hey guys, i am having issues using dnla feature between my thunderbolt and my ps3. i have a theory why i might have no luck. i think my linksys is not strong enough to link the ps3 to my phone wirelessly
i am using a linksys wireless-g 2.4 GHz 54Mbps broadband router for everything in my house. (keep in mind that i am 15) wifi is used alot in my house(**not at once) (macbook pro2x, home computer, my thunderbolt, ps3+xbox, ipod touches, etc.) my linksys randomly looses connection and i have to reset it manually by unplugging and replugging it in. its been doing this since we bought it, not sure if its defective or not.
anyway, when i try to connect the 2, this is what happends: i hit search for media players on my ps3, than i open the app, lets say skifta(ive tried multiple apps, same effect happens) i hit search. both of my devices are runnning on the same linksys, but all of the sudden my phone drops its wifi connection.
can anyone confirm that it is my wifi connection?
thanks in advance!
trampino96 said:
hey guys, i am having issues using dnla feature between my thunderbolt and my ps3. i have a theory why i might have no luck. i think my linksys is not strong enough to link the ps3 to my phone wirelessly
i am using a linksys wireless-g 2.4 GHz 54Mbps broadband router for everything in my house. (keep in mind that i am 15) wifi is used alot in my house(**not at once) (macbook pro2x, home computer, my thunderbolt, ps3+xbox, ipod touches, etc.) my linksys randomly looses connection and i have to reset it manually by unplugging and replugging it in. its been doing this since we bought it, not sure if its defective or not.
anyway, when i try to connect the 2, this is what happends: i hit search for media players on my ps3, than i open the app, lets say skifta(ive tried multiple apps, same effect happens) i hit search. both of my devices are runnning on the same linksys, but all of the sudden my phone drops its wifi connection.
can anyone confirm that it is my wifi connection?
thanks in advance!
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Try flashing a third party firmware on your router like ddwrt. At worse, you'll just have a bunch of extra features that make your router useful. At best, you'll have a better signal. It lets you boost the power the antennas get as well. If you boost it too high, it can shorten the life of the router, but it by default boosts it some already.
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Try flashing a third party firmware on your router like ddwrt. At worse, you'll just have a bunch of extra features that make your router useful. At best, you'll have a better signal. It lets you boost the power the antennas get as well. If you boost it too high, it can shorten the life of the router, but it by default boosts it some already.
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Alright thankyou, do you think this might also fix the problem where the linksys randomly looses connection?
Sent by a rooted Thunderbolt on Gingerbread and the newest Sense, tired of waiting.
trampino96 said:
Alright thankyou, do you think this might also fix the problem where the linksys randomly looses connection?
Sent by a rooted Thunderbolt on Gingerbread and the newest Sense, tired of waiting.
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Anything is possible, but without doing way more than it's worth, I cant say for sure without you trying ddwrt. Basically if it were me, i would be reading the logs for the router and the phone and trying to pinpoint what was dropping it as well as other diagnostic information you can pull such as signal, etc. DDWRT is miles ahead of the crap cisco sticks on the routers by default. It has a built in vpn server for one just to give an example. My old wrt54g with ddwrt on it runs better than most stock firmware routers that are new.
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Anything is possible, but without doing way more than it's worth, I cant say for sure without you trying ddwrt. Basically if it were me, i would be reading the logs for the router and the phone and trying to pinpoint what was dropping it as well as other diagnostic information you can pull such as signal, etc. DDWRT is miles ahead of the crap cisco sticks on the routers by default. It has a built in vpn server for one just to give an example. My old wrt54g with ddwrt on it runs better than most stock firmware routers that are new.
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Alright thank you for all the useful info!
Sent by a rooted Thunderbolt.
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Hi all, as the thread title says... for some reason, my x10mini keeps on restarting my router at my paren't place and also the router at my home... the router i have at home is a Cisco router so it's a well known brand, so i assumed.
It's annoying because the rest of the family loses internet and when my bro is in a game he gets disconnected causing huge wars between family members
I've been having this issue for ages now, with all the ROMs that i've used starting from stock before root was possible until now where at this moment i'm using NobodyAtall's MiniCM6-1.0.0-RC2 but like i said it's been happening for months now with all the ROMs.
Is anybody else having the same issue or maybe have a possible solution for me?
I've been having the same problem, not with my android phone though. When for example, download at max speed on my computer via the wifi, it would randomly reboot.
I googled for like 2-3 weeks until i got a really nice answer. Changing the broadcast channel on the router to 1. Try that and get back to me!
It's weird i guess, but my other computer, when downloading at max speed, it wont reboot the router. So it sure is devices communicating with the device differently or something.
Not really into networking, but hope it helps!
Edit: won't hurt trying!
Thanks, going to try it out and see how it goes. I'll post soon with hopefully a good result
Nope, doesn't make a difference - I've changed the wireless channel to 1 and tried again and still, the router resets itself...
Any other ideas?
Buy new router.
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Happens to my router at home as well as my parent's... so it would be way too much of a coincidence if it was both that were faulty.
if both are the same router check their firmware if they have the same update your routers firmware. or update firmware on your router first and check whether the problem is solved
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Happens to my router at home as well as my parent's... so it would be way too much of a coincidence if it was both that were faulty.
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My router D-Link DIR-655 with Firmware 1.21 have the same problem too.
So i guess buying a new router could be the only option until Android fix this issue.
I may have found a fix for it - not ideal but it's working. I've disabled WAP/WEP security and have activated MAC address control and have allowed for my phone's MAC address to connect to the network.
Since making the change, i haven't had a single router restart.
What an absolute schlepp to add the MAC address every time i want a wireless device to connect but it's working.
Hope this helps.
If your router is Cisco Linksys, use dd-wrt firmware on it. I have both e2000 and 610n and both have uptime of months with lots of devices connected..
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My router does this for anything as it connects but it is really bad so it might not be related
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Hi,
I do have a WDS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_distribution_system) at home and use it a lot when walking from room to room.
Recently I noticed, that the Archos device doesnt handle the WDS properly. When I look at the WiFi signal it jumps from good to bad, so I think it jumps from one AP to another AP, although I am not moving. I noticed it first when I was downloading a big file and the rates where flapping from fast to slow all the time.
Does anyone else have these issues? I use UD 1.5. My Laptops and other devices (HTC Desire, HTC Magic, Samsung Ace, ...) work perfect, I tested them all!
Regards,
Alex
I have set up WDS at home as well, and encountered no problem whatsoever with either UD1.0 or UD1.5.1.
Archos should be able to choose the stronger signal and connect, although at times it may still have connected to the weaker signal AP instead of the stronger one, for me that's not too much of a concern as both APs have fast connections anyway, that should be the reason you set up WDS in the first place.... so why would you care which AP it is connected to?
ray1234 said:
... both APs have fast connections anyway, that should be the reason you set up WDS in the first place.... so why would you care which AP it is connected to?
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Ummm ... if it doesn't matter which AP you connect to, what could possibly be the point of having more than one AP?!?!
I am no expert in this, but I believe, that when you set up a WDS, then both APs sent out all the BSSIDs of the systems inside the WDS.
This is what happens in my opinion:
When the Archos 70IT see's the good signal (broadcast), everything is fine. When the broadcast from the second AP arrives with a weak signal, the A70IT goes from 55MBit/s or whatever speed it was to 11 or 1 Mbit/s or whatever. At least it seems so.
Do you guys understand what I mean?
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Ummm ... if it doesn't matter which AP you connect to, what could possibly be the point of having more than one AP?!?!
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Don't quite understand your point, the SSID of all APs under WPS is the same, and for me all routers are the same speed - ok, the client WPS router is half the speed of the main AP because the client has to receive and transmit at the same time, but it is still at 65Mbps, which is over the max speed of the G connection the Archos is capable of. The whole point of WDS is you shouldn't need to care which router/AP it is connected to, you seem to be connecting to the same one router/AP everywhere around the WDS network.
alex2308 said:
When the Archos 70IT see's the good signal (broadcast), everything is fine. When the broadcast from the second AP arrives with a weak signal, the A70IT goes from 55MBit/s or whatever speed it was to 11 or 1 Mbit/s or whatever.
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Archos should be able to choose the stronger signal. For me, I seldom get the case, if one signal is very strong and the other is so week it drops to below 11Mbps, Archos should be able to choose the stronger signal automatically.
Thats the point, it should do that, but it seems like it doesnt do this very good! The whole WiFi isnt quite good in the Archos (signal quality isnt good).
I notice every time I connect my SGS2 to my wifi, after awhile, it slows down my internet of other devices to the point where loading webpage take 5 seconds or more. So if I connect my phone to the wifi, in about 20ish minutes my computer's internet speed will start to lag. The webpage load slower, and my online games have 2-4s of delay.
I have a qwest router (Actiontec PK 5000)
Whatever the problem is I really doubt it's phone related. How old is the router?
One time at football camp, I put my shoulder pads in my arse.
Another vote for router issues.
Or if you have modem and separate router, possible the modem is bad. If you can rule out the router I would call your ISP for a new modem. I doubt the phone could clog enough bandwidth to explain your issue.
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I didn't see you show your router. I have the same exact router/modem. Did you get the firmware update? I think you have to do it manually. I used to have lots of issues where the router would throttle my connection, saying to check for viruses, too many connections. And I would have to unplug and reboot daily. (On the old firmware you can verify this under the modem utilization screen)
My current firmware version is: qap002-3.60.3.0.9.9-pk5000
After I updated the firmware I never have issues. If I choose to, I can browse on my phone, watch Netflix (directly on Vizio TV), my wife browse on the TouchPad, all on a 1.5Mbps connection without issue.
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Hello there, I'm on the same firmware as you, i changed my raido channel from "auto" to "8" (I think it could be any number) It seems to fix it, but I dont know yet, its only been a few hours.
Same problem !!
pham818 said:
I notice every time I connect my SGS2 to my wifi, after awhile, it slows down my internet of other devices to the point where loading webpage take 5 seconds or more. So if I connect my phone to the wifi, in about 20ish minutes my computer's internet speed will start to lag. The webpage load slower, and my online games have 2-4s of delay.
I have a qwest router (Actiontec PK 5000)
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I have SGS2 and new tp link wi fi router TL-WR740N.
When i measure the internet speed on speedtest i have 6MB/S download and 17 ms ping.
But when i connect wi fi my telephone SGS2 on the second test i have 5042 ping and 0.42 MB/s download.
When i measure it for the third time, on the moment when there is ongoing pin calc. when i disconnect my phone from wifi , that instant moment my ping and downloads speed is ok.
What is gong on ?
ANYONE PLS HELP !!
That sounds like your router man...
Does this happen when you connect any other device to your wifi?
pham818 said:
I notice every time I connect my SGS2 to my wifi, after awhile, it slows down my internet of other devices to the point where loading webpage take 5 seconds or more. So if I connect my phone to the wifi, in about 20ish minutes my computer's internet speed will start to lag. The webpage load slower, and my online games have 2-4s of delay.
I have a qwest router (Actiontec PK 5000)
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if i remember correctly, the more devices that you have connected to wifi at one time, the slower your connection is. All the devices are using data/bandwidth at the same time which means the individual task of each device has to wait for others as well. at least, thats what i've always gone by.
EDIT: i just have no idea why the change in speeds would be so drastic :/
This thread is from January. Put the shovels away. Also, it's not relative to this phone. It's relative to what kind of internet setup you have at your residence.
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Phalanx7621 said:
This thread is from January. Put the shovels away. Also, it's not relative to this phone. It's relative to what kind of internet setup you have at your residence.
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Thanks... I didn't even notice that...
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tocirahl said:
That sounds like your router man...
Does this happen when you connect any other device to your wifi?
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when i connect my lap top nothing happens. only on SGS2.
I have tried my other phone, the old nokia and work just fine.
pham818 said:
I notice every time I connect my SGS2 to my wifi, after awhile, it slows down my internet of other devices to the point where loading webpage take 5 seconds or more. So if I connect my phone to the wifi, in about 20ish minutes my computer's internet speed will start to lag. The webpage load slower, and my online games have 2-4s of delay.
I have a qwest router (Actiontec PK 5000)
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I have the exact problem! I just figured out it was my phone 2 days ago and have been lookig for the restuls. I have a Galaxy S2 and Qwest/century link and as sooon as my connect my phone to the wifi my online games lag bad, the ping goes from 60 to 300-500. Did you ever get it worked out or figure out a fix?
Tsiawd said:
I have the exact problem! I just figured out it was my phone 2 days ago and have been lookig for the restuls. I have a Galaxy S2 and Qwest/century link and as sooon as my connect my phone to the wifi my online games lag bad, the ping goes from 60 to 300-500. Did you ever get it worked out or figure out a fix?
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Not jet. I have updated the latest firmware and the same thing happens. I will try it on different routers the same testspeed and i will see it. My friend also have the same router like me and have same problem .
We will figure it eventually and i will write it down to you. If you solve it please share.
Thx !
I recently purchased the 16gb Sony Tablet S and am contemplating on whether or not to return it by the 30 day window due to sporadic wifi connection at my apartment. The issue is not as much the reobtaining wifi after the screen unlocks, as it is the general holding of the wifi connection when the screen is on.
I've isolated the problem to my specific router, as it works PERFECTLY at my GF's apt and my parent's house. Always connects right away and stays connected. However at my apt it doesn't always connect right way and have to manually turn the wifi off and on again, and sometimes have to manually hit connect from the wifi screen. When it finally obtains IP address it will connect, but most of the time for only a short period (like 20-30 seconds) before the wifi signal on bottom right just disappears. Then I have to toggle the wifi on and off again and try again. Very annoying. Sometimes it will connect though, and the wifi holds up like it should.
Here are the fixes I've tried so far:
* Reset and Factory Rest device
* Forget/Reconnect to network from device
* Update Router Firmware
* Configure Router - g/n mode and n mode from b/g/n
* Set Router Channel from auto to 1,6 and 11.
* Wifi Lock App (doesn't work and drains battery)
Personally, I feel like the tablet itself has an inferior wireless radio. Compared side by side to my other wifi devices, it has noticeably less signal at the router and diminishes quicker the farther away you go. Now, this doesn't really bother me as I'm usually always near my router. However, when I was scanning all the wifi networks around me (in cmd: netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid) I found over 30 networks around me all using the full channel spectrum. I've tried every channel on my router, but 11 seems the best.
Would a crowded wifi area affect the tablet? But again, my laptop, 2 phones, and PS3 connect at every channel with no problems at my apt. At my parent's house and GF's apt there are only 1 or 2 other available networks that could also be on my channel. That's the only thing I can think of.
I just don't understand why only the tablet is having wifi problems.
I have about a week left to return it, and would like to keep the tablet, but running out of patience. Next, I think I will try using MAC address and see if that works.
Any help would be appreciated!
Try this!
I had the same issue.
I solved the problem
1 - turn off wifi.
2- in accounts - turn off "auto connect"
3- turn on wifi ( test if work )
4- reconect the accounts
too simple .. but works , try it.
Would a crowded wifi area affect the tablet? But again, my laptop, 2 phones, and PS3 connect at every channel with no problems at my apt.
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Thats certaintly not the problem since i have so many devices logged in on my network, and not having the same problems,
The Wi-Fi on Sony tablet has known issue's like loosing connection when screen goes standby, even if you checked this in settings never to shut down.
The steps in the post above can be the sollution, and if not, sony will make somehow a repair or a dev would fix this. goodluck.
setterose said:
I had the same issue.
I solved the problem
1 - turn off wifi.
2- in accounts - turn off "auto connect"
3- turn on wifi ( test if work )
4- reconect the accounts
too simple .. but works , try it.
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Thanks. I tried that sequence and it seemed to work for a little bit, but then the problems reoccurred.
Again, the problem is not just that the wifi doesn't pick up right away after standby, but also, and more importantly, it looses wifi BEFORE the screen goes out while I'm using it, repeatedly.
Its very annoying and only happens at my apt and not at other networks. No other device on my network has this problem.
Nobody else has had this problem before?
I remember from older posts that tablet s has problem with certain brand routers. What routers are used in your places.
Kermit33 said:
I remember from older posts that tablet s has problem with certain brand routers. What routers are used in your places.
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Its a ZyXel brand router that doesn't work. I'm pretty sure the one's that do work are both Linksys. The ZyXel router is probably a cheap one because it came bundled in a promotion from my ISP.
I guess I could try another n router, but still find it strange that all my other wifi devices are fine with the current router.
Wifi Signal
Sony is not as reliable as it used to be... My Tablet S keeps loosing WiFi signal, and the solution I found was to turn off and back on the WiFi. This fix the issue.
However another very annoying problem is that very often I need to hard reset the tablet as it locks the screen with no other way to recover it. Shame on Sony. An the annoying side flash light is ridiculous. I used to have an A100 that aside any design issues, worked perfectly never had any operational issue with it. Should have upgraded to a A500...
What worked for me.
I bought a Sony S as a birthday present for my wife. That was yesterday and today she went to work and left me to set it up for her.
I have a Cisco E3200 router. The tablet could see my router and connect to it but would drop the connection after 5 seconds.
Well, that was the first hour and a half of my day.
Finally, with nothing else to try, I set up a guest account on the router. The tablet found it and connected to it on the first attempt and has been connected now for over four hours including multiple restarts.
I have no idea why this worked. I just know that it did.
Clive.
Same issues here when docking tablet sometimes, but my work around is to turn WiFi off, and hit Fast Reboot ( app by Great Bytes Software) then turn WiFi back on. Fast Reboot seems to do a soft reboot on apps and system and it only takes a few seconds.
Hope this helps!
Maui
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Wifi Issues
I bought the 32G version from Woot recently. The WiFi reception is awful. I am on my second unit same thing.
4 feet from Router (on 2nd floor), 3 bars out of 4. 15 feet goes to 2. Downstairs goes to 1 bar 1MBS. And drops like a hot potato. Sony has sent a RMA for repair. Being this is my second unit with same issue, I doubt there is a fix.
I use a LAptop, netbook, android phone on the same router. No issues. They all work well, even in the basement!
Updated to 4.0 on my original unit, no change.
Just ranting here, hoping for a surprise fix. Other than that Mrs Lincoln how was the play? I love the tablet otherwise. Will probably throw and a spare router downstairs or feed it off my 4G phone. Now that really sucks..LOL
Anyone else
4.03 can solve this problem?
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4.03 can solve this problem?
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4.03 did not make a difference.
**EDITED: pls ignore this post. irrelevant.
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sony tablet s wifi issue
Hi all,
after weeks of study here is what i found out:
- wifi issue is not a hard ware issue, it is simply the software.
- wifi issue occurs only with certain routers with both N & G channels , Especially Netgear and BT.
- Wifi manger app makes it better and less annoying, issue still there but less occurring. try different channels.
- Tablet S for some reason does not like the channels used by certain Routers.
- do not bother with wifi lock app, does not do the job and steals ur battery.
- after weeks of trial, tablet is just great, but needs attention from Google.
SO
My friend's wife works for Google, when asked for the favor of the insider , engineers in Google said, first stage is to roll out Xperia release 5 to try and fix problem, then both S and Xperia will get Jelly bean with a definite fix. Testing as we speak.
all I can do now is get a good router and hope for the best.
Fatthyrahim said:
Hi all,
SO
My friend's wife works for Google, when asked for the favor of the insider , engineers in Google said, first stage is to roll out Xperia release 5 to try and fix problem, then both S and Xperia will get Jelly bean with a definite fix. Testing as we speak.
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Straight from the horse's mouth??? Tablet S will infact be getting Jelly Bean???
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all I can do now is get a good router and hope for the best.
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what do you think about sitecom routers?
WIFI More
Fatthyrahim said:
Hi all,
after weeks of study here is what i found out:
- wifi issue is not a hard ware issue, it is simply the software.
- wifi issue occurs only with certain routers with both N & G channels , Especially Netgear and BT.
- Wifi manger app makes it better and less annoying, issue still there but less occurring. try different channels.
- Tablet S for some reason does not like the channels used by certain Routers.
- do not bother with wifi lock app, does not do the job and steals ur battery.
- after weeks of trial, tablet is just great, but needs attention from Google.
SO
My friend's wife works for Google, when asked for the favor of the insider , engineers in Google said, first stage is to roll out Xperia release 5 to try and fix problem, then both S and Xperia will get Jelly bean with a definite fix. Testing as we speak.
all I can do now is get a good router and hope for the best.
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I have tried 3 different Routers.
Verizon/ActionTecMi424
CheckPoint Z-100G
Linksys WRT54GL
No change no difference.
I finally installed another router on the other floor. Now it works in entire house, but have to change router connections if I move to a different floor.
The big question here I think is:
Is every Tablet S this way or do we have some bad samples? Software or Hardware. Sony has given me and RMA # to return for repair. I am hesitant to do that. If there is no fix or all units are this way.
I am not 100% sure but from my own testing I found it working 90% of the time everywhere else, here is how I tested:
home netgear, does not hold wifi , have to refresh page all the time to browse internet.
Work ( different router not sure what type yet) works just like a dream, fast no wifi drops no refreshes needed.
took it to most free wifi spots, not a problem.
friends house BT, Same issue again.
Wifi manager made it a bit better yes ( have to test now on channels 12 , 13 or 15 , wifi lock app does not work.
I hate to get a different router to get same issue at the end. however different posts elsewhere suggested setting router to N on and G off channels testing each time you make a change, on tablet set to manual ( have not done this bit yet).
It's not like we are all being picky here with Sony, we like the tablet itself and we bought it with a lot of money, we want to be able to browse the internet download things without getting our livers and kidneys enlarged.
more to follow , I am really hoping to be able to get my friend's wife update as she told us GOOGLE IS VERY AWARE OF THE ISSUE.
air16 said:
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Bought Sitecom Router last friday, I can say that now my tablet holds wifi signal very well... :good:
WIFI Issue fixed
All,
there was an update last Thursday that fixed the wifi issue, I am not really sure what but my tablet s now holds and keeps wifi everywhere.
I had issued before with netgear and bt routers and after last Thursday it was just fine, i need to review the recent updates done and Let you all know.
I tried it everywhere and works perfect, download speed is perfect , not one drop of wifi so far.
I assume either Sony or Google did something here as it was getting an update last Thursday that lasted about 10 minutes, could not figure out what was that update yet.
My Prime has had decent wifi all along. This morning however I'm having serious issues with it. It shows as being connected to wifi but there is no data transferring. If I do a hard reset I can then get into a browser and access 1 web page. After that it no longer transfers any data and I eventually get a web page not found error message. Same thing for email. I get email on the initial check it does upon booting up but then nothing else. Google Play store does the same thing as well.
I tried doing a factory reset and multiple hard resets but the problem is persisting. This has obviously rendered by Prime completely useless. Anyone else experienced this? Anyone have any ideas?
thanks,
Jeff
all at the same router?
whycali said:
all at the same router?
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Yes.....and it was the router. I had ruled out the router because my Iphone was showing as being on wifi and it was working fine. But when I went to use my laptop I had the same problem. Reset the router and all is good. Not sure why my Iphone was unaffected but at least it's fixed.
Jeff
try changing wifi security level
Jeff1192 said:
My Prime has had decent wifi all along. This morning however I'm having serious issues with it. It shows as being connected to wifi but there is no data transferring. If I do a hard reset I can then get into a browser and access 1 web page. After that it no longer transfers any data and I eventually get a web page not found error message. Same thing for email. I get email on the initial check it does upon booting up but then nothing else. Google Play store does the same thing as well.
I tried doing a factory reset and multiple hard resets but the problem is persisting. This has obviously rendered by Prime completely useless. Anyone else experienced this? Anyone have any ideas?
thanks,
Jeff
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I had a wierd issue to and read in a post to change the wifi security level. Initially mine was on WEP, then i started to have issues a few months later. it just wouldnt stay connected (kind of like yours). I changed it to wpa2 and so far it has had a steady connection. Wouldnt hurt to give that a shot.
aadeleon said:
I had a wierd issue to and read in a post to change the wifi security level. Initially mine was on WEP, then i started to have issues a few months later. it just wouldnt stay connected (kind of like yours). I changed it to wpa2 and so far it has had a steady connection. Wouldnt hurt to give that a shot.
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I'm already using WPA2 and have had NO problems at all until yesterday. However, since my laptop was also having problems I would say that it was my router and not the Prime that was the problem. Hopefully it doesn't happen again.
On a side note, I had been planning on doing a factory reset for a while and yesterday gave me my excuse to do it. I hadn't done one since I purchased my Prime. It has made a big difference in performance and reducing the number of app crashes. Its a bit of work but definitely worth it.
Jeff
Just wanted to jump in here to give y'all a pro-tip.
You said your wireless was working fine until just the other day when it started to give you problems? Well, the problem may lie in the channel your Wifi is broadcasting on. You may have had a neighbor just move in/just get wireless, they may have their router on "auto" and it changed channels or your router may have changed channels. I would suggest downloading Wifi Analyzer and taking a look at the wireless signals around you. You can then adjust your routers Wifi channel accordingly. You will want to stay on channel 1, 6, or 11 ideally. Also it is good practice to reboot your router occasionally.
Hope this helps. :good:
Scumbag Inc. said:
Just wanted to jump in here to give y'all a pro-tip.
You said your wireless was working fine until just the other day when it started to give you problems? Well, the problem may lie in the channel your Wifi is broadcasting on. You may have had a neighbor just move in/just get wireless, they may have their router on "auto" and it changed channels or your router may have changed channels. I would suggest downloading Wifi Analyzer and taking a look at the wireless signals around you. You can then adjust your routers Wifi channel accordingly. You will want to stay on channel 1, 6, or 11 ideally. Also it is good practice to reboot your router occasionally.
Hope this helps. :good:
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Second that, except that when I walked around the house with WiFi Analyzer running on my phone I found that the people on either side of me were on Channel 1 both of my routers were on Channel 1 too. So I made one of mine 6 and the other 11. This is also something you have to re-check every once in a while as the neighbors might change theirs.
One other thing I've noticed with my Prime is that it seems to work a lot better if I set the router for N Only or G only - not mixed mode.