hello guys sorry if this is the wrong place to post for this but ive been using xda for a little while now and its been a great help thanks to all those smart guys n gals out there helpin the cause, i most appreciate it, but ive now got stumped in getting my bluetooth to enable heres what i got.
-x10a with 2.2.1 os
-rooted
-titanium backup superuser ect.. all working right
-also use xrecovery
what happens is i want to use the wii remote with my emulators and it say no such device (bluetooth) so i try to enable it and it trys but just turns back off.
could anyone help with this issue thanks
can you use other BT devices?
You have to get an app like RWiimote if you are rooted or Wiimote Controller if you are not. Then configure the buttons in the emulator's settings.
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Frequent wireless disconnections from the router/AP (Access Point).
Symptom
Not able to connect to the router/AP wirelessly, or intermittent wireless connection.
Resolution
To address this issue, follow the steps below:
Note : The steps below are applicable only for Belkin routers. 1.Open an Internet Explorer window on your computer and type in http://192.168.2.1 in the address bar. This will take you to the Belkin router's web based configuration page. If you are not able to open the page click here.
2.You will get a login page. Leave the password blank. Click Submit .
3.On the left side of the page, click Channel and SSID below Wireless .
4.The wireless channel on the Belkin router is set to Auto by defualt. Change the wireless to a static channel. Click Apply Changes .
5.Click Logout in the top right hand corner.
Note: The wireless card in the computer will automatically detect the change in channel number on the router and will update the channel on the card.
Cause
You are not able to connect wirelessly mainly due to environmental interference. When the wireless channel is set to auto, the router will cycle to though channels when it detects significant interference. When the router changes channel the wireless connection will reset itself and disconnect all wireless clients connected to the router.
Summary
Wireless signals are prone to interference from cordless phones and electrical appliances (e.g., vacuum cleaners, microwave ovens). This is the reason wireless connections can drop. This article explains how to overcome frequent wireless disconnections by changing the channel number (frequency) on the Belkin router
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I got my HTC Hero on Orange in the UK last week.
I am getting an issue where a normally stable wireless network will be knocked out if i connect the Hero on Wifi.
I know its not the radio - connects fine on WEP secured work network and on the open connection on the train and at McDs
I have done a fair bit of googling and RTFM and basically found lots of router specific issues on Android phones but nothing that looks like the same issue i have encountered except one on the Android community forum where no one has a solution or suggestion i havent already tried.
XDA developers was a great help with unlocking and flashing a ROM to my Trion so i thought i would amend the post i made there and see if i get any more expert opinion on here. Apologies for the length of the post - will post ROM and build numbers if that helps (and someone tells me where to look on the phone!)
Conscious this is a lenghty post (hello all!) but thought as i struggled to find anything it might help others in the same situation if i detail the issues and what i have looked at and hypothesised that i need to try to resolve this - in case anyone else has similar issues.
Netgear DGFV338 ADSL and Ethernet VPN & Firewall router.
Three wireless laptops and Sony Ericsson G900 all connect fine
Laptops run XP Pro, Windows 7 RC and a dual boot Vista/Ubuntu machine
desktops (all on gigabit backbone) run similar mix but only lose internet after router and modem have borked.
I am running this on a 20 MB Virgin connection which is usually faultless (3 years or so uptime not counting upgrades to the modem). Speed or timeout is not an issue - usually get between 12MB and 17MB DL and 700kbps UL
As soon as i connect with the Hero i can use the Wifi but briefly (one web page, start to load Market etc) - basically network detected and WPA-PSK TKIP connected, IP allocated and showing in wireless clients table of router.
I was running restricted MAC access and IP/MAC binding as i have ports open for the 360's and the Wii and want to restrict access to these devices only but removed this as part of the troubleshooting.
Shortly afterwards 20 seconds to 1 minute after connection the wifi drops - all connections lost, laptops lose connections and i lose connection to Virgin. It requires a full reboot of modem and router with the Hero off to recover a connection.
I wiped the router and all the security and all the other pcs etc work fine
then turn on hero - same story. So its not any of my more esoteric and paranoid router settings - i dont think.
Been on the Netgear forums and apart from some issues with the G1 and AES on home routers (mine is the full enterprise kit metal case) i find nada
Troubleshooting to date has narrowed it down to a couple of choices.
I know my router but i am brand new to this phone so some of this is pure guess work. One suggestion was ARP floods from multiple requests from phone getting it blocked by the firewall. Except traffic logs dont support this
Encryption support:
I use WPA PSK TKIP - this is detected as WPA Personal by the Hero but it can connect to router when i use the pass and this setting so i am working on the basis this is supported and correct.
I have read about issues with poor AES support on some routers which are fixed by a firmware update but have the same issue with other devices on AES so would prefer TKIP. So it could be encryption handling - initial connection works but error logging could crash the router if this is not working correctly
Anybody know if the WPA personal listed for connections is TKIP or AES?
I cant find any clear information on this.
Orange DNS or restricted gateway settings:
This appears to be the main symptom - i lose DNS support and therefore access to the internet. Turning off the Hero and reconnecting the laptop gives me access to the router but i need to reboot the modem to get my IP back (dynamic but changes every 12 months or so) the hypothesis is that the Orange connection in this build has the DNS hardcoded to go through their DNS servers which either Orange or Virgin systems dont like and boots my connection off the internet. Bit of a long shot but as i cant seem to find any way to fix static IP or DNS listings it could be the case as i cant switch to OpenDNS as i would to test this otherwise.
Only comes to mind as the first day with the phone (when Orange 3G was not active) i didnt have this problem - wifi on phone and laptop worked fine and both together
Bit of a longshot but the symptoms point to a DNS corruption if it isnt my router treating repeated WPA or DNS requests as a DOS attack. It could be DHCP creating errors but i can bind a MAC to specific IP to override this on the router. It sees the Hero, recognises the MAC and adds it to the restriction whitelist.
I havent checked ARP logging but that theory could pan out as its unlikely DNS would take down the router and modem - ARP or DOS lockdown could.
WiFi Channel
I run channel 11 due to neighbours wifi interference - Wii wont work at all with default channel.
I cant find the default channel information on the Hero but would assume it is 6 like most devices.
this one is strange - if it is the Wifi Channel then seeing the router should be a problem and connection shouldnt happen at all. It seems unusual to allow a connection but then crash the router as it is getting traffic on a different channel.
Could be another side effect of my routers firewall blocking suspicious traffic but seems unlikely.
As you can see a fair amount of things have been tried and i am still getting nowhere.
I need to try the encryption settings - does anyone know what the WPA setting is on the Hero and which encryption is supported/offered as standard?
I need to try changing my router back to channel 6 - does anyone know the default channel or how to change this in the Hero?
I need to try static rather than DHCP (but on the phone as already have tried forcing IP from router) - how do i get to these settings?
I need to try static DNS rather than Dynamic (router proxy of Virgin DNS)
I do have a Linksys WRT54g (three of them - one vanilla, one Sveasoft and one Tomato) which i use for outside events at work so i could swap one of those in but i suspect its a combination of Hero settings and router settings and i would like to get my main router set up (and keep the 8 ports) than swap back to the older WRTs and have to set up my Xbox 360s to get around the issue they have with being on a switch with a different subnet and not connecting to Windows 7 media centre
Basically i have tried most of the things i can try with the access i have on the phone and my knowledge of its default settings. What apps can i try to give me control of the networking and access section?
Otherwise, loving the phone. Better than the reviews and whilst not lightning fast its a damn sight quicker than an overclocked Trion i was running before (which worked fine on the same router and WPA Personal)
I am liking Android, glad to not be locked into the Apple tax/ecosystem and realising that WinMo has a looong way to come; even with the help HTC and xda developers offer to make better use of the hardware.
But i am heavy internet user and i cannot risk running my Hero at home on 3g when i have 500MB cap and a £3 a MB over limit charge with no notice from Orange to say i am near limits.
Any ideas? feedback? similar tales of woe?
Possible solution
Ohkaaay - found advanced settings so that helped! n00b error
Removed all security.
Changed channel to 6
connects
change to channel 11
connects but crashes router
reboot router and modem
change back to channel 6
change security to WPA Personal AES
connects
doesnt crash router
change to channel 11
connects
doesnt crash router
i appear to have a working connection and there is no way i would have made it through this post with the Hero on before i made these changes
weirdly i now have two identical entries in the wireless networks list
one says SSID_name Connected
two says SSID_name WPA Personal
remove remembered networks
Hero autodetects my SSID_name
sign in with AES password
two listings in wifi list again, same as before.
So it looks like WPA TKIP doesnt work on my router with Hero
AES does.
Channel 6 works with no security
Channel 11 doesnt
BUT... enable AES and Channel 11 works.
Guess the Channel 6 signal issue interferes with the TKIP or something
But i can report that on Netgear router WPA Personal AES works ok, which apparently on the pre-Cupcake G1 was a known issue.
Apologies to post and then reply to my own post but this might help someone
I can confirm your findings regarding WPA + TKIP vs WPA2 + AES.
I was running WPA + TKIP on a Linksys WRT54GX and experienced major connectivity issues with my Hero (although is did not crash the router). Did not experience this problem with my iPhone 3G.
Changed configuration to WPA2 + AES and Hero does now work without any issues.
I know this:
A. Is fairly obvious
and
B. Is not particularly helpful to you
However - if any device (regardless of whether it is buggy or not) is crashing your router, the router clearly has buggy firmware itself and is at fault. Router firmware should be robust to the unexpected, especially on wifi as this could be prone to denial of service attacks from anyone happening to be walking by. A router that is crashed by an attempted client connecting is a bad sign.
My personal advice would be to change to a decent standalone router. I use a Buffalo WHR-G54S flashed with Tomato firmware v1.21.8005 (with a seperate linksys Adsl2+ modem to provide internet). It is working flawlessly for me in WPA + TKIP/AES with no issues.
hello
i was so looking forward to getting my new x10 mini pro only to find a few faults some of which i can live with until 2.1 comes out (should really be 2.2 & sooner) but i cannt seem to connect to my wireless router.
i have tried several different methods, including going through all the wireless channels on the router, enable mac address filter and have only my x10 set, try all the differents security settings - but still i cannot get my phone to obtain an ip address before it gives me the unsuccessful message.
so went to mcdonalds tried their openzone and connected fine to their network.
now my next guess would be is my router is old (about 4 years maybe more) linksys WRT54GS so anyone know of any problems with specific routers at all?
i know i had problems setting up my godsons ipod touch with my router, but didnt dig any deeper on it as he wasnt fussed about it at the time - so think it could be that but will hold off rushing out to get a new router for a while yet, probably to test some other peoples routers first.
Is you SSID hidden?
I have found that on some routers, Android phones in general won't connect if the SSID is hidden.
clarkee013 said:
hello
i was so looking forward to getting my new x10 mini pro only to find a few faults some of which i can live with until 2.1 comes out (should really be 2.2 & sooner) but i cannt seem to connect to my wireless router.
i have tried several different methods, including going through all the wireless channels on the router, enable mac address filter and have only my x10 set, try all the differents security settings - but still i cannot get my phone to obtain an ip address before it gives me the unsuccessful message.
so went to mcdonalds tried their openzone and connected fine to their network.
now my next guess would be is my router is old (about 4 years maybe more) linksys WRT54GS so anyone know of any problems with specific routers at all?
i know i had problems setting up my godsons ipod touch with my router, but didnt dig any deeper on it as he wasnt fussed about it at the time - so think it could be that but will hold off rushing out to get a new router for a while yet, probably to test some other peoples routers first.
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The WRT54GS should be a perfect router to use.
Make sure you are running latest dd-wrt firmware on it, setup wifi security as : WPA2 Personal Mixed, TKIP+AES
I have these settings and phone connects easily.
Its a good router, do as above poster advised and definitely get latest firmware on. Try going on just G mode if there's no B-only old wifi gadgets in your house.
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I noticed my wife's X10 mini won't connect to Channels 12 and 13. If your router is on one of those channels, try moving it to 11.
I have difficulties connecting to my wifi router at home, SMC Barricade N2, WPA2 authentication, it works only after resetting the router.
Now after turning off TKIP cypher suite (only AES), it works perfectly
update: and also helped to enable static IP... but I am using wifi only @home
Had the same problem. Changed to Channels 11 and detected imediatly my wifi network.
Hi, I have a different problem with the wifi.
At work and some other connections I've seen to have an open wifi, which i can freely connect.
However, I am still unable to browse the internet as it requires some browser authentication.
I've seen other fones (Nokia and Iphone) have their browsers popup a webpage to input the credentials.
but my mini pro doesn't display this page.
i've already tried going directly to the login url manually but still doesn't display the login page.
someone told me that this might be a limitation of android but haven't seen any reports about it...
i also saw and tried 2 apps (Open Wifi Login and Browser Wifi Login) that should have solved this but did not.
Has anyone else had this experience?
Help please....
shameless self-bump
other fones seem to have the same issue but no solution...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622326
help please
Vegan gb 7.0. I can connect to the web just fine, but I can't download anything and anything needed for a data connection wont work. It's an intermittent problem, my wifi status bar will be white when it doesn't work and green when it does. Pershoots latest kernel.
I've noticed the same thing with the white icon vs. green icon when using wifi that is filtered/proxied. Like using wifi at a local coffee shop where you have to agree to the terms of use. You are connected to the access point but not to the outside WAN.
I think your connection issue may be more network related than device related.
What type of wifi connection are you using? Is this a personal one or a public one? Do you have access to the router's configuration? (Linksys web interface is 192.168.1.1 by default, for example.)
Personal wifi...psa2. I put my tab to sleep last night not working ...now it is. I've restarted before and it didn't fix it. Belkin router.
Yes this is happeningto me.....so when thewifi is green I can download but when its not I cannot download..... I did nothing itjust goes back and forth from time to time ....anyone know how to fix???
Network troubleshooting.
To the best of my understanding, this occurs when you have connectivity to the wireless access point, not to the internet itself. I think it turns green when it is able to contact Google services. Generally, this would mean that your wireless router is either not reaching your internet service provider (ISP), or there is a proxy not allowing your device to use the access point as a gateway to the ISP.
If you're on a public network, like Starbucks, McDonalds, etc., you may need to agree to an acceptable use agreement. I've found I need to use the default browser for this.
If you're on your home network, the next time the icon is white, check the following things.
Are any other devices on your network having a similar problem?
Does your modem have power? and are the lights indicating trafic?
Can you access your modem's web interface, and run any diagnostic tests to be sure it's reaching your ISP? (You may need to contact your ISP for further instructions.)
Is your router able to contact the modem?
To determine if this is the case you'll need to trouble shoot your router and its connection to your modem.
(The following are some defaults.)
Model IP address user password
Linksys 192.168.1.1 admin admin
Belkin 192.168.1.254 admin "blank"
Netgear 192.168.61.1 administrator password
I could have mixed up one or more of these, but it's one variation or the other.
The info may even be on the bottom of your router.
Once you've accessed your router, make sure it's getting an external IP address from your modem.
Let me know if any of this helps. I'll try to get back on later this evening. Leaving work now.
Just bought the Malata Dock for my Gtab. I'm currently running Zyhong's Gtab beta 3.2.
As stated by others, Pandora and Google Market fail to stream/download when using Ethernet only.
This is still early and hopefully a dev will point me in the right direction, but I am able to make the tablet use the ethernet connection for Pandora and Market.
Boot Gtab on dock with Ethernet connected. At this point most things work except Pandora/Market.
Using my Droid Inc, I turned on Wireless Tether in Infrastructure mode.
Configure wireless on the tab. Once it connects, go to Settings -> Wifi and modify the wireless connection. I configured the ip address, gateway and DNS 1&2 to work as if the wireless connection was the wired connection.
At this point Pandora and Market will begin to work using the Ethernet. I confirm this by downloading "Angry Birds" from the market. 18MB download in about 30 seconds. Checked phone during this time and it had no bars on 1X...no way it was using the cell connection.
My current theory is the previously stated "Connectivity Status = True" setting. I'm guessing this gets set once the Wifi connection is establish.
If I now drop the wifi connection, Pandora and Market breaks.
I'm curious if it is possible to write an app or script to rename wlan0 to eth1 and eth0 to wlan0. I'm assuming the test for connectivity status = true is set to check wlan0 ?
Any ideas?
Another theory is that there are no DNS servers configured for the wired connection.
I'll be trying that later.
I don't have enough posts yet to ask in the developer forums for help....so if you know one of the devs who are interested in the dock, please point them over here.
With that said, I tested if setting the DNS server manually would have any effect. It appears that DHCP is setting the DNS servers after all with a wired only connection.
So I'm back to the Connectivity Status = True issue.
I'll be looking at how that check is performed and what initiates it. If I can cause the check to be performed on eth0 instead of just wlan0 I think that will fix it.
konman2k4 said:
Another theory is that there are no DNS servers configured for the wired connection.
I'll be trying that later.
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Got my dock today. With wireless turned off, I can boot on the dock & draw a dhcp ip.
Can't be a DNS issue or you wouldn't be able to surf the net.
Can surf net via browser, play videos/music/pics from my Windows Media Center, Netflix plays fine & can even receive email (as long as the app is the one that does the checking & not me telling it to).
Pandora, Crackle, Market, Amazon App tore, & SlideME not worky (some say no connection while others just hang).
Turning on wireless at the same time results in drawing different ip for wireless. Netcfg show eth0 up with an ip/mask, wlan0 up with an ip/mask. Ifconfig shows data transfer on both interfaces (and different mac addresses).
Must be something the the apps are looking for wifi. or could it be that this is a phone OS & phones don't have ethernet connections (and that ethernet is not listed in Settings, Wireless & Networks)?
At work we don't have wireless, so I used my phone with "wireless tether" to make a connection. Once the wireless network is seen and connected to, I modified the wireless network settings on the tablet so that the gateway, dns, subnet mask and IP are all valid on the wired connection. As for IP just make one up that is not already in use that is valid for the wired network subnet.
This basically tells the tablet that yes you are connected to a wireless network, but with a routing trick you are sending all your traffic out the wired connection.
Since the dock charges the tablet, I connect the phone to the tablet to keep it charged while the wireless tether app is running.
BTW...if you install opera and flash, you can change your agent string to "desktop" within opera and use the web version of pandora all without having to do the fake wireless trick.
I can confirm Pandora and the Market works just fine doing this....as for you other apps I haven't tried those.
konman2k4 said:
At work we don't have wireless, so I used my phone with "wireless tether" to make a connection. Once the wireless network is seen and connected to, I modified the wireless network settings on the tablet so that the gateway, dns, subnet mask and IP are all valid on the wired connection. As for IP just make one up that is not already in use that is valid for the wired network subnet.
This basically tells the tablet that yes you are connected to a wireless network, but with a routing trick you are sending all your traffic out the wired connection.
Since the dock charges the tablet, I connect the phone to the tablet to keep it charged while the wireless tether app is running.
BTW...if you install opera and flash, you can change your agent string to "desktop" within opera and use the web version of pandora all without having to do the fake wireless trick.
I can confirm Pandora and the Market works just fine doing this....as for you other apps I haven't tried those.
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Read you origianl post. My point was that it is not a DNS issue since with wireless turned off & starting the tab on the dock, internet works. If DNS was the issue then the browsers/etc would not be able to resolve the urls.
But, I did verify your theroy while making sure that there was no possiblity the tab was communicating via your cell/wifi.
I connected mine to the dock with wireless & ethernet connected. Verified both interfaces were up via ifconfig. Wifi connected to wireless access point & ehternet connect directly to a switch. Disconnect access point from switch so no physical connection to lan/wan from the access point, that way wireless connection to tab stays up but it goes nowhere & the only physical connection to the lan/wan is via ethernet. Mail works, Market works, Amazon store works, Pandora works.
Has to be the Connection Status issue in Android that is casuing the problem. Current ROMs must not take ethernet into consideration when checking status. I saw sample code on the net for Connection Status that only looks for Wifi.
I believe we need a rom dev to pursue this for it to work correctly.
Haven't been back to this thread in a bit, but now that I have my 10 posts, i'll start asking around in the Dev community if somebody can point me in the right direction.
konman2k4 said:
Haven't been back to this thread in a bit, but now that I have my 10 posts, i'll start asking around in the Dev community if somebody can point me in the right direction.
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I did a new post in the Q&A forum back on 5 Aug & pointed it back here. Here's the new post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204015. So far 59 views and a big 0 responses.
Hello, I'm using a tp-link wn722n adapter with connectify as a hotspot.
Until now I had no real problems with it broadcasting on the same channel as my neighbour (11) with my laptop or a huawei 8180. Recently I have bought xperia active and it is almost impossible for my active to keep itself connected for more 1-5 minutes.
The problem is, I don't know who exactly have the router so I can't go to him and ask if he can change the channel and I can't find anything to change from device manager on my tp-link.
Any idea if there is something I can do to make my active stay connected to the network? Also it is just my guess that the channel overlap is the problem.
Thanks in advance
http://files.sotmarket.ru/instr/aks...nk/usb_wi_fi_adapter_tp_link_tl_wn722nc_2.pdf
Use TP-LINK Wireless Client Utility. You can choose channel there.
psiriders said:
http://files.sotmarket.ru/instr/aks...nk/usb_wi_fi_adapter_tp_link_tl_wn722nc_2.pdf
Use TP-LINK Wireless Client Utility. You can choose channel there.
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Could not find the option for AP mode but thanks for the reply.
Anyway solved the problem, the guy had a WEP password so I have booted backtrack on laptop, cracked the password and changed the channel from router config( /yay for keeping default name and password). His internet was off for a minute or two(ppoe connection) but it seems to work fine now.