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Hi everyone I have been having a problem lately with my tethering I searched the entire site to see if someone else had this problem but I didn't see any others. When I'm connected through Phone as Modem through the Microsoft tethering or through WMWifiRouter I will randomly get disconnected and my laptop makes the sound as if the USB was being disconnected from the laptop. It will then attempt to reconnect. When using the Microsoft tethering it gets stuck and I have to unplug my TP then plug it back in. When using WMWifiRouter it will reconnect by itself. I am just wondering is there a fix for this issue. Were I am I always have full bars and they never drop not even for a minute. If anyone can shine some light on this issue it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
HTC Touch Pro
Sprint
EnergyROM 'Photon' (SYS 23016)
If any other phone info is needed just let me know and I will post the required info.
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Hi everyone I have been having a problem lately with my tethering I searched the entire site to see if someone else had this problem but I didn't see any others. When I'm connected through Phone as Modem through the Microsoft tethering or through WMWifiRouter I will randomly get disconnected and my laptop makes the sound as if the USB was being disconnected from the laptop. It will then attempt to reconnect. When using the Microsoft tethering it gets stuck and I have to unplug my TP then plug it back in. When using WMWifiRouter it will reconnect by itself. I am just wondering is there a fix for this issue. Were I am I always have full bars and they never drop not even for a minute. If anyone can shine some light on this issue it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
HTC Touch Pro
Sprint
EnergyROM 'Photon' (SYS 23016)
If any other phone info is needed just let me know and I will post the required info.
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did you try putting it on DATA instead of phone as modem?
Ya i tried putting it as DATA to it still does the same thing. I have even tried different ROMS and still the same problem.
I've (just recently) had this going on as well. It seems to disconnect over and over for a while, then stay connected for some time. I've had 3 different ROM's on my Pro (Sprint) in the last month, and experienced it on all 3.
Maybe they're catching on... /hide!
This has happened to me many times also, I think that there is an issue with the overall DATA that is sent to the phones. I sometimes watch streaming movies or episodes (Go Southpark!!!) on my phone and I notice that even when not tethering, there is a pause in the connection from time to time... Could this be the cause? Maybe there is enough of a disconnect there that causes the pc and the phone to loose connection.
Hope this helps or shines a little light on the matter.
i am having the same problem while tethering, was thinking that they were finally catching on to the unauthorized tethering. have been looking into finding a way around it, but not much luck yet. will be going in through qpst and removing the dun specification from one of the lines in the phone to see if it would simply route it through the phone data instead of the tethering data.
I can relate. Its happened to me many a time. I just assumed it was a dropped connection. Similar to a dropped call only instead of voice, data.
Does anyone have a answer to this problem or do you think T-mobile is catching on? Because I know i am having similar issues I will be downloading a youtube video and half way threw it the computer will just disconnect..
Hi!
Next sunday I will take a seven hour train. And in the latest releases of wifi tethering it has come a temperature view of the battery.
What I am asking about is, do I have to watch my phone the hole time for not being overheated? What about when I am charging?
Im at work atm, so have to be short of explonation right now
Thanks
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I occasionally do this for a hour or two and seems to be fine. Longest I've done it was three hours without any issues. This was using pdanet.
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http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=631464
Others already question this. But I think a lot more practical to use the wifi tethering than any other connection type (Bluetooth and wired). However is it possible to have a non-wired connection without heating the phone?
I ask this because the staff of the HTC does not support this.
Thanks in advance
Thanks a lot for the link!
So what they say is that if you wanna tether, use usb? I dont really care whether I use wired or non-wired thering.
Sorry I misunderstood what you were asking. My phone was connected via USB and using PdaNet to connect the laptop to the WiFi. Didn't seem to heat up. I also have a silicon case on the phone.
Since the phone is constantly using both the Wi-Fi and (or) the Mobile Network Connection over hour's. It will get a little hot.
But, you can adjust the clock with "overclock widget" or "setcpu" to a lower value, so it don't uses that much processor power all the time.
The Hero should handle to teeter for some hours, anyway.
i know this have been discussed before but there is still no solution.
here s my problem: wifi signal drops suddenly when i hold my phone. ive done sevral speed tests. These tests confirm that holding the phone results in a really bad wifi quality. I ve tried eveything.
does anyone have any ideas? even if its hardware moding
thx
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Sad to say, in my tests, by tightly holding the phone, especially at the bottom right, the signal strength reduced by about 20dBm.
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this really sucks since this phone is pretty good and so far its the only BIG problem i found. and no solutions....
Must be a random problem. I have the RAZR and RAZR Maxx and neither has this problem.
For me, on 2.3.6 wifi signal was low, especially taking phone by bottom, but on ICS, both t-mobile ics and latest eu ics, wifi signal is very improved. Hand issue remains, but signal is for me stronger.
well i guess im just going to wait for stock ics update and hope it improves but im guessing the problem wont disappear since this is clearly a hardware issue. and if this is random then im very unlucky
When software fixes a radio that software usually just makes the signal-strength meter show signal that's not really there.
There are apps on Play that "fix" all kinds of radio problems by installing signal-strength icons with the low-strength indications set inaccurately. It *looks* like more signal, but it's the same low signal you had before.
Signal strength has almost nothing to do with reception anyway. Signal/Noise ratio is what's important, and there's no meter for that. One bar of signal in a very RF-quiet area, is much better than five bars in a computer data center.
"Caveet emter, I reckon!"
- Mark Twain
I have no wifi issues with this phone. The GNex however was unusable at 30 feet from a high-powered Hawking WAP, or an Apple Airport Extreme WAP.
If you have a plastic case, try removing it. Some cases are made with recycled plastic and are infused with conductive material that can act as a Faraday Shield, blocking part of the signal. Easy test, costs nothing but a few seconds...
yea i already knew about the plastic thats why i bought a rubber case. I have to say it helped a little but didnt fix it. the problem is still there.
thx
Haven't seen any problems with my wifi, although I mainly use the 3G simply because I have 4 GB of data a month and I will never use that much when I'm out around town.
If the problem occurs when holding it a certain way wouldn't the simplest solution be to not hold it that way, also be very aware of any metals between you and the router as metals block radio signals, how old is your house, if old enough maybe lead paint, unlikely but just throwing all possibilities out there.
thx for your help. i didnt only test this at home and as for holding the phone im used to hold it like i hold all phones and its pretty annoying if i always have to hold it differently if i want to use the internet
Have you tried the free Play Store app, WiFi Analyzer?
This will help you find out what works/doesn't as it provides more sensitive strength measurements from the chip. It's handy anyway, since it shows WAPs that you aren't connected to. yet.
It's quite possible that your antenna wire bounced off the connector. An insignificant drop of an inch could do that if it was never seated correctly. It would likely operate in a degraded capacity as a result. If you're OK with cracking the case open, that's something quick to check.
How long have you had this phone?
I have never heard anyone complain about the Razr's WiFi reception, so I suspect this is something unique to that phone right there. What is your idea of poor reception? 100 feet, inside, is the practical limit. 300 feet in an open field. Metal wall studs, sheet metal siding, all of these will stop radio waves dead.
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thx for your help. i didnt only test this at home and as for holding the phone im used to hold it like i hold all phones and its pretty annoying if i always have to hold it differently if i want to use the internet
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I get that, just trying to "cover all the bases" as they say.
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I have never heard anyone complain about the Razr's WiFi reception,
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Then you haven't been listening. The RAZR is universally acclaimed to have the worst WiFi reception of ANY device since 1999.
im ok with opening it... i actually opened it a couple of times and removed the battery but idk what to look for since nothing is labeled i dont even know where exactly is the wifi ship and antenna. i tested this as close as 6 feet from my router when i leave it on the table i get full wifi signal and speed test at max then i hold it and try... wifi signal goes down and speed test at 3/4 max speed...
thx
It's possible that I have an extraordinary phone then. I decided to compare.
My phone is seeing -60dbm from the Hawking extender that I'm closest to, which is about 20 meters away, behind three stick-frame (pine 2x4 studs, sheetrock) walls. The reading varies dramatically, depending on where I put it on my desk. So let's see what some other WiFi devices do...
My MacBook reads -58dbm. My iPad2 reads -59dbm. An HP Envy 15 reads -65dbm. And a Moto Atrix2 WCS (With Cracked Screen) reads -61dbm.
A transfer of 200MB ("random" data created via linux: 'dd if=/dev/random of=200mb.dat bs=1048576 count=200' so that compression algorithms don't skew the results):
Razr (6.12.79 ICS Black Widow): 9s
MacBook (Lion): 6.5s
iPad2: 10s
HP Envy 15 (Ubuntu 11.10): 7.5s
Moto Atrix2 WCS: 10s
I didn't repeat the test, and that is a busy WAP, but the results are what I expect for battery-operated devices. I also expected the ipad, atrix and razr to lose the race, since they have relatively slow storage systems, which have inherently poor write performance on files of this size (200MB won't buffer at all).
The WiFi cable will look like a white or black wire with a gold junction on the end where it meets the motherboard. I would expect that if you've had the phone open, you would definitely notice a wire hanging loose! I doubt that's the problem, but that wire is a coaxial shielded cable - like on cable TV only really tiny - and you can do all kinds of DIY replacement antenna stuff eg, adding an external jack so you can "beam" WiFi a mile away using a hacked Pringles potato chip can.
I actually think the problem might be RF noise in your environment. Florescent lights (CFLs), computing equipment, HVAC compressors, and motors can effectively "jam" WiFi signals, causing packet transmission failures to increase rapidly as the distance from the WAP increases.
We have a Fluke RF analyzer here, and our WiFi setup is quite good as a result.
Does anyone know if the Razr is unusually susceptible to RF noise? Maybe noise that the Razr generates from the motherboard/CPU/radios/BT? I'm not equipped to test that.
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Do you have other devices to compare the Razr to?
Did you try pointing all the rubber duck antennas on the WAP straight up?
I just checked an iphone, another ipad, another Razr, and a Dell laptop, and my boss's Razr was technically the winner on signal strength and transfer speed, but let's call it even. There are too many variables, and statistically significant benchmarking is beyond the scope of a forum comment.
The Razr has typical WiFi performance in this environment.
Thank you very much for your post. I did try with the desire z and the evo 3d which are doing jist fine wheather i hold them or leave them on the table: both signal and speed test are amazing compared to the razr (if i hold it). If you could tell me where the wifi ship and antenna are located (a pic maybe) it would be great because when i open the razr all i can see are metal plates everywhere probably for cooling. I dont understand what you mean by pointing all the rubber duck antennas on the WAP...
Thx again
I haven't had a Razr open yet. Even after dropping mine from a motorcycle and watching it slide into a ditch with an inch of water in it. Tough li'l bastards...
The WiFi antenna cable and connector are probably under one of the metal shields.
Most WAPs have 1, 2, or 3 "rubber duck" antennas that you can move to maximize the signal lobe pattern. You can use the WiFi Analyzer app to adjust them, but be prepared to walk a lot...
Others are just a box. The only one of those that *I* know of that works well is the Apple Airport Extreme. The Netgear Wireless-N HD, which is very highly rated, is a P.O.S.: it has a narrow, elongated lobe pattern, and if you're in that narrow lobe, it works REALLY well. If not, you'll be lucky to connect to it. Two people standing 10 feet apart, and one can have great service while the other can't even get an IP address.
The fact that you have other devices working well, and you sound like you've done this quite a bit, I'm guessing you have a problem inside the phone itself.
I manage about 200 phones here, and I haven't heard one word of complaint about WiFi. 3G/4G service? Yeah, lots of complaints about 3G/4G from people out in the woods or working in a valley.
These also work well as a WAP (tethering). We have a few of the Personal WiFi devices - a handheld that converts 3G/4G to WiFi for up to five users - but most people prefer this phone for that.
My old DroidX has a better WiFi antenna, but that's an exceptional phone with only one core: I spit on it. Ptui.
Hey,
So my Motorola G8 Power (PAHE0025AR, Argentina) arrived yesterday and as soon as I started using it, I noticed a big problem:
The screen is unresponsive in the edges, top, and bottom. I recorded a video so you can watch for yourselves:
https://streamable.com/et8iar
There's no way to touch the area outside of the rectangle I drew, it just doesn't register any touch events there, making the navbar really hard to use and it's impossible to pull the notification bar down in landscape mode.
Did this happen to anyone else? I also noticed, using the app "Multi touch test", that if you place 3 or more fingers, it kind of goes crazy, something that doesn't happen with other phones.
Also, I knew the WiFi would be slow (no 5Ghz support), but I have insanely high lag spikes on 2.4Ghz, which is odd because it's not happening with other devices...
Did anyone else experience something like this? Could it be because of the screen protector that comes with it? I don't wanna take it off if I'm going to return the phone, but I can't see how a thin plastic film can make the screen center work but not the edges...
Ulfys said:
Did anyone else experience something like this? Could it be because of the screen protector that comes with it? I don't wanna take it off if I'm going to return the phone, but I can't see how a thin plastic film can make the screen center work but not the edges...
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mine did not come with a screen protector, so i can't speak for that, but just to be sure i would suggest getting it off, so you know for sure before returning it to the shop
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Also, I knew the WiFi would be slow (no 5Ghz support), but I have insanely high lag spikes on 2.4Ghz, which is odd because it's not happening with other devices...
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i did a ping test ( to google) on 4g and on wifi , with 4g it averages around 40ms and on wifi it's around 20 ms this is a 2.4 ghs 802.11g wifi network
I have 3 G powers. The screens on all of them work. You may have received a bad unit. The Moto warranty covers manufacturer defects.
Thanks for your answers. I'm pleased to find out the screen works well without the plastic film that came with it.
However, I still have the WiFi ping spikes problem. It happens when connecting to any server, so I can't play any games.
I attached pictures of some ping tests. Notice how sometimes it takes so long in the terminal (over a second?) to ping that it times out and it results in a packet loss (3/20 and 2/20)
This happens only with my Moto G8 Power, tested the WiFi with other phones and my PC as well and they work fine (no spikes).
Ulfys said:
Thanks for your answers. I'm pleased to find out the screen works well without the plastic film that came with it.
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Ulfys said:
I attached pictures of some ping tests. Notice how sometimes it takes so long in the terminal (over a second?) to ping that it times out and it results in a packet loss (3/20 and 2/20)
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it can happen that there is some form of incompatibility between devices , in this case your phone with the current router setup.
if you have the option, please try another wifi accesspoint ( a neighbor or a friend perhaps) just to be sure you experience the same problem on all wifi. If that is the case we can assume a bad wifi chip or reception problem, else there might be a solution in changing your WiFi setup.
The WiFi issue fixed itself after one day and a half somehow. I hope it was just something wrong with my WiFi setup handling new devices or something like that. Didn't get to test it with other WiFi connection yet.
Thanks!
I've noticed an issue with my Moto G Power when walking around facilities I work at. The phone seemingly refuses to roam to another AP prior to completely losing its signal. Typically it simply disconnects from the wireless network, and completely reconnects. If I'm walking around a lot the phone essentially doesn't have wireless connectivity.
I compared with two other phones, a Pixel 3A and Motorola G6 Play. Neither of those phones show the same behavior, they will roam to the next AP seamlessly. The phone is brand new but I did do a factory reset with no change. Anyone else seen this / have a solution?
UPDATE 1340 - I was standing in one spot with fairly poor signal quality. I'd estimate it took approximately 10-20 seconds and the phone finally jumped to a closer AP. I doubt there is anything I'll be able to tweak, at least not without root to resolve this. Really bizarre behavior.
I'm having same problem. Just read where you can disable wifi scanning. Not sure if it saves the ones you want to keep.
I switched to a different SSID and the roaming works as expected. The only difference is the new SSID was protected, versus open. Doesn't make a lot of sense given the APs / controller are the same for both SSIDs.
Bake33 said:
I'm having same problem. Just read where you can disable wifi scanning. Not sure if it saves the ones you want to keep.
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