hey all..
I am having some weird problems with Android devices on my company wireless network.
My company makes games for Android and Ios and we test our games a lot on a variety of devices.
For whatever reason, some of our Android devices, which range from older version Samsung Notes, right up to Galaxy S4, have trouble with wireless speeds.
I am starting to believe its Android mostly because other devices have no problems, such as laptops, Iphone 4s and above, Ipads etc.
When I say they have problems, I mean they tend to lose connectivity to the wireless network and then reconnect, or their speeds are just way too low.
Iphones for example tend to get anywhere between 15-25Mbps when I've tested them. My Laptop is able to get 50 (I realize that a laptop is not a fair comparison).. and yet some of the Android devices here, Nexus 7 tablet, Samsung Galaxy Nexus (4.2.1), get around 1-3Mbps.. Also, my personal phone, an LG Optimus G, running Cyanogen Mod, gets 3-5 Mbps on the same networks as the other devices are on.
I don't understand what could be the reason for this huge discrepancy between devices and its very perplexing. At home on my Asus router, my phone gets a constant 20Mbps always.. and that's just a single router. Here in my office we have a 12 Access Point Wireless grid which provides signal to the enter building.
I have tried many different things, from adjusting the networks to only be G type, removing encryption for testing, upgrading phone OS's and making sure they are their current version.. also adjusting the wireless options such as turning wifi off during sleep, turning off the optimize wireless switch, everything I could think of.. and yet on some devices it just crawls and I don't get why.
Has anyone come across this before? I'm racking my brain here trying to get to the bottom of this ..
Thanks for any ideas and suggestions.
How about reducing the DHCP lease time on the router?
On a much much smaller scale, I've managed to deal with some devices having issues on my home wifi by turning on static IP via the device wifi settings for the connection.
Markuzy said:
How about reducing the DHCP lease time on the router?
On a much much smaller scale, I've managed to deal with some devices having issues on my home wifi by turning on static IP via the device wifi settings for the connection.
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Thanks for your reply.
I will try to change lease time on one of the networks and test to see if there is any change.
One of the devices that i'm having the most trouble, I tried to join after setting a static IP and found the same issue.. disconnecting and slow speed.
this is whats so weird.. I also have a Gtab 3 and am getting 30Mbps down and 30 Up.. its blazing fast, same network, different android version.. but not disconnecting and works fine. It just doesn't make sense.
I also had an Iphone 4s user come up to me and he's having the same trouble. It will disconnect frequently, and when we run a speed test its crazy slow. Meanwhile other iphones have no problems..
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As a 1.3d user from the beginning. I was annoyed by the wifi behaviour of my folio 100. As time passed, my wifi network was beginning unreachable, not appearing anymore in the list or avaible networks. I was thinking that , as much users, my wifi driver or hardware was the cause. My other devices worked smoothly. Using the folio in my bed (that is new !) I've noticed a lack of coverage by my wifi router. Using the alternative firmware from dd-wrt on my linksys wrt54gl, i've increased the signal from 74 to 140 mdb and switched channel to one tha is not in use around me. Now the reliability of my connection is good on the folio. Meaning that the folio wifi chipset is maybe weak compared to an iphone or a macbook, and needs particular attention homeside.
Off topic, can't wait for that media player dexter teased us. I hope it handles every audio format to watch scene releases on the fly. I was surprised xbmc on iphone 4 could playback it.
Long-time troller, first-time poster.
I'm a network engineer, so I know a thing or two about WiFi and what not but this has got me scratching my head.
For the life of me I can't get my Nook tablet to connect a speeds greater than 54Mbps via WiFi. I've got my Galaxy tab next to the thing and it's connecting at 65Mbps.
It's not an issue of frequency I actually disabled 5GHz spectrum on my AP to check. The AP is a Cisco 1142 dual radio 802.11a/b/g/n WAP. But I've also tried with a Cisco/Linksys e1000, and a netgear what-cha-call-it at a friend's house. No dice on WiFi speeds above 54Mbps
Even my Xperia play connects at 802.11n 2.4GHz speeds.
I'm running 1.4.0 Rooted if that helps. Plenty of reboots to kill a cow if anyone thinks that's the problem.
I'm thinking that B&N have the nook locked to 802.11g speeds.
What do you all think?
Something is up with the wifi for sure. If you google nook tablet wifi problems, you get a ton of hits. I could get my nook tablet to connect to my router but could not get the internet to work on the tablet. After rebooting the router and the nook several times, changing several router settings and doing everything under the son, I finally changed my security from the N to the G only setting ( Dont really remember which is was) and this fixed it. Keep in mind my android phone, my wifes blackberry, my playstation 3, my friends mac book and my in laws ipad have had 0 problems connecting to my router. I think its safe to say its the nook tablet.
Yeah I've seen the issues with the WiFi on Google and even here on XDA, but everybody seems to be having issues with not connecting, or connections get muddled up and they have to reboot their nook.
I'm still thinking Barnes & Nobel deliberately throttled the WiFi to support only 54Mbps max. Although I have no clue as to why they would do that.
yea i think they capped all the hardware cuz even the sound is low but when rooting and using a android media player its way louder
Hmm... I wonder where items like connection speed, and volume would have their parameters kept. I wonder if with Root one could edit them?
VidGameKing said:
Hmm... I wonder where items like connection speed, and volume would have their parameters kept. I wonder if with Root one could edit them?
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Tweaks can be done i think.
Where to look? : system/build.prop and system/etc/
In light of all the recent wifi issues with the Asus Transformer Prime. I got thinking.. Would it be possible for the prime to theoretically use a USB wifi dongle as the receiver through the keyboard dock?
Obviously android since gingerbread has had USB hosting and the ability to use mice, keyboards, game controllers and other devices, but how about a USB wireless networking adapter?
Thoughts?
Interesting thought and I have no idea... For average use wifi suffices but might be a nice option when going to a place where wifi is crap (like vacation house or something).
Iwas thinking the samething. The question is would there be driver issues with the USB device?
Not quite yet
If you are simply talking about a Wireless N Wifi dongle, there would be little gain, While not the best, a properly functioning Prime gets reasonable WiFi performance. Witness mine, which I regularly see 15-20 Mbit downloads speeds, so not great, but certainly acceptable.
If insetad you want a 3G wireless stick, at the present this is not an option. Honeycomb and even ICS do not provide support for these natively, though a rooted device I believe can be made to work with 1 or 2 3G sticks. When talking 3G, the best move is just root your phone and tether to that, but watch to 300 Mb game downloads folks. AT&T will make your head spin with the $ if you go over the measly 2 Gb plan (I was grandfathered in on an "Unlimited' data plan, and lost it... no biggie, they still bust you if you repeatedly use high bandwidth.
Good evening
I was wondering if there is any other thoughts on using a USB WiFi dongle with the prime. The reason I ask is that I note several retailers are starting to get stock in the UK and I am on the verge of purchasing.
The only issue I have is the WiFi range issue as I work on an offshore oil rig which has a WiFi network and I can currently use this within my cabin on a night with my net book to surf the net. However as there are a fair few partitions and a good distance etc between the WiFi router and the cabins, I don't think the Primes WiFi range would be sufficient (based on others posting issues when they are trying to pass through a few walls).
If a USB WiFi dongle could be made to work i would buy a prime tomorrow, otherwise I think I am going to stick with the net book for a while longer and wait for another model / manufacturer with Tegra 3 (I really don't want to follow the crowd and get an Apple!)
Many thanks!
Chris
Should knlw what that could be a good idea. THERES a guy in developement thread named Saturnde. He has made a thread called new or added drivers or something. He compiled a list of new drivers into a zip file for support of new USB devices that aren't normally supported by prime. He said if you want drivers for a particular device tl let him know. He will need name of device n model number or something. Won't hurt to run it past him and see if its feasible or possible. Let us know how it goes.
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If you are simply talking about a Wireless N Wifi dongle, there would be little gain, While not the best, a properly functioning Prime gets reasonable WiFi performance. Witness mine, which I regularly see 15-20 Mbit downloads speeds, so not great, but certainly acceptable.
If insetad you want a 3G wireless stick, at the present this is not an option. Honeycomb and even ICS do not provide support for these natively, though a rooted device I believe can be made to work with 1 or 2 3G sticks. When talking 3G, the best move is just root your phone and tether to that, but watch to 300 Mb game downloads folks. AT&T will make your head spin with the $ if you go over the measly 2 Gb plan (I was grandfathered in on an "Unlimited' data plan, and lost it... no biggie, they still bust you if you repeatedly use high bandwidth.
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Can you syggest a wifi dongle that i can use in an android tablet (my tablet's wifi is "broken")
So I have been playing Clash of Clans for quite some time now (over a year now), and this has always been a problem with this particular device, and the router (idk if it's the router causing the problem) that this wi-fi network uses.
I will try to specify my problem to the best of my abilities.
So what is going on is my Galaxy S4 on this particular wi-fi network I am on has very frequent connection problems on Supercell games.
With the recent updates they released, they added the connectivity issue icon that pops up in the middle of the screen when it begins to lose connection. This happens frequently. Most of the time, anytime I move to a different screen while this icon is active, it will then display the little loading icon (orange circular icon). At this point in time, I will have to completely reload my game in order to regain a connection. This also happens on Hay Day too, except Hay Day doesn't have the connectivity issue icons. I can get onto my 1st Generation Nexus 7 and play Clash, and I notice it actually "nexts" faster than my Galaxy S4, as well as never having these connectivity issues. It's weird because I am almost certain the Galaxy S4's CPU is much faster than the first generation Nexus 7's. I am wondering if perhaps this is some sort of an issue with the firmware version I am on. I have tried turning on airplane mode and turning only wi-fi on, and it still has the same issues.
Device: Sprint Galaxy S4
OS: Jellybean 4.2.2
Router: Tenda W311R
My phone IS rooted on the stock rom.
I read that S4s have connectivity issues with certain D-Link routers, but I have no idea if this is one.
Does anyone have similar issues, or have seen similar issues with this phone on Supercell games?
Bump! Does anyone know what this might be?
Hey there!
Ever since the official Android 10 update I'm experiencing interrupts in my wifi connection whenever I put my tablet away for a few minutes. I'd guess that's probably some new feature for battery saving, at least it's called "sleep mode" on my OnePlus 5T, but I haven't found anything similar on my tablet yet. The patch notes for the Android 10 update also don't mention anything wifi or battery related as far as I can tell....
It's not my wifi since my phone and my bf's phone all work as usual.
Any ideas or anyone experiencing the same issue? Already checked dev options in the settings, but couldn't see anything related. Maybe I missed some settings somewhere?
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6, 256 GB LTE (SM-T865)
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I've been experiencing problems with WiFi direct screen share connections too, like Miracast protocol
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Hey there!
Ever since the official Android 10 update I'm experiencing interrupts in my wifi connection whenever I put my tablet away for a few minutes. I'd guess that's probably some new feature for battery saving, at least it's called "sleep mode" on my OnePlus 5T, but I haven't found anything similar on my tablet yet. The patch notes for the Android 10 update also don't mention anything wifi or battery related as far as I can tell....
It's not my wifi since my phone and my bf's phone all work as usual.
Any ideas or anyone experiencing the same issue? Already checked dev options in the settings, but couldn't see anything related. Maybe I missed some settings somewhere?
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6, 256 GB LTE (SM-T865)
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I am having he same issue. did you find some solution?
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I am having he same issue. did you find some solution?
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Yup! I did a couple of things though, so I don't really know which of them actually helped fixing the issue, or if it's even required to do all.
- I got 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wifi. They shared the same name, which made my tab switch between them often. I renamed both wifis so they don't share the exact same name (fun fact, they're now called Pizza 2.4 and Pizza 5). My tab is now only using the 5 GHz one, the 2.4 one now is only for devices that don't support 5 GHz (like my New Nintendo 3DS XL or my printer), because I live in an area where many people are, and the more wifi channels are occupied, the messier (and more prone to interferences) it gets. 5 GHz has a smaller range but is also stronger, which is perfect for my small flat. On 2.4 there's way more interferences because it has more range.
- In my router's settings, I've set the tablet's IP to static, because I've read somewhere that this might help.
Can't tell if both steps are required, you might just wanna try out one first if you don't necessarily want a static intern IP for example.
My tablet also used to take ages to find my wifi, which is now fixed for some reason. On my OnePlus 5T it still takes very long to find my 5 GHz wifi, although it also has a static IP. But both devices won't disconnect randomly anymore.