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My wifi on the samsung mesmerize is not working properly, 3G works just fine. I try and go online from my wifi connection it says server problem, if I go to my wifi settings it says it's connected. Help would be much appreciated, I have a very fast internet and would like to take advantage of it, especially considering my psu just blew on the pc! I have pulled 10 mbs on this phone using wifi before. Haven't installed a new app that would prevent anything with the wifi that I'm aware of, just wiped my phone the other day, saturday actually. Again any help would be great.
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Zibit27 said:
Sorry if this has already been covered in another forum.
My wifi on the samsung mesmerize is not working properly, 3G works just fine. I try and go online from my wifi connection it says server problem, if I go to my wifi settings it says it's connected. Help would be much appreciated, I have a very fast internet and would like to take advantage of it, especially considering my psu just blew on the pc! I have pulled 10 mbs on this phone using wifi before. Haven't installed a new app that would prevent anything with the wifi that I'm aware of, just wiped my phone the other day, saturday actually. Again any help would be great.
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We're going to need to know what you're currently running.
As far as I know, no one is having issues with Wi-fi on either 2.1 or 2.2
My wifi sometimes won't turn on and I have to reboot to fix it, try that?
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sageDieu said:
My wifi sometimes won't turn on and I have to reboot to fix it, try that?
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Yea if that don't fix it try pulling the battery.
Although since the phone is telling you i'ts connected I'm now thinking this is probably app related...(which a reinstall or reflash may correct)
I also have wifi issues with my fascinate, running froyo. I turn wifi on, and it works until the phone sleeps. Then at some point (seem to be a different amount of time each time) I lose my connection to the net. It still says the wifi is connected (wifi symbol at the top). But if I attempt to use google talk, or pull up a web page I do not have access to the internet. If i turn wifi off, and then right back on, all is well (until the next time it sleeps).
There is an app called wifi keep alive. If i check all the options on that app it helps. I see the issue far less often, but it still happens, and using this app my battery life suffers a little.
OK so on my open network at home o can connect but then I lose internet connectivity after about 5 minutes. Recently today though when I go to shut off wifi and bring it back on, it just reads error and won't let me check it back on or off. I then power cycle the phone and I'm back to square one with the 5 minute disconnect. Wtf
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It may not be your phone.
I had the same issue but I reset and reconfigured my Cisco router
Renamed my network and phone connected within seconds and I haven't had any issues since.
Try connecting to a different wifi network and see how well it connects.
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Same thing happened to me at home.
To resolve it I had to reboot my Wireless Router at home, then I was able to connect.
Reboot or a reset? I have a WRT330N Linksys/cisco
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Try reboot first...then u may have to change some settings
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Reboot or a reset? I have a WRT330N Linksys/cisco
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Reboot first
Rebooting prob won't help reset will.
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wifi is flakey on mine as well. Also google market will say "no connection" while other apps connect to the internet just fine.
So far (knock on wood) my wifi is great.
Except for that one time I had to reboot my wifi.
Wifi is fine on mine. Asus rt n56u router
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I replaced my router today and my wifi issues went away. I'm sad to find out the Atrix 2 doesn't support 5ghz wireless N
This is a motorola bug. It exists on the Atrix 2, Droid 1, Droid X, and Droid X 2.
It has something to do with the method the wireless radio in the phones notifies the AP that it is going into low power standby. So far I've been unable to determine the EXACT reason that it does this, but have a feeling its related to using WPA/WPA2 and sending the LPN to the AP with that enabled.
I'm trying to figure it out, and if any one else experiencing problems with wifi where it drops connectivity after 2-5 minutes, please let me know the following info:
Length of SSID
Brand of Router / model.
Encryption type: EG, WPA2/CCMP (CCMP=AES on some devices)
length of encryption key.
I'm going to try and find a way to fix this at the router, provided the settings are available.
Ssid is the same as router name WRT330N. No encryption. Got my new skyrocket no more wifi issues
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thekurrgan said:
This is a motorola bug. It exists on the Atrix 2, Droid 1, Droid X, and Droid X 2.
It has something to do with the method the wireless radio in the phones notifies the AP that it is going into low power standby. So far I've been unable to determine the EXACT reason that it does this, but have a feeling its related to using WPA/WPA2 and sending the LPN to the AP with that enabled.
I'm trying to figure it out, and if any one else experiencing problems with wifi where it drops connectivity after 2-5 minutes, please let me know the following info:
Length of SSID
Brand of Router / model.
Encryption type: EG, WPA2/CCMP (CCMP=AES on some devices)
length of encryption key.
I'm going to try and find a way to fix this at the router, provided the settings are available.
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I am experiencing exactly what you described, every time I connect to WPA2 network at my college I experience weird problems. For example when I stream music with GoogleMusic I can barely go through one song. On the other hand I have no problems at my home where I also use WPA2. The most confusing thing is that my phone acts weird on unsecured networks too.
Do you think this is a software issue ?
For those who are seeing the poor WiFi connections that lock up after a few minutes...
Go into your router settings and disable WMM.
I am told (by a reliable source) that the problem resides in some T.I. drivers commonly used in Moto phones and it's exacerbated by overly strict code in many routers.
In any event, I was suffering terribly unstable WiFi connections that would lock up every few minutes. As soon as I disabled WMM on the router, everything started working cleanly and has remained that way.
malch99 said:
For those who are seeing the poor WiFi connections that lock up after a few minutes...
Go into your router settings and disable WMM.
I am told (by a reliable source) that the problem resides in some T.I. drivers commonly used in Moto phones and it's exacerbated by overly strict code in many routers.
In any event, I was suffering terribly unstable WiFi connections that would lock up every few minutes. As soon as I disabled WMM on the router, everything started working cleanly and has remained that way.
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Thanks for the info. What should we do if we use wifi in a university or any other place where you can not change router settings? Do you think Cm7/Cm9 will remedy the problem?
malch99 said:
For those who are seeing the poor WiFi connections that lock up after a few minutes...
Go into your router settings and disable WMM.
I am told (by a reliable source) that the problem resides in some T.I. drivers commonly used in Moto phones and it's exacerbated by overly strict code in many routers.
In any event, I was suffering terribly unstable WiFi connections that would lock up every few minutes. As soon as I disabled WMM on the router, everything started working cleanly and has remained that way.
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Holy ****, thanks for that.
malch99 said:
For those who are seeing the poor WiFi connections that lock up after a few minutes...
Go into your router settings and disable WMM.
I am told (by a reliable source) that the problem resides in some T.I. drivers commonly used in Moto phones and it's exacerbated by overly strict code in many routers.
In any event, I was suffering terribly unstable WiFi connections that would lock up every few minutes. As soon as I disabled WMM on the router, everything started working cleanly and has remained that way.
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I will most def try this out (though i'm limited to devices I have management access to), hoping for the best (my wifi works well, but does seem to drop off sometimes and other times no problems whatsoever...)
malch99 said:
For those who are seeing the poor WiFi connections that lock up after a few minutes...
Go into your router settings and disable WMM.
I am told (by a reliable source) that the problem resides in some T.I. drivers commonly used in Moto phones and it's exacerbated by overly strict code in many routers.
In any event, I was suffering terribly unstable WiFi connections that would lock up every few minutes. As soon as I disabled WMM on the router, everything started working cleanly and has remained that way.
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Wtf is wmm supposed to be a acronym for...
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I have no problems with Rosewill NRX-N4PS at home and work running WPA2-AES with WMM enabled.
ya can read about WMM here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Multimedia_Extensions
Has anyone else tried connecting to an invisible wifi network with Emancipation? I had been having wifi issues with Revelation constantly dropping and reconnecting to wifi so I made the switch to emancipation and it won't connect to the network at all. If I make the network visible it connects.
Before flashing I used Heimdall One-click Back-To-Stock UCLB3.
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Has anyone else tried connecting to an invisible wifi network with Emancipation? I had been having wifi issues with Revelation constantly dropping and reconnecting to wifi so I made the switch to emancipation and it won't connect to the network at all. If I make the network visible it connects.
Before flashing I used Heimdall One-click Back-To-Stock UCLB3.
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The school where I teach has an invisible access point and I have no issues connecting. What type of router are you using?
DLink DGL-4500
I sometimes have to toggle wifi off and on again. it shows connected, but there is no data getting through.
I have found just turning the power off then back on for both my modem and wireless router...resets all...with two PC and 5 phones...that helps me.
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bigjoe2675 said:
I have found just turning the power off then back on for both my modem and wireless router...resets all...with two PC and 5 phones...that helps me.
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I'll give that a try, we've had some pretty wicked weather lately.
I finally got it to connect. However, it's started doing the same thing again dropping and reconnecting until it eventually just shows the wifi signal but doesn't appear to be connected or transferring data through it.
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If you guys are having trouble connecting on to an invisible network,
Zen has noted that the keyboard, after a few flash, can insert additional characters. I noted these odd behaviors when using swype.
It is not as prevalent on android or stock samsung kb.
If you are try to connect, change the kb to sammy's or android.
If you have connected and dropping or can't connect, I would recommend trying my wifi-fix script in cwm. I'm curious to see if it works.
Power the router off and on is also a good idea. some routers are buggy or just need a power on/off.
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If you guys are having trouble connecting on to an invisible network,
Zen has noted that the keyboard, after a few flash, can insert additional characters. I noted these odd behaviors when using swype.
It is not as prevalent on android or stock samsung kb.
If you are try to connect, change the kb to sammy's or android.
If you have connected and dropping or can't connect, I would recommend trying my wifi-fix script in cwm. I'm curious to see if it works.
Power the router off and on is also a good idea. some routers are buggy or just need a power on/off.
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Mine finally worked after toggling bluetooth, gps and airplane mode on and off.
I did notice the keyboard leaving extra spaces but as I caught it don't suspect that was the issue.
I've been using this router set up as is for years and have only recently started having the connectivity problems with phones I've put recent releases of revelation, emancipation or Zeus on. For some reason lately my cell signal at my apt has dropped drastically (majority of the time barely 1 bar; would get 3-4 bars when I moved in December) so not having wifi makes everything a real pain. I almost think att has black listed my account or something. I've tried multiple modems but problems present with each one.
I would gladly try your script do you have a link?
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Qkster, I'll try your script, were is it?
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Qkster, I'll try your script, were is it?
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I believe you'll find it here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23965646&postcount=1
The script only semi fixed my wifi issues... still constantly reconnects but always successfully reconnects.
On an unrelated note how does one edit the APN in emancipation?
Not to continuously post stuff on XDA about this phone...but I am curious....my Wifi keeps disconnecting and reconnecting....depends sometime 1-2 mins into using Wifi and somethings after using it for more than 1 hour....none of my other devices have this issue and I was just wondering if anyone else has this problem with this phone...thank you
Edit: It still happens....hmm
zrmxp95 said:
Not to continuously post stuff on XDA about this phone...but I am curious....my Wifi keeps disconnecting and reconnecting....depends sometime 1-2 mins into using Wifi and somethings after using it for more than 1 hour....none of my other devices have this issue and I was just wondering if anyone else has this problem with this phone...thank you
Edit: Never mind....my computer loses connection too just doesn't show it...using a different wireless router and seeing if I drop connection with it....sorry for posting useless stuff
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I've been having the same issues... I have a laptop that doesn't seem to have any problems with my current router (Medialink Wireless N router I got off Amazon - good router until this issue...). It also doesn't matter how close I am to the router either. I've been sitting 2 feet from my router, and it will still continuously disconnect and reconnect. Let me know what your findings are...
Idk if this will help: settings/wifi/menu/advanced/keep wifi on during sleep. I have mine set to always, no problem here. If that doesn't help try assigning an ip through your routers dhcp.
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Ok....so it does still happen....on my Netgear 7550, Linksys E4200, Linksys E3000, and almost every other network I connect to...it is really frustrating...
It happens to me when I'm in my apartment bedroom some on the far side (I normally plug it up at night to my right on the headboard) which is about furthest from my router I can get inside...but otherwise I don't have the issue when I'm closer. I've started wondering if the phone just doesn't pick up wi-fi as well, though in fairness I have a single-antenna fairly cheap Rosewill router (RNX-N150RT).
Change the wifi ip settings on the phone from dhcp to auto. Mine was set to default to dhcp.
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slantyshanty said:
Change the wifi ip settings on the phone from dhcp to auto. Mine was set to default to dhcp.
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I tried this and it still drops wifi...but for some reason wifi tether doesn't drop...still don't know if its hardware or software related
My phone keeps dropping wifi as well and it happens on every wifi I'm connected to and its very annoying.
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megan23247 said:
My phone keeps dropping wifi as well and it happens on every wifi I'm connected to and its very annoying.
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I am wondering if it is a bug with the phones software because it also drops on every connection I connect to also.....maybe we should contact sprint / motorola
megan23247 said:
My phone keeps dropping wifi as well and it happens on every wifi I'm connected to and its very annoying.
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I am wondering if it is a bug with the phones software because it also drops on every connection I connect to also.....maybe we should contact sprint / motorola
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I'd have to think you guys have bad hardware, or something else not playing nice... I have connected to MANY access points (even in different countries) and never had an issue with it dropping. I even make wifi calls for long conference calls, so I would definitely notice if it did drop...
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I am wondering if it is a bug with the phones software because it also drops on every connection I connect to also.....maybe we should contact sprint / motorola
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Yeah, I have the same issue. I've discovered that it doesn't disconnect if I'm within 5 feet of the access point, which isn't exactly a great option, but does suggest maybe a software fix or a straightforward hardware hack like the Atrix 2.
Ok so even after the update the wifi still drops....even when i am right next to the router....but I can say that when i am using WiFi tether it doesn't drop the tether connection....it all seems weird to me...
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Possible solution - try this and see if it works for you
Was running into this problem on my new Pho Q (too fun calling it that), where it would drop wifi and report a connection was available on the left side, then connect again, every 15s to a min.
To resolve (at least so far now for me for about an hour):
Settings - Wifi - Menu - Advanced:
Uncheck Show Reminders
It seemed that having it popup a reminder of available networks could be related to it noticing my available network every few seconds, and it seems to have helped me. Try it and report back. :highfive:
Ok, seems its still happening, but far less often at least. When I have some time, I'll try to do an A-B-A test but it does seem better than it was before disabling the setting.
cmags said:
Ok, seems its still happening, but far less often at least. When I have some time, I'll try to do an A-B-A test but it does seem better than it was before disabling the setting.
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I still seem to have this problem - anyone figure out a solution? I'm getting really tired of not being able to use wifi at home, since I get next to no reception... Gets frustrating really fast when it disconnects and reconnects every minute or so
JasonDelta said:
I still seem to have this problem - anyone figure out a solution? I'm getting really tired of not being able to use wifi at home, since I get next to no reception... Gets frustrating really fast when it disconnects and reconnects every minute or so
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Someone thought it was related to smart actions - do you have any of those enabled?
I've never had any issues with wifi - and I've used many different types of routers and security models.
Have you tried changing your wireless channel on your router or gateway? By default most start on 6, so changing it to 1 or 11 might reduce interference from nearby wireless signals. Are you a long distance from your router/gateway?
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arrrghhh said:
Someone thought it was related to smart actions - do you have any of those enabled?
I've never had any issues with wifi - and I've used many different types of routers and security models.
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Not using Smart Actions (I use Settings Profile app from the Play Store instead)
UnicronAlpha99 said:
Have you tried changing your wireless channel on your router or gateway? By default most start on 6, so changing it to 1 or 11 might reduce interference from nearby wireless signals. Are you a long distance from your router/gateway?
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It'll disconnect and reconnect even if I'm 2 feet from the router. I just tried changing to channel 10. I'll report back how it goes. I do live in an apartment building with tons of wifi networks, so this is a good suggestion. Thanks!
JasonDelta said:
Not using Smart Actions (I use Settings Profile app from the Play Store instead)
It'll disconnect and reconnect even if I'm 2 feet from the router. I just tried changing to channel 10. I'll report back how it goes. I do live in an apartment building with tons of wifi networks, so this is a good suggestion. Thanks!
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Tried changing the channel, but still disconnects and reconnects often. None of my other devices (laptops, tablets, other smartphones) have any issues keeping connected. I'm still at a loss...
Anyone have any luck fixing this? When my wife's photon Q connects to our home network, no problem. No drops whatsoever. But when she connects to her work WiFi, despite a strong signal, it would drop every few minutes.
Is anyone else noticing that their WiFi doesn't exactly drop, but just stops working apparently at random?
I notice this when sending a message via Hangouts, it won't send for a minute or two. Just three bouncing dots. My WiFi still shows connected, but the message doesn't send.
Same with Hangouts video chat. It will freeze up on me, and have a poor connection/experience, but when I switch to T-Mobile's network, no issues.
I haven't had this WiFi issue on any other devices in my home. (Droid Incredible, Galaxy Nexus, HP Touchpad w/Jelly Bean).
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Tried turning off wifi optimization? That used to be a problem on my Gnex and I have it disabled on my N5. Not sure if it would help though.
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WiFi is working just fine for me, no problems so far
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chrisinsocalif said:
Tried turning off wifi optimization? That used to be a problem on my Gnex and I have it disabled on my N5. Not sure if it would help though.
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I'll give it a try, thank you.
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whats wifi optimization?
i experienced this issue on 2 occasions. wifi bars still show full but no data is getting across. i turned wifi off and back on and its fine again.
Ruggerxpunk said:
Is anyone else noticing that their WiFi doesn't exactly drop, but just stops working apparently at random?
I notice this when sending a message via Hangouts, it won't send for a minute or two. Just three bouncing dots. My WiFi still shows connected, but the message doesn't send.
Same with Hangouts video chat. It will freeze up on me, and have a poor connection/experience, but when I switch to T-Mobile's network, no issues.
I haven't had this WiFi issue on any other devices in my home. (Droid Incredible, Galaxy Nexus, HP Touchpad w/Jelly Bean).
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I am experiencing the exact same issue. I just turned off WiFi optimization as suggested and we will see what happens.
Just received mine, I'll check it on my home Wi-Fi. My work Wi-Fi is suspect because the building is old and we've had a tough time getting things to work around here. Lol.
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Ruggerxpunk said:
Is anyone else noticing that their WiFi doesn't exactly drop, but just stops working apparently at random?
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Artem Russakovskii posted on g+ that the nexus 5 has issues with networks that use a 5 ghz signal. Apparently using another channel solves the problem. Similar to the issues chromecast/nexus 7 has on 5 ghz networks. Changing it is worth a shot, most routers have an option to change it.
edit: (assuming you are using a 5 ghz channel)
Here is the post: https://plus.google.com/107797272029781254158/posts/XSgcEj6uz4b
RJM7787 said:
Artem Russakovskii posted on g+ that the nexus 5 has issues with networks that use a 5 ghz signal. Apparently using another channel solves the problem. Similar to the issues chromecast has on 5 ghz networks. Changing it is worth a shot, most routers have an option to change it.
Here is the post: https://plus.google.com/107797272029781254158/posts/XSgcEj6uz4b
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This is good advice, thank you.
It's worth noting for my particular issue my router does not have a 5 Ghz band.
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Ruggerxpunk said:
This is good advice, thank you.
It's worth noting for my particular issue my router does not have a 5 Ghz band.
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Just happened to me again with YouTube. Video stopped playing half way through. The only way to get the video to finish was to turn off wifi and switch to LTE. I had wifi optimization off, and I do not have a 5GHz router.
jtseidner said:
Just happened to me again with YouTube. Video stopped playing half way through. The only way to get the video to finish was to turn off wifi and switch to LTE. I had wifi optimization off, and I do not have a 5GHz router.
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This is very disconcerting :'(
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This is very disconcerting :'(
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Even though my router is not 5 GHz I just went into my phones settings, WiFi, Advanced and changed the WiFi Frequency band from Auto to 2.4 Ghz. Maybe that will help? It seemed to work right away without me having to turn wifi off and on again so there is that. I need to use it awhile though.
Do you have any antivirus programs running? I had to uninstall mine because it was causing wifi issues.
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I've been having some pretty terrible Wi-Fi reception. Especially on my school's campus. There will be a router on the ceiling directly above me, and I'll get like one or two bars maybe, and terrible speeds.
Just tried turning off Wi-Fi optimization, maybe it'll work better.
UPDATE: This seems to have fixed it. I just downloaded an app at 6 MB/s from the play store in the same spot I've always had problems.
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I am having the same issue with my N5, there's a thread at Android Central discussing this issue: http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-5/329226-nexus-5-wifi-problem-4.html
Basically, if I watch a YouTube video that's at least 5 minutes long, I won't be able to finish it as the video will pause at least one or two minutes after starting. This is not YouTube buffering the video either, the video will just pause forever.
Another test is open up Chrome and type words into the URL bar. Auto suggests will appear, if I keep doing this, sooner or later there will be no auto suggest appearing, suggesting network connection is either dropped or became very slow.
I am connecting to an Asus RT-N16 router in 2.4Ghz N mode. Tried turning off Wifi optimization, and other router settings (20Mhz spread, G only mode, other frequencies, etc) and same problem persists.
Since this problem is not as common, I am suspecting this maybe a router incompatibility between N5 and Asus Rt-N16. Anyone reading this thread, if you are having this (or not) issue, please post your router model + settings. Thanks.
I have (2) N5's, a white one and a black one. The black one is very "flaky" with regards to wifi and battery drain. I initially noticed the problem with battery drain where it would drop 20% in two hours with <1m of screen time. It would also go from 100% to 4% over the course of a day with <50m of screen time. I initially did not use the phone much as I was trying to figure out the drain problem, but now that I have been using it more, I've experienced wifi drop outs, where the signal indicator shows connected with a strong signal. I have never experienced that amount of battery drain or any wifi problems with the white one. Both connect to the same routers. I have an Asus 802.11AC router at home. The only AC devices I have are the N5's and my laptop, but the laptop and white N5 has never had trouble. At work I have several TP-Link 802.11N routers in the ceiling throughout our building and a Netgear 802.11N router in our IT sandbox lab. I've tried changing channels, 2.4 vs 5Ghz, updating router firmware and performing factory resets on my home router and the Netgear at work, all to no avail. I've done factory wipes on both phones many times trying to find some reason for one to behave in such a way where the other does not. All I can come up with is that the black one is defective. What's worse, some days the black one will work just fine on wifi and I'll see expected battery drain.
Another update: I went to Paradise Bakery (sandwich shop with free wifi) to test out the wifi. The N5 connected to the wifi fine, but unable to get pass the 'Agree to EULA' login page. I brought along my work HTC One and it was able to connect and get pass the agreement page with no problems. I am beginning to think there's something wrong with the wifi on my N5.