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Still having very bad wifi issues.

Okay I posted a while back about this. For the past 2 weeks my wifi will connect and about 5 mins later won't load anything, but says I'm still connected. I've unplugged my router ( At&T router) and plugged it back in, no difference. I had att replace the router today and still having the same problem. I have it on wpa. I need to fix this, I run everything through my phone and this is really affecting my day to day. Any advice?
Infuse running infused v2.0.2.

If you're still using the stock ROM like I am, I'm finding the WiFi reception on my Infuse to be the worst I've ever experienced on any phone I've ever had. Lets hope the Gingerbread update fixes it.
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No I'm on infused. And its still pretty bad.
Infuse running infused v2.0.2.

iruleyounow said:
Okay I posted a while back about this. For the past 2 weeks my wifi will connect and about 5 mins later won't load anything, but says I'm still connected. I've unplugged my router ( At&T router) and plugged it back in, no difference. I had att replace the router today and still having the same problem. I have it on wpa. I need to fix this, I run everything through my phone and this is really affecting my day to day. Any advice?
Infuse running infused v2.0.2.
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Download wifi analyzer from the market and look see if there are several wifi networks on the same channel as your wifi. If so, change the channel on your router and see if that helps.
Also, what's the model on your router?

Even I've faced this issue ever since I got the phone but still there's no fix.
The problem is with a particular make of the router. I read online about it and there are more than 2 problems here.
1. If the router is a multiprotocol - bgn router, it might be a problem if the router is running in mixed mode. Our phone supports only b and g. In any case, if u enter the MAC address of ur phone into ur router, it might solve the problem.
2. If the router is not broadcasting the SSID i.e in hidden SSID mode, there might be wifi issues. Change the settings to remove the hidden SSID.
3. There is a PSP mode (Power save polling) mode in the hardware which will put the wifi to sleep if the phone goes to sleep (It is different than the wifi sleep policy) If the phone goes to this mode, some routers wont be able to send packets to the phone and this causes wifi to get disconnected.
If you try to connect to a public wifi, u should be able to connect. I guess the problem is only in ur home. I have the same problem but sadly i cant change any router settings since I stay in a university dorm...
Hope this helps!

iruleyounow said:
Okay I posted a while back about this. For the past 2 weeks my wifi will connect and about 5 mins later won't load anything, but says I'm still connected. I've unplugged my router ( At&T router) and plugged it back in, no difference. I had att replace the router today and still having the same problem. I have it on wpa. I need to fix this, I run everything through my phone and this is really affecting my day to day. Any advice?
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Wanted to say I have a Verizon Actionteck router with FIOS and I am having the same issue with my Samsung Infuse 4G, only I am not using WPA I am using WPA2. I have to restart my device and then the device will work. Currently with WPA2 and I hide the SID and have the setting "Connect even when not broadcasting" enabled.
Thoughts ? I still have the 2.2 OS yes rooted.

[Q] Wifi without simcard

I would like to know if there is any way I can have my WiFi internet on my MT4GS,without my Sim card in the phone .Probably just surfing the net or using "whats app". I have tried and my cell doesn't connect to the WiFi router at all.Can someone advise on settling this matter ? My phone is unlocked and rooted.I haven't taken the update,so I'm still on the stock ROM.
I used my old windows touch pro 1 cell and it connects to the WiFi router without Sim card.So what can I do to get the WiFi internet on my MT4GS?

You should just have it.
I have two of these devices - one on T-Mobile, the other bought aftermarket out of plan. No sim card, yet I connect to wifi everywhere, even use it as a wifi bridge to my router for a desktop in my home.
Just go into settings, wireless settings, then turn on wifi and tap 'wifi settings' underneath it. You should see your network in the list, just tap it and enter a password if necessary.
Done.
This doesn't work for you?
Sim card has nothing to do with wifi, only cellular.

Maybe the fact that your phone is rooted. But I don't know my rooted cliq is rooted an connects to WiFi fine...
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PentraRAWR said:
Maybe the fact that your phone is rooted. But I don't know my rooted cliq is rooted an connects to WiFi fine...
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Could be, my buddy has a stock mytouch and he can't get on wifi without a sim either..
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I don't think so - I just got it back from HTC and it's not rooted yet, still stock the same way I shipped it out to them. Gets on wifi fine with no sim card.
It does have an S-OFF bootloader, but I don't see how that would matter.
I do find this curious.
What exactly happens when you try to connect to a wifi network?
Does it even see the wifi networks?
Where does the ability to connect fail?

You should be able to connect. It'll have that option at the HTC setup wizard.
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Blue6IX said:
I don't think so - I just got it back from HTC and it's not rooted yet, still stock the same way I shipped it out to them. Gets on wifi fine with no sim card.
It does have an S-OFF bootloader, but I don't see how that would matter.
I do find this curious.
What exactly happens when you try to connect to a wifi network?
Does it even see the wifi networks?
Where does the ability to connect fail?
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Says scanning ,then tries to acquire ip address then it disconnects and starts all over with the same result.Secondly I remembered the last two programs that were causing me problems in installing and uninstalling were Bloater and Busybox ,before my WiFi went haywire.I gave up trying and hence I was preparing to send my cell back to HTC, since it was still within the warranty period.I unrootted my cell and now my WiFi works again.So i really can't say exactly what caused this malfunction as yet .Thank you guys,for such quick responses.This really makes me feel proud to be part of an outstanding group of people here,and as whole, part of xda-developers.I thank you all for your help an assistance.Hopefully this information might help someone else someday.

Maybe it's your router
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No my girlfriend,has the same phone with me and it connected .Had tried another router and it still didn't connect.

I do it all th time with several brands of phones. I have had problems the constanly connecting and reconnecting when there are too many devices around at the same time.
Sometimes it is the router and internet going through "spells".
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Yes, "innerwebs" with wifi works without a sim card.
My g2 AND my other 4g slide both connect to my router without a sim in them.
But they are rooted with different roms so......

With is this?!

Could someone please explain why my network is red? Anytime it is like this it won't let me on the network. Doesn't matter what network I'm on and is done this on both my Nexus 5's I've had. I thought that it was something to do with the fact that I rooted the first one but this one is completely stock.
Someone help please!

it turns orange(red) when you are not connected to google. you can try to put it in airplane mode then back.

-_- why God why?

It doesn't allow me to connect to anything!

automaddux said:
It doesn't allow me to connect to anything!
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your whole data signal is probably no good at the moment, thats why googles servers cant be connected. have you tried setting it into airplane mode than back? how about have you tried rebooting?

Reboots and turning data of and on does not fix it.

simms22 said:
your whole data signal is probably no good at the moment, thats why googles servers cant be connected. have you tried setting it into airplane mode than back? how about have you tried rebooting?
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Your mobile data will go red when you have a bad connection to the internet.
And the same goes for your WiFi.
I have a Telus WiFi router and it quite literally is the cheapest POS I have come across in all my networking experience (1 month XD). Whenever the router stopped responding/ stop transmitting an internet signal my bands would go red. I had to reset my router to get it to work, then I bought a new one.
So the question is, have you reset your router?
Easiest way: Pull the plug, wait 10 seconds and plug back in, wait up to one minute then reconnect to the WiFi network.

Spectrys said:
Your mobile data will go red when you have a bad connection to the internet.
And the same goes for your WiFi.
I have a Telus WiFi router and it quite literally is the cheapest POS I have come across in all my networking experience (1 month XD). Whenever the router stopped responding/ stop transmitting an internet signal my bands would go red. I had to reset my router to get it to work, then I bought a new one.
So the question is, have you reset your router?
Easiest way: Pull the plug, wait 10 seconds and plug back in, wait up to one minute then reconnect to the WiFi network.
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I would say that could be the problem but it's not just my router, almost all wifi networks I connect to has the same effect. I'm at a loss. Maybe all the networks I connect to need to be reset but some (like my school network) I can't do that.

So you have had 2 N5 and both have given you the same problem? @automaddux

Spectrys said:
So you have had 2 N5 and both have given you the same problem? @automaddux
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Yup.
Maybe it is the Wifi network but it's weird that it happens with every network I connect to. What I've noticed after looking carefully that when I go to the Google settings and sync my data it'll eventually connect.

I wish there was a permanent solution.

automaddux said:
I wish there was a permanent solution.
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Have you tried factory reset?

automaddux said:
Yup.
Maybe it is the Wifi network but it's weird that it happens with every network I connect to. What I've noticed after looking carefully that when I go to the Google settings and sync my data it'll eventually connect.
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The other thing to do is ask some friends/ co students if they have the same problem.
Chances of your 2 phones being Duds is far less likely than all the routers needing to be reset. XD
Routers should be restarted now and then.

Brand New Nexus 5 Doesn't Connect To Home Wi-Fi [URGENT]

I bought a nexus 5 to replace my galaxy s4 which died a couple of days ago.
My home router is a Netgear D6300 and everything (pc, tv and phones such as iphone, samsung and nokia can connect just fine).
My nexus 5 was delivered today and i spent the last 5 hours to get it working with my wifi but NOTHING worked (and, i'm not joking, i got to the point of almost throwing it out of the window).
I tried enabling SSID broadcasting, changing "security options", changing channels, disabling 5ghz network, i also enabled the guest network with no protection but nothing worked.
The only thing i noticed was the when using particular channels (5-6-7) the phone would say "connecting" for a few seconds but then it would go back to "saved,protected with wpa/wpa2".
I also changed some wifi settings on my phone (i disabled wifi optimization and i forced the phone to use the 2.4 ghz network only)
Sometimes it stays on "saved....." and doesn't even seem to try to connect.
After a while i tried creating an hotspot with an iphone 5s and my nexus connected in a second and everything was working.
So the problem should be in my router settings but i already tried everything (and besides everything else but the nexus works just fine).
I'm really desperate because i use this phone for work and i need to get this working asap.
I also managed to update to android 4.4.4 using my mobile network but i can't update to lolipop because it would use all my remaining 3g network data.
Btw i did some heavy modding on my galaxy s4 so i'm not a newbie to android.
I'm also willing to pay for support but to be honest i'm really disappointed that such and "acclaimed" phone has problems connecting to a wifi network that works with basically everything.

Sorry if I missed it in the post, but did you reboot the router.

rootSU said:
Sorry if I missed it in the post, but did you reboot the router.
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Yes but it didn't help.

I've had 4 N5's in my possession over the past year or so, and not a single one had any issues connecting to any WiFi network, including Netgear routers. Your problem is either specific to your particular device or your router and not with the N5 in general. I assure you, the N5 deserves all the praise (and criticisms) that it has received.ave you tried a different router? I know you used it with your iPhone's hotspot but I mean an actual router? Also, have you tried resetting your router to defaults?

Are you using MAC filtering on the router?

_MetalHead_ said:
I've had 4 N5's in my possession over the past year or so, and not a single one had any issues connecting to any WiFi network, including Netgear routers. Your problem is either specific to your particular device or your router and not with the N5 in general. I assure you, the N5 deserves all the praise (and criticisms) that it has received.ave you tried a different router? I know you used it with your iPhone's hotspot but I mean an actual router? Also, have you tried resetting your router to defaults?
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I just tried a dlink router on my home network and everything works!!!!!
But i want to understand why my D6300 doesn't work with the nexus (its configured the same way as the dlink).
Any suggestions???
In the meantime i'll reset the D6300.

stevemw said:
Are you using MAC filtering on the router?
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Nope, i've disabled it.
And btw i read on some forums of people using my netgear with the nexus 5 and everything was working just fine.

riki66 said:
Nope, i've disabled it.
And btw i read on some forums of people using my netgear with the nexus 5 and everything was working just fine.
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If your router is handing out DHCP addresses it may have run out of addresses if you have many wireless devices connecting infrequently. But I would thing a reboot would have cleared that up.

Wifi connected, but no internet access

I get connected (no internet access) from time to time when I automatically connect to my school's network. It connects automatically and works in some buildings and doesn't in others. Turning wifi off and on fixes the issue. However, it is annoying to keep doing this. I had this issue on EMUI 4.1 and 5.0 (through charles and dload) so I don't think it's the version of android. Is anyone else having the same issue? Could it be the school network's issue? Thanks.

Have you tried using a different internet browser?

DarkGuyver said:
Have you tried using a different internet browser?
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Sorry for the late reply. It's the WiFi in general. Apps that require Internet don't connect either. I did a factory reset and that didn't fix anything.

I have similar problem. When I first got my phone it was on firmware B160 without any problem. I updated to Nougat using firmware finder and the problem started to surface. I rolled back to B160 using their rollback tool, which then got updated to B162. It's much more stable than Nougat but not as good as the original firmware that I was on. Each time I had done factory reset after the update to make sure I am not in some dirty state. (L04 variant)

I have similar problem sometimes on my honor 8, it shows up excellent internet connectivity but failed to lunch apps like facebook or youtube etc(says no internet connection) while other hand samsung A8 run just fine with same wifi network at same time. I have done factory reset but nothing miracle happen still same problem. Frustrating....

If it's been on both 4.1 and 5 its either a hardware issue or the school network is bad

jkccl9 said:
If it's been on both 4.1 and 5 its either a hardware issue or the school network is bad
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WiFi worked fine in the school network with my previous phone so it's not that.

user_57439 said:
WiFi worked fine in the school network with my previous phone so it's not that.
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if the wifi works fine when you connect it to different wifi's then its the school network not much you can do. ps you wrote you have the problem from 4.1 to 5 in your OP.....

jkccl9 said:
if the wifi works fine when you connect it to different wifi's then its the school network not much you can do. ps you wrote you have the problem from 4.1 to 5 in your OP.....
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I mean the school network worked with my old moto phone. It doesn't work all the time with my honor 8. It connects but doesn't have internet access.

user_57439 said:
I mean the school network worked with my old moto phone. It doesn't work all the time with my honor 8. It connects but doesn't have internet access.
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Yes but if it can't connect even when you update to emui 5 then it will be the network.

wifi connection without Internet sounds like a dns issue. Any wrong advanced settings?

msnxda said:
wifi connection without Internet sounds like a dns issue. Any wrong advanced settings?
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I leave it as default. I have to sign in with my university credentials. It connects with Internet most the time except in certain buildings.

i have the same problem
i have the same problem :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
user_57439 said:
I get connected (no internet access) from time to time when I automatically connect to my school's network. It connects automatically and works in some buildings and doesn't in others. Turning wifi off and on fixes the issue. However, it is annoying to keep doing this. I had this issue on EMUI 4.1 and 5.0 (through charles and dload) so I don't think it's the version of android. Is anyone else having the same issue? Could it be the school network's issue? Thanks.
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I have the exact same issue with mine that I just got about a month ago. It is at my work, which is a college. It worked just fine on all of my old phones.

anna.e.morris said:
I have the exact same issue with mine that I just got about a month ago. It is at my work, which is a college. It worked just fine on all of my old phones.
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You tried restarting both phone and router?

sniperlife:D said:
You tried restarting both phone and router?
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I have restarted my phone several times, but not the AP because it is at my work and there are about 50 AP's all over campus and I doubt they will restart them for me lol. Amazon sent me a replacement phone as well so now I have 2 phones doing the same problem, just at work.

anna.e.morris said:
I have restarted my phone several times, but not the AP because it is at my work and there are about 50 AP's all over campus and I doubt they will restart them for me lol. Amazon sent me a replacement phone as well so now I have 2 phones doing the same problem, just at work.
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Then the problem is with the router itself. On my experience, some routers will let you connect but will not give you an internet connection.

anna.e.morris said:
I have restarted my phone several times, but not the AP because it is at my work and there are about 50 AP's all over campus and I doubt they will restart them for me lol. Amazon sent me a replacement phone as well so now I have 2 phones doing the same problem, just at work.
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Definitely the issue is from the router

There was this point where my laptop can connect to the router but can't connect to the internet. After a few days it got fixed automagically.

Have you checked to see if your internet connection is active? If it isn't then you would need to contact your ISP for more assistance with this issue.