Is there a way to keep the S3 from switching Wifi networks? Tasker, Mods, anything.
Let's say you have two SSIDs. They have some overlap. When you're in the overlap zone, the phone keeps disconnecting.
I want the phone to stay connected to the same SSID, unless the signal becomes truly horrible.
I know how to switch to a different SSID if better signal with tasker, but I can't find a way to tell the phone NOT to disconnect unless X. Is that even possible?
Thanks!
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Hello everybody!
Someone of you has noticed a poor WiFi reception on Hero?
I'm experiencing a poor WiFi reception in my house when Hero is connect to internet thru an access point.
What happen is that after WiFi connection has been established the phone tends to loose it and restart connection thru GSM/3G link.
That happen also if phone stay in the same place without moving around and also when phone is close to access point location.
Any idea about way to solve the problem?
Regards.
Alex
ale.agos said:
Hello everybody!
Someone of you has noticed a poor WiFi reception on Hero?
I'm experiencing a poor WiFi reception in my house when Hero is connect to internet thru an access point.
What happen is that after WiFi connection has been established the phone tends to loose it and restart connection thru GSM/3G link.
That happen also if phone stay in the same place without moving around and also when phone is close to access point location.
Any idea about way to solve the problem?
Regards.
Alex
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Just an upgrade on issue...
If I turn off data connection thru GSM/3G and switch on WiFi seem that WiFi connection is stable so maybe issue come when both data connection are enabled...
Anyway is annoying shout down each time data connection on GSM/3D and power on WiFi!
Regards.
i believe wifi goes idle when not in use. so it connect to 3g or edge. However there is an app if not various in the market already to help keep wifi always on..
Do a search for wifi and see for yourself.
minogue said:
i believe wifi goes idle when not in use. so it connect to 3g or edge. However there is an app if not various in the market already to help keep wifi always on..
Do a search for wifi and see for yourself.
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Thanks for suggestion!
At now I've solved turning off GSM/3G data connection when I'm at home anyway I guess that WiFi reception sometimes go away due to issue of the phone or maybe as way to save battery...
when that happen phone stay unconnected so I guess that should be better if I will check for apps that keep WiFi connection always working!
Alex
when the device goes into standby, the wifi is turned off to save battery poweer, and it will go back to 3G.
go into the wifi settings, press menu and select advanced.
select the timeout options
set to never and it will not turn off when in standby.
problem solved and you shouldn't have to turn off Mobile data, although with the settings widget on your homescreen turning mobile data off off each time is hardly going to ruin your life. in fact i tend to do this anyway, just cos i have spent too many years with windows mobile....
Here's an annoying bug I've found tho - on TMob UK
If I send an MMS from home, wifi on, it sits there, and doesn't send the message. Until I turn off wifi and 3G kicks in again.
Now I know for a fact that on my Magic, it was able to turn on 3g/HSPDA to send the message all by itself. Might have a look in thodse advanced settings tho to see if there is something I can do.. Not a biggie, just a bit of an annoyance.
Dayzz
Dayzee said:
Here's an annoying bug I've found tho - on TMob UK
If I send an MMS from home, wifi on, it sits there, and doesn't send the message. Until I turn off wifi and 3G kicks in again.
Now I know for a fact that on my Magic, it was able to turn on 3g/HSPDA to send the message all by itself. Might have a look in thodse advanced settings tho to see if there is something I can do.. Not a biggie, just a bit of an annoyance.
Dayzz
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I too, have been doing a search on Forums all over Google looking for a resolution to this.
I have noticed if Wi-Fi is enabled I am unable to send or receive MMS messages.
It is an annoyance having to turn Wi-Fi off each time also I am never to know if someone has tried to send a message in the first place.
Currently using T-Mobile G2 (rooted with MCR Rom 2.8) on T-Mobile UK
When I deliberately turn off wifi cos there is none available I can use at work, on wake up my phone seems to always drop the 3G connection and attempt to connect to wifi, if there is a known one nearby it says connected to ' xxx hotspot' this happens when wifi is off and the connection doesnt actually get made, it then takes a while for 3G to come back on again, this is annoying as I dont have instant on data as it faffs around trying to connect to wifi when it is meant to be off.
I have a Stock phone, UK Vodafone on XXELLA version.
Is there a setting I have missed as this is starting to really annoy me now.
I wish I had kept my SGS2 as the freezing issues I keep getting and now this wifi make this a poor performing phone for the costs/specs..
Hey everyone, I got myself a Z2 recently and have been very happy about it for the most part. However, some things seem to not function a 100% the way it's supposed to.
Some times after it's been to sleep and I try browsing online with it using either 3g/4g or wifi the phone says it has a connection, but nothing loads. All I have to do to solve this is to refresh the wifi/3g connection manually, and then it works. It's rather annoying to always go through that procedure every time I want to use my phone, so I'm wondering is there anything I can do about this? Or anyone experienced anything similar?
Vegard
I have the same issue with WiFi while the phone sleeps or is active (no probs with mobile data though!), but I was not able to determine whether it's my router, the phone, or a combination of the two (though I have a hunch).
When I'm in my room which is unfortunately the farthest from the router, and the connection drops, my Z2 is not able to reconnect on its own. Have to disable/enable WiFi or else it's stuck in an infinite loop of connecting and obtaining an IP.
Now, I'm fine with a dropping connection occasionally given the distance and the... quality of my router. However, my laptop is able to reconnect automatically.
I have tried lots of possible solutions: WiFi sleep policy, static IP or DHCP, disabling/enabling WiFi optimisation or Auto-IP, switching WiFi channels, and various WiFi fixer apps. Nothing worked.
My guess? There is a bug in the stock firmware that makes the phone unable to reconnect if a connection is forcibly dropped . Pair this with a crappy router and you have a recipe for inconvenience.
Unfortunately, I have no spare router to confirm this, and with the bugs in CyanogenMod I am reluctant to flash for now.
Also, I am sure this is not a hardware fault of the phone in my case since I notice this behaviour at home in my network only.
Do you guys possibly know where I could find some logs related WiFi? I wanna get to the bottom of this.
This may seem like a minor issue, but it's driving me crazy.
I always set my Wifi to "Always on" on my devices, so that when I pick up my phone or tablet, it's connected and I don't need to wait for it to switch to Wifi and make a connection. This usually works great except on my HTC Desire. Something to do with HTC's connection manager stubbornly switches to the wireless data (3G/4G) connection even though I'm already on Wifi.
Basically what happens is this: I'm using my phone on Wifi, I put it to sleep, set it aside. I pick it up a second, a minute or hours later and turn it back on. It's still connected to Wifi, but then the connection manager toggles over to 3G for no reason at all. Then a few seconds later it flops back over to the Wifi connection.
Again, this may seem like a minor problem, but when I've told my phone to stay on Wifi, I'd like it to stay that way. Plus, the way it works, I'm usually already in an app by the time it toggles my connections, so I'm stuck sitting there and waiting while it does it's thing.
At one point I used Titanium Backup to freeze one of the connection managers that I found in the app list, but that didn't seem to stop it. Does anyone else know which app is doing this nonsense?
I'm on stock 4.2.2 (or whatever the phone came with). The phone is currently rooted.
Thanks a lot!
Just switched from cable to VZ gigabit FIOS internet only. They require you to keep their router in the loop no matter what other devices you might add. Using Fios Router with wifi turned off, connected to Netgear Orbi with two satellites. Mumimo and Beamforming are off at the recommendations of several Fios/Orbi users. Connection is from Fios router lan to internet port on Orbi. I have two satellites because apartment is long and thin with many very thick walls.
LG V10 which works very well but because of location, has to get cell signal from another state across a river. Therefore I use it in wifi mode when at home. When in the middle of a phone call I often lose the call as I move close to another access point (or satellite for Orbi). Have tried SWIFI but it needs each access point to have a "different ID" and I'm not sure what they're referring to. Can't often hold connection. Also tried Wifi Switcher (Cloudie), Wifi Toggle and one or two others.
Suggestions for other apps to try, or other settings? I need to use the router because the cell tower is so far away and I'd really like not to have to stay in one place if possible. Thanks for any and all help.