Hi Folks
My Hero connects fine to a wifi network(home and at work) but after about 5 mins it drops the connection(this is whilst browsing etc not when in active). It then takes several mins to reconnect or I have to disconnect then reconnect and works fine for yet another 5mins.. have reflashed the phone with original UK orange rom still happens and have flashed with mrc 3.2 and still happens This is getting to the point of being useless and an other reason to ditch andriod/the hero..
does anyonew out there have and advise as hjave tried everything I know of to resolve the issue. Also just incase you ask ALL other netbooks and wifi enabled devices work perfectly with the networks and the hero is on orange now using mrc 3.2 rom...
regards
Lohtse
I would suggest you need to update the radio.
Radio is what controls things like wifi not the actual rom itself.
yep flashed the latest,then the oldest then several others to see if that was the fault. Seems the hero(read else where on line) suffers from wifi problems and not always router depended....
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Hey guys..
WiFi was working for me at first, but now my phone pretends like it doesn't even have WiFi. Any way to fix this without reflashing/hard resetting my phone? I tried the uninstallation of WMWiFiRouter, and it still didn't help. Can I somehow revert back to a different driver without having to start over again? Thanks!
can you elaborate on teh issue a little bit? im also having a wifi problem, but havent found many others with the same issue. i want to know if yours is the same.
sounds like a wmwifirouter issue to me.
i dont think so. i have removed wmwifirouter from mine and still have the problem. it works once in a while, specifically after a soft reset.
I don't know what else to say. Turning on the WiFi switch does nothing, pressing the WiFi in Comm Manager does nothing, and I no longer have WiFi under Connections. I see Wireless LAN, but not WiFi. My Wireless Today Plug-In only shows Bluetooth and not WiFi anymore.
All in all, I guess it seems like my phone doesn't realize that I have WiFi.
I just upgraded to DCD 3.0.1 yesterday.
WiFi is still working for me (WPA-PSK, AES encryption). I'll test at work tomorrow.
gbenj said:
i dont think so. i have removed wmwifirouter from mine and still have the problem. it works once in a while, specifically after a soft reset.
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I've never used WiFi Router and I get the issue on soft resets and usually when I someplace where coverage is spotty.
I seem to be having an opposite problem. My WiFi randomly activates while I am in a call.
look here too plz
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=377615
llmo128 said:
look here too plz
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=377615
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ive seen that thread, and that problem, but mine at least, is different. ive done extensive testing and my problem doesnt ahve anything to do with wmwifirouter. the problem started before i ever installed it. and its not that it doesnt work, it just works sporatically. usually after a soft reset, its ok. until i turn off the wifi switch, or push the power button. then its like theres no networks...but there definitely are. i thought the problem was specific to me, but now that im seeing other people with the problem im starting to neglect my previous theories that only pertained to my situation, in favor of no explanation.
just wondering. the other people with wifi problems. what carriers are you guys?
im on vzw
thanks
Happens on my Sprint Mogul, and I have tried that fix in the thread.
Im on Sprint and I keep having the same problem with my wifi.... this all began when i upgraded to the 2.2.6 rom i believe. I used to not be able to get wifi, then after a few days it would suddenly read my network but it wouldnt connect. now after upgrading to 3.0.1 it reads the network fine but it and tries to connect but either it disconnects instantly after it connects or it never connects.
Ive never had wmwrouter installed and my network connection security is WEP 128.
Any ideas?
wifi problem
I have the exact same problem with my phone...started about a month ago. Upgrade to new rom (from 2.17) didn't fix it....
sorry you guys are having problems, but i am a little relieved to see that other people are having the same problem as i am.
my one question, is are you guys sporadically seeing the wifi work fine. mine does, usually after a soft reset for a little while sometimes, but once it "clicks off" it is gone until after a soft reset.
thanks
I have the wifi issue as well. I am running DCD's 3.0.1 ROM. I also have the WMWifiRouter program installed. In my case, the WMWifirouter program would run and my laptop will pick it up but then I can't connect to it. It also seems sporadic. My laptop will show full signal of the program then when I hit refresh the signal will disappear. With the wifi switch, when I turn it on the wifi icon at the top comes on and act as if it is searching for wifi signal but it would never connect to anything. Even when I am in a wifi hotspot my phone would not pick anything up at all. *NOTE: Even before I upgraded my ROM, I started to have wifi problems on my stock 2.08 sprint ROM.
yea it sporadically works for a short period of time but once it disconnects it won't work again.
Sometimes it finds the wireless network and sometimes it wont find anything. Its kinda random.
Since I was having an issue for GPS to take a while to lock on on top of this WiFi issue, I just decided to flash the stock Sprint ROM 3.35 and then reflash DCD 3.0.1. Everything is working beautifully now.
it is this app
ok then test it on a phone that has had it an another one that has not! remember that once its on there you will find that it may never go away even if you flash, i been ther buddy
dont for get to change the routers name so you don't be dumb about it mmmkkaaayy.
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ok then test it on a phone that has had it an another one that has not! remember that once its on there you will find that it may never go away even if you flash, i been ther buddy
dont for get to change the routers name so you don't be dumb about it mmmkkaaayy.
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umm don't think its the app... like i said before, my phone has never had wmwifirouter
WI-FI Issue
Are you connected to your PC while trying the WI-FI?
Hey all ive been searching for awhile on this and have not found anybody else complaining about this problem which I am sort of surprised by seeing as it has been happening to me for some time now.
Here is what is going on. I am on the verizon network and I am tethering my laptop to my phone through the USB using ICS running DCD's latest 3.0.1 ktichen .
Pretty much what happens is the phone connects fine to the itnerent and it passes the data connection to the computer then after about 5 to 30 minutes the connection will just disconnect on the phone and I will have to unplug the phone and then hit connect and plug it back into the laptop and again off it goes and works fine again for another variable amount of time usually 5 to 15 minutes.
There dosent seem to be alot of rhyme or reason to when it disconnects it just does it kinda randomly at different time intervals when im tethered. I have noticed its more likley to disconnect if There is a heavier load on the data connection say you are downloading a 20 meg file or something. It will almost inevidably drop connection halfway through the download sometime. its really weird and kinda annoying constantly reconnecting it.
I have tired WMWIFI router it does the same thing disconnects after a certain amount of time no real set amount of time sometimes five minutes others more like 15 or 30 minutes.
My 6700 would stay connected forever pretty much unless it lost signal or got a phone call. This phone hasent been real stable in teathering through any of the roms ive tried.
Does anybody else experience this or is it just me? i have a hard time believing its just me but maybe seeing as nobody else has really brought this issue up.
Possibly its just people on verizon I really dont know it seems as though the majority of people on here are on sprint so perhaps their system works a bit differently then verizons. Any way thought id share my frustrations and see if anybody had a way to fix this problem or if its just an inherent problem with the phone or radio or what.
Look forward to hearing if anybody else has any experience with this
Lee
OH and If you read this DCD your roms are kick ass keep up the good work I have enjoyed running every version you have put out. Much appreciated
Had same problem with 3.27 radio. Got 3.35 now and no any kind of disconnects!
I had more problems with Verizon's Access Manager dial-in connection than I do with ICS on my phone. Access Manager would disconnect for almost any reason. Sometimes I could keep a connection for a long period of time, but I never really taxed the connection. If I fired up my Cisco VPN client, it would disconnect from the internet each and every time (within a minute of establishing a VPN connection. Yes, I tried IPSEC over TCP, UDP, and SSL).
Now, using ICS and the USB connection (radio 3.35 and DCD 3.0.1), it works MUCH better. I will get a disconnect here or there, as most people do, but I can hammer on the connection (about a 100KB/sec download, VPN, etc), and it doesn't disconnect for any specific reason. My VPN client also works now.
I never tried radio 3.27. I waited until there was an "official" radio release for the 6800, and therefore am using 3.35. You could always try going back to the original VZW stuff to see if it is a hardware problem. If you're not on radio 3.35, I would update to that first.
I've downloaded over 100 MB without a disconnection, actually since I went to 3.35 radio, I'm not sure I've had it disconnect at all unless I lost signal.....Leedawg check your PM's.....
Thanks for all the replies it appears as though not many of you experience the problem with radio 3.35, I am running radio 3.35 seems just like 3.27 so perhaps I will flash back to the stock vzw rom and go from there and see if I still have the problem.
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Thanks for all the replies it appears as though not many of you experience the problem with radio 3.35, I am running radio 3.35 seems just like 3.27 so perhaps I will flash back to the stock vzw rom and go from there and see if I still have the problem.
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i am a VZW user as well, with the latest Sprint 3.35 radio.
i also am booted from my tethered connection periodically. even when just idling and no transfer, i can only keep a connection for about 5 mins max..
but i don't need to soft reset or anything, i just need to restart the ICS connection ..
Weird thing for me is, I tether BT and it drops me.. tether USB, and it doesn't............
I don't know if it has been asked before but I've got a problem with the WiFi on my A101IT.
Problems:
Sometimes when I turn it on when it has been off it either goes into boot loop for no apparent reason OR just randomly freezes at the boot screen. When it doesn't act up and I finally get on and my home screen comes up and I look for my active Wifi signal.... it's not there?! When I go to try to manually connect to my Wifi in the Settings it gives me some b.s. "Error" reading! When I try to disconnect and reconnect my Wifi connection on my device it still continues to read "Turning on.... Error." Then, if I feel like messing with it, I'll go through about 5-10 tries of turning my A101IT off and back on to get my Wifi signal on my device to connect as it should.
Other side notes:
I have a Linksys WRTP54G VoIP router that is configured to Wireless G network. Never really had any device connection problems until a few weeks ago.... it just all-of-a-sudden started doing this on its own. I also bought my A101IT off eBay from someone who bought it as New and took very good care of it and only used it like 6 times in 1 month. Beside that, I never uninstalled/deleted any file/.apk I wasn't supposed to. (I say I never uninstalled/deleted anything because I have permanent root access via Chulri's Method for FW 2.3.20).
Any solutions?? Please help!
UPDATE: Archos' [email protected]$$ Customer Support representative said to "upgrade firmware and that should fix the problem." Assumptions, assumptions..... you know what they say?! Anyway, I really don't want to upgrade my FW to 2.3.26 due to known Wifi issues still occurring because as I have found... it seems to be that it is a similar hardware issue like Microsoft's Ring of Death for their XBOX 360 Base, Premium, Elite, AND Slim version gaming systems. I may be wrong but I believe it's a NIC issue where the NIC is not fully soldered on and/or the heat from the A101IT's battery cooks the connection of the NIC on the motherboard of the device to where it can only be turned on at random after about 6 months or more. That's my idea...
try to use Wifi manager to control the Wifi again. https://market.android.com/details?id=org.kman.WifiManager&hl=en
It solved my wifi problem on UrukDroid.
And if u want u can get an older version that has the widget to switch for free.
(Although as it's old it might have bugs that are fixed by now)
= your choice
(Posting here as i cant post in the wifi thread in the dev forum)
Last week I tried Bricked ROM with the 0.4 and 0.35 kernel and wifi was bad. Once it went I had to do all sorts of things to get it back up and it used to go many times a day.
I'm on ClassicNerd 0.1.0 now and it is much better. I'll lose connectivity maybe once a day but can get it back usually straightaway by turning wifi off and back on.
With both roms i did ACMEUninstall, webos doctor and multiple wipes of data, cache and system.
Sent from my Touchpad using Tapatalk
I've resorted to never resetting my touchpad. lol.lame I know but when it works it stays fine .....only until I reset.
sucks
Had a similar issue when my ISP upgraded my router to a virgin super hub ( its a re branded netgear one ) my solution was to disable the router function and connect my old belkin n600 play and now my wifi works and never disconnects even on the 5Ghz mode.
In my case I don't think it was a router issue. Both ROMs were used with the same router/channel as well as at the local Starbucks. BrickedROM had the problems I mentioned above with both routers and similarly ClassicNerd is pretty much problem-free with the same two routers.
It seemed that for whatever reason the WiFi would go to 'sleep' even though the OS thought it was working. So I would get the WiFi signal icon but it would never go blue or show any activity whatsoever. Once it had gone to 'sleep' though, it wasn't straightforward how to wake it up. Sometimes it needed some 'rest' so I was turning it off and back on after a few minutes, other times it would persist even after rebooting. I would even forget the network, turn it off, reboot, etc and repeating a few times but I never found a pattern that would work consistently! Very-very frustrating experience!
You talking about the bricked rom from feb02? I am currently running that (upgraded from cm7) with v0.35 kernal and don't seem to have any issues at all. Just a silly question, but can you connect in webOS
This is a problems I'm having now with my GS2 and ICS(current is Bezke rom and Pure rom prior to that). Both of these ICS roms exhibit the same problem, it will see the wifi spot (its a Apple time machine and the connection uses WPA protection), it just won't connect to it.... EVER. The router is also just in the next room, so it has a perfect strong signal.
I did not have a problem before the ICS upgrade, it connected to the wifi spot just fine. As far as I'm concerned this is NOT a hardware problem but in software. I have had this issue with MANY MANY other high end android phones (I go through a lot), so much so that I got a 2nd router and run it open just for my android phones. I've tried utilities that "reset" the phone settings to help connect (not sure what that means, maybe like a DNS flush or ipconfig release/renew kind of deal...) but they never work.
Ive searched online for this issue and apparently thousands of others have had this same issue, but I don't remember seeing any talk of what exactly the problem is, or what to fix it (aside from flashing another rom). I would rather not be flashing every rom under the sun until I finally get it working, but I might just have to.
I really like this phone (I also have a 4S but don't use it because I like this Samsung so much) and plan on keeping this a while. Its a GT-I9100 BTW and not a carrier branded device, I have it on T-Mobile US.
I'm probably going to try the official Sammy rom next and see what happens. FWIW my last phone that had this problem was a Optimus 3D and it was running STOCK F/W and still would not connect. C'MON GOOGLE! WTF, This is a problem, can we PLEASE get it fixed
Can i take it that you have tried connecting with no security setup on the WiFi router first .
jje
Same problem here. Just upgraded two S2's at work. Went thru the process to 2.3.4 and 2.3.5 and once in 4.0.3 neither of them worked using our cisco wifi. Remember having the same problem on the old HTC Hero, but the Desire and the Sensation (both 2.3.5 and 4.0.3) works fine, as do iPhones and some tablets.
Problem must lie within the S2 since we have loads of computers and other phones connected. Have tried static settings instead of dhcp but the setup on the phone is quite limited.
Same here
9.5-9.7 Resurrection ICS based on XXLPH/XXLPJ won't connect to wpa2 secured University wifi. I've tried the official XXLPQ by Samsung and everything works like a charm.
It installed the XXLPQ so that is a no go. Tried connecting to a htc sensation hotspot and that worked. They just don't want to connect to the Cisco.
Encryption requres screen lock
I'm on campus Wi-Fi a lot. apparently "credential storage" used on these enterprise networks can only be used when you have a screen lock pin code set up
Does that help?
trying to find a way around it myself, I dont want to have to type a pin in every time I pick up my phone when I'm sitting in my apartment streaming pandora.
Sorry I forgot to reply back, but I ended up "cheating" and getting another router SPECIFICALLY for my android devices that dont like wifi security. I got a coupon in the mail for a free wifi router (N too!), its pretty low end but hey, it works.
Sure thats not really fixing the issue with the phone, but Ive gotten to the point of so much frustration, if I try any further to fix the phone and fail I'll either end up destroying the thing, turning to drugs or both.
Sadly, that last sentence was not hyperbole, Im serious. HOWEVER the phone is working, so all is well here