Looks like I get the honour of posting the first problem.
So I have an unlocked and unbranded Mini Pro and can connect it without problem to my home wifi connection. The problem is that after the phone has been asleep for a while, the wifi connection is dropped and will not reconnect.
The only way to make the phone reconnect is to turn off wifi and then turn it on again. At this point it connects straight away and remains connected until it has been asleep for a while and so on.
Looking at the SE official forums, this problem affects both the Mini and Mini Pro.
It may just be a bug and we will have to wait for a fix but any clues would be welcome as it would be nice if the phone were to default to wifi (just like my Desire) when in the house.
@MARK said:
Looks like I get the honour of posting the first problem.
So I have an unlocked and unbranded Mini Pro and can connect it without problem to my home wifi connection. The problem is that after the phone has been asleep for a while, the wifi connection is dropped and will not reconnect.
The only way to make the phone reconnect is to turn off wifi and then turn it on again. At this point it connects straight away and remains connected until it has been asleep for a while and so on.
Looking at the SE official forums, this problem affects both the Mini and Mini Pro.
It may just be a bug and we will have to wait for a fix but any clues would be welcome as it would be nice if the phone were to default to wifi (just like my Desire) when in the house.
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it's a bug but i think it will be fixed with root or s/e 2,1 update but don't know what will come first
@MARK said:
Looks like I get the honour of posting the first problem.
So I have an unlocked and unbranded Mini Pro and can connect it without problem to my home wifi connection. The problem is that after the phone has been asleep for a while, the wifi connection is dropped and will not reconnect.
The only way to make the phone reconnect is to turn off wifi and then turn it on again. At this point it connects straight away and remains connected until it has been asleep for a while and so on.
Looking at the SE official forums, this problem affects both the Mini and Mini Pro.
It may just be a bug and we will have to wait for a fix but any clues would be welcome as it would be nice if the phone were to default to wifi (just like my Desire) when in the house.
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There's advanced menu in wifi settings where you can change the delay or remove it.
But that still does not solve the problem completely, phone would randomly disconnect/reconnect sometimes. I believe I saw this problem as well on 1.6 Hero roms, and with Android 2.1 Hero has no problems staying on wifi for days.
At this moment we can see how painfully slow and shortsighted SE are, and their hardware engineers are brilliant, while their software is ages old and simply broken.
I think they should have never released mini with 1.6 Android, and if their developers are so slow, their only chance would be to release all sources to community so we can fix it ourselves.
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I believe I saw this problem as well on 1.6 Hero roms, and with Android 2.1 Hero has no problems staying on wifi for days.
At this moment we can see how painfully slow and shortsighted SE are, and their hardware engineers are brilliant, while their software is ages old and simply broken.
I think they should have never released mini with 1.6 Android, and if their developers are so slow, their only chance would be to release all sources to community so we can fix it ourselves.
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I too thought I had heard about this problem on other phones before (but was not 100% sure). So maybe this is not an SE problem rather an Android one
But the good news is that SE have stated that the Mini and Pro will both get an upgrade to 2.1 this year (but don't hold your breath) so perhaps the answer as you say is to wait.
After all, for now, with a 3GB data package from T-Mobile and a wife who hasn't a clue what Youtube is this is not a big deal but a fix would still be nice.
I found the Wi-Fi of my X10 mini pro ( wifi sleep policy = never ) fails into sleep & disabled after the screen off for a while, even failed to re-scan network manually unless re-activate the Wi-Fi.
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There's advanced menu in wifi settings where you can change the delay or remove it.
But that still does not solve the problem completely, phone would randomly disconnect/reconnect sometimes. I believe I saw this problem as well on 1.6 Hero roms, and with Android 2.1 Hero has no problems staying on wifi for days.
At this moment we can see how painfully slow and shortsighted SE are, and their hardware engineers are brilliant, while their software is ages old and simply broken.
I think they should have never released mini with 1.6 Android, and if their developers are so slow, their only chance would be to release all sources to community so we can fix it ourselves.
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the htc hero had android 1.5 and not 1.6 like mini.....
I tried using FixMyWifi app but it crashes when phone sleeps. An annoying problem this, hopefully SE will fix it soon.
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I'm having problems with a brand new htc amazing. The Wifi connects but only for a while and only at like 1 bar even if I'm right next to my router. My Ipod and other devices can connect just fine. After connecting it'll remain connected for a while then disconnect. Currently I tried it on stock ics 4.0.3, Energy Rom, and Speedy Rom. Is there anything I can do to fix this? I've also searched at the T mobile forums and I've read some about the wifi driver or something causing this.
Any help would be appreciated.
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I'm having problems with a brand new htc amazing. The Wifi connects but only for a while and only at like 1 bar even if I'm right next to my router. My Ipod and other devices can connect just fine. After connecting it'll remain connected for a while then disconnect. Currently I tried it on stock ics 4.0.3, Energy Rom, and Speedy Rom. Is there anything I can do to fix this? I've also searched at the T mobile forums and I've read some about the wifi driver or something causing this.
Any help would be appreciated.
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From other post it usually ends up being the router. Cheap router ? Old, Not up to date with firmware? You should go to stock and call it in to HTC. See what they say. They will ask you for the serial number and software number of your device. You may find the serial number in the ‘Settings’ menu under ‘About Phone’. The software information will be under ‘About Phone’ and then ‘Software Information’.
I'd like to know how this turns out since many others have this problem but no solid solution yet I don't see anybody deal with tech support either.
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Turned out that HTC amaze does not like my router on wep64 I switched it to WPA aes and the problem went away. Which us kind of weird since every device works just fine in my house with wep64
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Turned out that HTC amaze does not like my router on wep64 I switched it to WPA aes and the problem went away. Which us kind of weird since every device works just fine in my house with wep64
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Cool glad you solved it
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I have finally found out the real root cause of this it seems it was my iPod interfering with the amaze wifi. Tested it several tines every time I turn it on the WiFi on amaze takes a dive and eventually dissconnects. I really feel like throwing my iPod out the window for all the headache and trouble it caused.
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thedarkarc said:
I have finally found out the real root cause of this it seems it was my iPod interfering with the amaze wifi. Tested it several tines every time I turn it on the WiFi on amaze takes a dive and eventually dissconnects. I really feel like throwing my iPod out the window for all the headache and trouble it caused.
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Can you get in more depth
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Can you get in more depth
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When I try to connect to my home network with my ipod connected to my wifi at the same time my Htc amaze will connect to the wifi but it'll drop to one bar and hold the connection for like 30s. This happens with Stock ics from htc, Speedy Rom, Energy rom. However, once I turn off the wifi on my iPod 4th gen my htc amaze is able to properly connect at full bar without dropping wifi connection.
Phone specs
rom ICS Energy Rom Aug 6th
kernal Htc Stock ics
Bootloader unlocked s on
My router is a cheap one send from telus called Siemens Gigaset SE567.
This might just be a case that only happens to me other people may not have this problem.
thedarkarc said:
When I try to connect to my home network with my ipod connected to my wifi at the same time my Htc amaze will connect to the wifi but it'll drop to one bar and hold the connection for like 30s. This happens with Stock ics from htc, Speedy Rom, Energy rom. However, once I turn off the wifi on my iPod 4th gen my htc amaze is able to properly connect at full bar without dropping wifi connection.
Phone specs
rom ICS Energy Rom Aug 6th
kernal Htc Stock ics
Bootloader unlocked s on
My router is a cheap one send from telus called Siemens Gigaset SE567.
This might just be a case that only happens to me other people may not have this problem.
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Sounds like router tho not ipod. Have you looked into updating the firmware for that router? Maybe if you call them they can replace for a better one.
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Please let me know if my first post ever belongs elsewhere... to a noob like me "Android general" sounds just as good as "Android development"
What: make Android greedier with 3g. Don't switch off of it until wifi is associated, has an ip, and can ping the internets i.e. the wifi icon is blue
What device: I have a rooted Atrix 2 with ICS leak ROM (build 67.21.125 by timmytim v1.2) on AT&T if that makes you happy. Is this relevant? Even GB does this
Why: a lot of wifi access points suck and it takes greater than zero time for the wifi icon to turn blue. During this time voice search won't work, browser won't do crap, etc because Android is greedy the wrong direction and has already routed all ip traffic through wifi which isn't ready yet
When: this is especially a problem when I'm walking across campus with less than perfect wifi coverage, or when I try to do something on the internet in my car outside right before heading to work (what did that email say?) where there's enough signal to associate but is poor enough to not get my phone access to the tubes (let me waste 30 seconds by switching off wifi to see...)
Why: because I want uninterrupted internet access and AT&T makes me pay for 2gb even when I only use 500meg
How? You tell me. I spent 15 seconds searching all 18 yottillian pages on the internet and nothing came up in the first three results on Google or here, therefore it doesn't exist. Maybe you know where I'm not looking? Maybe I can cross-compile iptables into my ROM and use/make an app for logic? Maybe I can buy 8 billion wireless access points and distribute them evenly across the globe and give people everywhere free internet like they deserve because it's 2012 not 2002? Maybe I can adjust my expectations?
In all seriousness I'm about to bake iptables into my ROM and make an app because I know that will work. But that will take a while, is another solution already out there?
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Just bought a Xperia tablet Z and am having problems with it remaining connected to my WIFI. It's updated to the latest software release.
Initial connection is good and shows good signal strength and works as normal. Periodically the WIFI then disconnects and shows "authentication problem" against the network and most often needs a manual connect to regain the connection, even though occasionally reconnects by itself after 10-15 seconds.
When the WIFI network disconnects I have to manual reconnect (the error message is "authentication problem" ). Once I have reconnected, the WIFI works OK for a short while (3-10 mins) and then i get the error message again.
If I restart the Xperia the problem goes away for a relatively longer length of time however it soon comes back ( after 30 minutes+).
I have many other devices connected to the WIFI during this period all of which work fine. WIFI analysis shows excellent signal strength - the tablet drops the connection even while two feet away from the router - and good signal to noise ratio. Looks like a bug in the firmware to me.
Any assistance would be good.
Note: there is a very similar thread here Sony mobile forum from which I have copied a lot of the info as I am having exactly the same problem
davidec said:
Just bought a Xperia tablet Z and am having problems with it remaining connected to my WIFI. It's updated to the latest software release.
Initial connection is good and shows good signal strength and works as normal. Periodically the WIFI then disconnects and shows "authentication problem" against the network and most often needs a manual connect to regain the connection, even though occasionally reconnects by itself after 10-15 seconds.
When the WIFI network disconnects I have to manual reconnect (the error message is "authentication problem" ). Once I have reconnected, the WIFI works OK for a short while (3-10 mins) and then i get the error message again.
If I restart the Xperia the problem goes away for a relatively longer length of time however it soon comes back ( after 30 minutes+).
I have many other devices connected to the WIFI during this period all of which work fine. WIFI analysis shows excellent signal strength - the tablet drops the connection even while two feet away from the router - and good signal to noise ratio. Looks like a bug in the firmware to me.
Any assistance would be good.
Note: there is a very similar thread here Sony mobile forum from which I have copied a lot of the info as I am having exactly the same problem
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I have the same problem and i thought its was my router false at first, now i know its the tablet's bug. In the mean time im using VpN connection to present the intermittent
BADBOY1412 said:
I have the same problem and i thought its was my router false at first, now i know its the tablet's bug. In the mean time im using VpN connection to present the intermittent
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I thought I was the only with this problem...this happens to me almost four times a day where the wifi would just lose it's connection and I have to reconnect manually. I hope this is a bug and not my tablet...
Look, unfortunately this is a problem that has been dragging from sony tablet s and xperia tablet s (which I have).
What you can do (like me) is to use advanced wifi lock (in google play). That will not disconnect the antenna. It is a temporary solution but it's something.
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zorrorol said:
Look, unfortunately this is a problem that has been dragging from sony tablet s and xperia tablet s (which I have).
What you can do (like me) is to use advanced wifi lock (in google play). That will not disconnect the antenna. It is a temporary solution but it's something.
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Thanks for this. Could you share your settings? I have downloaded it but it does not seem to help.
davidec said:
Thanks for this. Could you share your settings? I have downloaded it but it does not seem to help.
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I guess the tablet is warranted, better take it to repair.
Good luck
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zorrorol said:
I guess the tablet is warranted, better take it to repair.
Good luck
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Just spoke with Sony assistance, they said to return it and ask for replacement. No attempt to debug whatsoever.
Well i used to have this issue, it was very annonying. Definitely the problem was not the tablet it was the router. The problem is that usually all the routers have the channel value set to auto, so if you put it on 9-10, and restart the router, you won't face this again.
I did that and so far the wifi is stable for my tablet, and even my Macbook seems to have a better connection.
I experienced the same problems with both my tablet and phone (XZ). I got better switching the channel in the router. However, now it's solved. The solution came when I got FTTH installed at home and my ISP replaced my router. Since then, no more wifi disconnections. So I guess the problem was in the router.
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zorrorol said:
Look, unfortunately this is a problem that has been dragging from sony tablet s and xperia tablet s (which I have).
What you can do (like me) is to use advanced wifi lock (in google play). That will not disconnect the antenna. It is a temporary solution but it's something.
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For security reasons, the app I mentioned (advanced wifi lock free) causes a boot animation loop in tablets xperia s (and others). So, be careful for readers post.
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Same thing here, plus WiFi performance seems to be particulary weak with this tablet in general. I get three "bars" only when I'm right next to the router. When I'm outside on my porch (about 10 meters from the box and two walls inbetween) I get merely one bar and WiFi drops or simply "stalls" after a few minutes. I already set the router to a fixed channel. I have this problem only with the Sony tablet, our other devices (Thinkpad laptop, Iphone 4S, SGSII and SGSIII, iPad 4) all have a perfectly fast and stable connection even in the "porch scenario".
I really hope Sony improves this with the next firmware update! Any hints besides WiFi repeater, which I already ordered?
Just to update my original post, my replacement tablet has been connected for about 20 hrs now and it has dropped the FIFI signal only once (even signal reception is not very strong in comparison to my Samsung Galaxy III phone).
I don't know if it is of any benefit, but I have also installed this app
That's a bulls**t app, has no effect.
I'm in love with this tablet and want to buy it immediately, but this issue is scaring the hell out of me as I mainly use only Wi-Fi to connect to the internet. Are there at least a few of you who have no Wi-Fi connectivity issues at all?
PrincessZara said:
I'm in love with this tablet and want to buy it immediately, but this issue is scaring the hell out of me as I mainly use only Wi-Fi to connect to the internet. Are there at least a few of you who have no Wi-Fi connectivity issues at all?
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I've had my Tablet Z for about 10 days. In that time I've used it with my WiFi at home and at work ( WiFi tethered to my Nexus 4). In both cases, I've never been more than 3m from the WiFi source. In all that time I think I've dropped the connection only once.
I've watched (streaming with WiFi) a few tv programmes of about 1hr each, and they have played without a problem.
I've just used an app called WiFi analyzer to compare the signal strength on my Nexus 4 with the Tablet Z at different places around my house and the signal strength is the same on the phone and tablet.
So, as far as I can tell, if you've got a decent WiFi signal, you should have no problems.
I've used both CM10.1 and Sony stock ROM (.370) over that period (mostly the Sony ROM).
I've had very similar problem with Mac. I have established the static IP addresses for all my wireless and wired devices and it seemed like it worked but after a while my laptop started losing connection again. I know you might not like my answer but the only solution to this problem is a new router. When I ran d-link WBR-1310, I've had all kind of problems and since I replaced it with Netgear WNR3500 I have not had a lost connection yet. Not even once. 3 different laptops, MacBook, Xperia Tablet Z, bunch of iPhones, iPads and Android phones work like a charm. BTW all my devices have assigned local static IP addresses. Hopefully that will solve your problem.
I have found a possible fix! Please test for yourself whether it works for you and report!
I have disabled the app "Smart Connect". (It's a system app, so it's only possible to disable it via "Titanium Backup" or a similar app on a rooted device.)
Now the WiFi doesn't lose connection anymore when it's weak.
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I have found a possible fix! Please test for yourself whether it works for you and report!
I have disabled the app "Smart Connect". (It's a system app, so it's only possible to disable it via "Titanium Backup" or a similar app on a rooted device.)
Now the WiFi doesn't lose connection anymore when it's weak.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware&hl=en
I had issues with this as well, with my ASUS rt-n66u router. However, I was using DDWRT at the time, and swapping back, with mostly default settings, to the stock firmware resolved the issue entirely. I've now not had any drops on either the 5 or 2.4 ghz bands.
has anyone found a concrete reason as to why the tablet either drops the wifi connection or there's the authentication problem?
my tablet was dropping the wifi connection so i changed the router's channel to 9 and it doens't drop the wifi connection after that
however (i dont know if this is related) my tablet turns off the wifi radio when the screen is locked for a longer period of time even when i keep stamina mode off (although i read it only turns off the data connection radio) and i set the wifi radio to always be on even when the screen is locked
also after changing the router's channel to 9, i get the authentication problem ._.
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If anyone would be willing to share, what authentication method and encryption are you using for your wireless network? And does your tablet keep a stable connection?
I'm currently using WPA-Personal with TKIP encryption and i come up with both dropped connections and the authentication errors. (trying to diagnose this in hopes of not having to return my device because it's defective)
Hello everybody,
Recently Ive come across weird issue with connection between Xperia Z2-Router-Other devices. I had Xperia Z,Z1 and Z2 but only the last one is making some problems. The problem is whenever I connect it to my home wifi device the other devices like PCs and Laptops almost loose any connection. I mean there is a great signal but Internet connection becomes extremely slow as if Xperia Z2 was downloading 10gb of some random data. For a few days I had been thinking it was just my Internet provider problem but then I switched off Xperia's wifi and guess what...every device in da house boosted up with its connection. Thats strange... And now what I do is disconnecting Xperia every time I or the others in my house are going to use Internet. You can imagine how frustraiting it is. Any suggestions? Maybe my wifi device is too old, some parameters does not match? What should I look for? And please do not suggest turn on/off phone, checking whether I download sthing at the time or any other simple solution, as Im not that "dark" in my "darkness" lol. Greetings from POLANDia
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I see no responses but for all of you facing/who will be facing similiar problem thats fault of router. Today I bought new one, the old one isnt broken its just old some parameters doesnt match I guess with newest technologies used in Z2. New one works perfect, all devices connected and working good. Cheers
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