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Hi everyone...
I want to ask if anyone managed to fix the Hero WiFi problem... If you haven't see all these threads in forums around the world about the same problem that we have on Hero, and the problem is that the Hero connects to the WiFi without any problems and starts working normally, but after few minutes it looks that its is connected, the WiFi indicator shows that the network is Excellent or good but when I try to open new pages, the browser says that the network has dropped or no access to the AP... I think this problem is well known here... so I was wondering if any one has managed to fix the problem, or is there any program, or update from HTC that I missed to fix this problem...
Thanks in advance for every one..
Hamo
I had the same issue with a linksys router, before I upgraded to the newest radio. Have you tried that?
kiratha said:
I had the same issue with a linksys router, before I upgraded to the newest radio. Have you tried that?
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really I have tried everything that I have found in last 4 month on the internet, but noting... same problem!!!
and i see there is a lot of people that have the same problem. think that HTC have not fix this yet...
thanks for quick replay..
Hamo
This appears to be linked to what router you are using. I have 3 different routers. 2 work fine 1 doesn't. The one that does not work is the newer most expensive Belkin MIMO router.
Some say that you should disable 11n and just use b and g, others say manually select channel. Not sure if either reliably works. Best way is to change the router. The one I am using at the moment is 7 years old, so you do not need hi-tech.
It's definitely not an N issue. I have 3 routers and have this problem with all of them. One is a WAP-11 running D-Link firmware, one is a WRT-54G running the most recent Tomato, and the other is one their early b/g routers running stock firmware. I've also tried the obvious tweaks with no improvement (different channels, different security settings, etc...). Also have the problem on both of our Heros. My wife's is still stock, mine is running the damagecontrol ROM (had the problem when it was stock, too).
I actually just got out of bed and sat down at my computer to research this exact issue. My wife and I both need data service for our jobs, and 3G coverage is lousy at our house no matter which carrier, so it's absolutely crucial that WiFi work well.
I've read bits and pieces on this forum and others that makes it sound like flashing a radio update could fix the problem. Is this accurate? It also sounds like people are having issues with bricking their phones after a radio update. Any truth there?
Google searches on the subject bring up mountains of irrelevant results to sift through, if anybody could save me a little time and point me in the right direction I'd be very, very appreciative.
(As someone who's worked in IT for over 20 years, I understand that there are always bugs and compatibility issues with technology. However, given that Linksys is the most popular brand of home router out there, I think it is inexcusable that the phone shipped with this issue. That Sprint and HTC have allowed it to go unremedied for this long is downright appalling. "Buy a new router" is NOT a solution that they should be able to get away with.)
Your problems may not be the same as the ones referred to by the OP. What are the symptoms? Can you connect at all to the routers?
The symptoms of the common problem that I was referring to is that you appear to be connected to the router but whenever you try to use the connection you get a connection error message despite your wireless settings appearing to show you are connected to the router. Are those your symptoms?
As I said I have two routers that work fine, one of which is an old D-Link DI524, the other being a newer Netgear WGR614. Both of those only have 11b & g and are running with original firmware. The one that does not work, the Belkin, has 11n, also running with original firmware.
For some flashing the original radio has worked. Others report that it makes no difference.
I have just noticed your reference to Sprint. In that case it may be better to start your own thread on the dedicated Hero CDMA forum, which deals with CDMA phones rather than the GSM phones that most of us have got. You could also try reading and asking here as well.
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Are those your symptoms?
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Pretty much exactly. WiFi will work for 10 minutes or so, then quit. Phone still says it's connected, excellent signal strength, and has valid IP configuration. Just won't pass any traffic.
I'm seriously considering flashing a newer radio version to see if it helps, but I've read accounts of bricked phones when people try to revert back to the original radio. I have to be able to get back to original because if I don't get WiFi working the phones will need to be returned since WiFi is not optional for us. (Sadly, I'll probably end up stuck with a Blackberry if we go that route, since WinMo is 100% out of the question.)
As an alternative solution, can anybody recommend a router that's currently available and known to work with the Hero? I would need it to support external antennas and be able to flash dd-wrt onto it.
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I'm seriously considering flashing a newer radio version to see if it helps, but I've read accounts of bricked phones when people try to revert back to the original radio.
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I've read a few reports of bricking while flashing radios, but in all cases it's been due to the user. The actual flashing takes place on the first reboot after the update.zip is applied in recovery. At this point the phone displays a graphic of a box and a phone with an arrow indicating transfer from box to phone. Apparently some people have freaked at this point, as they thought the update was already done & hence something must be wrong. As a result they pull their battery
I've not come across bricking reports specifically in relation to reverting back to the original radio. Got any links?
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I would need it to support external antennas and be able to flash dd-wrt onto it.
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I am not sure why you would need this. I also wonder whether flashing something different on to a router which works may stop it working. But then I may be showing the limits of my knowledge.
If it is any use to you I still use my Belkin router (it is both wired and wireless) for my usual wifi throughout most of the house and my office. The only thing I don't use it wirelessly for is the Hero (and an old printer with a LAN print sharer). I sat my old D-Link router on top of the Belkin and wired the two together using a LAN cable. So the wireless bit of the D-Link works for the Hero via the wired hub of the Belkin. I have exactly the same set up for the Netgear router, which serves another part of the house and is also wired in to the Belkin.
They both work fine piggy backed by wire on to the Belkin. The problem is only with the wireless bit of the Belkin, not the rest of it. So why not try a new router wired in to your existing one?
Both the two routers I have named work, but both are, I guess, no longer available new. Not sure if they were ever sold in the USA, given I am in the UK. But if they did why not try a used one on fleabay?
And I still think you would be better served posting on the specific Sprint forum. The Sprint version of this phone is a CDMA phone with different version of ROM than the GSM version which most of the rest of us use. The phones even look different!
Never had any problems with wifi on this phone.
Maybe i have this probelem now...
never had a problem before i rooted and updated radios etc on my phone...
Just rooted it today... so need to check it out a bit more.
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Yes, the wifi dies on me now.
I was using: 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26
Reflashing to: 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.08.29 now...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563757 Download Radios
63.18.55.06JU_6.35.08.29
Phone works better with this!
Wifi all the time now when i want.
The latest one was not so good...
From the Android forum...
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Hero/router compatibility list
As so many differing reports of wi-fi connection issues are appearing, I have thrown together a quick-and-dirty summary of known routers/APs mentioned in this and similar threads. Put simply, "Good" work with the Hero using WPA2, "Bad" don't work at all, and "Ugly" work but with limitations.
I don't claim that this is in any way definitive or scientific, but it should help anyone looking for help with an inop wi-fi link. Please post any further details you may have both on the listed hardware and any other devices, working or otherwise. The more info we have the better placed we are to help each other.
GOOD:
D-Link DI-524 (3.1.3b firmware on hw rev G2 only)
Draytek Vigor 2600G (2.5.9_UK firmware)
Linksys WRT54G (Tomato v? firmware; link still drops infrequently)
Linksys WRT54GL
Netgear DG834G
BAD:
Belkin F5D8636-4 (No WEP64/128, WPA/WPA2)
Gigabyte GN-BR01G
Zoom X6
Zyxel P-2602HW-D1A
UGLY:
Belkin F5D7230 (WEP128 only; No WEP64. WPA/WPA2)
Belkin F5D8321-4 (WEP128 only; no WPA/WPA2)
/Al
Add the following
GOOD
Netgear WGR 614
BAD
Belkin FSD9630-4
i had a similar problem with my ps3 and hero on a belkin router. all i did was update the router firmware and it all started working
Bad
Tiscali siemens gigaset router
amongst many others!
Tested on UK T-mobile and Orange Heros, Stock ROMs
Hello dear XDA members !
I'm an happy owner of a Transformer (dock, 16Gb) and my uncle who tried out yesterday is now planning on ordering one for him. But his main purpose would be to use it with a 3G dongle... Would it be possible, even with some tweaking ?
Thanks a lot in advance for your kind and hopefully positive answers
Either use a phone with 3G capability and tether via bluetooth or get a Mifi you can use with a 3G sim card. The USB dongles will not work as they require drivers.
Im no expert but would this be of any help to us Transformer users?
I think it must be possible, I just do not know how. Because there is a mini-pcie position inside the tablet, and it is labelled 3G on the motherboard.
3G hardware will be installed by Asus at some point in the future. So, the software has to support this 3G. It might be easier (or harder) to get the software to recognize a 3G dongle, but I wonder how.
Great thread.
Hello,
(sorry for my bad english)
I would like to use this thread for trying to connect and use my 3G dongle on the TF101.
It's a patch for using some 3G dongles with ACER A500.
Maybe we can use it for TF101 too?
Well... I just want to try on my TF101.
So I've compared files from A500 with files inside the Prime! v1.5 rom.
I've kept some files and replaced others with the new one. But there is a file that I'm not sure:
- rild
I think it's the Radio Interface Layer Daemon or somethink like that.
From the A500 patch, "rild" file contains only text lines like this:
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
insmod /system/vendor/lib/usb_wwan.ko
insmod /system/vendor/lib/option.ko
chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB0
chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB1
chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB2
exec /system/bin/rild.run [email protected]
size: only 1ko
From the Prime! rom, rild file seems to be compiled:
Code:
ELF
size: 10ko
So I wonder if I can replace the file or not without bricking my TF101.
Does someone know this file and may advise me?
Regards,
Kasi
EDIT: Done but no 3G and no Mobile Network option
I use a 3g router. This exact one as a matter of fact. Works awesome and has many other perks such as battery and availability to share the 3g with anyone. I no longer care if the tablet ever supports the 3g modems. I am up and running and happy!
MBK
yes indeed. It works with a 3G router, and by thethering with my Android Phone too.
But in this case TV from my Mobile service provider doesn't work. So I must have my 3G dongle directly connected to the tablet.
I f you can't use your phone as a 3g hotspot eg. blackberry and you don't want to use a portable hotspot like a mifi and you really want a 3g dongle I recommend getting a sapido mb1132 - sorry can't post the link yet new forum user.
You can use it with your 3G/4G dongle or with an ethernet point or just as a range extender about ¬$80 off ebay.You can even use your phone as the data source. just google Sapido the products 3g/4g
I use my Sensation and a MiFi as mobile hotspot. No mod, no hack, no worry about breaking the usb dongle, no worry about the battery life because the usb dongle use a lot of power from the usb port.
Hey, I just found another option for remote internet access, although very similar to the mi-fi already mentioned. I got a Clear Rover Puck portable 4G hotspot. I tried it a few places, work, home, friends house, various parking lots and businesses, and it works great. It is very small and light, so I carry it in my pocket sometimes, and just get it out and turn on when I'm ready to surf. I'm a new customer. They give you 15 days to try it out. It's $35/month, although I think i saw somewhere that you can also use it for $5/day if you don't intend to use it that very much. Just google it and you'll find reviews and info. Also should check your 4G coverage area before buying.
http://www.clear.com/devices/details/id/93
I also bought that thingy from ASUS that allows you to use the bottom port on Transformer as a USB jack, which I guess you'd have to use with a dongle. I'd be afraid of breaking the port if using the dongle a lot, so that is one reason I like the standalone puck better. Also, You can connect several devices to it by wi-fi, not just 1, as with a dongle.
I want to say bye, bye to TW internet, but don't know the best way to make My Razr 4G LTE internet to all PC's,Ps3 and my Xbox 360.
I put it here becouse the Razr forms are small vs this one and Is more about LTE any way.
Thanks
Not really
It's not really the solution you wanted, but assuming you are not trying to tether the world to your cell phone (which should then double nicely as a heater), why not just get a mobile hotspot and be done with it.
I hate my TWC wires (2 cables spanning 2 neighbors yards) and have pulled twice the speed on my Rezound than I am getting from TWC (although not at home, regrettably). I say this because I understand your frustration first hand; I just disagree with your proposed resolution.
looked into this a bit, my conclusion was that:
1) unless you have a fairly small network (ie just yourself), you're going to need to go the route of the mobile hotspot.
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2) the mobile hotspot hardware currently available isn't reliable enough to trust as a dedicated home internet solution.
Don't be fooled I use mine for everything and I pay for unlimited mobile hotspot. Just can't use everything at onces.
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I wouldnt recommend using your phone or any wireless solution for gaming, the ping is too high.
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I wouldnt recommend using your phone or any wireless solution for gaming, the ping is too high.
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I get only maybe 20-30ms higher on my phone tether vs my FiOS.
If you are dead set on doing this, I would use your PC/Laptop as a network bridge. You should be able to connect the LAN cable to your PC and then into where your modem would plug into your router. But, you would have to setup your router first, or connect it via USB to setup since you wouldn't be able to use the provider software or the IP to connect in through that port. Just an idea, but like others said, reliability could probably be zero.
Let me tell you the "reliability" of my TW cable internet right now: It gos form 7-10DL to 3 and then even to under 1, 2-4 times A DAY. It go's out at times too, so I can't see it geting more bad then that.
P.S I am "dead set" on having home internet that has good up time and able to play 1080p video if needed.
Time Warner doesn't offer a package higher than 10mbps? Why not just get Fios or something? Have you even called TW? I had an issue like this a few years back (With a provider in GA I can't remember the name) where I wasn't getting the 25mbps I was paying for. They came out and tested my modem and it was dying. They replaced it, and it worked from then on out. It was even a modem I paid for myself, they gave me a new one and took the old one free of charge.
Koush posted that Tether is in the Android Market now.
I pay for 15DL and 1UL, But am only geting 6-10DL and .5UL. I think it's BS, but I can't poof that to them. I Have used all kinds of speed test and they all never hit more than 11-12DL and 1UL. LTE has been about the same on DL at home after the outges and DEC the 25th. ( It was geting 10-15DL and now its 4-10DL and 5-6UL.)
Now I am a bit mad at the big red, becuase on AT&T my speeds have been going up and Up and up. (I think AT&T Is about toput up LTE here soon)
LTE is extremelt cool, and will only get better. But as of right now, I wouldn't call it reliable enough to handle an entire house full of bandwidth-hungry devices.
My At&T U-Verse internet advertises up to 25mBps. This, to the average user, probably sounds like more than one would ever need. But what they don't tell you is that each TV (when its box is on) takes up to 6mBps of that bandwidth all by itself. So if you've got 2 HDTVs running in the house, and somebody gaming online, suddenly that internet speed ain't lookin' all that cutting-edge.
According to what I've gleaned from the small amount of research I've done, you need a solid 10mBps to stream 1080p HD content without bottlenecking. The top AT&T U-verse package I have can do it all day long, while also handling whatever else may be using bandwidth. I would worry about any plan below the top one though. Maybe if you only have one HDTV connection in the house.
I tried tethering off my phone when temp-root v2 came out, and I was impressed with the results. But I was also realistic about it. My tether speed tests came in at roughly 6-7mBps downloaded. Not bad in a pinch, but certainly nowhere near good enough to power a whole house. And certainly not good enough to stream HD.
I don't think the idea of a phone providing internet for the home far off, but we just aren't there yet. I'm thinking in 5-10 years.
If you want to use your phone as your home internet service, pm me. I've been using mine for my home for the last 4 years, cuz I don't have dsl. It's awesome, and I can help you get it up and running. I've averaged 40-50gb per month for the past 3 years. PM me.
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I used 30Gb and I saw my speed in my home go down, but at work it would be fast as ever with 5 bars. My billing just started to day and my DL is now in the 20+ vs 5-7 DL before. I think I got my speeds lowered for useing 30gb. Any way TW sucks even more with that.
Hi everyone
This may sound like an odd question but we need to block our daughter from accessing the Internet and playing games when she should be doing her schoolwork. We’ve tried blocking UPNP to stop her gaming but it hasn’t worked, and as she does need occasional Internet access totally blocking her (which I can easily do from our BT Homehub 2) isn’t really an option and doesn’t always work.
The problem with completely blocking her is that there’s an open unsecured wifi network nearby which she’s apparently hooking up to if we disconnect her from ours.
So, without taking her laptop off her (which she does actually need) is there any way we can block her from accessing the other network? If I knew who’s it was I’d advise them that it’s unsecured and ask them to fix it, but I don’t.
A colleague in work suggested setting up a wifi hotspot on an Android phone and giving it the same name as the other network (or even as ours), and as the signal from the phone would be stronger, her laptop would probably logon to the Android hotspot instead. As mobile data’s generally slower than wifi it may also be too slow for her gaming. I can’t try this as I don’t have an Android phone, but if it was likely to work I’d buy one - Carphone Warehouse have an Alcatel Android phone for about £30 which can be used as a hotspot.
Does anyone know if there’s any way of setting up a hotspot without actually having a connection to the Internet, via Android or otherwise?
It’s becoming a game of minds now between us and our daughter, and we sort of need to let her know we’re the parents, but without coming down too hard or her just yet.
Thanks.
Sam
I got a THL 5000 today,when it connects to my Wifi it disconects after a short time.
If I try to connect to the internet it does not work, even when the wifi icon is on at the top of the screen.
Anybody had this?
Please Help.
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Thilly1 said:
I got a THL 5000 today,when it connects to my Wifi it disconects after a short time.
If I try to connect to the internet it does not work, even when the wifi icon is on at the top of the screen.
Anybody had this?
Please Help.
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I have the same problem. Has anyone found the solution ???
Thilly1 said:
I got a THL 5000 today,when it connects to my Wifi it disconects after a short time.
If I try to connect to the internet it does not work, even when the wifi icon is on at the top of the screen.
Anybody had this?
Please Help.
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I have a THL 5000 too. Same issue. In my case I notice that it does not happen everywhere. I get disconnect at home, and at one other place. At other places like work, starbucks barnes and noble no disconnect. I tried almost everything to get around the issue and have had success a few different way. This issues is not limited to THL 5000 its many other android phones running Kit Kat. My ipad 2 has the same issues and so does my vista laptop but the issues occur only at home. This got me to think it may be router issue incompatibiity since some devices work perfectly and some dont I have three that disconnect in the same location. My ipad one has no issues my ipad air has no issues, just THL 5000, vista laptop, and ipad 2 have chronic disconnect.
My first way around this issues was to change the security setting on my router to WEP from WPA/WPA2 (both versions of WPA gave me disconects) when I did this they no longer disconneced from WIFI The issue here is that WEP is not very secure, but it solved the issue. I had checked for firmware update on the router but it reported they were all up to date. My devices are up to date too.
So if you are ok with WEP security it may fix the issue for you.
I personally did not want to keep using WEP, because my friend showed me how he can hack into my wifi. So I continued my search for another work around. I found that a wifi extender works. I found one for $30 at walmart and I had my phone link to the extender and the extender link to the router. This worked well for all devices and allowed me to maintain WPA security feature. So while not a fix it is a work around and not expensive.
A third solution is just buy a new router, but from what I gather other router have issues too, Nighthawk AC 1900 I heard has disconnect issues. So if you go via new router method keep in mind you want to save he receipt until you know for sure disconnect issue is gone. Basically its a compaibility issue. Also this may be most expensive route.
fourth methob if you phone had a previous Andorid OS (previous to Kitkat) you can try and restore a older version of the OS. Many have had success with that. In my case It came only with Kitkat so I could not place an older version.
Fifth method get a new phone. Since I could not return the phone I personally just run my phone via range extender at home and this works for me. I found a netgear range extender for $30 on amazon.
So while I don have a solution for you, there may be some work around that might work for you.