All WiFi issues consolidated into 1 topic
[Q] Wifi signal?
Does anyone get a weak wifi signal with their Nexus S? Whenever I connect to my at home wifi I never get full bars and something I'll just randomly lose signal. Also it seems to go pretty slow. I used to have the Mytouch4G and it work flawlessly with the wifi. Anyone else having this problem?
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Does anyone get a weak wifi signal with their Nexus S? Whenever I connect to my at home wifi I never get full bars and something I'll just randomly lose signal. Also it seems to go pretty slow. I used to have the Mytouch4G and it work flawlessly with the wifi. Anyone else having this problem?
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OMG yesss I do.
Just about a room away I loose signal, almost completely. = 0
IDK, but I see more flaws every day that passes
Mine's been working fine over Wi-Fi. I'm pretty glad it does too, because my only data option with it is Wi-Fi..
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Wifi has been working great for me. It reconnects automatically and doesn't drop. The signal seems on par with my nexus one.
Speed wise, is it on par with the 3G network?
[Q] Wifi does not work anymore after rooting :(
So, I unlocked my Android 2.3.1 and rooted it ... But if I click on wifi so I could connect to my modem it says Error and wont even search or anything. I tried reseting too but still no luck .. What is the problem and how to fix this ??
That's odd, I didn't have any issues with wifi as I connected to Android Market to downloaded ROM Manager during my rooting process earlier. Have you tried flashing a custom ROM on your device to see if it'll fix it?
No I didnt, would that work? .. A friend told me to install a new "kernel" but I dont want to overwhelm my android with custom made kernels .
your problem is you used one of the quick methods of rooting your phone, which used a kernel that wasn't from the exact rom you have.
if your on stock 2.3.1, you will need the stock 2.3.1 boot.img, and then you'll need to root it manually the long way via adb command line. search the nexus s development section for how-to's. they are all there.
i too had this problem, had to install MoDaCo ROM to fix it, but i dont regret rooting, i now have custom rom and over clocked cpu on the nexus s
you have two options, either to flash NANDROID backup to un-root and return to stock or install a custom ROM, i choose MoDaCo bcoz of its UI, it looks and feels just like the stock one.
golu12 said:
you have two options, either to flash NANDROID backup to un-root and return to stock or install a custom ROM, i choose MoDaCo bcoz of its UI, it looks and feels just like the stock one.
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Yes, that's the point of MoDaCo roms, to make minimal changes to the look and feel of the phone, but to improve performance with his custom optimizations.
[Q] Nexus S wifi issue. Unable to access wifi from my nexus s.
Hi Guys,
I was able to connect to my wifi network for a day. I am using windows 7 machine as hotspot with connectify. From second day I am unable to connect to any wifi network. I did factory reset my nexus s but no results . Can some one help me how to solve this issue?
Observations:
*when i use static ip, It shows connected but the bars are in white instead of green color and i am unable to browse.
*When i use dynamic ip I am unable to connect to wifi. It shows obtaining Ip and never connects.
*In connectify when I was able to connect to wifi the device is shown with an android device name. but now the device is shown as unknown.
Sorry for my bad english, I m not a native english speaker.
[Q] Nexus S Wifi Settings - force close
Hi all,
Just got a new Nexus S - all was well at home. Took it to work today and noticed something very odd. It was fine until entering the wifi settings menu - at which point it dramatically slowed down. I got two 'not responding,close or wait' messages before being able to join the network.... all other settings are fine - just the wifi area.
Weird - wondering what could cause this... too many wifi networks broadcasting (am in middle of London)...?
Anyone seen anything similar?
Rich
rakh1 said:
Hi all,
Just got a new Nexus S - all was well at home. Took it to work today and noticed something very odd. It was fine until entering the wifi settings menu - at which point it dramatically slowed down. I got two 'not responding,close or wait' messages before being able to join the network.... all other settings are fine - just the wifi area.
Weird - wondering what could cause this... too many wifi networks broadcasting (am in middle of London)...?
Anyone seen anything similar?
Rich
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Too many WiFi around you shouldn't cause that.
Try rebooting and setting again if you haven't already.
Hmmm - rebooted and still have the same issue. At home, or even a block away from the office it all works fine. But in the office itself, although it connects and uses the wifi fine, the settings page is VERY slow to load and gives me the wait/force close message.
Out of interest - I also have 'wifi analyser' from the marketplace. This too is very slow and unresponsive when in the office.
So - it is definately something to do with the wifi here.... but have not got a clue what. Before I join the wifi, or when I am physically somewhere else it all works fine.
Wifi is WPA-TKIP, the key is a very long jumble of letters but surely that is not an issue.
Strange eh!!!
Rich
[Q] Possible WiFi problem?
Hi there, just bought a Nexus S, also used to have Nexus One.
The thing is for some wireless networks even though I enter the password correctly, it says connected and still there is no connection at all. (I mean browser tries to connect but at the end it says page could not be found) I even tried with an ad-hoc network that I created with my laptop but still the problem exists.
At home I'm able to my network without a problem. The type of network I'm trying to connect is: WPA2 Personal with AES. Is there any known issue about AES at Android system? Afaik there is no way to change the encryption used right?
this might actually not be a nexus S issue.
some modems/switches/routers are configured to block certain devices/applications/package's
we have a modem and router with both wifi.
but my psp/nDS cant connect to the modem,but can connect with the router
kharikishan said:
Hi Guys,
I was able to connect to my wifi network for a day. I am using windows 7 machine as hotspot with connectify. From second day I am unable to connect to any wifi network. I did factory reset my nexus s but no results . Can some one help me how to solve this issue?
Observations:
*when i use static ip, It shows connected but the bars are in white instead of green color and i am unable to browse.
*When i use dynamic ip I am unable to connect to wifi. It shows obtaining Ip and never connects.
*In connectify when I was able to connect to wifi the device is shown with an android device name. but now the device is shown as unknown.
Sorry for my bad english, I m not a native english speaker.
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i have a similar problem. My Nexus S connects to my router only within a few hours after a router reset. Then it stucks at "obtaining ip" and never connected before I do another router reset.
My home wifi is WPA2 type, and for WEP type wifi my NS never got connected.
I have trouble connecting to WiFi networks (once in 5 iteration) after updating p3100 to ICS 4.0.4. If the problem surfaces, I have to turnoff and turn-on the WiFi couple of times to make it work again.
I have seen this issue consistently with multiple WiFi network with different configurations (WPA, 802.1x, without security).
I am considering downgrading to ICS 4.0.3. Or could this be a hardware issue in my tablet ?
Suggestions please.
My tab 2 (P3100 on 4.0.4 via OTA) have similar behavior sometimes it will connect but other times it just shows connecting until i turn it off and on several times.
But one thing I notice this thing happens when I try to connect to my home router which use 'n' networks while using my mobile 3g router (b/g) it connects easily (that I've tried currently). Does your wifi networks use 802.11n or b/g?
I have the same issue with 4.0.3.I hope it is not hardware related.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663019
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My tab 2 (P3100 on 4.0.4 via OTA) have similar behavior sometimes it will connect but other times it just shows connecting until i turn it off and on several times.
But one thing I notice this thing happens when I try to connect to my home router which use 'n' networks while using my mobile 3g router (b/g) it connects easily (that I've tried currently). Does your wifi networks use 802.11n or b/g?
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My home router supports 'n'. But i have configured it to work only on b&g.
In my case I see this issue with b&g setup as well.
I have been chatting with 3 Samsung agents and none of them are able to fix my tabs,they just want me to fill out the service request form,give me a break,I received the tablets today. What a joke.
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I have been chatting with 3 Samsung agents and none of them are able to fix my tabs,they just want me to fill out the service request form,give me a break,I received the tablets today. What a joke.
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I am patiently waiting for a fix..
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I am patiently waiting for a fix..
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I have an interesting find.
Instead of just turning WiFi off and on, if you do 'forget SSID->WiFi off-WiFi on->Connect" there is no connection issue at all and it connects every time without any issue. Which makes me believe that it is a software issue.
I have got another update last week (P3100DDBLF3) and I am disappointed to see the issue exists yet.
jackscorp said:
I have trouble connecting to WiFi networks (once in 5 iteration) after updating p3100 to ICS 4.0.4. If the problem surfaces, I have to turnoff and turn-on the WiFi couple of times to make it work again.
I have seen this issue consistently with multiple WiFi network with different configurations (WPA, 802.1x, without security).
I am considering downgrading to ICS 4.0.3. Or could this be a hardware issue in my tablet ?
Suggestions please.
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Removing the SIM card and doing a factory reset will wipe out this issue.
But then again put your SIM card back and try to connect disconnect your WiFi, There you got the problem again
This looks more like WiFi, GSM-Nework co-existence issue. Samsung .......:cyclops:
I reckon that recently samsung re-deploy 4.0.4 update for gt-p3100 and its variant. Does it still have this issue?
i dont think it is because of the hardware. ive used to had this problem. since ive updated my device to 4.1.1 jelly bean. it works fine. connected to the wifi almost immediately after i push the button
Hello.
So let's get straight to the point. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet with 4.1.2 installed. Since the new update, my tablet won't connect to schools network, which had EAP method TTLS and phase 2 authentication PAP. It doesn't need a User certificate, but we have a CA certificate.
Previously it worked flawlessly on 4.0.4 and on 4.1.2 for about a month, but then suddenly a weird error appeared. It says, "the password is incorrect". I tried modifying the network numerous of times, forgetting it and resetting the tablet, but none of it helped. I'm using the Wi-fi hotspot from my telephone to connect to the internet in school. I can assure, that there are no problems with the school network since all of my friends can connect to it (applies for every operating system) and the speed also isn't the problem, it's a 100/100.
I don't know if this is the right or wrong Category, but I look forward to every answer.
Best regards.
For starters, I have a Kyocera C6750 Hydro Elite. Got the phone in September of 2013 because it was small and had somewhat decent specs at the time. Anyhow, I rooted the official ROM with Framaroot. Root Checker confirms this. Running Android 4.1.2 and never upgraded due to the fuzzy details on loss of some root features. Up until last night I had been using an app called "Portable Wifi hotspot". Had no issues with the app working the way I wanted to and often would eat up 60+GB of data each month. So on to last night...
I was in the middle of playing a game on my tablet when all of a sudden my WiFi connection dropped. Went to look at my phone and it was randomly rebooting. Weird. So it reboots and I tap on my hotspot app and it gives me the same message that it has activated. But this time, I'm missing an icon on the taskbar at the top of the screen that shows how many devices are connected to hotspot. I go to my tablet and search for the WiFi connection multiple times...no dice. I go to the mobile hotspot section in the Android settings and notice " mobile hotspot" is unchecked (never had been before). When I tap to engage it, it says that I do not have a mobile hotspot subscription and that I need to subscribe either via My Verizon or calling a Verizon rep. Now I'm getting concerned. So then I install FoxFi. I turn on the WiFi hotspot and it goes through the process as normal and confirms it is on. I verify in Android settings that mobile hotspot is engaged. I then try to find the connection on my tablet ( I even reboot the tablet just to make sure)....NOTHING! I have officially lost WiFi hotspot functionality on my rooted device as of last night. Can anyone else confirm the same? Did Verizon force a remote reboot of my phone? WTF is going on? Has Verizon flagged my SIM/account as high data usage and figured out how to block all WiFi hotspot apps? Is there any way to get it back for free or will I now have to fork over the extra $30/mo to add the mobile hotspot feature for unlimited data plans? Please advise.
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For starters, I have a Kyocera C6750 Hydro Elite. Got the phone in September of 2013 because it was small and had somewhat decent specs at the time. Anyhow, I rooted the official ROM with Framaroot. Root Checker confirms this. Running Android 4.1.2 and never upgraded due to the fuzzy details on loss of some root features. Up until last night I had been using an app called "Portable Wifi hotspot". Had no issues with the app working the way I wanted to and often would eat up 60+GB of data each month. So on to last night...
I was in the middle of playing a game on my tablet when all of a sudden my WiFi connection dropped. Went to look at my phone and it was randomly rebooting. Weird. So it reboots and I tap on my hotspot app and it gives me the same message that it has activated. But this time, I'm missing an icon on the taskbar at the top of the screen that shows how many devices are connected to hotspot. I go to my tablet and search for the WiFi connection multiple times...no dice. I go to the mobile hotspot section in the Android settings and notice " mobile hotspot" is unchecked (never had been before). When I tap to engage it, it says that I do not have a mobile hotspot subscription and that I need to subscribe either via My Verizon or calling a Verizon rep. Now I'm getting concerned. So then I install FoxFi. I turn on the WiFi hotspot and it goes through the process as normal and confirms it is on. I verify in Android settings that mobile hotspot is engaged. I then try to find the connection on my tablet ( I even reboot the tablet just to make sure)....NOTHING! I have officially lost WiFi hotspot functionality on my rooted device as of last night. Can anyone else confirm the same? Did Verizon force a remote reboot of my phone? WTF is going on? Has Verizon flagged my SIM/account as high data usage and figured out how to block all WiFi hotspot apps? Is there any way to get it back for free or will I now have to fork over the extra $30/mo to add the mobile hotspot feature for unlimited data plans? Please advise.
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Hi guys. A couple of days ago, I unlocked my Samsung S5 Active (originally from AT&T) and connected it to Metro PCS. Everything went smooth and great . I have the "UNLIMITED", as they say, data plan. I take advantage of the HUGE 5 gigs of blazing speed through hotspot they give with it whenever I have the chance.
Now, 2 days after I connected my phone with the new network, the only glitch that I have encounter so far (besides wanting to delete all AT&T system apps, but can't without root) is that my hotspot from one minute to the other stopped communication with the world. It was working like a champ today, connected to multiple devices (nothing big, just driving around playing Pokémon. The devices connected were extra cellphones with no mobile data). It happened soon after me attempting to sync my Samsung to my cars bluetooth during a phone call. After syncing my Samsung, I activated the Smart Lock in my phone to my car, with all of this happening while the hotspot was on. I'm assuming, that somehow it's connected to the problem? Idk...I've tried googling about similar problems but have come up empty. I checked and rechecked my APN settings, everything is working great. Paired my Bluetooth with the devices that were previously connected on my hotspot, and they paired flawlessly. The phone is working pretty well, although my networking bars jump up and down in areas that my LG K7 always had 5 bars. It's only when I turn on my hotspot, my phone acknowledging the hotspot is up and running, that everything goes down the drain. Not one device can locate my phones hotspot.
The one thing I did notice was that when I ran a system info app, is that it showed my mac and ip address but the SSID said <unknown SSID>
SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE!!
GUYS....UHHH....YEAH. Found the problem. Somehow or another, I checked the box next to "Hide my device" in the Configure Hotspot setting. Sorry for any inconvenience my bruthaz.
On a different note, does anyone know if it's possible to edit our profile name? My smart self left out the "R" between the E and the Z on my profile name