I bought a used OG pixel that turned out to have Android 10 which evidently really screws up wifi. This thing only picks up wifi when it is literally sitting on my router. I wanted to try rolling it back a version to see if that fixes it, but then I discovered it has a locked bootloader. Do I have any options (other than just use data or scrap the crappy thing)?
Try flash a latest OTA
Your antenna bands may be filthy, try dealing with that. If the original owner went in the phone before you they could've done something to the device, not connect something back together, and if I'm correct, the antenna bands are supposed to work with the wi-fi as well.
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I have had my phone since it came out, and everything worked fine until yesterday it seems. I had kept the phone stock until July 13th when I flashed the PBJT voodoo enabled kernel. Afterwards everything still appeared to be fine (and much faster by the way) until yesterday, July 17th. I noticed at work that when I turned data on (I usually keep it off to save battery) the phone wouldn't connect to 3G/1X. 4G doesn't really work in my building so I knew that wouldn't work, but I can usually pick up CDMA no issues in there.
I thought maybe it was just a fluke so I kept trying the entire rest of the night to get my phone to connect to any data network to no avail. Wi-fi is the only thing that's useable basically. LTE will connect if I jump-start it via airplane mode, but is then dropped shortly after. I still can't get 3G/1X to work at all though. Even switching the phone to CDMA only it just will not connect. I did flash back to stock EE4 last night thinking that might be the issue (and knowing I will need to be stock if Verizon needs to see it), but that hasn't helped at all.
I'm desperately waiting for a family member to get home so I can get on the phone with Verizon but I thought I might see if anyone here has any suggestions? I've changed about every setting I can think of.
After flashing CM12 on my nexus 5 (D821). I flashed the 20 jan Nightly and everything was working fine untill i update to the 22nd jan nightly when my 3g simply stopped connecting or had very spotty signal, i didn't give it much thought at first thinking it was a nightly problem but after one week i reflashed stock lollipop, locked the bootloader, even tried kit-kat and the problem is still there. Before flashing cm 12 2g/3g/lte switching was working perfectly for about one year.
So utill now: i flashed different stock rom's, different kernels, radios, custom roms and nothing worked. When i tried switching the sim with another one from the same network, 3g worked on the other phone so i doubt that the sim is defective, but on my nexus i had the same connectivity issues. I also played with the *#*#4636#*#* menu and managed to get 4G working again but only in CDMA mode and I cannot receive any calls or texts, but the internet connection is working, 3G also connected at some point but the signal was very poor.
I am lost now, and also desperate because edge is too slow for anything. What confuses me though is that this seems to be a software issue since the cause was me flashing a different ROM but all the signs point to a hardware issue.
Can anyone plese give me a second opinion? Is there any fix for this? (Also i recently went to my network's service to replace my screen assembly, could also this be an issue? the issue appeared about 2 days after getting it back from them, also about the same time i flashed cm12)
Thank you for your time.
Also another thing i just noticed:
I opened my phone's back cover and the writing on the frame covering the motherboard says D820 and in the bootloader my phone shows as D821. Is this common for every D821 model?
I started to wonder if i got all my components back from the phone service... Although it's highly unlikely that they mingled with the motherboard since everything that i had on my phone was still there (custom ROM and all my personal info) maybe they switched the antennas...
Is the antenna connected?
Im going with disconnected antenna as well.
Hi guys. Recently I purchased a used nexus 5 off of eBay, and I am having some trouble getting it to connect to my WiFi. When I received the phone, wifi was working. it was on 4.4. I unlocked the bootloader, and installed twrp, but did not root it yet. I did OTAs up to 6.0.1, and then I started having issues. Upon turning on WiFi, the phone would just say "turning on WiFi", and never show me any networks. I thought this might be a kernel problem so I tried many different ones, but no luck. I used the nexus factory image to downgrade to 4.4 because the WiFi was working then, but still no luck. It will very rarely connect, but it will loose connection after a few seconds, and continue searching. I looked in the settings and realized that my MAC address showed " unavalible", so I used this guide to change it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...icked-nexus-5-externel-storage-t2740471/page5
Now the Mac address shows up in settings, but I still can't get it to connect to WiFi networks for more than a few seconds if the WiFi even turns on.
Any help would be gladly appreciated! Thanks.
I had the same problem with two nexus 5 phones. The WiFi chip seems to have failed on both. After changing the motherboard in both phones, WiFi was working without issues. The only thing I changed in both phones was the motherboard.
Before changing the motherboards, I could never get WiFi to work with all combinations of roms, kernels, and boot images.
If you satisfy the following:
- the phone doesn't connect to any WiFi network on full stock unmodified software
- other devices connect to the same WiFi networks without issue (sanity check )
Then almost certainly a hardware issue with the phone. No amount of modding or flashing is likely to change this.
Ok, thanks
Have any suggestions on where to buy a motherboard? Don't really want to spend a hundred bucks.
I purchased a couple of nexus 5 phones with smashed screens for a low price and swapped out the motherboards.
Hello,
I have a problem with my OPO that has been going on for months now (I suspect it's hardware based? but not sure)
My opo can always connect to 2g network
My opo can only connect for a limited time to 3G/4G networks. If i change the network type, I get internet alright for about an hour or so. After some time or event (can't find a pattern), the phone is suddenly disconnected from mobile internet (even though data is ON), but my reception indicator is full. I also cannot place calls or get called: when I try calling, I get either a textbox "network unavailable" or the call attempt just ends on it's own without result. I'll call this state "fake 4g"
Here's what I have already tried:
-reboot, flash other rom, factory reset
-downgrade and upgrade TWRP back again
-messing around with 4636 (but i think i haven't tried switching to US band and back to EU - i'm from europe). Note: the interface shows precisely one cell tower when i'm connected to fake 4g
-going back full stock (flashing a version of cm prior to YOGPAS1N0) in order to update the radio. I even installed oxygen at some point
-pulling a logcat. However, this problem (other than the fact that i have only have a basic grasp of IT) is that I cannot exactly pinpoint WHEN fake 4g occurred without looking at the screen/placing a call. I managed to determine fake 4g came up between 4:55 and 5:46, which is still a heck of a logcat. In order to generate some logcat chatter, i've placed a few unsuccessful calls during fake 4g period (i've pinpointed those logs)
Does anyone have any idea as to the cause of this bug (not entirely sure it's hardware based because it works, well, sometimes...)? Or can anyone maybe tell me what to look for in that 50 minute logcat? I guess I can always have another logcat run in the weekend and check every 5 mins until i can spot fake 4g happening.
Note: I haven't opened it to check whether the antenna is plugged or anything (not that i would see much, i think). Anyway, i can always do it if need be.
Thanks in advance
I have been having a similar problem, the LTE range keeps fluctuating from zero to 3/4th to full from time to time, even when the phone is lying stable. Range appears well when on 3g. It isn't sim card based as iv'e tried various sim ,phone combinations.
Also i have noticed many topics appearing in the past few months regarding network issues ... some kind of a pattern ?
Ah yeah I forgot to mention that I tried the simswap trick too, to no avail.
So you're suggesting the hardware antenna might be of poor quality, that might be the case. If so, I suppose the antenna cannot be easily changed (ie incorporated in mobo or whatever).
Does anyone know whether antennae are prone to fail in general?
Loladin0 said:
Ah yeah I forgot to mention that I tried the simswap trick too, to no avail.
So you're suggesting the hardware antenna might be of poor quality, that might be the case. If so, I suppose the antenna cannot be easily changed (ie incorporated in mobo or whatever).
Does anyone know whether antennae are prone to fail in general?
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Nope.If there hasn't been anything that could damage the hardware,no.
Have you tried changing firmwares?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/firmware-modem-oneplus-one-t3462214
Even i am facing the similar kind of problem and posted my question here https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/internet-issues-intermittently-unable-t3714911. One more thing to note is if you try tethering with laptop the internet works just fine (it happens with my device) . Even i have tried many combination with 4636 interface but i really can't understand the reason behind it.
Flash latest modem firmware... Then *#*#4636#*#* ..then on phone change signal to 3g only or LTE only..
Helped me from losing signal
Everything is smooth and perfect except Wifi.
I can found close wifi networks (Mobile hotspots created by other phones) but if I try to connect it just saves them, cannot connect to any wifi networks.
And the strength is too low. It is unable to find my room's wifi ...!!
So I am just totally unable to use wifi in my Pixel :/
Also I turn on Hotspot on my Pixel, it turns on but I cannot find it from other devices.
Also upgraded from 8.1.0 to 9.0 but still same issue.
Without Wifi its so miserable experience Any Solution?????
Yeah, same issue. It's a hardware thing. If you've dropped your phone either the cable came loose or the PCB board is off. I threw mine before (long story) but can't use wifi nor Bluetooth without being close to what I'm connected to.
I just don't feel like fixing it considering the pixel can break by repair. Plus, my 6p is my DD anyway
Dang, I gave my sister this phone and this problem just appeared. Time to look for a new phone for her.
Ok, being real for a second, this worked and I know it is a VERY BAD workaround but can help in a pinch.
I bought a refurb pixel on woot. Took a while to get it because it was sent to a friend's PO box and then brought to mexico, ergo no warranty.
Unboxed it and had this exact same issue; little to no signal on very few wifi hotspots and just "saving"
Seeing as this might be hardware related as @creep138 mentioned, I tried the following:
PRESS considerably hard on the point that the antenna connector should be.
After a couple of seconds of force and massaging, wifi came on and connected.
I KNOW this is a bad idea, I KNOW this might cause several issues on the long run, but if you have it sitting in a drawer doing nothing because of this issue, give it a try.
For reference this was done on a Verizon Black Pixel. The small one. and the point to apply pressure to is about half an inch below the camera and flash module.
Hope this helps
minhaz.sourav said:
Everything is smooth and perfect except Wifi.
I can found close wifi networks (Mobile hotspots created by other phones) but if I try to connect it just saves them, cannot connect to any wifi networks.
And the strength is too low. It is unable to find my room's wifi ...!!
So I am just totally unable to use wifi in my Pixel :/
Also I turn on Hotspot on my Pixel, it turns on but I cannot find it from other devices.
Also upgraded from 8.1.0 to 9.0 but still same issue.
Without Wifi its so miserable experience Any Solution?????
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Status update:
After doing what I have already described, that helped to connect to the wifi at my workplace. Nonetheless I didn't have suck luck with my home wifi.
After reading here and there, some users reported the device connecting to 5Ghz wifi no problem. My work is indeed 5Ghz and my home is 2.4
After unpacking and installing a 5Ghz capable router, the pixel connected no problem to it (after applying the aforementioned pressure)
Hope this helps