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so I had replaced the original WPA-suplicant file so I could connect to ad hoc networks. Had lost the original WPA file. someone posted up a copy of the original. uploaded to tab. replaced the old (Ad hoc friendly) with "original", now my Wi-Fi states ERROR, rebooted PC, same, put in the other WPA-supplicant file I had originally, still getting the same ERROR on Wi-Fi. any suggestions? something tells me I was suppose to disabled wifi before I did that, forgot.. chit..
FIX:
had to hold on the WPA_SUPPLICANT file and select view permissions
check/tick all the boxes in the first two columns and the first 2 in the last column.
Wifi is back ON! (THANK GOODNESS!!)
now to see if 3.1 installs.. wish me luck!
Nope. 3.1 failed to install... OMG!!! >,<
So I dont have my original WPA_Supplicant file.
Someone on another thread posted up theyre original WPA_Supplicant file.
I replaced the old one with his original one.
I did not make any other changes to my tab when I had root.
What could be the problem? anyway to bypass this & get 3.1 installed?
I did similar and it completely f*cked me up.
I factory reset and now my wifi just scans with out anything coming up. UGH.
HD87 said:
Nope. 3.1 failed to install... OMG!!! >,<
So I dont have my original WPA_Supplicant file.
Someone on another thread posted up theyre original WPA_Supplicant file.
I replaced the old one with his original one.
I did not make any other changes to my tab when I had root.
What could be the problem? anyway to bypass this & get 3.1 installed?
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Here is the fix for your issue..
i had exactly the same problem that you described and this file (original wpa_supplicant.zip) helped and solved my issue..i'm now running Honeycomb 3.1
Solution posted by Bob here: (just correct the "www" on the link below before opening)
w w w.androidtablets.net/forum/acer-iconia-tab-a500-forum/18444-update-failed-help.html
Here's the WPA_Supplicant from my A500, after the 3.1 update. Hope this works for you guys.
I'm not sure what the extension is for the A500, but I had to add .zip to be able to upload it. Try removing the .zip before using it. Also, remove the 'original'. I added that to keep it straight on my tablet.
Good Luck.
Bob
p.s: sorry i'm a newbie here and can't post any link outside the forum at the moment..
just follow the steps described by Bob!
bigjuju4fr said:
Here is the fix for your issue..
i had exactly the same problem that you described and this file (original wpa_supplicant.zip) helped and solved my issue..i'm now running Honeycomb 3.1
Solution posted by Bob here: (just correct the "www" on the link below before opening)
w w w.androidtablets.net/forum/acer-iconia-tab-a500-forum/18444-update-failed-help.html
Here's the WPA_Supplicant from my A500, after the 3.1 update. Hope this works for you guys.
I'm not sure what the extension is for the A500, but I had to add .zip to be able to upload it. Try removing the .zip before using it. Also, remove the 'original'. I added that to keep it straight on my tablet.
Good Luck.
Bob
p.s: sorry i'm a newbie here and can't post any link outside the forum at the moment..
just follow the steps described by Bob!
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No luck. Every wpa_supp file that I try just gives me an error.
rorytmeadows said:
No luck. Every wpa_supp file that I try just gives me an error.
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did you change the permissions on the file after copying that on /system/bin?
with gingerbreak.apk, you have to root ur device.(download and install gingerbeak.apk!! is available here in forum)
Then i used "es file explorer" (file explorer with root permissions) from the market. In the settings of the program, go to the root options and check the available two boxes before you copy the file in the system directory.
After copying the file, change the permissions as follow:
you have to check all the boxes for the first 2 columns and the first 2 for the last column; so at the end you should have: rwxrwxrw-
After that, go again on the settings of the program,
1. uncheck the two boxes,
2. go to installed gingerbreak app and unroot your device.. --> device will restart
after the restart go to the system from settings of the device and check if an update is available to your device and download it.. then install
it will work.
Good Luck
Claude
bigjuju4fr said:
did you change the permissions on the file after copying that on /system/bin?
with gingerbreak.apk, you have to root ur device.(download and install gingerbeak.apk!! is available here in forum)
Then i used "es file explorer" (file explorer with root permissions) from the market. In the settings of the program, go to the root options and check the available two boxes before you copy the file in the system directory.
After copying the file, change the permissions as follow:
you have to check all the boxes for the first 2 columns and the first 2 for the last column; so at the end you should have: rwxrwxrw-
After that, go again on the settings of the program,
1. uncheck the two boxes,
2. go to installed gingerbreak app and unroot your device.. --> device will restart
after the restart go to the system from settings of the device and check if an update is available to your device and download it.. then install
it will work.
Good Luck
Claude
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Ahh yes, that's it. I remember that originally, but I couldn't remember what the permissions settings were for and that was it!
Thanks,
could someone please post the original wpa_supplicant file? Every one that i have come across in the xda-developers forums i get the following error when trying to transfer it to my tablet "cannot copy item - the device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected". If i try to extract the file i get "cannot open file: it does not appear to be a valid archive." Im at a lost so any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
So I had the Ad-hoc patch working on my 3.1 4.010.11 using the Xoom's Wpa_supplicant file. I changed back to the stock wpa_supplicant file and then did a OTA upgrade to 4.010.13. rerooted and used es file explorer to copy back the xoom's wpa_supplicant and nothing in fact the wifi would not even turn on. Yes no wifi access at all. till i put back the stock wpa-supplicant. Any Ideas on a new patch?
Make sure the permissions on the supplicant file are correct. Just match the other files in the directory.
I had the same issue going from 3.0 to 3.1.
Thanks, that was it. Could not figure out what I was missing.
No problem. I spent about an hour trying to figure it out before I had the "Doh!" moment.
entropyiv said:
Make sure the permissions on the supplicant file are correct. Just match the other files in the directory.
I had the same issue going from 3.0 to 3.1.
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Thanks entropyiv for posting this.
So I'm a novice here... I had the ad-hoc patch running for quite a while and got the update that zrhodes posted about. I tried the same things and also couldn't get ad-hoc mode running. I tried changing the permissions in the wpa_supplicant file to match the other files in the system/bin folder, rebooted and it's still not working (A500 is rooted). Am I doing this correctly? Thanks in advance.
PS. The current permissions are rwxr-xr-x
Stormyfour20 said:
Thanks entropyiv for posting this.
So I'm a novice here... I had the ad-hoc patch running for quite a while and got the update that zrhodes posted about. I tried the same things and also couldn't get ad-hoc mode running. I tried changing the permissions in the wpa_supplicant file to match the other files in the system/bin folder, rebooted and it's still not working (A500 is rooted). Am I doing this correctly? Thanks in advance.
PS. The current permissions are rwxr-xr-x
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It is possible the file got corrupted during transfer. Did you try downloading the supplicant file again? Other than the permissions, I can't think of what could be causing the issue.
Maybe this dhcp issue i have seen floating around?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184646
Well this is curious. My GF and I both have HTC Touch Pro 2's and am using the wi-fi router application. It works using her phone, but not with mine. However, when I go to connect with the laptop to the phone, the "wifi router" shows up in the available network list. I try to connect using the tablet and it get's stuck in the obtaining IP loop. Well, didn't that frost me! So I had several version's of wi-fi router on my phone's sd card, tried installing another, and it works fine now. The wi-fi router application worked with my phone yesterday, before I updated to 4.010.13 GEN 2. Go figure...
One other thing to try is use Root Explorer to verify the owner and group of the file; long-press on wpa_supplicant file to bring up menu and select Change Owner. Make sure Owner is 0 - root and Group is 2000- shell. Copying the file into the folder using a file manager, or even simply extracting the file from a zip delivery, can change the file owner and/or group.
To avoid the permissions and groups issues w/ the wpa_supplicant file each update, I keep both the stock and ad-hoc files in the folder (/system/bin) and rename the files prior to installing any updates - the ad-hoc version gets renamed to wpa_supplicant.adhoc before updates and the stock version gets renamed to wpa_supplicant.stock after the update.
Looks like all those wifi recovery apps for rooted phones just give back a hex/binary code instead of the actual wifi password
anyway to decrypt these?
all wifi passwords are in a text file
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fffft said:
It's difficult to give you an useful answer since you provided no details at all. You'll get better answers if you tell us exactly how you tried to recover a password, program names, versions, examples, et cetera.
Start with telling us what you see in
/data/misc/wifi/ wpa_supplicant.conf
.
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i used all those programs wifi root recovery, wifi password recover...etc
when i click on data i dont see any misc folder, nothing is really in the data folder
i have no such path
/data/misc/wifi/ wpa_supplicant.conf
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demarco5 said:
i used all those programs wifi root recovery, wifi password recover...etc
when i click on data i dont see any misc folder, nothing is really in the data folder
i have no such path
/data/misc/wifi/ wpa_supplicant.conf
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ok i found the file
ssid:cisco
psk=225bc5c03f545744174477eebad879295
key_mgmt=wpa-psk
priority-10
frequence-2412
autojoin-1
usable_internet-0
skip_internet_check=0
all PSK for every saved wifi looks like that ...all encypted
Try this.
koragg97 said:
Try this.
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that didnt work that just shows the wpa file
demarco5 said:
i used all those programs wifi root recovery, wifi password recover...etc
when i click on data i dont see any misc folder, nothing is really in the data folder
i have no such path
/data/misc/wifi/ wpa_supplicant.conf
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I have too this problem on my Galaxy S6 DUOS.
if all this programs recover only encrypted password.
Maybe is possible make something for android in order to save new entered password NO ENCRYPTED to "/data/misc/wifi/ wpa_supplicant.conf " ?
Hope someone can help US, encrypted passwords are useless
I found slove this problem edit BUILD.PROB:
ro.securestorage.support=true
na
ro.securestorage.support=false
REEBOT PHONE and when you connect to network USING password this password isn't encrypted
Working in Galaxy S6 DUOS ;]
I did some testing with wpa_supplicant to try and get wifi roaming to working
i added the bgscan code to my wpa_supplicant.conf, and it did work, but whenever i restarted the wifi the wpa_supplicant.conf would be recreated without the bgscan code
can anyone point me in the right direction, or has any information on how i would get android to add the bgscan line to the wpa_supplicant.conf
i originally found this post, and used it for testing
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46134045&postcount=15357
Maybe you could make the file read-only.
Otherwise you will have to use a script.
Important. Root required.....
Hey everyone,I saw so many posts regarding Android & iOS that the Mac address is changing to 02:00:00:00:00 and WiFi is greyed out. None of the WiFi or hotspot not turning on.I get the same problem in my Condor and I searched a lot for the solution.I go for factory reset, full reset, flashing stock, radio etc.... But nothing helped. Some strange solution was to hit the back of the phone, put it in the freezer etc...I tried many other ways and that worked only was putting a file named
WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin
In to the folder / persist....... But it worked me for exactly 1 day and the problem still continued.
So I tried a new method which helped me a lot........
Steps
1.Take a back up of folders /persist and/data/misc/WiFi
2.unzip the below attachment and put the file WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin
To /Persist folder.
3.[important step].use any file manager to give full permission to the file(Use ES file explorer, I used solid explorer that provides more permission, if ES doesn't work use Solid explorer)..
4. Restart the phone
5. Now your WiFi will be back to rock............
If doesn't work try clearing the folder /data/misc/WiFi/wpa supplicant... And /persist....
If any thing goes wrong use back up's......
Don't forget to hit thanks if it worked......and don't blame me if it doesn't worked......
THANK YOU MASTER!
You just saved my life ..... *sighs relief*
KhanStan said:
THANK YOU MASTER!
You just saved my life ..... *sighs relief*
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Happy to hear that it works.....Thnkz for the reply....
I dont see persist folder at root.. what do i do, Even the sim card is not detected.
PyrooKnight said:
I dont see persist folder at root.. what do i do, Even the sim card is not detected.
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Which rom?
Fixed it.
Teamsek, I clean flashed it, that is when the problem triggered, could't go past the welcome screen, tried to look for /persist folder through recovery, no luck. So flashed again with no gapps then i was able to access filemanager, saw the persist folder followed above steps, No luck. Flashing Radio worked.
Bro what permission to be given I'm unable to do it on turbo 5.0 rom
Shaikh Arbaaz said:
Bro what permission to be given I'm unable to do it on turbo 5.0 rom
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Just give every permission that are available
Thank you!
Was looking for a fix forever until I found your post
Works perfectly
It seems that your method does work , I have the same problem with my LG V10 H961-n and I'm hopeful that I can fix it.
Should I root my phone first?
I also have a condor with the same problem,but I checked in the root directory and in the /persist folder the file " WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin" is already there, and so is the "bt_nv.bin"...How should I make my WiFi and Bluetooth work ,it has been like this for months , appreciate any advice
i cant see any folder and i can't make folder in my phone how can i fix it?..
Thanx a lot bro, it work for my phone Moto G 2013
Self corrected?
After flashing the last ViperOS rom, my phone got the 02:00:00:00:00:00 physical address. The phone was still connecting to wireless lan but I wanted to correct the wrong address. Something weird happened while I was prepairing the phone to follow the recommended steps for correcting the physical address issue: for managing files, root permissions is needed... so when I flashed SuperSU and restarted the phone, the physical address was corrected... I don't know why, I don't know how...
This may help
PyrooKnight said:
Fixed it.
Teamsek, I clean flashed it, that is when the problem triggered, could't go past the welcome screen, tried to look for /persist folder through recovery, no luck. So flashed again with no gapps then i was able to access filemanager, saw the persist folder followed above steps, No luck. Flashing Radio worked.
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Flashing Radio? where is that?
hed190 said:
Flashing Radio? where is that?
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https://www.sendspace.com/file/v8niwt
Hey, I'm unable to copy into the persist folder. Every time it's showing permission denied. I'm using ES File Explorer with root access. Still it's not happening. I've even tried Solid Explorer but could not find the persist folder from that. Please help. I'm using CM 13.0. Any later version isn't supported on my device.
Thank a Lot
I was about to give up, and this was going to be the last forum I read to solve my problem, and I must thank you because it was the only one that worked and helped me.
abhi5974 said:
Important. Root required.....
Hey everyone,I saw so many posts regarding Android & iOS that the Mac address is changing to 02:00:00:00:00 and WiFi is greyed out. None of the WiFi or hotspot not turning on.I get the same problem in my Condor and I searched a lot for the solution.I go for factory reset, full reset, flashing stock, radio etc.... But nothing helped. Some strange solution was to hit the back of the phone, put it in the freezer etc...I tried many other ways and that worked only was putting a file named
WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin
In to the folder / persist....... But it worked me for exactly 1 day and the problem still continued.
So I tried a new method which helped me a lot........
Steps
1.Take a back up of folders /persist and/data/misc/WiFi
2.unzip the below attachment and put the file WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin
To /Persist folder.
3.[important step].use any file manager to give full permission to the file(Use ES file explorer, I used solid explorer that provides more permission, if ES doesn't work use Solid explorer)..
4. Restart the phone
5. Now your WiFi will be back to rock............
If doesn't work try clearing the folder /data/misc/WiFi/wpa supplicant... And /persist....
If any thing goes wrong use back up's......
Don't forget to hit thanks if it worked......and don't blame me if it doesn't worked......
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masterpradip said:
Hey, I'm unable to copy into the persist folder. Every time it's showing permission denied. I'm using ES File Explorer with root access. Still it's not happening. I've even tried Solid Explorer but could not find the persist folder from that. Please help. I'm using CM 13.0. Any later version isn't supported on my device.
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yeah,, me too... after rebooting this file is gone