hey i cant connect to a hidden network any ideas
Go to add network type the name in, just like on any wireless device.
i did that but it still does not connect to it. idk what else to do
I had the same problem. SSID's are case sensitive, so make sure you have capital letters where they should be.
slvrblt said:
I had the same problem. SSID's are case sensitive, so make sure you have capital letters where they should be.
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Yup usually that's the reason. Try to reboot the router or modem (whichever is the wireless one)
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Ok so I can connect to my home network just fine.. its a wireless netgear. Then I go to my fathers house and I try to connect to his network and it says authenticating... rendering... disabled! Then in the wireless network list it says the network is "disabled, secured...". Same thing happened with the neighbors wifi. Something I'm missing? I know the password is right so its not that... and I'm almost cretin its not the router ..
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just a random thought, have you checked that the mac adress filtering isnt enabled on your fathers router and neighbor. like i said just random and maybe something to look at,,,
I dont think so because their lap top connects just fine
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okay, but they might have their router settup to allow the lap top and block all others. give it a check in the router settings, or i have come across some routers that just needed to be power cycled/rebooted and phone connected fine afterwards,, maybe give that a try.
Well since i set up both their networks i know that that is not the case. In any event I will try to power cycle the router.
My TF (Stock 3.1) has an annoying problem that I've just stumbled upon.
If I set the wifi to disconnect on sleep and reconnect when powered back on, the Wifi will not connect. Just gets stuck on aquiring network address.
If I set it to always on, it never has any trouble. Connects in an instant.
I tried leaving wifi On and rebooted the router and it connected as soon as the router was ready. I also switched it to wifi off and then on and it connected straightaway. Take it out of wifi zone and back again and connects perfectly.
Never lost/dropped a connection before. Though I'd enable the sleep feature to save some battery while I'm at work or at night.
I'm not sure if this is unique to me.
Had the same issues. I had to set my ip to static on the TF. This will resolve the issue you're having.
Had the issue only once. Had to turn off/on the wifi. I think is an android problem because my Motorola atrix has the same issue.
dazz87 said:
Had the same issues. I had to set my ip to static on the TF. This will resolve the issue you're having.
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Fixed it. Thanks heaps..
Did not have this problem on the Desire, stock or with any of the ROMS i've tried
dazz87 said:
Had the same issues. I had to set my ip to static on the TF. This will resolve the issue you're having.
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How do I do this on the TF? I can't find it anywhere for this option
I too have this problem, how do I create a static IP address on the TF please ????
Or is this done on my wireless router ?
rsmccleary said:
How do I do this on the TF? I can't find it anywhere for this option
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go into you wifi setting. locate your ssid and click on it till you see modify. scroll.down to change from dhcp to.static
i don`t find that menue in the TF
yeah i dont have that option
It confused me at first as well.. locate your SSID and select the option to forget all the information. Then when you attempt to connect again you should see it there.
HTH.
oztraze said:
It confused me at first as well.. locate your SSID and select the option to forget all the information. Then when you attempt to connect again you should see it there.
HTH.
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see i dont even have the option. in the wireless& networks > wi-fi settings, there is no option for ssid. the only option is an icon at the top right of the screen that says "scan" or "advanced". in the advanced section, it gives me IP and MAC addresses. nothing gives me an option to obtain ssid information. i wonder if the american version of the tab is different.
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see i dont even have the option. in the wireless& networks > wi-fi settings, there is no option for ssid. the only option is an icon at the top right of the screen that says "scan" or "advanced". in the advanced section, it gives me IP and MAC addresses. nothing gives me an option to obtain ssid information. i wonder if the american version of the tab is different.
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Okay Go into Wi-FI setting, Under WiFi network setting find your wifi network (name of your network) which should be the first one at the very top. Hold down on your wifi network and you should see a "modify network" option. Select that. Then you want to scroll up. You should then see "IP setting", change DHCP to Static. SSID is the name of your wifi network.
Hi all,
My phone's wifi keeps changing the AP to another one that I have connected, these two APs are all in my room, so the signal strength is same. How could I prevent that? I need the access point I deserved, not itself change to another I previously connected.
Thanks!
nabor said:
Hi all,
My phone's wifi keeps changing the AP to another one that I have connected, these two APs are all in my room, so the signal strength is same. How could I prevent that? I need the access point I deserved, not itself change to another I previously connected.
Thanks!
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Not sure what you mean exactly as you seem to have be missing words(or using the wrong word) in your sentences, but I think that you should go to wifi settings, click the one you don't want it to connect to anymore, and hit Forget.
Press on the SSID you don't want and press forget. Keep the one you want connected.
almost the same problem, but in my situation is 2.4/5G band from same AP i want to use 5G but the phone always jump to 2.4G one after some time.
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I have a similar question. I have both my university's wi-fi and home wi-fi stored to my phone's memory. The university wi-fi shows still a signal on my flat occassionally and my phone connects to it automatically. Is there a way (without third party app) to tell my phone that I prefer using my home wifi over my university wifi?
http://androidforums.com/droid-all-things-root/142036-there-way-set-wifi-priority.html
An interesting read.
Maomao you can set that to the one you want. In WiFi settings, menu then advanced.
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I have a new AT&T Galaxy S4. It's not rooted or anything. It's stock.
I connect to my home Wifi in the evening. During the day at work, I turn off Wifi and use LTE. When I get home and I turn Wifi back on, it has forgotten my Wifi network. This is without restarting the phone or anything.
Has anyone else noticed this? I have never had this issue on an Android phone.
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I have a new AT&T Galaxy S4. It's not rooted or anything. It's stock.
I connect to my home Wifi in the evening. During the day at work, I turn off Wifi and use LTE. When I get home and I turn Wifi back on, it has forgotten my Wifi network. This is without restarting the phone or anything.
Has anyone else noticed this? I have never had this issue on an Android phone.
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How are you turning off WiFi? Are you disconnecting it and then turning it off? Or just turning it off?
hyelton said:
How are you turning off WiFi? Are you disconnecting it and then turning it off? Or just turning it off?
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I'm just toggling it using the toggle in the notification shade.
I have also noticed that the list of Wifi networks is huge, including Wifi networks that are not even in range and it doesn't seem to be prioritizing the ones that have the strongest signal. I manually created a wifi network with the info for my router and have toggled it off and on a few times and it's connecting automatically, but I shouldn't have had to do this.
greyhulk said:
I'm just toggling it using the toggle in the notification shade.
I have also noticed that the list of Wifi networks is huge, including Wifi networks that are not even in range and it doesn't seem to be prioritizing the ones that have the strongest signal. I manually created a wifi network with the info for my router and have toggled it off and on a few times and it's connecting automatically, but I shouldn't have had to do this.
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The "List" of wifi networks that are huge are networks you HAVE connected too in the past...
Say you come to my house and Connect to my Network. You Come back home your still gonna see my network in that list, as you had connected to it before... its like that with EVERY phone and device that connects to wifi. If you want them gone just click on them and select forget.
hyelton said:
The "List" of wifi networks that are huge are networks you HAVE connected too in the past...
Say you come to my house and Connect to my Network. You Come back home your still gonna see my network in that list, as you had connected to it before... its like that with EVERY phone and device that connects to wifi. If you want them gone just click on them and select forget.
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I have never connected to most of the networks listed and this is new out of the box.
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greyhulk said:
I have never connected to most of the networks listed and this is new out of the box.
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Did you log into a Google Account you have used Previously on another phone? If you did NOT uncheck the box when signing into google it will sometimes load the networks you had from an older phone. If not then your phone is NOT NEW
It's definitely new. It came out of a sealed box. I did restore an old account. Thing is, I can't "forget" any of those networks. It's not an option.
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It's definitely new. It came out of a sealed box. I did restore an old account. Thing is, I can't "forget" any of those networks. It's not an option.
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thats very odd you might just need to reform a factory reset.
new S4 forgetting wifi networks
Having the same issue here, occasionally I will walk into the house or the office to find that the S4 has forgotten the network key and I have to type it in again manually.
I leave wifi turned pretty much all the time and when it's working right it logs on to which ever router is in range. Unfortunately most of the time it's not working right & I'm doing a lot of typing.
Have done a factory reset with no effect.
Any thoughts would be VERY welcome.
Jon
Give a try to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51180156&postcount=2
This method works with my I337 NI1 Unlocked Rooted. I uses ES Explorer with Root Explorer enabled.
I went to the "system " folder in the device, scrolled down until I found "build prop" then edited using ES Explorer Note Editor.
Greatly appreciated and high credit to dajumper's work !!
yhendra said:
Give a try to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51180156&postcount=2
This method works with my I337 NI1 Unlocked Rooted. I uses ES Explorer with Root Explorer enabled.
I went to the "system " folder in the device, scrolled down until I found "build prop" then edited using ES Explorer Note Editor.
Greatly appreciated and high credit to dajumper's work !!
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+1 on this, I solved the same issue with it.
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Well due to a suspicion of someone in my area trying to get into my network I disabled the SSID.
Since then my GT-I9300 stopped seeing it, says it's out of range. My router is TP-Link TL-WR1043ND
Any way I can fix that? I have stock rom with root.
If you disabled your ssid no device will be able to see it. Basically it means your wifi is off. You have to enable ssid in order to connect to it. Few steps you can make to ensure its more secure. Change log in user name and password to your router. Change your wifi ssid and password to a more complicated one.
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UD3R said:
Well due to a suspicion of someone in my area trying to get into my network I disabled the SSID.
Since then my GT-I9300 stopped seeing it, says it's out of range. My router is TP-Link TL-WR1043ND
Any way I can fix that? I have stock rom with root.
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I never tried, but I can't believe we don't have the option to connect to a hidden SSID
I downloaded this app and it does work. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.sourceforge.soopy.hidden.ssid.enabler&hl=en
It allowed me to connect to my wifi with the SSID not broadcasting.
If you know the SSID name you can add it manually with the add option.
As has been said, you will need to add your network again, and type the SSID in, just tap "Add Wi-Fi network" under Wi-Fi settings.
Also just so you know hiding the SSID will not provide much more security, it's easy to obtain the SSID even if it's hidden with the right software, also if someone was attempting to gain unauthorised access to your network they probably know your SSID anyway. If you use a strong WPA2 key to secure your network it will provide much more security than hiding your SSID.
No one can crack WPA2. Just stay away from WEP.
jinosong said:
No one can crack WPA2. Just stay away from WEP.
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Listen to this man.
jinosong said:
No one can crack WPA2. Just stay away from WEP.
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All kinds of network security can be cracked. It's a matter of resources (time, processing power, etc.). Just keep in mind that some (like WPA2) are just more difficult to break than others (WEP).
And also, don't forget that PEBKAC.
Cheers
PS: I think that changing and hiding the SSID + choosing a strong WPA2 key can bring enough peace of mind. Unless you're dating the daughter of the Head of NSA
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All kinds of network security can be cracked. It's a matter of resources (time, processing power, etc.). Just keep in mind that some (like WPA2) are just more difficult to break than others (WEP).
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I knew some idiot was gonna be a smartass and state this. We're talking about a neighbor cracking this guy's home network. Everything can be cracked with enough resources; yes we know that.
jinosong said:
I knew some idiot was gonna be a smartass and state this. We're talking about a neighbor cracking this guy's home network. Everything can be cracked with enough resources; yes we know that.
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Wow... "Idiot"... "Smartass"... Who is, really? Mr Wikipedia-I-Know-Everything who can't be a bit polite in a forum? Come on, guy... Go breathe some fresh air outside and come back (or not).
Btw, pls give correct answers to the one asking a serious question and stop polluting his thread.
Peace & ciao.
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Listen you pre-pubescent know-it-all. I gave him the correct answer, to set it to WPA2, which is safe enough for the guy's needs. Then you come with some wise-ass statement stating nothing's safe from cracking. Do you think the NSA is going to try to crack his internet password?
The worst part of forums like XDA is that we have to put up with little nerdy middle school kids who aren't yet socially apt but want to look like they have a clue.
UD3R said:
Well due to a suspicion of someone in my area trying to get into my network I disabled the SSID.
Since then my GT-I9300 stopped seeing it, says it's out of range. My router is TP-Link TL-WR1043ND
Any way I can fix that? I have stock rom with root.
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Dude, let's stick to the point you've raised.
YES, you can hide your ssid AND put a WPA2 key on it. You just have to add it as another network. That's my current router configuration, and everything is running quite smoothly.
Let us know if it works.
Cheers
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srafa007 said:
If you know the SSID name you can add it manually with the add option.
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right !