Hi guys,
Just had this annoying bug start happening in the last two weeks, no change in rom or any software changes that I know of.
So I was staying at a hotel, and using the wifi there, it was very annoying because everytime i left the hotel and returned I had to re-enter the wifi password but I thought it must be the wifi service and just put up with it. When I got back home, and back to my office, I also found that my local work wifi which has been working fine for two years also required me to go into wifi, click the ssid and enter my username/password everyday. My wifi at home, has no problem and will connect straight away.
So I went into wpa supplicant.conf file, and found two things, first there were a heap of duplicate entries for the several networks that I was having this problem with. and the second issue was every new network that I had added in the past 2 weeks had "disabled=1" flag in it.
So I deleted all the entries I could completely. rebooted the phone, (checked permissions and ownership of file was set correctly) connect to my work office successfully. rebooted, looked in the conf file again and guess what "disabled=1" was set arrgh!! So the connection will not work until i clock on it and re-enter password, at which time it will create a new entry in the conf file.
Any ideas on a fix for this?
flamery said:
Hi guys,
Just had this annoying bug start happening in the last two weeks, no change in rom or any software changes that I know of.
So I was staying at a hotel, and using the wifi there, it was very annoying because everytime i left the hotel and returned I had to re-enter the wifi password but I thought it must be the wifi service and just put up with it. When I got back home, and back to my office, I also found that my local work wifi which has been working fine for two years also required me to go into wifi, click the ssid and enter my username/password everyday. My wifi at home, has no problem and will connect straight away.
So I went into wpa supplicant.conf file, and found two things, first there were a heap of duplicate entries for the several networks that I was having this problem with. and the second issue was every new network that I had added in the past 2 weeks had "disabled=1" flag in it.
So I deleted all the entries I could completely. rebooted the phone, (checked permissions and ownership of file was set correctly) connect to my work office successfully. rebooted, looked in the conf file again and guess what "disabled=1" was set arrgh!! So the connection will not work until i clock on it and re-enter password, at which time it will create a new entry in the conf file.
Any ideas on a fix for this?
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Okay so maybe I solved it using a very primitive fix.
Not sure how many networks I had saved but I guess I had quite a few, my .conf file was 9 KB. The last 7 or so entries all had disabled=1 in them. So I deleted all the entries with disabled=1 then I went through a clean up process and removed about a third of the networks I had in there (mostly random free wifis I have connected to once) and now my .conf file is 6 KB
Rebooted the phone now the issue has gone, it is correctly saving new wifis. So maybe thats all the issue was, doesnt make any sense but seems to work.
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hi!
its a problem that suddenly developed. my wifi router (dlink dsl-g604t) is running in 802.11b/g mode and has wpa-tkip for security. i use 3 other laptops, a nokia e65 and my hd2 and i have assigned static IPs to all. i have no sort of filtering enabled. my dhcp pool is limited only to these 5 devices+my router itself (10.1.1.1-10.1.1.6).
my hd2 has always connected fine to my wifi on wpa. since recently, it simply doesnt connect anymore at all when using wpa. i just see the rotating circle next to my network name in the available networks list. in advanced settings i see "associated to network" as the status but it never gets an ip at all. router doesnt list hd2 as a connected dhcp client (and thats correct because i dont see an ip on my phone either). not to mention all other devices are connecting fine.
i have looked around the web and xda and i have tried the following:
what has worked for my h2:
1) open wifi
2) wep on an 'open' key
what has not worked for my hd2:
1) wpa-tkip
open/wep/wpa are the only options i have. no wpa2. my router is old. last firmware release was in 2007 and i dont expect anymore to come.
what i have tried to make wpa work (without any success):
1) changing my psk several times. my laptop connects when i change my psk but phone doesnt. i even changed keyboards on my hd2 to make sure i was typing what i was seeing
2) assigning the same static ip (as set in the router) to my broadcom wifi card and the ne2000 ethernet card on the hd2
3) the reg dword and static ip setting as suggested here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=627654
4) removing static ip setting for my hd2 MAC and opening up some space in the dhcp pool on the router.
if i misconfigure the security settings on my phone in any way (set to wpa-aes/wep instead of wpa tkip), the phone tries to connect and then stops. then the wifi network is simply listed as available. again this is normal behaviour and confirms that the phone understands the security setup. but when i set it right again (wpa-tkip), it just keeps connecting forever...
(i always soft reset when i make any changes.)
it doesnt seem to me to be a dlink router issue, considering other devices connect fine. also i havent changed any settings on the router in months (until my troubleshooting efforts and now i am back to the same settings).
i am pretty sure something's messed up on the phone, specifically relating to wpa security. thats because i can communicate with my router (i get "associated to network"/rotating circle as status) but i cant get an ip. what separates the two things is successful authentication.
it cant be a radio issue unless radios start malfunctioning randomly... as for what i have changed on my phone - i have installed sktools. the reason i mention sktools is because i found an entry reading "802.11g support" under "tune up->network" and it was DISABLED. so i simply enabled it. i have tried disabling and enabling again but that doesnt help. i also ran the registry cleanup if that makes any difference.
anyone else had this problem? or anyone who can suggest what i should try? please dont tell me to downgrade to wep/open.
many thanks!
phone details:
tmous hd2; 2.31.531.1 rom; 2.15.50.02_2 radio; hspl3
I have no suggestions , other than to tell you I use my phone with WPA daily on a Linksys 610n, works well ...
I wish I had more input for you ...
well im definitely sure that my dlink/hd2/wpa combo works too... it just doesnt work now... i have changed many roms and many radios. phone always connected...
if there is no decent way of going about this then what manhandling might work? reflash? hard reset? i really dont want to do those things because i am into heavy modding and equally bad at backing up... eg) several registry hacks will all go poof...
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well im definitely sure that my dlink/hd2/wpa combo works too... it just doesnt work now... i have changed many roms and many radios. phone always connected...
if there is no decent way of going about this then what manhandling might work? reflash? hard reset? i really dont want to do those things because i am into heavy modding and equally bad at backing up... eg) several registry hacks will all go poof...
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Just remembered the time I did have trouble getting it to connect, it was after I had enabled the "N" hack with BSB Tweak, could not get it to connect, again .. (this was not with the linksys, but with my older netgear on the other side of my network)
After a Hard Reset it did connect, but , not sure the "N" is worth the trouble ....
watcher64 said:
Just remembered the time I did have trouble getting it to connect, it was after I had enabled the "N" hack with BSB Tweak, could not get it to connect, again .. (this was not with the linksys, but with my older netgear on the other side of my network)
After a Hard Reset it did connect, but , not sure the "N" is worth the trouble ....
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i disabled the N hack by changing the registry key directly... soft reset and still nothing... so i put it back on... forgot to mention that in my original post...
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reflashed radio... still no luck.
silenced3 said:
i disabled the N hack by changing the registry key directly... soft reset and still nothing... so i put it back on... forgot to mention that in my original post...
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K .. and I was not clearer in my post, .... Once I had enabled it, disabling it did not seem to make a difference, I could not connect to that older AP, until I hard reset/re-flashed ... it happened twice, so I have just quit using the "N" hack altogether ...
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K .. and I was not clearer in my post, .... Once I had enabled it, disabling it did not seem to make a difference, I could not connect to that older AP, until I hard reset/re-flashed ... it happened twice, so I have just quit using the "N" hack altogether ...
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did you start having the problems right after setting the n hack? because i have had my n hack on since a long time and it worked fine all this while...
silenced3 said:
did you start having the problems right after setting the n hack? because i have had my n hack on since a long time and it worked fine all this while...
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I would not say right after, but fairly soon, was I think the next day I noticed, it , we are probably barking up the wrong tree, but It's all I got ....
solved!
woohoo! i fixed my problem.
it turns out that i was suffering from over-modding my phone i must thank this post#8 in the htc wizard subforum for reminding me that i did the same thing before my wpa problem started! thanks ristiisa for updating a 2 year old thread (in 2009)! so i went back to advanced config and under network -> i DISABLED wpa authentication (earlier i had set it to ENABLED)... and pronto, my weather tab has finally updated
imagine finding a solution in the htc wizard thread of all places... i am not sure what exactly i did wrong when i enabled wpa authentication though... but now its fixed! and all because i soooooooooo badly didnt want to do a hard reset/reflash
i thought i should come back here and post the solution for others... during my several days of solution hunting i also found out that googling for "hd2 wpa issue" or something similar brings my own thread as the top result
lesson for all those folk who curse their devices when they break down... maybe it is YOUR fault after all
SOLVED!
silenced3 said:
lesson for all those folk who curse their devices when they break down... maybe it is YOUR fault after all
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yep just like the doctor says ..."If it hurts when you do something, don't do that thing!!"
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Glad that fixed it for you ....
But just for reference WPA does work, just not for everyone it seems ....
A couple of days ago my wireless connection quit working at home. The wireless network icon turned white all the time, and never switched to green. I hard wire the modem/router (ATT Uversre 2Wire 3800HGV-B) into a 5 port switch and plug my computer, network storage drive, and media streaming box into the switch. I've had all of this set up for a few months in it's current configuration and there was never an issue before. This just seemingly happened out of the blue...funny how computers do that sometimes, right? I have an HTC Aria, I was running CM7 RC1 when the problem happened, I just updated to RC2 hoping maybe it would change and it didn't.
After reading posts and checking settings here's what I've found:
My wireless router is set to act as the DHCP server. I set all of the IP addresses manually. I've had it set this way for some time, haven't made any changes recently. The attached network storage (D-Link DNS 323 also has DHCP server capability, but that is disabled)
I found that while my phone was set in the router's setting to connect to 192.168.1.67 for whatever reason it was connecting to 192.168.0.200 (which is out of range, my DHCP is set to address to 192.168.1.64 - 192.168.1.253)
Any idea what would cause this?
I have a temporary fix right now, I've set the phone for static IP and entered all the values. It now connects to my home network on the correct IP and appears to work. This will be a hassle though because there will likely be conflicts when I try to connect to public wifi or at my office. I could just go in and set it back to automatic IP when I leave home....but that is a hassle, and obviously, something isn't working quite right.
Anybody have a clue what would be making this happen?
thanks!
theWilly said:
A couple of days ago my wireless connection quit working at home. The wireless network icon turned white all the time, and never switched to green. I hard wire the modem/router (ATT Uversre 2Wire 3800HGV-B) into a 5 port switch and plug my computer, network storage drive, and media streaming box into the switch. I've had all of this set up for a few months in it's current configuration and there was never an issue before. This just seemingly happened out of the blue...funny how computers do that sometimes, right? I have an HTC Aria, I was running CM7 RC1 when the problem happened, I just updated to RC2 hoping maybe it would change and it didn't.
After reading posts and checking settings here's what I've found:
My wireless router is set to act as the DHCP server. I set all of the IP addresses manually. I've had it set this way for some time, haven't made any changes recently. The attached network storage (D-Link DNS 323 also has DHCP server capability, but that is disabled)
I found that while my phone was set in the router's setting to connect to 192.168.1.67 for whatever reason it was connecting to 192.168.0.200 (which is out of range, my DHCP is set to address to 192.168.1.64 - 192.168.1.253)
Any idea what would cause this?
I have a temporary fix right now, I've set the phone for static IP and entered all the values. It now connects to my home network on the correct IP and appears to work. This will be a hassle though because there will likely be conflicts when I try to connect to public wifi or at my office. I could just go in and set it back to automatic IP when I leave home....but that is a hassle, and obviously, something isn't working quite right.
Anybody have a clue what would be making this happen?
thanks!
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I don't understand when you say your router is your DHCP server but you set all the addresses manually...I can understand setting your network storage and media streaming to static IP's but you may want to reconsider for everything else, if your router allows for that to happen.
Have you tried rebooting your router and switch? May be worth doing that. I would not recommend a RESET because you'll have to reconfigure everything and I know how much of a hassle that is.
So, when you say you set the phone for static IP, do you mean through the phone gui or through the router?
Another thing to check is the number of available IP addresses. You could be out. I doubt this is the case in a home network, but never hurts to check.
"Do you mind if I turn up the AC?"
I have somewhat of a similar situation... I just installed CM7 RC2 and I can connect to my home's wifi and browse the internet etc... but some apps like Facebook won't update. With Facebook, I can retrieve messages sent to me but the news feed never updates and I can't view profiles. And for some reason everything works when I use my university's wifi...
corber22 said:
I have somewhat of a similar situation... I just installed CM7 RC2 and I can connect to my home's wifi and browse the internet etc... but some apps like Facebook won't update. With Facebook, I can retrieve messages sent to me but the news feed never updates and I can't view profiles. And for some reason everything works when I use my university's wifi...
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Have you checked (turned on) your Background Data and Auto-sync?
Menu > Settings > Accounts & Sync ......
Have you checked (turned on) your Background Data and Auto-sync?
Menu > Settings > Accounts & Sync ......
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Yeah, it's on. Still doesn't work. One other thing I noticed is that even though I'm with At&t the Amazon App Store works when I'm using my university's WiFi but no where else...
corber22 said:
Yeah, it's on. Still doesn't work. One other thing I noticed is that even though I'm with At&t the Amazon App Store works when I'm using my university's WiFi but no where else...
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Go here and download the latest Nightly cm_liberty_full-30.zip
WiFi performance has been dramatically improved since RC2, and if nothing else, it's a better place to continue trouble shooting from.
Go here and download the latest Nightly cm_liberty_full-30.zip
WiFi performance has been dramatically improved since RC2, and if nothing else, it's a better place to continue trouble shooting from.
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Didn't help I don't get what's happening. I can use the browser fine but certain applications always time out and won't update.
I have the same problem. I've found the following apps to not work correctly when I connect my Sprint HTC Evo 4G (CM 7.0.3.1) to my home wireless network (Apple Airport Extreme Base Station):
Facebook (news feed won't update)
Amazon MP3 (Only the cloud player doesn't work)
Netflix (won't let me log in)
Speedtest (downloads fine but shows 0.00Mbps for uploads)
Again, all features works great on 3G or on the wifi at work (a university network running WPA2 Enterprise with LEAP authentication), which leads me to suspect there's something wrong with my home wifi setup. I have updated the Airport Extreme to the latest firmware and reset it several times yet the problem persists. Any ideas?
So I was trying to browse internet at a McD restaurant the other day and couldn't get my prime to redirect to McD splashscreen. Tried various browsers......opera, dolphin, stock, chrome and none of them would redirect. Used wifi tool and confirmed an ip address had been issued but the wifi fan would just stay grey. Dhcp settings checked, must admit I haven't tried another mcD location but just wanted to confirm whether others in Oz are able to bring up the sign in splashscreen with their primes running latest stock ICS.
Two Thoughts....If the McD's router is using the AD-HOC mode, you need the fix that's shown in the forum (or wait for update 19/20 - it's supposed to be in there)
2nd, At times, the only way I can get my Prime to work with Wifi is to reboot the router....Wifi Analyzer shows the signal there, but even shutting the Prime down, and restarting, wont work.....then I reboot the router and everything is fine.
I have no idea of what modes the Free Wifi Hotspots use
Thanks, now that you mention it I did already change the wpa_supplicant file some months ago as mentioned in this forum, I wonder if thats what is causing connex issues with mcD`s. Will try with original nxt time.
My wife and I are having the exact same issue which started within the past 48-72 hours.
Our phones when returning from say "Sleep mode" will not be on the wireless network. When you look at the networks listed, it shows the network as disabled. No other devices are seeing this issue, laptops, nexus 7's, SGS4, Galaxy Tab 3, etc.
When we click on the network we can connect and things go back to normal temporarily. I've restarted the router, I've restarted the access point, the phones are assigned static IP addresses which do not interfere with anything else on the network.
Nothing on the network has changed in the last 48-72 hours.
I've told the phone to "forget the network" but still see the issue.
I've also factory reset my phone and restored from a backup to try to resolve this.
Any ideas?
Still having this issue.
Just as an update:
Finally gave up trying to troubleshoot myself and went to a Sprint store. The technicians at first tried to say that it was my network, which I quickly shot that down by saying both of our LG G3's are having issues and no other wireless device has an issue. And there's about 10-12 other wireless devices at any given time on the network.
I mentioned that it's showing up in the Sprint forums. That's when the technician looked into their online db (or maybe just the Sprint forums). After a few minutes of a perplexed look on his face, he said... "Oh... that's not good."
Apparently, this is becoming a very common issue with the latest update ZV8. So he'll be talking to his boss about what they need to do next and will hopefully call me tomorrow.
I'll update the thread with any new info.
So just to let everyone know, the problem seems to be resolved now. Without going to Sprint or replacing the phone.
The problems apparently had something to do with the statically assigned IP addresses that I gave to the phones. I have not made any changes to those static IPs in months so there should not have been a sudden issue with them, however after removing the static IP assigned to them, the phones seem to hold their connections just fine.
shepscrook said:
So just to let everyone know, the problem seems to be resolved now. Without going to Sprint or replacing the phone.
The problems apparently had something to do with the statically assigned IP addresses that I gave to the phones. I have not made any changes to those static IPs in months so there should not have been a sudden issue with them, however after removing the static IP assigned to them, the phones seem to hold their connections just fine.
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So it's not a common issue with zv8?
Did the rep call you back?
And these static addresses I presume were on the router? Or were they manually set on the phone/device?
This might very well be a common issue with zv8.
The rep never called me back. Although this is sprint that we are talking about.
The router assigned the static IP addresses.
Pfsense router if you are wondering.
LG X Charge Constant Disable Of Open Wifi Hot Spot Can't Auto Connect. (solv
LG X Charge Constant Disable Of Open Wifi Hot Spot Can't Auto Connect.
(solved)
1.Go To;
a} Settings.
b} Wifi.
c} Top Right Side Menu/Advanced Wifi.
d} Disable auto-connect to wifi.
2.Go to;
a} Settings.
b} Apps.
c} Show System Apps.
d} Wifi settings.
e} Disable permission to phone and location.
3.Go To;
a} Google Play Store.
b} Search Free WiFi Connect.
c} Install Free WiFi Connect By Mentisco.
d} Open App.
e} Turn On App (top right).
f} Click Settings Menu
(Bottom Right).
g} Turn On Auto Connect.
When you get the "Allow WiFi Settings" pop up click "Don't ask again" then click "DENY" then on the next pop up click "Don't ask again" and "DENY" again.
You're Done.
Cyber Satan Was Here. ?
Originally posted in device specific forum, but no answers there. I'll edit that post as soon as this has a URL.
OK - I use LOS 14 which has been more or less fine ( a few documented niggles on the thread, but OK up to now)
About two weeks ago, without any obvious changes my WiFi locks the entire router - resulting in a router reset. Router is a "TP Linke AC750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router"
I did initially think this was triggered by the IP lease expiry, but set IP addresses or maxing out the lease time didn't seem to work. But it does seem to occur when the phone reconnects
Edit - the more I look at this the more I think it is triggered by lease renewal, but fixed IP address fails to resolve!
I have increased the log settings - see screen shot - with "network_selection_disabled_association_rejection= 3"
Also, in the Logs there is WiFiQualifiedNetowrkSelector: <ssid>: <mac of router> is on blacklist
Looking around the net this error seems to be down to the phone blacklisting the router due to poor connections - but I didn't even leave the house today and it hit
I've tried lots of tweaks to WiFi, keeping it on, keeping it off. I have now just moved my Routers channel to a less busy one - but I have no idea what is causing it.
Edit - channel move and width reduction didn't do anything.
I have removed all the apps that I can recall installing just before this happened.
I have "forgotten" connection and made it again
ROM is as it is and was stable for months before this happened - Router firmware is up to date and went through factory reset - can't do that for phone for a week as it is my key generator for 2 factor authentication to work network and if I zap phone you can bet work will need remote access before next week!
Ideas anyone?
Cheers
Eserim
OK this report on Chromecasts killing Routers - is so similar to what I see, plus the timing of others with the issue match my timing, I am thinkiong this was the cause