I had tried every possible setting on my router to increase the signal strength on the razr but none worked......however surprisingly and inexplicably when I changed the placement of my router and kept it on the floor i.e. around 6ft below the razr, the wifi signal suddenly jumped....hence I took this idea a little further and after some experimentation I saw that placing the router a few feet below the razr actually dramatically improves the reception even if you are at a significant distance away from the router and my problem is solved...
Just thought I should share this bit of information as it might help all those who are facing wifi reception issues with the razr
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Your router is support G or N ?
Try to change the method security, for example WEB or WAP .
medo18 said:
Your router is support G or N ?
Try to change the method security, for example WEB or WAP .
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i tried everything...changing the security, switching wireless "N" Off...every possible thing but the signal strength just dint improve...and it was the same at home and office with diff routers...
Great tip JainB, thanks.
This problem before OTA or after ?
-Try with another router.
OR-
-Dont touch the device and look the signal strength during the contacting.
What is difference between touch and non touch.
medo18 said:
This problem before OTA or after ?
-Try with another router.
OR-
-Dont touch the device and look the signal strength during the contacting.
What is difference between touch and non touch.
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Diff between touch and non touch is generally 1 bar...Tried with Two Diff routers at home and office with no difference in signal strength...Elevation change worked like a charm giving me more signal strength than my BB Torch...
This problem before OTA or after ?
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I am happy htc hero user for 2 days. Tmobile (uk) branded. My problems started from the very begining. My phone was able to see my router and even connect with full signal strength but connection was inactive - couldnt do anything, browser giving error like no network connection available. I did my search and found kernel might have some issues with wpa psk coding. Tried all the settings on router (even with open network) - nothing helped. Updated to MoDaCo 3.1 rom and radio updated to newest available (downgraded using goldcard to root). Now i got wireless, can connect but its kinda slow (slower than 3g/hsdpa) and signal is very weak. I cant get signal at all downstairs where htc touch hd and nokia e71 both show ab 50% ?! even if i go to bathroom signal strength drops to 30% while htc touch hd and nokia e71 got ab 70%.
Router is netgear dg834g v5 - virgin.
Any suggestions please. I really like the device and this is only but major drawback.
It has been reported a lot that the Hero does not like some wireless routers. Various suggestions include that they won't connet to those using n rather than b or g. they will say they are connected but whenever you try to download you get an error message. I have 3 routers - 2 work fine and 1 (the newest and most expensive) doesn't.
Try a search of these forums for more details.
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It has been reported a lot that the Hero does not like some wireless routers. Various suggestions include that they won't connet to those using n rather than b or g. they will say they are connected but whenever you try to download you get an error message. I have 3 routers - 2 work fine and 1 (the newest and most expensive) doesn't.
Try a search of these forums for more details.
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I agree on this one. The signal is better one some routers. I have a great signal all the time when connected to my Linksys WRT54G (old but good one). At work, where we got Cisco SB Wireless-N Gigabit VPN Routers the signal drops quite often...
hello, as the topic suggest my galaxy s 2 's WiFi is PRETTY weak.. i hv goggled and found many suffer from this problem, but i couldn't find any solution. i was hoping someone over here could guide me to some script or update to fix this..
i noticed this problem when i step out of my room bars go down to 2.. and if i go little further with galaxy s 2 then no signal, my iphone 3gs and laptop catches signal fine at distance..i have tired routers at different location's, for example my friends house, in university, so problem definitely is in galaxys2.. it may it requires some other kernel or modded stock kernal.. i dont know..
btw i was on stock ROM same problem existed there, now i am Cyanogen Mod 7.1(2.3.7) and its here too..
please let me know what more could i add that might help you guys here figure out a solution.
thanks
Well, the wifi is not the strongest ever seen but i can use it outside my house (for about 10-15 meters away) without problems
Inside the house i have full/almost full signal in every room (on every rom tbh)
So yes, it's not strong but at my eyes, looks like yours is even weak than normal
mine also has a weaker signal than my other devices. However, I ran speedtest on all of them and the galaxy s2 has the same download and upload speed as the others. This is in spite of having zero or one out of three bars. I read in another forum that the wifi signal indicator of the galaxy s2 just shows a more accurate signal strength and the others just increase the indicators to make you believe that it has a strong signal. :-D
Maybe your router wifi transmitter is weak. Also you could try a different wifi channel on your router.
Same issues here
I just got GSII from sprint and i still have my other 2 EVOs and i loose wifi signal when i go downstairs or other rooms while my EVOs get nearly full bars and speed.I never remember having any wifi issues with my EVOs.I also have the same no or weak wifi issues at work while no other phones at work have such wifi signal problem.any suggestions...?
One thing I tried which helped a little was download 'WiFi Alanlytics' from the market and select your SSID and it will advice which is the 'Best' channel strength for your router.
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poor signal
Hi i have same problem with poor signal.Any solution for this !? Try connect with 5 different router same stuff....flash with many different roms and no results any ideas ?
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Maybe your router wifi transmitter is weak. Also you could try a different wifi channel on your router.
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I agree completely, but another thing you should keep in mind is which modem is the best for you, i went though and tested 20 modems and ended up with LP6 which give me good range, speed, and battery, i suggest you test different modem types
Use THIS app to check, is highly accurate
another thing worth mentioning is that i recall once reading that all kernels will not be compatible with all modem types, I use Siyah kernel, GT i9100T, and BULP6 modem
hope that helps
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I agree completely, but another thing you should keep in mind is which modem is the best for you, i went though and tested 20 modems and ended up with LP6 which give me good range, speed, and battery, i suggest you test different modem types
Use THIS app to check, is highly accurate
another thing worth mentioning is that i recall once reading that all kernels will not be compatible with all modem types, I use Siyah kernel, GT i9100T, and BULP6 modem
hope that helps
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*Modem/Radio/Baseband is all the same thing and can be seen by going to Settings - About Phone - Baseband. It's basically a driver which receives and sends Mobile Network signals as well as handling switching between GPRS, 3G, HSDPA etc....... (but not WiFi connection, that and switchover between Mobile Network and WiFi is handled by the kernel).
Whilst you are absolutely correct in saying modem has nothing to do wifi whatsoever, why revive a two month old thread ?
Hi all ,
I met wifi problem with a dozen roms ... i flashed and wipe ... firstly I think is my phone hardware problem , but after I changed the channel of my rounter to channel 1 ... the problem solved...(so far)... I would like to ask if any razr owner have the same problem also ?
Hi mate,
I'm experiencing some WiFi problems with my RAZR and the home Linksys router as well. Haven't tried your solution with Channel 1 yet, though, but I'm gonna go and switch to it right away and report the outcome.
EDIT: Weird... Now my WiFi connection is almost lightning fast and no data losses. Well, thanks, hiha!
Speaking of Linksys routers... a While ago I changed my Linksys WAG120N router from G mode to N mode. Strangely, my RAZR started to reboot randomly. I switched the router back to G, and everything got back to normal.
Funny things are happening, it appears.
My Linksys E4200 is currently in Mixed mode and set on Channel 1 - this appears to be the optimal configuration for work with RAZR.
I also have problems with wifi. Really bad signal at home, like 5 meter away it drops to zero
I tried channel one, still same problem.
I noticed when u hold the phone and cover the right side wifi drops and dies constantly. Just like the iphone 4
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I'm on my 2nd Razr Maxx (first one had a cracked screen), and neither has/had any issues with my Wifi network. My router is on the 2nd floor (FiOS Actiontec, mixed mode G N). I get a good signal throughout my entire house, and have never had a single problem.
I hope ics fixs the wifi signal, its horrible. I am now on 2.3.6
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romdroid. said:
the right side wifi drops and dies constantly. Just like the iphone 4
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this is spot when wifi chip is and probobly antenna
when i have hand in that place signal is much weaker - 20dbm
wifi issue
My wife has a droid 3 and I have a razr. I am running netgear routers
with dd-wrt open source software. Both of these phones were unusable
when we first tried them. I logged into my router and set the qos settings
to enable and both phones now work flawlessly. It seems that the wifi chip
in these phones cycles on and off to conserve power. Without the proper handshaking between the two devices ,when the phone chip shuts down the
buffer overflows in the router and it disconnects because the data
is no longer valid. By eneabling the quality of service setting the router and
the wifi chip use a protocol to prevent this buffer overfllow.
If you search the microsoft knowledge base you will find that vista and win 7
had to have a software upgrade to address this same problem when they
first came out.
Some modems have the qos disabled by default to maintain a higher
throughput.
If you go to the dd-wrt wiki and search for qos it goes into more detail
as to how this works.
Wifi issues here too.
Forget low connectivity, my phone blatantly refuses to even connect to a connection secured with 802. 1x EAP. It is embarrassing to say the least.
I have issues where mobile connection and wifi go blue to grey after a while and no longer work. Possibly what the op refers to.
Also, similar to the iphone4 problems, holding my phone reduces both wifi and mobile data signals drastically. Is this a general device issue?
I am wondering if its something the motorola ics release might address.
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So i notice that my ultra usually shows 2 bars of wifi. it goes up to 3 and then drops down to 2, even though my router is in the same room.
My laptop has shows full wifi strength and even my wife's iPhone shows full wifi bars.
should i be concerned?
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So i notice that my ultra usually shows 2 bars of wifi. it goes up to 3 and then drops down to 2, even though my router is in the same room.
My laptop has shows full wifi strength and even my wife's iPhone shows full wifi bars.
should i be concerned?
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download an app from the playstore, and see what signal strength you are actually getting. It may just not be displaying the two bars.
However I do find that my wifi only works 13-15m away Max. Disappointing as my old Galaxy Note has better reception.
Sadly Sony only included a/b/g/n **but not ac** with their wifi modem...
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download an app from the playstore, and see what signal strength you are actually getting. It may just not be displaying the two bars.
However I do find that my wifi only works 13-15m away Max. Disappointing as my old Galaxy Note has better reception.
Sadly Sony only included a/b/g/n **but not ac** with their wifi modem...
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i downloaded wifi analyser.
i am testing the signal strength on the app. the phone shows 3 bars of wifi and the app shows the signal in green (strong).
so not sure what this means lol
I don't like when I connect to my 5Ghz router speed. It's kind of weird guys...feels like delay/slow. And my regular 2.4Ghz is perfectly fast.
Are you using a CM/AOKP based Rom or stock?
I and others have noticed significantly worse wifi reception vs stock.
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Are you using a CM/AOKP based Rom or stock?
I and others have noticed significantly worse wifi reception vs stock.
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I'm using stock. also my phone doesn't work on 5k frequency
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Are you using a CM/AOKP based Rom or stock?
I and others have noticed significantly worse wifi reception vs stock.
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CM10 based ROM's for the Ultra have a problem reporting/ displaying signal status.
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CM10 based ROM's for the Ultra have a problem reporting/ displaying signal status.
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Even for wifi signal? Thought it only affected cellular signal being stuck at 2 bars?
I found that it frequently disconnected and reconnected, with no reception in some areas that would be fine in stock and instead resorting to cellular data. Also when the screen was off it was frequently running off cellular data more often than not.
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so do you guys get full signal bars for your wifi when near your router? maybe in the next room from the router?
i am thinking my ultra's wifi may be defective. my router is in the next room and all other devices show full wifi strength but the ultra shows 2 bars
Yes full bars usually in all parts of my house (up stairs and down stairs) for wifi (router upstairs)
Have you tried doing a phone repair through pc companion and updating the firmware?
i actually did repair the software and update.
Same results.
Can't say i've noticed any WiFi issues. I have full bars, and i live in a two story concrete apartment and i have a signal all over the place, and on top of that the router is quite ****ty. I'm on .257.
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Can't say i've noticed any WiFi issues. I have full bars, and i live in a two story concrete apartment and i have a signal all over the place, and on top of that the router is quite ****ty. I'm on .257.
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well its not only the wifi. today i was out and tried using the navigation app for turn by turn directions. the gps picks up my location when standing still but while moving the gps doesn't keep up. it shows me at the same location i was 5 mins ago.
i think the radios are messed up on this phone.
My GPS was very accurate. google maps and 'backcountry navigator' worked very well. HSPA+ was pretty good. signal was strong (about the same as my Galaxy S4) wifi wasn't as good as my S4.
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well its not only the wifi. today i was out and tried using the navigation app for turn by turn directions. the gps picks up my location when standing still but while moving the gps doesn't keep up. it shows me at the same location i was 5 mins ago.
i think the radios are messed up on this phone.
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Hmm, have you tried doing a full factory reset, or any other things? If not, do that, and if it's still not working correctly then send it in to a service center. Also, do you have the chance to try a different router, or WiFi network? The thing is to see if it's a software issue or hardware.
Hmmm...you know what? Most times I really do not care how many bars of wifi signal is displayed, but how fast the connection is. Travelling through the different locations and using hotel wifis usualy shows me 2-3 bars, but speed is very appropriate and connection stable. So maybe just this perfectionist detail is awaring you. If connection and speed of wifi was poor or permanently on the way of disconnect, that would be a problem for me...
I've had no issues with Wifi performance on the Z Ultra, I'm in the room next to the router and currently showing full bars. (Draytek 2710n)
John
Same here, no issues with any radio signals on the phone. If I need Wi-Fi, I always connect to 2.4Ghz for added range since I rarely need to transfer large files. Otherwise with regards to transfer speeds and signal strength, it's easily on par with other wireless devices at any range.
So I am on t-mobile, and I also have one of the routers provided to me by t-mobile (I believe it's an Asus) , and I have noticed recently that my wifi calling has been sucking big time. It cuts in and out and says I need to connect to a wifi network, when I am connected. It's like it doesn't notice that there is a wifi connection. Anyone have suggestions as to what might help?
What is your isp bandwidth (down/up)?
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What is your isp bandwidth (down/up)?
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WiFi calling on Android is hit and miss. I wish it was as stable as Blackberry UMA calling.
I tried the old turn it on and off again on the modem and router and it seems to have helped quite a bit.
Unfortunately, I have this issue for a quite while. Funny thing wifi calling works smoothly on pixel or essential phone!
How old is the router?
The router's WiFi radio maybe showing its age by being intermittent with its throughput's strength and/or signal's strength.
Try with newer router or access point. If there is a coffee shop with very good throughput strength (this is most important) you can do a test with that hotspot.