Problem: WIFI shows 1 bar signal strength when next to WAP. Every other device in house hold, including other SGS3 have no signal issues.
Repeatable: Happens on every ROM including stock.
Can anyone think of logs or traces I should enable and pull to figure this out?
Thanks,
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Okay so on CM7 my WiFi signal is just way weaker than it should be. I'm in the room right next to my router, and I have like half of a WiFi signal...On every Sense ROM I've tried (and the stock ROM), my WiFi works perfectly fine, yet on CM7 it's complete garbage...Does anybody know how I might solve this problem? Somebody suggested I try a new radio. I had been using stock, but I flashed the Telus radio and it was exactly the same. Also, why doesn't CM7 have an option to use like Advanced WiFi or w/e (where it works better but uses more battery, it's an option in the stock ROM)?
I'm on CM7 also but my WiFi is the same on this as it was on CoreDroid and stock ROM. I had the Atrix prior to the Inspire and will say the WiFi on that phone was annoying. I could stand right near my router and I'd have 1 bar of WiFi like really?
My Wifi was great on coredroid and inspiredsaga, buy not cm7 for some reason
Ferrari353 said:
My Wifi was great on coredroid and inspiredsaga, buy not cm7 for some reason
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That's strange. Does it run slower or just show less signal? If it runs at little to no noticeable difference is it a big deal?
I'm not sure because I don't really browse the web on my phone through wifi, I usually only download Apps and whatnot.
I'm not sure if it's slower, but I lose connection sometimes. I'll be downloading something and it will say "connectivity lost. rety?"
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Ferrari353 said:
Okay so on CM7 my WiFi signal is just way weaker than it should be. I'm in the room right next to my router, and I have like half of a WiFi signal...On every Sense ROM I've tried (and the stock ROM), my WiFi works perfectly fine, yet on CM7 it's complete garbage...Does anybody know how I might solve this problem? Somebody suggested I try a new radio. I had been using stock, but I flashed the Telus radio and it was exactly the same. Also, why doesn't CM7 have an option to use like Advanced WiFi or w/e (where it works better but uses more battery, it's an option in the stock ROM)?
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Are you checking signal strength in decibels or just bars? Decibels is the only way to make a fair comparison. Some ROMs may have a different bar/decibel ratio. 4 bars on one ROM might be 3 bars on another for the same given signal strength.
FWIW a couple of weeks ago I was curious if different ROMs affected signal strength. I tried rooted stock, CoreDroid, TPC, CM7 and Ultimate Droid and noticed no change in decibel signal strength. Wifi Analyzer and Network Signal are two such apps that will show decibels. Be sure to measure signal strengths in the EXACT same spot and take an average of signal strength (as they will vary a few dB normally).
One thing I noticed since switching to CM7 is that my signal strength is more accurate. My laptop shows 3-4 bars when I have it right next to my phone, and on the stock Sense ROM I was showing max signal. Now on CM7, I get 3-4 bars of Wi-Fi signal strength, so I think it's all a matter of how it measures. If you are seeing serious performance issues, then that's a different matter.
FWIW, I have not seen any Wi-Fi performance issues between CM7 and stock ROM.
I had the same issue with CM7.
At one end of my house, one or zero wifi bars with CM7. Kept flip-flopping between wifi and 3G, disrupting use.
With stock ROM or TPC Stock Optimized at the same location, phone gets one or two wifi bars and I can surf without the phone flip-flopping between wifi and 3G.
knarfl1 said:
I had the same issue with CM7.
At one end of my house, one or zero wifi bars with CM7. Kept flip-flopping between wifi and 3G, disrupting use.
With stock ROM or TPC Stock Optimized at the same location, phone gets one or two wifi bars and I can surf without the phone flip-flopping between wifi and 3G.
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That is just a slight radio mismatch issue between CM7 and whatever radio you're using (it sounds like you're using the stock radio). I had the same thing happen to me using CM7 with the stock radio. This radio is fine for a lot of ROMs, and it gets good signal strength, and phone calls were no problem, but using CM7 in 1-2 bar wifi strength areas it would flip between wifi and cell data way more than it needed to. Flashing to radio 12.48.60.23U_26.08.04.07_M3 and flashing the RIL file HTC-RIL_2.2.1003G fixed this problem for me. Now the phone stays locked onto weaker wifi signals much better.
I read somewhere on this forum yesterday that one of the new nightlies for CM7 is going to have a different RIL in it; maybe it will address problems like this.
same here
i was having issues with my wifi and signal bars w/cm7 also, so i just switched to ace.
I have had lot of issues with wifi connectivity on my Infuse. The connection to the wifi networks takes a long time and it keeps scanning. After it connects, if the phone is idle for 2 minutes, the connectivity goes off. The signal on the screen shows that wifi is connected but the webpage never loads. I need to toggle wifi to get it working.
I have tried a lot of things to get this issue fixed. I have set the wifi sleep policy to never. I tried using static IP. I installed a few apps from market that try to reconnect when wifi goes off. But none of these worked. I read that you can manually enter the MAC address of your device on ur router to get this issue resolved. But sadly, I stay at a university dorm and I have no control over the router settings. I can't play around with it. I also read that the problem may be due to hidden SSID and tried an app to get a work around but in vain. I'm totally clueless since this issue is seen only in my university wifi network but nowhere else.
It'd be very helpful if the seniors here could guide me into getting my beautiful Infuse connect seamlessly with my wifi network. I love my phone but I'm really sad that it has wifi issues which drive me crazy sometimes...
Thanks in advance.
PS - I had posted the same query in LinuxBozo's Hellraiser FAQ thread but I reposted here since I think more people would read it. I hope the admins don't mind.
Are you on a custom Tom?
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did you download that app
typically when you go into a rom with issues...ie you were having the issue stock..it isn't the rom
I have a feeling it is a weak signal from the university's wifi and combined with weak reception from the infuse
out of all of my devices the infuse has the weakest reception
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did you download that app
typically when you go into a rom with issues...ie you were having the issue stock..it isn't the rom
I have a feeling it is a weak signal from the university's wifi and combined with weak reception from the infuse
out of all of my devices the infuse has the weakest reception
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Which app are you talking about?
It's not the weak signal from the university. The routers are installed inside our rooms and the signal strength is either good/excellent. If I come to the hall, the signal strength goes down but at least inside the rooms it's good. But even then, I have this issue. It connects initially but suddenly it disconnects and I cant open a page. But the signal shows it's still connected. It's kinda weird. And I'm surprised no one else has faced this issue. 2 of us have the same phone here and both of us have the same issue.
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Which app are you talking about?
It's not the weak signal from the university. The routers are installed inside our rooms and the signal strength is either good/excellent. If I come to the hall, the signal strength goes down but at least inside the rooms it's good. But even then, I have this issue. It connects initially but suddenly it disconnects and I cant open a page. But the signal shows it's still connected. It's kinda weird. And I'm surprised no one else has faced this issue. 2 of us have the same phone here and both of us have the same issue.
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it is either the network or it is your phones
Sounds like a network issue to me, or possibly a side effect of the Android DHCP lease issue.
http://www.net.princeton.edu/android/android-stops-renewing-lease-keeps-using-IP-address-11236.html
More likely to occur with a large multi-access-point university network.
I don't know if Google has fixed the above issue yet.
I am on tesco mobile (02) currently and its reception is normally very good, I get full bars most of the time on 2.3 but when I updated to ICS, the reception doesn't go above 2 bars
Has anyone else had this problem and is there a possible fix of shall I wait for the next update from Google
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Instead of looking at the bars have you checked the actual signal strength? Are the numbers matching with 2.3?
i feel it gets better comparing to 2.3 ...
rasengan82 said:
Instead of looking at the bars have you checked the actual signal strength? Are the numbers matching with 2.3?
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Exactly ... See what sugnal strenght you get in -db unit rather than the bars ... in GB the bars are only 4 while in ICS it's 5 or 6 if I'm correct ...Use an app of necessory ... or look for it in the Settings/About phone/Status
Is anyone else having this problem? I still am on the original TMo micro SIM, not the one that came with the OneS..I dunno if that's the cause.
Randomly my phone will completely lose signal for a minute or two. It most of the time will come back itself, or I can toggle airplane mode to get it to work. I don't know what the cause is. I'm on US TMo v2.1 torxx ROM.
Any ideas?
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I am having more connection issues on this EU rom than I did on tmo us stock
don't know why--but audio and call quality is much better
will test for awhile to see if I go back
I have had 6 call drops today. All during lengthy conf calls. I am on stock Rom. Not sure if I can do anything but live with it since AT&T is worse in terms of call drops.
I had the same issue with my T-Mobile USA One S. My wife also has the One S. I could sit the two phones side-by-side and watch my signal go out every few minutes while hers was steady. T-Mobile gave me a new SIM card but that did not fix my issue. I ended up exchanging the phone for a new one and no longer have the problem. I recommend you try that.
Same issue here using international version random signal loss sometimes 1 bar sometimes 4 bars
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Same issue here using international version random signal loss sometimes 1 bar sometimes 4 bars
brwetz said:
Randomly my phone will completely lose signal for a minute or two. It most of the time will come back itself, or I can toggle airplane mode to get it to work. I don't know what the cause is.
Any ideas?
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Make sure that your SIM access cover is snapped in place.
It happened to me with the WiFi signal - The phone was losing signal, and had low signal 1 foot away from the router.
I 'pinched' the top-right corner of the access cover (thumb on the glass, index finger on the back cover) - I heard a 'click' and suddenly my WiFi was at full strength. I believe that the WiFi antenna is not connected unless it snaps together.
Maybe similar situation with cell antenna.
I been having this issue with all my HTC One S phones, I nevr noticed cause I mostly use my GNex but my mom was telling me hers does it so I found out mine is too. My GNex doesn't drop signal using the very same sim card. Anybody figure this out?
nope no problems here :angel:
Same but .. im just having 1 minute or 2 .. after that it restores again ..
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I got the same problem. Sometimes the mobile network connection just breaks, only can be reactivated by toggling Plane Mode on and off. I'm on Stock ROM.
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I get this also. But it's very random. I'm in the Detroit area.
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I've had this problem for a long ass time now. Currently its on viper 2.2. My WiFi and data both drop randomly and will come back in a matter of seconds usually sometimes a minute or 2
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fishnchips2104 said:
I got the same problem. Sometimes the mobile network connection just breaks, only can be reactivated by toggling Plane Mode on and off. I'm on Stock ROM.
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Yeah so I think it could be a combination of poor signal areas and hardware. Cause my niece says she doesn't have this issue at her house, but at her house I get full bars constant, she lives closer to the city. At my house I average 1-3 bars but constant signal drop throughout the day. Can drop from 3 bars to a complete signal loss showing an X
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Possible, yeah... But it's the only problem I got with my One S, so I'm really happy with it
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Hi,
I recently recieved my G9700 and until now I'm quite happy - apart of some connection issues.
At home I get 2 or 3 bars 4G after log in. Then after some time this changes to H/H+ or even down to E, but never changes up again.
So every loss of connection speed is permanent until next log in.
Am I the only one having this?
Are there possible solutions?
Thanks,
Derk
_Derk_ said:
Hi,
I recently recieved my G9700 and until now I'm quite happy - apart of some connection issues.
At home I get 2 or 3 bars 4G after log in. Then after some time this changes to H/H+ or even down to E, but never changes up again.
So every loss of connection speed is permanent until next log in.
Am I the only one having this?
Are there possible solutions?
Thanks,
Derk
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It could be either a hardware fault or network issue. You need to run some diagnostics. Change sim card to another network carrier and see if issues persist. Also the first thing to check is your APN settings before anything else.
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