I got my prime a week before the patch and I had no complaints with my wifi, but it seems like now I can barely hold a connection. After only s few minutes it'll disconnect and ill need to turn wifi off and on to be able t connect again, otherwise it just saves the network and doesn't actually connect.
When I do get connected, the wifi icon in the notification area is always showing no signal at all even though I can still use the internet. Even when I'm only a few feet from my router I still have the problem.
Anyways have a problem like this with the new update?
No, everything good for me after update. Update actually made wifi signal a lil more stable. It doesn't fluctuate as much anymore between strength frequencies.
Have you tried a reboot? Have you tried forgetting your network then entering the info in again?
I'm having exactly what you're describing, but only when I'm here at work using our wifi. At home, it stays connected like normal and works perfectly. Also, here at work the wifi symbol goes grey.
Going by these, my guess is something's up with our wireless here at work. Or something. I've only had problems here at work since somewhere after the update, but I can't say for sure that's the problem since it works so well at home...
demandarin said:
No, everything good for me after update. Update actually made wifi signal a lil more stable. It doesn't fluctuate as much anymore between strength frequencies.
Have you tried a reboot? Have you tried forgetting your network then entering the info in again?
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I have tried that before but just mow I just forgot all of my networks I've connected to then rebooted and now it actually shows me getting signal in the notification area instead if just showing an empty wifi icon. I'm not sure why it'd do that but in guess well see if it stays like this or not.
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I have tried that before but just mow I just forgot all of my networks I've connected to then rebooted and now it actually shows me getting signal in the notification area instead if just showing an empty wifi icon. I'm not sure why it'd do that but in guess well see if it stays like this or not.
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Sounds good. Lets hope it doesn't act up on you again.
Hol up, I think I know what you talking about. Did you mean you'd see your wifi icon and its connected but the bars are grey n not blue like it usually is when connected?
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Hol up, I think I know what you talking about. Did you mean you'd see your wifi icon and its connected but the bars are grey n not blue like it usually is when connected?
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This is what I get here at work. What does it mean? I googled around, and the only thing I could find was that if it's grey, you aren't connected to google voice or something? Heywire and the internet and stuff all work fine when it's grey for me.
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This is what I get here at work. What does it mean? I googled around, and the only thing I could find was that if it's grey, you aren't connected to google voice or something? Heywire and the internet and stuff all work fine when it's grey for me.
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Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I think it doesn't mean anything because you still connected n can use internet. Maybe just a bug or a delay from the bars starting to highlight blue to show signal strength. I've seen it a couple times bit I was still connected to internet n n such. I just briefly couldn't see the strength, through the bars since the blue highlights didn't fill up bars yet.
I don't think it has anything to do with Google voice. Probably just a bug.
I couldn't find anything regarding the grey bars that applied directly to tablets; all I could find was regarding smart phones, so it could be a completely different meaning.
Grey=push google services unreachable
Blue=normal connection to google services
Grey doesn't mean you cant connect to google services it just means its more of a request respond connection instead of bidirectional push.
I can't connect to any wifi at all unless it's my phone that's tethered and is literally right next my tablet. I removed all stored wifi networks (about 30 of them from different offices I work at). I tried to re-add the one at my house and it found one and connected but then dropped immediately. Now no connection at all. My laptop has full signal and my tablet is right next to me and has no signal. This is really making me debate about returning it.
So now after deleting all my wifi networks and rebooting it worked fine at my apartment, then I went to my university and I wasn't able to connect at all to their networks(it could just be that their networks are ****ty, but my phone can connect to it so I think its partly the Prime messing up). I was able to tether with my phone and connect to that, but I got the no signal icon thing again.
By the no signal icon thing, I don't mean the grey bars. No bars show up at all, like this: http://i.imgur.com/vt9SB.jpg
Normally when I get grey bars, you can actually see where the bars are at, but in that picture it's just all solid dark gray. When I get that icon down there, which still happens sometimes, it usually disconnects me after a few minutes and I need to turn the wifi off and then on again before I can connect again, only to have the same thing happen again in a few minutes.
Never seen that before. Try the same tactic at university n see if it corrects itself.
Sorry to hear abouut your problem. Based on my experience, you must have a problematic sample, and should return it. My unit was amoung the earliest batches (shipped to me on 12/18), and at all times, the wI-fI signal strength has been acceptable (on par with my Epic 4g phone
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I've given it about a day but, I also continue to have grey bars, though mine is via my wifi at home on my Prime. I can connect to the internet fine, but for some reason the connection to google servers is not working. I had blue bars for a few days after buying it but it has never gone blue again.
I've tried wiping data and updated to the new firmware with no change.
Any thoughts?
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Hello guys..i bought a RAZR XT910 before about 3 weeks and i didnt notice any problems with it at all..its battery life the way i organised it with smart actions is very very good, better than my iphone 4...i have as well those black marks on the screen on low lighting and black pictures but i dont mind this either..as u can almost never see it...my problem is my weak wifi signal..i never noticed it those last 20 days as i have been working on my phone mostly on my computer desk so the phone was next to the router..the only place my phone gets 4/4 in wifi signal its when its next to the router..at 1 meter distance the signal gets 3/4 strength..at 5 meters 2/4 strength and at 10 meters the signal its lost..and this is only when im at the same room that has the router..if i go to another room the signal gets lost..especially when i close the door...i never had any wifi problem with my previous smartphones and i even had wifi outside of my house...please help me here..im quite desperate..what shall i do? return it and demand a replacement? ask for my money back? is there any way to fix this?
I don't have that problem but I'm wondering if you get it with other networks? Also have you tried resetting your router?
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yea i get it with all wifi networks...for example my university, work, home..etc
Hmmm. I just ran the Speedtest app and got 12Mbps download over my wifi. It would be interesting to try that a few places and show it to VZ. Maybe they can test it on their network.
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Hello guys..i bought a RAZR XT910 before about 3 weeks and i didnt notice any problems with it at all..its battery life the way i organised it with smart actions is very very good, better than my iphone 4...i have as well those black marks on the screen on low lighting and black pictures but i dont mind this either..as u can almost never see it...my problem is my weak wifi signal..i never noticed it those last 20 days as i have been working on my phone mostly on my computer desk so the phone was next to the router..the only place my phone gets 4/4 in wifi signal its when its next to the router..at 1 meter distance the signal gets 3/4 strength..at 5 meters 2/4 strength and at 10 meters the signal its lost..and this is only when im at the same room that has the router..if i go to another room the signal gets lost..especially when i close the door...i never had any wifi problem with my previous smartphones and i even had wifi outside of my house...please help me here..im quite desperate..what shall i do? return it and demand a replacement? ask for my money back? is there any way to fix this?
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Get wifi analyzer and see if you have good signal. I notice that the Wi-Fi graphic is conservative.
my RAZR was having trouble operating on WPA2-Personal secured wifi network.. so i changed the wifi settings to WPA-Personal with TKIP and the problems are gone so you might wanna try this before you RMA.
Mine had problems with dropped and weak signal which turns out to be because I had Bluetooth on as well. If I turn bluetooth off wifi works perfectly
My WiFi reception is appalling. It only see's my home network where as my three year old HTC Hero is seeing seven!
With my package I have the ability to connect to BT Openzone hotspots around the UK.
Not much use if you can't go more than 15ft from a router without the connection dropping!
Bluetooth is off and I have tried several WiFi analysers from the market, all show a very weak signal.
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On mine, yes the wifi signal (bars) are showing less then with htc desire, but I can connect without problems even the router is on the second floor and I am siting on the first, so reachable from the whole house.
I do experience, that it takes a little bit longer to find the wifi as with the desire, but once connected, works just fine.
I do not experience problems with hidden networks. Mine is not broadcasting the id, still connection is stable.
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The bars on mine seem less than what the signal actually is. I connect to my home wifi just fine, from all over the house. I also connect to work's wifi from what seems like the same distance as my previous phone (Dinc)
i'm using d-link dws-125 (usb router)
when i connect and start using internet, the network disconnects in a few seconds. then it connect again and the same... etc.
please, help!!!
same problem here, hope a solution can be found as the phone is unusable in its present state
The "single ball" is enough to achieve 10mbit at my place, however, I upgraded my firmware to OpenWRT and now I get two full lines and the "ball" in the bedroom.
Stock netgear firmware is.. Incomplete. :S
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Hi everybody,
I have the same problem mine is a razr from france even if i use it in italy, i found that when haveing the phone in the hand the signal gets very worst, if i hold the phone from the edges not in the hand the signal is much better i gain two signal bars, the same happens if i left the phone on the desk, the signal gest very good, as soon as i take it in the hand the signal gets bad, a kind of antenna gete from iphone....
hope this helps somebody
used to have this issue with weak wifi signals, but after installing the 85P radio update, it's gotten a bit better.
Where I work there are two wi-fi sources connected to the same system - the canteen and the library.
In the library everything is OK, ATP finds the wi-fi and connects.
In the canteen the ATP finds the signal, says signal strength is Excellent (I'm only a few feet from the aerial), but then without me moving, and just a few seconds after it starts trying to connect, the strength drops to Poor, the ATP says 'connecting' or 'finding address' for a while and then gives up saying there are signal strength issues. If I cancel the connection then the signal immediately goes back up to Excellent.
Back to the library and all is fine again...
Any ideas?
In the spirit of full disclosure, I have received the ATP back from RMA for screen issues...it worked fine in both places before.
It could very well be a router issue. If your not having any problems connecting to the other wifi source then maybe something has changed with the router that you used to be able to connect to.... I find that when I'm about to connect to a wifi spot the signal strength doesn't show the true signal strength until I actually connect to it. But I never got a connectivity issue notice like your having. Might want to check that router or bring in another device to connect to that wifi spot that you are having problems with to better diagnose your issue. If that device is having the same problems connecting then you are that much closer to finding the answer.
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I found that my signal shows one or two lines when I fail to connect to an APN even when I'm right next to it.
Once I'm connected the signal goes right back to 100% and then it fine even if I connect to it at max range. On my prime it can be 300y in an open area and less inside.
My prime is one of those that have great wifi but 0 gps
Quick question for the OP:
You said you had your Prime repaired...
Did you already have the hotspots on your Prime when you sent it in for repair?
You may want to try and forget both connections and then reestablish both of them.
Don't know if it will help, but I know I used to have issues sometimes when changing roms on my phone where a remembered connection would act kinda weird.
Only thing that would fix it was to forget the connection, then redo it.
Just a thought.
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Quick question for the OP:
You said you had your Prime repaired...
Did you already have the hotspots on your Prime when you sent it in for repair?
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Yes, both were there before I sent it off - and all wi-fi hotspots were still on the system when it was returned (though none of my apps, photos or videos...)
The only problem I have with the new EVO is it will disconnect from WIFI every few hours forcing me to turn WIFI on and then off again. Anyone else have this problem or is it just me?
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So far, mine has been rock solid on two routers. Hopefully you didn't get a bum unit.
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i personally haven't had this problem, but you are not alone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671744
everyone is complaining about disconnect/reconnect there.
Yes.
Sometimes it's fine sometimes it's not.
I left in the car came back and it didn't reconnect to WIFI on it's own.
Even if I did a WIFI scan it would not reconnect.
Toggled WIFI and it reconnected fine.
FYI, I am rooted.
I have that problem...have had to reconnect 3 times today. No way to tell if you're disconnected either (besides not being able to hit websites, email, play store, etc).
I've had this happen to me a few times. Even with 3g actually. Anyone else experiencing 3g disconnects/reconnects?
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so, finally this is happening to me this morning, after 2 days of rock solid wifi. this morning I noticed when I turn screen on, wifi was off but connected itself real quick as I was unlocking it. I know it was disconnected because then I got 2 emails and gtalk messages that SHOULD HAVE come trough and notified me half hour prior.
I've been messing with the wifi sleep and power settings ever since, sending myself chat requests to test. it seems 20 minutes is the cutoff time before wifi drops to one bar or disconnects. this is a problem as chat messages should be pushed instantly, not when it gets around to reconnecting itself.
I've tried all different "yes no"options under keep wifi awake, power, etc etc and it seems 20 minutes either disconnects wifi or goes into some low-power wifi that is too weak to get push notifications. it seems to me it checks once every half hour for notifications if "never keep wifi from sleeping" is checked. again, this is a HUGE problem for things like chat programs, fring, anything that uses internet to communicate and not the 3g network.
again,I wasn't having thus problem for the last 2 days till I woke up this morning. This phone isn't getting secret background updates is it?? it still would need to tell me it downloaded and ask if I want to install, right??
me thinks this has to do with network scanning, for lte, as there is no connect or stay connected options for lte,I assume its gonna auto connect and disconnect to save battery like the thunderbolt did. I think its auto low-powering the wireless chip too except 3g in the same manner, unless never disconnect wifi during sleep is checked, and then it just turns it on and off. well,I have one of those weak internal-antenna routers so when it goes low-power, it can't stay connected of or moves or someone walks between me and the router. its a big problem to get chat notifications and Skype calls half hour later than they were sent because my phone is in done kind of auto-power-saving mode. I've spent the last 4 hours messing with this issue.
someone help!!
This morning my WiFi was connected without having to turn WiFi off/on again. I checked the other thread mentioned and my 'Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep' option is already set to 'Always'. I haven't rooted my phone yet so everything is stock.
For me it will show WiFi at the top as if it is connected but I try to do anything online and it won't work till I turn it off/on again. At that point I will receive any old notifications too.
I know for sure it's not my router because my Galaxy Tab continues to work just fine. I also have 3 computers connected to the WiFi with no issues.
Going to try a few more things and fiddle with the 'Best Wi-Fi Performance' option as well even though my signal shows full.
HTC!!!!! its always two steps forward, one step back!! something happened to my phone overnight because now connectivity is just jacked after the phone goes into sleep mode. no new apps installed
its true! the one X forums have way more relevant info than the evo forums have. they have a fix for this, but you have to be rooted. i also found this, which works for our evo:
http://blog.onthegosolutions.com/index.php/2012/05/01/hidden-power-saver-menu-htc-one-x/
How to access the hidden power save menu
Mine seems to not be staying connected when I let the phone sleep for a while. No problems while I am using it or signal dumping just when it's sleeping. I have my settings set to never. Annoying, hopefully fixed with a software update.
After setting the best wifi performance option on it seems that my notifications and wifi work better. Not sure how much this drains the battery though since I am at my desk with it charging most the time.
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I've had this happen to me a few times. Even with 3g actually. Anyone else experiencing 3g disconnects/reconnects?
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This started happening to me yesterday, as well as the phone rebooting when it attempts to connect to Veriz -- err, roaming data. I've also had the issue where I had to toggle WiFi to get it to connect to an AP again; these issues used to happen to my OG EVO way back when, so this has to be some sloppy software change management on HTC's part. My EVO's going back to Sprint; I don't pay to beta test.
I already posted in the other thread, but will say this.
Please call sprint and voice your issue. If/when they have enough complaints, someone at htc will look into it and it will hopefully be part of the next update.
Btw, I think one of the triggers is no wifi activity. If you're getting push email every 45-60 min, then wifi remains on. If not, then it shuts off after about an hour.
The hidden power settings applies only to when the battery is low (25 or 15% remaining). Either way, it doesn't fix the problem.
Notch another one with this issue.
I had the issue even when I turned on my phone for the first time. I connected to the wifi during setup and couldn't activate my dropbox because of lack of connection.
Once I got through setup, I turned off wifi, turned it on and it worked again.
But there has been a few other times, especially when I first enter a wifi spot, I need to turn off and turn on.
It is quite annoying. And like somebody else said, there is no way of knowing this until you try something.
this seriously is a huge problem. google voice calls don't come through, emails don't come, anything internet connection. once you on off it,I had 8 missed calls, ten work emails, etc etc. plus if it thinks its connected, shows the wifi bar, but not actually connected, it fubars your 3g data connection for a few minutes trying to connect to something. I am furious about this as I didn't have this problem my first two days with this beautiful phone. now I'm seeing the ugly side, and I don't like it. and I'm not rooted yet so I can't fix it!!!!
the google voice phone calls do NOT come through, and this is a major major problem. wtf was htc thinking??
I wonder if a suitable work around might be to use some wifi keep alive widget running that pings the router every 30-60 minutes...?
I'm not sure, someone more knowledgeable will have to let us know. I imagine it won't without being a huge battery drain. shouldn't auto sync do that anyway? I'll look and try later tonight if don't hear from any experts
I'm not sure what autosync is? I use k9 mail setup with imap/push.
Is there any mod or fix or even any news at all on how to get wifi roaming working on the s3?
For anyone who doesn't know - if you have multiple routers/access points then when they overlap they do not transition correctly. You have to disconnect and reconnect to get onto the most appropriate router.
I have a router upstairs in the back of the house and downstairs at the front so I can get coverage in the garden etc... if I'm downstairs and move upstairs it'll hang onto the signal from downstairs even if low when the signal from the other router is much better. you have to disconnect and reconnect to get a better signal.
It's the only really annoying thing about this phone!
Edit spoke to samsung uk technical and they said they are aware and it should be fixed in the next firmware but tbh I think they were just bull****ing me.
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Is there any mod or fix or even any news at all on how to get wifi roaming working on the s3?
For anyone who doesn't know - if you have multiple routers/access points then when they overlap they do not transition correctly. You have to disconnect and reconnect to get onto the most appropriate router.
I have a router upstairs in the back of the house and downstairs at the front so I can get coverage in the garden etc... if I'm downstairs and move upstairs it'll hang onto the signal from downstairs even if low when the signal from the other router is much better. you have to disconnect and reconnect to get a better signal.
It's the only really annoying thing about this phone!
Edit spoke to samsung uk technical and they said they are aware and it should be fixed in the next firmware but tbh I think they were just bull****ing me.
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I got the same problem. I got my S3 some weeks ago. All worked fine (or I did not realized the problem). But since the official Jelly Bean update I am also stuck in this problem at work. In our office there are several access points and as along as I stay connected to one of them all is fine. When I leave my desk and fetch a coffee at the meeting point, the S3 should switch to another AP.....So, staying at the meeting point with the coffee but no WiFi... After switching the WiFi off and on, it works again. Coming back to my desktop, I have to switch WiFi off and on again....really anoying bug....
Any solutions? Or maybe Custom ROMS?
Thanks
MausFan
Hi,
Long time member, but rarely post.
Xperia 1 is my 4th Sony phone and I'm having some problems with the WiFi disconnecting.
Since I've had the phone my WiFi keeps disconnecting. The phone can still see the network on the WiFi settings page, but I have to reconnect. Anyone having the same problem?
On previous Xperia there was an option to turn off the WiFi when the screen switched off, which I always unchecked. But I can't see this option (or anything similar) on the Xperia 1.
Love the phone otherwise, emulators, PS4 remote play and everything I want it to do it does seamlessly.
Thanks in advance.
maybe a different issue but I have a problem Wifi gets disconnected whenever the upper part of device is covered with my hands. This happens often when I hold the device horizontally.
No issues with my Wifi. Everything has been solid so far. I use Googlw Wifi mesh APs.
Maybe you have auto network switch on?
Also when I turn my phone horizontal and cover, I do loose 1 si gle strength.
Same here .. I sent back Xperia 2 week ago and they sent me another One.. now I've issues with Wi-Fi, camera focus sometimes go Crazy and also 2x camera doesn't work properly, in the camera preview when you use 2x Lens It looks blury..
TPHex said:
Hi,
Long time member, but rarely post.
Xperia 1 is my 4th Sony phone and I'm having some problems with the WiFi disconnecting.
Since I've had the phone my WiFi keeps disconnecting. The phone can still see the network on the WiFi settings page, but I have to reconnect. Anyone having the same problem?
On previous Xperia there was an option to turn off the WiFi when the screen switched off, which I always unchecked. But I can't see this option (or anything similar) on the Xperia 1.
Love the phone otherwise, emulators, PS4 remote play and everything I want it to do it does seamlessly.
Thanks in advance.
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What did you do?
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What did you do?
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Nothing, it's been like this since I got the phone.
If you're meaning what did I do to fix it, nothing I've done has fixed it.
TPHex said:
Nothing, it's been like this since I got the phone.
If you're meaning what did I do to fix it, nothing I've done has fixed it.
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Will you ask a refund? I sent it back and got a new one but I've issues with wifi too.. Idk if I should keep it and hope for a software fix or get my money back..
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Will you ask a refund? I sent it back and got a new one but I've issues with wifi too.. Idk if I should keep it and hope for a software fix or get my money back..
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Unfortunately, my phone already slipped out of my pocket and now has a small crack on the back. Highly doubt I'll be able to return it and get a swap if its damaged.
The WiFi problem only seems to happen at home. No problem with my old XZ Premium or the wife's phone. I've reset the router, forgot and reconnected to the home network but the issue still persists. Not a huge issue really, just slightly annoying.
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Unfortunately, my phone already slipped out of my pocket and now has a small crack on the back. Highly doubt I'll be able to return it and get a swap if it's damaged.
The WiFi problem only seems to happen at home. No problem with my old XZ Premium or the wife's phone. I've reset the router, forgot and reconnected to the home network but the issue still persists. Not a huge issue really, just slightly annoying.
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Unfortunately for me, it is, I often leave airplane mode and if it disconnects I lose notifications, looks like it doesn't reconnect automatically, I have to do it
Got to say the Xperia 1 wifi reception seems weaker than my previous phone OnePlus 5. But my wifi never disconnect itself when the signal is strong enough. Only happens when the signal is very weak.
Have you tried messing around the wifi preferences setting?
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Got to say the Xperia 1 wifi reception seems weaker than my previous phone OnePlus 5. But my wifi never disconnects itself when the signal is strong enough. Only happens when the signal is very weak.
Have you tried messing around the wifi preferences setting?
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Yes, after 2 defective units, I ask for a refund, I get one plus, sad because I like a lot Sony apps like album and camera.. but then again sucks there's no hdr option in the camera
I had a spell where this was happening as well, I reset the wifi router and "forget" the network in the phone and it has been much better since. Like others have said here, the wifi strength is not as good as on all my previous recent Sony phones for some reason.
I have this issue as well. Coming from Xperia XZ, I can confirm WiFi seems to be not as resilient on the Xperia 1. That said, at home I have a Google WiFi mesh network and is rock solid, its only at work that I have the disconnect issues.
At work I can see my phone will connect to 2.4Ghz with good/excellent strength, then it tries to hop to 5Ghz where it see 0-1 bars and milliseconds later it's a coin flip between disconnecting WiFi or failing back to 2.4ghz. This is the endless loop that I'm in.
So to me the issue is the phone is overestimating the signal strength of the 5Ghz connection, and getting burned each time it attempts to use it. I don't know enough about WiFi protocol but it seems plausible that the strength could be different once actually connected. I'm not sure the answer to this, but I do believe this is more or less the root cause.
HELLO wifi problems
Hi all,
I have a similar problem
I usually keep my data switched off ( at home) and WiFi off when not going online
so throughout the day I switch WiFi on and off like 20 times, 8/10 it connects but for some reason it hangs sometimes.
Quite annoying, I have auto connect on
This never happens on my XA1 ultra
Any solutions?
PS. Software repair, firmware update, factory reset, WiFi reset all done, but intermittent wifi connection persists
I am mostly online in two networks one is a mesh the other a single router.
I always have troubles with the mesh but is not exclusively to my xperia, there are troubles with iPhones and Samsung has connection issues too I think it's a general problem with mesh networks.
I didn't find any solution to this.