I was wondering how many people actually use wifi calling? I personally do not always had dropped call issues even stock unrooted. I ask this cuz I read that milestone 6 build 2 has removed to increase Wi-Fi stability. If that's the case maybe it could be excluded from builds till we get another kernal
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I was wondering how many people actually use wifi calling? I personally do not always had dropped call issues even stock unrooted. I ask this cuz I read that milestone 6 build 2 has removed to increase Wi-Fi stability. If that's the case maybe it could be excluded from builds till we get another kernal
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I use is very frequently at home because I don't get very good coverage. I have problems with drops on it, though. I get "Wifi signal lost. Call dropped." but never really took the time to look into the issue, though, due to lack of time.
I also use it a lot at home, because T-Mo's signal is very weak inside our condo. Obviously, my wifi signal is very strong when I'm sitting in the same room as the router, so I don't have issues with dropped calls on wifi.
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I also use it a lot at home, because T-Mo's signal is very weak inside our condo. Obviously, my wifi signal is very strong when I'm sitting in the same room as the router, so I don't have issues with dropped calls on wifi.
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I'm actually near my router when it happens. I have a repeater across the house (with line of sight to the main router) so that I have really good coverage. I don't know if my problem is potentially the router & repeater dropping the call when they re-handshake, if it's my router (it's a tad old) doing something stupid, or if it's a T-Mobile issue. It is potentially a combination.
This was discussed the other night in irc. Bhundven stated we will never get wifi calling on the ics roms. There is libs that cant be ported in to the builds. Im sure somebody will come along and say otherwise but until they can prove him and m4xm4n wrong Im going to figure this is fact and not bug them about it.
Like I said in the other thread there is two options, but I forgot about the third so actually its three.
1. Use something like grooveip and forward calls to your google number.
2. Stick with stock based roms.
3 Put a bounty up get enough people donating and we might get other devs interested in helping out to find a way to make it work.
I dont think it will happen but who knows.
I can care less if it ever works I'm on an unlimited plan and don't understand in this day and age why people would settle for anything less, I know times are tough but this is our toy get the most out of it
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I can care less if it ever works
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Then why start a thread about it?
i was just interested to see how many people actually use this service, i would of just added a poll to it but could find that option. If you read the OP I stated that i read that it was removed from kernal to increase wi-fi stability. My point is that if removing this from roms until a fix is found, would many people really care. If it increases my wi-fi by removing this im all for that no matter what rom i am running, and if not many members use it i'd say keep it gone. This is just my opinion
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I can care less if it ever works I'm on an unlimited plan and don't understand in this day and age why people would settle for anything less, I know times are tough but this is our toy get the most out of it
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Its not a matter of having unlimited minutes. Its in some areas t-mo has no service. Like certain office building or 20 miles out in the middle of no-where.
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where are you getting WI-FI in the middle of nowhere lol
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where are you getting WI-FI in the middle of nowhere lol
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Some people have this thing call wired internet that is connected to a wifi router. They put them in their houses so their computers can connect to them.
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Some people have this thing call wired internet that is connected to a wifi router. They put them in their houses so their computers can connect to them.
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my bad thought you meant like in the middle of the dessert you know away from you home
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I can care less if it ever works I'm on an unlimited plan and don't understand in this day and age why people would settle for anything less, I know times are tough but this is our toy get the most out of it
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For those with limited minutes, that's still not always the issue - most Tmo plans (with a couple exceptions) still count wifi calling against your minutes. It's purely a matter of reception and/or clarity. Tmo decided not to support femtocell (personal cell tower) solutions in favor of wifi calling to cover dead spots.
Likewise, it's not always a matter of being in the middle of nowhere. I'm in a large city, my office is a quarter mile from a tower, but reception inside is spotty due to thick, reinforced walls. My apartment is on a basement level, with no signal whatsoever. Without wifi calling, I'm stuck on stock derived roms for the time being. I'm considering GrooveIP, as I've used my gVoice number for everything for years, but have reliability and memory use concerns about going that route.
All that said, I can also understand perfectly well why it's not supported on the current CM roms, and why it is unlikely to be supported any time in the near future. I appreciate the work that's gone into them, and hope sometime soon I'll have a chance to try them out.
A series of tubes
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Some people have this thing call wired internet that is connected to a wifi router. They put them in their houses so their computers can connect to them.
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I am fine at home, but we have similar work situations. I'm in the 2nd basement of my building and no signal at all. I also have a child in high school...in a major city, which means I NEED TO BE CONNECTED. Kids in the city...you never know, right? For a minute I thought Erikmm's miui 2.0 was giving me wifi calling, but discovered after a day of missed calls that it does not. So, I fall back to Raver's Val Black for my daily (using miui home launcher for the eye candy) and flash new stuff, like erikmm and dao, on the weekends, just to play. Slight pain in the butt moving back to V Black each Sunday night, but it's worth it.
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For those with limited minutes, that's still not always the issue - most Tmo plans (with a couple exceptions) still count wifi calling against your minutes. It's purely a matter of reception and/or clarity. Tmo decided not to support femtocell (personal cell tower) solutions in favor of wifi calling to cover dead spots.
Likewise, it's not always a matter of being in the middle of nowhere. I'm in a large city, my office is a quarter mile from a tower, but reception inside is spotty due to thick, reinforced walls. My apartment is on a basement level, with no signal whatsoever. Without wifi calling, I'm stuck on stock derived roms for the time being. I'm considering GrooveIP, as I've used my gVoice number for everything for years, but have reliability and memory use concerns about going that route.
All that said, I can also understand perfectly well why it's not supported on the current CM roms, and why it is unlikely to be supported any time in the near future. I appreciate the work that's gone into them, and hope sometime soon I'll have a chance to try them out.
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Is the problem the hardware? Or can the software be tweaked? Just wanna know because as everyone knows it is horrible on this phone.
Infuse running infused v2.0.2.
Obviously you have a crap router. I'm 30 feet from mine right now and I have full bars.
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Obviously you have a crap router. I'm 30 feet from mine right now and I have full bars.
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Helpful....
and really, 30 feet? that's not exactly far.....
Its not the router, it is the phone. Mine, though it will remember the networks I use, will NEVER reconnect to one when its in range. Signal strength is also an issue. All previous phones I've had have been able to get at least 2 bars of wifi signal at the other end of our house, but the Infuse just can't do it. Drops to the very least signal indicator on the display and will not pull any data.
I've had a bit better luck with Infused 1.6, but it may just be in my head as I don't think that it actually changes anything in the software for wifi over the stock ROM.
There are a LOT of posts about this and there doesn't seem to be an answer (at least that I have been able to find) to it or any work-arounds. This is really my only complaint with the phone, the wifi is absolute garbage. Some have said that its because the phone only does b/g and not N, so if you have N and you can set it to B or G that may be better.
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Obviously you have a crap router. I'm 30 feet from mine right now and I have full bars.
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Well from 30 feet away you should have full bars.
But at the op, I know what you mean about wifi signal. I learned though that even though it shows low bars, my speed was still good.
On the other hand, for some odd reason the miui rom made my wifi signal better. I went from about 16 mbs down to 23 down. Maybe a coincidence, I dunno.
Strychnine, try not to come across as such an ass.
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Try being more successful trolls. Even laptops rarely have perfect reception through 4 walls and a ceiling at 30 feet.
strychninetwitch said:
Try being more successful trolls. Even laptops rarely have perfect reception through 4 walls and a ceiling at 30 feet.
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I think it's mostly a hardware problem. The consensus among those who own the phone seems to be that wifi reception is average to poor.
I don't have the knowledge to be able to speak authoritatively, but I think software *can* have an impact.
With my particular Infuse, I have better reception with the new MIUI rom posted by Mikey than anything else I've tried (almost all of them). I get full reception - "excellent" - in locations where on any other rom I would have "fair" or "poor"...
I don't know if this makes sense but that is my experience.
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Is the problem the hardware? Or can the software be tweaked? Just wanna know because as everyone knows it is horrible on this phone.
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While Strych is being rude (normal from his other posts) I have to agree that it might just be your situation.
My router is on the ground floor and I can use my wifi from the third floor in my house.
Then again I've used Wifi Analyzer (from the market) to test the channels and see what wans were overlapping mine and select one that was empty with good strength.
I also tend not to flash beta roms and then wonder why things aren't working as expected.
If you want help with your issue, you may want to post in the Q&A forum and describe what you're running, what problem you're having (specifically), and what you've done to test/fix the problem. Otherwise, if you're just ranting, I can understand that as well.
Hmm well a lot of helpful tips. I will be purchasing a brand new router. The one I have is just a basic Linksys. So ill upgrade the next level up. Idk I've never been able to get great reception. But on the flipside Ive always used a basic router.
Infuse running infused v2.0.2.
TOA Duck said:
Well from 30 feet away you should have full bars.
But at the op, I know what you mean about wifi signal. I learned though that even though it shows low bars, my speed was still good.
On the other hand, for some odd reason the miui rom made my wifi signal better. I went from about 16 mbs down to 23 down. Maybe a coincidence, I dunno.
Strychnine, try not to come across as such an ass.
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What were you on before? AT&T Froyo or Rogers Gingerbread?
One of the problems with Rogers Gingerbread were crappy TCP buffer settings - CM7 had the "better" AT&T settings for a long time until it was updated to the new UCKI3/I4 settings. This would explain faster WiFi performance regardless of signal quality.
Signal quality has always been fine for me. Froyo has some annoying power management issues where the wifi chipset basically dies and needs to be disabled/reenabled to reconnect (This is actually common across many devices with the BCM4330 - happens a lot on the Tab 10.1 too, and in that case it's sometimes so bad that it hoses up the lockscreen.), Gingerbread seems to have fixed the wifi-death issues on our devices.
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iruleyounow said:
Hmm well a lot of helpful tips. I will be purchasing a brand new router. The one I have is just a basic Linksys. So ill upgrade the next level up. Idk I've never been able to get great reception. But on the flipside Ive always used a basic router.
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I am pretty sure this wifi problem is def not your router. I use wifi here at work and home while both receptions are TERRIBLE. I think its hardware related because I have still yet to find anyone with a fix.
thanks
I agree...both the thrill and my new phone have better reception and speeds than my infuse did.. same conditions/same router
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I am pretty sure this wifi problem is def not your router. I use wifi here at work and home while both receptions are TERRIBLE. I think its hardware related because I have still yet to find anyone with a fix.
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Flash the latest modem.
Cranky...
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While Strych is being rude (normal from his other posts) I have to agree that it might just be your situation.
My router is on the ground floor and I can use my wifi from the third floor in my house.
Then again I've used Wifi Analyzer (from the market) to test the channels and see what wans were overlapping mine and select one that was empty with good strength.
I also tend not to flash beta roms and then wonder why things aren't working as expected.
If you want help with your issue, you may want to post in the Q&A forum and describe what you're running, what problem you're having (specifically), and what you've done to test/fix the problem. Otherwise, if you're just ranting, I can understand that as well.
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I also have the same exact issue. I went thru 3 diff routers and no change. I also have an inspire and a iphone and they connect perfectly when mine cant. I live in a apartment and my router is in the same room. My wifes inspire works and mine dont. I know one of you are gonna say something like maybe you have too many things connected. Well that would be false. Both inspires had no problems but when i got my infuse it was just still 2 phones connected. Im calling samsung tomorrow to see what they have to say. I had alot of calls about the infuse and wifi problems also
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Oh and i was on stock with these issues and now rooted with the same issues
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Is anyone else using their infuse with an ATT Microcell? If so what kind of issues are you having if any. I cannot run any modem besides the two stock Froyo modems.... Any other modems cause several issues. One issue is that sms and mms messages fail at a rate of around 65% . They simply dont send...With or Without WIFI on ..Same result. Another issue is that the sound quality is deminished to an unusable level.
I have seen several other posts about the MIcrocell but none of them have produced a good result. I would love to someday be able to run a custom ROM...But if the trade is the aformentioned issues, it isnt worth it.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
I use a Microcell and I do not have any problems. I use Google Voice for texting so I have no experience with messaging through the carrier.
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I use a Microcell and I do not have any problems. I use Google Voice for texting so I have no experience with messaging through the carrier.
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I tried with Google voice when i had kl2 as well. Same result. Some send some don't. Very annoying.
The only commen anomaly is the modem. Kl2 seems to be the issue...for that matter any since froyo
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Luckily for me, I had no problems with Google Voice during the short period of time I was running Gingerbread with UCKL2.
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i had a microcell for a few months..same thing happened to me all the time ..used to piss me off!! i would either have to try a few times to send a text or go outside away from microcell and resend..sometime i would even have to restart the damn phone.. i called att ..not really much they could do or explain.. idk what to tell you my friend ..i ended up moving to an area with reception
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i had a microcell for a few months..same thing happened to me all the time ..used to piss me off!! i would either have to try a few times to send a text or go outside away from microcell and resend..sometime i would even have to restart the damn phone.. i called att ..not really much they could do or explain.. idk what to tell you my friend ..i ended up moving to an area with reception
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LOL.. No way I am moving for signal. This place is too perfect. I am jumping to the note soon if I don't get a fix. Crossing fingers it wont have the same issue.
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lol ..the move was just coincidental
So ... I thought I would be an informed man if I went over to the Galaxy Note forum and post my Microcell question. I asked if anyone was having the issues that my fellow Infuse owners are experiencing with their Microcell and the G-Note.
After not getting a response and over 50 people had looked at the thread ... someone finally responded. I will some up what they said.
The ATT version isn't out yet. No one can answer this question. I immediately felt noobish and dumb.
So after my posts here about the Microcell ... I still have no fix. And after my post over at the g-note o feel stupid. No winning for me in either case. Mom and Dad both denied my requests.
On a separate note: I went my the ATT store in Marion IL. I asked the salesman when they would have a G-Note in stock... he replied " oh! You mean the Phablet ?" . I almost threw up. Is anyone actually using that term? I see the logic in the term but just saying it out loud makes that beast of a phone sound like wuss that gets picked last when choosing last for a kick ball game!
Way to wuss it up ATT.
Just my 2¢
I have had an Infuse since June and relied on a M-Cell until recently. In as short of an answer as possible the M-Cell does not work well with 4G phones especially the Infuse. SMS are sent over data signals and that is where the bottleneck is. Get used to it, my texts would fail 50-80 percent of the time and I lost about half of my calls in under 15 minutes.
FYI: I called AT&T and demanded a refund for the M-Cell as it was causing my reception issues, after the unhook my phone is tolerable though not perfect. I received a $165 credit on my bill and then sold the M-Cell on ebay.
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I have had an Infuse since June and relied on a M-Cell until recently. In as short of an answer as possible the M-Cell does not work well with 4G phones especially the Infuse. SMS are sent over data signals and that is where the bottleneck is. Get used to it, my texts would fail 50-80 percent of the time and I lost about half of my calls in under 15 minutes.
FYI: I called AT&T and demanded a refund for the M-Cell as it was causing my reception issues, after the unhook my phone is tolerable though not perfect. I received a $165 credit on my bill and then sold the M-Cell on ebay.
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I am very happy that you have signal without your mcell. I however have no choice. We have 3 4g phones and only the infuse has this issue. The other disturbing fact is that I don't have the issue with Froyo. By deduction I am left to assume that the issue is the radio.
Just my 2¢
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The other disturbing fact is that I don't have the issue with Froyo. By deduction I am left to assume that the issue is the radio.
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I'll update you on how my phone works once I upgrade to Gingerbread.
you guys paid for your microcells?????
you must learn the way of the "unsatisfied customer"!!!
I have microcell at my home, i got from ATT for free when I have signal issue with my iPhone. After getting infuse, i didnt had any issues in terms of data. I never use SMS so i dont know about it.
But when I use micro cell, my batter drains too fast. so now i stopped using microcell, and now I have better signal in my home.
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I have microcell at my home, i got from ATT for free when I have signal issue with my iPhone. After getting infuse, i didnt had any issues in terms of data. I never use SMS so i dont know about it.
But when I use micro cell, my batter drains too fast. so now i stopped using microcell, and now I have better signal in my home.
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ah yes..the unsatisfied customer force is strong within you my friend!!
i had signal issues to ..got mine free as well
dont need it anymore ..sent it to my son!!
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The other disturbing fact is that I don't have the issue with Froyo. By deduction I am left to assume that the issue is the radio.
Just my 2¢
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I had the same issues with stock Froyo, Infused 2.2.3, and stock GB, this of course does not disprove your theory as there are different modems. I just saw a lack of usability across 3 builds and gave up on the gadget and got my money back.
What I don't get is that my phone always showed 5 bars, so I infer the gremlin is not the radio, but some failure between the devices to handshake properly and this borks up the whole affair. Who knows though your theory is as valid as mine.
Just my $.02
I had this same issue when I had my infuse. It drove me bonkers so I finally sold the infuse and bought the sgs2 international version. It works perfectly with the M-Cell so maybe the note will too. Hope that's at least a little help.
Got microcell free also have horrible battery drain, have to resend sms atleast 10 times for it to go out, same with inbound SMS most of the time won't get them until I walk outside and disconnect from mcell then 5 or 6 will sms will come in at once, while my girls iPhone 4 sends/recieves texts fine over mcell
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Seems in the few reviews I've read Wi-Fi signal strength is not all that great, and this worries me. Last year when I had the HTC Sensation it also had really bad Wi-F reception, often dropping signal when I went in certain rooms in my house.
Would really appreciate some feedback from those already using the Rogers or AT&T version of this phone. Is Wi-Fi signal strength good, bad, or somewhere in between?
I personally don't have my phone yet, should be getting it this friday. However other people have been reporting that the Rogers version has had spotty wifi reception.
Check out this thread.
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I personally don't have my phone yet, should be getting it this friday. However other people have been reporting that the Rogers version has had spotty wifi reception.
Check out this thread.
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Yeah that thread actually made me create this one. I want to know if others are having issues or if its just certain routers.
Hopefully someone with the AT&T version can chime in pretty soon.
might be worth researching if it was an 802.11a/b/g/n router it was communicating with, and what chipset the router uses. Make/model can figure that out though.
Yep, I can confirm that the WiFi has been a bit spotty. Not horrible. When I'm in my living room, maybe 10-15 feet from the router, it's aces. In my bedroom though, through 2 walls and maybe 50 feet away, it can go up and down, but I've only noticed it once or twice in the past week.
Once, however, as I was leaving work for the day, the phone reported that it was still connected to WiFi, even once I got a mile or so down the road. I had to turn wifi off/on again before it resumed normal operation.
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Yeah that thread actually made me create this one. I want to know if others are having issues or if its just certain routers.
Hopefully someone with the AT&T version can chime in pretty soon.
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Yeah, I am hoping that the AT&T version doesn't have the same problem too. I know that the Rogers and AT&T version are the same hardware but it seems like it is a software issue.
Hopefully, *fingers crossed* the AT&T version doesn't come with the same problem and has already fixed the problem in the software.
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Yeah, I am hoping that the AT&T version doesn't have the same problem too. I know that the Rogers and AT&T version are the same hardware but it seems like it is a software issue.
Hopefully, *fingers crossed* the AT&T version doesn't come with the same problem and has already fixed the problem in the software.
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I think I read on here or Android Central that someone played with one in the AT&T store and said the Wi-Fi was fluctuating like crazy.
So I'm sure the AT&T will be the same.
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I think I read on here or Android Central that someone played with one in the AT&T store and said the Wi-Fi was fluctuating like crazy.
So I'm sure the AT&T will be the same.
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Yeah, someone here wrote that and it will likely have the same problem unfortunately. However, we don't know at the store how far away the router is or even how good the quality of the router is.
So you have to make sure you base your analysis on where the problem lies by first having a baseline. Meaning right now I know that with my iPhone my wifi work very well and has great coverage with my Cisco E4200. So once I get my HOX I can then compared it to see what the difference is.
Follow a process like that then we will be able to tell for sure if the AT&T model does have a wifi problem and it is a problem with the handset and not some other external factor.
Same problems here ...
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Yep, I can confirm that the WiFi has been a bit spotty. Not horrible. When I'm in my living room, maybe 10-15 feet from the router, it's aces. In my bedroom though, through 2 walls and maybe 50 feet away, it can go up and down, but I've only noticed it once or twice in the past week.
Once, however, as I was leaving work for the day, the phone reported that it was still connected to WiFi, even once I got a mile or so down the road. I had to turn wifi off/on again before it resumed normal operation.
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Regrettably, I seem to be having similar problems. Like you, I also get situations where my phone reports that it's still connected to my WiFi network, both at work or at home, yet I could be 1-2km down the road.
I certainly hope this issue is resolved soon. I use an automatic profile manager that needs to detect WiFi connections/disconnects accurately.
Peter
I'm experiencing ongoing WiFi issues.. Mostly just signal completely dropping off randomly and inconsistent speeds. Again, I haven't tested with the "Best wifi performance" turned on.
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I'm experiencing ongoing WiFi issues.. Mostly just signal completely dropping off randomly and inconsistent speeds. Again, I haven't tested with the "Best wifi performance" turned on.
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that's exactly what that option does. starts to kill the wifi in order to improve battery life. I think it increases speed/range when the screen is on, but it's still never set to maximum power/speed.
I think we are going to have the same issues as the Rogers version. I've played with the demo unit at the Corp store several times and had wifi drop out about half of those. The signal strength was full, but that's all I know of their setup. Today I had to turn wifi off and then back on before it would even connect. It's a bummer that HTC has done such wonderful job on everything else, but we still have spotty wifi on their flagship device. I am preordering tomorrow anyway though. Hope it can be fixed with a software update down the line.
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that's exactly what that option does. starts to kill the wifi in order to improve battery life. I think it increases speed/range when the screen is on, but it's still never set to maximum power/speed.
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I urge anyone with Wi-Fi issues to contact HTC immediately so they can start working on a fix.
bimmerd00d said:
that's exactly what that option does. starts to kill the wifi in order to improve battery life. I think it increases speed/range when the screen is on, but it's still never set to maximum power/speed.
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I'll test with this setting on today and see how it effects my wifi performance / battery. When I was running b/g/n on my router I did speedtests with the option both on and off and it made absolutely no difference in the speeds and the connection would still drop off. Literally right next to it my iPhone constantly got 6-8 mbps.
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I'll test with this setting on today and see how it effects my wifi performance / battery. When I was running b/g/n on my router I did speedtests with the option both on and off and it made absolutely no difference in the speeds and the connection would still drop off. Literally right next to it my iPhone constantly got 6-8 mbps.
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How is it these flagship devices have such huge issues like this? I mean do they not test this? This really upsets me and I don't even have the device. I guarantee the AT&T version will have this issue.
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How is it these flagship devices have such huge issues like this? I mean do they not test this? This really upsets me and I don't even have the device. I guarantee the AT&T version will have this issue.
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Tried checking "Best WiFi performance". Doesn't seem to help for me
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Tried checking "Best WiFi performance". Doesn't seem to help for me
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I remember with the dreaded HTC Sensation, wifi would often cut in and out and data speeds would be very poor. Looks like HTC's bad habits didn't die young.
AS i mentioned in previous posts. I am having the same wifi issues and i'm on my second HTC one xl. They both have poor wifi performance. I also have the problem where it sometimes stays connected when i leave the house and im 3 km's away.
Feel a little better as the International version got a new update tonight which supposedly resolves the Wi-Fi bug. So hopefully we'll get an update relatively soon.
http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-one-x-gets-second-firmware-update
I contacted HTC with all these bugs. Hopefully, they give me a response. If they do, i will post it here in the forums.
Hi,
My One S seems to occasionally have a few connectivity issues with 3G, I am not sure they are related to the signal issues already discussed in other threads in this forum. I have an international handset, MAO black version (has two tiny chips too, but not worth complaining about), running stock firmware, haven't done the dev unlock yet.
1) Sometimes the phone shows 'No Service', but I still have a working data connection and can make calls. Sending/receiving SMS appears not to work for some reason though. Can work around by switching into and out of airplane mode. Until I do that any SMS I compose under these conditions just pends, after the workaround they do get sent after a few minutes.
2) Sometimes something seems to go wrong with the 3G data connection, all the internet apps suddenly say they have no connection, alogcat says that DNS lookup is repeatedly failing even though I have a strong signal and 3G/HSPA connection (also tried connecting to IP addresses directly, doesn't work either). Tried getting online via Wi-Fi and it works, but all the Internet connectivity fails if I turn Wi-Fi off. If I reboot the phone it is able to get online again.
I brought this problem up in a live chat with HTC customer support and they have advised me to arrange for them to collect the phone for repair, the shop from whom I bought the phone advised the same. Just thought I would share it here and find out if it is common, or it is likely, as HTC think, there's something wrong with my phone's antennae. (My thought is that both could also be software problems)
Anyone else experience problems like this?
I get the no service thing all the time, I pull it out of my pocket and press the power button, it says no service. I am going to call t-mobile in the next few days, I am trying to collect more data. It does it on my same spot on the couch where I used to get good coverage on my old phone. It does it on the same desk at work that I used to get good reception at. It kinda sucks.
jacewt said:
I get the no service thing all the time, I pull it out of my pocket and press the power button, it says no service. I am going to call t-mobile in the next few days, I am trying to collect more data. It does it on my same spot on the couch where I used to get good coverage on my old phone. It does it on the same desk at work that I used to get good reception at. It kinda sucks.
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Yup, I get that and trying to get more data before sending it back to HTC. I'm not really certain but it's as if there is something wrong antennae? Seems to be quite a few with similar mobile network issues though.
I still have my old Motorola and with sim out of One S in the reception is good where the One S struggles to get a signal - if at all
I have the same issue as Kenyw:
No connection for a while although within covered area.
Strong connection bars but no internet
Usually I switch to airplane mode and back then it works...until the next time!
Very frustrating! I don't think changing the phone would solve the problem!
I have the same exact issue as the OP. Another example would be the streaming of music using Pandora and Slacker. I can listen to 1 song and skip 2 or 3 songs at best before I start having issues where it just keeps loading and I am in 4G range and 3G which shouldn't be a problem still.
Same issue here.
jipi said:
I have the same issue as Kenyw:
No connection for a while although within covered area.
Strong connection bars but no internet
Usually I switch to airplane mode and back then it works...until the next time!
Very frustrating! I don't think changing the phone would solve the problem!
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I did exchange my One S for another and it is just the same
It's a bit of a queer issue. I know where I live I have a good Three UK signal as per experience with the Motorola phone. I can be anywhere between 2 bars (approx 104dBm) and no signal in the house and around the yard. Yet I can walk 20 yards towards mast approx 1 mile away and as soon as I get LOS (no buildings, trees) on the mast I get full signal???
I buy my One-S a week ago in Germany and facing the same issue in Israel with Orange 3.5G network. I really don't know what to do now.
alondror said:
I buy my One-S a week ago in Germany and facing the same issue in Israel with Orange 3.5G network. I really don't know what to do now.
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Alon,
As mentioned in many different threads opened here in XDA, the issue is related to the phone and its current software version and not to the operator/SIM/area in the world.
Stay tuned and hopefully shortly HTC will provide OTA update or root your device and install one of the custom ROMs based on the new RUU 1.70 which might be solving this issue.
Oren
Thanks,
I will keep waching the threads around waiting for solution.
I tried TrickDroid v1.0 base 1.70 but still same problem
silord said:
I tried TrickDroid v1.0 base 1.70 but still same problem
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Thanks for that Info.
You saved me the thoughts about rooting...
I'm still trying to wait for a decent s-off not related to HTC...
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a new updated has been realesed, is there anyone who has seen any improovments?
I'm about to take a one s tomorrow but I'm a little worried regarding all those problems : no signal, overheating...
light_n_roses said:
a new updated has been realesed, is there anyone who has seen any improovments?
I'm about to take a one s tomorrow but I'm a little worried regarding all those problems : no signal, overheating...
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working already with the 1.78 firmware with no much of a different :'(
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http://www.mobilegeek.it/2012/05/htc-one-s-aggiornamento-1-78-401-2-in-arrivo/ from here it seems that the new updates also decrease benchmark results ..not that good...
light_n_roses said:
http://www.mobilegeek.it/2012/05/htc-one-s-aggiornamento-1-78-401-2-in-arrivo/ from here it seems that the new updates also decrease benchmark results ..not that good...
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Noticed decreased benchmark performance on quadrant but improved battery life and system UI seems to be more fluid.
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Noticed decreased benchmark performance on quadrant but improved battery life and system UI seems to be more fluid.
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ok but more fluidity shouldn't affect cpu and I/O results!! HTC isn't doing a great job here...
Hey xda-devs. I've got a Samsung Galaxy S 4G and I'm having a bit of an issue with the wifi. First of all, this is not flashed nor rooted. At first I wasn't able to get any connection to my wifi from my room. It would show 1-2 bars of connection but a 5mb connection speed which does nothing. About a weeks after that the wifi started working in my room. This happened for about a week. Now it's doing the same thing it did the first time. Does anyone know how to fix this or get better reception on phone? Do I need to put a new modem on it?
Move your router better? Seems like maybe someone was or wasn't in the way before or somedays, wifi works better than other. but if on stock, you only get 5mb, no modem or rom is going to fix that, seems like it's a distance thing.
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Move your router better? Seems like maybe someone was or wasn't in the way before or somedays, wifi works better than other. but if on stock, you only get 5mb, no modem or rom is going to fix that, seems like it's a distance thing.
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Well it seems like moving the router better fixes every problem. Let me elaborate some more then.
It's just this phone. One of my friends has the same model yet gets better reception than I do. This phone is a used phone and it's been dropped. I'm thinking the antenna might have gone bad from these drops.
Some router brands and isp's work better with this phone, some less. I had better connection when using att service at my friend's house than at mine on Time Warner. I believe it was the router. My original router from Linksys on g band gave full signal, while my new supposedly "state-of-the-art" router from dlink on n band only gives me 2 bars. But hey, as long as u have a connection, you are good as a full signal.
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But hey, as long as u have a connection, you are good as a full signal.
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What? Since when? Signal strength is huge for how much bandwidth you can actually use out of what's available. Think of it like a water supply. The person closest to the supply gets most of what's available. The person 300 feet down the line gets less because of friction loss. Same principle just described really badly by me. LOL
Well, I was able to watch netflix on 2 bars without a hiccup. Signal strength only applicable if you have a lot of users connecting to the same router. Here is an analogy: if you only need to consume to 8 glasses of water to stay healthy, do you really need a whole tank of water?
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Good analogy. Try this one. Say your house is on fire. Do you want to put it out with cups or would you want that water tank close by?
Lol, that is not the same.
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Sure it is. Its based on how much of a resource you can use. Cups if your far away the whole tank if you're close. Why settle for cups?
Alrighty, no help so far. Here's an update on the situation. Whenever I'm like less than a foot away from my router I have full bars and the internet on my phone is running full speed. Then it disconnects for a few seconds to a minute saying I have no wifi. Anyone know how to fix this issue?
Does this happen on other wifi networks outside of your home? Or you might have hardware problem then.
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Does this happen on other wifi networks outside of your home? Or you might have hardware problem then.
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I do randomly disconnect from other networks as well. So this is a hardware issue then?
We can't determine it is a hardware problem yet. Try to do a factory reset or perhaps flashing a new Gingerbread rom on this forum. Use AntonX version. Is your phone on Froyo or Gingerbread?
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@Gizmoscoop You sound pretty confident saying Honeycomb
I think you mean Gingerbread.
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@Gizmoscoop You sound pretty confident saying Honeycomb
I think you mean Gingerbread.
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Damn, u got me there. I didn't realize it till u mentioned it. That is my usual line when I....u know what.
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Oh crap. That is right. :banghead:
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I also have this phone, at first I was on froyo but hated it and upgraded to ICS.....I've used 2 different ROMs but all have really poor wifi signals.....where I can connect on my nexus 7 I can't even get one bar on my phone...if I'm in the same room as the router I get one bar. My friend said its a ICS problem and that all ROMs have the same problem and that flashing a kernel won't help. He also said that To get a better signal I would have to go back to froyo.....is there really no other way????
Please help and tell me how our WiFi is on your device!!
I'm running aokp latest build
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ICS displays signal strength differently from Froyo/GB. If you want an accurate view, use a ROM with percentage display rather than bars. It's still the same, it just looks different.
Yeah I read that but it's not just the bars I'm not seeing..... I'm not connecting either!!! To use my Wi-Fi I have to be exactly in the sane room as the router or the room right next to it!! And that's really limiting!!
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DaKoin said:
Yeah I read that but it's not just the bars I'm not seeing..... I'm not connecting either!!! To use my Wi-Fi I have to be exactly in the sane room as the router or the room right next to it!! And that's really limiting!!
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Not sure what kind of router you are using. I would look at dd-wrt router software so you can turn up the output signal of the router. I have a netgear router that is a repeater in the house. The output on it is turned as high as possible without deteriorating the signal. And that helps the devices that have piss poor reception on the other side of the house.
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We can't determine it is a hardware problem yet. Try to do a factory reset or perhaps flashing a new Gingerbread rom on this forum. Use AntonX version. Is your phone on Froyo or Gingerbread?
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Factory reset was no good. I'm using Froyo. So I should flash Gingerbread?