Wifi signal on this phone is never more than 1 bar and i could be in same room as router which has a/b/g/n and the signal always cuts out completely
is there any fixes for this ?
Did you try changing the router's settings? Enable only 1 band at a time. Also I would try changing the routers security protocol. Some routers also have a setting for adjusting the transmit power to use. At 10% I had one bar at 12 feet. my htc sensation wouldn't play well with N bandwidth enabled by itself but it was fine with b/g/n.
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Did you try changing the router's settings? Enable only 1 band at a time. Also I would try changing the routers security protocol. Some routers also have a setting for adjusting the transmit power to use. At 10% I had one bar at 12 feet. my htc sensation wouldn't play well with N bandwidth enabled by itself but it was fine with b/g/n.
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Thank you for the reply, but I do not always have the right to touch the router - in a cafe for example and even in a office...
any other solutions to the wi-fi problem?
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Did you try changing the router's settings? Enable only 1 band at a time. Also I would try changing the routers security protocol. Some routers also have a setting for adjusting the transmit power to use. At 10% I had one bar at 12 feet. my htc sensation wouldn't play well with N bandwidth enabled by itself but it was fine with b/g/n.
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Thankyou greeky510
Now I have full bars
What I did was change router to exclusively G ,I tried N first but only got 1 bar
And signal to frequency 11 from 1
while this fix does work where you can access router this problem will remain for routers outside of the home
my galaxy S 2 doesnt have this problem at all it always gives a good strong signal no matter where as long as wifi is in good range
You are very welcome maniAK. Unfortunately my technical skillset has reached its limit with a phone i have no experience with since i'm still waiting for my Razr Maxx in a few days.
I'm only guessing that the problem is that the rest of the routers you mentioned use either a dandwidth that your phone doesnt play well with or an authentication protocol that it doesnt like. Try turning off LTE, GPS and BlueTooth and see what happens then. Also try holding the phone a "different" way.
I would still go to Verizon and request a replacement phone, just to make sure there is no hardware issue with the phone.
I am having serious wifi issues on my T-Mobile P769 20f Jellybean which makes wifi pretty much unusable.
I have the following advanced wifi settings:
Keep wifi on during sleep = always
avoid poor connections = disabled
wifi frequency band = auto
When I am connected to wifi it will be for no longer than a few minutes before the connection drops. Sometimes it restarts on its own. Sometimes I need to kick it by toggling wifi on and off.
When I am connected I have piss poor link speed, only 5 mpbs. The connection is very slow. It took me on the order of 5 minutes today to download "wifi analyzer", an app which is less than a megabyte.
When I set wifi frequency band to 5ghz, I don't even see the 5ghz network which my dual band router (Asus rt n66u) has created on a separate SSID altogether. I only see my 2.4ghz network but trying to connect to it by clicking on the name does nothing.
When I am connected to my 2.4ghz network I have changed the ip settings from DHCP to static and that doesn't seem to help as other threads I have read suggest. My connection still frequently drops.
Finally I wish to try changing the wifi power saving setting by dialing *#0011# but that just yields "invalid MMI code".
Does anyone have any ideas? I am at my wits end with this wifi that is unusable and I am currently roaming so cannot turn on my data. It seems to me that this is the infamous Jellybean wifi issue but maybe not.
Any help is appreciated.
Yeah jellybean has a lot of problems, ice has the best Wi-Fi driver. I think wind 21b has good wifi, it's been awhile since I've been on that Rom, so I might be wrong. Maybe we can port the wifi driver from ice to the jellybean, not sure if we can though.
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It may sound stupid but have you checked that your router firmware is up to date? Other than that I would try a backup if the problem wasn't pre existing. Last resort reflash it.
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I had this problem whenever I have any "battery saving" app running (Battery Saver, Juice Defender, etc.). Turn them off and have my wifi on all day (or maybe using Llama / Tasker to turn wifi off at night) solves my problem.
(April 24th, 2015) After searching for a solution to my wifi dropping I collected a comprehensive list that has helped in one way or another. After seeing similar issues on S5 phones it appears this isn't solely a S6 problem. If you find or have used a method not on the list please report and I'll add it.
Possible fixes for Galaxy S6 WiFi problems:
Factory Reset
“Forgetting” your Wifi Network and Reconnecting
Settings ->Wi-Fi. Hit menu then Advanced. Make sure Keep Wi-Fi on is set to Always.
Settings, more networks, mobile network, uncheck Connection Optimizer
Under the Wi-Fi settings uncheck "Smart Network Switch"
Resetting the Modem/Router
Settings→wifi→WPS Button and same button on modem/router to 'lock on'
Switching from DHCP to Static Connection on Phone
Connect to your router's 2.4GHz band instead of 5GHz
Install a DNS changer app, select primary/secondary servers to Google or yandex.
Changing the Router Bandwidth Settings
Changing the Router’s Broadcast Channel
Adjusting the router security settings to WPA or WPA2
Enable WMM in your router settings
Disable IPV6 in your router settings
Calling your ISP and upgrading to a Higher Bandwidth/Speed
Wipe phone cache
1) Power off the Samsung Galaxy S6
2) Hold the power off, volume up and the home button all at the same time
3) After some seconds, the Galaxy S6 will vibrate once and the recovery mode is started
4) Search for the entry called “wipe cache partition” and start it
5) After a few minutes the process is complete and you can restart the Galaxy S6 with “reboot system now”
Disable phone's wifi power saving mode
1) Open your phone dialer
2) Enter *#0011#
3) Select more (top right)
4) Select WiFi
5) Turn off WiFi power save mode(enabled by default)
6) Exit and hopefully your WiFi connectivity issues will no longer be a problem
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(April 11th, 2015) Anyone experiencing wifi dropping out? It seems to happen when I require it, ie browsing themes or downloading apps. It will lose wifi and the lte icon appears and the screen freezes temporarily until wifi is restored. Last night this happened like 6 times one after another which wasd very annoying.
WiFi working petectly fine connected to my as router
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Yes, I am having the same issue. WiFi drops out, screen freezes and then WiFi comes back and everything works again :/
It seems to have settled down a little now, only seems to happen when there is quite a bit of WiFi activity.
It kept happening to me while I was downloading a GPS map and also when syncing Spotify.
I am connected to a 5GHz AC router, what sort of connection are you using?
Yes,
My device has also done this also around 4 - 5 times and i was thinking could it be Smart Network Switch which is on for me.
i have also noticed the wi-fi has dropped out for when the phone is asleep and i awake it.
`````If smart network switch is enabled, your device will be connected to a mobile network automatically when the Wi-Fi connection is unstable. `````
Master2k5 said:
Yes,
My device has also done this also around 4 - 5 times and i was thinking could it be Smart Network Switch which is on for me.
i have also noticed the wi-fi has dropped out for when the phone is asleep and i awake it.
`````If smart network switch is enabled, your device will be connected to a mobile network automatically when the Wi-Fi connection is unstable. `````
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I don't have Smart Network Switch enabled, so it isn't that for me.
My WiFi always stays connected through sleep though.
What sort of connection are you on? G/N/AC/2.4GHz/5GHz?
IakobosJ said:
I don't have Smart Network Switch enabled, so it isn't that for me.
My WiFi always stays connected through sleep though.
What sort of connection are you on? G/N/AC/2.4GHz/5GHz?
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i am on a 5GHz BT hub 5
My Smart Network Switch is off and I'm in the same room as my router so signal or the setting isn't the issue. Anyone using a Sprint Airsve in-home signal booster?
Liksys E4200 802 11 N router
I'm going to a friend's house later and will see if the same issues occur on his network.
I'll be able to do some tests at work tomorrow.
I haven't had it happen today at all :/
I downloaded Angry Birds Space 3 times this morning and no wifi drops. I was on the road and something locked up where I couldn't swipe between home screens or open the app drawer, noted I had wifi on even though I was in the car outside of a network. Didn't get to test the wifi at my friend's house but just tried downloading AB again and wifi dropped out.
This is getting annoying. Thinking I might see about going in to BB to exchange, this isn't a glitch I can live with or risk being a hardware defect. I plan on contacting Samsung to make sure they make a note, hopefully they are aware of this.
Galaxy S6 (not the edge.) Same issue. Wifi drops. Music stutters. Have to turn wifi off and back on to reconnect. Using Apple airport express.
Same thing here with galaxy s6 edge. Wifi keeps dropping out. Web pages too slow to load.
Will return the phone tomorrow.
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Jesus, these phones are gitchy as all hell. I get mine Thursday. Going to mess around with it for a week and if I keep having these same problems I'm just going to return it and move to something else. I've never seen soo many issues with a new phone in both software and hardware.
If anyone can test other wifi networks or exchange phones, please report back with results.
Googling turned up a similar problem people had with the S5, some found fixes while others didn't.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...msung-galaxy-s5-constantly-dropping-wifi.html
Another link lists some speed fix options for the S6
http://recomhub.com/blog/how-to-fix-samsung-galaxy-s6-slow-wifi-problem/
How to Galaxy S6 slow WiFi problems:
Factory Reset Galaxy S6
“Forgetting” your Wifi Network and Reconnecting
Resetting the Modem/Router
Switching from DHCP to Static Connection on Phone
Switching DNS to Google’s Addresses on Phone
Changing the Router Bandwidth Settings
Changing the Router’s Broadcast Channel
Adjusting the Modem/Router Security Settings and even Disabling Security
Calling your ISP and upgrading to a Higher Bandwidth/Speed
How to fix slow wifi on Galaxy S6:
Power off the Samsung Galaxy S6
Hold the power off, volume up and the home button all at the same time
After some seconds, the Galaxy S6 will vibrate once and the recovery mode is started
Search for the entry called “wipe cache partition” and start it
After a few minutes the process is complete and you can restart the Galaxy S6 with “reboot system now”
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I tried a few of those, others aren't necessary. I did 2 factory resets and the wifi was fine downloading 54 apps but dropped at the last one, and lasted all 55 but dropped later. I'm going in for an exchange tomorrow unless someone posts a magic fix.
The Recomhub website helped me fix my WiFi dropping problem. Thanks for the link, it really solved my issues!
5GHz Network
I've been testing this, because it is really annoying me now.
When I am connected to my 5GHz AC Network at home it drops out and freezes the phone quite a bit.
When I am connected to my 2.4GHz N Network at home, there is never an issue. Wireless actually seems to work better on this network.
So, for me at least, this problem is being caused by the 5GHz networks and switching back to 2.4GHz makes the problem go away.
This is an annoying bug, I have emailed Samsung about it, let's see if anyone replies.
My router is Simultaneous Dual-Band N (2.4 & 5 GHz) so I wonder if that is causing my issues. No idea how to remedy it at the moment.
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My router is Simultaneous Dual-Band N (2.4 & 5 GHz) so I wonder if that is causing my issues. No idea how to remedy it at the moment.
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Mine is too, but I have the ability in the router to separate the two networks, so my 5GHz network has a different SSID than the 2.4GHz one.
I've been connected to the 2.4GHz network all of tonight and done quite a bit of downloading to test it and it hasn't dropped out once, yet on 5GHz it would have done it at least twice already by now.
I cannot replicate this problem at work on the 5GHz Network. It must be something to do with the channels they are set at.
I will try and change some channels on the work network, see if I can get it the same as at home and then test again.
I have a call booked with Samsung who are going to remote my phone, hopefully they can pinpoint something
I can't even connect to my home's 5GHz, the 2.4GHx is what I'm testing.
I went to BB Wednesday and the Samsung rep wasn't aware of any wifi issue or remedies beyond what is mentioned in this thread. Of course I didn't lose wifi the brief time on their wifi network so the guy didn't know what to say other than contact Samsung support.
I tested this at my house last night.
64GB White Edge AT&T on 5.0.2
E3000 router with DDWRT
N700 Router with DDWRT
Both dual band, both running 2.4 and 5 Ghz
Both set to 40 channel width
Both with channels spanned correctly for no overlapping
Never lost connection while downloading and updating all apps throughout about 2 hours of use. Speeds saturated my broadband link (50Mbits/Sec) and never had a problem. However, I don't know about battery drain as I'm brand new and still letting everything settle for another few days before commenting/testing.
Hi guys,
I just got the phone two days ago and encountered the following issues that are surrounding wifi:
- wifi connection drops. I saw in the settings of the wifi when waking the phone that the IP field goes to none or an exclamation mark near the wifi icon or directly drops the connection. The drop happens for about 1 minute, comes back for 1 minute and drops again. Repeat. This does not happen on 4g. Wifi is set for always on, whatsapp and fb messenger that I use for the tests are exempt from battery saving. Note that this does not happen when using the phone on other wireless connections or a hotspot.
Happens both on 5ghz and 2.4ghz
Now, the troubleshooting that I've done was to factory reset the phone, test different Wifi networks and look through the settings to make sure that nothing will hinder my wifi capabilities.
On the router I tried with all the combinations of channels and channel width.
The router is an Archer C9 version 3.0/4.0 with the lastest firmware.
Please assist as it's driving me nuts!
Snakeulecu said:
Hi guys,
I just got the phone two days ago and encountered the following issues that are surrounding wifi:
- wifi connection drops. I saw in the settings of the wifi when waking the phone that the IP field goes to none or an exclamation mark near the wifi icon or directly drops the connection. The drop happens for about 1 minute, comes back for 1 minute and drops again. Repeat. This does not happen on 4g. Wifi is set for always on, whatsapp and fb messenger that I use for the tests are exempt from battery saving. Note that this does not happen when using the phone on other wireless connections or a hotspot.
Happens both on 5ghz and 2.4ghz
Now, the troubleshooting that I've done was to factory reset the phone, test different Wifi networks and look through the settings to make sure that nothing will hinder my wifi capabilities.
On the router I tried with all the combinations of channels and channel width.
The router is an Archer C9 version 3.0/4.0 with the lastest firmware.
Please assist as it's driving me nuts!
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Can you try to restore the router to factory settings to see if it will appear again?
I'm using a Pixel 2, with the latest updates, and I'm constantly getting issues when roaming WiFi within my house.
I have 3 AP's from Mikrotik, properly configured, and I don't have no issues at all with other devices like my iPad or Surface Pro/Book, etc.
But once in a while, my Pixel get's stuck in the state "Connected, No Internet" and it keeps retrying... until after a couple of minutes (5 or more) it properly connects...
Is there a way to disable this?
Another thing that I've noticed is that often the device only connects to the WiFi (switching from LTE) only when I unlock it or wake up the device. Have anyone noticed something similar with Pixel 2 or other devices? Any recommendations?
Cheers,
anthonws.
Hey, I don't own a Pixel but a Note9 but would certainly try to help you.
Do you have 2.4 Ghz router or do you connect to a 5 GHz SSID? If yes to the former, have you tested different channels. Interference in some rare cases can cause unstable internet. You can use the Wifi Analyzer app on the play store to test.
I had fixed a similar problem on my older S7e by assigning static IP to it. Try this as well. Static IP can be configured on your router as well as on your device itself.
Android do has options to set Wifi Aggressiveness. See if you have set Wifi Aggressive Mode (it connects to Mobile data even if Wifi is slightly unstable). There's also two more options (in developer options) that are worth checking: Wifi safe mode and Wifi power saving mode.
I understand that these options are hard to find and that's what made me initiate this guide. Do have a look.
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Paras Lehana said:
Hey, I don't own a Pixel but a Note9 but would certainly try to help you.
Do you have 2.4 Ghz router or do you connect to a 5 GHz SSID? If yes to the former, have you tested different channels. Interference in some rare cases can cause unstable internet. You can use the Wifi Analyzer app on the play store to test.
I had fixed a similar problem on my older S7e by assigning static IP to it. Try this as well. Static IP can be configured on your router as well as on your device itself.
Android do has options to set Wifi Aggressiveness. See if you have set Wifi Aggressive Mode (it connects to Mobile data even if Wifi is slightly unstable). There's also two more options (in developer options) that are worth checking: Wifi safe mode and Wifi power saving mode.
I understand that these options are hard to find and that's what made me initiate this guide. Do have a look.
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Hi,
Thanks for the reply. My WiFi is properly tuned. No channel overlapping. I'm using 5Ghz band only, same SSID and different channels, and bespoke antenna gains to reduce signal overlap.
None of those options are available in Google Pixel 2. No Power Save Mode and no Safe Mode. Only the option to have Mobile connectivity in background for Fast Switching.
My ask is more towards on how to disable the connectivity check from Android. Nothing else. I know I have Internet access. I know my AP's are all working properly. It's just something with Android...
anthonws