Yea, I realize I'm the odd ball still running an old wrt54g for his home router but its all I need.
My problem though is that my newly acquired d-inc 4g can't connect to the WiFi at any faster than 12mbps with excellent signal. Now my girlfriends iPhone 4 sitting right near it gets the full 54mbps connection speed. And to further annoy me, my older rooted d-inc 2 gets 54mbps out the front door, no issues,
And to add to the slow speed, when the phone goes to sleep there is no WiFi data after it wakes back up. It remains connected, I just can't use it oddly.
Anyone willing and able to help a guy out?
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jiggz88 said:
Yea, I realize I'm the odd ball still running an old wrt54g for his home router but its all I need.
My problem though is that my newly acquired d-inc 4g can't connect to the WiFi at any faster than 12mbps with excellent signal. Now my girlfriends iPhone 4 sitting right near it gets the full 54mbps connection speed. And to further annoy me, my older rooted d-inc 2 gets 54mbps out the front door, no issues,
And to add to the slow speed, when the phone goes to sleep there is no WiFi data after it wakes back up. It remains connected, I just can't use it oddly.
Anyone willing and able to help a guy out?
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have you ever updated the firmware on your router?
Yea, I'm running dd-wrt v24-sp2 mini build 14896. No linksys bull stability issues here.
WiFi is running in mixed mode, channel 11, WPA2-PSK AES (TKIP sucks), with slightly boosted tx power (75mW vs default 71mW), no afterburner but frame burst is on with a long preamble
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This was solved. It was the routers fault. Apparently due to the recent storms at the time boucing the power, the flash on the router got into a bad state and required a 30-30-30 reset and has been happily working since then.
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I have been noticing that the WiFi Reception is wayy better than any other phone.
I'm getting strong signals in places were the signal went away in my home using the OG EVO, Epic 4g or the Hero.
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Same. Was going to post this as well.
I'm coming from the moment, but yesterday I Picked up Wifi in a spot I knew it existed, but never could get my phone find it. I just thought it was HTC standard. VERY impressed. Gotta love when speed test gets your phone up to 27MB/s via wifi.
Very true
Bussin Caps from my 3D shooter
Just did speedtest on old and new Evo.
4g ping in 91 ms, download .5 mbps, upload .99 mbps.
3d ping 18 ms, dl 18.14 mbps, ul 3.27.
That is amazing.
Same here. I am getting avg. of 1mb faster on 3g and 3-4mbs FASTER on WiFi in my room
4g seems the same
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Love this phone! Come on bootloader
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rockypr said:
I have been noticing that the WiFi Reception is wayy better than any other phone.
I'm getting strong signals in places were the signal went away in my home using the OG EVO, Epic 4g or the Hero.
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Way better then the wifi on the Palm Pre (v1). I'm able to walk about 15 foot or so farther and remain connected to the home WLAN.
I'm having all sorts of issues with WiFi. it seems to be broadcast storming my network when requesting a DHCP address. The sprint store told me the only way to connect it to wifi was to put it airplane mode, then enable wifi. Well that didn't work for me.
Any suggestions would help.
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"Best wi-fi performance"
I was getting terrible wi-fi reception at home and at work (very short range, dropped connections), then I found an option buried in the wi-fi "advanced" settings called "best wi-fi performance" which warns that it "may consume more power." Turned it on and immediately got a full-strength signal. First speed test from my office, where I had previously been unable to connect at all, got 16278kbps down and 4110kbps up. Guess I'll keep that option checked.
16129 down and 3655 up using my WFI with Comcast as my base broadband provider. I did enable "best WFI".
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Same. Was going to post this as well.
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Me too!!!!
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16129 down and 3655 up using my WFI with Comcast as my base broadband provider. I did enable "best WFI".
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Out fo curiosity, what's been the hit on battery with this option?
Wifi signal is great, however this is the 3rd HTC phone I've had that wont stay connected to wifi. I get no service in my house so wifi is a must, however after some time it disconnects, then tries to reconnect but hangs on "AUTHENTICATING WITH WIRELESS". My galaxy s 4g never disconnected on me, but the mytouch 3g, mytouch 4g and now my evo 3d cant hold a connection.
It's good, but it gets better when your in WiFi settings, tap menu button, hit advanced, and click best WiFi performance.
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Agreed I can actually get a signal OUTSIDE of my house. I am very pleased with the wifi reception
I was getting 3m down, 1m up with my rooted Hero. My laptop gets 20m down 5m up. The 3vo is getting 14m down, 4m up; amazing!
I have a Motorola Xoom and I get 72Mbps on Wireless N 2.4ghz, and while at the same time I am getting 6Mbps in the same location on the Moto Photon . I have a Netgear 4000 (N750) and I am about 7ft away with both devices. Is the WiFi Radio that Horrible in the Photon. Wireless SUCKS. I am on Channel 11 (the only person in the neighborhood, everyone else is still on default channel 6).
Anyone else having this issue. I just got this today and Love the phone, and but the Wireless is Terrible and may force me to take it back. I have Time Warner Cable (Roadrunner Plus 25Mbps Down & 2Mbps Up. I am baffled. Unless the Photon Wireless Radio SUCKS BALLS. I have updated the PRL & Profile.
What are you using to check your wifi speeds? Is it the same app on both?
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What are you using to check your wifi speeds? Is it the same app on both?
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I am using WiFi Analyzer on my Xoom only. I called Moto and Sprint and it has been escalated. 6Mbps is Rediclous. I have been doing this IT thing for 15+ years (installed AP's, Routers, Switches etc.etc) and NEVER have seen a WiFi Signal fluxuate like the Photon's does (from 72Mbps to 11Mbps in the matter of a couple of minutes or if I move around). I even turned off my 5ghz SSID and that did not help. It's really wierd.
Edit: I am now using the same WiFi Analyzer on my Photon and it shows the same results
Is 6Mbps too slow to load things on a phone? I guess I'm confused what you'd need more speed for on a phone...
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I have a Motorola Xoom and I get 72Mbps on Wireless N 2.4ghz, and while at the same time I am getting 6Mbps in the same location on the Moto Photon . I have a Netgear 4000 (N750) and I am about 7ft away with both devices. Is the WiFi Radio that Horrible in the Photon. Wireless SUCKS. I am on Channel 11 (the only person in the neighborhood, everyone else is still on default channel 6).
Anyone else having this issue. I just got this today and Love the phone, and but the Wireless is Terrible and may force me to take it back. I have Time Warner Cable (Roadrunner Plus 25Mbps Down & 2Mbps Up. I am baffled. Unless the Photon Wireless Radio SUCKS BALLS. I have updated the PRL & Profile.
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I'm seeing 18/17mb down and ~10 up using speedtest on my 802.11n 2.4ghz wifi.. dlink router if it makes a difference, using wpa2
(my internet's capable of 50/10)
-m
Just out of curiosity I ran a speed test
- i have 22x5 Connection. Only 1 bar signal on the wifi meters on the phone cause I'm pretty far from my router. Not too bad though.
Test Date: Aug 17, 2011 12:06:54 am
Connection Type: Wifi
Server: Minnesota City, MN
Download: 20891 kbps
Upload: 3137 kbps
Ping: 14 ms
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ghodzilla5150 said:
I have a Motorola Xoom and I get 72Mbps on Wireless N 2.4ghz, and while at the same time I am getting 6Mbps in the same location on the Moto Photon . I have a Netgear 4000 (N750) and I am about 7ft away with both devices. Is the WiFi Radio that Horrible in the Photon. Wireless SUCKS. I am on Channel 11 (the only person in the neighborhood, everyone else is still on default channel 6).
Anyone else having this issue. I just got this today and Love the phone, and but the Wireless is Terrible and may force me to take it back. I have Time Warner Cable (Roadrunner Plus 25Mbps Down & 2Mbps Up. I am baffled. Unless the Photon Wireless Radio SUCKS BALLS. I have updated the PRL & Profile.
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I'm getting 20Mbps down on WiFi with a Dlink 4500 Wireless N router.
codee said:
Is 6Mbps too slow to load things on a phone? I guess I'm confused what you'd need more speed for on a phone...
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It's not too slow, BUT my Xoom gets ALOT better WiFi reception (has a better WiFi Radio). I feel the WiFi Radio in the Photon is Crap (8 Radio's in the Photon and the most important one is garbage, alot of people will use WiFi). Hopefully there is a Firmaware update that fixes it. We don't buy these expensive WiFi Routers to get 6Mbps. Even the guys at Sprint agreed with me. That's low. Should see at least 28Mbps and above with the router I have.
I guess it's just a pet peeve of mine after doing this for so long, I know what I should be getting and it bothers me. Especially when WIFi Analyzer says my signal is Awesome.
I'm having issues with connection to wifi, anyone else??
wifi connects & then disconnects before Google.com even loads....then it reconnects again...and then goes around in a circle. Sometimes it last a little longer, but only long enough to keep my hopes up.
as soon as i got my RAZR i rooted it asap ....so now, I am unsure if its the handset, root, MotoBlur or something else?
ive checked and can't find any threads about this. anyone else have any issues or suggestions ....I will be very greatful for any response .. thanks
I 2nd That
You're not alone. I also noticed an issue with WiFi when using it for the first time. My RAZR is not rooted, so it looks like that isn't the issue. It contantly drops its WiFi connection, and can sometimes go several minutes before reconnecting. As far as I can tell at this point, signal strength does not seem to be a factor. I hope this will be corrected in the next patch.
I have also noticed that it randomly drop its LTE connection and reverts to 3G, even though it had great LTE signal... but this happened a lot with my Thunderbolt too, so I doubt its a device issue...
I'm running wpa-personal at home with no issues. What wireless security have you had issues with?
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I guess to be more specific, i'm running wpa2 with aes cipher.
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I have WPA2-Personal in place also
You could kill your encryption for a bit to rule it out as an issue.
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Not a bad idea, I will try that later today. Something must be up though, as my Thunderbolt worked just fine on that AP on 11/10. Thanks.
check bluetooth
I noticed wifi issues as well connections would drop or jump from AP to AP, but wouldn't connect. It seemed to be when I had bluetooth enabled at the same time. My connection speeds would drop (if it worked) to ~2Mbps, instead of the usual 13-14 I was getting. Once I turned BT off, no problems, no disconnects. Bluetooth did not effect my 4G/LTE, which is very strong where I live.
AP's:
Buffalo WHR-54GS
Cisco/Linksys E1000 v1
both running DD-WRT, WPA2
hmm... So far so good with Bluetooth off. Looks like we're on to something, thanks for the suggestion.
I started experiencing the wifi dropouts after installing Skype. I downloaded the non Verizon version of Skype and what I noticed is that when I open the app, it kills the wifi connection. It doesn't turn it off, it just appears to disable the wifi connection. It appears that I have to log off Skype and reboot and the wifi works fine.
Do you guys have Skype installed also?
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the RAZR wifi signal is too weak
when i put my hand on a side of the phone ,the signal reduc a level .
Is a hardware problom?
XT910 version of Singapore
vias1 said:
when i put my hand on a side of the phone ,the signal reduc a level .
Is a hardware problom?
XT910 version of Singapore
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same here. guess we are going to have to find a better place for our hands
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same here. guess we are going to have to find a better place for our hands
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same issue bad wifi connection ,,,, where is MOTO ??? please wake up and correct this fault, i remember the same issue was with SGS2 but it was solved after patch by samsung....
this issue is really teasing me alot,,
I found (on another forum) potential cause:
Turns out the milestone doesn't play well with newer models of wireless routers that use AEP authentication. Apparantly the milestone will sometimes send some inappropriate data to the router, which AEP authentication feels is a nono and so boots the device off the network until you manually reconnect. That's my understanding anyway.
The fix for me was to change my router encryption from WPA2-PSK to WPA-PSK (I have a siemens router supplied by Orcon). Since I've made the changes a few days ago I haven't had a single drop out. Hope it works for you too.
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I can confirm that I'm experiencing wifi drops only with WPA2 encryption on AP.
My Razr (XT910) works well at 5 GHz. When I tried to switch to 2.4 GHz frequency I had constant drop. Could be interference i guess! Once i switched back to 5 GHz haven't had a problem. Don't think Droid Razr (XT912) supports 5 GHz frequency though!
I have major WiFi problems. It can only detect my home router if it is in the same room or the room above it!
My three year old HTC Hero can see 7 networks up and down the street.
It's so bad that I could not recommend this phone to anyone who (like me) needs to be able to connect to WiFi on the move.
I have no idea who such a major fault in this otherwise fantastic phone could have been allowed.
I still have a few days left to return it but am not sure what the alternative would be. I had a Sensation XE that was great but like a brick compared to the Razr!
I hope there is a fix on the way.
Anyone else?
My wifi problem is that it can pick up router signal from too far. Even downstairs. My router is 4 floors up ...
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Anyone else?
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My Razr (XT910) works well at 5 GHz. When I tried to switch to 2.4 GHz frequency I had constant drop. Could be interference i guess! Once i switched back to 5 GHz haven't had a problem. Don't think Droid Razr (XT912) supports 5 GHz frequency though!
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I don't think our XT912 does 5 GHz either. I wish we could turn it on.
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My wifi problem is that it can pick up router signal from too far. Even downstairs. My router is 4 floors up ...
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I wish I had your problem!
Hi all ,
I met wifi problem with a dozen roms ... i flashed and wipe ... firstly I think is my phone hardware problem , but after I changed the channel of my rounter to channel 1 ... the problem solved...(so far)... I would like to ask if any razr owner have the same problem also ?
Hi mate,
I'm experiencing some WiFi problems with my RAZR and the home Linksys router as well. Haven't tried your solution with Channel 1 yet, though, but I'm gonna go and switch to it right away and report the outcome.
EDIT: Weird... Now my WiFi connection is almost lightning fast and no data losses. Well, thanks, hiha!
Speaking of Linksys routers... a While ago I changed my Linksys WAG120N router from G mode to N mode. Strangely, my RAZR started to reboot randomly. I switched the router back to G, and everything got back to normal.
Funny things are happening, it appears.
My Linksys E4200 is currently in Mixed mode and set on Channel 1 - this appears to be the optimal configuration for work with RAZR.
I also have problems with wifi. Really bad signal at home, like 5 meter away it drops to zero
I tried channel one, still same problem.
I noticed when u hold the phone and cover the right side wifi drops and dies constantly. Just like the iphone 4
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I'm on my 2nd Razr Maxx (first one had a cracked screen), and neither has/had any issues with my Wifi network. My router is on the 2nd floor (FiOS Actiontec, mixed mode G N). I get a good signal throughout my entire house, and have never had a single problem.
I hope ics fixs the wifi signal, its horrible. I am now on 2.3.6
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the right side wifi drops and dies constantly. Just like the iphone 4
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this is spot when wifi chip is and probobly antenna
when i have hand in that place signal is much weaker - 20dbm
wifi issue
My wife has a droid 3 and I have a razr. I am running netgear routers
with dd-wrt open source software. Both of these phones were unusable
when we first tried them. I logged into my router and set the qos settings
to enable and both phones now work flawlessly. It seems that the wifi chip
in these phones cycles on and off to conserve power. Without the proper handshaking between the two devices ,when the phone chip shuts down the
buffer overflows in the router and it disconnects because the data
is no longer valid. By eneabling the quality of service setting the router and
the wifi chip use a protocol to prevent this buffer overfllow.
If you search the microsoft knowledge base you will find that vista and win 7
had to have a software upgrade to address this same problem when they
first came out.
Some modems have the qos disabled by default to maintain a higher
throughput.
If you go to the dd-wrt wiki and search for qos it goes into more detail
as to how this works.
Wifi issues here too.
Forget low connectivity, my phone blatantly refuses to even connect to a connection secured with 802. 1x EAP. It is embarrassing to say the least.
I have issues where mobile connection and wifi go blue to grey after a while and no longer work. Possibly what the op refers to.
Also, similar to the iphone4 problems, holding my phone reduces both wifi and mobile data signals drastically. Is this a general device issue?
I am wondering if its something the motorola ics release might address.
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Hello everyone, this is my first post here. Awesome, I know. I was curious if any of you experience a weird wifi issue. I have full signal and the bars are indicating things are good, but I cannot access my internet from my bed. I can move about 5 feet towards the door and it works just fine. My old EVO 4G wimax has never had a problem, and could work outside even. Do you all think I just have a bad phone and I should return for another one, or is this maybe just a glitch that others are experiencing and i should just wait for a fix.
I have the same issues with, and without, the best wifi performance enabled.
I'm open to suggestions, as I really love the phone.
I have had this happen too. I don't believe the number of bars showing is correct. And that in fact the signal was weak.
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You can try to disablr then reconnect again. Sometimes this helps. I also have mine set to 2.4ghz only and I installed wifi manager. I haven't had any wifi issues since. I hope this helps.
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Try to set it to 2.4 only. My router doesnt like it any other way.
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Does your router firmware show you the signal strength of each connection? I would leave your phone in the room that is causing problems and then check the signal strength. Also try this just to be in the clear:
Forget network on phone, delete and release lease on router (if you have it set up this way), reboot phone, reboot router. Now try to reconnect again.
The above is always worth a shot. Reply with results and we'll take it from there
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Thank you all for the advice. I changed this to 2.4 ghz only and it works perfectly now.
I have similar problems even after the update that I though fixed the wifi issues. Now instead of it reconnecting like you said it shows connected and I have to cycle it on and off to get it to work. Very frustrating. Guess will have to wait for an ota again.
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