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[Q] Samsug Nexus S WiFi issues, problems?

All WiFi issues consolidated into 1 topic

[Q] Wifi signal?
Does anyone get a weak wifi signal with their Nexus S? Whenever I connect to my at home wifi I never get full bars and something I'll just randomly lose signal. Also it seems to go pretty slow. I used to have the Mytouch4G and it work flawlessly with the wifi. Anyone else having this problem?

damrong18 said:
Does anyone get a weak wifi signal with their Nexus S? Whenever I connect to my at home wifi I never get full bars and something I'll just randomly lose signal. Also it seems to go pretty slow. I used to have the Mytouch4G and it work flawlessly with the wifi. Anyone else having this problem?
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OMG yesss I do.
Just about a room away I loose signal, almost completely. = 0

IDK, but I see more flaws every day that passes

Mine's been working fine over Wi-Fi. I'm pretty glad it does too, because my only data option with it is Wi-Fi..
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Wifi has been working great for me. It reconnects automatically and doesn't drop. The signal seems on par with my nexus one.

Speed wise, is it on par with the 3G network?

[Q] Wifi does not work anymore after rooting :(
So, I unlocked my Android 2.3.1 and rooted it ... But if I click on wifi so I could connect to my modem it says Error and wont even search or anything. I tried reseting too but still no luck .. What is the problem and how to fix this ??

That's odd, I didn't have any issues with wifi as I connected to Android Market to downloaded ROM Manager during my rooting process earlier. Have you tried flashing a custom ROM on your device to see if it'll fix it?

No I didnt, would that work? .. A friend told me to install a new "kernel" but I dont want to overwhelm my android with custom made kernels .

your problem is you used one of the quick methods of rooting your phone, which used a kernel that wasn't from the exact rom you have.
if your on stock 2.3.1, you will need the stock 2.3.1 boot.img, and then you'll need to root it manually the long way via adb command line. search the nexus s development section for how-to's. they are all there.

i too had this problem, had to install MoDaCo ROM to fix it, but i dont regret rooting, i now have custom rom and over clocked cpu on the nexus s
you have two options, either to flash NANDROID backup to un-root and return to stock or install a custom ROM, i choose MoDaCo bcoz of its UI, it looks and feels just like the stock one.

golu12 said:
you have two options, either to flash NANDROID backup to un-root and return to stock or install a custom ROM, i choose MoDaCo bcoz of its UI, it looks and feels just like the stock one.
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Yes, that's the point of MoDaCo roms, to make minimal changes to the look and feel of the phone, but to improve performance with his custom optimizations.

[Q] Nexus S wifi issue. Unable to access wifi from my nexus s.
Hi Guys,
I was able to connect to my wifi network for a day. I am using windows 7 machine as hotspot with connectify. From second day I am unable to connect to any wifi network. I did factory reset my nexus s but no results . Can some one help me how to solve this issue?
Observations:
*when i use static ip, It shows connected but the bars are in white instead of green color and i am unable to browse.
*When i use dynamic ip I am unable to connect to wifi. It shows obtaining Ip and never connects.
*In connectify when I was able to connect to wifi the device is shown with an android device name. but now the device is shown as unknown.
Sorry for my bad english, I m not a native english speaker.

[Q] Nexus S Wifi Settings - force close
Hi all,
Just got a new Nexus S - all was well at home. Took it to work today and noticed something very odd. It was fine until entering the wifi settings menu - at which point it dramatically slowed down. I got two 'not responding,close or wait' messages before being able to join the network.... all other settings are fine - just the wifi area.
Weird - wondering what could cause this... too many wifi networks broadcasting (am in middle of London)...?
Anyone seen anything similar?
Rich

rakh1 said:
Hi all,
Just got a new Nexus S - all was well at home. Took it to work today and noticed something very odd. It was fine until entering the wifi settings menu - at which point it dramatically slowed down. I got two 'not responding,close or wait' messages before being able to join the network.... all other settings are fine - just the wifi area.
Weird - wondering what could cause this... too many wifi networks broadcasting (am in middle of London)...?
Anyone seen anything similar?
Rich
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Too many WiFi around you shouldn't cause that.
Try rebooting and setting again if you haven't already.

Hmmm - rebooted and still have the same issue. At home, or even a block away from the office it all works fine. But in the office itself, although it connects and uses the wifi fine, the settings page is VERY slow to load and gives me the wait/force close message.
Out of interest - I also have 'wifi analyser' from the marketplace. This too is very slow and unresponsive when in the office.
So - it is definately something to do with the wifi here.... but have not got a clue what. Before I join the wifi, or when I am physically somewhere else it all works fine.
Wifi is WPA-TKIP, the key is a very long jumble of letters but surely that is not an issue.
Strange eh!!!
Rich

[Q] Possible WiFi problem?
Hi there, just bought a Nexus S, also used to have Nexus One.
The thing is for some wireless networks even though I enter the password correctly, it says connected and still there is no connection at all. (I mean browser tries to connect but at the end it says page could not be found) I even tried with an ad-hoc network that I created with my laptop but still the problem exists.
At home I'm able to my network without a problem. The type of network I'm trying to connect is: WPA2 Personal with AES. Is there any known issue about AES at Android system? Afaik there is no way to change the encryption used right?

this might actually not be a nexus S issue.
some modems/switches/routers are configured to block certain devices/applications/package's
we have a modem and router with both wifi.
but my psp/nDS cant connect to the modem,but can connect with the router

kharikishan said:
Hi Guys,
I was able to connect to my wifi network for a day. I am using windows 7 machine as hotspot with connectify. From second day I am unable to connect to any wifi network. I did factory reset my nexus s but no results . Can some one help me how to solve this issue?
Observations:
*when i use static ip, It shows connected but the bars are in white instead of green color and i am unable to browse.
*When i use dynamic ip I am unable to connect to wifi. It shows obtaining Ip and never connects.
*In connectify when I was able to connect to wifi the device is shown with an android device name. but now the device is shown as unknown.
Sorry for my bad english, I m not a native english speaker.
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i have a similar problem. My Nexus S connects to my router only within a few hours after a router reset. Then it stucks at "obtaining ip" and never connected before I do another router reset.
My home wifi is WPA2 type, and for WEP type wifi my NS never got connected.

GT7+ Wifi Error

Hej there,
tried to connect at work to our wifi router. First it was just searching for ip adress. After this Wifi turned of and just shower "error" down under the wifi activation point.
Now I`ve tried to reset to factory default and many other things. Everytime I turn my device back on I`ve the same message and wifi still doesn`t work.
Please help me. Its driving me crazy!
(sorry for my english... stupid german )
Thanks guys

1+ I'm having similar issues with the WIFI, but is it only on some routers (not all).
also interested in any help...

There`s something in the internet that says you have to delete the dhcp_list file in this folder "/data/misc/dhcp" but I don`t know how to connect from windows in the root system of my tab. I have rooted my tab but now I don`t know how to install apps without wifi. Anyway I had it rooted before and the root explorer doesn`t work
maybe someone hast good suggestions.

Is there any way to force a firmware update? Or is there another way to delete or reconfigure the wifi connection. I can`t connect to any wifi point

OK,... good news. Found a way to fix the Wifi Error.
Download Odin3 and the actual Firmware for you GT7p. Then put the device in download mode and connect to the computer. Flash the firmware again and then make a factory restore in recovery mode.
Here we go... on my device everything is working fine and i rooted it again.
Hope this helps.
Found the tutorial I used here in the forum. Just search for p6210 firmware and be happy

Had a very similiar problem just with my home router for 2 days (first time connected and remembered, but after that still searching and out of reach...). Always had to turn off router and turn it on. Battery was drained in couple of hours due to this. Then just rebooted and uninstalled launcher I was using and voallaa...Since then wifi works properly everywhere (btw with very strong signal in comparison with any other device I had before).
So dont't know exactly what happened, but so far so good...

[Q] Samsung galaxy i9000 won't connect to wireless any more

Hi all,
I have a Galaxy i9000 and it won't connect to wireless. It used to connect just fine, then one day it stopped working. I ignored it for a while (3G still works) and once I finally got around to trying to see what had happened, I could see that the phone does connect to wireless networks (at home and at work), but once it had authenticated to the network, it would fail at "Obtaining IP address from <network name>". There's no error message, but the phone just sits at that stage forever. Not obtaining an IP address makes it pretty hard to connect to a wireless network
I don't know what happened to make this problem occur, it's been about a month now since it happened. I have AdFree installed on the phone, that writes to the hosts file, right? I suspect that it may have been a hosts file update which had caused this problem, but I'm not sure.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what may have caused the problem?
Thanks!

what about reflashing your phone?
so you have everything stock
if this doesn't solve the problem then contact a service, or if you have warranty, just send it back...

same problem
The funny thing is is have exactly the SAME PROBLEM ... SINCE the same time?!?!
mybe we got some kind of virus for phones? ... altho i do have anti viral software on the phone. and i didnt upload any kind of stuff on it for at least half a year.

hard rest phone

try resetting your phone to factory default

I am also experiencing similar wifi issue..except I get pass obtaining ip address it's after that I get error message "authenticate problem".??
My brothers works fine connects within second on home wifi, when I connect on same wifi I get error message..I have tried restoring previous wifi data..I have done phone reset too but nothing works
I did some googling and found brief answers not that helpful..but it was mentioned that frequency range I'm trying to connect is incorrect.
"does anyone know how to change wifi frequency mgh our any help"

question
Hello , did anyone solve the problem ? My I9000 wifi problem apeared today. thanks

same "authentication problem"
Well after i flashed custom rom (android 4.0.4 -SmoothieICS-v2) i can´t connect to wifi any more. But mobile data works perfectly.
And before flashing custom rom ,wifi worked jsut fine. phone is Galaxy S Plus I9001 .

Stock 4.0.3 WiFi not working

I hope someone on here can help me as I'm trying to fix my dad's Tab and he is on holiday at the moment!
The Tab no longer connects to WiFi. He is travelling around and it will say it has connected to a hotspot but nothing is happening when trying to use the network.
As an example my mum is using an iPad at the same place which when it conencts to the network immediately asks for the user/password. The tab connects but doesn't request anything further. I have tried getting him to remove the conenction and rescan but no luck.
I need to try and get it fixed as I told him Android was better tha Apple. Help!!!

Unable to access internet through Wifi after lollipop update

Guys,
I'm not able to access internet through my wifi network since 3 days after the lollipop update .. The wifi network is working fine as others are able to connect and access internet but for only me it's not working.
I tried soft resetting the phone by holding the power and volume down key for 10 secs and also cleared the cache partition but to no avail.
Someone please help me out to sort out this problem as I really need internet to connect to essential services on my mobile. Thanks in advance, appreciate your help!

Are you running a custom ROM or kernel?

I got the update notification and downloaded the update.

So you're running a stock ROM and kernel? Are you able to access your data network over 3g?

I'm not sure about these terms but I just got the official update. Yes, I'm able to access internet on mobile data.

Sounds to be like something went wrong during the update process.
I have a custom ROM on my phone and, if I use the wrong kernel with my custom ROM, wifi does not work.

No.. The weird thing is I took it to get it checked at a mobile shop. When he connected to his Wi-Fi it was able to access the internet. It's not working only for my Wi-Fi network it seems. He was saying it has to be formatted but I don't want to lose my data ?

Guys, as a last resort I have finally formatted my mobile and backed up settings. Now, it's not even defecting my Wi-Fi network. And as said earlier, I'm able to connect and access internet on my other devices. This is really confusing I'm not able to figure out what's wrong. Many of my friends who have Moto G are also facing this same problem. I hope there's an upcoming update from Motorola to fix this issue asap. ?

Change channel
Change your wifi channel from your routrer settings page to under 12 wifi will work . Use channels 1-11 for lollipop roms .

minhaj18 said:
Guys,
I'm not able to access internet through my wifi network since 3 days after the lollipop update .. The wifi network is working fine as others are able to connect and access internet but for only me it's not working.
I tried soft resetting the phone by holding the power and volume down key for 10 secs and also cleared the cache partition but to no avail.
Someone please help me out to sort out this problem as I really need internet to connect to essential services on my mobile. Thanks in advance, appreciate your help!
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I faced same issue few days ago..
Possible solution (try all one by one)
Switch encryption mode in wifi router (TKIP <=> AES)
Change name of wifi (Don't use space)
Change security type (WEP <=> WPA <=> WPA2)
After each step restart router and check if you can still connect.
Worked for me
Also check channel as mentioned by @ankushv ... AFAIK channel between 1-11 is must for most android phones

Thanks for your reply. When I checked my phone later sometime it showed my Wi-Fi network and I immediately connected it. But it works sometimes and doesn't at other. I hope google engineers are aware of this Wi-Fi issue and going to release a patch update soon.

A big bug encountered in 5.0.2 stock android version on my Moto G
Guyzz plzz help ,
i think this is a kind of bug encountered on my Non-rooted Pure Stock Motorola Moto g android version 5.0.2 ; i am facing problem of call dropping , voice skipping , when someone calls me I'm not able to listen other person's voice , sometimes voice skips , and same happens when someone calls me , when playing any audio/video my phone automatically stops it after seeking it up-to 3-4 seconds only , but when i connect my phone with my earphones or any external multimedia speakers then everything works fine. i tried factory/hard reset but didn't worked, wiped cache partition :crying:

Guys,
Just one quick question. Is the Wi-Fi connecting issue fixed in the new Android 5.1 lollipop update?

I have Lollipop 5.02 on my xt1032 and I have no problem connecting to and searching for networks.