The Problem: WiFi disconnects every time i am barely downloading anything or just watching youtube, and re connects, and so on.
WiFi Modem: Zyxel P-2812HNU-F3
Ever since i bought Galaxy Nexus back in December 2011, I have had WiFi issues 24/7. I thought it was a hardware problem, but then i went to my friends house and tried his WiFi and it worked great. He had a linksys modem while I had Zyxel. Back then i honestly didnt think that the Zyxel modem could be the problem. Thats because i had Galaxy S 2 before Nexus and that phone worked great. But SGS2 was on 2.3. So i thought that Google ****ed up when they released ICS. I still do, for some of us. If you have the time, please look at this thread in Galaxy Nexus forum, where we discussed the problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1386884
Long story short, i tried changing lot of things in router but nothing worked. When 4.1 was available for my Nexus, i downloaded it without even thinking that there might be a WiFi fix because i had given up on WiFi. I used 3g until 4.1 was out. Anyways, a few days after i had installed 4.1 i turned on WiFi and run a test in Speedtest app. Speed was great. But the thing i worried about was WiFi being disconnected. So i tried downloading a gameloft game and no diconnect. The whole game downloaded fine. But after a few hours later i noticed after downloading some movies it sometime disconnected and reconnected. I was mad at google again. But JB was much, MUCH better then ICS. Atleast i can use my WiFi now. Sometimes it works, other times it wont.
Yesterday i got my Transformer Infinity. This device is on 4.0.3. The first thing i did when setting up device, was downloading speedtest. I ran it, and it had the same problem that ICS on my Nexus had. I began to search again why this happens in ICS. I downloaded WiFiFix manager but that didnt help at all. Many other zips and apps didnt help either. So... Today, or tonight i opened up router page and started changing wpa2 to wps, like i did months ago for Nexus. But nothing helped. Then i wanted to try omething i havent done before, so i changed 802.11b/g/n to g only. Now WiFi works greta on my Infinity and Nexus. No disconnects at all! (lol i so hope that this is a permanently fix)
I dont know how that will effect my other devices, mostly PCs. So is this a Zyxel issue or Android? WiFi with n works normal with my PCs and other android devices. This must be because of 4.0+, right? I dont think its a hardware issue at all because my Infinity behaves same way.
Should i stay on 802.11g or is there something i can do to fix my devices to work with 802.11n?
Or is there a way i can enable 802.11g for Infinity and Nexus only, and use 802.11n for the rest?
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Hey I was wondering if anyone else was having wifi connection issues with the xoom? Every time I use my xoom I have to keep retrying to load the market, webpages and everything else that uses data. Usually have to reload the market around 3-5 times to get it to work. I have tried 2 different routers and stilll the same thing. Please let me know if anyone else is having this issue and if there is a way to fix it. Thanks
P.s. When Im on 3G everything is fine
I get it but only with Market, I assumed it was a market issue.
On. 3G, for me, everything is dog slow, but I never get the Retry box.
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slyty71 said:
Hey I was wondering if anyone else was having wifi connection issues with the xoom? Every time I use my xoom I have to keep retrying to load the market, webpages and everything else that uses data. Usually have to reload the market around 3-5 times to get it to work. I have tried 2 different routers and stilll the same thing. Please let me know if anyone else is having this issue and if there is a way to fix it. Thanks
P.s. When Im on 3G everything is fine
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Mine works perfect with my AT&T U-Verse gateway and tethered to my AT&T captivate. No problems here at all with wifi. Do you have problems with other wifi routers? Go to Starbucks or a friends and see if the same issue occurs. If not, there is something with your router that Xoom does not like.
I'm having WiFi issues as well. I don't have any issues with any other laptops in my house ... but my Xoom ... get very poor signal on WiFi and sometimes doesn't get any connection at all. This is serious buzz kill.
Mine is also choking on wifi. Switch to 3g and no problems. Annoying.
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srafail said:
get very poor signal on WiFi and sometimes doesn't get any connection at all. This is serious buzz kill.
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Hardly surpisring when the antenna is surrounded by glass and plastic
Wifi is suspect on the Xoom. I cannot get a connection to my secure wireless at work but I can connect to the less secure guest wireless network. I also could not initially tether with my phone (TMobile Vibrant) but after I downloaded Mobile AP I was able to tether just fine and have not had any issues since then.
No complaints here to report. I'm pulling in on average a speed of 17mbps download on most days from my home wifi network. Quite the speedy little guy my Xoom is.
WiFi hasnt been a problem for me either.
So far, I've used it on 4 different wireless networks (G and N/G), using various security options and I connect to each without fail. Hell, Ive even seen the Xoom connect to WiFi when driving down the street towards places that I have it configured to see.
I did have some trouble at one point due to my DNS and DHCP servers being offline. I didnt suspect any issues with them, so I spent more time than I should have troubleshooting the Xoom.
slyty71 said:
Hey I was wondering if anyone else was having wifi connection issues with the xoom? Every time I use my xoom I have to keep retrying to load the market, webpages and everything else that uses data. Usually have to reload the market around 3-5 times to get it to work. I have tried 2 different routers and stilll the same thing. Please let me know if anyone else is having this issue and if there is a way to fix it. Thanks
P.s. When Im on 3G everything is fine
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Known problem... see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=985536&highlight=wifi
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Greetings All,
I have been having issues as well after the update. The wireless always disconnects and connects and doesn't stay connected. No problems with my Droid X or laptop or other device.
Problem is that now I'm getting very close to going over my data plan.
Is there a fix in the works, since it worked perfectly with 3.0
Annoyed...
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UPDATE: Uninstalled the leaked Flash 10.2 and that has fixed the problem, somewhat. Still disconnects, but less.
slyty71 said:
Hey I was wondering if anyone else was having wifi connection issues with the xoom? Every time I use my xoom I have to keep retrying to load the market, webpages and everything else that uses data. Usually have to reload the market around 3-5 times to get it to work. I have tried 2 different routers and stilll the same thing. Please let me know if anyone else is having this issue and if there is a way to fix it. Thanks
P.s. When Im on 3G everything is fine
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No it doesnt happen to me.
Glad I found this. Yes mine doea it too. If I linger on a webpage for more than 30 seconds or so, it disconnects. (Yes I have all settings set correctly) same issue with market and now facebook and twitter app after the update. No connection or synchronization failed.
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Wireless issue fixed....
Greetings again,
Even after uninstalling flash, the problem persisted somewhat. I was getting very frustrated and so I reset the xoom to factory settings. A few notes on that. All applications were reinstalled, through the market which is good and bad.
So far, after 2 days of heavy wireless use, not a single drop in wifi connectivity.
Hope this helps...
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slyty71 said:
Hey I was wondering if anyone else was having wifi connection issues with the xoom? Every time I use my xoom I have to keep retrying to load the market, webpages and everything else that uses data. Usually have to reload the market around 3-5 times to get it to work. I have tried 2 different routers and stilll the same thing. Please let me know if anyone else is having this issue and if there is a way to fix it. Thanks
P.s. When Im on 3G everything is fine
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So far my wireless is great. I use WP2 Secure at home, a WEP at my parents, and a MAC based approval network at work. All are steady with full bars and no issues.
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MyXoomChannel http://www.youtube.com/sleeplessninjas
Its the encrypton protocol, WPA2 with AES will cause problems.
TKIP works.
I also have random issues. Some days its just fine, but other days wifi works and then stops working, usually a reboot fixes it.
Must be some wifi issue.
I have a fully factory stock xoom and have had NO wy fy problems at all! internet conection firm and stable. I intend not to root my zoom untill all the important updates are done and stable. I also am waiting for my 4G card install. I have WPA2 with AES and the xoom conected to it with NO problem
I haven't had any problems with mine whatsoever. I think it could be your router. My Xoom stays connected with my router and I haven't had a single problem so far with connected wifi.
My PS3 needs a router reset every single time I want to play Black Ops though.
ihad this issue. I think it may be hioneycomb and not xoom related because I experienced it on the acer iconia. The good news is that I resolved my connection issue with wifi. On the surface it looks like a dhcp handshake issue so, if you assign your xoom a static ip from your router, the issue goes away and all is good.
I am at my wits end with this problem. Here is the chain of events that have transpired. If anyone can make sense of it, please let me know because even tho I am 'some-what' of a smart person, this makes no sense at all to me.
I have had my G2x for over 9 months. Been through all the ROMS, all the updates and never had any trouble with my phone. I even updated to the newest BB 3 weeks ago, and installed HellFire CM7 and CM9 ROMS. (they have BB fix built it... well CM9 version does). I had no issues at all all. My data works fine, and my WiFi has always work fine. I also tried Owain's ROM with full success. Well I dropped my phone and cracked the camera lens. ( The phone still worked and Wifi worked ... only the camera lens was cracked ) T-Mobile sent me a new phone ( The new phone already had new BB on it ). First thing I did was try the new phone with stock ( for the hell of it ). I found out .... NO MATTER what I did, I could not get a WiFi connection to work on my new phone. I have not changed ANY settings on my router at all. The old phone Always worked with this router. Well Even tho this phone sees the router at full strength, it will NOT grab a IP from it. I decided ( for testing purposes ) to turn OFF all security and firewall on router, but still the phone will not pickup a IP from it, it just says authenticating, then says no wifi in range ( even tho the router is 2 feet from me ) Now my 2 tabs and my laptop all pickup IP's just fine and work fine.
Ok ... well ... I said the hell with this, so I put my SIM into my old phone ( which also has new BB and has always worked perfect with this router ! ) Well, now it will not grab an IP from it either !?!?!?!? I did full resets and even ran the batch script from xda forum that erases all partition's and recreates them. Still NO WIFI now on either G2x phone !!!! Again dont forget my tabs all work just fine via wifi, and the router has 25 IP's to offer.
I am 100% lost and very confused. I have 6 days to send a phone back ou get charged $300 !! PLEASE HELP ME with any thoughts you might have !!
My Router is a (Router/Modem combo) and is a ZyXEL Q1000z. I have NO FIREWALL and NO SECURITY atm. And my phone DID WORK with this router 3 days ago !
Please any advice at all ?????
Thank you very much.
Ok, this is a strange one.
My wife got an Telus HTC One S (running stock ROM, I think it's ICS 4.0.3, might be 4.0.4) yesterday, and we've been having no end of troubles stemming from the WiFi.
First, we tried to install Swype over WiFi, and the download bar kept getting stuck at around 10%. Switching to the 3G network allowed us to install it. We figured it might be a Swype issue.
Then we started grabbing some apps from the App store over WiFi, and everything kept throwing the error "Package File is Invalid". We tried over 3G, and it worked fine.
Remembering some troubleshooting I had to do with my Galaxy S and its wonky WiFi, I set up the HTC to use a static IP. This worked, but only temporarily. After a few apps were downloaded, it started throwing the same "Invalid" error.
The general advice around the web seems to be clearing the Play store cache/data, and uninstalling its updates. We have tried that multiple times, with no luck. Besides which, the store works over 3G, just not WiFi, so I doubt it's the store itself.
We have two other Android devices in the house, running Gingerbread 2.3.3 and Honeycomb 3.2. Both of them can download fine over the same WiFi connection.
Because of this, I'm pretty sure it isn't the Play Store (since it works on 3G), nor the WiFi itself (since it works with other phones). My best guess is either the HTC One S's WiFi hardware is faulty, or it has a software/firmware bug.
Any ideas?
EDIT: At some point during this process, we also made sure to update to the latest firmware (1.84, I believe), just to rule that out. The firmware also kept saying it was corrupted if I downloaded it over WiFi. I had to download it over 3G to install the update.
you could try a custom rom, that might fix your issue, but void your warranty
HidaKureku said:
you could try a custom rom, that might fix your issue, but void your warranty
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Yeah, with a one-day-old phone, that's not going to happen yet. If it's hardware, we'll be getting it exchanged this weekend.
oh well yeah. if it's still within the exchange period then do that
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oh well yeah. if it's still within the exchange period then do that
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Heh, that's the plan. I've been searching around trying to figure out if this was maybe a known problem for this phone, though, or a software issue that people knew how to fix. Doesn't look like it.
Thanks, though.
it could be a bad wifi chip or a fault in the antenna. probably just a hardware issue. defective electronics, the bane of the modern era
HidaKureku said:
it could be a bad wifi chip or a fault in the antenna. probably just a hardware issue. defective electronics, the bane of the modern era
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So we exchanged the phone, and have the same error on the new one. We took the second phone back and tried it on the store's WiFi, and it works there. So it looks like it's an issue with our WiFi network. But that's insane, because we already have two Android devices on the same network, and those work fine.
Are there any known incompatibilities with ICS and WiFi networks? I'm pulling my hair out here.
ve4grm said:
So we exchanged the phone, and have the same error on the new one. We took the second phone back and tried it on the store's WiFi, and it works there. So it looks like it's an issue with our WiFi network. But that's insane, because we already have two Android devices on the same network, and those work fine.
Are there any known incompatibilities with ICS and WiFi networks? I'm pulling my hair out here.
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Same problem here,galaxy s2,after playing around with some custom roms,i went back to stock generic ics and now I have this ptoblem,i realised that on mobile data works perfect, my wifi is from virgin media,but 7 months while it was not rooted it did not have this problem at all. I have to mention that it doesn't happen to all apps from the matket.also once I got "nit enough memory" error which is hilarious. I don't know what is,but I will try to download the apps while I am out connected on other wifi ntw
if it's occured on multiple phones, i reinstate my opinion that you should attempt to root and flash a custom rom
For example I can't install blood brothers (not that I need it,just because I get points on money factory),but can install angry burds and a b rio which are bigget than the tirst one
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if it's occured on multiple phones, i reinstate my opinion that you should attempt to root and flash a custom rom
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Yeah, I don't really want to do that to my wife's phone when it's this new.
Luckily we found a workaround, by daisy-chaining our old router into the current one, and connecting the WiFi through the second one. Not ideal, but it works.
I've been trying to tether a tf700 to my S3's 4g connection while at my job for about two weeks now. The problem is after a little bit of time connected, the wifi tether will drop the tab. The connection on the tab will cycle between connecting, obtaining IP address and saved. I tried another device, a phone, to see if it was the S3 or the tab and it did the same thing, indicating a problem with the S3. Note: this issue has only come up when tethering at my job. I have not seen it happen at my house, though it may be possible.
I have tried several roms including stock, JellyWiz, CleanROM and others with the same result. I followed the procedure to return the phone to vzw warranty service as a way to wipe the phone and return it to stock settings. Running Foxfi, I still had the issue.
I got a warranty replacement S3 and have left it unrooted on stock (HE based rom). Using Foxfi I was able to tether successfully for hours. It's been nice. This leads me to think of two possibilities.
1. The wipe via Odin, relock, and OTA updates somehow still didn't fix the software issue on the old phone. This seems unlikely but I'm no expert. I would think Odin would clear everything but still the problem exists.
2. It's a hardware issue. This seems unlikely because my wifi works and I have not been able to duplicate this at my house. But there is no denying that the new device works great.
The big question is, can I root/flash on the new phone without fear of it winding up like the old one?
The new phone and tab just had the same problem - unable to tether. This is a first but I rebooted both and it has cleared up. This seems to be a software issue but it's really stubborn.
Samsung says it is a hardware issue. They are sending me my third phone. I hope this works or else I'm switching to another device.
Using native tether locking lockscreen open fixes it. Settings >lockscreen>Screenlock>None. If have 15 toggle mod there is a lock toggle. Best is to use Android wifi tether that now works for TW JB roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988735
Thanks for the reply. I tried it but unfortunately it only worked for about two minutes before falling into the fail loop. It should be mentioned that on the tab, I see the signal strength at full (since I'm three feet away) but when it's looping the signal drops to nothing on connect. I still have to think it may be a hardware issue.
I just hope phone #3 works as it should.
So far so good. Got the new phone and it's tethering with foxfi just fine. Not rooted yet and probably won't for several days. I'm actually wondering if I can burn this one up and get them to send me a DNA.
armus said:
So far so good. Got the new phone and it's tethering with foxfi just fine. Not rooted yet and probably won't for several days. I'm actually wondering if I can burn this one up and get them to send me a DNA.
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My phone is having the same issue, how do you go about getting a replacement from Samsung?
I am running PACMAN rom and have been for a while now, i have never had this problem until recently.
my wife and I use my phone for the internet around the house and just recently it's started getting weird. It will be perfect then randomly the tether will drop and all our connected devices will have to reconnect.
It doesnt close the app, and only takes a minute for my laptop to reconnect (not a big deal), on the other hand when im playing xbox it is a whole different story, oh man does this bother me, it has rendered xbox live practically useless. if any one has any ideas please let me know.
I am on the latest radio, and i update PACMAN almost everyday, and run the kernel that comes with PAC. also this is using the wifi tether that comes with PAC, i believe it is CM's wifi tether.
any help would be awesome to my wife and my self.
Thank you.