Not sure what the deal is, but my OG has the worst WiFi reception. Multiple routers to test as well. Just poor reception every network. WiFi will drop out often, and the signal is kinda whack. It'll show full strength then drop to a circle and eventually drop out after and reconnect with like 2 bars.
Anyone else having this issue?
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N12X93R said:
Not sure what the deal is, but my OG has the worst WiFi reception. Multiple routers to test as well. Just poor reception every network. WiFi will drop out often, and the signal is kinda whack. It'll show full strength then drop to a circle and eventually drop out after and reconnect with like 2 bars.
Anyone else having this issue?
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It would be best to provide additional details. Are you using a custom ROM or are you stock? Are you rooted/unlocked? When did the issue start?
Running the JB Canada Rom. I didn't have it long before I unlocked the bootloader. But right around when I rooted it, I suppose. It's been a universal problem though through different roms. I've only flashed a CPU kernel, but it shouldn't be active anymore.
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I don't have any of those issues on a stock phone with the current software version. I've used it with an Airport Extreme and a myriad of others wherever I'm at. I've never had a problem that was the phones fault.
After I made sure that the ATT smart wifi app was happy after I got the phone all has been well. That app seems to be the common thread running through all of these threads.
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I also have funky Wi-Fi issues with the JB ROM. It'll be working fine and just drop for no reason. Disabling and reenabling fixes it temporarily. I've read it's a common issue in 4.1. Annoying.
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Alpione said:
I also have funky Wi-Fi issues with the JB ROM. It'll be working fine and just drop for no reason. Disabling and reenabling fixes it temporarily. I've read it's a common issue in 4.1. Annoying.
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Yep, same problem here with the JB ROM. I have to disable then renable then it works. Annoying but it works
Try setting the wifi to 2.4 Ghz frequency on the settings menu
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I don't experience the problem but having to use 2.4 ghz is hokey. That band is saturated to hell and gone, even in Arkansas. But 5ghz lets me transfer crap across my lan at around 290mbps
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I got my GS2 not too long ago, and from the start, it's had issues connecting to my house router. I've tried the wifi elsewhere, and it works just fine.
I have about 7-8 other devices that connect to my router in my house, and they all work. Why doesn't my GS2 work? It's still on stock rom.
I have Verizon FIOS and the plain router they give you, if that matters. Looking for answers before the 30 day window if possible.
Have you tried restarting your router?
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Or check for a firmware update for your router.
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Is your router a D-Link? The SGS2 hates D-Link's. It has a fondness for Netgear's.
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Or check for a firmware update for your router.
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Will that really help? Everything else works fine.
kletiz said:
Have you tried restarting your router?
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I'll do it now since it sounds simple enough.
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Is your router a D-Link? The SGS2 hates D-Link's. It has a fondness for Netgear's.
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It's an Actiontec. Never heard of that brand.
Is there anything else I can do or check to figure out this problem?
Nvm. I restarted the modem, forgot the connection, then reconnected it. It worked, though it's kind of a weak signal. Thanks given to those who posted.
not the first time I've read that people were having weak wifi signals on their SGS2. I have yet to experience this myself so I'm guessing its incompatible with some routers. I have a verizon fios router and it works great.
I've noticed weaker signals on my S II compared to my captivate and my wife's Atrix. Nothing huge.
That's off a westell 327 dsl router.
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I've had no problem connected to secured wifi, but whenever an open wifi is available and I get the notification, when I try to click on it, I just get a Settings crash / force close notification. If I try to manually go into settings and into wifi, it does the same thing. Phone is unrooted - anyone else having this issue?
wifi fix? not for me
I found somewhere online that you can punch *#*#526#*#* into your GSII, and it fixes wifi problems. When I do this, it does begin a driver download, but it never seems to finish. I'm still having the force close issue when trying to open settings to connect to some open wifi sources.
On my Amaze after official updateing to android 4 with sense 3.6 my telephone work very good,but there is only and big problem,,,,everytime after restarting after 5 minutes SIGNAl is loosing,and i can use phone,,,everytime is showing NO SIGNAL,,,how can i solve that problem!???
I've noticed poor signal indoors in places where I got decent signal on GB. I really am not a fan of the ics radio
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I've noticed poor signal indoors in places where I got decent signal on GB. I really am not a fan of the ics radio
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I dont have such problem on GB. It began now,,,i cant use my phone,,,can you help??)
Flash a different modem?
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Flash a different modem?
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How???Where cna i find ?...but i dont have root,recovery.
It's an ICS thing. The new update messed with our signal. The only way to fix it is to S-Off and go back to Gingerbread.
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It's an ICS thing. The new update messed with our signal. The only way to fix it is to S-Off and go back to Gingerbread.
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THere is no other way???(((
Sorry for the late reply, you can search for modems I can provide a link if necessary but a Google search should be fine and you will need to root and have cwm installed to do this or use a flash tool or Odin if you have a galaxy,
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Am I the only one who doesn't have problems with the pics radio it fixed my signal and has been great
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I use to get full five bars at home using GB, after updated to ICS (SuperSayain rom) I pretty much only getting 3 bars. What I did was in the mobile network setting, changed mode from auto to WCDMA only and so far i've been getting pretty much 5 bar most of the time with occasionally dropped down to 4. hope this works for you too.
I am also having this strange issue. So is reverting to GB the only way or can you just flash the gb radio? Anybody know anymore about this??
Same issue here. At home used to get full 5 bars, now 3 sometimes 4, which is fine as I am usually on WiFi anyway. Problem is I had great signal all throughout my daily commute to work to where there is sections of my drive that I have no signal. Before in that area it would revert to EDGE from 4G and mine is set to auto.
Just believe like everyone else mentioned that it is the ICS radio. Hopefully an update will fix it
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If it's just a radio can we just flash an older one??
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If it's just a radio can we just flash an older one??
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No. And to the people talking about modems and odin and.. yea, no. We don't have modems to flash, and odin is just for samsung devices. Until now we couldn't flash a radio if we WANTED to.
You know the iPhone's fix when people were talking about how bad the signal was for the iPhone4? They had been boosting the REPORTED signal strength. So did HTC, so did Samsung, so did.. all of them. You'd drop a call when it showed you had GOOD signal.
Not a single person has posted about having ACTUAL worse issues. The OP said he can make calls and talks about how many bars.
Apple's opinion:
We have discovered the cause of this dramatic drop in bars, and it is both simple and surprising.
Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength. For example, we sometimes display 4 bars when we should be displaying as few as 2 bars.
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People here are having the OPPOSITE problem, it LOOKS like you should have an issue, and you don't.. but people keep posting about it even tho there hasn't been any issues.
This is the ONLY person who had actual signal issues(Weird Interference/Reception Call Issues on my Amaze) I have seen since ICS dropped, and it turned out to be a hair on the contact for the antennae. Read his thread, he methodically checked quality and could answer basic questions - and then he fixed the actual problem.
Edit: I'm not trying to be a jerk, but if someone is ACTUALLY having problems, they actually can't make calls, drop calls where they didn't before, etc.. then there is probably a problem that can be fixed. But unless you are having those issues it is likely that the signal strength you're seeing is more accurate(EXACTLY like the apple quote I put above), they are just doing a better job of SHOWING the actual signal. Which is good, no unexpected dropped calls or BS.
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Am I the only one who doesn't have problems with the pics radio it fixed my signal and has been great
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I got better signal here where am at with the official ics, even though its the same as the leak, I just get better radio communication with the official
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wow i have been having internet issues. unable to connect at all. no websites no you tube nothibg and im outside of my job where a block away is a tower. i have to reset the phoneat least 3 times a day in order to get my downloads ( podcasts) or view this wonderfull site. i have noticed the call quality is about the same. dont make tjat many calls on here. its mostly text and web. i have also noticed that the phone gets really hot while on the tmobile network and im surfing. other then that its great!
You've probably been throttled
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I use to get full five bars at home using GB, after updated to ICS (SuperSayain rom) I pretty much only getting 3 bars. What I did was in the mobile network setting, changed mode from auto to WCDMA only and so far i've been getting pretty much 5 bar most of the time with occasionally dropped down to 4. hope this works for you too.
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This didn't help btw
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You've probably been throttled
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Don't know if that's the case because when I so connect its fast. Just as fast as the first day of the month. I do have the 5gb plan and have never hit it. Been close but never hit it. I'm going to call just in case. You do have a good point.
Do a speedtest. If its 60 kb/s and steady, or something similar, that's your issue
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Has there ever been a fix for the issue where the phone randomly switches back and forth between 3G and wifi? i constantly get "The page can not be displayed" message. My phone does it quite a bit when I am at home. Very annoying!!
I never had that issue. I dont see other threads about that being a problem either. Maybe u have poor wifi signal?
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I never had that issue. I dont see other threads about that being a problem either. Maybe u have poor wifi signal?
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No, it happens but people are starting to give up on the EVO LTE.
Mine does this and I have been trying to figure it out as well.
Note: switching Rom's doesn't help
I dont have any problems with 3g/wifi switching. I use wifi all day at work no issues whatsoever. And people giving up on the lte? I dont see it.
What ROM are you using? I'm running Decks CM10 and never had that issue.
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for the most part that wifi issue was fixed in one of the OTA's we got.. i used to have problems with my wifi staying on when i was out of range.. after the OTA we got that had the fix in it,, i havent had any problems with it since...
The Ota for me never fixed the problem. I may try CM10. I have heard that CM10 uses different drivers for Wifi.
cmdauria said:
Has there ever been a fix for the issue where the phone randomly switches back and forth between 3G and wifi? i constantly get "The page can not be displayed" message. My phone does it quite a bit when I am at home. Very annoying!!
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I as well have not had problems like that unless my WiFi router is far away.
I did see a post before about the antenna springs in some evo lte's making poor contact and they fixed it. Not sure if that's your problem. I would make sprint give me another one.
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I read a post about stretching the springs and tried it. Surprisingly my wifi signal increase dramatically.
Jack
P.S. I never had the wifi dropping problem just did this to increase my range and it did.
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What ROM are you using? I'm running Decks CM10 and never had that issue.
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Has anybody else tried this and have you seen better results?
midmadn said:
I read a post about stretching the springs and tried it. Surprisingly my wifi signal increase dramatically.
Jack
P.S. I never had the wifi dropping problem just did this to increase my range and it did.
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What springs are those?
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I am convinced that this problem is not a ROM issue. I get the problem on every ROM I've flashed, MeanROM, Fresh, Sinister and I I'm now currently UREvo. I have the same on every one. I've tried current kernels as well and nothing.
My problem is while leaving the range of a wifi network it will not disconnect and then connect to mobile network. Then the same thing happens in reverse when going from mobile to wifi it will not make the hand off automatically. I have to manually turn all radios off then back on or reboot altogether.
I have decided to unroot, relock and flashRUU and see if I have the same problem. If so, I'm headed back to Sprint for warranty replacement.
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What springs are those?
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They are the metal spring tabs under the shiny black cover on the back of the phone. Not the ones on the cover itself but the ones on the phone under the cover.
Go to a spot where your Wi-Fi signal starts to fade and take note of your location and signal strength. Then remove the back cover and gently bend those metal contacts up away from the phone a very small amount. You may not even be able to see a difference. I used a very small screwdriver. Then replace the cover making sure it is firmly attached. Go back to that location and notice you now have full signal strength there and can go a bit farther before it drops. (it did for me anyways).
DISCLAIMER- As usual, I assume no responsibility if you break your phone. I'm just passing on a technique I learned in a forum that was a positive experience for me.
Jack
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It is being addressed in the 4+ jb update that's being tested for the Hox
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Anyone else notice sometimes it looses the strength of signal on a WiFi network ? If so is there a fix?
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AndreaCristiano said:
Anyone else notice sometimes it looses the strength of signal on a WiFi network ? If so is there a fix?
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Yea mine does it too. I just turn WiFi on then off and it seems to act right. Running latest base ROM.
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I haven't had that issue yet
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Yea mine does it too. I just turn WiFi on then off and it seems to act right. Running latest base ROM.
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It seems as though when it goes to sleep sometimes it looses the latch on true wifi signal. Also that's the same method I use toggle off /on and it works. It has to be a sleep setting for the WiFi
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AndreaCristiano said:
Anyone else notice sometimes it looses the strength of signal on a WiFi network ? If so is there a fix?
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Probably a problem with the phone. Take it back and get different device, perhaps something with JB already installed....that should fix all your issues.
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I haven't had that issue yet
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I'm gonna keep an eye on it and let you know
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It seems as though when it goes to sleep sometimes it looses the latch on true wifi signal. Also that's the same method I use toggle off /on and it works. It has to be a sleep setting for the WiFi
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Do you have the power saver enabled? There is a setting in there about turning off WiFi if it isn't processing data. That could be what is causing it.
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AT&T Smart Wifi
Check and see if AT&T Smart WiFi is on. I swapped my first LGOG because I thought there was a problem, but instead it was the AT&T Smart Wifi App. I am experimenting with using it now to manage my WiFi and it is working just fine now that I have stopped messing with the WiFi setting in the phone settings.
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Check and see if AT&T Smart WiFi is on. I swapped my first LGOG because I thought there was a problem, but instead it was the AT&T Smart Wifi App. I am experimenting with using it now to manage my WiFi and it is working just fine now that I have stopped messing with the WiFi setting in the phone settings.
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Hmm i was on I'm gonna give this a shot disable it and see what happens, thanks!
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Do you have the power saver enabled? There is a setting in there about turning off WiFi if it isn't processing data. That could be what is causing it.
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Nope don't use that i only use eco mode for the quad core
Seems a little better but not great. The signal strength fluctuates constantly
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Is there any reason my phone says it has a strong wifi signal but it keeps dropping wifi and starts using verizon network instead?
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new JB basband rooted and unloxk with jailbreak method
that's it........
Thought there may be a JB vs L4 modem and rom issue (New at this...)
Thanks
Or it may be changing settings when one first gets the phone and doesn't read (not that there is a manual) about each setting first.
Is it dropping while the screen is on? There's a setting to turn off wifi when the screen is off
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Is it dropping while the screen is on? There's a setting to turn off wifi when the screen is off
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That's what I thought the problem was but I was wrong............
Turns out the phone jack in the kitchen died so the wife moved the phone into the office. Cut my wifi signal by half, so in those areas where it was iffy to begin with, it was switching to Verizon.
I think it is all solved........(but I thought that last time.
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Is it dropping while the screen is on? There's a setting to turn off wifi when the screen is off
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Well NOT fixed...and it is dropping when the screen is on. The always on is selected.
HELP ! ! ! !
And it's not a signal strength issue?
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And it's not a signal strength issue?
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Well.....my laptop is at 9.8 mps and the phone is getting 5 mps so there is some problem but signal strength says very strong.
When is the last time you rebooted your router?
As a pre-emptive strike, I am not interested in other devices work fine and there is no reason to because of that. They aren't using the same wifi card and they all behave differently with their own little quirks. Point in case, I have had my PC lose wifi, but my phone is fine and a router reboot clears it up.
Is it while MMS messaging? I've noticed my phone switches to 3g/4g while sending MMS, even if wifi is on.
Compared the wifes s3 side by side with my note and they dropped together so did a factory reset of the router and all is well.
Thanks for the efforts.....