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wifi stopped working

somewhere along the lines of rooting or just playing around wifi stopped working. It stopped right after i added a hidden network and it connected. Now it just won't work. it tries to turn on and then just turns off. strange thing is that wireless tether works fine...
HELP~:?!
TIA

Same thing happened to me yesterday bro, tried everything to fix it and no luck, had to hard reset and then it's working again. Sucks I know, just make sure you back all your stuff up, I used "My Backup Pro" to backup my apps, contacts and data, search on the market.

Yesterday while trying to see if wifi tether or barnicle was working for the epic my wifi has seem to also stop working already tried a hard reset with no luck both apps have been uninstalled any suggestions?
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cognitivel0gic said:
Yesterday while trying to see if wifi tether or barnicle was working for the epic my wifi has seem to also stop working already tried a hard reset with no luck both apps have been uninstalled any suggestions?
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What happened after you reset the phone? Would wifi turn on they say "unable to scan networks" then turn off? Or it wouldn't turn on period?

It says it is turning on and it also says its trying to optain an ip but then disconnects over and over. Its not my network since I am still able to connect with both my ipad and laptop.
Thanks in advance for any help!
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Ok try this. I noticed when I turned wifi on after resetting the phone, it would scan networks, then totally stop working again so I had to hard reset again, after I hard reset right after I turned wifi on again I unchecked "notify me when an open network is available" and it's been working fine for me since. I honestly don't know why this happens but I haven't had problems after doing that, worth a shot for you.

Hey thanks for the help that seemed to work! Very strange
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You're welcome. I'm glad it worked for you, but yeah it is very strange how it works fine after you disable "notify me when an open network is available". Samsung needs to sort this out, prolly a software problem

Also confirmed turning off network notification under wifi settings magically made wifi work again..... thanks man!!!

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Wifi problem just reared its ugly head after 48 hours with official Froyo

I may have bragged too soon on good ol' official Froyo. I had a smooth install and the only problem I've noticed is the messed up Quick Office deal like most others. Today I just had another problem start.
I've been using my secured home wifi network fine, but for some reason the Captivate will no longer connect to it. I've tried doing a battery pull, turning the phone off and back on, and even completely removing the home network from the list and then putting it back in. I'm sure the password is correct. It just sits there, saying "Obtaining IP address". It retries several attempts, and eventually gives up and lists my home network in the list as "Disabled"
This is significant suckage!

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I had similar problem try unplugging router and plugging back in

Bless your heart! That did it! I just read on the AT&T forums that someone else had the exact same problem and he did a factory reset of his phone which fixed it. I was hoping I wouldn't have to go there

I found an easy solution to the problem. Open Allshare, then you should be good to go.

After opening Allshare, hit connect.

Yes sometimes power cycling the router is all that is needed. I notice this with laptop sometimes too.

kb0npw said:
Bless your heart! That did it! I just read on the AT&T forums that someone else had the exact same problem and he did a factory reset of his phone which fixed it. I was hoping I wouldn't have to go there
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Yeah that was me...
I tried everything else before the factory reset, but the reset fixed it, now I've got wi-fi with no problems

If you do a factory reset, I realize you have to reinstall all your apps, but what about the ones I paid for? Will I have to purchase those again? I'm thinking of doing one just because I think it will smooth things out and get rid of a couple of weird quirks like the Quick Office icon problem.

kb0npw said:
If you do a factory reset, I realize you have to reinstall all your apps, but what about the ones I paid for? Will I have to purchase those again? I'm thinking of doing one just because I think it will smooth things out and get rid of a couple of weird quirks like the Quick Office icon problem.
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anything you purchase with your google account is tied to your google account. you dont have to re-buy those...for any phone that you log into your google account.

Has anyone tried my fix? Sure beats having tofactory reset...I'm just sayin.
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yamabigdog said:
Has anyone tried my fix? Sure beats having tofactory reset...I'm just sayin.
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It works, but you have to do it every time, so it's more of a workaround than a fix.

I had an issue with connecting to one of my work wifi routers (would just sit there saying 'obtaining IP address' but never would connect) and could not fix it until I tried using "FXR WiFi Fix and rescue" app from the market. Free app, will erase ALL of your saved WiFi data so make sure you have your passwords for encrypted networks, but this fixed it with one click and a reboot. Seems to connect faster to the networks now as well. I had a similar problem after the previous update that went out OTA and had to reset the phone for that one.

I thought about trying this app, as my wifi issue returned today. I thought I had gotten rid of it by doing the factory reset, but alas it's back. I'm really contemplating a custom ROM more and more every day. I just don't know which one to go with that will provide everything I need. This app sure asks for a lot of permissions, so I'm sort of leary about istalling it.

Welp, I bit the bullet and tried the FXR app. No dice for me. I'm waiting for the wife to get done surfing so I can try a router power cycle. If that doesn't work, I'm looking at my second factory reset in less than a week. Froyo, you suck! I never had wifi issues until I upgraded to 2.2. What I can't understand is, why some of my issues are better, yet some are worse. Is it that difficult for these idiots to figure it out?

Just going to throw something out there, that I noticed yesterday. I'm on a custom ROM, but I noticed some pretty flaky results to my wifi, but only when I was using the modified TouchWiz launcher. The wifi had trouble connecting, and wouldn't sleep. The notification dropdown widget wouldn't control it. Then I switched to Go Launcher EX, and the behavior stopped.
Check another launcher, and see if that makes a difference. Sure, it's a longshot, but I'll be interested to see if the stock TW has the same issue as the modded version.

I was having the same wifi problem after updating firmware to official 2.2 kb1. I used fxr and now wifi connection works great.

byteme2008 said:
I had an issue with connecting to one of my work wifi routers (would just sit there saying 'obtaining IP address' but never would connect) and could not fix it until I tried using "FXR WiFi Fix and rescue" app from the market. Free app, will erase ALL of your saved WiFi data so make sure you have your passwords for encrypted networks, but this fixed it with one click and a reboot. Seems to connect faster to the networks now as well. I had a similar problem after the previous update that went out OTA and had to reset the phone for that one.
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Seems to have worked great for me. Thank you for the app find!

Hello! I had the same problem wifi and use the "FXR WiFi fix and rescue" program stopped deleting profiles anyone have a solution?

[Q] No connection on some Google apps

I can't connect to Google play store/Gmail or Google Now on my nexus 5 via Wifi. None of the older topics about the same problem helped. It seems to work on my mobile network. It started completely randomly, the only thing i installed was Lookout security (but i'm not sure if it started after that) Then i uninstalled it, but it did not work as well. I had stock unlocked Nexus 5, was planning on installing cyanogenmod so this was a perfect chance to do so, and get a fix to the problem. Surprisingly, even unlocking, rooting, installing CM did NOT solve the problem.
Google play says no connection
Google Now says sing in error
Gmail says no connection
Google+ is working though.
Since even installing custom ROM did not help, you can be sure i already tried clearing the caches/data and all of the simple steps.
Any ideas?

You said that you can't connect on wifi, so I assume that you can do so on your mobile data connection?

PhilipTD said:
You said that you can't connect on wifi, so I assume that you can do so on your mobile data connection?
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Yes everything works on mobile connection, only my google play installed apps list seems to be constantly loading without showing my apps.
Google now, gmail, everything works on mobile. Other family members on the same wifi don't have any problems accessing their apps.

I fixed the problem in case anyone else gonna have the same issue try this: open your wifi settings, hold on your current wifi connection, select modify, check show advanced options and select proxy to "none"

No play store only on WIFI

Guys, everything was fine. I just got this phone today via cricket and as I always do I first connect to our WiFi network than to the play store. Everything was going fine and update was going good than all of a sudden I get error. After digging google I come to realize play store wont connect when on WiFi but work without any problem when on LTE mobile network. Can someone please tell me what is going on here. I never had any issue like this before. Everyone else's play store is working fine on our network so it has to be just with my case. I tried to clear data/cache, reinstall play store, delete google account than relog...I am lost now. I don't know what to do and what is happening. Any help would be much appreciated guys!
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Question Can't connect to internet on watch?

Phone: Xiaomi Poco X3 nfc
So, I got the Watch4 BT the 27th and it worked okay after resetting and reinstalling about 4 times. But now, out of nowhere, my phone wouldn't connect to the watch anymore this morning. I but the bullet and did a reset once again.
Now it works fine again and it restored my backup properly.
But then I try to install my apps again via the store and I just can't connect. Not via the phone's internet and also not via the watch's internet.
Any solution to this? Because I'm on the verge of just returning the watch altogether.

Shorewatcher said:
Phone: Xiaomi Poco X3 nfc
So, I got the Watch4 BT the 27th and it worked okay after resetting and reinstalling about 4 times. But now, out of nowhere, my phone wouldn't connect to the watch anymore this morning. I but the bullet and did a reset once again.
Now it works fine again and it restored my backup properly.
But then I try to install my apps again via the store and I just can't connect. Not via the phone's internet and also not via the watch's internet.
Any solution to this? Because I'm on the verge of just returning the watch altogether.
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Have you tried turning on wifi on your watch?

rogerandgina06 said:
Have you tried turning on wifi on your watch?
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Yes, I did. But as mentioned, this did not allow me to connect to the internet.

Have you tried BT off WiFi on?

ronaldheld said:
Have you tried BT off WiFi on?
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It seems to work, this way. But before, it used to connect to the internet through Bluetooth just fine.. So that would be more ideal than this.
Edit: I toggled Bluetooth tethering again and rebooted my phone. This seems to make it work again.