thank you for your comment.
The main router is a AVM FRITZ!Box 7590 AX (Amazon) and the secondary is a cheap Tenda AC6 AC1200 (Amazon). Having multiple routers in a a non-mesh environment shouldn't really be a problem. The Tenda is connected via LAN interface, providing it's own network with its own SSID. It's only for a few devices very close by.
I know there can occur problems due to interferences, but I didn't think it was a problem because the Samsung is the only device having issues. I can try messing with the bands, but honestly I don't think it's going to change anything.
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Your setup overly complicated. You are essentially running three SSIDs (One for the FRITZiBox, one for the Tenda, and one for the attic AP). Either reconfigure the Tenda as an access point, or pull it out completely. The problem seems to be the handoff between your primary and secondary router. Your primary router should be able to handle the 1st and 2nd floors easily.
Another question. How many smart home (IoT) devices are connected? The Tenda is capable of only 20 devices. Since the Tenda is upstairs, it's going to have better range than the downstairs router (there is a reason why people tend to place antennas higher up). The AP in the attic is not a router and if it is connected to the Tenda via LAN, the Tenda may be running short on capacity. Since it is higher up, your S22U is probably trying to connect to that device.
The way I see it, you have three options:
1. Install a mesh setup. You have one router, with two mesh points (one on the 2nd floor, one in the attic) running one SSID on both 5GHz and 2GHz bands.
2. Remove the Tenda and move your AP to the 2nd floor. The AP can easily handle the smart home devices, and provide WiFi to the second floor and attic. It will also reduce you down to two SSIDs.
3. Remove the Tenda, move the FRITZiBox to the second floor and connect it to your internet modem (or whatever device you get internet through) via LAN (you said the LAN is already run between 1st and 2nd floors). Connect the attic AP to the FRIZTiBox (via LAN). That should give you enough WiFi coverage and reducing to two SSIDs.
1 billion issues can cause wifi problem....
1) airport\military base near you
2) powerfull microwave
3) neighbor on the same channel
4) device power management
5) bad case (bad plastic - put in microwave...if it heats its BAD)
6) bad antenna inside of device (return it to factor)
8) in-wall powerline 240v
etc...
buy ZYXEL
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Running an Asus RT-AC68U router. I get good 5Ghz signal in every room, the basement, the garage and in the car behind the garage.
Not sure what the issue is but it could be your device.
I highly recommend upgrading to a Wifi6 environment if you have a S22 (but not necessarily Wifi6e). The S22's support 160MHz channels which allows for up to a 2.4Gig multi-stream connection with your phone. My phone will connect anywhere from 1.2-2.4gig in/outside my house depending upon where I'm at in relation to my router. My internet is only 500/500, however, I noticed wifi was much snappier with my S22u over my older Wifi6 phone which used 80MHz channels.