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The Eduroam vs Froyo Big Issue

Hello,
As some of you may already know, the Android 2.2 (Froyo) update creates issues for those using eduroam WiFi networks because of a bug in wpa_supplicant.
These are the most relevant discussions I've found googling around:
EDIT: Can't post links apparently, google yourself...
I now have my HTC Wildfire asking if I want to upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2 and I don't know what to do because I really need a working eduroam WiFi and I'm still a noob when it comess to Android. But at the same time I'm very excited about Froyo and I'd like to upgrade.
Does anyone know what is the situation right now? Has the bug been fixed?
What is your experience with Eduroam in Froyo? Does it work out-of-he-box? Does it work at all?
Thanks a lot for your replies, any info is useful!

Somebody please help...
Nobody is using Eduroam network on its Android phone?
Please share your experience!

Problem is gone in 2.2.1 on SGS

Updated my Wildfire to 2.2.1 yesterday and Eduroam connection is now broken.
Not a big issue for me, so won't attempt a fix until next year now.

mattday said:
Updated my Wildfire to 2.2.1 yesterday and Eduroam connection is now broken.
Not a big issue for me, so won't attempt a fix until next year now.
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I've got a Wildfire as well and eduroam is very important for me (basically the only free wifi access I have). I can't believe Android devs are not fixing this, it's been around for more than a while.
@bael666: Is it really fixed on SGS?
How can it be fixed on a phone and not on an other one with the same android version? Maybe local network settings make a difference here.
What should I do? Upgrade or not?

the only problem my wife had after the update is that froyo had disabled her APN settings (3G data) and all had to be enabled/add settings.

webjunky said:
the only problem my wife had after the update is that froyo had disabled her APN settings (3G data) and all had to be enabled/add settings.
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That means no problems at all with eduroam wifi?

Hmm yeah it's working perfectly for me now on SGS. Had problems with my phone "forgeting" phase2 options, thats obviously gone now. One thing i did this time is importing cert chain (one file) instead of importing three single certs. Dunno if thas has anything to do with it.
You got any other device - laptop or something - using eduroam at the same time? Try to disable it. Having latop and phone connected at the same time isn t working for me either.

I have the same problem with my connection to Eduroam.
Did anyone found a fix ?

no problem at all.
have a android tablet 2.2.1 android, and a phone 2.2.1 android. both work extremely smooth.

Hi, I'm at UCL and have had sporadic connection to eduroam while I've been at Uni. Most of the time, if i have had my wifi turned off completly for a long time, I will be able to connect ok. If i get kicked off, it will often list eduroam as 'disabled' and i cannot reconnect without turning wifi off for a while. The UCL IT services has this statement on its setup guide:
"There is a known bug with 2.2.x Android phones that may prevent automatic connection to eduroam » It is expected that 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) will fix this issue. A temporary workaround to this bug is to toggle wireless off and on again. It has also been reported that Juice Defender will do this automatically (this is useful if your manufacturer will not issue an OS update)."

Thanks, this is helpful.
In the end, I didn't upgrade to froyo and stuck with Eclair, hoping HTC release Gingerbread for Wildfire at some point.
EDIT: Do you use Froyo btw? Have you tried the Juice Defender workaround? Does it work?

If you are using an android version less than froyo then add this to your wpa_supplicant.conf file located in /data/misc/wifi/ :
Code:
network={
ssid="eduroam"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP IEEE8021X
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
eap=TTLS
identity="[email protected]_NAME.ac.uk"
anonymous_identity="[email protected]_NAME.ac.uk"
password="PASSWORD"
ca_cert="/sdcard/eduroamcert.pem"
phase2="auth=PAP"
priority=2
}
Note the ca_cert line. You will need to find what certificate your university uses for authentication and add it to your SD Card.
This method has been working for me at UCL with a HTC Hero since android 1.5.
EDIT:: Forgot to mention, you need to be rooted in order for the aforementioned method to work.

thanks my_space for that information, but till now it's impossible to make connection with eduroam. In the wifi-menu says: connecting..... disconnected... Do i need to activate the wpa_supplicant with a command? My phone is a samsung galaxy 5 with android 2.1

This is just to report that eduroam WiFi works *perfectly* under Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread (CyanogenMod 7 RC3 ROM)!

Problem back on Galaxy S2! When i leave the phone disconnects, and it is not possible to reconnect when coming back.

Tomorrow I will try it in my university with an LG Optimus Black with froyo.
EDIT: It didn't worked on my 2.2.2 android. I tried changing options and nothing.

Had someone maybe found fix for this issue? I stumble upon this small app but haven't tried it yet: Eduroam Fixer v1.3. I'm on Android 2.2.2.

[Q] Wi-fi Direct

Is wifi direct disabled by Samsung for the Skyrocket? Coworker and I are on ICS 4.0.3 (ICSMOD5) and can connect but when we try to send a file,pic or anything it doesn't display his device as an available option.
Really tired of having to pull out my SD card to send files.

same problem on my end except it won't fully connect either. just detect other devices. probably just an early version bug.

Maybe. I don't remember if this was available back on 2.3.6 or not.
We do have wifi direct cert but is samsung disabling this?
http://certifications.wi-fi.org/pdf_certificate.php?cid=WFA12015

i believe it was.
at least 2.3.5 it was.

Switched to a few different roms with the same results. Even tried to mix and match ICS roms with coworkers and we still can't get it to do jack.

Hand to face moment..
SOLVED: Disable the data and reconnect. It wasn't allowing the send I think because the LTE was still on. Works fine now.

[Q] Htc Mango Driver v3 on Trophy

Hi,
I need help installing the htc mango driver v3 because with the current version i cant connect to my home wlan network which is built on a ddwrt router, before i installed the update everything was working fine, i also tried it my gf's IPhone and with it i can connect without a problem. I cooked my own custom rom firmware but i really dont know how to put the new htc driver in it.
I saw that the htc mango driver v3 is avialable for Htc Hd7..
Config: WPA2 encryption, mac filter disabled, dhcp
tried: DFT rom, Ansar Rom and the one which i created myself
Phone: HTC Trophy with custom rom
I hope someone can help me (((

I was having the same issue so I am looking into it now.

Hi i tried to flash a custom rom and after installing a wifi hack i was a able to set the ip. I also found this solution if you already have a developer unlocked phone:
sensboston said:
You can do that via the registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\<YourAdapter>\Parms\TcpIp]
"EnableDHCP"=dword:0
"DefaultGateway"="192.168.1.1"
"UseZeroBroadcast"=dword:0
"IpAddress"="192.168.1.100"
"Subnetmask"="255.255.255.0"
4 example, <YourAdapter> for Samsung Focus is BCMSDDHD1
Of course, the "DefaultGateway" and "IpAddress" should fit your router settings (some routers configured to use 192.168.0.x subnet)
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Hope it helps, i now can connect to my wifi )

Hi there,
I have tried to figure out a solution for this problem for over a week, just today I thought I might fix it by installing the latest NextGen+ rom after taking pains to downgrade the spl.
But still no wifi... it seaches then shows "no networks found"...
My wildfire s.. picks up many. I have no MAC filtering, using DHCP and on channel 7.... tried everything.
I read someone called "thesmack" saying he fixed a similar issue by getting a "V3 Driver" update by HTC from XDA but I cant find it, and he didnt share any links.
Please if anyone knows the solution to this problem help me out, by having no wifi the phone is worth little.

I suggest you turn of wifi and then turn on bluetooth. reboot phone and turn on wifi. I had the same problem. but now is ok

djpetere said:
I suggest you turn of wifi and then turn on bluetooth. reboot phone and turn on wifi. I had the same problem. but now is ok
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Unfortunatly that didnt work. I flashed an old radio (nodo) to see if it would work, still nothing. But funnily this morning when I switched on the phone it showed the small "networks available" icon, yet when I went into wifi... it refused to let me see the page, then after a while of trying it came up and didnt detect anything.
This is SOME bug that its taken so long, with giants like MS and HTC unable to resolve it.

Slim Bean Hot Spot Wifi Problems on Samsung I9000

Hi All,
I have installed the slim bean 2.0.1 on my Samsung I9000 and I realized the wifi hot spot functionality is not working for me. I read everything I could find on the forum before to write this post. Obviously I loaded the netfilter module for the semaphore kernel by using the semaphore manager app. More precisely, I am able to connect to the hot spot as I receive an ip from the dhcpc server on the phone, and I can even ping the phone (from the computer), however there must be something wrong with the nat as I cannot ping any ip outside the local net or web address (always from the computer). Reading through the posts it seems the wifi hotspot functionality works flawlessly and I don't understand why it does not work for me. I installed the slim bean from the ICS 4.2 through the wipe data and format system steps, I didn't add any extra package just I9000.zip, Common_2_x.zip and Clock_Ass_Fix.zip.
Is anybody else experiencing a similar problem or perhaps has a solution to it?
Thanks,

vega1979 said:
I didn't add any extra package just I9000.zip, Common_2_x.zip and Clock_Ass_Fix.zip.
Is anybody else experiencing a similar problem or perhaps has a solution to it?
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I had similar problem, but try to flash radio to your device. might work...

Let's try
rafael.augusto said:
I had similar problem, but try to flash radio to your device. might work...
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Ok I can try it although honestly I don't understand the link between the two things...why would change the radio fix the tethering issue?

Nope...
vega1979 said:
Ok I can try it although honestly I don't understand the link between the two things...why would change the radio fix the tethering issue?
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I have tried to flash differently radios but the result is always the same... the wifi hotspot is not working...the ip is assigned to the computer but ping does not work and pages are not loaded....
Anybody else has any clue about this situation????

vega1979 said:
Hi All,
I have installed the slim bean 2.0.1 on my Samsung I9000 and I realized the wifi hot spot functionality is not working for me. I read everything I could find on the forum before to write this post. Obviously I loaded the netfilter module for the semaphore kernel by using the semaphore manager app. More precisely, I am able to connect to the hot spot as I receive an ip from the dhcpc server on the phone, and I can even ping the phone (from the computer), however there must be something wrong with the nat as I cannot ping any ip outside the local net or web address (always from the computer). Reading through the posts it seems the wifi hotspot functionality works flawlessly and I don't understand why it does not work for me. I installed the slim bean from the ICS 4.2 through the wipe data and format system steps, I didn't add any extra package just I9000.zip, Common_2_x.zip and Clock_Ass_Fix.zip.
Is anybody else experiencing a similar problem or perhaps has a solution to it?
Thanks,
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Ask in the slimbean thread, or your device q and a. Honestly I ran this ROM earlier on my phone and its completely fine.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using xda app-developers app

[Q] Location Service (Rooted, CM 10.1)

On my GS3 I have Locate My Droid installed and works beautifully. Problem comes in that I would like the same functionality for my tablet. Obviously I know the tablet will need an internet connection, which it has WiFi. I notice that I can't seem to find tracking software that works with my GT-P3113. I am running CM 10.1 so the Samsung software won't work for me as it requires me to be running the stock ROM to access.
Any ideas?